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Flower DesignerA flower designer or a floral designer also referred to as a florist, is an expert on the art of floral design. With every floral arrangement they make, they have the customer's choices in mind.
Flowers try to define the sentiments that people need to show. Helping reveal those thoughts is a huge part of a flower designer's role. They have to see to it that people use the right kinds of flowers during an emotional time of their lives.
Flowers blossom in varying weather and seasons. Floral designers have to be familiar with which kinds are in bloom at a certain time. They highlight specific flowers for each season and explain the interpretation of each kind.
Flower preservation is yet another ability that a flower designer should learn. Once cut from its roots, florists need to work on every step it takes to ensure that the flowers remain lifelike. This talent, along with how elegantly they arrange floral designs, marks the true quality of a flower designer.
How to be a Flower Designer
There is a standard to any type of craft, and floristry is no exemption.
Florists do not need a degree program. It is not only about being creative either. A flower designer must still make an effort to enrol in floristry courses.
There are a lot of institutes and vocational courses that offer floristry education. These programs will help train a florist and qualify them as a skilled flower designer.
It is necessary to take these courses as it teaches basic information about the floral sector. It gives them an edge against their rivals. Pro flower designers recognize when best to give pink lilies or how to wow a person over red roses, and why peach peonies can be more special over hydrangeas.
Another way to thrive at becoming a flower designer is to apply at flower shops. Here, they serve as an apprentice under more seasoned florists. This provides experience in developing their floral design competencies. At the same time, they discover how to manage a flower and run a shop business.
It takes years to practice and perfect this trade. Regardless of how a flower designer begins, what matters is how far they have honed their skills.
It goes without saying, those driven with a passion for their craft have more success in this niche.
Why are Flower Designers Essential?
When a florist helps, expressing emotions becomes more meaningful and special. It could be a wedding anniversary, a mother's birthday party, or a confession of love. Whatever the milestone, the right florals will make it more special.
Flowers also offer sympathy and warmth during sadder moments in life. This includes services and wakes at funeral homes. Having flowers around can seem like a comforting hug for the family and friends of the departed.
Flowers have the power to touch the emotions of people. Thus, flower decorations during life's priceless moments must have care and passion. This is where trusted flower designers come in.
No matter what sensation to convey or circumstance to celebrate, there is the right kind of flower for it. Florists will have the ability to help identify all these. Only then can people feel more confident about showing what they want to share.
Choosing an expert flower designer means people can be sure that each flower "says" the right words.
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Scientists at Queen’s University in Belfast have been ordered to hand over 40 years of research data on tree rings after a three-year battle with climate sceptics.
The ruling by the Information Commissioner sets a precedent for scientists having to comply with the strictest interpretation of the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act.
It suggests that in future academics will not be able to avoid handing over data by claiming that the task would be too onerous or that it would breach intellectual property rights.
Douglas Keenan, an independent researcher from London, who is a well-known climate sceptic, first requested the data in 2007. Queen’s refused his request, saying that it was too expensive.
Now the commissioner has ruled that the university will be in contempt of FoI laws if it refuses to address the request.
The commissioned also identified a number of “procedural breaches” in the handling of Mr Keenan’s request.
“This has taken three years, but it is worth it,” Mr Keenan told the journal Nature.
“It is an important victory for FoI on research data. Also, for global warming studies, the data is extremely valuable for reconstructing temperatures over past millennia.”
The university has until April 26 to appeal against the decision and is currently considering its position.
However, the lead scientist involved, Michael Bailee, said that the oak ring data requested was not relevant to temperature reconstruction records.
Although ancient oaks could give an indication of one-off dramatic climatic events, such as droughts, they were not useful as a temperature proxy because they were highly sensitive to water availability as well as past temperatures, he added.
“It’s been dressed up as though we are suppressing climate data, but we have never produced climate records from our tree rings,” Professor Bailee said.
“In my view it would be dangerous to try and make interpretations about the temperature from this data.”
The data requested includes oak ring records taken from ancient timbers, archaeological excavations and from sub-fossil oaks dating back to 5000BC found in peat bogs.
The university said that much of the data was in paper form, or on floppy disks and would take too long to transfer to a digital version.
Dr Rob Wilson, who runs the University of St Andrews tree ring laboratory, agreed that oaks were virtually useless as a temperature proxy, but said that scientists must now be vigilant about making data available.
“If Douglas Keenan wants to try to reconstruct the temperature from this, good luck to him,” he said.
Phil Willis, a Liberal Democrat MP and chairman of the Science and Technology Select Committee, said that scientists now needed to work on the presumption that if research is publicly funded, the data ought to be made publicly available.
“Following the Climategate furore at the University of East Anglia the message came out loud and clear from the select committee report and from Lord Oxburgh’s report that data has to be made publicly available in order that there is no question of anyone hiding anything,” he said.
“Any university or scientist that hasn’t got that message needs a total rethink of the way they do research. Every time they don’t do it, they give ammunition to climate deniers and sceptics.”
Benny Peiser, of the Global Warming Policy Foundation, said: “It is regrettable that it has come to FoI requests. It’s almost as though Climategate never happened.”
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The recent volcanic eruptions on Java blanketed large swaths of the Indonesian archipelago in thick, smouldering ash. Fortunately, most people escaped the deadly fallout.
But about 120 million years ago, ancient creatures, including a colourful array of primitive birds, dinosaurs, lizards, turtles, freshwater fish, frogs and insects, which lived in lakes and forests and sometimes roamed the plains of north-east China, were much less fortunate.
The perishingly hot gas and fine-grained ash from devastating volcanic eruptions – known as pyroclastic flow – decimated countless species, including plants.
"Volcanic eruptions occurred frequently in the region during the Earth's Early Cretaceous period, between 120 million and 130 million years ago," says researcher Baoyu Jiang of China's Nanjing University in Jiangsu.
His international team's ground-breaking work, reported in the British journal Nature Communications, reveals that emissions from several or more eruptions killed animals and then preserved their carcasses in layers of fine volcanic sediment.
Called the Liaoning fossils, or the Jehol Biota, they were found in the world's biggest source of fossilised animals, most of which are so well preserved their feathers, scales and skin are revealed.
"It was incredible to be able to examine and decipher the geological rock records to establish the nature of the diverse ecosystem that perished during the volcanic eruptions," Dr Jiang says.
Animals would have been killed within seconds after inhaling ground-hugging clouds of volcanic gas – most likely hotter than 200 degrees – along with dense plumes of fine ash particles, says University of Tasmania geoscientist Rebecca Carey.
"Although unfortunate for the animals that perished, the eruptions have provided a remarkable snapshot of an ecosystem with species that lived together millions of years ago," Dr Carey says. "Geological gems like this are critical for understanding the ecological connections that would be difficult to establish otherwise."
Going with the flow
Pyroclastic flows, including the ones that occurred in north-east China 120 million years ago, are associated with volcanoes erupting magma rich in minerals such as quartz and feldspar, says Sydney University earth scientist Tom Hubble.
Unlike relatively gentle outpourings of low-silica basalt magma, such as the spectacular glowing rivers of lava that have been filmed flowing downhill from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, these magmas are highly explosive because of their high silica content.
The fearsome flows of volcanic blocks, gas and ash reach speeds of up to 600km/h. "Some of the survivors of the 1980 Mount St Helens eruption described the edge of the pyroclastic blasts they fled from as a stone-filled wind," Associate Professor Hubble says.
Pyroclastic flows mostly kill their unfortunate victims quickly by asphyxiation and incineration. "The initial intense burst of heat scalds the skin and burns the creatures' lungs," he says. "Burial within the flow leads to rapid heating to several-hundred degrees in some cases. When this heating occurs in the absence of oxygen, the flesh is not burnt but dehydrated. The hard bones crack with the heat stress."
A famous example of this type of flow was the 1902 eruption that devastated the city of Saint-Pierre on the Caribbean island of Martinique. "More than 20,000 people were killed when a hot mixture of ash, steam and rocks passed through and over the town, demolishing buildings and incinerating many victims – leaving only a relatively thin deposit of volcanic material behind," Professor Hubble says.
The only survivor was a prisoner being held in the basement of the city jail. "He was protected by sturdily built thick stone walls, but waited quite some time to be rescued. The story goes that his sentence was commuted because of his survival of a hellish ordeal – and he was freed."
Slice of time
Being home to such a diversity of dinosaurs, plants and other animals, China's Liaoning deposits are considered to be a lagerstatte, a fossil location that exhibits exceptional preservation and taxonomic diversity, says Australian Museum ornithologist Walter Boles.
Along with revealing the environment that existed, it provides an important insight into hitherto-unexplored aspects of dinosaur biology. "The most important thing learnt from these fossils is the presence of feathers in non-avian dinosaurs," Dr Boles says. "It started with sinosauropteryx, which showed strange filaments informally called 'dino-fuzz'."
Several other dinosaur taxa have been recovered that exhibit a range of feather development, including what experts call "modern contour feathers".
"Alerting the world to feathered dinosaurs is definitely the most important contribution to our understanding of dinosaur evolution," Dr Boles says.
Birds, he explains, are widely believed to have evolved from a group of dinosaurs known as theropods – bird-footed carnivores that generally strutted about on two legs like the scary raptors in the Jurassic Park movies.
These date from the Early Cretaceous period. Recent discoveries of feathered dinosaurs from the older Middle-Late Jurassic period have reinforced this theory.
The hypothesis of how flight evolved in the transition from non-avian dinosaurs to birds is complex. Scientific knowledge of this transition has grown with the discovery of eosinopteryx – a creature about 30 centimetres long that pre-dates previously known bird-like dinosaurs from which birds were thought to have evolved – as well as other feathered dinosaurs from China's Jehol district of Liaoning.
Although covered in feathers, eosinopteryx was a flightless dinosaur. Experts know this because of its small wingspan, coupled with a bone structure that restricted wing flapping. The beast also had toes for walking and a sparse covering of feathers on the tail and lower legs, to facilitate running.
Along with other recent discoveries in China and elsewhere, eosinopteryx adds a new piece to the picture emerging on the origin of flight.
"Eosinopteryx is not one of the dinosaurs from which birds were thought to have evolved, but rather a member of those groups that shared a common ancestor with birds, namely the deinonychosaurs," Dr Boles says.
One argument against the bird-dinosaur connection has been the absence of members of the small raptors thought to be the closest relatives of birds from sites older than archaeopteryx, the earliest known bird, he says. "Eosinopteryx deals with that spurious contention – one of the reasons it is a valuable discovery."
As additional finds such as eosinopteryx are studied, the position of archaeopteryx shifts around within the tree – although not too far. "The final answer will never be known, but we are getting closer," Dr Boles says. "For this, we can thank the immaculately preserved Liaoning fossils."
American and Chinese scientists working in north-east China have also found a 128 million-year-old venomous raptor, which resembled a bird. Scientists say this is the first finding of venom in the lineage leading to modern birds.
Another group came upon a new dinosaur species in China's Gobi Desert, a haven for dinosaur fossil hunters. The species might explain how the alvarezsauridae family of dinosaurs – with a prominent claw and short, strong arms – came to resemble birds.
Periods in perspective
"Terrible lizards", aka the dreaded dinosaurs, lived across the world during the geological period known colloquially as the Age of the Dinosaurs but in learned circles as the Mesozoic era, between 250 million and 65 million years ago.
The epoch is split into the shorter time spans of the Triassic, Jurassic and the Cretaceous. During the last period, flowering plants and dinosaurs both thrived.
At the end of this period, the non-avian dinosaurs, along with a host of other animals and plants, vanished.
Read the Nature Communications article at: www.nature.com/ncomms/2014/140204/ncomms4151/full/ncomms4151.html#supplementary-information
Check out images of the Liaoning discoveries at: www.nature.com/ncomms/2014/140204/ncomms4151/extref/ncomms4151-s1.pd
Learn about the Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park in the US at: http://ashfall.unl.edu/
Watch the IMAX Melbourne movie Dinosaurs Alive 3D. Details at: www.imaxmelbourne.com.au/movie/dinosaurs-alive-3d/education
AusVELS Science: Biological sciences: ausvels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Science/Curriculum/F-10
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I’ve tried to re-plotted the current Hansen data – right frame – in the same format as Hansen et al 1981 Figure 3. This is not as easy as it seems because Hansen et al 1981 does not include information on centering; no digital version seems to be available; and the modern zonal versions commence in 1900 rather than 1880.
I’ve updated the graphic to also illustrate an interesting 1998 version of Hansen’s data which has proved helpful in trying to figure things out. The left panel below is a plot of the 1998 version (black) centered on 1901-1970. After thinking about this for a while, it became clear that the reference period had to cover most of the century or else the position of the NH series in Hansen et al 1981 could not be replicated. I think that the black version of the NH series is pretty well matched to Hansen et al 1998. Notice that Hansen et al 1981 picked 1880 as a starting point and that this neatly truncates from view a temperature decline from 1866 to 1880 (which was in the original data version). Just a coincidence, I’m sure.
Left: Figure 3 from Hansen et al 1981; right – Latest GISS data plotted in same format over same period. Most recent version is truncated at 1900, while earlier version went to 1880. The 2007 and 1998 data has been re-centered on 1901-1970. I’ve not been able to locate information so far on the reference period for Hansen et al 1981 and this may need re-drafting.
This shows that there doesn’t seem to have been much adjusting of the north (N of 24N) series up to 1998, but it has been adjusted down between 1998 and 2007. However, there do seem to have been adjustments to the other two series between 1981 and 1998, as well as between 1998 and 2007. One of the very important reporting changes between 1998 and 2007 is the truncation of the period 1880-1900. Notice the particular impact on the tropics, where 1998 results show late 19th century values similar to closing 1980 values, resulting in no net change between 1880 and 1980 in the tropics. What do you suppose the reason was for eliminating the reporting of zonal measurements for 1880-1900 in the most recent results?
Jean S observed:
For instance, the difference between the temperature height in 1940 and low in 1970 in northern latitudes is about 0.5C in 1981 version whereas now it seems to be about 0.3C. In low latitudes (1981 version), there are three peaks (around 1930,1940,1960) that are higher than 1980, but in the current version two of those peaks have disappeared and even the existing one (1940) is below 1980. In southern latitudes, there is a lot of variation between 1900-1930 in 1981 version whereas the currrent version is almost flat. Also the mean of 1910’s is about the same as the mean of 1960’s in 1981 version, but in the current version there is over 0.2C difference. And so on…
We’ll lose the concept of time soon. It will undoubtedly get warmer in the future, but also past temperatures will get colder in the future.🙂
Hansen et al 1981 stated of the left panel:
A remarkable conclusion from Fig 3 is that the global temperature is almost as high today as it was in 1940. The common misconception that the world is cooling is based on NH experience to 1970. Another conclusion is that global surface air temperature rose ~0.4 deg C in the past century, roughly consistent with calculated CO2 warming. The time history of the warming obviously does not follow the course of the CO2 increase, indicating that other factors must affect global mean temperatures.
The adjusted GISS temperature is a little more consistent with the “course of the CO2 increase” and less consistent with solar changes, with the largest differences occurring in southern latitudes, about which the least is known. I wonder what back-up is available for the southern series. However, from a statistical point of view, because these adjustments have such an impact on the eventual fit, it’s getting to the point where a statistical analyst may have to ask whether GISS adjustments to pre-1980 temperature should be counted as a degree of freedom in their modeling. | <urn:uuid:dcd54ab2-4890-4f2f-a2a0-a7622dff8c8e> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | https://climateaudit.org/2007/02/23/hansen-then-and-now/?like=1&source=post_flair&_wpnonce=c327cf8c6a | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720238.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00189-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953509 | 896 | 3.015625 | 3 |
Electronic door opening device reduces touch points
April 13, 2010
DAYTONA BEACH — A new hands-free restroom door opening device reduces touch points and helps minimize waste, giving building occupants and cleaning professionals peace of mind, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The Sanidoor, an electrically-powered device allowing patrons to leave a public restroom without touching a door handle, is already in use at some P.F. Chang''s China Bistro and Port Orange Steakhouse locations, the story stated.
Because a fair number of individuals fail to properly wash their hands after visiting a restroom, the Sanidoor eliminates the risk involved with touching soiled and contaminated restroom door handles, the story noted.
At a cost of roughly $1,300, the motion-activated Sanidoor can significantly reduce paper waste because patrons will no longer feel compelled to use paper towels to grasp restroom door handles while exiting, the story added.
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Anonymous tweeters may have just become a little less anonymous. Researchers have put together an algorithm that can predict the gender of a tweeter based solely on the 140 characters they choose to tweet. Of course, determining the gender of an Internet personality has its monetary benefits for Twitter. "Marketing is one of the major motivators here, adding that he had heard talk that Twitter was internally working on similar demographically identifying algorithms internally," linguist Delip Rao told Fast Company's David Zax. But it could also help identify phonies misrepresenting themselves. Like, say, older men pretending to be lesbian bloggers. Remember when the Gay Girl in Damascus revealed himself as a middle-aged man from Georgia?
The crux of the research relies on the idea that women use language differently. "The mere fact of a tweet containing an exclamation mark or a smiley face meant that odds were a woman was tweeting, for instance," reports Zax. Other research corroborates these findings, finding that women tend to use emoticons, abbreviations, repeated letters and expressions of affection. Linguists can even detect the tweeters' true identities by how they use the word "my." If you're trying to determine the gender of your favorite Twitterati, the following charts show some markers of woman and man-like Twitter behaviors.
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Chained Finance, the First Blockchain Platform for Supply Chain Finance
- 13.03.2017 10:30 am
Dianrong and FnConn, Chinese fintech firms, filled in the hugely underserved needs of supply chain finance in China by introducing the new blockchain-based platform for supply chain finance called Chained Finance.
Supply chain finance companies have been limited by existing technology and, to date, have only served about 15 percent of suppliers needing financial resources. As a result, the vast majority of the 40 million SMEs in China remain unserved. Chained Finance enables supply chain finance to deliver needed capital to smaller supply chain suppliers and provide large multinational manufacturers with enhanced visibility and transparency.
The two companies recently completed a successful pilot and proof of concept of Chained Finance by securing funding for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in China that were otherwise unable to secure needed capital. Chained Finance originated US$6.5 million (RMB45 million) in loans for these SME supply chain operators.
Chained Finance is initially targeting three major industries: electronics, auto and garment manufacturing. It is expected that Chained Finance could help supply chain finance operators potentially triple the number of SME supply chain operators with access to funding in China.
"Blockchain is revolutionizing the finance industry and offers seamless solutions to any company operating and financing complicated supply chains," said Soul Htite, Founder and CEO of Dianrong. "The complexity and scale of supply chain finance has posed major challenges in ensuring adequate funding and efficient operations. Chained Finance creates a unique ecosystem that will provide supply chains with easier access to funding at competitive rates. In return, supply chain operators will gain greater visibility of their suppliers and the many layers of finance embedded in the process."
"By using the Chained Finance platform, every payment, every supply chain transaction, can be more transparent, manageable and easily authenticated," said Jack Lee, Executive Director and CEO of FnConn. "Chained Finance will provide timely, efficient support to far more suppliers of all sizes. It will also help ensure the timely delivery of products to end customers and improve efficiencies across the entire supply chain."
Messrs. Lee and Htite said Chained Finance will help eliminate many of the trust issues faced by counterparties and deliver automated execution. The new platform will be an enabler of supply chains across many major industries and geographies.
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Godenu - Traditional Ruler
The territory of Gbi-Godenu is located in the area of Hohoe, Volta Region of Ghana. The name Godenu means "Be Steadfast With God." There are over 13,000 people living in the territory of Godenu consisting of approximately seven square miles with four major settlements. There are four lower chiefs and several sub-chiefs that administer parts of Godenu under the ruling Togbe. There have been traditional rulers of these territories in Ghana long before, during and after colonial rule by the British was ended in 1958.
The Kingdom has its direct foundation in 1942 as a result of disputes and challenges to the reign of Togbe Osei II by warring houses who did not accept the rule of Togbe Osei II over the whole of the Wegbe Kingdom dating back several centuries. Together with his loyal subjects Togbe Osei II left Wegbe with his ancestors’ throne and created the Kingdom of Godenu which was confirmed in 1947. He was a judge in the Colonial Government and was fluent in German, English, French, and the local language Ewe. Togbe Osei II ruled over Wegbe and subsequently Godenu for sixty years, reaching a venerable age before he died. Togbe Osei II was the grandfather of the present Dufia of Godenu.
Ghana is a republic in West Africa. There are dozens of tribes in Ghana, and the bedrock institution of chieftaincy is guaranteed and protected by the Constitution of Ghana. Although chiefs are not permitted to participate in partisan politics, they hold vitally important spiritual and leadership positions in Ghanaian society. The National House of Chiefs has authority over traditional laws and customs, and chiefs have a great deal of authority and influence over community affairs and government. | <urn:uuid:0b8f2974-d3dc-4050-a970-fe2855fb1996> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.royalhouseofgodenu.org/Godenu/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571692.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812105810-20220812135810-00077.warc.gz | en | 0.972686 | 378 | 2.890625 | 3 |
The world’s largest geoglyph is located in Australia. This geoglyph known as Marree Man is surrounded by a veil of mystery.
The Marree Man geoglyph lies on a plateau of arid land, approximately 60 kilometers (37 miles) west of the tiny township of Marree (population = 60) in South Australia.
Trevor Wright, a charter pilot, was flying between the townships of Marree and Coober Pedy on June 26, 1998, when he spotted the towering figure in the landscape.
The figure is 4.2 kilometers (2.6 miles) tall with a perimeter of 15 by 28 kilometers (9.3 by 17.4 miles). At the time of discovery, the outline was 30 centimeters (12 inches) deep and up to 35 meters (114 feet) wide.
Surveyors speculate that the figure was made by bulldozer and could have taken weeks to complete, yet no one claims to have seen or heard a thing.
Only one track led into and out of the site, but no footprints or tire marks were discernible, and a thorough police investigation conducted at the time came up with nothing.
Adding to the mystery, a handful of peculiar items were found in a small pit at the site, including a satellite photo of the figure, a jar containing a small flag of the United States, and a note which referred to the Branch Davidians, a cult group that was based on a property near Waco, Texas, which was raided in 1993, leading to the death of the cult leader David Koresh, as well as 82 other Branch Davidian followers.
In January, 1999, officials found a small plaque buried close to the nose of the figure. It was an American flag with an imprint of the Olympic rings and a quote from “The Red Centre” by H. H. Finlayson, which read: “In honour of the land they once knew. His attainments in these pursuits are extraordinary; a constant source of wonderment and admiration.”
The quote came from a page that describes the hunting of wallabies with throwing sticks and contained photographs of hunters that looked similar to the Marree Man.
Investigators tried, unsuccessfully, to piece together this odd collection of clues. However, some suggested that they may have all been planted as red herrings, to divert attention away from the real creator.
Marree Man Theories
Rumours were quick to spread around the tiny town of Marree. Some suggested that the creation of the geoglyph was a stunt pulled by a local scenic flight operator, who served to profit from the tourism generated by its discovery. Indeed, local charter planes found themselves working overtime to meet the demand for joy rides to see the spectacular figure on the ground below.
Other theories began circulating that Marree Man was the work of extraterrestrials or a warning to politician Pauline Hanson regarding racist comments made about Australian Aborigines.
A more plausible theory is that it was crafted by Bardius Goldberg, an Australian artist, who had expressed interest in creating a work visible from space. When questioned about it, he would neither confirm nor deny that he had created the Marree Man. Goldberg passed away before this theory could be fully investigated.
The giant geoglyph of the Marree Man was quick to become an icon of the small South Australian township and a popular tourist destination, but the famous carving can now barely be seen. While the site has never been accessible to the general public as it falls on Native title lands, the geoglyph is slowly fading through natural erosion. It is only a matter of time before the famous figure disappears forever, taking the secrets of its creation along with it. | <urn:uuid:9b4cce74-4e61-40f0-94d5-b52a675b3af8> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://mirrorspectrum.com/behind-the-mirror/the-mysterious-marree-man-of-outback-australia-largest-geoglyph-in-the-world | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281649.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00447-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974217 | 762 | 2.8125 | 3 |
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Mediterranean Sea is a common heritage of mankind. A natural gift to humanity, beautifully located among three continents, it is also home to many diverse species of marine flora and fauna. It is a duty on every one of us, every individual person and government and organization to do our best to protect the Mediterranean Sea as a whole, with all the living creatures and non-living values in and around the sea, against all kinds of environmental threats, whether it comes from land or ships or from other sources, like through the Suez Canal. Efficient environmental governance, strong public awareness and effective cooperation and coordination between governments and environmental organizations and institutions are key elements for the protection of the Mediterranean Sea, just as it is for the preservation of the global marine environment. Many generations have enjoyed all the benefits of this beautiful sea and the Mediterranean shall be preserved to continue to be not only a source of fish and other natural and logistical benefits, but also a source of joy and inspiration for future generations.
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The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is an international industry consortium of over 521 companies, government agencies and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available interface standards. OGC® Standards support interoperable solutions that "geo-enable" the Web, wireless and location-based services and mainstream IT. The standards empower technology developers to make complex spatial information and services accessible and useful with all kinds of applications.
A world in which everyone benefits from the use of geospatial information and supporting technologies.
To advance the development and use of international standards and supporting services that promote geospatial interoperability. To accomplish this mission, OGC serves as the global forum for the collaboration of geospatial data / solution providers and users.
OGC® and OpenGIS® are registered trademarks of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). OGC is the brand name associated with the standards and documents produced by the OGC. OGC standards are developed in a unique consensus process supported by the OGC's industry, government and academic members to enable geoprocessing technologies to interoperate, or "plug and play". You will also find the OGC trademark associated with products that implement our standards and that have obtained the Certified OGC Compliant brand. Make sure that your geoprocessing and location services procurement and technology development programs demand OGC standards! | <urn:uuid:9facf956-e448-4d3d-b6a2-11de229f9950> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/?page=bod | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281151.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00114-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.893046 | 280 | 2.390625 | 2 |
As the 2nd most widely spoken language in the world after Chinese, and one of the official UN languages, Spanish translation is high on the agenda for many companies wanting to expand internationally.
An official language of 21 countries, translating content into Spanish would reach 470 million native speakers around the globe, and could open doors to Latin and South American markets, including consumers in Mexico, Argentina, and Chile. Just because these markets share the same language doesn’t mean they share the same culture.
Certain linguistic phrases or cultural aspects in one market may not exist in the other – this is where localisation takes your message one step further to engage with your intended target audience.
The areas in which Spanish is spoken are so culturally diverse, that the way the language is spoken and written varies immensely. Here are a few examples:
|wireless mouse||ratón inalámbrico||mouse inalámbrico|
|you (plural informal)||vosotros||vos (Argentina)|
Even within Spain there is a wide variety of language and dialects. For example, in Barcelona, one of Spain’s largest cities, the official language is Catalan, which differs from Castilian Spanish quite drastically and the region has its own cultural identity.
Catalan isn’t a form of Spanish, it’s a language in its own right and evolved directly from Latin
Our translation services cover a wide variety of market sectors, services, content and end users.
“Capita TI provided their usual great level of support for us on the Stopover Buddy project. Although the timescales were tight, they were always willing to help and were very responsive. They contributed to making the Stopover Buddy project the success it has been!”
“Very good experience so far, expect this to continue. Particularly of interest to me is Capita being able to connect to our KCMS content management system.” | <urn:uuid:7baf9231-60b8-449b-950b-79eaa55548eb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.capitatranslationinterpreting.com/translation-languages/spanish-translation-services/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570913.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809064307-20220809094307-00075.warc.gz | en | 0.922287 | 475 | 2.21875 | 2 |
Educational Systems Corporation, a private educational research company, developed the original CAMP concept for the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), which was created as part of the Johnson Administration’s War on Poverty.
The first CAMP grants were awarded to:
Adams State College in Alamos, Colorado;
California State College in San Diego, California:
Pan American University (new University of Texas Pan American) in Edinsburg, Texas; and
Saint Edward’s University in Austin, Texas.
CAMP was transferred to the newly created Department of Education (ED)
There were 6 CAMP projects. The number of projects would remain relatively constant until 1999
CAMP projects received their first five-year grant award, previously grants had to be renewed annually.
President Clinton submitted a budget proposing zero funding for CAMP. The decision spurred outrage from migrant education advocates who spearheaded a campaign to save the programs. As a result, the Congress agreed that the programs were a necessary and vital investment in the future, and funds were appropriated for the 1996-1998 grant years.
CAMP was included as a part of the Clinton Administration’s “Hispanic Education Action Plan.” The programs received their first significant funding increase since the early 1980s. Twelve additional CAMP projects were awarded – a record number for the programs.
CAMP funding was increased to $7 million. Eight new CAMP projects were added.
Under the supervision of Beto Espindola and (Dr.) Kathleen Ross, the first CAMP project at Heritage University, written by Carlos Trevino, was funded to serve 70 students!
Another record funding year for the programs – CAMP received $10 million, enabling the Department of Education to add 10 additional projects.
Program funding was increased to $15 million, adding 13 additional projects.
CAMP Grant funding is renewed to serve 80 students (highest in WA). Daminon Garza serves as Project Director.
CAMP Grant funding is renewed to continue serving 80 students. Olivia Gutierrez serves as Project Director.
CAMP Grant funding is renewed to serve 60 students. Dina Ibarra serves as Project Director.
Irma DePrieto now serves as CAMP Project Director. | <urn:uuid:da557c79-6b26-425d-8c92-d8e531d01062> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.heritage.edu/student-resources/college-assistance-migrant-program/camp-history/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571097.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810010059-20220810040059-00269.warc.gz | en | 0.967419 | 489 | 2.328125 | 2 |
To write a web application, Java developers can use the servlet API. The servlet technology, created around 1997, is a simple and powerful framework on top of which many web applications and higher web frameworks have been created. This article shows how to write the same kind of web application in Ada.
Ada Servlet Framework
The Ada Servlet framework is provided by Ada Server Faces. It is an adaptation and implementation of the JSR 315 (Java Servlet Specification) for the Ada 05 language. The Ada API is very close to the Java API as it provides the Servlet, Filter, Request, Response and Session types with quite the same methods. It should be quite easy for someone who is familiar with Java servlets to write an Ada servlet.
The servlet API is represented by the Servlet tagged type which represents the root of all servlets. A servlet must extend this Servlet tagged type and it can override one of the Do_Get, Do_Post, Do_Head Do_Delete, Do_Put, Do_Options or Do_Trace procedure. Each Do_XXX procedure receives a request object and a response object.
with ASF.Servlets; with ASF.Requests; with ASF.Responses; package Volume_Servlet is use ASF; type Servlet is new Servlets.Servlet with null record; -- Called by the servlet container when a GET request is received. procedure Do_Get (Server : in Servlet; Request : in out Requests.Request'Class; Response : in out Responses.Response'Class); end Volume_Servlet;
The Do_Get procedure receives the request and response as parameter. Both objects are in out parameters because the servlet implementation can modify them. Indeed, the Java servlet API allows the servlet developer to set specific attributes on the request object (This allows to associate any kind of data to the request for later use when rendering the response).
Similar to the Java API, the response is written by using the Print_Stream object that is returned by the Get_Output_Stream function.
with ASF.Streams; package body Volume_Servlet is procedure Do_Get (Server : in Servlet; Request : in out Requests.Request'Class; Response : in out Responses.Response'Class) is Output : Streams.Print_Stream := Response.Get_Output_Stream; begin Output.Write ("..."); Response.Set_Status (Responses.SC_OK); end Do_Get; end Volume_Servlet;
Note: the complete content is omitted for the clarity of this post.
With Java servlet 2.5 specification, servlets are registered exclusively through the web.xml application descriptor file. Since Java servlet 3.0, one can register servlets programmatically. With our Ada servlet, this is was we will do with the use of the Add_Servlet method.
Since the Ada runtime is not able to create dynamically an instance of any class (such as the Java newInstance method of the Java Class class), we have to create ourselves the servlet instance object and register it. The servlet instance is associated with a name.
Once registered, we have to define a mapping that tells which URL path is mapped to the servlet. This is done by the call to Add_Mapping: every URL that ends in .html will be handled by the servlet.
The Ada Server Faces framework provides a Web container in which the application must be registered (similar to the Java Web container). The registration is done by the Register_Application call which also specifies the URL prefix for the web application (Every URL starting with /volume will be served by this application).
with ASF.Server.Web; with ASF.Servlets; with Volume_Servlet; procedure Volume_Server is Compute : aliased Volume_Servlet.Servlet; App : aliased ASF.Servlets.Servlet_Registry; WS : ASF.Server.Web.AWS_Container; begin -- Register the servlets and filters App.Add_Servlet (Name => "compute", Server => Compute'Unchecked_Access); -- Define servlet mappings App.Add_Mapping (Name => "compute", Pattern => "*.html"); WS.Register_Application ("/volume", App'Unchecked_Access); WS.Start; delay 600.0; end Volume_Server;
Compilation and Execution
The compilation of the Ada servlet example is done using a GNAT project file.
$ gnatmake -Psamples
It produces the volume_server which is our web server.
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Screening for latent TB in patients with inflammatory arthritis who will be starting TNFα inhibitors is important to prevent complications of TB-reactivation. However, currently there is no ‘gold standard’ for the diagnosis of latent TB.
Many autoimmune diseases have a female predominance. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are no exception. Both of these diseases can affect young women in their reproductive years, but little is known about the impact of RA and SLE on a woman’s opinion regarding pregnancy or, further, how this translates into family planning.
It has been established that patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have decreased muscle and increased fat compared to those without RA.
Vaccinations are a critical component of RA clinical management, and their importance in preventing infection cannot be stressed enough. The majority of patients with RA are on immunosuppressive treatment, and a data driven approach to vaccinations in this high-risk population is essential.
Antioxidants may protect tissues against damage, reduce systemic inflammation, and modulate antigen presentation by inflammatory cells. However, no large-scale investigation on whether dietary and/or supplement intake of antioxidants is protective against the development of autoimmune rheumatic disease. Here, Costenbader et al (American Journal of Epidemiology 2010; 172(2): 205) explore antioxidant intake and the risk of […] | <urn:uuid:535b9e63-ed77-4d8d-968a-6d85b126997e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.hopkinsarthritis.org/arthritis-news/ra-news/page/2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280128.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00386-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.914796 | 294 | 1.9375 | 2 |
Fatima Abiha is a girl name for muslim.
In this page, you may find the perfect uncommon name for your baby girl or boy and learn its context, origin, and fame.
Numerous names, including Fatima Abiha are an astonishingly important part of identity.
Fatima Abiha bring meaningful exclusive, cultural, genetic, and factual connections for Muslim family
They also give us a impression of who Muslim are, the Arabic in which they belong, and their residence in the world.
Fatima Abiha meaning is her father's mother. It has 12 letters and 2 word.
Not just the meaning of Fatima Abiha you can also check this site for history and fame of given names from around the world.
Pick advice for baby names or discover your own name's source.
All about Fatima Abiha
- Name: Fatima Abiha
- Meaning: Her Father's Mother
- Gender: Girl
- Origin: Arabic
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Yet another suspected Ponzi scheme has surfaced in Montreal. Financial advisor Earl Jones has disappeared owing investors an estimated $50 million to $100 million. If this turns out to be a Ponzi scheme, then this money doesn’t actually exist because old investors get paid out of new investors’ capital.
Typically, Ponzi schemes are detected when the economy goes bad and many people need to draw on their savings. The demand for cash overwhelms the ability of the criminal running the Ponzi scheme to find new investors to supply the needed cash.
As more of these schemes are uncovered, the call for regulation gets louder. In some cases, opportunist organizations simply call for self-serving changes to laws. But, what rules would actually detect Ponzi schemes in their early stages?
The key difference between legitimate financial firms and Ponzi schemes is that the legitimate firms actually control assets that match the total amount on statements sent out to investors. In Ponzi schemes, the pot of money invested is smaller than the total amount owed to investors.
The obvious fix is to require periodic auditing to ensure that enough investments exist to back up the amount owed to investors. Mandating audits would serve auditors nicely, but protection is needed from criminals who simply shop for auditors willing to take outsized fees to look the other way.
Perhaps a requirement for a different auditor every few years, or having an auditor assigned by some independent organization would help. The down side of all this is that it would likely drive up auditing costs for legitimate financial institutions.
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If you receive an email that appears to be from Netflix this week, make sure you’re wary of it.
A new Netflix scam email is circulating, that tries to trick users into giving away their personal details.
The email was first detected by MailGuard after it was sent to several Netflix customers across Australia.
It reads: “We’ve temporarily suspended your account due to some issues in the automatic verification process.”
It also includes a link to ‘Update your details’. If users click on this, it leads to a Netflix branded phishing page, which isa copy of the actual Netflix sign in page.
MailGuard explained: “Cybercriminals have taken great pains to incorporate the exact colour scheme, logo, fonts and popular images commonly found in Netflix pages in a bid to convince the user that the email is actually originating from the entertainment company.
“However, while this email is well-designed and uses a sophisticated HTML design, it contains several red flags for anyone who is vigilant enough to spot fake email scams.”
The first red flag is the inclusion of several grammatical and spelling errors, such as ‘suspeneded’, while the email also has several spacing errors.
What to do if you receive the email
Thankfully, MailGuard has also provided help on what to do if you receive the email.
It added: “If you see an email from Netflix, please exercise caution and make sure it is a legitimate communication before you open it.
Users should also make sure to avoid clicking links in emails that:
- Are not addressed to you by name, have poor English or omit personal details that a legitimate sender would include
- Are from businesses you’re not expecting to hear from.
- Ask you to download any files
- Take you to a landing page or website that does not have the legitimate URL of the company the email is purporting to be sent from. | <urn:uuid:ac54a74c-910d-4189-99ea-5ebee3639c4c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.mirror.co.uk/tech/netflix-scam-email-circulating-heres-13922045 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572304.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816120802-20220816150802-00477.warc.gz | en | 0.954338 | 406 | 1.671875 | 2 |
This week the government warned of al Qaeda attacks to coincide with the 10 year anniversary of 9/11. American spy networks have intercepted communications from an al Qaeda operative in Pakistan indicating plans for a terrorist strike in New York or Washington, according to a senior U.S. official. The communications come from a source who has provided accurate information in the past, the official said, prompting intelligence officials to sift through communications from other al Qaeda cells.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden also weighed in Friday, saying the information was at least in part gleaned from the May raid against bin Laden in Abottabad, Pakistan.
Terrorist have been known in the past to pick significant or historical days to launch their attacks.
This all begs the question; should there even be a 9/11?
Many Hotels don’t have 13th floor, hospitals don’t have a room 666, we have leap years and we have daylight savings time, how hard would it be to skip September 11th entirely. We could just make September have 31 days.
In other news
Voters in Mississippi will be given a chance to decide whether life begins at conception, an important abortion-related ballot initiative that the state’s highest court has refused to block.
The Mississippi Supreme Court late Thursday allowed Measure 26, also known as the Personhood Amendment, to appear on the state ballot November 8. The decision was a rejection of a lawsuit filed by the ACLU and abortion-rights groups.
Based on this we encourage fellowship families and Businesses to do reward the state of Mississippi with our dollars.
For a list of who to support:
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Don’t Tile Clean Themselves?There is one urban myth that I hear more often than any other. It’s scarier than Space Aliens, Ghosts and Zombies combined. It lives in nearly every home and strikes when you least expect it. What is this scary abomination of nature that I mention? Beware of the Self Cleaning Tile! *Horror music plays and lightning crashes* Believe it or not, I hear about this myth a lot when I work in people’s homes and businesses. Being an Auckland tiler, I see a lot of different homes and meet a lot of different people in various walks of life and no matter whether I’m in West Auckland or South, I still hear about the famous self-cleaning tile. You too may have heard about this phenomenon and maybe that is why you are here learning how to clean tiles after I myth-busted it for you. Tiles are a great surface, durable, hard wearing, and stain proof. But no matter how resistant they are to dirt, they still require cleaning. Why? Because while the tile surface, grout or silicone do not allow mould growth, daily use will build up a layer of dirt that will allow all sorts of nasties to grow on it. The dirt, soap scum, cooking splatters, and any other factor of daily life can and will collect on the surface of ANYTHING, so no matter how good your tiles are, that dirt will collect on the surface and will allow mould and bacteria growth. That’s the bad part. Do you want to know the good part? Tiles are easy to clean! By creating an easy weekly regiment to your cleaning duties, you can keep your tiles spotless and clean without having to get down on your knees and scrubbing for dear life. Tiles are like anything else in life, if maintained regularly, they will never get to a point that extensive and heavy-duty methods will be needed. This How To Clean Guide will give you some simple tips and teach you how to clean tiles easily, without the fuss of harsh chemical cleaners or scrubbing brushes.
How To Clean Tiles1 – Vacuum or Sweep the tiles. Before starting any cleaning that involves water or detergents, you want to sweep up any loose debris and dirt from the surface of the tile. This saves you from pushing and spreading the mess around with your mop and creating a bigger mess. Also, introducing water to old debris and dust can create stains that are harder to remove. If you are cleaning wall tiles, then obviously this step is not needed unless you fancy running a vacuum cleaner over walls. 2. Mop The Floor With Warm Water. If you do this regularly, you will not even need to add any cleaning solutions to your mop bucket as the warm water will be enough to keep your tiles clean! If you are cleaning your wall tiles, then use a damn cloth pre-soaked in warm water and wipe the surface of the tiles and grout to remove any build-up of dirt. Remember to give all the silicone in the corners a wipe as well. Silicone is a common area that gets dirt the quickest due to it being omitted during the cleaning process. If you notice that your tiles are not getting clean with just warm water or they have heavy staining, here’s a simple tile cleaning solution you can make right now at home. Home-Made Tile Cleaning Solution. 1 Tablespoon Of Baking Soda 1/2 Cup Vinegar A Drop Of Essential Oil (If you want to leave behind a tasty scent.) Add to your Mop Bucket. Vinegar is a natural acid and works great against stains and dirt on tiles. It’s a low strength acid so it’s safe to use in homes and on all forms of grouts and silicones. It is also great as a tile cleaner because it does not leave any residues or soap films that other tile cleaners would. This same recipe can be applied to wall tiles, just use a cloth in a bucket and you can clean any area you require – especially the shower! By doing following these steps once a week, your tiles will remain beautiful and clean for the life of your home or business. If you allow the dirt to build up, the cleaning steps will be the same except you will be stepping up the game with scrubbing brushes and harsh acid solutions to remove the old dirt. In the worst cases, you will need to get a local tiler like me to come back, remove the silicone and grout and redo it all. This is a cost you can very easily avoid by simply dedicating some time to cleaning as general wear and tear and misuse is never covered by any warranty! Save yourself the embarrassment and get cleaning today!
The Best Way To Clean TilesDo you want to know how a tiler cleans his own tiles? After years of using a mop and bucket to clean my tiles at home, I finally found a solution that works better and offers a cleaner, more hygienic clean. A steam mop is seriously the best way to keep your tiles clean. It does not use any detergents or special cleaners, just plain water that it heats up and converts into steam. The steam is applied to your tiles through a special foam pad and literally steams off the stains and dirt on your tiles. It is especially great for porous or non-skid tiles that are hard to keep clean with regular means.
If you have any pets living at home then I especially recommend you purchase a steam mop. Steam cleaning your tiles is a great way to hygienically remove any pet accidents and odours that they may have left on your tiles. We all know that steam is boiled water and the temperatures needed to convert water to steam is enough to kill any germs and bacteria living on your tiles. If you do not have a steam mop yet, I seriously encourage you to wait for a sale and purchase one for your home.
If you want to learn more about steam mops on tiles, read about this tiler’s experience with a steam mop and how he saved his tile finish from an expensive mistake! It’s an enjoyable read for anyone with tiles, I recommend you read it.
Tile Cleaning TipsHere are a few tile cleaning tips that I have learned over the many years as a tiler. 1 – Bleach, Yellow Scotch Pads/Cloths, and White Grout Don’t Mix! One day I got a call from of a previous client that I tiled their bathroom in their home in Te Atatu, West Auckland. They said that their white grout in their shower was going yellow and demanded that I replace it. I went to check it out because obviously I was baffled as to why the grout was yellow. I was thinking it was a faulty batch of grout and would need a sample that I could send to the manufacturer. When I got there however, the story was much different. Upon closer inspection, the grout was not yellow at all. It only had specks of yellow in it in various places. Where did that yellow come from? Well, the evidence was right in front of the shower! In the corner of the bathroom, the stack of cleaning supplies that my client used was in plain sight and what did that stack contain? One bottle of Janola Bleach and a yellow Chux cleaning cloth used to wipe the bleach over the tiles. Bleach being bleach of course, it was so harsh it ate into the yellow cloth and left the fibres and pigments used to colour the Chux cloth all over the tile grout while they were cleaning it. I showed this to my client who was a sudden shade of red and apologized for wasting my time. Please remember that you do not need to use bleach to clean tiles! Just an everyday bathroom cleaner or vinegar will be enough! 2 – Baking Soda For Tough Grout Stains. No story for you this time, just a quick tip. If you have old grout that is heavily stained, has a build-up of gunk on it and is hard to clean with regular means, this one is for you. Simply make a paste with some water and baking soda and apply it to your dirty grout. If you have hydrogen peroxide in the home, add a drop of that as well. You can use a small scrubbing brush to really work that paste into the grout and let it sit for ten minutes. Wipe it off with clean water and marvel at the results, it seriously is that simple to clean grout!
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It’s Valentines day and what better way to celebrate than with a treat of Chocolates!!! So how did the relation of valentines day with chocolates come into being? I did some research and this is what I found……In 1861, Richard Cadbury created the first ever heart shaped box for Valentine’s day and the rest is history 🙂
Chocochip Cookies is a much in-demand treat in our household. Even J, who isn’t a chocolate fan loves this. You can always substitute the walnuts withcashew nuts, almonds or the likes.
- 1 - 1/4 cups Flour
- 1/2 teaspoon Baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 1/2 cup Butter softened
- 1/2 cup Brown sugar
- 1/4 cup Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla essence
- 1 cup Chocolate Semi sweet chips
- 1/2 cup walnuts - (lightly toasted and chopped) (Optional)
- Preheat oven to 190C. Sieve flour, salt and baking soda.
- In a bowl, beat the butter and sugars till creamy. Add egg and essence. Blend the flour mixture well. Stir in chocohips and walnuts. Take a tablespoon of the dough and drop it 2" aparton a prepared cookie sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes or till golden brown around the edges.
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Harry Brockway is a wood engraver who trained at The Royal Academy Schools and has taught at West Dean College for 3 years. He exhibits regularly with The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers at The Bankside Gallery, London, and with The Society of Wood Engravers. Harry has wood engraved illustrations for a number of Folio Society publications - most recently 'The Vision of Piers the Plowman' 2014. Other illustrated books include 'The Man who Planted Trees' by Jean Giono. He is an associate member of the RE and former chairman of The Society of Wood Engravers.
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Many successful people talk about how getting early is THE thing that has led to their success. When asked for her thoughts, JK Rowling (who as we know is VERY successful) responded with 3 little words: “Oh, piss off.” You see, she understands that adhering to someone else’s schedule isn’t the way to achieving the things you want...and that getting up early isn’t a requirement for success! That said, I WOULD argue that cultivating habits purposefully (no matter when you wake up) is😊
Are you someone who has always loved the idea of having a super-productive morning routine but never quite made it happen? Don’t worry, it’s not too late; you CAN create an effective morning routine that you love AND that fits into your life! You see, the reason why many people struggle with creating morning routines is because they are trying to force themselves into someone else’s perfect morning instead of creating one that is perfect for them!
So how do you create a routine that works for you that you will actually DO?
START SMALL. Pick one small thing that you want to incorporate, such as 5 minutes of reading, meditation, or stretching. Focus on something you WANT to do, not just something you’ve been told is a good idea.
PRACTICE UNTIL IT BECOMES A HABIT. Don’t get impatient and try to do too much too soon. Focus on doing your one small thing with fidelity before you even think about adding something new.
ADD TIME OR ACTION, NOT BOTH. Once you’re ready to expand your routine, decide whether you want to continue what you’re doing and lengthen the duration (such as expanding 5 minutes of exercise to 10) or incorporate something new (like adding 5 minutes of stretching to 5 minutes of meditation). Don’t try to do both!
ENGAGE IN CONTINUOUS REFLECTION. Check in with yourself around your routine. Does it feel good? Is it yielding the results you want? If not, how can you tweak it to make sure it does?
In recent years, I’ve seen a lot of people sharing their routines: morning routines, workout routines, routines for family scheduling, bedtime routines…the list goes on and on. And while I think it’s GREAT that people want to share what works for them, I think it’s important to remember that the BEST routines are the ones that resonate WITH YOU. So while it’s a great idea to consider a variety of options, DON’T get caught so caught up in what other people are doing that you think you should be doing as well that you lose sight of what will work for you! | <urn:uuid:183f6253-5773-41a3-81ba-43a8ff1388c9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.highergoodcoaching.com/post/establishing-routines | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573667.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819100644-20220819130644-00069.warc.gz | en | 0.950146 | 587 | 1.6875 | 2 |
Measurements of the concentrations of dichlorodifluoromethane (CFC-12), tritium (3H), and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) in groundwater from basaltic aquifers in Jeju Island, Korea, demonstrate a terrigenic source of SF6. Using a lumped-parameter dispersion model, groundwater was identified as young water (<15 years), old water with negligible CFC-12 and 3H, and binary mixtures of the two. Model calculations using dispersion models and binary mixing based on 3H and CFC-12 concentrations demonstrate a non-atmospheric excess of SF6 relative to CFC-12 and 3H concentrations for more than half of the samples. The non-atmospheric excess SF6 may have originated from terrigenic sources in relict volcanic fluids, which could have acquired SF6 from granites and basement rocks of the island during volcanic activity. Local excess anthropogenic sources of SF6 are unlikely. The SF6 age is biased young relative to the CFC-12 age, typically up to 20 years and as high as 30 years. This age bias is more pronounced in samples of groundwater older than 15 years. The presence of terrigenic SF6 can affect the entire dating range for groundwater in mixtures that contain a fraction of old water. ?? 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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A piece by the British-American conservative writer Theodore Dalrymple from the current issue of Harper's
The Quivering Upper Lip
When my mother arrived in England as a refugee from Nazi Germany, shortly before the outbreak of World War II, she found the people admirable, though not without the defects that corresponded to their virtues. By the time she died, two-thirds of a century later, she found them rude, dishonest, and charmless. They did not seem to her, moreover, to have any virtues to compensate for their unpleasant qualities. I occasionally asked her to think of some, but she couldn’t; and neither, frankly, could I.
...What, exactly, were the qualities that my mother had so admired? Above all, there was the people’s manner. The British seemed to her self-contained, self-controlled, law-abiding yet tolerant of others no matter how eccentric, and with a deeply ironic view of life that encouraged them to laugh at themselves and to appreciate their own unimportance in the scheme of things. If Horace Walpole was right—that the world is a comedy to those who think and a tragedy to those who feel—the English were the most thoughtful people in the world. They were polite and considerate, not pushy or boastful; the self-confident took care not to humiliate the shy or timid; and even the most accomplished was aware that his achievements were a drop in the ocean of possibility, and might have been much greater if he had tried harder or been more talented.
The orderliness and restraint of political life in Britain also struck my refugee mother. The British leaders were not giants among men but—much more important for someone fleeing Nazi Germany—they were not brutes, either. They were civilized men; the nearest they came to the exercise of arbitrary power was a sense of noblesse oblige, and the human breast is capable of far worse sentiments. Politics was, to them and the voters, only part of life, and by no means the most important. Maurois’ Dr. O’Grady describes to Aurelle what he calls “the safety-valve of parliament”: “From now on, elected champions have our riots and coups d’état for us in the chamber, which leaves the rest of the nation the leisure to play cricket.” Major Parker takes up the theme, also addressing Aurelle: “What good has it done you French to change government eight times in a century? The riot for you has become a national institution. In England it would be impossible to make a revolution. If people gathered near Westminster shouting slogans, a policeman would tell them to go away and they would go.”
Many remarked upon the gentleness of British behavior in public. Homicidal violence and street robberies were vanishingly rare. But it wasn’t only in the absence of crime that the gentleness made itself felt. British pastimes were peaceful and reflective: gardening and the keeping of pigeons, for example. Vast sporting crowds would gather in such good order that sporting events resembled church meetings, as both George Orwell and anthropologist Geoffrey Gorer (writing in 1955) noted.
Newsreels of the time reinforce the point. The faces of people in sports crowds did not contort in hatred, snarling and screaming, but were peaceful and good-humored, if a little pinched and obviously impoverished. The crowds were almost self-regulating; as late as the early sixties, the British read with incredulity reports that, on the Continent, wire barriers, police baton charges, and tear gas were often necessary to control crowds. Incidents of crowd misbehavior in Britain were so unusual that when one did happen, it caused a sensation.
Gradually, but overwhelmingly, the culture and character of British restraint have changed into the exact opposite. Extravagance of gesture, vehemence of expression, vainglorious boastfulness, self-exposure, and absence of inhibition are what we tend to admire now—and the old modesty is scorned. It is as if the population became convinced of Blake’s fatuous dictum that it is better to strangle a baby in the cradle than to let a desire remain unacted upon.
Certainly, many Britons under the age of 30 or even 40 now embrace a kind of sub-psychotherapeutic theory that desires, if not unleashed, will fester within and eventually manifest themselves in dangerous ways. To control oneself for the sake of the social order, let alone for dignity or decorum (a word that would either mean nothing to the British these days, or provoke peals of laughter), is thus both personally and socially harmful.
I have spoken with young British people who regularly drink themselves into oblivion, passing first through a prolonged phase of public nuisance. To a man (and woman), they believe that by doing so, they are getting rid of inhibitions that might otherwise do them psychological and even physical harm. The same belief seems universal among those who spend hours at soccer games screaming abuse and making threatening gestures (whose meaning many would put into practice, were those events not policed in military fashion).
Lack of self-control is just as character-forming as self-control: but it forms a different, and much worse and shallower, character. Further, once self-control becomes neither second nature nor a desired goal, but rather a vice to avoid at all costs, there is no plumbing the depths to which people will sink. The little town where I now live when in England transforms by night. By day, it is delightful; I live in a Queen Anne house that abuts a charming Elizabethan cottage near church grounds that look as if they materialized from an Anthony Trollope novel. By night, however, the average age of the person on the street drops from 60 to 20, with few older people venturing out. Charm and delight vanish. Not long ago, the neighborhood awoke to the sound of a young man nearly kicked to death by other young men, all of whom had spilled forth from a pub at 2 am. The driver of a local car service, who does only prearranged pickups, tells me that it is now normal (in the statistical sense) for young women to emerge from the bars and try to entice him to drive them home by baring their breasts, even pushing them against his windows if for some reason he has to stop in town.
I laughed when hearing this, but in essence it is not funny. The driver was talking not about an isolated transgressor of customs but about a whole manner of cultural comportment. By no means coincidentally, the young British find themselves hated, feared, and despised throughout Europe, wherever they gather to have what they call “a good time.” They turn entire Greek, Spanish, and Turkish resorts into B-movie Sodoms and Gomorrahs. They cover sidewalks with vomit, rape one another, and indulge in casual drunken violence. In one Greek resort, 12 young British women were arrested recently after indulging in “an outdoor oral sex competition.”
No person with the slightest apprehension of human psychology will be surprised to learn that as a consequence of this change in character, indictable crime has risen at least 900% since 1950. In the same period, the homicide rate has doubled—and would have gone up ten times, had it not been for improvements in trauma surgery and resuscitation techniques. And all this despite the fact that the proportion of the population in the age group most likely to commit crimes has fallen considerably.
Two things are worth noting about this shift in national character: it is not the first such shift in British history; and the change is not entirely spontaneous or the result of impersonal social forces.
Before the English and British became known for self-restraint and an ironic detachment from life, they had a reputation for high emotionalism and an inability to control their passions. The German poet Heinrich Heine, among others, detested them as violent and vulgar. It was only during the reign of William IV—“Silly Billy,” the king before Victoria—that they transformed into something approaching the restrained people whom I encountered as a child and sometimes as a doctor. The main difference between the vulgar people whom Heine detested and the people loathed and feared throughout Europe (and beyond) today is that the earlier Britons often possessed talent and genius, and in some sense stood in the forefront of human endeavor; we cannot say that of the British now.
But the second point is also important. The moralization of the British in the first third of the nineteenth century—their transformation from a people lacking self-control into exemplars of restraint—was the product of intellectual and legislative activity. So, too, was the reverse movement.
Consider in this light public drunkenness. For 100 years or more in Britain, the popular view was that such drunkenness was reprehensible and the rightful object of repression. (My heart leaps with joy when I see in France a public notice underscoring the provisions of the law “for the suppression of public drunkenness.”) Several changes then came: officials halved the tax on alcohol; intellectuals attacked the idea of self-restraint, making it culturally unacceptable; universities unapologetically began to advertise themselves as places where students could get drunk often and regularly; and finally, the government, noting that drunkenness was dramatically increasing, claimed that increasing the hours of availability of alcohol would encourage a more responsible, “Mediterranean” drinking culture, in which people would sip slowly, rather than gulp fast. It is difficult not to suspect also the role of financial inducements to politicians in all this, for even they could hardly be so stupid.
...Not long ago, I attended the graduation of a friend’s son at an upstate New York university. The night before, and the night after, I observed the students through the windows of their frat houses getting drunk. They were behaving in a silly way, but they were not causing a public nuisance because they did not dare to step out of their houses. If they did, the local police would arrest them; or, if not, the university authorities would catch them and suspend them. (This, incidentally, is powerful evidence that drunks do know what they are doing and that the law is absolutely right not to accept drunkenness as a negation of mens rea.)
No doubt the student drunkenness in the frat houses was unsatisfactory from an abstract point of view; but from the point of view of upholding civilization, to say nothing of the quality of life of the townspeople, it was all highly satisfactory. In England, that town would have been a nightmare at night that no decent person would have wanted to be out in.
So I say to Americans: if you want your young people to develop character, have the courage of your inconsistencies! Excoriate sin, especially in public places, but turn a blind eye to it when necessary—as it often is.
Obviously the guy's not without his garden-variety-crank streak, and some of his claims sound comically overblown ( "the young British find themselves hated, feared, and despised throughout Europe"? "universities unapologetically advertise themselves as places where students could get drunk often and regularly"? ). The pyschological focus of this particular writer's take on the topic is interesting though, and seems to perhaps echo a bit one of the comments melon posted ("the British have become a cynical lot. They have no faith in the monarchy, the government or the system and they have little interest in changing it"). | <urn:uuid:87c34702-e695-49d9-ad9f-79c8d39babbc> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.u2interference.com/forums/f199/britains-worst-hour-196758-2.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719453.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00230-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97337 | 2,431 | 1.90625 | 2 |
Volume 3 Issue 7 - April 01, 2005
The world of sign language is all about hands that talk and eyes that speak a fluid, graceful speech. Sadly, however, the absence of a standard language is often a barrier in communication between deaf/hearing impaired people and others, says D.S. Chauhan.
Signs and gestures are used and understood universally. However, for those who are born deaf, it is their mother tongue. In the absence of the faculty of hearing, a deaf child cannot learn a language the natural way, by the process of hearing and copying the sound of spoken words.
In such cases, a formal education is required to teach language. Sadly, existing educational institutions of deaf people in India do not cater to the needs of even 1 per cent of deaf children of school-going age. Therefore, the very vast majority of those born deaf remain without the knowledge of a language.
For them, signs and gestures are normal modes of self-expression and understanding others. However, these signs and gestures are self improvised and, therefore, only those who are exposed to them can use and understand them.
Essentially, these signs are pantomimes of the motions involved in a specific activity, such as eating, drinking, sleeping, and so on. The more innovative among deaf people devise signs for a wide range of signs, largely for meeting their personal needs. Sometimes hands and fingers are also formed in different shapes to denote an object, essentially of daily use, such as a cup, tumbler, plate, toothbrush, toothpaste and so on.
Being self-improvised, these differ from person to person and from place to place. If there are two or more deaf people present at a given place, they develop their own local sign language by communicating with each other. When these deaf people come into contact with deaf people of nearby areas, they are able to achieve a short of synthesis which is often taken as the regional language, which for the more learned among the sign language experts becomes a dialect.
The sign language used in India can be roughly divided in four zones or regions: East, West, North and South. The basic signs, which are based on any form of human activity, are basically the same, but variations do exist. For example, the sign for drinking water in the North is the cupping of the palm and touching it to the lips, a mode of drinking quite common in the region. In the South, water is poured directly in the mouth, with the head tilted backwards, from a vessel kept high over the head. So a sign denoting that, or a sign such that that used in the North, could both be used.
Then there are the signs which are based on customs prevalent in a particular area or religious ritual. For example, to signify a wife, in North India, the sign used is to place one palm over the other as is done during the marriage among the Hindus. In the South, the sign is motion of tying ‘Thali’ around the neck.
From the above examples, it will be noted that these signs, though good enough to convey some sense, have no academic value at all. In fact, these signs are few and far between. A deaf person, for example, cannot explain his illness or the symptoms of his disease. He cannot also interact with those who are not exposed to his particular usage of sign language. Though there is difficulty initially when deaf people from different regions meet and use their regional sign language, the use of supporting signs and understanding can be achieved after some give and take.
But with this limited sign language deaf people cannot lead satisfying lives. They may be able to learn some trade or vocation and earn just enough to meet the family’s needs but social, cultural, religious activities are not for them because of communication barriers. Many deaf people have established themselves on their own in their chosen field but when it comes to issues such as the education or marriage of their children, or the partition of the family’s assets, they find themselves quite at sea.
What is more, they cannot enlist the help of an average hearing person, who most likely will not be able to understand the deaf person. Only a person with knowledge of sign language can understand them. Sadly, such persons are not easily found. Therefore, it is not surprising that even for the drafting of a petition people come from relatively far-away places go to Delhi or go to State capitals, believing that there would certainly be qualified persons who would become their saviours.
Had there been a standard Indian sign language in place, deaf people would not suffered that much. This is because it would have been possible to familiarise the relevant people with a standard Indian sign language by conducting special orientation courses. Alas, even after 57 years, no sincere attempt has been made to develop a standard Indian sign language: easy to use, easy to understand by deaf/hearing impaired and non-hearing impaired alike, and which can meet the domestic, educational, training, economic, social, cultural and religious needs of deaf people.
Even though there is no Indian sign language as such, so-called experts on sign language, some of them imported, go about telling people that there is already an Indian sign language, complete with its grammar. If such be the case, one wonders as to why it cannot be used to explain lessons to deaf students in their special schools. Even though they may spend 10 years in their special school and possess Matriculation certificates, sadly they cannot write even a single sentence which is grammatically correct. Would this be so had there been a standard Indian sign language complete with its grammar in place?
No doubt some efforts have been made in this direction and more are being made. However, the basic approach is wrong. The collection and codification of existing signs used by adult deaf people is hardly development. What is needed is a sign language which can be used in the classrooms to explain lessons to deaf students. At present their teachers have no means to explain lessons. No wonder, when the average deaf student leaves school after completing his studies, his knowledge levels are the same as when he was admitted.
In the developed world, 39 countries have already accorded the status of a ‘national language’ to the country’s sign language, and these are used as the medium of instruction. And in India, we are yet to take even the first step in this direction -- development and standardisation of sign language.
The right course would be to broad-base sign language development work, currently confined to one or two agencies. Also, involvement of Institutes of Technology and universities is called for. An active involvement of organisations of adult deaf people, so far kept out, is essential if the sign language development efforts are to prove not only successful, but also acceptable.
In this context, mention can be made of the revolution that Braille has brought about in the education of visually persons. This is because it tapes the astonishing sense of touch and feel with which Nature has endowed visually impaired persons.
Deaf people, on the other hand, hear with their eyes and speak with their fingers. If this natural talent of theirs, symbolised by their sign language, is developed and used, they can benefit the most. It has already been established by the results obtained during the past 100 years and more that the present system of educating deaf people has not delivered the desired results. A sign language-based system, custom made for the needs of deaf people, can revolutionise their education. For this, however, we have to have a standard Indian sign language. This, if put into place, can open new vistas of progress for deaf people through proper formal education. Uneducated deaf people and normal hearing people will also benefit equally from such a step.
The question now is: Will the right sense prevail and requisite steps be taken to develop and standardise Indian sign language and make it a medium of instruction for deaf people?
We wait for an answer.
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KTH Royal Institute of Technology is the leading technical university in Sweden. The Theoretical Computer Science Group at KTH (www.csc.kth.se/tcs) offers a strong research environment spanning a wide range of research topics such as complexity theory and approximation algorithms, computer and network security, cryptography, formal methods and natural language processing. We have one of Europe's most prominent groups in algorithms and complexity theory, and the research conducted here has attracted numerous international awards and grants in recent years.
The PhD student will be working in the research group of Jakob Nordstrom. Much of the activities of this research group revolve around the themes of efficient algorithms for satisfiability in propositional logic (SAT solving) and lower bounds on the efficiency of methods for reasoning about SAT (proof complexity). On the practical side, one problem of interest is to gain a better understanding of, and improve, the performance of current state-of-the-art SAT solvers --- in particular, solvers using conflict-driven clause learning (CDCL). We are even more interested in exploring new techniques that hold out the theoretical possibility of exponential improvements over CDCL, but seem hard to implement efficiently in practice, e.g., algebraic methods such as Groebner bases or geometric methods such as pseudo-Boolean solving (basically 0/1 integer linear programming).
The research project is financed by a Breakthrough Research Grant from the Swedish Research Council and a Starting Independent Researcher Grant from the European Research Council. A more detailed description of the project can be found at www.csc.kth.se/~jakobn/project-proofcplx. The group currently consists of two postdoctoral researchers and four PhD students (in addition to the PI). There are also several other professors, postdocs, and PhD students in the TCS Group working on other aspects of algorithms and computational complexity, and so this is a unique opportunity to explore new connections between theoretical and practical areas of computer science within a vibrant and growing research environment.
This is a four-year full-time employed position, but PhD positions usually (though not necessarily) include 20% teaching, in which case they are prolonged for one more year. The successful candidate is expected to start at the latest in August-September 2017, although this is to some extent negotiable. The position is fully funded and comes with a competitive salary.
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It seems that there is now consensus that it will be nearly impossible to lead the EU out of the crisis without any further growth stimulating measures. It also seems that the Spanish government’s acceptance of an initiative to ask the European Union to launch the rescue mechanism in order to address the needs of the Spanish banking and financial sector has gone down well in the financial markets.
But it is not at all acceptable that we, as Europeans, should accept instructions and bets from the US concerning a potential Greek Euro zone exit. In the last week the main rating agencies, some of the top US economists like Kenneth Rogoff, mainstream newspapers like the New York Times, and in particular hedge funds manager George Soros have been arguing that they are certain Greece will exit the Euro Zone within the next 3 months!
A Greek exit would be an economic and political catastrophe for Europe with irreversible damage not only for the Euro but also for Europe’s place in the world. It is easy to argue now that it would be better for Greece to leave. But would it be acceptable for Europe that the Euro area will suffer after a Greek exit? Mark Cliffe, an economist at ING, a Dutch bank, estimates that following an orderly and well-managed Greek exit—one with very limited contagion and some continuing support to Greece from the Euro zone and IMF—the Euro area would suffer an extra GDP loss of 1.6% in the first year. The question is if a Greek exit could really be contained at its borders?
The result could affect the reputation of European economies, leading to less confidence and lower investment. Switching from one currency to another is a more than a significant step. Euro savings and mortgages need to be converted. A question will arise concerning exchange rates in Europe, with consequences, notably, on wages in Greece. Finally, overnight, the foreign Euro liabilities of Greece’s government, banks, and companies would surge. If Greece leaves the Euro, capital controls would be necessary because the Drachma would immediately fall against the Euro, possibly losing 50% or more of its value.
A total disintegration of the Euro zone would be the most catastrophic scenario for core Europe since the beginning of European integration. In such a case even Germany would not be spared, incurring a GDP loss of 8.2% as its exporters contended with the strength of a reborn D-mark.
The former foreign minister of Germany, Joschka Fischer, published an insightful article last week accusing the German Chancellor not doing the utmost to rescue the Euro.
The gambling bets of American hedge funds mangers should be combated. The casino can no longer play a game so devastating for the citizens as that which prevailed before the crisis in 2008. There are proposals on the table such as tapping new resource with the financial transaction tax, enhancing the role of the European Investment bank , bringing down the cost of servicing debt with a truly European debt redemption fund. These are some of the serious proposals that can help to reshape European Economic governance and decision-making. Hazardous betting is dangerous and threatens European democracy and legitimacy.Ernst Stetter | <urn:uuid:560176be-0115-4e9e-9e65-594f95d3170d> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://fepsfreshthinking.blogactiv.eu/2012/06/12/dubious-gambling-of-hedge-funds-on-the-shoulders-of-the-sovereign-state/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282140.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00132-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952739 | 633 | 1.84375 | 2 |
The Use of Yield-Line Theory in the Design of Steel-Fibre Reinforced Concrete Slabsby Jonas Holmgren, Royal Inst of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden,
Abstract: Using yield line calculations for steel fibre reinforced slabs a formula for the design strength of shotcrete linings is developed. The formula establishes a connection between the toughness indices according to ASTM C1018 and the design strength one can use in calculations of the load capacity of a shotcrete lining.
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CORE FACILITIES AVAILABLE TO SCR PARTICIPANTS
Biomolecular mass spectrometry: A research, training, and service facility is housed in the Ekeley Building includes a PerSeptive Voyager DE-STR MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer, an ABI QStar Pulsar qTOF mass spectrometer with interchangeable ESI and oMALDI interfaces, three electrospray ion trap mass spectrometers (Finnigan LCQ Classic, Finnigan Deca XP, Agilent trap). The four qTOF and ion trap instruments are each outfitted with an Agilent Model 1100 capillary HPLC with autosampler. Instrument maintenance and student training are carried out by Drs. Natalie Ahn and William Old. These instruments are housed in the Central Analytical Facility, which also maintains a VG AutoSpec triple sector EBE machine, with chemical ionization, electron impact, liquid SIMS and ESI sources, an HP 5989A electrospray ionization single quadrupole mass spectrometer, and an HP5988A gas chromatography mass spectrometer. The latter instruments are operated by Dr. Shuji Kato, staff specialist in the Central Analytical Facility, and are used mainly for organic and analytical samples.
Transgenic Facility: The facility was constructed with support from the William Keck Foundation. The primary mission of this facility is to provide a barrier environment for the housing of valuable strains of mice and a core facility for use in the generation of transgenic mice. These mouse strains are generated to study problems in basic biology and disease. Investigators using the facility are presently working with strains of mice that have the potential to lead to new insights into heart disease, neurodegenerative disease, and diabetes. The facility is managed by Drs. Kevin Jones and Gail Ackermann.
NMR: A facility containing 500 and 600 MHz 4-channel Varian Inova NMR spectrometers and a three channel Varian Inova 500 MHz spectrometer is located in the Cristol Chemistry Building and maintained and operated by Drs. Arthur Pardi and Deborah Wuttke, with staff specialist Richard Shoemaker. A second facility (the W. M. Keck 800 MHz NMR Facility) is located off campus in Boulder and houses a Varian 800 MHz NMR with cryogenic probe. This facility is a consortium between three institutions: CU-Boulder, CU-Denver and the University of Utah. A third facility (the Rocky Mountain Regional 900 MHz NMR Facility) is located at the Anschutz Medical campus and houses a Varian 900 MHz NMR to serve the high field NMR requirements of publicly funded research institutions in Rocky Mountain/West Central states. The consortium consists of 17 research groups from 9 institutions in 6 states. Maintenance and training of users are carried out by Dr. Geoff Armstrong.
Biomolecular X-ray crystallography: A facility in the Cristol Building houses two X-ray generators equipped with cryosystems and image-plate detectors; a microfluidics crystallizer, a nanodrop setter for crystallizations, and an automated imager for crystallization analysis. The X-ray facility is maintained by Drs. David McKay, Marcelo Sousa, Robert Batey, and Tom Cech. Dr. McKay trains students in the use of the instruments and analysis of data.
National Research Resource laboratory for three-dimensional electron microscopy: The facility is located in Porter Biosciences and currently supported by a grant from the NIH National Center for Research Resources under the directorship of Dr. Andreas Hoenger. In this lab, methods have been developed for EM tomography of cells, allowing 3-dimensional reconstruction of cells with resolutions of ~2 nm. Methods have also been developed for serial section and immunolabeling at the EM level to localize specific antigens in 3-D within the context of cellular structure. This Resource operates a JEOL 1000 high voltage electron microscope, equipped with a goniometer stage for ambient temperature work and a single axis tilting cold stage. The Facility also has 200 and a 300 KeV instruments from FEI, Inc. Each is equipped with field emission gun, goniometer stage, and CCD camera. The 300 KeV is also equipped with a Gatan Imaging Filter to permit acquisition of images based on energy filtered electrons. Supporting computer facilities for tomographic reconstruction and serial section image processing are also available.
Fluorescence microscopy: Chemistry and Biochemistry, MCDB and CBEN have extensive facilities for microscopic analysis of cellular structure. An electron microscopy suite equipped with two Philips CM10 100 KeV electron microscopes are housed in MCDB, together with a Balzers high pressure rapid freezer and ultrahigh vacuum-ultralow temperature freeze fracture apparatus. The department also operates facilities for 3D reconstruction, with a Molecular Dynamics scanning confocal microscope. A Zeiss LSM5 Pascal scanning confocal microscope is housed in the CBEN building. Three upright deconvoluting light microscopes are housed in the labs of Han, McIntosh, and Winey. Zeiss Axioplan upright and Leica inverted fluorescence microscopes with digital CCD cameras are located in the Cristol Building and shared by Chemistry and Biochemistry laboratories.
Single molecule fluorescence and FRET: A Keck Foundation supported facility that contains a CCD-based Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence (TIRF) microscope is housed in Cristol Chemistry. The instrument consists of an objective-based total internal reflection fluorescence microscope (Nikon TE-2000U) equipped with a Cascade II CCD camera and a 1.49 NA water immersion objective. The facility is maintained by Dr. Arthur Pardi.
Fluorescence spectroscopy: A SLM 48000S fluorescence spectrometer equipped for steady state and phase modulation lifetime measurements, with laser (Coherent Innova 306 argon ion laser) and arc lamp (Xe or Hg-Xe) excitation sources, is located in the Cristol Building and maintained by Dr. Joe Falke.
DNA sequencing: A service facility located in the Porter Biosciences Building is equipped with two ABI Prism 377 automated DNA sequencers, and is operated by Dr. Yuming Han and two work study students.
DNA microarray: A facility to process and read Affymetrix chips is housed in the MCDB addition and operated by Ms. Helen Marshall, under the supervision of Drs. Ken Krauter and Ryan Gill. The facility includes an Agilent G2500A GeneArray scanner with fluidics station, hybridization oven, computer workstation, and an Agilent 2100 bioanalyzer.
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Temple Mount and City of David 390.
Joe Yudin owns Touring Israel, a company that specializes in “Lifestyle” tours of Israel.
better way to celebrate Passover or Easter than by exploring the ruins
of the Second Temple in Jerusalem? Before doing so, however, one must
first understand the history of the Temple and the politics surrounding
Judaism has gone through major changes over the last 3,800
years or so. From Abraham to Moses it was all about personal
relationships between man and God; God revealing himself to man and
guiding him in the ways of morality with the promise of establishing a
new nation in a fertile land.
In the Jewish tradition it started
with the destruction of idols and the banning of child sacrifice. It culminated in the giving of the Torah, God’s laws and teachings, to all
the children of Israel and “a mixed multitude” at Mount Sinai. From
that point, the nation building began with a new generation, guided by
the Torah and God’s appointed judges and prophets into the Land of
According to the Hebrew Bible, God’s presence followed
the Israelites into the Land of Israel residing in the Mishkan, a
portable tent containing the Ark of the Covenant, and was eventually
brought by King David to Mount Moriah which, according to Jewish
tradition, is the place of the binding of Isaac and creation of the
King Solomon built a permanent house for him there in
Jerusalem and between the years 965BCE and 586BCE the Holy Temple stood
in Jerusalem and the Israelite people would bring their sacrifices up to
the mount three times a year as commanded in the Torah, singing songs,
heaping praise on the Lord and praying for peace and morality.
the destruction of Solomon’s Temple by Nebuchadnezzar and the
Babylonians in 586 BCE and the enslavement of the Jewish people, Judaism
again began to change its path.
In exile many Jews begin to
meet on the Sabbath in homes to discuss scripture, study Torah and sing
praise unto the Lord. The institution of the synagogue was formed not in
Israel, but Babylonia, and a new sect of Jews emerged from this time: the
Because of the relatively short period of exile this
new form of spiritual, cerebral Judaism did not replace the Temple but
upon the Jews' return to Israel grew alongside the cultic practice of
Judaism based in the Second Temple built around 515 BCE and administered
by the Sadducees.
Second Temple went through many periods of building and renovation.
Built first by Zerubabel out of wood, later expanded by Ezra and
Nehemiah, it was made grand by the Maccabees and completely renovated to
its grandest form by King Herod in the first century BCE. This last
version of the Temple is said to be the most impressive as the Talmud
states: "Whoever hasn’t seen Herod’s structure has never seen a
beautiful edifice" (Bava Kama 4a).
During the time of the Second
Temple the Pharisees would preach adherence to the moral code of the
Torah, using interpretation of Scripture, and oral traditions based on
the biblical writings and interpreted by generations of sages as the
shining light of Judaism.
The Temple was important to them as
God commanded them to bring the sacrifice there during Passover, Shavuot
and Succot, but these were deeds among the 613 commanded upon the
Jewish people and each one was as important as the other. For the Pharisees and their philosophical
followers, the rabbis, Judaism was about trying to bring man up to God’s
level by doing good and adhering to a higher moral code.
the Sadducees who controlled the Temple and made a living from the
pilgrimages to the Temple, their goal was to bring God down to man’s
level through the Temple sacrifices so he would dwell among us. Their
goal was to keep the political situation quiet and go through the
motions of the Temple cult. This form of Judaism would not survive the
second destruction of the Temple in the year 70 CE by Titus and the
Romans. Indeed the ruins of the Temple complex at the Davidson Center
just inside Dung Gate bears witness to this fact.
There are two
different ways to explore the Davidson Center: Buy a combination ticket
at the City of David and walk underground from the Shiloach Pool in a
system of tunnels, sometimes on the first century BCE street leading up
to the Western Wall inside the center, or you can enter inside Dung Gate
to the left down the stairs.
There are many recently excavated ruins inside the center and it is best to take a guided tour. Joe Yudin
became a licensed tour guide in 1999. He completed his Master’s degree
at the University of Haifa in the Land of Israel Studies and is
currently studying toward a PhD.
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|An idiopathic syrinx. See the thin light grey shape inside the spinal cord, placed at centre in the bottom half of the above image.|
|Classification and external resources|
Syringomyelia (/, /) is a generic term referring to a disorder in which a cyst or cavity forms within the spinal cord. This cyst, called a syrinx, can expand and elongate over time, destroying the spinal cord. The damage may result in pain, paralysis, weakness, and stiffness in the back, shoulders, and extremities. Syringomyelia may also cause a loss of the ability to feel extremes of hot or cold, especially in the hands. There is also a disorder that generally leads to a cape-like pain (extreme pain, pressure, and many other painful symptoms in the area where a cape would be) and temperature sensation along the back and arms. Each patient experiences a different combination of symptoms. These symptoms typically vary depending on the extent and, often more critically, to the location of the syrinx within the spinal cord.
Syringomyelia has a prevalence estimated at 8.4 cases per 100,000 people, with symptoms usually beginning in young adulthood. Signs of the disorder tend to develop slowly, although sudden onset may occur with coughing, straining, or myelopathy.
Signs and symptoms
Syringomyelia causes a wide variety of neuropathic symptoms due to damage of the spinal cord and the nerves inside. Patients may experience severe chronic pain, abnormal sensations and loss of sensation particularly in the hands. Some patients experience paralysis or paresis temporarily or permanently. A syrinx may also cause disruptions in the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems, leading to abnormal body temperature or sweating, bowel control issues, or other problems. If the syrinx is higher up in the spinal cord or affecting the brainstem as in syringobulbia, vocal cord paralysis, ipsilateral tongue wasting, trigeminal nerve sensory loss, and other signs may occur. Rarely, bladder stones can occur in the onset of weakness in the lower extremities. Classically, syringomyelia spares the dorsal column/medial lemniscus of the spinal cord, leaving pressure, vibration, touch and proprioception intact in the upper extremities. Neuropathic arthropathy, also known as a Charcot joint, can occur, particularly in the shoulders, in patients with syringomyelia. The loss of sensory fibers to the joint is theorized to lead to damage of the joint over time.
Generally, there are two forms of syringomyelia: congenital and acquired. (In addition, one form of the disorder involves the brainstem. The brainstem controls many of our vital functions, such as respiration and heartbeat. When syrinxes affect the brainstem, the condition is called syringobulbia.)
The first major form relates to an abnormality of the brain called an Arnold–Chiari malformation. This is the most common cause of syringomyelia, where the anatomic abnormality which may be due to a small posterior fossa causes the lower part of the cerebellum to protrude from its normal location in the back of the head into the cervical or neck portion of the spinal canal. A syrinx may then develop in the cervical region of the spinal cord. Here, symptoms usually begin between the ages of 25 and 40 and may worsen with straining or any activity that causes cerebrospinal fluid pressure to fluctuate suddenly. Some patients, however, may have long periods of stability. Some patients with this form of the disorder also have hydrocephalus, in which cerebrospinal fluid accumulates in the skull, or a condition called arachnoiditis, in which a covering of the spinal cord—the arachnoid membrane—is inflamed.
Some cases of syringomyelia are familial, although this is rare.
The second major form of syringomyelia occurs as a complication of trauma, meningitis, hemorrhage, a tumor, or arachnoiditis. Here, the syrinx or cyst develops in a segment of the spinal cord damaged by one of these conditions. The syrinx then starts to expand. This is sometimes referred to as noncommunicating syringomyelia. Symptoms may appear months or even years after the initial injury, starting with pain, weakness, and sensory impairment originating at the site of trauma.
The primary symptom of post-traumatic syringomyelia (often referred to using the abbreviation of PTS) is pain, which may spread upward from the site of injury. Symptoms, such as pain, numbness, weakness, and disruption in temperature sensation, may be limited to one side of the body. Syringomyelia can also adversely affect sweating, sexual function, and, later, bladder and bowel control. A typical cause of PTS would be a car accident or similar trauma involving a whip-lash injury.
What can make PTS difficult to diagnose is the fact that symptoms can often first appear long after the actual cause of the syrinx occurred, e.g. a car accident occurring and then the patient first experiencing PTS symptoms such as pain, loss of sensation, reduced ability on the skin to feel varying degrees of hot and cold, a number of months after the car accident.
The pathogenesis of syringomyelia is debated.The cerebrospinal fluid also serves to cushion the brain. Excess cerebrospinal fluid in the central canal of the spinal cord is called hydromyelia. This term refers to increased cerebrospinal fluid that is contained within the ependyma of the central canal. When fluid dissects into the surrounding white matter forming a cystic cavity or syrinx, the term syringomyelia is applied. As these conditions coexist in the majority of cases, the term syringohydromyelia is applied. The terms are used interchangeably.
It has been observed that obstruction of the cerebrospinal fluid spaces in the subarachnoid space can result in syrinx formation, and alleviation of the obstruction may improve symptoms. A number of pathological conditions can cause an obstruction of the normal cerebrospinal fluid spaces. These include Chiari malformation, spinal arachnoiditis, scoliosis, spinal vertebrae misalignment, spinal tumors, spina bifida, and others. The reasons that blockage of the cerebrospinal fluid space within the subarachnoid space can result in syrinx formation are not fully understood although a small posterior fossa is one known cause. It is unclear if syrinx fluid originates from bulk movement of cerebrospinal fluid into the spinal cord, from bulk transmural movement of blood fluids through the spinal vasculature into the syrinx, or from a combination of both. Recent work suggests that central nervous system compliance is the underlying problem for the central nervous system, and also that hydrocephalus and syringomyelia have related causes.
Physicians now use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to diagnose syringomyelia. The MRI radiographer takes images of body anatomy, such as the brain and spinal cord, in vivid detail. This test will show the syrinx in the spine or any other conditions, such as the presence of a tumor. MRI is safe, painless, and informative and has greatly improved the diagnosis of syringomyelia.
The physician may order additional tests to help confirm the diagnosis. One of these is called electromyography (EMG), which measures muscle weakness. In addition, computed axial tomography (CT) scans of a patient's head may reveal the presence of tumors and other abnormalities such as hydrocephalus.
Like MRI and CT scans, another test, called a myelogram, uses radiographs and requires a contrast medium to be injected into the subarachnoid space. Since the introduction of MRI this test is rarely necessary to diagnose syringomyelia.
The possible causes are trauma, tumors and congenital defects. It is most usually observed in the part of the spinal cord corresponding to the neck area. Symptoms are due to spinal cord damage and are: pain, decreased sensation of touch, weakness and loss of muscle tissue. The diagnosis is confirmed with a spinal CT, myelogram or MRI of the spinal cord. The cavity may be reduced by surgical decompression.
Furthermore, evidence also suggests that impact injuries to the thorax area highly correlate with the occurrence of a cervical-located syrinx.
The first step after diagnosis is finding a neurosurgeon who is experienced in the treatment of syringomyelia. Surgery is the treatment for syringomyelia. Evaluation of the condition is necessary because syringomyelia can remain stationary for long periods of time, and in some cases progress rapidly.
Surgery of the spinal cord has certain characteristic risks associated with it, and the benefits of a surgical procedure on the spine have to be weighed against the possible complications associated with any procedure. Surgical treatment is aimed at correcting the condition that allowed the syrinx to form. It is vital to bear in mind that the drainage of a syrinx does not necessarily mean the elimination of the syrinx-related symptoms but rather is aimed at stopping progression. In cases involving an Arnold-Chiari malformation, the main goal of surgery is to provide more space for the cerebellum at the base of the skull and upper cervical spine without entering the brain or spinal cord. This often results in flattening or disappearance of the primary syrinx or cavity, over time, as the normal flow of cerebrospinal fluid is restored. If a tumor is causing syringomyelia, removal of the tumor is the treatment of choice, if this is considered to be safe.
Surgery results in stabilization or modest improvement in symptoms for most patients. Delay in treatment may result in irreversible spinal cord injury. Recurrence of syringomyelia after surgery may make additional operations necessary; these may not be completely successful over the long term.
In some patients it may also be necessary to drain the syrinx, which can be accomplished using a catheter, drainage tubes, and valves. This system is also known as a shunt. Shunts are used in both the communicating and noncommunicating forms of the disorder. First, the surgeon must locate the syrinx. Then, the shunt is placed into it with the other end draining cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) into a cavity, usually the abdomen. This type of shunt is called a ventriculoperitoneal shunt and is particularly useful in cases involving hydrocephalus. By draining syrinx fluid, a shunt can arrest the progression of symptoms and relieve pain, headache, and tightness. Syringomyelia shunts are not always successful and can become blocked as with other central nervous system shunts.
The decision to use a shunt requires extensive discussion between doctor and patient, as this procedure carries with it greater risk of injury to the spinal cord, infection, blockage, or hemorrhage and may not necessarily work for all patients. Draining the syrinx more quickly does not produce better outcomes, but a shunt may be required if the fluid in the syrinx is otherwise unable to drain.
In the case of trauma-related syringomyelia, the surgeon operates at the level of the initial injury. The syrinx collapses at surgery, but a tube or shunt is usually necessary to prevent re-expansion.
Surgery is not always recommended for syringomyelia patients. For many patients, the main treatment is analgesia. Physicians specializing in pain management can develop a medication and treatment plan to ameliorate pain. Medications to combat any neuropathic pain symptoms such as shooting and stabbing pains (e.g. gabapentin or pregabalin) would be first-line choices. Opiates are usually prescribed for pain for management of this condition. Facet injections are not indicated for treatment of syringomyelia.
Drugs have no curative value as a treatment for syringomyelia. Radiation is used rarely and is of little benefit except in the presence of a tumor. In these cases, it can halt the extension of a cavity and may help to alleviate pain.
In the absence of symptoms, syringomyelia is usually not treated. In addition, a physician may recommend not treating the condition in patients of advanced age or in cases where there is no progression of symptoms. Whether treated or not, many patients will be told to avoid activities that involve straining.
Since the natural history of syringomyelia is poorly understood, a conservative approach may be recommended. When surgery is not yet advised, patients should be carefully monitored. Periodic MRI's and physical evaluations should be scheduled at the recommendation of a qualified physician.
The precise causes of syringomyelia are still unknown although blockage to the flow of cerebrospinal fluid has been known to be an important factor since the 1970s. Scientists in the UK and America continue to explore the mechanisms that lead to the formation of syrinxes in the spinal cord. It has been demonstrated a block to the free flow of cerebrospinal fluid is a contributory factor in the pathogenesis of the disease. Duke University in America and Warwick University are conducting research to explore genetic features of syringomyelia.
Surgical techniques are also being refined by the neurosurgical research community. Successful procedures expand the area around the cerebellum and spinal cord, thus improving the flow of cerebrospinal fluid thereby reducing the syrinx.
It is also important to understand the role of birth defects in the development of hindbrain malformations that can lead to syringomyelia as syringomyelia is a feature of intrauterine life and is also associated with spina bifida. Learning when these defects occur during the development of the fetus can help us understand this and similar disorders, and may lead to preventive treatment that can stop the formation of some birth abnormalities. Dietary supplements of folic acid prior to pregnancy have been found to reduce the number of cases of spina bifida and are also implicated in prevention of cleft palate and some cardiac defects.
Diagnostic technology is another area for continued research. MRI has enabled scientists to see conditions in the spine, including syringomyelia before symptoms appear. A new technology, known as dynamic MRI, allows investigators to view spinal fluid flow within the syrinx. CT scans allow physicians to see abnormalities in the brain, and other diagnostic tests have also improved greatly with the availability of new, non-toxic, contrast dyes.
- Central cord syndrome
- Dissociated sensory loss
- Ependymoma tumors
- Scoliosis is sometimes caused by syringomyelia.
- Otto Kahler was a neurologist from the last 1800s who published the first complete description of syringomyelia.
- Bobby Jones, a famous golfer, was diagnosed with tumor-related syringomyelia in 1948.
- Brown–Séquard syndrome
- Peter McFarline, Australian sports writer who had the disease
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“Before Creator, I have never dined at a restaurant that was so devoted to not scaring me,” reads the first line of SF Chronicle critic Soleil Ho’s latest review. From the moment Ho stepped into the restaurant, which serves burgers prepared by a machine, she was impressed by “the sheer amount of work invested in distancing the experience from apocalyptic visions of robot takeovers and human obsolescence.”
At Creator, everything is prepared to order by a finely-tuned burger-making machine: the meat is freshly ground, toppings like pickles and tomatoes are freshly sliced, buns are toasted, and patties are cooked between two hot, iron plates. For a diner, the idea of a robot “taking a human’s job” is allayed by the machine’s transparency, cleanliness, and efficiency. Ho waxes philosophical, considering the idea that automation that enhances humanity rather than replaces it, citing concepts from authors Isaac Asimov and Robert M. Pirsig (whose book, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, can be found on the restaurant’s bookshelves).
Ho also considered the place and purpose of burgers in our dining lexicon, concluding that its the idea food item to herald “better living through technology.”
It’s fitting that Creator is stepping into the bigger conversations we’ve been having in the Bay Area about the role of automation in human life. From Applebee’s questionable quesadilla burger to the hyped Le Grande burger at Wayfare Tavern to the growing legion of bleeding meat-free imitations, the burger has become an empty space into which we can pour all of our aspirations, preferences and anxieties. We can start so many conversations about the future, wealth, cultural mixing, mechanical reproduction, Russian sanctions and whatever else with a burger. That makes the humble dish a perfect product for Creator, a restaurant on a mission to demonstrate better living through technology. In American culture, the burger is like an introductory handshake: Even corporate chat bots know to start with “Hello.”
Ultimately, Ho is in favor, even if the robots are planning an uprising. “Creator’s robot-made burgers ($6) are satisfying and affordable enough that I’d keep going back for lunch,” she says. “Even if it does eventually turn out that the bot in the kitchen has been planning revolution this whole time.”
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(Bloomberg) - Morris Zukerman spent 16 years at Morgan Stanley, at various points overseeing its energy and merchant banking practices, before starting his own investment firm in the late 1980s. His firm’s partners have included ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil and Kinder Morgan. He endowed a Harvard sociology professorship. He collected dozens of expensive paintings, including works he loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Along the way, he evaded more than $45 million in taxes, the U.S. now alleges.
Zukerman avoided income and sales taxes by hiding his gains in phony commercial and charitable transactions, according to an indictment made public on Monday by a federal court in Manhattan.
The indictment arrives as tax evasion draws renewed attention from law enforcement agencies and policy makers, prompted by leaked Panama law firm documents showing how networks of international shell companies are used by the ultra-rich to shield assets. But the Zukerman allegations are a reminder of the continued prevalence of methods that are far more old school.
Zukerman failed to report profits from the sale of an oil company, lied to his accountants, created phony and backdated documents and shipped paintings to addresses in Delaware and New Jersey to avoid New York state sales tax on artwork that hangs in his Park Avenue duplex, according to the indictment. He also took charitable tax deductions for donations he didn’t make, it says.
Zukerman, with a full head of white hair and wearing tortoiseshell glasses, pleaded not guilty in a Manhattan courtroom Monday. The judge approved his $2.5 million bond, secured by works in his art collection. The government had already taken $1 million in art from Zukerman during a search, according to Stanley J. Okula, the prosecutor at the hearing. Zukerman’s attorney, James Bruton of Williams & Connolly LLP, said that he was in talks with the government to resolve the case.
“Morris Zukerman cheated on virtually all of his various tax obligations,” Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said. “To top it off, when the IRS auditors examined his returns, Zukerman allegedly schemed to defraud and obstruct the IRS auditors who were examining his false tax returns.”
If convicted of all three counts against him, Zukerman could face up to 28 years in prison. A message left with his office in Manhattan was not returned.
Zukerman, 71, is the chairman of M.E. Zukerman & Co. Inc., which invests in “stable assets used to produce, gather, process, transport, store, refine or distribute crude oil, natural gas and related products,” according to the company’s website.
He is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School, where he was a prestigious Baker Scholar, and studied economics at Cambridge University, according to a biography on his firm’s site. He worked in the Nixon White House, under George P. Shultz in the Office of Management and Budget, according to published biographies. He worked at Morgan Stanley from 1972 to 1988. Since then he has served as a member of the Board of Overseers at Harvard University and as a trustee of Phillips Academy, among other positions.
Along with Kinder Morgan and ExxonMobil, Zukerman’s firm, through a subsidiary, owns a significant stake in the Cortez Pipeline Company, which operates a 500-mile carbon dioxide pipeline running from Texas to Colorado.
None of those companies is accused of any wrongdoing in connection with tax charges against Zukerman. Zukerman is not accused of any wrongdoing during his time at Morgan Stanley.
Court filings show that the indictment was first filed under seal on May 11.
Securities filings show that in 2008, Zukerman’s company sold for $267 million a firm it owned with ConocoPhillips called Penreco, a maker of specialty solvents and refined petroleum products.
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Today’s prompt was to write a poem using Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” as inspiration. So here’s my stab at it. Let me know what you think in the comments below and follow me for more of the same.
Even Now I dream of immense white sand rolled out beside a rocky shore, piles of dunes rising like mountain castles--like places of refuge for the weary. Even now, I see the whitecaps riding on the backs of waves when their weight grew too burdensome to carry, the slow rhythmic mesmerizing ebb and flow. Even now, I feel each deafening and weighty expectation, my mind thick with hesitation and uncertainty, my heart knowing what the stars demand. Even now, I taste the salty sweetness of tortilla chips and wine— each bite and sip reminding me of two divergent roads, yellow wood and deep longings. Even now, I know the bittersweet call of tragedy and regret— the burden of longing for more of life—and the lovely dance of stars begging a kiss. Even now, I wonder what could have been had we listened to the sun singing brightly somewhere off the curve of horizon, to the moonless night sky’s bidding. Even now, when the driftwood still dances with rock and sand in a large coffee table box kept as a ballroom for such affairs, I wonder what might have been. Even now. --A Draft by Carla Jeanne Picklo Jordan
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Mircea Cantor at Grand Palais, Paris
Mircea Cantor is partcipating in the group show Moon
at Grand Palais, Paris / April 3 – July 22, 2019 / The 50-year anniversary of the first human step on the Moon is an opportunity to study, present and celebrate the long history that links humans with this familiar celestial body, through the artworks and objects that embody the countless visions and emotions it has inspired. This five-part exhibition is a journey to the Moon, through dimensions both real and imaginary. Each stage takes visitors on a voyage through time, revealing artistic creations from Antiquity to the modern day, produced mainly in Europe but also by African, Arab and Far Eastern civilisations.
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Blu Electronic Cigarettes, Citi ResearchIn a massive new research report, analysts at investment bank Citi take a close look at 10 technologies they say will disrupt the way we do business.
They've dipped into practically every sector you can think of: energy, entertainment, IT, manufacturing, and transportation among them.
Some of these technologies have been with us for awhile, but are poised to get better or cheaper.
Others have only recently surfaced, but will be ubiquitous in a matter of years.
This is what they say the future is going to look like.
Disruption 1: 3-D Printing
The 3-D printing market could nearly double by 2019.
Disruption 2: E-cigarettes
E-cigarettes will see 50% CAG in coming years.
Disruption 3: Genomics And Personalized Medicine
The genomics market is already exploding.
Disruption 4: Mobile Payments
Mobile payments could one day be a trillion dollar market.
Disruption 5: Energy Exploration Technology
The shale revolution has only just begun.
Disruption 6: Oil To Gas Switching
CNG vehicles will continue to see robust growth abroad.
Disruption 7: Over The Top Content
Streaming is already nudging out regular old TV.
Disruption 8: The SaaS Opportunity
Everyone is going to double down on SaaS.
Disruption 9: Software Defined Networking
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How COVID-19 Infiltrates and Inflames the Heart
Neuropilin-1 enables COVID-19 to enter human cardiomyocytes, accounting for increased proteases activity and apoptotic markers that lead to cell damage and apoptosis.
Although primarily associated with respiratory complications, COVID-19 can be severe or fatal for individuals with preexisting heart conditions.
The reasons for COVID-19-related cardiac damage are largely unknown, but inflammation (i.e., cytokine storm) and oxidative stress are believed to be involved.
One study, published in the International Journal of Cardiology, examined how COVID-19 attacks the heart. Investigators from Ruhr-University Bochum utilized microscopy and histochemical methodology to analyze the heart tissue structures of COVID-19 patients.
The research team sought to determine if cardiomyocytes were targeted by SARS-CoV-2, and how inflammation and oxidative stress are involved. They compared the impact of pro-inflammatory and oxidative stress on virus entry and virus-associated cardiac damage between COVID-19 patients and non-infected donor hearts.
The investigators found the SARS-CoV-2 virus directly in heart cells. “Our observations show that the virus exerts pressure on the heart muscle, attacks and weakens the contractile force, i.e., the pumping function of the heart,” said Nazha Hamdani, PhD, an author of the study.
The team found the virus may be able to penetrate the heart muscles cells due to increased proteolytic activity, which activates specific enzymes that degrade proteins and lead to cardiac muscle cell dysfunction. The entry of COVID-19 into heart cells results from the activation of the spike protein enzymes responsible for the degradation of proteins, its entry into cells relying on this degradation.
The investigators also examined the proteins responsible for apoptosis, finding that while they had increased activity, their expression was significantly reduced. Hamdani said, “This indicates that the proteins are cleaved, and apoptosis is activated. The results imply that apoptosis contributes to the deterioration in cardiac contractility observed in SARS-CoV-2 patients.”
After exploring what promotes this increased proteolytic activity and apoptosis of cardiac myocytes, the investigators identified COVID-19-associated inflammatory environment and oxidative stress.
Neutrophils, a primary cell type that releases proteolytic enzymes, are rapidly mobilized from the bloodstream into the damaged tissue during an inflammatory response. Proteolytic enzymes are released more frequently in COVID-19 patients, leading the investigators to analyze the signal pathway of the interleukin-6-driven neutrophil traffic.
“We found that neuropilin-1 potentiates SARS-CoV-2 entry into human cardiomyocytes, a phenomenon driven by inflammatory and oxidant signals,” the study authors wrote. “These changes accounted for increased proteases activity and apoptotic markers thus leading to cell damage and apoptosis.”
The team found that inflammatory signaling pathways in cardiac myocytes were highly regulated, and interleukin-6 was highly elevated, suggesting the critical role of white blood cells in COVID-19 patients and their inflamed pathways.
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Dr. Reckeweg Calcarea Sulphuricum 50M CH Dilution (11ml)
Dr. Reckeweg Calcarea sulphurica(Dilution)
Common Name: Sulphate of Calcium.
Causes & Symptoms for Dr. Reckeweg Calcarea sulphurica
The skin is cracked after washing in winter, especially of the hands
Dryness of the skin is relieved with this medicine.
The tendency to the formation of abscesses in the body in any place is a strong feature of Calcarea sulphurica
Swollen and indurated glands with twitching of the muscles all over the body.
Choking is a characteristic of this remedy.
After mechanical injuries, when in neglected cases suppuration ( pus formation) has set in the medicine works well.
Vertigo with a tendency to fall is relieved with Calcarea Sulph
A very good remedy, where one cannot conceive a child (unable to bear a child)
It is a valuable remedy in urethral discharges, when the discharge is yellow, bloody, and often gleety. Burning in the urethra during urination.
Mind and head
Confusion of mind in the morning on waking and again in the evening.
Always in a hurry, Impatient, Feeble minded.
Heaviness in the forehead and occiput with and Itching, burning, of the scalp.
The headache comes on from becoming cold, and yet the headache when on is ameliorated in the cool air is relieved with Calcarea sulphurica
Eyes, Nose, Ear
Itching and burning, aggravated in the morning.
Pressing pain in the eyes in the evening with Soreness to touch is checked with Calcarea sulphurica
Discharge from the ears, offensive and purulent.
Aching pain in the ear, soreness and enlargement of the right parotid with eruptions behind the ear.
Coryza, with discharge, ameliorated in the open air. Dry coryza.
The discharge from the nose is bloody, excoriating, offensive, purulent, thick, yellow and greenish yellow.
Mouth and Throat
Calcarea sulphurica is useful in dryness and inflammation of the mucous membranes of the throat and of the tonsils.
Rawness in the throat, Soreness of the throat. Stitching pains in the throat with difficulty in swallowing is relieved with Calcarea Sulph.
Stomach And Abdomen
Eructations after eating, empty eructations. Eructations acrid, bitter, foul, sour indicates Calcarea sulphurica
Burning pain, cramping, cutting, gnawing, pressing, after eating.
In the abdomen there is great coldness, with distension, after eating.
There is pain in the liver, pressing, soreness, stitching.
Stool and Anus
Difficult stool and Insufficient stool. Pain during and after stool. Burning pain during stool.
In the rectum there is formication and intense itching, Aggravated after eating ever so little
External piles, Pressing, stitching and soreness in the anus.
Excoriation of the labia, Inflammation of the labia, with suppuration is relieved with Calcarea sulphurica
White discharge before and after menses, absent menses.
Useful in Delayed first menses of girls, Calcarea sulphurica helps to initiate.
Pain in the lower limbs; sciatica, ulcers on the legs with Burning, itching scales is relieved with this medicine.
Weakness of the upper limbs. Weakness of the lower limbs, knees, legs and ankles.
Often itching and burning of hands and feet.
Skin and Hair
Pimples and pustules on face, Painful pimples on scalp leave a yellow scab, calcarea sulph is best indicated.
Hard tender swellings in scalp in edge of hair, bleeding when scratched, Many little matter less pimples under hair.
Itching in bed burning; itching, crawling. Itching, ameliorated by scratching indicates Calcarea sulphurica
Ulceration of the skin, Wounds heal slowly.
Sensitive to both cold and heat, after becoming cold, complaints come on.
Pain in right upper jaw, with swollen and tender gums about a decayed molar.
Great weakness all over the body is relieved by Calcarea Sulphurica.
Side effects of Dr. Reckeweg Calcarea sulphurica
There are no such side effects. But every medicine should be taken following the rules as given.
Dosage and rules while taking Dr. Reckeweg Calcarea sulphurica
Take 5 drops in half cup of water three times a day.
You can also medicate the globules and take 3 times a day or as prescribed by the physician.
We recommend you to take under physicians guidance.
Precautions while taking Dr. Reckeweg Calcarea sulphurica
Always keep a gap of 15 minutes before or after meals when you take medicine.
If pregnant or breastfeeding, ask a homeopathic practitioner before use. Avoid eating tobacco or drinking alcohol.
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McDonnell's Confederate History Month proclamation irks civil rights leaders
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
RICHMOND -- Gov. Robert F. McDonnell, reviving a controversy that had been dormant for eight years, has declared that April will be Confederate History Month in Virginia, a move that angered civil rights leaders Tuesday but that political observers said would strengthen his position with his conservative base.
The two previous Democratic governors had refused to issue the mostly symbolic proclamation honoring the soldiers who fought for the South in the Civil War. McDonnell (R) revived a practice started by Republican governor George Allen in 1997. McDonnell left out anti-slavery language that Allen's successor, James S. Gilmore III (R), had included in his proclamation.
McDonnell said Tuesday that the move was designed to promote tourism in the state, which next year will mark the 150th anniversary of the start of the war. McDonnell said he did not include a reference to slavery because "there were any number of aspects to that conflict between the states. Obviously, it involved slavery. It involved other issues. But I focused on the ones I thought were most significant for Virginia."
The proclamation was condemned by the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus and the NAACP. Former governor L. Douglas Wilder called it "mind-boggling to say the least" that McDonnell did not reference slavery or Virginia's struggle with civil rights in his proclamation. Though a Democrat, Wilder has been supportive of McDonnell and boosted his election efforts when he declined to endorse the Republican's opponent, R. Creigh Deeds.
"Confederate history is full of many things that unfortunately are not put forth in a proclamation of this kind nor are they things that anyone wants to celebrate," he said. "It's one thing to sound a cause of rallying a base. But it's quite another to distort history."
The seven-paragraph declaration calls for Virginians to "understand the sacrifices of the Confederate leaders, soldiers and citizens during the period of the Civil War."
McDonnell had quietly made the proclamation Friday by placing it on his Web site, but it did not attract attention in the state capital until Tuesday. April also honors child abuse prevention, organ donations, financial literacy and crime victims.
After a fall campaign spent focusing almost exclusively on jobs and the economy, McDonnell had been seen in recent weeks as largely ceding conservative ground to the state's activist attorney general, Ken Cuccinelli II. The proclamation could change that view among Republicans who believe appropriate respect for the state's Confederate past has been erased by an over-allegiance to political correctness, observers said.
"It helps him with his base," said Mark Rozell, a political scientist at George Mason University. "These are people who support state's rights and oppose federal intrusion."
Said Patrick M. McSweeney, a former state GOP chairman: "I applaud McDonnell for doing it. I think it takes a certain amount of courage."
The Virginia NAACP and the state's Legislative Black Caucus called the proclamation an insult to a large segment of the state's population, particularly because it never acknowledges slavery.
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A Brief History of 4-H in South Carolina
South Carolina 4-H: Making the Best Better Since 1908
A movement began in the early 1900s through the United States Department of Agriculture to use the Land Grant College System to train and educate young people in the best techniques available for success in agriculture. The leadership in USDA reasoned that change in agriculture in America would occur more rapidly if youth were trained, thus establishing the basis for youth agriculture clubs. Today, the South Carolina 4-H Youth Development Program uses a learn by doing approach, the involvement of caring adults, and the knowledge and resources of Clemson University and the land grant university system to empower youth to become healthy, productive, and caring members of society.
In 1908, A.L. Easterling, Superintendent of Schools in Marlboro County, organized the first Boys’ Corn Club. In 1910, Miss Marie Cromer, an Aiken County school teacher, organized the first Girl’s Tomato Canning Club. These clubs were the forerunners of the 4-H clubs in South Carolina. Teaching others and becoming involved in the community were part of these early clubs, and are still major expectations for 4-H club members as seen by today’s definition: 4-H is a community of young people across America who are learning leadership, citizenship, and life skills.
In 1911, Mrs. Dora D. “Mother” Walker was appointed “County Tomato Club Agent” in Barnwell County. She became the first county home demonstration agent in the world. Today, almost every county in South Carolina has a Clemson University 4-H Agent to organize and implement positive youth development programs and activities. In addition, hundreds of trained 4-H volunteers work in partnership with youth through a variety of 4-H projects including agriculture, animal science, natural resources, technology, engineering, healthy lifestyles, leadership, citizenship, and personal development.
By the early 1920s, the youth education program was recognized nationally as 4-H, with the cloverleaf emblem symbolizing Head, Heart, Hands, and Health.
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“Yaakov Avinu lo meis.” Our father Jacob didn’t die. This quote from the Gemara Taanis refers to the fact that his descendents keep the Torah. In that light I can also say that our father, Rabbi Sholom Klass, didn’t die, as his children and grandchildren and great grandchildren all follow his path of Torah and chesed and love of Israel.
The Gemara was always open before him, even in the early days when he was working so hard to found and build The Jewish Press. For over 50 years he gave a weekly Gemara shiur every Shabbos at the Young Israel of Brighton Beach. When he went away in the summers he gave the shiur wherever he was. And the smile upon his face when he was learning with his grandsons could light up the room.
My sister, Hindy, relates, “In his later years, when my father ate at our Shabbos table every week, he filled the table talk with Torah. My children waited to hear his divrei Torah every Shabbos.”
His chesed was legendary. He supported all of his siblings by giving them jobs at the paper and they in turn were devoted to him. In the early years, they also worked around the clock, alongside him whenever it was necessary. And they all looked up to him.
When The Jewish Press became successful he gave jobs to friends who were out of work, even when he didn’t really need them. They didn’t know that, because he made them feel important. He was concerned for their welfare and took care of them. He used to tell us that the greatest chesed was giving someone a job so that he could support himself. Tzedaka was high on his list of priorities. But he not only gave money; he also gave help to needy people through the pages of The Jewish Press. That is something that we continue to this day.
His love of Israel could be felt on the pages of the paper. He gave a voice to Rabbi Meir Kahane, to Rabbi Menachem Porush and to Menachem Begin, among others, through their articles. He was proud of his grandsons who lived in Israel, and through the help of his good friend Zalman Aryeh Hilsenrad, he supported families in Israel.
I have written a lot of these things over the past 19 years since his passing, so I decided that I would do something a little bit different this year. There are six great grandchildren named after my father and two great, great grandchildren carrying his name. Although some of them are quite young, I would like to write a little about them and show how parts of his neshama shines forth within these children.
Nechemya Sholom Shanbaum, 17 years old
Son of Michal Popper. He lives in Jerusalem, Israel, and is a full time yeshiva student, learning in Jerusalem. He stays in the beit midrash until late at night learning.
He is very quiet and respectful and looks after his younger brother. By all of these midos, he reminds me of my father.
Sholom Yuval Schwartz, 17 years old
Son of Zevie and Yael Schwartz. He lives in Givat Shmuel, Israel. He is a very friendly, sociable person. He loves helping others. He is finishing high school all the way up north in Kiryat Shmona in order to help underprivileged boys. The program that he is part of brings boys from the center of Israel to outlying areas where they can help boys their age succeed in school.
At his bar mitzvah he sat down at the table where my friends were and chatted with each one of them, making sure they were enjoying themselves. Everyone wants to be his friend. He always has a smile on his face and laughs easily. He is loved by everyone.
He makes me think of my father. He is always surrounded by friends and he tries to take care of all of them.
Gavriel Shalom Schwartz, 17 years old
Son of Dovid and Julie Schwartz. He lives in the Shomron, Israel. He is very studious and he is excelling in his studies. He has a fine, sensitive nature and helps younger boys in his school. He was accepted to the prestigious Jerusalem high school of technology, but he chose to go to Makor Chayim, a new concept in schooling, focusing on limudei kodesh and leaving a lot of the decision making up to the students. He stands out in a crowd and everyone is his friend. He uses his sharp mind for Gemara as well as math, and he excels in both.
When I see him quietly learning, it reminds me of my father.
My great grandsons, Rabbi Sholom Klass’s
great, great grandsons
Shalom Ezra Fuchs, 6 years old
Son of Rabbi Raphael and Leora Fuchs, grandson of Shandee and Meir Fuchs. He lives in Lakewood, N.J. Although he is only in first grade, he is a very smart child and a very determined one. When he sets his mind to accomplishing something he doesn’t stop until he finishes it. He is quick to answer the parsha questions that his father asks at the Shabbos table, sometimes even answering the questions put to his older siblings before they have a chance to. My father was like that, quick to answer Torah questions.
Shalom Heyman, 5 years old
Son of Chani and Daniel Meir Heyman, grandson of Shandee and Meir Fuchs. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
Chani wrote about her son: “When my father-in-law, Dr. BenZion Heyman, battled the cancer that took over his body there was only one thing that could brighten his day. That was little Shalom Heyman. Only 4 months old he would sit on his frail grandfather’s lap and lighten up the room with his contagious smile. He didn’t cry, he just smiled. Baruch Hashem, this smile has been his signature expression all through his toddler years and now in his preschool years as well.” That pure smile of young Shalom brings my father to mind.
My sister Hindy has three grandchildren named after our father. All of them, ranging in age from 17 to 11, are very fine boys. One lives in Jerusalem, Israel (Hindy’s first Israeli grandchild), and he excels in Gemara and in math, is a good friend to everyone and looks after his two younger sisters. The other two – who live in New York – are loving and helpful, and are also excellent students, excelling in Gemara and reading on a high level. They bring nachas to their grandparents and all remind Hindy of our father.
One last note, our many grandchildren and great grandchildren that Hashem has blessed us with so far, are also very worthy of praise and notice, but we thought it would be an especially good idea for this yahrzeit to single out those named for our father. We will never forget him and hope to instill in all of our grandchildren the amazing and truly special person Rabbi Sholom Klass was. His memory will live on in his grandchildren, great grandchildren, great, great grandchildren and on and on.
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Cancer Genetic Counseling
Understanding your family's cancer risk.
At Sharp HealthCare, we believe you should feel empowered to make healthier choices for you and your family. That includes understanding the risks of developing certain conditions like cancer.
While it's rare for cancer to be passed down from one generation to the next, we understand you may be concerned about inherited cancer risk. That's why we offer cancer genetic counseling to help you and your family understand your risk for specific types of cancers.
Our cancer genetic counselors are here to help.
Our board-certified genetic counselors review your personal and family history to determine the likelihood of inherited cancer in your family. They will discuss whether genetic testing could be helpful in clarifying cancer risk. If you undergo testing, your counselor will discuss the results in depth with you.
Is cancer genetic counseling right for me?
If you meet any of the following qualifications, you and your family could benefit from genetic counseling.
- You or a family member were diagnosed with cancer before age 50 or diagnosed with a rare cancer (such as ovarian cancer or breast cancer in a male)
- You have had two or more primary cancers (this does not include cancer that has spread to another area of the body)
- Several close family members on the same side of the family have had the same or related cancers (i.e., breast and ovarian, or colon and uterine)
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Dog Arthritis belongs to the most common reason owners see a veterinarian. Since only option many owners get is to treat a dog with potentially dangerous anti-inflammatory medication. This article will add my top 5 health and dog Arthritis solutions which you can use on your dog at home.
Supplements which contain Glucosamine Hydrochloride and Chondroitin are most important step; they both have veterinary clinic studies showing their efficaciousness. The big point here is in order that they are in high good enough doses, and the correct form in order to be helpful for your pet. As a guideline you can use a dose of 500mg of Glucosamine per 50lbs of those nasty extra pounds daily, and 250mg of Chondroitin per 50lbs of bodyweight daily.
Omega 3 efa's are critical for any arthritic pet; they decrease the inflamation processes that further damage the cartilage have the ability joints. There are within potential sources: flax gas, fish oil, or even evening primrose oil. I personally have found flax oil in order to be very effective, especially when given from a dose of 1 tablespoon per 50lbs of body daily. Flax oil's other significant advantage is it is budget friendly - it costs half fish oil.
Acupressure invariably is an ancient form of Chinese healing that many pet owner can make full use of for their arthritic lover. The easiest way to start is to discover point called 'The Pain killers Joint'. It is on the outside webbing of your dog's hock joint- here's some of the joint just up away from their back feet. Place your index finger on the outside of this web of skin sufficient reason for moderate pressure, hold thanks to 60 seconds. I suggest performing this three times a day for few days, and assessing if it's going helping your dog.
There are a attractive number of herbs that might be helpful to relieve the pain in Arthritis, but inside conflicting information, it is often difficult to know what to choose. Willow contains the active ingredient found on the topic of aspirin, (salicylate) and the traditional First Nation's remedy for Arthritis. The Willow dose I have used is 100 mg maybe the 10 drops per 10 lbs of excess weight. Salicylates are toxic so that you are cats, so never give Willow for your cat.
Many dog owners gain access to reported relief of arthritic pain via homeopathy, and I previewed certain dogs respond sufficiently, so it may make your arthritic dog. There are 2 in particular it's consider using, Traumeel, and just Rhus Tox. Traumeel actually contains a variety of a number of homeopathic remedies, providing both anti-inflammatory and relief; the Traumeel dose being 翻 to 1 tab twice daily. Rhus Tox may also be advised for soft muscle mass tissues and muscle injuries, but often right here is the source of discomfort nearly arthritic dogs. The dose which can be done is 30C per 30lbs every last single 12 hours.
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This vignette gives a brief overview of the code structure of the
The bulk of the code is written in C++ and interfaced with R via ‘Rcpp’.
The overall design philosophy was to keep the core C++ code completely independent from the R code (i.e. no ‘Rcpp’-related code in the core C++ files.) This results in a three-tiered organization of the code - core C++ code, ‘Rcpp’ C++ code, and R code.
This consists of the following files (only the .h files are listed to avoid redundancy, but each of these files has a corresponding .cpp file):
Matrixclass implementing basic matrix functionality
Nodeclass, which are the nodes of the quadtree
Quadtreeclass, which can be seen as a wrapper that provides a link to the interconnected nodes that make up the quadtree
LcpFinderclass, which is used for finding least-cost paths using a quadtree as a cost surface
As mentioned before, these files are completely independent of R and can be built and run independently of R.
These files are called ‘wrappers’ - essentially they each contain an instance of the relevant object and provide additional ‘Rcpp’-related functions that can be accessed from R. These essentially provide the “bridge” that allows the functionality in the core C++ files to be accessed from R.
Node. This class is exposed to R as
Quadtree. This class is exposed to R as
LcpFinder. This class is exposed to R as
Matrixclass I created. This function is separate from the other files because it is a general-purpose function and thus didn’t fit in any of the wrapper classes.
Almost all of the core functionality of the quadtree package is contained in the C++ code, and the R code serves primarily as an interface for working with the C++ quadtree data structure. A
Quadtree S4 class is defined which consists only of one slot, which contains a
CppQuadtree object. The methods for this class are often quite simple, merely consisting of calling one of the methods on the
CppQuadtree object. Similarly, the
LcpFinder class contains a
CppLcpFinder object. Using this approach has a few benefits. First, wrapping the C++ class in an S4 class allows the quadtree functionality to be accessed in a way that is much more consistent with typical R syntax, which will hopefully be more intuitive to R users. Second, it allows for me to add R code to validate and make any necessary modifications to parameters before calling the C++ methods - this helps make the functions more robust. This also allows me to take advantage of existing R functionality (for example, resampling a raster from the ‘raster’ package).
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Calculates the resistor values, attenuation, minimum attenuation, impedance, reflection coefficient, VSWR and return loss of an impedance matching T attenuator. This can be built into a FLEXI-BOX and a transmission line (50 Ohm track) PCB is available which easily adapts for this circuit with two simple trimming operations. There is also a selection of 50 Ohm RF connectors available.
The required input and output impedance are used to calculate the minimum attenuation possible for correct impedance matching with a formula from RF Design Guide, Systems, Circuits and Equations by Peter Vizmuller Published by Artech House ISBN 0-89006-754-6
Where Zin is the characteristic input system impedance
Zout is the characteristic output system impedance
Peter Vizmuller also gives formulas for calculating the resistor values directly. This calculator uses formulas that I have derived and first finds the output voltage with a source EMF of 2 Volts and therefore an input PD of 1 Volt.
The individual ideal resistor values can now be found.
After selecting preferred values, simple series and parallel resistor calculations are used to find the attenuator input impedance, input voltage and output voltage. The source EMF is again assumed to be 2 Volts.
The remaining formulas for Attenuation, Voltage Reflection Coefficient and VSWR are available at:-
Note: With the Mismatch Losses box ticked the calculator will return an attenuation calculated from the source power in relation to the attenuator output power which is suitable for calculations at RF and Microwave frequencies, particularly if the attenuator is located away from the source at the end of a transmission line. Without the Mismatch Losses box ticked the calculator will return an attenuation calculated from the actual input power to the attenuator in relation to the output power which is more suitable for calculations at audio frequencies. The difference in attenuation with the two methods is only noticeable when there is a significant mismatch.
Mismatch Losses added on 31/12/2012
This calculator is provided free by Chemandy Electronics in order to promote the FLEXI-BOX
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No Islamic Law in Kansas (were these folks really worrying about it?)
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has now signed a bill banning the
state’s courts or government agencies from basing decisions on Islamic Law (or any other foreign legal code). This, of course, is something that was keeping the good people of Kansas up all night wondering when Allah was going to take over their fast food restaurants and soap operas.
The law takes effect on July 1, and doesn’t specifically mention Shariah law, which broadly refers to codes within the Islamic legal system. It says courts, administrative agencies or state tribunals can base no rulings on any foreign law or legal systems that do not grant the same rights as those guaranteed by state and U.S. constitutions.
Let’s take this a step further… a national Muslim group is apparently planning a court challenge. the American Public Policy Alliance, a Michigan group promoting model legislation similar to the new Kansas law…it wants to protect Americans’ freedoms from “infiltration” by foreign laws and legal doctrines, “especially Islamic Shariah Law.” Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman for the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations, said a court challenge is likely because supporters of the measure frequently expressed concern about Shariah law. also, If Brownback “claims it has nothing to do with Shariah or Islamic law or Muslims, then he wasn’t paying attention.”
I guess we’ll keep an eye on Kansas for a while and see the result of protecting our freedoms and all. These are tough times.
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Anyone who owns a Cadillac knows that when it comes to maintaining their vehicle only the highest quality replacement parts will do. It's not a regular occurrence that you discover you need a replacement Brake Drum to fix your vehicle. You purchased your Commercial Chassis because its performance and unique styling appealed to your senses; so why would you be okay with anything but the best when it comes to the highest quality auto parts? Cadillac vehicle enthusiasts have come to expect a certain level of a reputation for strength when driving their Commercial Chassis around town.
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According to a report by the BBC, Japanese doctors are applauding the social networking and microblogging site Twitter, calling it “an excellent system” that allows them to communicate with patients to let them know where they can obtain vital medication. The doctors’ appreciation of the service came to light on Friday after letters were published in The Lancet, one of the world’s leading medical journals.
While the March 11 quake knocked out most phone services, Internet access remained largely unaffected, allowing doctors to utilize Twitter’s service. In one of the letters published in The Lancet, Dr Yuichi Tamura and Dr Keiichi Kukuda of Keio University School Of Medicine in Tokyo, said initially their main challenge following the disaster was how to get vital pulmonary hypertension drugs to those who needed them.
“Forming a supply chain for such drugs in the earliest stages of the disaster was difficult; however we found that social networking services could have a useful role,” they said. The re-tweet facility facility meant that important information could be communicated quickly.
They went on to explain: “We were able to notify displaced patients via Twitter on where to acquire medications. These tweets immediately spread through patients’ networks, and consequently most could attend to their essential treatments.”
“Our experience has shown that social networking services, run concurrently with physical support, were significant in triumphing over many difficulties in the recent catastrophe,” the doctors said in the letter, highlighting the widening and positive ways in which platforms such as Twitter can be used.
It’s not only Japan’s medical profession that has been putting Twitter to good use following the disaster. The management of TEPCO, responsible for Japan’s stricken nuclear power plant in Fukushima, also launched a Twitter account to provide the public with updates on that state of the damaged reactors. At the time of writing, TEPCO’s Twitter account has more than 300,000 followers, and has seen 80 tweets in almost two months.
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The idea that Covid variants can be stopped from entering the country is “not realistic”, and Covid will eventually have to be managed in a similar manner to serious seasonal viruses such as flu, Prof Chris Whitty has said.
Speaking at a Royal Society of Medicine webinar, England’s chief medical adviser said the relaxation of Covid restrictions was likely to result in the R number rising above 1 and the risk of variants gaining a foothold and spreading increasing.
The more cases that have been imported, the quicker that will happen. As a result, Whitty said, border policies are focused on countries with more cases, or more cases of particular variants, than the UK.
“The UK is a net exporter of [the Kent] B117 variant, so other countries are understandably putting their border measures up against us to slow that down. We are a net importer of other variants that are a bit more of a worry from the vaccine point of view. That’s really what drives a lot of the policy, when it is being rational, excepting that border policy isn’t always fully rational,” he said.
Whitty said the majority of experts believed Covid was not going to go away and it would eventually have to be managed in a similar manner to flu. In a bad year, flu can kill 20,000 to 25,000 people. “It is not flu, it is a completely different disease, but the point I am making is, here is a seasonal, very dangerous disease that kills thousands of people every year and society has chosen a particular way around it,” he said.
While Whitty noted that factors such as variants and population density were important, he cautioned against trying to explain how Covid had affected different countries by focusing on just one or two factors, noting that Germany was now facing a difficult situation despite its previous success in tackling Covid largely being put down to its diagnostic capabilities.
“It is actually usually a large combination of factors, some of which are under our control, many of which are not. And more of it is chance than I think people are prepared to accept,” he said.
Whitty said new vaccine technologies meant it had become easier and quicker to tweak vaccines, which will be important for tackling new Covid variants, and he said that two years from now it was likely there would be a wide portfolio of vaccines available.
He said at present the main effort of companies was to boost vaccine supplies and there was less capacity to respond to new variants, while it was unclear whether current vaccines offer a “fair degree” of protection against severe disease and death even if they do not generate high levels of neutralising antibodies.
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2004 Albert Schweitzer Award of Excellence
In his major autobiographical work, Out of My Life and Thought, Albert Schweitzer, the ethicist, philosopher, medical doctor, and musician, wrote, “People are ethical only when life as such is sacred to them, the life of plants and animals as well as the life of their fellow humans, and when they devote themselves helpfully to all life that is in need of help.” For over half a century Albert Schweitzer practiced this ethic, which he termed reverence for life, as a medical doctor and humanitarian at Lambaréné in Gabon in equatorial Africa.
The recipient of the Chapman University Albert Schweitzer Award of Excellence for 2004, Ria Fennema, director of the Spirit of Faith Children’s Centre in Kenya, reflects the spirit of Albert Schweitzer in devoting herself to human lives in need of help. Founded by a missionary, Dick West, the Spirit of Faith Children’s Center is an orphanage and school for children who have great need and great promise. The children sleep four or five to a bed and rise each day to milk cows, tend chickens, wash clothes, and attend classes. The stories of these children are deeply moving. John Githinji and his seven brothers and sisters lost both parents to brutal murders. David Mbugua’s father died of an illness, and his mother suffered from mental illness. Stephen Muteria Mburu lost his mother to malaria; his father had died eleven years earlier. Jane Nduta’s mother committed suicide shortly after her birth, and her father died three years later. Beatrice Wanjiru’s unmarried mother and older brother died of cerebral malaria. Patrick Karongo Kaberi’s mother was killed by his father. All of these young people, and many more, have lived at the Spirit of Faith Children’s Centre. All of them have gone to school there. Patrick currently is a student at Chapman University.
A saying of Albert Schweitzer is displayed on our campus close to the bust in front of Argyros Forum. The saying is this: “Search and see whether there is not some place where you may invest your humanity.” Ria, through your work with the Spirit of Faith Children’s Centre, you have found a precious place to invest your humanity. You have found your own Lambaréné, and as a result the lives of children and young people are being changed forever. We thank you for your dedication and your work, and we acknowledge the profound significance of your work as we honor you today.
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Vice President Saulos Chilima has told commercial banks plying their trade in the country’s banking industry that “interest rates must come down and that is non-negotiable.”
The Vice President has also suggested to the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) to consider capping the interest spread (the gap between lending and deposit rates) stressing that if banks raise the lending rates, they must also pass-through the same to depositors.
Addressing the Economics Association of Malawi (Ecama) Lakeshore Conference currently underway in Mangochi, Chilima also fumed that deposit rates that banks are giving customers are too little (at around 5 percent) as compared to lending rates which he said have averaged 23 percent.
He recalled that in 1980s, Malawi had only two banks and then lending rates averaged 19.1 percent while deposit rates averaged 11.5 percent, thus providing a spread of 7.6 percent.
“As the financial sector opened up, one would have expected competition to force the narrowing of the spread,” said Chilima.
He added: “Your Excellency, interest Rates must come down. The Reserve Bank must engage banks on. If moral Suasion will not work, issue a directive. Otherwise, your efforts to develop Malawi be derailed. SMEs and businesses are not thriving.”
Generally, financial experts contend that interest rate capping itself is not bad at all as most countries now have adopted the system.
The concept is said to be working well in countries such as South Africa.
The controversial Financial Services Act (Amendment) Bill proposed a regulatory measure to prevents banks and financial institutions from charging more than a certain level of interest.
The House referred the Bill to a committee for further scrutiny.
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Google is celebrating International Women’s Day today through its doodle. Google has prepared a special doodle for Women’s Day today. It has an animated video depicting the various roles women play in the society. Women are included in society from home-makers to space-travelling scientists and are moving rapidly in every direction.
The video shown in this doodle, installed in the Google search engine, initially shows the character of a mother inside the house who is busy working on her laptop and is holding a newborn child. . She is also doing her job while taking care of the child. The next slide shows a hospital scene showing two women giving medical facilities like surgery. Apart from this, Google has included many characters of women we see in our lives in many slides like a woman giving water to plants, a woman doing fashion design, a mechanic woman fixing a two wheeler etc.
In a statement on the Google Doodle page, Google said, “From a woman working from home to a motorcycle mechanic teaching the next generation, each doodle is about the role women see in their families and society.” Happy International Women Day”
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(DAEGU=Yonhap News) Daegu Metropolitan City signed an agreement with Shanghai Aerospace Automobile Electromechanical (HT-SAAE), a Chinese state-owned maker of solar panels, to cooperate on cultivating the solar power industry.
Based on the agreement, HT-SAAE will install a solar panels on unused land and rooftops owned by public institutions in Daegu, while the city will provide the necessary administrative support.
HT-SAAE will establish a special-purpose corporation (SPC), through which it will build a 10MW solar power plant on Daegu Metropolitan Transit Corporation property.
The company will also carry out joint R&D projects with local university research centers on sharing new technologies, provide internships for local college students, and install solar power stations for educational purposes on local campuses.
The city expects the cooperation with HT-SAAE will help expand solar panels and create new jobs.
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[15 March 2006]
After World War I, the concept of the hard-boiled male came to prominence, starting in the pulp magazines, moving into high art literature, and peaking with its place in the noir films of the ‘40s and ‘50s (often drawn from earlier, interwar novels). The hard-boiled character is a loner, traveling on the edge of society without morals, frequently as a detective with no qualms about violence and questionable attitudes toward women. These men aren’t simply literary archetypes; they both represent and influence conceptions of masculinity that play out in the real world. In Hard-Boiled Masculinities, Christopher Breu explores the cultural fantasies and material conditions that intersect with this type, and he seeks for both a historical understanding and a contemporary use for this work.
Breu selects four primary texts to explain his arguments, using a variety of characters across the high art/mass art continuum. Dashiell Hammett’s Continental Op offers the classic model, with various concerns altering the depiction of the hard-boiled male in Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, William Faulkner’s Light in August, and Chester Himes’s If He Hollers Let Him Go. Avoiding the trap of depicting an “American mind”, Breu uses the specifics of these characters to show the range of ways a single persona can be tied to the culture that informs it (and the various cultures that comprise a single region).
Breu’s primary effort is to maintain ties to both the fantasies and conditions that influence the development of this character. By fantasies, Breu (who relies heavily on the term “phantasmatic”) doesn’t mean creative fancies or daydreams, but the psychological workings that, based on fact or not, construct a particular conception of reality. One of the most important of these developments, he suggests, is the myth of the virile black man, which becomes both an opposite and a component part of the white hard-boiled persona.
Breu reads the physical circumstances that influenced hard-boiled constructions primarily through a Marxist lens. The adoption of a hard-boiled persona by a character reflects his response to the particular capitalism of the US in the interwar period, frequently against the normative movement and in desire of a pre-industrial, agrarian society. However, the persona allows a means of negotiating an enveloping culture, even as it re-inscribes the very boundaries it seeks to resist.
The importance of Breu’s examination lies in his ability to escape determinist readings of the texts. He understands that the Continental Op (and Hammett’s Red Harvest as text) has only limited ability to critique the genre and the persona from within, in part due to Hammett’s elimination of the subjective within his narration. Breu reads the four major works as a progressing narrative that gradually open to larger interrogations of the political implications of hard-boiledness, climaxing with Himes’s Bob Jones, who has an increased ability to work through internal fantasies without a material acting out (he resists, for example, the raping and murdering that come to mind).
Breu sees this development in the fiction of Himes as “asserting the value of phantasmatic change to material change and vice versa” in the physical world. Breu disavows the idea that material circumstances are ultimately determinant, that people are solely the result of their culture’s systems of production. He sees the limitation of individual agency to change fantasy as a stricture imposed by the material conditions. The presence of this bind means that industrial/capitalist systems must be changed alongside the myths and concepts present across the culture (a series of individual agents adding up to mass shifts).
Unfortunately, Breu outlines this argument quickly across his conclusion, raising the book’s most useful topic only as he closes the discussion. After a series of solid close-readings and culture analysis, Breu suggests that the importance of this work is ultimately extra-academic, yet he shuts down as he leaves the literary world. He offers a Benjaminian alternate history in which pulp readers were given the language of fantasy to discuss the fictional materials within their reading communities. At some point, he hints, a mass discourse could rise up that offers a “collective politics of fantasy,” in which psychological concerns are worked through as economic culture is modified.
And here’s the catch: in an ostensible critique of liberal readings of and acting in history, Breu sets himself firmly within those very trenches. Shooting at darts of activism, but couching them in the jargon of his profession. In aiming for progressivism, he offers only a trickle-down presentation of thought. Once the elite can work out a discourse that enables the masses to reinterpret their low art texts, the masses will use these tools for positive change. It’s a top-down prescription for bottom-up change, and, while those tactics are rarely successful, Breu’s safe because he addresses the top, keeping his work primarily within a literary fold and largely accessible only to those schooled in intellectual conversation. The challenge for Breu, then, isn’t to write smart analyses (he does it here), but to argue for uses of his thought that actually comes from a utilitarian sensibility. At that point, he’ll have as much as the pulp magazines to offer those of us who could benefit from a little change. | <urn:uuid:339ee9b2-1b30-4228-92a7-acdc2aa6e654> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.popmatters.com/tools/print/40230/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719465.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00095-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944996 | 1,155 | 2.203125 | 2 |
Flu season is here and it’s horrible. Jennifer Cain at Kicker has written a No-Nonsense, Non-Alarmist, Essential Guide to the Flu. The sections on how to tell the flu from other illnesses and what to do to avoid the flu are especially helpful.
There are four big telltale signs that can help you distinguish among a cold, a flu, norovirus and whooping cough:
#1. Fever equals flu. You might get a slight temperature from a cold, but if you’re really heating up, it’s probably the flu.
#2. Colds are mild and long lasting. Colds usually start with a sore throat, then progress to symptoms like a runny nose and congestion, followed by a cough that won’t go away. And they don’t usually cause fevers. Sometimes it can take up to 3 weeks to get rid of a cold entirely. The flu, though, tends to come on quickly all at once and be more intense, but it doesn’t linger. If you’re running a fever and your body aches and you can’t get out of bed and don’t feel like eating anything, it’s flu time. | <urn:uuid:f22f05aa-c99e-4770-b204-6e1531f79f09> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://kottke.org/tag/Jennifer%20Cain | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280065.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00546-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940655 | 262 | 2.453125 | 2 |
Ocean Grove, NJ is a town founded by Methodists in 1869. At first it was a religious town with blue laws and many rules for living. But now the town is mixed: religious and secular.
The two factions sometimes clash, and citizens in such a place need to consider themselves to be a community with mutual tolerance.
Tropicana has had a Christian group, but, for the most part it seems to be a balanced community culturally.
Murex will not determine the culture in the park, although their management will have some influence.
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The Brew Club is happy to have Mike Pellegrino, author of the new book Jersey Brew, The Story of Beer in New Jersey submit this excellent post regarding beer and beer laws in New Jersey.
Jersey Brew is a history of beer in New Jersey from the Colonial times to the present. (Yes there are mobsters) Jersey Brew, The Story of Beer in New Jersey
will be available in November, 2009, and can be pre-ordered at Amazon.com and BeerBooks.com now. You’ll also want to stick around for the upcoming interview with Mike about his book in the near future!!!
The beer story in New Jersey today is craft-brewing, but there is a clear bias against our State’s microbreweries. New Jersey’s laws place our five breweries at financial and marketing disadvantages as compared to our wineries. There is no legitimate basis for this bias, and the laws should be changed to even the playing field or perhaps even assist our local breweries.
Wineries are regulated under the same group of statutes, yet wine is treated more favorably. The simplest example of this disparity is the fees charged for licensing. As listed above, the licensing fee for an unlimited plenary brewer’s license is $10,625. A plenary license to produce unlimited wine under N.J.S.A. 33:1-10(2) (a) costs just $938. The license fee for even a restricted brew pub is more than that ($1,250 to $2,500).
Another, more significant example of the bias against beer is the limitation on over-the-counter sales. Wineries are granted unlimited direct sales while breweries are limited by permit to just two-six packs per customer per day. This is a harmful limitation because wineries and microbreweries both offer tours as a marketing strategy. Wineries can generate significant revenue by selling cases of wine at the conclusion of its tours, while New Jersey’s craft brewers cannot. Why was this distinction created?
Perhaps the most harmful difference in treatment is the ban on free samples. New Jersey residents have been inundated with commercials for the mega-breweries like Bud, Coors and Heineken, so most people buy beer without considering smaller brands. The challenge for microbreweries is simply to get the public to try their beers. People who try the local beer generally will buy it again.
An effective marketing technique would be to offer small samples in liquor stores, the way wine-makers often do. For reasons unknown, however, New Jersey law prohibits breweries from offering free beer samples in liquor stores. N.J.S.A. 33:1-12 was amended in 2003 to specifically allow free consumer wine samplings in stores – but not beer.
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Sweden’s anti-piracy law, IPRED, seems to be working, insofar as various Internet traffic monitors have seen a significant downturn in piracy. The day after the law went into effect, Web traffic fell by some 30 percent, and now, several months later (the law went into effect on April 1), an ISP there says piracy-related traffic is still “free-falling.”
The law made it so that copyright owners could solicit ISPs for the names and personal details of suspected pirates. Say Company A finds your IP address downloading Content A, then Company A has the right to ask your ISP for your name, address, etc. From there, theoretically, Company A could take you to court, but no such lawsuits have been filed yet. (Lawsuits, however, are expected within the next month!)
Of course, the sense in relying on IP addresses to pick out pirates is sorta suspect. Open Wi-Fi access points, MAC address spoofing, you name it. If I want, I can park outside your apartment, crack your WEP or WPA, then download to my heart’s content. Then, unfortunately, you get blamed.
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December 8, 2017 – The VA has issued VHA Policy Directive 2017-1315 stating, “Veterans must not be denied VHA services solely because they are participating in State-approved marijuana programs.” The directive, signed by Executive in Charge Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D., replaces VHA Directive 2011-004 which had the same language. The new directive is scheduled for recertification on or before the last working day of December 2022.
Like the old directive, the current one does not allow VA doctors to recommend medical cannabis, or for VA pharmacies to supply it. Unlike the old one, it specifically allows doctors to discuss a patient’s cannabis use, and requires that discussion to be documented. The purpose of the new policy is “to support the Veteran-provider relationship when discussing the use of marijuana and its impact on health including Veteran-specific treatment plans.”
The current directive specifically states that the VISN Director is responsible for assuring that this policy is disseminated and implemented at all facilities in the VISN, and that the VA Medical Facility Director is responsible for educating VA facility staff about the policy.
It also states, “Possession of marijuana, even for authorized medical reasons, by Veterans
while on VA property is in violation of 38 CFR 1.218(a)(7) and places them at risk for
prosecution under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C 801 et. al.”
A survey conducted by the American Legion in October 2017 revealed that 92% of veterans support research into medical cannabis and 83% of veteran households support legalizing medical cannabis. The survey also indicated that 22% of veterans are currently using cannabis to treat a medical condition with the the most prevalent conditions being chronic pain and PTSD. Veterans are twice as likely to succumb to accidental opioid overdose than non-veterans.
March 10, 2015 – In response to months of effort from California NORML, Veterans for Medical Cannabis Access, affiliated groups and Congressional offices, Cal NORML has been informed that VISN-22 policy has been revised to allow the use of medical marijuana with opioid prescriptions at all VA facilities in the Southern California region.
The new policy states:
If the UDS detects marijuana, and the patient participates in a State medical marijuana program, the provider and patient will discuss the various options and information available, including the safety risk associated with concurrent use. The patient and provider will then make a shared decision as to what direction the non-malignant pain will be managed.
Providers concurring in providing opioids in patients participating in a State medical marijuana program, must follow procedures that include a signed “Medical Marijuana Patient Use Agreement” and a “Concomitant Use of Opioids/Medical Marijuana Note”, documenting that any contraindications have been addressed and validating patient is enrolled in a State medical marijuana program.
Patients may appeal a provider decision not to provide opioid in a patient participating in a State medical marijuana program, by following the procedure outlined in “Network-Wide Policy for Clinical Appeals”; 2002-7.
The chief of staff at each VHA is responsible for implementation and monitoring of compliance with the policy.
Cal NORML began receiving phone calls last fall from veterans impacted by a policy directive issued by former VISN-22 acting chief Jeffrey Gering stating that any patient using medical marijuana would be tapered off their pain medications. Callers included a paratrooper injured in a training exercise who was denied his pain meds at Loma Linda hospital on Christmas eve, and a 70-year-old former pilot injured in a forced landing while in service.
Since the policy was in direct conflict with national VA policy allowing doctors to determine the best course of treatment in medical marijuana states, Michael Krawitz of VCMA put the national ethics committee of the VA in touch with Gering’s office, reportedly gaining assurance that the policy would be changed just before Thanksgiving. However no change took place and Cal NORML deputy director Ellen Komp spent much of the month of January in the Southern California area visiting VA hospitals with veterans and reaching out to activist groups and Congressional offices. San Diego activists (pictured) helped bring about opposition from the Veterans Democratic Club of San Diego County.
“I hope and expect that this policy change will mean better care for veterans in the Southern California region who choose to use medical marijuana to augment their pain management regimen,” said Komp. She thanked all who worked towards making this policy change, in particular David Zink of Long Beach VA Patient Experience Council, and Michael Krawitz of VCMA. In addition Marcus Boyd of San Diego ASA, himself a veteran, mounted a Change.org petition that gathered over 20,000 signatures in support of a policy change.
Already NORML has received word that one veteran’s doctors have told him he will be denied despite the change in policy. The new policy contains a means by which veterans can appeal any denial of medication. Other services, such as PTSD psychotherapy programs and anxiety medications, have also been denied due to medical marijuana use. This is highly ironic since to many, cannabis is helpful with PTSD and anxiety.
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Some patients with deep venous thrombosis can be treated safely at home
A certain group of patients suffering from lower extremity deep venous thrombosis (DVT), that is, blood clot in a deep vein of a leg, can be treated safely at home, concludes a study support in part by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (National Research Service Award F32 HS00124). These are patients who are not at high risk for bleeding or recurrent clotting, and who do not have pulmonary embolism, limited cardiopulmonary reserve, or another illness that requires hospitalization.
Using these criteria, none of the patients in this study who were treated at home developed complications. They were treated with subcutaneous injections of low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH)—an anticoagulant—instead of the unfractionated intravenous (IV) heparin, which is the traditional treatment for hospitalized patients with DVT.
The benefit of home treatment includes infrequent and safer subcutaneous dosing, without the need for repeated blood tests to monitor partial thromboplastin time (blood coagulation time), which is required to avoid internal bleeding with IV heparin, explains Roger D. Yusen, M.D., of Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Yusen and his colleagues developed the criteria for outpatient treatment eligibility. They retrospectively applied the criteria to 195 hospitalized patients at one hospital who were newly diagnosed with proximal lower extremity DVT to determine the proportion of patients eligible for outpatient therapy.
Nine percent of patients were classified as eligible and 9 percent as possibly eligible for outpatient therapy. None of these patients developed complications. Of the 82 percent of patients classified as ineligible, 8 percent died or developed serious complications. Thus, the eligibility criteria had a sensitivity of 100 percent and a negative predictive value of 100 percent for predicting serious complications. These findings suggest that objective criteria may be used to select patients for proximal lower extremity DVT home therapy.
More details are in "Criteria for outpatient management of proximal lower extremity deep venous thrombosis," by Dr. Yusen, Brennan M. Haraden, M.D., Brian F. Gage, M.D., M.Sc., and others, in the April 1999 Chest 115, pp. 972-979.
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COVID-19: Biden leads candlelit ceremony for COVID victims as US passes half a million deaths
The president has urged Americans to fight the pandemic "as one people" in a speech outside the White House.
Tuesday 23 February 2021 07:51, UK
President Joe Biden has led a minute's silence to honour America's coronavirus victims after the country became the first to record more than half a million deaths.
As 500 lit candles lined the White House steps to commemorate the dead, a military band played Amazing Grace and the president made his emotional remarks.
"Today we mark a truly grim, heartbreaking milestone - 500,071 dead. That's more Americans who have died in one year in this pandemic than in World War One, World War Two and the Vietnam War combined," he said.
"But as we acknowledge the scale of this mass death in America, we remember each person and the life they lived. They're people we knew."
There have now been 500,201 COVID-related fatalities in the country as of 2am, and more than 28 million people have been infected, according to the Johns Hopkins University coronavirus tracker.
Mr Biden was joined by First Lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff, who bowed their heads solemnly as they observed a minute of silence.
The president also urged Americans to set aside their differences, saying: "We must end the politics and misinformation that has divided families, communities and the country, and has cost too many lives already. It's not Democrats and Republicans who are dying from the virus. It's our fellow Americans.
"We have to fight this together as one people, as the United States of America."
Mr Biden has ordered the nation's flag to be flown at half-mast at the White House, on all public buildings and grounds, and at military posts and naval stations until sunset on Friday.
Brazil has the second-highest number of coronavirus deaths globally with about 250,000.
The fact the US leads the world in both death and infection numbers reflected poor planning by the Trump administration, President Biden has previously said.
Confirming the US had bought enough doses "to vaccinate all Americans", he accused Mr Trump of failing to manage the vaccine rollout.
"While scientists did their job in discovering vaccines in record time, my predecessor - I'll be very blunt about it - did not do his job in getting ready for the massive challenge of vaccinating hundreds of millions," he said.
In December, the US's average daily deaths linked to COVID-19 touched 2,276 with one daily total exceeding the 2,977 people who lost their lives in the 9/11 terror attacks.
Indigenous Americans are the worst-affected racial group as a percentage of population, recording almost 211 deaths per 100,000 people, global data provider Statista said.
Despite Mr Biden's criticisms, there is cause for hope in the vaccine rollout, with official statistics saying about 64 million jabs had so far been given.
That puts the US on course to exceed the president's stated target of 100m doses in his government's first 100 days, though progress has been hampered by the recent freezing weather.
And case numbers are also dropping - down to around 100,000 per day this month from 250,000 in January.
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- Lung Cancer Basics
Washington, DC [January 22, 2012]—Today, Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) offers condolences to the family of legendary Penn State University coach Joseph Paterno who died of lung cancer this morning.
His death came just a few weeks after being diagnosed with a late stage, untreatable form of the disease.
Lung Cancer Alliance President Laurie Fenton-Ambrose said: “So many patients have faced this, so many families have been hurt by this disease which is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States and the world.”
The overall 5-year survival rate for those diagnosed with lung cancer is still only 15%, and less than 4% for those with late stage lung cancer.
"And just as sadly this is the only cancer that continues to be blamed on the patient " she said, pointing out that four out of five new cases are people who never smoked or who had already quit smoking, often decades ago.
"It is time - it is long overdue - that we take a more compassionate and comprehensive approach to this disease, give people at high risk the benefit of CT screening and give priority attention to improving the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of all types of lung cancer, " she said.
Lung Cancer Alliance provides support and advocacy for those living with or at risk for lung cancer. LCA is committed to reversing decades of stigma and neglect by empowering those with or at risk for lung cancer, elevating awareness and changing health policy at both the federal and state level. For more information visit: www.lungcanceralliance.org.
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Reviewed by Angela Marie
This morning I sat on a train reading a novel written for children. At times I was smiling, at times moved. Always engaged.
The novel was BOOT and as the cover tells us Boot is a small robot on a big adventure.
The reader immediately realises our hero is not human. It is a soft, huggable robot that has been programmed to recognise danger and now becomes aware of a change in personal circumstance. Not only is it in a scrapyard with machines chomping away at discarded robots, it has a program glitch, making very little memory available. It remembers being loved by its owner, Beth. It must escape and make its way back to Beth who will be heartbroken without her beloved robot. It must outwit and escape the clutches of the villainous scrapyard operator who relishes pulling robots apart and who may appear more than once in this novel.
Boot’s world is one where robots walk side by side in the service of humans, usually doing the less desired tasks. Robotic pets abound. This is a brave new world. There is an undercurrent of A I rebellion and awareness. Note Noke’s Rules of the Street Number Whatever. Some robots are starting to emote and form communities for self-protection and companionship, slipping into disused places. Meanwhile our robotic hero acknowledges the foibles of humans. Boot observes them becoming less sociable, less caring about the needs of others, particularly the elderly, and less aware of the mountains of plastic formed when most toys have a useful life of less than six months.
This is a story of salvation in the style of an epic. There is escape from the seemingly inescapable, a dangerous and difficult journey into the unknown, meeting and bonding with heroes who become comrades, and limits pushed beyond expectation. There is the discovery and acceptance of true self as Boot chooses not to be known by a name previously bestowed. A book sure to whet an appetite for reading. Although we may perceive character traits in the robots that we may be conditioned to view as either masculine or feminine, there is no gender assigned by the author, making this a more inclusive read.
Will Boot be reunited with Beth? Will they live happily ever after?
BOOT resonates with many of life’s important lessons – know who you are, support your friends and care for those you love, respect and support the elderly and the environment. There is an acknowledgement that everyone has a story.
BOOT is a novel with heart. It is highly recommended for the young independent reader of chapter books and would be a much-enjoyed share-together bedtime story, read over several nights.
Author Shane Hegarty has written a captivating novel. Now a full-time writer, he was previously a journalist and editor of the Irish Times. He has also worked in radio and music. His Darkmouth series, geared to middle-grade readers, is being developed into an animated feature film. BOOT is the first book in his first series for younger readers. Sure to be treasured by those readers, having passed the test set by his own four avid young critics.
BOOT is greatly enhanced by the drawings of Ben Mantle, an award-winning artist who illustrated the 2013 Bishop’s Stortford Picture Book winner, Callum’s Incredible Construction Kit. He has shown interest in art since childhood, continuing on to study animation at Surry Institute of Art and Design and participating in many diverse projects.
Written by Shane Hegarty
Illustrated by Ben Mantle
ISBN 978 1 44494 936 0
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RIMAGE file extension - Rhino 3D rendered image
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Probabilistic Home Video Structuring: Feature Selection and Performance Evaluation
We recently proposed a method to find cluster structure in home videos based on statistical models of visual and temporal features of video segments and sequential binary Bayesian classification. In this paper, we present analysis and improved results on two key issues: feature selection and performance evaluation, using a ten-hour database (30 video clips, 1,075,000 frames). From multiple features and similarity measures, visual features are selected in order to minimize the empirical probability of misclassification. Temporal features are chosen to reflect the patterns existing in both shot and cluster duration and adjacency. Finally, we describe a detailed performance evaluation procedure that includes cluster detection, individual shot-cluster labeling, and prior selection.
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Research and Publication Ethics
Keywords:Ethics, Publication, Research, Authorship
Research is an effort to seek the truth and communicate it. In the process, participants or subjects of research must be recognised and respected, and the principles of research ethics must protect the vulnerable from exploitation. The researcher must do the reporting of research findings with honesty and professionalism. Non-adherence to the above principles in the early research period resulted in gross abuse of personality and autonomy. Research is now subjected to rigorous scrutiny to stem the tide of abuse and ascertain and guarantee the sanctity of the research participants, process and product. These are the fundamentals of the practice of ethics in both research and publication. In effect, this paper aims to address ethics and its application to research and publications.
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Even when trees become dormant during winter, they still need a little intervention from you. They still need to be cared for to make sure their health doesn't get affected by the harsh cold weather here in Green Bay, WI. Here are some of the things you can do to help your trees during the cold winter season.
Water Until the Ground Freezes
You might think that trees no longer need much water because the warm season has ended, but this is not true. Fall can also be a dry season at times, and your trees need water to make it thrive. You should water your trees in the fall and when the winter season begins until the ground freezes.
If you have newly planted trees, they have to be watered continuously because they still have small roots. When you water your plants, make sure that you do it slowly and go low because you want to ensure water goes directly to the root structure. You should consider the species of the tree when it comes to the amount and length of time spent watering it for optimum results. If you are not sure about this detail, then it is better to consult a tree expert.
Protect Roots with Mulch Application
Mulching is essential to ensure your tree thrives in the growing season. Mulch the base around your tree with bark or wood chips and other organic materials before the cold months. Apply up to four inches of mulch on top of the entire root system for maximum results. Mulching will protect your tree from extreme cold because it insulates your tree from different weather conditions. It also locks in moisture and nutrients that your trees need making sure they survive the cold months. Give your tree breathing space by making sure you put the mulch at least three inches away from your tree's trunk.
Remove Stakes or Ties
Stakes can be helpful to young trees. However, you have to make sure you remove them before the winter season arrives. Although stakes can be necessary for some situations, the sooner you remove them, the better. This is because trees need to develop their trunks and root structure. Trees will grow sturdier fast and will have a stronger trunk, and roots if the stakes or any ties are removed sooner.
Tree experts would always recommend pruning when trees are dormant. Pruning your trees in winter will reduce the chance of them getting damaged from snowstorm or ice storm. Remember that there are proper ways to prune your tree depending on its type, so make sure you know this information before cutting your tree. If you don't know how to prune your tree correctly, it is better to ask for help from the professionals to ensure that your tree is in good hands. Wounds caused by pruning should not be covered by tree paint or anything because this can harm the tree. You should also be careful not to cut into the branch collar to ensure that the branch will not rot after pruning.
If you are unsure how to prepare your trees before the winter comes, ask a tree care expert to help you give proper care for your trees to make sure they thrive throughout winter and in the seasons to come.
Many homeowners love having oak trees in their yard because of its beautiful structure that adds character to any backyard. Oak trees are generally loved for its density, hardness, and durability. They are mostly used as lumber for manufacturing furniture and building beans. However, because of diseases that cause these majestic trees to die, homeowners try their best to help their trees to the battle epidemic by proper maintenance. Many people fail to take care of their oak trees that result for the tree to die. That is why it is highly recommended to use a professional tree service for this purpose
Below are some simple guidelines you can follow to properly care for your oak tree.
Unlike other trees that need much watering, with oak trees, less is better. They live through minimal water supplement, even during the dry season. You should never water your oak tree more than once a month.
Avoid over pruning because it can hurt the oak tree even more. It will also help if you know the type of oak is in your yard because their needs differ based on their kind. Deciduous oaks require more maintenance than evergreens. If you are not sure which type of oak you have, you can always call a professional to help you.
Regular fertilization is as important as pruning when it comes to keeping your oak healthy. Although fallen leaves become natural fertilizers, supplementary fertilizing is still needed. Fertilization should be done in spring, late summer, and autumn.
Preventive Visual Inspections
There are a lot of diseases that can affect oak trees that is why it is crucial to do regular visual inspections. Some parts of the trees that need to be inspected include the bark and leaves. The physical states of these parts of the oak tree say a lot about their overall health. For example, bark sprout cracks usually indicate that the oak tree is healthy while discolored or loose bark may denote that the tree is diseased. Try to educate yourself about these visual pieces of evidence of the health of your oak tree. You might just save your tree by doing so.
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Once a tree is removed from your backyard, it may leave behind space. A great idea to fill this space is by planting a new tree as a symbol of beginning.
Be careful though; you have to watch out for any signs of disease or insects that the old tree has left behind to avoid cutting down the new one.
Here are a few tips for planting a new tree.
Clear the Stump
When a tree is removed, it leaves behind the bottom part projecting from the ground; this is called a stump. As they decay stumps consume nitrogen from the soil, thus increasing the acidity and affecting its nutrient balance. Other than this here are more reasons to get rid of the stump:
To ensure the health of a new tree, clean out whatever the old one has left behind like stumps, sawdust, and roots that will hinder growth.
What Tree to Plant
If a disease was the cause of why the old tree was removed, the pathogen could still be lurking in the soil. This could lead to replant disease, also known as “sick soil syndrome.” Trees susceptible to this issue include:
To avoid the disease, make sure to remove the entire tree and replace the old soil with fresh soil. Sterilizing the garden tools that came in contact with the infected tree should also be done.
Choosing a type of tree species that is resilient is a good idea if you want your new tree to Iive for a long time. Here is a list of a few examples:
Always consider the kind of climate around your area when choosing what tree you want to plant. For example, tropical trees won’t grow well in a cold environment and vice versa. If you live somewhere in Atlanta, buying a tree that can withstand a temperature of 10 degrees and below would be a good choice.
If it tempts you to replant because you lost a tree to disease or because of decay, it is best to prepare the planting site for a year to give the roots time to decompose.
Tree removal companies, like Green Bay Tree Service, have trained their technicians to remove trees safely. They protect both the health of your property while preserving the tree. We have experience handling local tree issues for almost 20 years, and we can help find the solution best for you - whether you want a tree removed, disease management, or tree trimming services. Call us at 920-212-4460 or contact us here for a free quote.
We Service all of Brown County
We love tree care, but we also love to travel around Brown county serving customers with tree service needs. Our work and passion takes us to De Pere, Suamico, Ledgeview, Denmark, Scott, Holland, Pittsfield, Glenmore, Morrison, Eaton, Lawerence, New Denmark, Greenleaf, Rockland, Howard, Hobart, Ashwaubenon, Humboldt, New Franken, Bellevue, Oneida, and Allouez. All these communities of Brown county are our friends and customers. We travel around the county because we love meeting people and helping them with their tree care needs. Whether it is a tree removal, tree trimming, stump grinding, or some other tree-related service, we travel throughout the area because we love what we do: meeting people and working on their trees.
We Also Service Adjacent Counties
We service all the adjacent counties and cities to Brown county. These include Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Calumet, Outagamie, Shawano, and Oconto. These areas are a bit further for us to drive, but we do so nonetheless as we know many of these communities don't have quality tree service professional to choose from. When we say we are the tree service Green Bay residents trust and depend on, what we really mean is we are the tree service the entire Brown county and surrounding counties can trust and depend on.
Three Questions to Ask Your Tree Service Green Bay Company
1. Are they licensed and insured?
First, the company should be licensed in the state where they are providing service. This holds true from any company but especially for tree service businesses. This is because licensing and insurance go hand-in-hand. Second, every business should be insured but especially tree services given the potentially dangerous nature of the work. If an injury occurs on your property and the tree service does not have insurance for their employee then you may be liable on your homeowners policy. Always ask to see licensing and insurance information before allowing any tree service to do work on your property.
2. Will they provide references?
References are a great source of information for prospective customers of tree service providers. Online reviews can be faked and or manipulated whereas references can not, notably if they are followed up on
3. Do they provide a written estimate?
Many tree services just provide verbal quotes, leaving you open to additional cost. Always insist on a written quote for the work, that is really not an estimate for tree services but is an accurate price for the services.
Green Bay Tree Service
You will find we meet and exceed all these criteria. We are the tree service Green Bay and surrounding counties has trusted since 2001.
When old man winter bares your trees naked, consider this the best time to prune and trim your trees. When spring arrives, you trees will be shaped and ready to go for new growth and blooms. It is important to know when and why it is best the trim your trees in the winter, so Green Bay Tree Service wrote this short article detailing information about why winter is the best time of the year to give your trees a haircut.
When is the best time of the year to trim your trees?
Pruning and trimming your trees in winter is always the best season for this job. Why? Because trees are dormant this time of year making for a less stressful situation as you trim or prune them. Conversely, trimming and pruning the the spring or summer could affect growth and blooms. Further, the winter months allow trimming and pruning efforts to be less impactful on your lawn and surrounding landscape - yet another benefit. Remember, each tree and tree species is different, but a good rule of thumb is that your trees should be pruned or trimmed every 3 to 5 years.
Why is the winter months the best time?
Again, winter is best because your trees are dormant and are not growing. This hibernation with the colder weather allows for a great environment in which to trim and prune. Also despite no leaves or canopy, skills arborists can more easily see dead branches, shapes, and overall patterns in which trees can be best pruned or trimmed. Refer to our trimming and pruning service page for more detailed information on the properly cutting techniques.
Thank you for visiting our Blog page. We intend to offer tips and suggestions for good tree care practices as well as other informative articles relevant to healthy beautiful trees. We would like to use this opportunity in our first blog post to thank all our loyal customers. We know you have a choice in tree service companies in Green Bay so we really appreciate your business with us. Green Bay Tree Care offers the best in tree removal, tree trimming, stump grinding and removal, and emergency storm tree damage services. Please consider us for your next tree service need. | <urn:uuid:560f00f1-1207-4d41-ba44-b3863122e4da> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.greenbaytreecare.com/blog | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573029.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817153027-20220817183027-00273.warc.gz | en | 0.956167 | 2,628 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Hundreds of students and professors protested against public education funding cuts outside a military high school in Brazil where far-right President Jair Bolsonaro was attending a ceremony. Bolsonaro’s conservative government sparked outrage last week when it revealed at least 30% cuts to the annual budgets of federally funded high schools and universities.
Holding posters warning the reductions would leave Latin America’s biggest country “rich in ignorance,” protesters crowded outside the main entrance to the state-run Military College of Rio de Janeiro, forcing Bolsonaro to leave by a side exit.
Some former students of the military school made a heart sign with their hands as they paraded past the president, who was flanked by Vice President Hamilton Mourao — an ex-alumnus — Rio de Janeiro state Gov. Wilson Witzel and Mayor Marcelo Crivella.
But others gave Bolsonaro the thumbs-down signal in an apparent show of solidarity with the protesters outside.
State-run military colleges would not be affected by the funding cuts because they come under the defense ministry, not education, G1 news site said.
Bolsonaro said previously his government had been considering cutting public funds allocated to philosophy and sociology departments in universities.
“The goal is to focus on streams that generate an immediate return to the taxpayer, such as veterinary, engineering or medical studies,” he said.
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- 1 How Long Does A Bone Bruise Take To Heal?
- 2 Is It Actually Possible To Bruise A Bone?
- 3 Why Does Bone Bruise Hurt So Much?
- 4 How Do You Heal A Bruised Bone?
- 5 What Are The Symptoms Of A Bone Bruise?
- 6 What Does A Bruised Bone Feel Like?
- 7 Bone Bruise Knee
- 8 Shin Bone Bruise
- 9 Bone Bruise Foot
- 10 Wrist Bone Bruise
- 11 Bone Bruise Healing Time
- 12 Leg Bone Bruise
- 13 What Is A Contusion
- 14 Bruise On Hip Bone
- 15 Bone Bruise Elbow
What is the treatment for a bone bruiseTreatment for Bone Bruise (Bone Contusion) | Saint Luke’s Health S.
How Long Does A Bone Bruise Take To Heal?
Most bone bruises slowly heal over 1 to 2 months. A larger bone bruise may take longer to heal. You may not be able to return to sports activities for weeks or months. If your symptoms don’t go away, your healthcare provider may give you an MRI.
Is It Actually Possible To Bruise A Bone?
Bruises can occur in bones as well as soft tissue. Most people are familiar with the bruising, discoloration, and swelling that is characteristic after a blow to the muscles and soft tissue. Bruises can last from days to months and vary from mild to severe. Bone bruises are among the most serious and painful.
Why Does Bone Bruise Hurt So Much?
Pain is another one of the most universal symptoms of a bone bruise. Bones damaged by bruising are typically the result of an accident or sports injury that puts sudden, immense pressure on the bone forceful enough to rupture the surrounding membrane, which allows fluids and blood to leak.
How Do You Heal A Bruised Bone?
One common bone bruise treatment consists of an ice massage, rest, and the administration of pain medication. As with many other bruises, a bone bruise will heal if given enough time. Certain exercises may also be required as part of treating a bone bruise in order to return the patient to his normal activities.
What Are The Symptoms Of A Bone Bruise?
The most common symptoms of a bone bruise include swelling, pain, and stiffness. Swelling is the most common sign of a bone bruise and occurs in most people with this type of injury. Many other injuries can cause swelling, and it is not always apparent that the bone is bruised at the time of injury.
What Does A Bruised Bone Feel Like?
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A Multimodal Evaluation Method for Medical Image Segmentation
Evaluation of segmentation methods is a crucial aspect in image processing, especially in the medical imaging field, where small differences between segmented regions in the anatomy can be of paramount importance. Usually, segmentation evaluation is based on a measure that depends on the number of segmented voxels inside and outside of some reference regions that are called gold standards. Although some other measures have been also used, in this work we propose a set of new similarity measures, based on different features, such as the location and intensity values of the misclassified voxels, and the connectivity and the boundaries of the segmented data. Using the multidimensional information provided by these measures, we propose a new evaluation method whose results are visualized applying a Principal Component Analysis of the data, obtaining a simplified graphical method to compare different segmentation results. We have carried out an intensive study using several classic segmentation methods applied to a set of MRI simulated data of the brain with several noise and RF inhomogeneity levels, and also to real data, showing that the new measures proposed here and the results that we have obtained from the multidimensional evaluation, improve the robustness of the evaluation and provides better understanding about the difference between segmentation methods.
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What is it used for?
Sotalol is used to treat a variety of different types of fast, abnormal heart rhythms (these are known as tachyarrhythmias), such as those listed below.
- To treat life-threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmias (a fast heart rhythm that originates in one of the ventricles of the heart).
- To treat the symptoms of a non-sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias (this is a fast heart rhythm that last for less than 30 seconds).
- To prevent an abnormal heart rhythm after heart surgery, where the heart sporadically beats very rapidly, as a result of problems with the electrical message pathways in the top part of the heart (paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia).
- To prevent an irregular heartbeat that only occurs occasionally and is caused by very rapid contraction of the top two chambers of the heart (paroxysmal atrial tachycardia or fibrillation).
- To prevent a rapid heartbeat caused by an additional electrical signal near the AV node (AV nodal re-entrant tachycardia).
- To help maintain the normal rhythm of the heart following cardioversion treatment for atrial fibrillation or flutter.
How does it work?
Sotacor tablets contain the active ingredient sotalol, which is a type of medicine called a beta-blocker and an antiarrhythmic. (Sotalol tablets are also available without a brand name, ie as the generic medicine.)
The heart's pumping action is controlled by electrical signals that pass through the heart muscle. The electrical signals cause the two pairs of heart chambers (left and right atria and ventricles) to contract in a regular manner that produces the heartbeat. If the electrical activity in the heart is disturbed for any reason, irregular heartbeats (arrhythmias) of various types can result. These can seriously undermine the pumping action of the heart and result in inefficient blood circulation around the body.
Sotalol works by slowing the electrical impulses in the heart muscle. This helps to regulate and restore disturbances in the heart rhythm.
Sotalol also blocks beta receptors that are found in the heart. This causes the heart to beat more slowly and with less force, this also allows the electrical signals in the heart to fire more regularly.
How do I take it?
- Sotacor tablets can be taken either with or without food. The amount taken and how often varies from person to person, and according to the type of arrhythmia you have. It is important to follow the instructions given by your doctor and printed on the dispensing label.
- It is important that you don't suddenly stop taking this medicine unless your doctor tells you to.
- Before treatment with this medicine is started your doctor will want you to have a blood test to check your kidney function, so that the correct dose of the medicine can be prescribed. The levels of electrolytes such as sodium, potassium or magnesium in your blood will also be checked and your doctor will correct any problems before starting treatment.
- During treatment your doctor may want you to have regular blood tests to check your blood sugar.
- Most medicines that control abnormal heart rhythms can also provoke them in some circumstances. For this reason, if you feel like your heart condition has got worse or your heartbeat changes, gets faster or slower, or starts to pound, or you experience chest pain, shortness of breath or feeling faint, it is important to consult your doctor straight away.
Use with caution in
- Elderly people.
- People with an enlarged heart.
- Heart failure.
- Decreased kidney function.
- People with a history of sudden drops in blood sugar levels (hypoglycaemia).
- Abnormal muscle weakness (myasthenia gravis).
- People with severe or chronic (long-term) diarrhoea. (You should tell your doctor if you experience severe or prolonged diarrhoea while taking this medicine, as they may want to check the level of electrolytes in your blood.).
- Overactive thyroid gland (this medicine may mask the symptoms of a thyroid problem or thyrotoxicosis).
- People with history of serious allergic reactions (anaphylaxis).
Not to be used in
- People whose irregular heartbeat is related to a problem with the sinus node in their heart (sinus node dysfunction, sometimes called sick sinus syndrome).
- People with severe electrical conduction disturbances within the heart (heart block), unless a pacemaker is fitted.
- People with an abnormal heart rhythm seen on a heart monitoring trace (ECG) as a 'prolonged QT interval'.
- People with a type of irregular heart beat called Torsades de Pointes.
- People with a very slow heart rate (severe bradycardia).
- Failure of the heart to maintain adequate circulation of blood (cardiogenic shock).
- People taking medicines that can cause a 'prolonged QT interval' (your doctor will know, but see end of this factsheet for some examples).
- People with a low level of potassium or magnesium in their blood (hypokalaemia or hypomagnesaemia).
- Uncontrolled heart failure.
- People with low blood pressure (hypotension), unless this is a result of the irregular heartbeat.
- Untreated tumour of the adrenal gland (phaeochromocytoma).
- History of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
- History of asthma.
- Blockage of arteries in the extremities (peripheral arterial occlusion).
- Conditions involving poor blood circulation in the arteries of the extremities, eg hands and feet (peripheral arterial disorders such as Raynaud's syndrome or intermittent claudication).
- Increased acid levels in the blood (metabolic acidosis).
- Kidney failure.
- Rare hereditary problems of galactose intolerance, the Lapp lactase deficiency or glucose-galactose malabsorption (Sotacor tablets contain lactose).
This medicine should not be used if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. Please inform your doctor or pharmacist if you have previously experienced such an allergy.
If you feel you have experienced an allergic reaction, stop using this medicine and inform your doctor or pharmacist immediately.
Pregnancy and breastfeeding
Certain medicines should not be used during pregnancy or breastfeeding. However, other medicines may be safely used in pregnancy or breastfeeding providing the benefits to the mother outweigh the risks to the unborn baby. Always inform your doctor if you are pregnant or planning a pregnancy, before using any medicine.
- This medicine should not be used during pregnancy unless considered essential by your doctor. Beta-blockers reduce blood flow to the placenta, which could increase the chance of premature delivery or death of the foetus. They may also slow the baby's heart beat, cause its blood sugar to drop, or restrict its growth in the womb. However, beta-blockers are sometimes used in the third trimester. If your doctor feels that treatment with this medicine is essential, they will need to monitor the baby very carefully for two to three days following delivery. If you think you could be pregnant while taking this medicine, or want to try for a baby, it is important to seek medical advice from your doctor. It is important that you don't stop taking this medicine suddenly.
- This medicine may pass into breast milk in small amounts. As this could potentially cause the baby's heart rate to slow down or its blood sugar to fall, it is recommended that this medicine is not used by breastfeeding mothers. If your doctor feels treatment with this medicine is essential, they may recommend you bottle feed. Seek medical advice from your doctor.
- Do not stop taking this medication except on your doctor's advice.
Medicines and their possible side effects can affect individual people in different ways. The following are some of the side effects that are known to be associated with this medicine. Just because a side effect is stated here, it does not mean that all people using this medicine will experience that or any side effect.
- Slower than normal heart beat (bradycardia).
- Irregular heartbeats (including ventricular arrhythmias) - see warning section above.
- Low blood pressure (hypotension).
- Awareness of your heartbeat (palpitations).
- Inability of the heart to pump blood efficiently (heart failure).
- Shortness of breath.
- Dizziness or lightheadedness.
- Excessive fluid retention in the body tissues, resulting in swelling (oedema).
- Disturbances of the gut such as indigestion, diarrhoea, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain or flatulence.
- Disturbed sleep.
- Feeling weak or tired.
- Muscle cramps.
- Mood changes.
- Visual disturbances.
- Hearing problems.
- Changes in taste.
- Sensation of pins and needles in the hands and feet.
- Cold extremities, eg hands and feet.
- Dry eyes.
- Sexual problems.
The side effects listed above may not include all of the side effects reported by the medicine's manufacturer.
For more information about any other possible risks associated with this medicine, please read the information provided with the medicine or consult your doctor or pharmacist.
How can this medicine affect other medicines?
It is important to tell your doctor or pharmacist what medicines you are already taking, including those bought without a prescription and herbal medicines, before you start treatment with this medicine. Similarly, check with your doctor or pharmacist before taking any new medicines while taking this one, to make sure that the combination is safe.
There may be an increased risk of the heart beating too slowly if the following medicines are used in combination with sotalol:
- other anti-arrhythmic medicines such as amiodarone
- beta-blockers such as atenolol, propranolol
- calcium channel blockers such as verapamil and diltiazem (verapamil must not be given as an injection into a vein (intravenously) to people being treated with sotalol)
There may be an increased chance of an abnormal heart rhythm, seen as a 'prolonged QT interval' on an ECG, if this medicine is taken in combination with other medicines that can have this side effect, such as those listed below. These medicines are not normally recommended for use in combination with sotalol:
- other medicines to treat abnormal heart rhythms (anti-arrhythmics), eg amiodarone, procainamide, quinidine, disopyramide
- certain antidepressants, eg maprotiline, amitriptyline, clomipramine, imipramine
- the antihistamines terfenadine or mizolastine
- certain antimalarials, eg halofantrine, chloroquine, quinine, Riamet, mefloquine
- certain antimicrobials, eg erythromycin clarithromycin, moxifloxacin, voriconazole or pentamidine
- certain antipsychotics, eg amisulpride, thioridazine, chlorpromazine, sertindole, haloperidol, pimozide, zuclopenthixol, sulpiride
- arsenic trioxide
The medicines listed below can sometimes cause the amount of potassium in the blood to drop too low. If this happens in someone taking sotalol it could increase the risk of irregular heartbeats. Your doctor will want to check your potassium levels regularly if you are taking one of these medicines in combination with sotalol:
- beta-2-agonists for asthma, eg salbutamol
- corticosteroids by mouth or injection, such as prednisolone
- diuretics such as furosemide, bendroflumethiazide, acetazolamide
- intravenous amphotericin
- stimulant laxatives, eg senna
Sotalol is likely to have an additive effect with other medicines that decrease blood pressure, particularly medicines that are used to treat high blood pressure (antihypertensives). This may cause dizziness, which can usually be relieved by lying down until the symptoms pass. If you feel dizzy while taking this medicine in combination with other medicines that can lower blood pressure you should let your doctor know, as your doses may need adjusting. Other medicines that decrease blood pressure include the following:
- ACE inhibitors, eg enalapril
- alpha-blockers such as prazosin
- angiotensin II receptor antagonists such as losartan
- antipsychotics such as chlorpromazine
- benzodiazepines, eg temazepam, diazepam
- other beta-blockers such as propranolol
- calcium channel blockers such as verapamil, nifedipine.
- clonidine (If sotalol is taken in combination with clonidine there is also a risk of a rebound increase in blood pressure if the clonidine is suddenly stopped. If you are taking both these medicines it is important to keep taking both of them unless otherwise directed by your doctor. When stopping treatment, the sotalol should be stopped several days before slowly stopping the clonidine.)
- diuretics, eg furosemide, bendroflumethiazide
- dopamine agonists, eg bromocriptine, apomorphine
- MAOI antidepressants, eg phenelzine
- nitrates, eg glyceryl trinitrate
This medicine may reduce the blood sugar lowering effect of some medicines used to treat diabetes. People with diabetes should carefully monitor their blood sugar while taking this medicine, as sotalol can also mask some of the signs of low blood sugar, such as increased heart rate and tremor.
Other medicines containing the same active ingredient
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Physicians who have received student loan forgiveness as an incentive to practice in medically underserved areas of their states may be eligible for some relief from federal income taxes on those loan amounts.
Under Section 10908 of the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, an existing tax exclusion has been expanded to include health professionals in 16 states who are enrolled in these types of state loan repayment or loan forgiveness programs. Moreover, the exclusion is being applied retroactively to 2009, which means that program participants in these states may be eligible for a tax refund.
According to a press release from the Internal Revenue Service(www.irs.gov), or IRS, the exclusion was expanded as part of efforts to strengthen the health care workforce.
"Doctors and nurses who choose to practice in underserved areas make a great contribution to their local communities," said IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman in the press release. "By expanding the tax exclusion for student loan forgiveness, the (Patient Protection and) Affordable Care Act provides an even greater incentive to practice medicine in areas that need it most."
The expanded tax exclusion was championed by Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., and was strongly supported by the AAFP. Nelson's Health Professionals State Loan Repayment Tax Relief Act of 2009 was incorporated into the new health care reform law.
Nelson told AAFP News Now that the need for the tax relief legislation became clear after Congress passed a law in 2004 that cut taxes on loan repayments for health professionals participating in federal loan programs or state loan programs operating under federal guidelines. But he said the law excluded health professionals participating in similar state-specific loan programs that targeted rural areas or areas with shortages of professionals, including those in Nebraska.
"I fought to get these state programs the same exemption because so many communities in Nebraska are facing a shortage of rural medical professionals," Nelson said. "This new provision will encourage doctors and nurses to work in our nation's rural areas, where rural health facilities are a vital cornerstone of communities."
According to Teresa Baker, government relations representative in the AAFP's Division of Government Relations, before passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, only loan repayment programs sponsored by the National Health Service Corps, or NHSC -- a federal program designed to place primary care physicians and other primary care health professionals in health professional shortage areas -- and certain state programs modeled after it received individual federal income tax exemptions.
Thus, amounts awarded under state loan repayment or forgiveness programs in Nebraska and 15 other states (see sidebar above) were subject to the tax. According to the new health care reform law, these awards are no longer considered income subject to federal taxation.
As a former National Health Service Corps, or NHSC, Scholarship recipient, Tanya Anim, M.D., of Daytona Beach, Fla., knows the value of the federal income tax exclusion that now has been extended to include loan amounts negotiated through NHSC-style state loan repayment and forgiveness programs in 16 states under the newly enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
A 2010 graduate of the Florida State University College of Medicine in Tallahassee, Anim called the development a "wonderful change."
"If we intend to assist medical students who want to go into primary care and perform a much-needed service to the public, we should do as much to assist them financially as possible," she told AAFP News Now. "That includes giving them tax breaks on the very scholarship that is supposed to be used to encourage them to do so."
Moreover, says the IRS press release, health care professionals participating in these programs who already have reported income from repaid or forgiven loan amounts on their 2009 returns -- possibly after receiving a Form W-2 Wage and Tax Statement or a Form 1099 -- may be owed refunds.
Individuals who think they may qualify for the refunds should consult their state loan program offices to determine if the program is covered by the new law, according to the press release.
Health care professionals who have not yet filed taxes for 2009 -- for example, because they filed for extensions -- do not have to report eligible loan repayment or forgiveness amounts when they file. Those who already have filed may exclude eligible amounts by filing an amended U.S. Individual Income Tax Form.
In addition, the IRS says that individuals whose employers withheld and paid taxes under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, or FICA -- which funds the Social Security and Medicare programs -- on payments covered under the new exclusion may request that the employers seek refunds of withheld FICA tax amounts on behalf of their employees.
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Unfortunately, it’s not possible to save the pregnancy. It usually has to be removed using medicine or an operation.
In the UK, around 1 in every 80 to 90 pregnancies is ectopic. This is around 12,000 pregnancies a year.
Symptoms of an ectopic pregnancy
An ectopic pregnancy doesn’t always cause symptoms and may only be detected during a routine pregnancy scan.
If you do have symptoms, they tend to develop between the 4th and 12th week of pregnancy.
Symptoms can include a combination of:
- a missed period and other signs of pregnancy
- tummy pain low down on one side
- vaginal bleeding or a brown watery discharge
- pain in the tip of your shoulder
- discomfort when peeing or pooing
But these symptoms aren’t necessarily a sign of a serious problem. They can sometimes be caused by other problems, such as a stomach bug.
Read more about the symptoms of an ectopic pregnancy.
When to get medical advice
Contact your GP or call NHS 111 if you have a combination of any of the above symptoms and you might be pregnant – even if you haven’t had a positive pregnancy test.
An ectopic pregnancy can be serious, so it’s important to get advice right away.
Your GP will ask about your symptoms and you’ll usually need to do a pregnancy test to determine if you could have an ectopic pregnancy.
You may be referred to a specialist early pregnancy clinic for further assessment, where an ultrasound scan and blood tests may be carried out to confirm the diagnosis.
Read more about ectopic pregnancy tests.
When to get emergency help
Call 999 for an ambulance or go to your nearest accident and emergency (A&E) department immediately if you experience a combination of:
- a sharp, sudden and intense pain in your tummy
- feeling very dizzy or fainting
- feeling sick
- looking very pale
These symptoms could mean that your fallopian tube has split open (ruptured). This is very serious and surgery to repair the fallopian tube needs to be carried out as soon as possible.
A rupture can be life threatening, but fortunately they’re uncommon and treatable, if dealt with quickly. Deaths from ruptures are extremely rare in the UK.
How an ectopic pregnancy is treated
There are 3 main treatments for an ectopic pregnancy:
- expectant management – you’re carefully monitored and one of the treatments below is used if the fertilised egg doesn’t dissolve by itself
- medication – an injection of a powerful medicine called methotrexate is used to stop the pregnancy growing
- surgery – keyhole surgery (laparoscopy) is performed under general anaesthetic to remove the fertilised egg, usually along with the affected fallopian tube
You’ll be told about the benefits and risks of each option. In many cases, a particular treatment will be recommended based on your symptoms and the results of the tests you have.
Some treatments may reduce your chances of being able to conceive naturally in the future, although most women will still be able to get pregnant. Talk to your doctor about this.
Read more about treating an ectopic pregnancy.
Help and support after an ectopic pregnancy
Losing a pregnancy can be devastating, and many women feel the same sense of grief as if they had lost a family member or partner.
It’s not uncommon for these feelings to last several months, although they usually improve with time. Make sure you give yourself and your partner time to grieve.
If you or your partner are struggling to come to terms with your loss, you may benefit from professional support or counselling. Speak to your GP about this.
Support groups for people who have been affected by loss of a pregnancy can also help.
- The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust
- The Ectopic Pregnancy Foundation
- The Miscarriage Association
- Cruse Bereavement Care
Read more about dealing with loss and find bereavement support services in your area.
Trying for another baby
You may want to try for another baby when you and your partner feel physically and emotionally ready.
You’ll probably be advised to wait until you’ve had at least 2 periods after treatment before trying again to allow yourself to recover.
If you were treated with methotrexate, it’s usually recommended that you wait at least 3 months because the medicine could harm your baby if you become pregnant during this time.
Most women who have had an ectopic pregnancy will be able to get pregnant again, even if they’ve had a fallopian tube removed.
Overall, 65% of women achieve a successful pregnancy within 18 months of an ectopic pregnancy. Occasionally, it may be necessary to use fertility treatment such as IVF.
The chances of having another ectopic pregnancy are higher if you’ve had one before, but the risk is still small (around 10%).
If you do become pregnant again, it’s a good idea to let your GP know as soon as possible so early scans can be carried out to check everything’s OK.
What can cause an ectopic pregnancy?
In many cases, it’s not clear why a woman has an ectopic pregnancy. Sometimes it happens when there’s a problem with the fallopian tubes, such as them being narrow or blocked.
The following are all associated with an increased risk of ectopic pregnancy:
- pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) – inflammation of the female reproductive system, usually caused by a sexually transmitted infection (STI)
- previous ectopic pregnancy – the risk of having another ectopic pregnancy is around 10%
- previous surgery on your fallopian tubes – such as an unsuccessful female sterilisation procedure
- fertility treatment, such as IVF – taking medication to stimulate ovulation (the release of an egg) can increase the risk of ectopic pregnancy
- becoming pregnant while using an intrauterine device (IUD) or intrauterine system (IUS) for contraception – it’s rare to get pregnant while using these, but if you do you’re more likely to have an ectopic pregnancy
- increasing age – the risk is highest for pregnant women aged 35 to 40
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One of the most exciting things about Christmas time is decorating for the holidays – hanging up garlands, stringing the lights, and decorating the Christmas Tree. Unfortunately, my daycare hooligans never get to participate in putting up our Christmas tree because it’s a family tradition that my boys and I save for a weekend.
Last year, I thought it would be fun if the hooligans could put up a tree of their own, so I came up with this pin-up Christmas tree for them to decorate. Similar to our pin-up birthday cake decorating activity, this was a huge hit with the toddlers, keeping them busy for a couple of hours one morning.
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This pin-up tree is perfect for home or preschool, and it would be fun for little ones to enjoy at a Christmas party too.
Making our Pin-up Christmas Tree:
We started with a large piece of thin white cardboard. I have a friend who works for a packaging company, and she always brings me the end rolls that the company sends to the recycling bin.
I quickly sketched a large tree on a piece of the cardboard, and cut it out.
Then the hooligans painted it. They painted the trunk brown with paintbrushes, but after a few minutes of painting the tree part with the brushes, I realized we’d finish the job more quickly with small paint rollers.
They LOVED using the rollers, and in no time, their tree was nice and green.
I gave it a quick blast with the hair dryer, and in a few minutes, our tree was ready for decorating!
I tacked it up on a wall outside of the playroom, and set out a bunch of goodies for the kids to decorate with.
To decorate our tree, we used:
If you’ve never played with Magic Nuudles, you have to give them a try! They’re so cool! They’re a safe and biodegradable craft noodle made from cornstarch. You press the Nuudle against a wet sponge, and stick it to a piece of cardboard or paper you can stick it to another Magic Nuudle. You can build the coolest structures with them. Sometimes I cut them into small discs to use for smaller projects, but they were perfect, full-size for our tree today. The hooligans actually prefer to lick them and stick them, so we skipped the wet sponge altogether.
Because we used foam stickers and the Magic Nuudles, there was no need for glue, making this part of the activity virtually mess-free.
The girls worked away for a good part of the morning, licking, sticking and decorating. It was so FUN!
And when they finished, we had a beautiful, hand-decorated pin-up Christmas Tree to display on our playroom wall.
And now, check out this giant Christmas tree activity that they make with painter’s tape over at Hands On: As We Grow! It will get your kids moving, stretching and learning too!
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Southern Rolling Plains cotton farmers may be harvesting “an exceptional crop, well above average,” this fall, following a summer of moderate temperatures and above average rainfall.
“We did not have one day this summer that was over 100 degrees,” says Rick Minzenmayer, Extension integrated pest management specialist, who works out of Runnels County. “And we had well above average rainfall.”
“Rain was timely, too,” says Steve Sturtz, Tom Green County Extension agent.
Both were on hand recently for the Tom Green County cotton field tour, held on the John and Doug Wilde farm near San Angelo.
Minzenmayer says Southern Rolling Plains farmers likely will harvest around 200,000 acres this year, 40,000 irrigated. “A lot of irrigated cotton will make three bales per acre,” he says. “Dryland production will be from 600 pounds to 700 pounds per acre. That’s very good cotton. Our 10-year dryland average is 388 pounds per acre.”
He says favorable weather played a significant role in production this year, but he also credits other advances. “Newer varieties, new technology, and the Boll Weevil Eradication Program set us up for a good cotton crop,” he says.
“We also had a light year for insect pests.”
Sturtz says boll weevil traps are catching more weevils this fall than has been the case for the past few years. “But numbers are not significant.”
“We had caught nothing by the end of August,” Minzenmayer says. “Then we caught 1,000 in early September.”
He says fall migration from South Texas pushed weevils into the Southern Rolling Plains. “Cotton was late in South Texas.”
He says weeds posed a bigger challenge than usual with the wet summer. “Volunteer cotton is becoming a big problem, especially in conservation-till cotton. A lot of growers rotate with wheat to help manage root rot. That’s a big issue. They leave the wheat stubble in the summer and let the land lay fallow. But volunteer cotton comes up late in the wheat stubble.”
He says phenoxy herbicides are about the only option to take the cotton out but “we can’t use that when other cotton is up and growing because of potential drift.”
He says the issue will be a high priority for next year. “It helps if we can get the volunteer cotton when it’s small and we’re going to look at some herbicide options. It will be a major emphasis.”
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A new study in the USA show that divorcees are more likely to suffer from a heart attack: fact! This study was performed on over 15827 people and showed that women have the worst affect in marriage and health.
The British Heart Foundation suggest to do more research before labelling divorce as a major heart attack culprit. We already know that death in family can increase the risk of a heart attack.
The science behind heart attacks are related to an increase of chronic stress levels.
This new study was performed on a course of 1992 till 2010 divorce cases and showed that 33% of people are divorced at least once in their lifetime!
Women who divorce once are 24% more likely to suffer from a heart attack, while women who have multiple divorces are 77% more likely to suffer another heart attack.
Divorced men have 10% chance of suffering a heart attack while men with multiple divorces have 30% more chances of suffering another heart attack.
But why divorcees are more likely to suffer from a heart attack?
The research suggest that changes in lifestyle are the culprit. When a person gets a divorce it suffers from multiple physiological tolls which can lead to depression, changes in immune system and an increase of chronic stress levels. These changes in lifestyle triggers the body to suffer a heart attack.
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Some insightful advice for graduatesA guest post by vince scordo from Scordo.com
Graduating from college is a big adjustment for most students as s/he has to trade-in an insulated, academic, environment for the so-called "real world." The transition from student to working adult is critical, especially in regard to getting your personal finances off on the right foot. The foundation a recent grad lays in the 2-3 years after graduation often predicts how s/he will lead the rest of their economic life. If the recent grad is interested in a flashy new car, eating out, and living in an expensive city, for example, then s/he often delays saving money, paying off student debt, finding the right career, and being financially independent overall.
Here are some practical steps the recent grad can take to ensure that their personal finance life gets off on the right track (after all, you don't want to be worrying about credit card debt by the time you're 25, right?):
1. Begin paying off your student debt as soon as possible. It's tempting to pay the minimum amount each month (especially if you have a low rate), but debt (outside a home mortgage) is a bad thing, so focus first on paying off your student loans (do this at all costs, no one wants to be paying off student debt at the same time they see their first gray hair!).
2. Continue to live with your parents and do not get an apartment. If you're lucky enough to have parents who do not force you out (just because you're over 18) or charge you to live at home, then you've hit the lottery (just think: free food, heat, water, TV, Internet, etc.). Your parents can actually be cool to hang out with (just make sure to have plenty of wine in the house)
3. Do not buy a new car. As I've said before, a new car is a colossal waste of money (whether you are 22 or 60) given that most new vehicles depreciate an average of 45 percent in the first three years! Take the bus or mass transit or look for a bare bones used car that has basic safety feature like stability control, airbags, ABS, etc.
4. Pay for things in cash and if you don't have cash then don't buy it. This tip is really about controlling how you use your credit card. It's ok to have one and use it but be sure to pay off the full balance each month (this will actually help you build a good credit score so that when you go and buy a house you'll get a better mortgage rate and don't have to ask Aunt Peggy for the down payment).
5. Max out your 401K contribution immediately, especially if your company offers a match. There's plenty of data that states that the sooner you start saving the faster your money will compound. And remember that you're saying no to free money if your employer offers a company match!
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As outlined in our Goals & Objectives, the Foundation has an ambitious plan to both transform the sports facility at Lincoln High School in Los Angeles and see Kenny Washington appropriately recognized in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.
Our recent projects have included an on-site intervention at the historic Tennis Courts at Lincoln High and the completion of plans to create a digital archiving workstation in the school’s library.
A more comprehensive list of Foundation projects will be posted shortly.
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To become aware of and understand the limited scope of athletic facilities currently available at Lincoln High School, please see a current survey of outdoor athletic facilities at other pre-1930s schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District:
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First, you must define each type. Whereas the Duke is simply in love with the concept of being in love, Viola is in love with another person. Many people fail to actually connect with another person when it comes to love, falling into the trap that is I am in love--how romantic! Rather than loving the other person, the Duke loves the idea that he has at last reached that elusive state, that he can no longer be excluded from the exciting and dangerous--and limited--club of those in love.
Alternatively, Viola loves the person. She cares nothing for the concept and is, in fact, pained by it because it restricts her in the present time period. Further, she had concerns--rightly so--that he could not love her as a woman, much less as a person. Her anguish comes from the fact that she loves the Duke for who he is, as opposed to what--and she is terrified that revealing herself would negate even the platonic love he might profess knowing her as a man.
In short, one love is wildly idealistic and romantic, while the other is a love of anguish and presumed inability to be requited.
The duke's love and Viola's love are both different and alike at the same time. Firstly, The duke...... His love can be described as maybe more passionate/ desperate love because he has already been rejected by Olivia many times, but he still tries to get her in love with him. Viola's love on the other hand is more sacrificing and what we call "real love".. because when she meets Orsino, she says that she is attracted toward him but she will still do what he wants........(so she wants his happiness). I also said that their love is a bbit alike... and i said that because Viola's love is alo a bit desperate since she knew throughout the whole play that orsino loves Olivia. But in the end she still went with him as a couple...(knowing that she was always the second choice)
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Open Source Could Clean Up US Elections
It's obvious from the latest U.S. election that our voting system could use some improvement in terms of both enabling and supporting voters and efficiently tallying and verifying a trusted result. Open source offers the technology, as well as the culture and community, to address these challenges, and it may be among the best solutions.
Unfortunately, after covering elections and open source software for a long time, I've seen how other challenges and hurdles can stand in the way of progress. Perhaps one of the biggest obstacles to more open, transparent and verifiable elections is public perception and attention.
We may see extensive coverage of voter suppression issues, long lines, voting machine malfunctions, ballot misprints, and other election day foibles in the midst of an election. However, despite President Obama's recent mention of improving the situation, I fear the topic will die down. Based on what's happened in the past, it won't be an issue for most people until the next election approaches. It will fade from their minds until the next presidential election exposes how varied -- and harried -- the U.S. election process can be.
Another major challenge is one that is more familiar to open source software proponents and communities: the entrenched vendors. Many of the current voting machine and software technology suppliers have an advantage in certification as well as procurement policies and procedures.
We've seen disruption from open source software before in enterprise IT, government and, most recently, in healthcare. Whereas these types of organizations may have previously been using and adopting open source quietly and unofficially, today's progressive organizations lay out consideration and use of open source software in their policies.
We see more and more elected officials, voting advocates and technologists who are educated and active in making changes. They include organizations such as the Open Source Digital Voting Foundation and individual candidates who influence voting procedures and technologies.
There are also resources produced by open and transparent voting advocates that shed light on our current technological situation, such as the book, Broken Ballots.
Elsewhere around the globe, there have been significant successes in open source-based voting and elections, such as the open source software used on PCs for several elections in electronic voting for the Australian Capital Territory. While the region has a small population and is a limited example, it does illustrate how open source software helped produce verifiable e-voting source code at lower cost.
The Technology Is There
Once we can overcome the attention issues, open source software and its champions may well be able to challenge incumbent vendors, particularly if they rely on proprietary hardware and software. We have seen the weaknesses and dangers in non-open source code for elections, such as an incident I covered more than six years ago. The fact of the matter is the technology is there.
Consider what vendors and consortia are able to do today in terms of social networks, massive-scale online games, e-commerce, and other software and services that support millions or billions of users -- all with sensitive banking, personal identification and other data at stake.
Open source software could be a paradigm for a national voting system in the United States that could still allow states and counties to customize and adapt the technology. Taking the Linux operating system model, a common open source core or kernel of the software could be developed and distributed to election officials in each of the 50 states.
Different states and counties could implement the software according to their preferences for languages, accessibility and other factors -- similar to how different Linux distributions are produced from the same OS kernel. Of course, the software would be free as in beer, with no cost, and free in terms of freedom in the code.
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The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Chinese festival and holiday celebrated by Chinese in many countries. In the Chinese calendar the Hungry Ghost Festival is on the 15th night of the seventh lunar month, usually in the month of August.
Also the Chinese in Singapore observe this tradition of paying respects to the dead. The fellow believers congregate to burn incense sticks and present their offerings in the form of prayer, fruit such as oranges, food such as roasted suckling pig, bowls of rice and occasionally a local Chinese cake made especially for the occasion.
The festival is so widely-practiced here that special joss paper bins have been set up for believers to burn their paper money in, believed to translate into great fortune in the afterlife. Small altars can also be seen outside many homes, both on private property and in public housing areas.
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rosu (34) 2012-07-15 13:01
Hello Miro, I like this colorful night action photo. The light is very good and the smoke in the background makes it even more interesting.
kato (11630) 2013-10-05 22:21
You're capturing well this scene by a good angle and excellent tone, so it's interesting and impressive to see the the spectacle of chinese traditional custom/festival in which people burn incense sticks and present the food for dead ancestor. It looks like the heavy-handed display common to Asians which has rooted deeply in the view of life and death, and the gratitude to an ancestor. It's also impressive in seeing this at roadside in blue hour.
Miguel82 (27656) 2014-12-07 6:39
Good idea that bbq in the street during a Chinese festival in Singapour, informative picture showing night life
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Signs of Teething -- Your baby's first tooth can erupt, or "cut," as early as three months and as late as a year. On average, babies experience their first tooth at about 7-months old. The symptoms of teething can vary greatly from child to child, but if your baby becomes increasingly irritable or starts drooling, biting and coughing more than normal he or she could be teething. Try giving your baby a teething ring or bottle of cold water for relief. If the symptoms don't subside, ask your pediatrician about using Infants' Tylenol® or Baby Orajel®.
Excessive Pacifier Use -- Pacifiers are great for soothing your baby, helping your baby sleep and providing them with a harmless distraction. But if your infant uses a pacifier for more than three years, he or she may develop dental problems such as slanted teeth or a misaligned bite later on. If you have a difficult time weaning your baby from pacifier use, ask your dentist about alternative ways to give the comfort your child craves.
Dental Care Checklist
√ Schedule regular dental exams and cleanings. Now that their permanent teeth are growing in, it's the perfect time to get kids used to healthy habits that are good for their teeth; that includes going to the dentist every six months!
√ Teach your kids how to brush and floss. By the time your child reaches the age of 6 he or she should have the coordination skills required to brush teeth. Teach your child proper tooth brushing techniques, which include short, up-and-down and back-and-forth strokes and brushing around their gum line. Teaching your child how to floss might be trickier, so you may want to buy floss picks to start off.
√ Look into dental sealants. Ask your dentist whether your child should get dental sealants for added protection against tooth decay.
√ Monitor fluoride use. Check to see if your community water supply is fluoridated. If not, ask your dentist about professional fluoride treatments for your child. Keep in mind that too much fluoride can cause dental fluorosis.
√ Ask your dentist about mouthwash. Ask your dentist whether your child should use mouthwash and which types are safe for children. Generally speaking, your safest bet will be an alcohol-free mouthwash made especially for children. When teaching your child how to rinse with mouthwash, be sure to demonstrate how to rinse without swallowing.
√ Prepare healthy meals and smart snacks. A nutritious, well-balanced diet is just as important for your child's teeth as it is for overall health. Instead of cookies, potato chips and ice cream, give your kids smart snacks such as fresh fruit and vegetables, unsalted pretzels, plain yogurt, nuts and low-fat cheese.
√ Schedule an orthodontic evaluation. Many orthodontists recommend that children receive a complete orthodontic evaluation by the age of 7.
Keep an eye on:
Bad Bite or Crooked Teeth -- When your child's permanent teeth grow in look out for crooked teeth bite problems such as an overbite, underbite or crossbite.
Prolonged Thumb-Sucking -- Thumb-sucking is a fairly common and generally benign habit among young children. However, if your child is still thumb sucking after the age of 5, speech and bite problems may start to develop. You can play an active role in helping your child break a thumb-sucking habit by establishing a reward system: Place stickers or gold stars on a calendar for each day your child doesn't suck his or her thumb and have a bigger celebration after a certain period of time.
Dental Care Checklist
√ Get an exam and cleaning every six months. If you're a teen, you'd probably rather do anything but get a dental exam and cleaning. But the longer you put it off, the worse your teeth can get.
√ Keep brushing and flossing every single day. In addition to brushing and flossing at home, put together an oral hygiene toolkit to use at school. It may not seem cool, but neither is bad breath, cavities, tartar buildup or gum disease!
√ Drink plenty of fluoridated water. Instead of reaching for soda or energy drinks, drink filtered tap water instead (most community water supplies are fluoridated; bottled waters are not). If you're unsure about the tap water at your school, bring filtered water from home or get a water bottle with a built-in filter.
√ Maintain a well-balanced diet. Your bod isn't the only thing that benefits from nutritious meals -- so do your teeth! Opt for smart snacks like fresh fruit, cheese, unsalted pretzels and celery or carrot sticks instead of cookies, chips and candy bars.
√ Ask your dentist about mouthguards. If you play sports, it's important to protect your teeth during high and low- impact activity. Your dentist can provide recommendations for mouthguards -- both custom-made and over-the-counter -- so be sure to get expert dental advice about which mouthguard is best for you.
Keep an eye on:
Oral Piercing Infections -- More and more teenagers are getting their tongues and lips pierced, but studies show that oral piercings can cause a host of dental problems like cracked or chipped teeth, gum injuries and even nerve damage. If your teenager already has an oral piercing, make sure that regular dental visits and periodic teeth and gum checks are performed at home. If your teen is thinking about getting an oral piercing, schedule a dental visit beforehand for advice.
Gum Disease -- Gum disease may seem like a dental problem that affects only adults, but it often starts during puberty. Hormonal changes can cause your teen's gums to be extra sensitive, especially if your teen is female. Wearing dental braces can also make brushing and flossing difficult, leaving your teen's gums vulnerable to plaque and tartar buildup. So if you notice that your teen's gums are bleeding while flossing or that they have bad breath, schedule a dental appointment. Your dentist can make a proper diagnose and start your teen on gum therapy.
Eating Disorders -- Anorexia and bulimia are serious diseases that can cause great damage to your teeth as well as your body. If your teenager has been diagnosed with an eating disorder, you'll obviously want to get them the proper medical and psychological help they need. But don't forget to take your teenager to the dentist, too. A dentist can help with dental problems such as large cavities, mouth lesions and bleeding gums, which are commonly associated with eating disorders.
Canker Sores -- If your teenager wears braces, he or she may be more susceptible to developing canker sores. Canker sores often go away on their own, but practicing good oral hygiene and avoiding acidic foods can also help your teen fight off future outbreaks. If canker sores are causing your teenager extreme discomfort or last longer than three weeks, contact your dentist for help.
Dental Care Checklist
√ Visit your dentist regularly -- don't let visits slide! Adult life can sometimes be a juggling act and it may feel like you just can't find the time for a dental visit. But making time for regular dental visits now can help keep you out of the dental office in the future.
√ Brush and floss daily, even if you're tired. You've heard this a million times by now, but the importance of regular brushing and flossing can never be emphasized enough. Even if you've been good about your oral hygiene all your life, resist the temptation to let it slide for even one day; the longer plaque stays on your teeth the more harmful it becomes.
√ Limit fast food; eat well-balanced meals. When you're juggling work, home and kids, it can be easy to turn to fast food, soda and sugary snacks as a way to save time and feel more energetic. But sugar is a tooth decay demon and can cause you to crash after that initial "sugar high." Be sure to integrate plenty of fresh vegetables into your daily meals and eat fruit, nuts and celery or carrot sticks as snacks.
√ Exercise regularly; it's good for your teeth! Studies show that people who maintain a healthy lifestyle -- exercise and eating right -- are 40 percent less likely to develop periodontitis (advanced gum disease).
√ Consider treating yourself to cosmetic dentistry. Whether you want a quick boost or a complete smile makeover, there are plenty of cosmetic dental treatments available to help you achieve your dream smile. One-hour laser teeth whitening treatments can make your teeth 8-10 shades whiter, and porcelain veneers can mask stained teeth, chipped teeth or crooked teeth.
Keep an eye on:
Excessive Drinking -- It's common for adults to wind down their day with a glass of wine or a stiff cocktail. However, if you drink excessively you could be susceptible not only to alcoholism but also dental conditions such as oral cancer. Talk to your dentist if you think you could be at risk.
Smoking Risks -- In addition to lung cancer and birth defects, studies have shown that smoking cigarettes can also increase your chances of oral cancer and gum disease as well as tooth loss. Good oral hygiene practices and regular dental visits are even more crucial if you smoke, so be vigilant!
Hormonal Changes -- The hormonal changes caused by pregnancy can affect your teeth and gums. Some pregnant women develop gum tumors, but about 50 percent of pregnant women experience pregnancy gingivitis, which can turn into periodontal disease if left untreated. But remember, dental disease isn't inevitable. Practicing good oral hygiene habits can help reduce your risk and so can visiting the dentist every six months!
Diabetes Complications -- Adults 45 and older are at an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. If you're in this age group, the last thing you want to do is be lax about your health -- including your oral hygiene routine. Regular brushing and flossing are essential because the poor blood sucrose control associated with diabetes can make your gums more vulnerable to gum disease.
SENIORSDental Care Checklist
√ Visit your dentist regularly. Hopefully, you've had a lifetime of professional dental care. Don't stop now! Just as these years might motivate you to take special care of your overall health, it's a good idea to give your teeth some extra attention, too. That means visiting your dentist regularly and practicing good oral hygiene habits at home.
√ Get professional denture care. Over time, your dentures may start to loosen and shift while you talk or eat. You don't have to endure this discomfort, but you should seek your dentist's help rather than try to use an over-the-counter denture repair kit, which can damage your dentures. With a professional denture reline, your dentist can reshape your dentures so that they look and feel great again.
√ Switch to an electric toothbrush if necessary. Arthritis or a decline in mobility may make it difficult to brush your teeth. Using an electric toothbrush can help eliminate a lot of the physical movement required to brush manually, doing most of the work for you.
√ Consider dental implants to replace missing teeth. Dental implants are one of the most revolutionary dental treatments around. And with today's technology, you can sometimes get dental implants in a single visit! Many patients prefer dental implants over dentures because of their natural look and feel.
Keep an eye on:
Dry Mouth Symptoms -- Aging can inhibit proper saliva production, leaving your mouth susceptible to dry mouth syndrome. And if you have a systemic disease like diabetes and take medication, you may also be more likely to develop dry mouth. Talk to your dentist or physician if you notice symptoms occurring after taking medication. Avoiding salty foods, drinking plenty of water and limiting your caffeine and alcohol intake can provide relief, but be sure to talk to your dentist or physician before making changes to your diet.
Cavities -- Yes, seniors get cavities, too. In fact, seniors may be more susceptible to tooth decay because many didn't have access to a community fluoridated water system in their early years (community water fluoridation started in 1945). So remember: Good oral hygiene habits and regular dental visits are just as important, if not more, in your golden years.
Root Decay -- Not many people have heard of root decay. Root decay can develop when your gums recede enough to expose your tooth roots as well as the cementum that covers them. After prolonged exposure, your tooth roots can start to decay. Signs to look out for include a yellowish tint or "notches" near your gum line.
Tooth Stains -- No matter what age you are, plaque will always be waiting to attach to your teeth. But as you get older, plaque is quicker to build up and can become more difficult to remove. Brushing and flossing daily, especially before bedtime and in the morning, are essential for removing the plaque that builds up while you sleep. Consider using a plaque rinse, but be sure to consult your dentist first!
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Carol Ann Franklin is a professor in the School of Education at the University of Redlands in Southern California. She is the Director of Educational Technology in the school and serves as a liaison to the Faculty Technology Center. In collaboration with IT professionals and librarian, she developed the integrated technology elements for the teacher education program. She has developed several professional development programs to integrate the use of Geographic information Systems (GIS) in K-12 across the curriculum. She has served as an academic adminstrator at the university level. Her Ed.D. is from Indiana University in Science Education. | <urn:uuid:b9cd7df7-1596-418c-a5ed-2f792f5a8d6b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://members.educause.edu/carol-ann-franklin | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571097.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810010059-20220810040059-00278.warc.gz | en | 0.966463 | 121 | 1.5 | 2 |
This section provides instructions on adding system installed artifacts as references to the project.
When adding artifact reference that is not installed in the system, NPanday will prompt a warning message then adds the reference in the pom.xml as a system scope dependency.
However, the above warning message is not displayed for web site projects even if the artifact reference to be added is not installed in the system. This is because the artifact references for web projects are directly added in the project's bin\ directory (one is created when this is missing), thus, no need to add it in the pom.xml.
The following POM snippet shows a system dependency:
<dependency> <groupId>artifact_group_id</groupId> <artifactId>my.lib</artifactId> <version>2.2</version> <type>library</type> <scope>system</scope> <systemPath>C:\path\to\your\library.dll</systemPath> </dependency>
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Originally published in 1910, this work presents a fascinating insight into the government and administration of the China of the day. The period was one of immense change as China's leaders turned the nation towards modernity. As student interpreters to the Imperial Russian Legation, the authors had privileged access to the corridors of power and found themselves very much at the heart of the republican ferment that gripped the country.
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Immigrant is for the emigrant or immigrant in all of us. It’s a heaping portion of culture stirred by memories, ladled from a huge melting pot that’s parsleyed to the hilt with wonderful imagery . . . Immigrant is not just about food; it is a book which reminds us that history is memory, too.
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New Jersey Bill Would Simplify Payment Of Cell-Phone Fines
A New Jersey Assembly panel approved a bill on September 30 that would spare a court appearance for drivers in the state nabbed chatting on a hand-held cell phone while driving, according to Land Line magazine.
The Assembly Transportation Committee voted 13-0 on Sept. 30 to send the measure to the full Assembly for consideration. The bill, A3299, would allow violators to pay a fine through the mail instead of at municipal court. The fine for breaking the 3-month-old law would be set at a fixed rate of $100. Judges now can order fines of up to $250.
Currently, drivers ticketed for using a hand-held phone must show up in court even if they want to plead guilty and pay the fine.
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Item description for Surviving America's Depression Epidemic: How to Find Morale, Energy, and Community in a World Gone Crazy by Bruce E. Levine...
The rate of depression in the U.S. has increased more than tenfold in the last fifty years. By not seriously confronting societal sources of despair, American mental health institutions have become part of the problem rather than the solution.
The good news is that age-old wisdom and legitimate science--uncorrupted by the profit-margin pressures of pharmaceutical and insurance corporations--have much to inform us about revitalizing depressed people and a depressing culture. Surviving America's Depression Epidemic provides an alternate approach that encompasses the whole of our humanity, society, and culture, and which redefines depression in a way that makes enduring transformation more likely.
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More About Bruce E. Levine
Bruce E. Levine, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and has been in private practice since 1985 in Cincinnati, Ohio. His most recent book is Get Up, Stand Up: Uniting Populists, Energizing the Defeated, and Battling the Corporate Elite (2011). He is also the author of Surviving America's Depression Epidemic: How to Find Morale, Energy, and Community in a World Gone Crazy (2007), and Commonsense Rebellion: Taking Back Your Life from Drugs, Shrinks, Corporations, and a World Gone Crazy, and has authored a chapter for Alternatives Beyond Psychiatry. Dr. Levine has been a regular contributor to AlterNet, Z Magazine, and The Huffington Post and his articles and interviews have been published in Adbusters, The Ecologist, High Times and numerous other magazines. He is an editorial advisor for the Icarus Project/Freedom Center Harm Reduction Guide to Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs and on the editorial advisory board of the journal Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry. Dr. Levine has presented talks and workshops to diverse organizations throughout North America. www.brucelevine.net. Visit Bruce's blog on The Huffington Post at www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-e-levine/.
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The Book That Cured My Depression Apr 11, 2008
The reviews here for this book so far have been pretty detached and impersonal. I'm now going to provide a personal account. I do not say this lightly: This book saved my life.
Last year I picked up Bruce Levine's "Surviving America's Depression Epidemic" at Barnes & Noble as a sort of impulse buy. I was scouring the self-help/psychology section during what was probably my worst depressive episode of my entire life. I don't know what possessed me to pick this particular book. I seriously wasn't expecting much. I wasn't actually familar with the author and the title itself is sort of hokey-sounding. I was prepared for nothing more than a superficial rewording of stuff that I'd already heard a million times or some crackpot theory. However, as soon as I got past the title and started on the introduction, I realized I was reading something very, very different. Dr. Levine's book is well-written, well-researched (the last 24 or so pages of the book consists of copious bibliographical notes), and well-designed. But it isn't just rehashing of old information with a new wrapper. Levine culls much insight out of the available research on not only the nature of what we call "depression" but also into the way we live.
What most struck me was that Levine absolutely refuses to oversimplify the problem of depression. He tackles the issues from an expansive sociological framework that puts what clinical psychology labels as an "illness" into a wider historical, social, and personal context. His thesis is as follows (quoting from the Introduction itself):
"Americans live in the age of industrialized medicine, and everyone - inside and outside of health care - is now in the same boat. Doctors are financially pressured to be speedy mechanics, and patients often recieve assembly-line treatment, which can be a painful reminder of their assembly-line lives. While most Americans manage to go to work and pay their bills, more than a few struggle just to get out of bed, and growing numbers feel fragile, hollow, hopeless, and defeated.
"In 1998, Martin Seligman, then president of the American Psychological Association, spoke to the National Press club about an American depression epidemic: '[W]e discovered two astonishing things about the rate of depression across the century. The first was there now is between ten and twenty times as much of it as there was fifty years ago. And the second is that it has become a young person's problem. When I first started working in depression thirty years ago... the average age of onset was 29.5. Now the average age is between fourteen and fifteen.'
"Despite the unparalleled material wealth of the United States, we Americans - especially our young - are increasingly unhappy. What is happening in our society and culture? How is it that the more we have come to rely on mental health professionals, the higher the rates of depression? And are we in need of a different approach to overcoming despair?"
Levine tackles these questions with tenacity and wisdom I've never seen in any other book on depression. He redefines depression itself as a coping mechanism to shut down the anguish we feel. He offers hope to those who feel sensitive and misunderstood by relating historical examples (from Abraham Lincoln to Kurt Cobain) and offers insights into how we as individuals can find ourselves at odds with the society we grew up in. Depression is not a disease to be anesthetized with drugs, but a vital cry of our own humanity calling out to us in a largely dehumanizing world. Doctors no longer treat us as individuals just when we truly need it, but rather we become a list of symptoms and a consequent prescription.
This all may sound at odds with the current research on depression as a biological disorder organic to the brain. However, Levine reveals that this isn't at all at odds with the current RESEARCH (which has never supported a purely chemical genesis for depression) but rather the current THEORY of biological depression as popularized almost exclusively by pharmaceutical industry propaganda. It's interesting that Levine wrote this book several months prior to the widely publicised findings earlier this year (originally made public by The Wall Street Journal in January 2008) of a survey of studies submitted to the FDA that were never published. (The survey revealed that the alleged efficacy of antidepressants may have been highly inflated.)
Levine's plan of healing is empathetic, wise, and liberating. Unlike most such book there are absolutely no exercises or tedious worksheets or charts to fill out. Instead, Levine weaves in a hugely comprehensive list of approaches to healing including nurturing emotional openness, fostering friendships, using artistic expression, exercise, community activism and even ritualism as a means of coping.
A good portion of his approach is influenced by Buddhist psychology, with a particular emphasis on mindfulness and forgoing ego-attachments. This application of Eastern meditative traditions to depression has also recently been expounded upon by another group of psychologists in The Mindful Way through Depression, which also came out last year. That book provides excellent advice and tools for preventing relapse of depression, although it lacks the social/emotional insights that Levine elaborates on quite eloquently. That said, it is still an excellent resource.
I must state here and now that this book is not for people who have already made up their minds about depression and already decided they are "cured." If, however, you are like me and have not been helped by the current mental health industry and still feel numb, hurting, and lost in your life, I urge you to give this book a chance. One other point that I actually found quite refreshing was his criticism of talk-therapies such as CBT, and the clinical patient-therapist relationship. He acknowledges that such a relationship (a kind of "paid friendship") may not be the most conducive to healing and, in fact, may actually exacerbate the problem.
Had I heard what the book was about before I had the chance to actually read it, I might have dismissed it. However, several months after finishing it, my life has been completely transformed and I no longer feel so "broken." The term life-affirming gets thrown around a lot these days. But I cannot hesitate to call this a life-affirming read for anyone who is still struggling.
Levine also takes an interesting angle that I was not aware of when I first bought it (but apparently is in concert with the publisher's - Chelsea Green Publishing - credo). Levine posits that the society of consumer culture that contributes to depression cannot be sustainable in the long run. This is interesting and, although it may seem irrelevant when you just want to feel better, it actually helped me get out of my own head and see depression as a cultural problem as well. In other words, it helped me stop taking depression so personally. (This is an important point, and Chapter 5 deals with the dangers of "Self Absorption.") It is truly liberating to realize there may not be anything really wrong with YOU if you are depressed, but there may indeed be some things very wrong with the society you live in.
And, if all that wasn't enough incentive to buy a copy, for the environmentally conscientious among us, Chelsea Green publishes all their books on recycled paper! You can't go wrong.
best new medical bebunking around Feb 27, 2008
This is my favorite medical-debunking book of late, very related to the topic of end of empire, which is why I put it in my listmania of that topic, along with books on climate disaster, corporate/imperial/military-industrial complex overreach, peak oil and etc!). Levine is an erudite genius and skillfully and wholistically weaves anthropology, history, sociology and art in with his vast knowledge of orthodox medicine. Especially fascinating are his little known revelations, such as: during antebellum times in the USA, a slave who was a chronic runaway or disobedient would be diagnosed with a mental illness. Levine ties this in with current diagnosis of rebellious teenagers with their very own dysfunction to be medicated, ("compulsive anti-authoritarianism" (?) Well, I can't recall the term right now, had to return the book to the library, alas, but I suspect I will check it out again and again and eventually break down and buy it, which is a rare occurence. That just shows you how much I admire this book and find it valuable, especially coming from a large family full of misfit artistic melancholic, indigenous anti authority types). ~ Lesley Thomas, author of award-winning arctic shaman eco-novel Flight of the Goose
The rate of depression in the U.S. has increased tenfold in the last fifty years Feb 7, 2008
The rate of depression in the U.S. has increased tenfold in the last fifty years, indicating an underlying social issue as well as a health challenge. Surviving America's Depression Epidemic: How to Find Morale, Energy and Community in A World Gone Crazy surveys the roots of these issues, discussing how to revitalize depressed people and a depressing culture and offering insights on how to change ideas and behavior patterns. Both college-level holdings strong in psychology and general-interest lending libraries will find this a most accessible account identifying the foundations of societal depression and offering plenty of insights on how to combat it.
Diane C. Donovan California Bookwatch
Agreed--a book that finally makes sense about depression Dec 8, 2007
This book is much more than a self-help book--the issue is bigger than any one individual. All of us, whether we're depressed ourselves or not, have been touched by depression through friends, family, and colleagues. This book helps make sense of it all and offers suggestions about how, collectively, we get on the road to recovery. I am recommending this book to people at every opportunity. Dr. Levine hits the nail on the head.
A Book That Finally Makes Sense About Depression Oct 30, 2007
I have just finished reading this book, and I am so grateful for every chapter. Other books on depression have left me feeling more confused, not less. I had read articles by Levine before and felt he was on point at analyizing why depressed people, including myself, are not being helped by current treatments. This book delivers valuable insights into how Big Pharma and its allies have won the minds, hearts and money of Americans. It also brilliantly takes to task America's skewed values - while offering energizing ideas for combating depression and crushed morale. | <urn:uuid:ca7caa7b-200f-49eb-b67e-24ca15ef32a8> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.promiseangels.com/bruce-e-levine/surviving-americas-depression-epidemic-how-to-find/SKU/248538 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280891.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00154-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959019 | 2,753 | 1.796875 | 2 |
By Jay Walljasper, Utne
This article originally appeared in Utne on April 30, 2004.
One of the local characters in the small city where I grew up was Judge Green. A giant man, probably 6 feet 7, he was widely admired around town, in part because he had been star of the only Urbana High School team ever to make it to the championship game of the Illinois state basketball tournament. I remember him as a cheerful man who greeted everyone with a smile. But he had one trait that made him seem a bit peculiar: He walked to work every day. If you drove down Broadway Avenue at certain hours, you couldn’t miss his towering figure striding along the sidewalk.
One day, home from college and already an ardent environmentalist, I was walking uptown myself when it dawned on me that Judge Green’s home was only a few blocks from the courthouse – hardly more than half a mile. I was shocked. The man many folks thought eccentric (and I thought heroic) for not driving to work each day was covering a distance that would be nothing to pedestrians in Europe, or most other places outside the United States. How sad, I sighed. There really is no hope that Americans will ever get out of their cars if a half-mile walk looks to them like an Olympic endurance event.
Walking, in many ways, is still viewed as an exotic and slightly odd habit. Try this experiment some time at a party or other gathering: Announce that you are walking home. I’ll bet you, two-to-one odds, that someone will offer a ride, even if you live just three blocks away and it’s a sunny 80 degrees outside. This is a generous gesture, of course, seen by most folks as similar to giving a glass of water to someone who says they’re thirsty. Why walk if you could go in a car?
But the answer to that question is becoming more complicated than it used to be. The net effect of two hundred and fifty million Americans always taking the car results in polluted skies, congested roads, global warming, burgeoning obesity and a growing sense of isolation in most American communities.
Our decision to drive made over and over again, has eliminated the option to walk in many places. Many kids, old people, poor people, and disabled people are living under a form of house arrest, unable to go anywhere without finding someone to chauffeur them. Sidewalks are seen as an unnecessary luxury in most suburbs, and 60 years of traffic “improvements” on America’s streets have rendered many other communities unfit for pedestrians. The simplest human acts – buying groceries, going to school, visiting friends – now depend upon climbing into a car. People today even drive somewhere to take a walk because the streets around their homes feel inhospitable.
Yet one thing has changed for the better since I was a kid in the days of cheap gas, open roads, and plentiful parking. Increasing numbers of Americans – seeing a future of traffic jams, soulless sprawl, and never-ending wars for oil – are looking for ways to get out of the driver’s seat. Even at a time when politicians in Washington are allocating billions for another round of mega-highway construction and pop culture celebrates the sexy supremacy of Hummer drivers, there is an emerging movement to reclaim our right to take a walk.
All across the land, people are speaking up, organizing meetings, fighting city hall and, in some cases, working with city hall to make streets safer and more pleasant for pedestrians. They’ve gotten crosswalks painted in some places, streets narrowed in others, stop signs and speed bumps installed, zoning ordinances changed to promote pedestrian-friendly development, and plans created to help kids walk or bike to school.
These issues reach deep into the heart of people’s lives. Two neighbors bump into one another on the sidewalk and start talking about planting more flowers along the street, turning an empty storefront into a coffee shop or lobbying the city council to add bike lanes to that busy road. In small but important ways, these people are changing the face of America block by block.
This is a classic grassroots movement, with no clearly identifiable leaders. But a number of the people most active in the cause have been inspired by a former seminary student, magazine editor and window washer from Brisbane, Australia named David Engwicht. Marked-up copies of Engwicht’s books, Reclaiming Our Cities and Towns and Street Reclaiming (both New Society Publishers), are passed from hand to hand at community meetings and potlucks across North America.
Engwicht’s message is as simple as it radical. For nearly all of human history, he declares, streets belonged to everybody. Kids played there, dogs slept there, people stopped there to flirt or gossip. But over recent decades, beginning in Detroit and spreading over much of the world, streets have been seized for the exclusive use of cars and trucks. Most communities have never recovered from this theft. Deprived of our neighborhood gathering spots, we’ve retreated to the backyard or indoors to avoid the noise, smell and danger of speeding traffic. In the process, we’ve withdrawn from one another.
Engwicht admits he didn’t realize all this until one day when he attended a public meeting about the widening of a road near his home in a Brisbane suburb. At first, he was persuaded by city officials’ arguments in favor of a wider road, but he changed his mind after listening to neighbors talk about how it would affect their lives.
Although he was up to his neck in starting a window-washing business, Engwicht decided to write a rebuttal to all the assertions thrown out by the “experts” who wanted to widen the road. “Because I didn’t have any background in traffic engineering or urban planning, or even environmental activism, I had a fresh view,” he explained to me in an expansive interview at a St. Paul brewpub during a break from the last ProBike/ProWalk conference, an bi-annual gathering of activists sponsored by the National Center for Bicycling and Walking.
In his research, he discovered how neighbors in the Dutch city of Delft outwitted speeding motorists by strategically placing old couches, tables and planters in the street. Cars could still pass, but only by slowing down. When police arrived, they immediately realized the value of these illegal actions to make the streets safer. Soon city officials were devising their own ways to slow cars and “calm” traffic.
“Traffic Calming,” the booklet Engwicht wrote to make the case against road widening, not only turned the tide in his hometown; it took on a life of its own. He expanded it into the book Reclaiming Our Cities and Towns, which inspired a group of neighbors and me to organize resistance to the proposed widening of an already unsafe street near our homes in Minneapolis. At a public meeting, we outlined Engwicht’s ideas about traffic calming, quoting from the book and noting that streets could be redesigned so people and cars could share the space. Road-widening projects had been opposed around town many times before, but rarely stopped because city officials succeeded in branding opponents as “anti-progress.” We, however, were able to win over the crowd by articulating a vision of what we were for, rather than just what we were against. The city dropped its plans to widen the avenue that very night.
Soon Engwicht’s window-washing business was forgotten as he got offers from around the world to help people think differently about pedestrians, streets and communities. He delivers many talks and has been called in to help design people-friendly road projects in places from Honolulu’s Waikiki Beach to Edinburgh, Scotland.
Engwicht suggests we treat the street as our “outdoor living room” and find ways it can be used for more than just transportation of people and goods. He now believes that traffic-calming efforts must encourage vital public life just as much as discourage speeding traffic. “Kids playing on the sidewalk or beautiful canopies of trees over the streets slow traffic more than speed bumps,” he told me. “There are all kinds of fun things a neighborhood can do to accomplish this. When I get back home, I am going to put a bench in my front yard to get people to stop awhile, and maybe help kids on the block create scarecrows to put up along our street. Drivers will definitely slow down to look at that.”
Anyone joining the burgeoning movement to make America more walkable soon discovers the key issue is not urban planning or transportation priorities but love. Places we love become places that we hang out, and those are always the best places for walking. Fred Kent, president of the Project for Public Spaces (PPS), means that almost literally. “If I had to summarize our work in one image,” he says, leading me through a maze of Asian shops along Canal Street in New York, “it would be a couple smooching on a park bench.”
Kent actually has thousands of pictures of people hugging and kissing on city streets on file among the hundreds of thousands of photos he has shot in 30 years as a tireless advocate for public places. His deep love for street life became apparent when I visited the PPS office last year. Every time we sat down to talk, Kent suggested we take a walk, so for several days I trailed him through the streets of New York as he snapped photos, pointed out favorite spots, and shouted answers to my questions above the hubbub of the city.
“Isn’t it fun when you don’t know where you’re going to wind up?” Kent asked with a grin as we wandered past an Italian bakery, antique toy store and guitar shop near the PPS office, stopping to talk with two well-dressed and slightly tipsy couples from Auburn, Alabama, who were enjoying their walk through Greenwich Village as much as we were.
Inspired by William H. Whyte, a noted journalist and author who invented a “smile index” to measure the quality of urban spaces, Kent founded PPS in 1975 with environmental designer Kathleen Madden and architect Steve Davies to draw attention to the importance of creating and preserving congenial public settings where people can walk, talk, and just enjoy themselves. The group gained international acclaim for its part in the revival of Bryant Park, the backyard of the New York Public Library, once overrun with drug dealers and now one of New Yorkers most beloved places to pass time.
With a staff of 24, PPS worked in 31 states and 11 countries last year, joining with local citizen groups, public officials, foundations and businesses to engage in what they call “placemaking.” This means taking every opportunity to promote public life and pedestrian activity by careful attention to how streets, parks, buildings, transportation options and public markets work. Through workshops, seminars, a participatory “Place Game” they’ve created, and a book, How to Turn a Place Around, PPS offers a grassroots approach to help people make their communities more livable and lovable.
“Those who live in a place are the experts on that place,” Kent told me. “They know more than architects, urban planners, traffic engineers, landscape architects, and real estate agents about what will make that place thrive. But often they are not even asked about their ideas.”
The central point of PPS’s work, everyone involved with the organization will tell you, is that projects need to be “place-driven.” By that, they mean that any effort to improve a place should not be viewed strictly as a question of transportation access, or crime control, or economic development, or affordable housing, or architectural excellence. These are worthy goals, but they cannot be achieved if too little attention is devoted to creating a vital place where people will want to live, work, visit, or walk – a place they will care about, that they will love.
“The single thing that makes a place a good place is that it is interesting,” Kent explained as we strolled down Fifth Avenue toward Central Park. “And that’s the same with a good place to walk. I love to walk down this street not because of the fancy shops. I love it because there’s always a surprise, a sense of serendipity, great people-watching, and moments of just pleasure.”
“Of course,” he added as we step into the Plaza Hotel to look over the elegant lobby and use the bathroom, “I like Chinatown more. It has all the life of Fifth Avenue but with different accents and price tags. And Mulberry Street in Little Italy – it’s so nice and alive and messy. There is nothing you could do to make that place any more interesting.”
A few minutes later, as we headed up Madison Avenue to explore the Upper East Side, I looked over at Kent, his face shining with the energy and excitement of a kid on the first day of summer vacation, and thought, for the first time in years, of Judge Green back in my hometown. A reserved Midwesterner rather than an ebullient Easterner, Judge Green nonetheless had the same wide, sincere smile on his face as he strolled through the streets of Urbana. Then it dawned on me: The way to get people out of their cars, something I had been wondering about since college, is not to chide them about ruining the environment or shame them about being fat but to show them how much fun, and how much of life itself, they are missing by not walking. And how much more fun we’d all have if we created better places for everyone across America to take a walk.
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Background: Orbital cellulitis has important complications. Despite this, there are few studies in the literature of large groups of cases of this condition.
Methods: We performed a retrospective case analysis of all patients admitted with periorbital and orbital cellulitis between 2002 and 2004.
Results: A total of 27 cases were included in the study. Of these, 25 had undergone a computed tomography scan, 19 of which had revealed significant sinus disease; 10 had had a microbiology result, with the most common organism being Streptococcus milleri; 20 had had a white cell count taken, with raised results in only 10; 12 had undergone surgery; and 25 had made a good recovery. One case had been found to be squamous cell carcinoma of the nasal cavity.
Conclusions: In this study, sinus disease was the commonest cause of orbital cellulitis, with the commonest organism being Streptococcus milleri. Only 50 per cent of cases with proven disease had had a raised white cell count; this is therefore not a very sensitive test. | <urn:uuid:05eeefb9-e075-44d6-94f7-35398753bdd4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://core-cms.prod.aop.cambridge.org/core/search?filters%5BauthorTerms%5D=L.%20Beeching&eventCode=SE-AU | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570871.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808183040-20220808213040-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.982975 | 218 | 1.710938 | 2 |
[Ilugc] Running C++
- From: bharathi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Bharathi S)
- Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 09:27:16 +0530 (IST)
On Tue, 6 Apr 2004, james raj wrote:
Will it is possible to run the C++ program in linux. If so can you
specify the commands to compile the program
g++ myprg.cpp -o myprg and Read man gcc OR info gcc
Also will it is possible to do graphics and the dos commands in C
programming in linux(such as drwaing line , clrscr() comand etc)..
Yes. By using nCurse Lib you can do Graphics in TextMode and for X
mode you need Qt/ GTK/ Python/ Tcl/TK/...
Bharathi S, www.MidasComm.com,
Intel Lab, TeNeT, IIT-Madras.
Known is drop, Unknown is OCEAN.
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If you have read the story, hopefully you know what the outcome of it is; if you haven't read it, I recommend it. It's one of Poe's most engaging and interesting stories, and it isn't very long. The ending is awesome; I provided a link to the story below. To sum up, the cops come by asking questions about the old guy that disappeared, and the narrator, so cocky about his cleverness in the murder, sits them all down right on top of the floorboards that old man is buried under. Then, the narrator starts thinking that he hears the old man's heart beating. It gets louder and louder and the narrator assumes the cops must hear it too, and after a few minutes, in a fit of desperacy, he confesses his murder.
The lessons or morals that we can take away from this story are several. 1. Guilt is our worst tormentor, and will always drive us to do what is right. The narrator thought he was above guilt, but it manifested itself in the form of the beating heart, and drives him to confession in the end. 2. Pride goes before the fall; the narrator was so cocky and proud that he brings the cops right to the scene of the crime. Poe doesn't let his pride win though; in the end, he confesses. 3. This is rather trite, but don't murder people. So, those are a few lessons that one can take away from this story. I hope that those thoughts help; good luck!
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.308 Winchester vs 7mm-08 Remington – Though the .308 Win has a lot of history and is still regarded as one of the best short action, big game, hunting cartridges, a lot of sportsmen have begun looking to other cartridges, such as the 7mm-08 Rem. The 7mm-08 Rem was designed from the .308 Win. With this in mind, taking a look at how these two cartridges performed seemed to be a good idea for those choosing between the two.
The most noticeable difference between the two cartridges was the difference in recoil. The 7mm-08 was designed to bring very similar performance to the table while cutting back on the amount of recoil. It’s only about 4-5ft.lb of difference, but that can be pretty significant for a lot of people. The same differences were seen with energy and trajectory. We had to split hairs to find differences between how these two cartridges performed. Check out the article for a much more in-depth look at how these two cartridges stacked up to each other.
.308 Winchester vs .243 Winchester – From time to time, we like to compare two cartridges that are not often looked at together. The .308 Win and .243 Win is one of those comparisons. While both differed pretty dramatically in several categories, both the .308 and .243 are some of the most popular whitetail cartridges in the US. Not only that, but the .243 Win was designed with the .308 as a parent case. And this comparison is an excellent example of how two cartridges do overlap in some applications but also have their niche where one or the other will be better suited.
Both of these cartridges have rounds that are perfect for medium sized game thought the .308 showed performance characteristics that were better suited for larger game, especially out at 300+ yards. We also saw pretty dramatic differences in recoil between these two cartridges. On the other hand, the high velocity and lighter bullets of the .243 are much better suited for varmint and predator hunting. As far as separate categories, we again saw some pretty interesting trends emerge. Check out the article as we go into much greater depth and look at the potential applications for these two cartridges.
.308 Winchester vs .223 Remington – In this comparison, we wanted to take a look at two cartridges that would have pretty drastic differences in performance and subsequent applications. With the .308 Win and .223 Rem, that was certainly the case.
It is obvious when looking at these two cartridges your choice is not going to come down to these two cartridges for the same hunting or shooting situations. Both cartridges excelled in specific categories, and both have tradeoffs that need to be considered when choosing one or the other cartridge and you will also find that careful consideration should be given to each specific round as we saw some significant variation in the performance between individual rounds of the same cartridge.
Our article goes into much greater detail, but in short, the .308 offers much better stopping power than the .223 but also comes with a much more severe recoil. The .223 rounds showed flatter trajectories than the .308 rounds, though .308 rounds performed very well. The drawback in ballistics is the .223 rounds bled velocity at a high rate, and their low BC will be troublesome in less than ideal conditions at long range.
.308 Winchester vs .30-06 Springfield – Looking at the .308 Win and .30-06 Springfield is a look into two cartridges riddled with Americana. Both of these cartridges, or some version of them, have seen extensive use in military campaigns, they both have vast followings in long range target shooting, though their popularity in that sector has fallen with the introduction of new cartridges, and they are both still two of the more popular hunting cartridges for medium to large game and capable of being effective at extreme hunting ranges.
To tease apart differences between these two cartridges, we had to look at individual rounds to see significant differences. Even when we expanded our selections to more rounds, the differences were not too outrageous. The .308 Win had slightly less recoil energy even when using similar bullet weights to the hotter .30-06 rounds. Even in the long-range trajectory, there were .308 rounds that were very similar to the .30-06, which carries the reputation of being a pretty good long range hunting cartridge.
This was a fascinating comparison for us that gave a lot of results we were not expecting. Definitely check it out.
.308 Winchester vs 300 Winchester Magnum – This comparison came about to look at the differences and similarities between two cartridges that are often thought of as big game cartridges, though we came to the argument understanding that the 300 Win Mag specifically, would have a bit more power behind it than the .308. Regardless, we were interested in just how different these two rounds were, and the comparison led to some interesting talking points.
While the 300 Win Mag carries a significant amount more energy and power than the .308, that also means a good deal more recoil. And while the 300 Win Mag showed increased performance in just about all categories, the .308 Win showed a performance that is more than capable of medium to large size game within 400 yards. Past that range, we really started to see an increase in performance for the 300 Win Mag. Of course, depending on what you are hunting, the 300 Win Mag might be a bit of overkill in certain situations. We look into this in a lot more depth in this comparison article and should be something to check out if you are thinking about trying out the magnum game.
.308 Winchester vs .300 AAC Blackout – In this cartridge comparison, we took a look at two cartridges that utilize .308 caliber bullets but besides that fact, are extremely different in their performance specs and applications.
From the categories we looked at, there is a clear difference in what these two cartridges should be used for, even though both are using a .308 caliber bullet. For hunting purposes, the .308 really outshone the 300 AAC BLK, especially when getting out past 150 yards. And that is not to say the .300 Blackout can’t be a fine deer or hog rifle; you are just much more limited in range.
Even so, the 300 BLK has gained popularity for different applications, and we delve into and discuss these differences in applications. It’s a good example of how comparing the differences in performance data out of context can lead you to believe one cartridge is superior to the other. For hunting and accurate long range, there is no question the .308 Win is the more reasonable selection, but check out the full story in the article.
.308 Winchester vs .270 Winchester – This comparison is another interesting article as these two cartridges are often debated as to which one is better suited for various hunting situations. From our sample size, which covered quite a few individual rounds for each cartridge, there were not gaping differences between the two cartridges.
The .308 tended to not bleed velocity at as high a rate as the .270 rounds though they did show a significantly less amount of muzzle velocity. We also saw the .270 rounds have better trajectory at 400+ yards, but there were better performing .308 rounds.
For stopping power, we again didn’t see very significant results and more consideration should probably be given to individual rounds rather than between cartridge types. Regardless, both of these cartridges carried more than enough energy for large game with 300 yards and more than enough for medium sized game out past those ranges.
Those are just some general trends that we saw between these two cartridges. In the article, we dive into a lot more detail and take a look at a lot more performance specs. It’s an argument that’s never going to end, but we think we lay out reasons why both of these cartridges can serve you well.
.308 Winchester vs .338 Lapua Magnum – The .308 Win has served in military and police force tactical situations for several decades. It was especially favored for a lot of long range shooting scenarios. In recent years, the .338 Lapua has replaced the .308 for a lot of users. The .338 Lapua was explicitly designed for long range performance while also being able to punch through barriers and several layers of body armor. As you can imagine, this type of application will result in some pretty drastic differences between the two cartridges.
In this comparison, we see some major differences in the ballistic coefficients, kinetic energy, and sectional density. We also saw some differences in bullet trajectory, but up to 500 yards, the differences were not as drastic as you might expect. The further the range though, the more distinct the differences are with the .338 Lapua showing flatter trajectory.
And all of this might point towards the .338 Lapua being a superior cartridge, but it all depends on the situation. The .308 is going to be much more manageable when hunting the more common North American game. Some of that has to do with the cartridge itself and also the rifle platform that is used. Check out the article for a more in-depth discussion on the topic.
.30-06 Springfield vs .308 Winchester – The debate between these two cartridges is old, and even with the advent of newer cartridges, the debate between these two still rages. Both cartridges have a lot of history in military campaigns, long-range shooting, and especially in the hunting community. Because of that, we felt the need to take an unbiased look at several rounds from these two cartridges to see if we could tease apart any differences.
And interestingly, we saw two cartridges that can easily be utilized in most of the same hunting applications when it comes to factory loads. We did see some differences between cartridges, though those differences were not too drastic. When looking at individual rounds, we could definitely see improved performance in long-range trajectory and kinetic energy for several .30-06 rounds. We also saw a slight increase in recoil energy generated by the .30-06 rounds.
This comparison leads to a lot of interesting conversations, and we highly recommend this article for anyone contemplating one of these two cartridges. We go into much greater detail for a variety of ballistic and other performance specs for these two stories and still relevant cartridges.
.30-06 Springfield vs .30-30 Winchester – As far as modern sporting cartridges, there are not many other cartridges that have the longevity of these two. The .30-30 was first released in 1894 and chambered in the classic Winchester Model 1894 lever action rifle. The .30-06 was releases not many years after in 1906 and the leap in cartridge performance in that time was quite dramatic.
These two rifle cartridges had some pretty significant differences, and for long-range shooting, for target or game, the .30-06 is the clear-cut favorite. It has a much flatter trajectory, higher velocities, better ballistic coefficients, and carries a good deal more kinetic energy than the .30-30 cartridge. And while we expected this disparity, there is still a place for the .30-30 in today’s hunting world. It still has solid trajectory and more than enough stopping power for medium sized game under 200 yards. There are quite a few who still utilize this caliber for game as large as elk. The real limiting factor in its use is the trajectory of this round, especially when getting out past 200 yards. It also tends to lose quite a bit of energy. The other draw for the .30-30 is without a doubt, the low recoil and the ability to sling a rifle chambered for the .30-30 in tight brush.
It’s an interesting comparison, and one that we think points out that though there are differences between cartridges, it’s a real loss on anyone’s part which rules out a cartridge simply because there are others out there that have higher velocities or excel in some other factor.
.30-06 Springfield vs .300 Winchester Magnum – While the .30-06 Springfield is not a magnum cartridge, there is still quite a bit of overlap in the applications of these two cartridges. A lot of people might hear the word magnum and automatically assume that it is going to carry a lot more energy, have higher velocities, and have a flatter trajectory. While we did see an overall trend for the 300 Win Mag in this regard, the .30-06 was not that far behind, especially when looking at specific rounds.
What you have to get at with comparisons such as this is if you really need the extra bullet energy or the 5 inches less bullet drop at 500 yards while taking on the couple extra ft.lb of recoil energy. Of course, those are not answers we can give. We do think that this comparison is a good look at magnum rounds and how different they are from some of the hotter non-magnum rounds such as the .30-06.
.30-06 Springfield vs .270 Winchester – This particular cartridge comparison is a little more personal for me. I grew up in a .30-06 Springfield household. I always thought I would end up raising kids in a .30-06 household. Somewhere in there, I used a .270 Winchester and fell in love with it, and it has become my go-to deer rifle.
With that, I was interested to look at the actual numbers between these two cartridges. The .270 Winchester and the .30-06 are derived from the same parent cartridge and are fairly similar in their design though the .270 is slightly necked down compared to the .30-06.
This is one of those comparisons where there is a lot of hair-splitting. From our sampling of rounds, it was tough to find any trends for one cartridge over the other. The clearest difference was in the recoil, but even it was only a few ft.lbs more for the .30-06 average. It was a comparison where we felt the individual round had a lot more important when looking for a specific set of performance specs.
We look at all of this and more including bullet weights and how that also might influence your decision based on hunting or shooting applications.
.30-06 Springfield vs 7mm-08 Remington – After looking at the .30-06 Springfield round compared to the .270 Win, we wanted to take a look at the .30-06 compared to another round that is often debated with the .270 Win, the 7mm-08 Remington cartridge.
Both are now popular cartridges in the hunting world and in the long range shooting community, though to a lesser extent. In this article, we delve into the details for these two cartridges which both taught the velocity, power, and trajectory for medium to big game hunting at the extremes of general hunting ranges.
Speaking on just averages of the cartridges, there was not much difference between these rounds in just about any ballistic or other performance categories. Perhaps the most glaring was the increased recoil in the .30-06 rounds. We also saw a trend for the .30-06 rounds carrying a significantly increased amount of kinetic energy than the 7mm-08 though that is only one part of the equation for stopping power. Of course, you also have to take into account sample size, but with our ten rounds, as well as the averages for 20 rounds for each cartridge, the trends seem to hold up. Again, it seems that more preference needs to be given to individual rounds.
While we go into much more detail, it is difficult for us to make huge assumptions. For larger game, you might be more comfortable with the .30-06 for longer range shots, but the 7mm-08 Rem can get the job done. This is a really interesting look at two cartridges and one that we highly recommend.
.30-06 Springfield vs 7mm Remington Magnum – This was our second comparison between the .30-06 Springfield and a magnum round which should give you an indication of the power behind the .30-06.
Even so, the .30-06, on average, falls behind in just about all performance specs of the 7mm Rem Mag. We like to look at these types of comparisons just because a lot of people might not have the right idea of what a magnum round brings to the table. And like we always try to mention, that type of performance is not always needed.
And some people would still lean towards the .30-06, and we wouldn’t fault that at all, given the .30-06 is probably a bit easier to get a hold of and you can save a few dollars per box of cartridges. And again, while we saw a general trend towards the 7mm RM, there are individual .30-06 factory rounds that have much more similar performance as the average of the 7mm RM rounds.
.270 Winchester vs .30-06 Springfield – For this argument, we are looking at two cartridges that are both derived from the same parent case, the .30-03. Not only that, but we are also stirring the pot of an age-old argument between these two popular hunting cartridges. Not only is it a debate between two popular cartridges but also a debate between two calibers, the .30 cal and 7mm rounds.
When comparing these two cartridges, we found they were indeed very similar to the numbers for various performance specs. For the most part, the differences were more between individual rounds rather than trends between cartridges. Of course, more samples might reveal more distinct differences, but with twenty rounds each, we think the data will likely stand.
Still, there were some important talking points. We did see the .270 Win rounds had a less recoil on average than the .30-06 rounds. Besides this, there was no significant difference between the averages of these rounds between the two cartridges. The .270 Win had slightly better trajectory on average (only 2inches difference), and that was the case for just about every performance spec.
And we look into these categories in much more detail as well as look at how these numbers translate to real-world applications. While both can be used for the same medium to large size North American game, there will always be those who prefer the larger .30 cal. It’s an interesting topic that we cover in this article.
.270 Winchester vs. 308 Winchester – In this article, we take a look at the .270 win and another popular and storied .30 cal cartridge, the .308 Winchester. Both are popular hunting rounds and for long range shooting, but to a lesser extent these days.
When we looked at the various performance specs and data for these two cartridges, we did not see major trends between cartridges. Averages of the various rounds for each cartridge showed some small differences between the two cartridges, but for the most part, the largest differences were seen between individual round and sometimes for the same cartridge type.
The .270 Winchester tended to have a significant amount more muzzle velocity, but by the 300-yard mark and beyond, the two cartridges ended up around the same average fps. The .270, on average, had lower recoil and also had a slightly better trajectory at 400 and 500 yards.
Both have the stopping power to bring down most North American game, though the some might prefer the larger caliber .308. Where the argument really gets interesting is when it comes to long-range shots and is something we discuss in depth.
.270 Winchester vs .243 Winchester – Through research and just being around other hunters, I have often heard people say whatever the .243 Winchester can do, the .270 Win can do better. Now, I have always been a man of compromise and hearing such assumptions has always bothered me. Because of that, we at swgguns wanted to dive into the numbers between these two cartridges.
Both are smaller bore calibers and are often thought of as a whitetail cartridge rather than larger game through the .270 Win, as the numbers showed, has the potential for larger game.
We did see some interesting differences between these two cartridges. First, the .270 Win had significantly more recoil than the .243. The .270 rounds had better ballistic coefficients than the .243 Win rounds, but the trajectories for these two rounds were not drastically different. The energy associated with these two cartridges was quite different with the .270 Win rounds carrying much more than the .243 Win rounds.
While there were some distinct differences between these two cartridges and different applications, both cartridges have aspects to their performance that would make them attractive to a hunter or long-range shooter, given their needs. In the article, we go into much greater detail.
.270 Winchester vs 7mm-08 Remington – This comparison really intrigued us when we set out to complete it. Both of these cartridges represent a general trend we see in the hunting and shooting community as a whole, and that is for lower recoil, high velocity, and flat trajectory rounds. And who can blame anyone who wants that in their ammo? Both of these are 7mm rounds, and both are often chosen for the same reasons.
In our comparison, we saw the .270 Win, on average, had less noticeable bullet drop than the 7mm-08 out at 600 and 700 yards. Within 500 yards, there was no difference between cartridges though there were better rounds for each.
The same advantage was seen for the .270 Win for velocity, energy, and momentum. And again, this is just the average, and there were 7mm-08 rounds that outperformed .270 Win rounds in certain categories. The 7mm-08 cartridge did show about two ft.lbs less recoil than the .270 Win.
In the article, we detail these categories more closely, and we also try to explain why we see these differences between these two 7mm caliber cartridges.
.243 Winchester vs .270 Winchester – In this comparison, we take a look at two smaller caliber cartridges that are both popular in the hunting community, especially when it comes to whitetail and other medium-sized game.
In our comparison, we did see some distinct differences. The first was the difference in recoil. The .270 Win rounds had significantly more recoil, but it also provided more velocity and stopping power than the .243 Win. We also did not see much difference in the averages of the two cartridges when it came to trajectory though the trajectory varied for the .243 rounds depending on the individual round where the .243 has some very light bullet options. And while the average trajectories were different, the .243 rounds tended to have lower BCs, but again, some were higher than others.
We think that these two cartridges have a lot of overlap, but also excel in opposite ends of the category. Where both are suitable for medium sized game at normal hunting ranges, the .243 Winchester with its choices for ammunition makes it ideal for varmints and other small game at long range as well.
.243 Winchester vs .308 Winchester – This comparison is interesting because the .243 was designed with the .308 Winchester being the parent case. The .243 was necked down to take smaller caliber bullets, among other modifications, but resulted in a high velocity and low recoil cartridge.
There were some distinct differences between these two cartridges and while there is overlap in their applications, we think both can be more effective in certain situations, which we look at in the article.
The .243 Win rounds certainly bring less recoil, but they still have as high or higher velocities than the .308 Win rounds. The .243 rounds also had flatter trajectories on average and were more noticeable at 400 and 500 yards. The weight of the bullets used was definitely a factor in the flatter trajectories and is something that we discuss more in the article.
There were other significant differences, such as bullet energy, and all of it we cover in depth.
.243 Winchester vs 6.5mm Creedmoor – The 6.55mm Creedmoor is the frontrunner for the rising popularity of 6mm cartridges. Though 6mm cartridges are not necessarily new, the 6.5CM has garnered a lot of attention and rise in popularity over the last few years, especially in long range competitions.
The .243 Win is also a popular long range round, though many have begun to dismiss it for the newer cartridges. Because of that, we wanted to take a look at these two cartridges and see if the numbers back up the trend towards these newer cartridges.
In the comparison, we do see that on average, the 6.5mm CM excels in a lot of ballistic categories over the .243 Winchester.
And though we see a lot of advantages for the 6.5mm CM, that shouldn’t lead you to think the .243 can’t compete. Several .243 rounds give just as high performance, especially for long-range use, as the 6.5mm CM. One of the biases that come up is there are a lot of .243 rounds more suited for medium sized game hunting, and they don’t bring the long range performance. It’s something to keep in mind and something we discuss more in the article.
.243 Winchester vs 6mm Creedmoor – The 6mm Creedmoor is the newest competitor in the modern shooting world, and while it is most definitely still proving itself in the field, the potential for this cartridge is undeniable.
We wanted to compare it to a proven hunting cartridge and a cartridge that is still more than relevant in the long range shooting world, the .243 Winchester. We saw a slight advantage for the 6mm Creedmoor in every ballistic category as well as categories for stopping power. The 6mm Creedmoor rounds did have slightly more recoil.
And we should note that in this particular article is limited due to the small selection of factory loaded 6mm Creedmoor rounds, but we hope to have that updated here recently. And like we said, the .243 Winchester is a proven round, and there are certainly rounds available that performed as well or better than the average 6mm Creedmoor. While the potential is there, we are interested in how the reviews come back for this cartridge. As things stand, there are much more options for rifles chambered for the .243 and more choices and availability of ammunition.
.300 Win Mag vs .308 Winchester – In this comparison, we are comparing the 300 Win Mag to a non-magnum .30 cal cartridge, the .308 Win. We went into the comparison with an understanding that the 300 WM was going to outperform the .308 Win in a lot of categories and anyone with some understanding of cartridges would know that as well.
What we wanted to make clear in the article was that though the .300 Win Mag excelled in all performance categories, the .308 was still a capable cartridge for medium to large sized game. Both utilize heavier weight bullets but maintain supersonic velocities out to 500 yards, and both carry more than enough energy to take down large game. For the moose or other large game, especially getting out past 400 yards, the 300 Win Mag is undoubtedly the better option with the flatter trajectory and significantly more kinetic energy.
The main drawback, and we use that term loosely, is the increase in the recoil of the .300 Win Mag. Now, if you want the performance of the .300 Win Mag, it is something you will have to adapt to.
And we don’t want to make it seem like the .308 was crushed by the performance of the .300 Win Mag. While there was a trend towards all of the .300 Win Mag rounds we looked at having better numbers, the averages were not that dissimilar in all categories, and the .308 Win does have several rounds that can provide performance more similar to the .300 Win Mag.
All of this we look at in much greater detail in the article.
.300 Win Mag vs .30-06 Springfield – In this comparison, we again look at the .300 Win Mag when stacked up to another non-magnum .30 cal cartridge and probably one of the most popular hunting cartridges in the modern rifle era, the .30-06 Springfield.
And when you get into comparisons with two popular cartridges such as these, the argument almost always devolves into a shouting match. So, we decided to look at the numbers and from them, draw some conclusions as to which hunting or shotting scenarios each cartridge might serve you better.
The averages pointed towards the 300 Win Mag in all the performance categories, and that is to be expected, it is a magnum round, and it is using heavier bullet weights than the .30-06 though also loaded with much more propellant. And yes, there are better performing .30-06 rounds, and we did not delve into handloading.
Both can bring down medium and even large game, for the .30-06, especially with a well-placed shot. The question is, for those shots at extreme ranges for hunting or target shooting, do you need the extra 200fps of velocity, ten inches less bullet drop, and 500 to 1000 extra ft.lb of energy? Most people would say yes, as it does make things a little easier, especially with heavier bullets and higher BCs which help deter wind drift a little better.
In the article, you will find that both cartridges are as popular as they are for a reason and both deserve a spot in your gun safe, it’s all about what you want to do with the cartridge.
.300 Win Mag vs 7mm Remington Magnum – Ah yes, the 300 WM versus 7mm Rem Mag debate. Released in 1963 and 1962 respectively, these magnum rounds have been compared for five decades now, and even with the release of other popular magnum cartridges, both remain extremely popular in the outdoor community.
A lot of what pushed us to begin making these articles was becoming tired of seeing the same arguments with no numbers to back it up, and talk of amazing hip shots at 500 yards and not having to track the animal an inch. Perhaps not that absurd, but we thought comparing the numbers from a selection of rounds for each cartridge might give you some better insight.
In our comparison, we first came to the conclusion that both are dang good cartridges, but there were some interesting differences between the two, and we take some time to dive into these small differences.
With trajectory, the 7mm Rem Mag had a slightly higher average than the .300 WM, but both had rounds that outperformed rounds of the other cartridge. And the biggest differences when not noticeable until you got out to the 600 and 700-yard ranges which are not often relevant in hunting situations. From our selected rounds, the 7mm Rem Mag had better BCs though again, the 300 Win Mag had excellent ratings for some rounds, and there are more rounds out there we did not examine in depth.
The most obvious advantage for the 300 Win Mag was the kinetic energy associated with the bullets. With heavier bullets but not a significant drop in velocity, the .300 Win Mag round showed higher average energy and momentum numbers which can translate to a bit more stopping power.
And though there were these differences, we think that either cartridge in the hands of a skilled hunter or marksman are going to get the job done.
.300 Win Mag vs .338 Lapua Magnum – In this comparison, we take a look at two magnum rounds that are both sought for long range shooting. While the .300 Win Mag is also a favorite hunting cartridge, the .338 LM has some limitations in the field and is a topic we cover in the article.
One of the limitations of this round in the hunting field is the size rifle that you need to even begin handling the recoil of this round. It would be very unwieldy if you needed to walk anywhere. In our recoil charts, we saw a huge increase in recoil for the .338 LM even with a much heavier rifle weight.
If you want a round for long range shooting, it’s hard to look over the .338 LM when compared to the .300 Win Mag. While the velocity of the WM is similar to the .338 LM, it is also with much lighter bullets than the .338 LM. Regarding ballistic coefficients and trajectory, especially at 500+ yards, the .338 LM has a significant advantage. The .338 LM also had much more kinetic energy and momentum than the .300 WM, but it’s so much it is overkill for North American game though it is popular for the largest game animals in the world.
Again, it all depends on the circumstances you wish to use your rifle and the cartridge it is chambered for.
.300 Win Mag vs .300 Winchester Short Magnum – In this article, we take a look at two cartridges that are similar in name and similar in applications but don’t be mistaken that these cartridges are interchangeable. And in this article, we go into more detail on why the short magnum was created, and it benefits.
Recoil is not, in the end, different between these two cartridges because of the rifle weight often used between the two cartridges. Though the .300 WM produces more recoil energy, the actual felt recoil will be similar.
For other ballistic and performance categories, we again do not see any trends between cartridges, but rather a difference between individual rounds. Both have rounds with similar bullet weights, and both have rounds the perform better in certain categories.
While both can be used in the same hunting and shooting scenarios, it comes down to rifle choice in our opinion. If you want something a little lighter and easy to handle in tight quarters, the WSM might be a better option. If you need a longer barrel for long range hunting and the option for slightly heavier bullets, the .300 WM might be your choice.
.338 Lapua Magnum vs .300 Winchester Magnum – Both the .338 LM and the .300 Win Magnum are more powerful cartridges that are available to the public though that might be an understatement with the .338 LM. Where a lot of hunters will probably consider the .30cal magnums top of the totem pole regarding packing a punch, they are pretty mild when compared to a .338 LM launching a 280gr bullet at the same velocity.
Both of these cartridges are often utilized for larger game and able to take them cleanly at 400+ yards. With that, the .338LM is more often reserved for the largest and most dangerous game.
Even so, we thought it would be interesting to compare the .338 Lapua Magnum with a cartridge that might be more well known to most hunters and marksman to give you a better reference.
When we compared the two cartridges, we saw a pretty distinct advantage for the .338LM in most categories, other than lighter recoil. The .338 LM had much higher muzzle velocity on average, though the two cartridges tended to even out as they moved downrange. And interestingly, the averages for bullet drop through 700 yards was not very different. In fact, there were several .300 WM rounds that outperformed some of the .338LM rounds, but to be fair, the difference was not much, and the .338LM rounds were nearly 100gr heavier.
For bullet energy and momentum, the .338 LM had a significant advantage. And this, along with recoil and rifle weight, is where the two cartridges diverge in applications and is a topic that we get into in the article.
.338 Lapua Magnum vs .308 Winchester – There was a time where the .308 Winchester was a much more popular long range cartridge, and that is not to say it is not relevant anymore. A lot of military and other tactical snipers utilized the .308 Winchester cartridge, though the .338 LM has replaced the .308 in a lot of circles.
Because of this history behind the two cartridges, we wanted to take a look at the two with their data side by side. And what we saw was a clear advantage for the .338 LM in just about every ballistic and performance category, and that is the case with the .338 LM with just about every smaller caliber. And just like the previous comparison, the one area where there was more similarity was the velocity. The .338 LM still had, on average, faster velocity but there were .308 Win rounds that were up there. That’s not a knock on the .338 LM though as the bullets moving at this speed are anywhere from 100 to 150 grains heavier. This also results in the .338 LM rounds having nearly double the recoil energy even with a much heavier rifle.
If you look at the data, it’s easy to say the .338 LM is the superior round, but it’s not the case when thinking about these cartridges with specific applications in mind. The .308 has more than enough stopping power and decent ballistics to be used for just about any North American game, and you don’t have to worry about hauling a 15lb rifle around the backwoods like you would the .338 LM chambered rifle. On the other hand, if you are hunting big African game, you might deal with the increased weight of the rifle for the heavy stopping power of the .338 LM.
.338 Lapua Magnum vs .50 BMG – This comparison is still one of our favorites just because of the numbers involved. Both the .338 Lapua Magnum and the .50BMG, to an even greater extent, are large cartridges that launch heavy bullets at incredible velocities.
We took a look at several available factory loads for each cartridge, and though we expected the results we saw, it was still incredible to us.
The bullet weights will make you do a double take for both with the .338LM rounds having rounds up to 300gr while the 50BMG rounds are sending bullets downrange in the 650 to 750gr range.
Velocities for these two cartridges are pretty similar, and there is not a general trend between cartridges, and as you can imagine, for the 50BMG rounds at similar velocities means devilish recoil. And with such heavy bullet weights, the stopping power of these rounds are also quite impressive.
7mm-08 Remington vs .308 Winchester – As we mentioned in the brief overview, these two cartridges are close relatives as the 7mm-08 was designed with the .308 Winchester as the parent case. There are differences between the two cartridges including neck length and case capacity.
With these two cartridges, we were interested in how these changes in the case design and the different caliber bullets would be similar and different. Both of these cartridges can be utilized for much of the same hunting and shooting applications which also makes this comparison intriguing. As with all of these articles, we looked at a variety of ballistic and other performance categories between the two.
We found a lot of similarities between these two cartridges but there were some key differences in the overall averages of these rounds in the trajectory and bullet energy categories and provide interesting discussion in the comparison. Perhaps the biggest difference between the two is in the recoil, which may or may not sway you towards one of the cartridges.
7mm-08 Remington vs .30-06 Springfield – In this article, we wanted to take the 7mm-08 Rem and compare it to perhaps one of the most popular, non-magnum hunting cartridges, the .30-06.
With the popularity of the .30-06, it might be easy to assume that it outperforms the 7mm-08 in most categories, but we didn’t find that to be the case. Of course, there are other factors that go into the choice between cartridges that we did not cover.
There were a few categories where we did see some differences including the much lighter recoil of the 7mm-08. Both cartridges had very similar averages for the long-range trajectory with no major trends seen between the two cartridges. We did note that the flatter .30-06 rounds were much lighter and might not be what you want for a hunting cartridge. For bullet energy, we did see higher ft.lbs of force when looking at the averages of the two cartridges, but there was not a large difference, and there were several 7mm-08 rounds that brought close to or more energy than some .30-06 rounds.
It’s an interesting article because of how similar the numbers are between these to cartridges. Of course, there are plenty of differences, and we take a look at both.
7mm-08 Remington vs .270 Winchester – Both of these cartridges fall into your options for the same shooting applications, and they are often compared and debated over which is better. Of course, we don’t think the idea of claiming one to be better than the other has much merit. Both were designed to be high-velocity cartridges with lighter recoil, flat trajectory, and still carry enough power for excellent terminal ballistics for most North American game.
In our comparison, we saw that both of these cartridges provided very similar numbers. And as we mention in the article, these numbers can change as the rifle specs often vary between cartridges and we kept all these variables the same when possible.
And while the numbers were similar, there were some differences that we could point out. We saw the .270 Win had less noticeable bullet drop than the 7mm-08 out at 600 and 700 yards when looking at the averages of the two cartridges. Within 500 yards, there was no difference between cartridges though there were better rounds for each and that includes the 600 and 700-yard markers. For hunting purposes, you are probably only interested in the shorter ranges where there was no significant difference.
The same advantage was seen for the .270 Win for velocity, energy, and momentum. And again, this is just the average, there were 7mm-08 rounds that outperformed .270 Win rounds in certain categories. The 7mm-08 cartridge did show about two ft.lbs less recoil than the .270 Win which might be a big factor for some people.
There is a lot more to discuss between these cartridges, but our main take away from this comparison was that you would probably be happy with either one.
In the following articles, we take a look at recoil, velocity, energy, and their performance when used in pistol-caliber carbines, when acceptable, including the trajectory. We have linked all of these articles below, along with a short intro.
9mm Luger vs 10mm Auto – In this cartridge comparison, we looked at the most popular self-defense round, the 9mm, and a cartridge that has risen and fallen in popularity over the years, the 10mm Auto.
In the article, we go into great detail outlining which situations each of these cartridges might be better suited for.
Without getting into too much detail here, we did see some pretty dramatic differences in the data between these two cartridges including the recoil, velocity, and most certainly the bullet energy where the 10mm rounds provided 2x or more ft.lb of force from the muzzle out to 50 yards. Of course, more is not always better or necessary and is a topic we spend a good deal of time on in this article.
9mm Luger vs .357 Magnum – In this cartridge comparison, we take a look at two of the more popular handgun cartridges but also two very different cartridges. Usually, if someone is trying to pick between the two, they are unsure of what they need in a handgun, or they need to go ahead and splurge a little and get both.
While both can be used for a lot of the same applications, they do not feel or shoot the same, and that is apparent when looking at the data. Both of these cartridges use pretty similar bullet weights, but you can find heavier bullet offerings with the .357 Mag.
One of the biggest differences was the recoil. And after you look at the casing specs and the difference in velocity, the huge increase in recoil for the .357 Mag makes sense. We covered these and other glaring differences between the two cartridges.
10mm vs .45 ACP – This cartridge comparison was so interesting to us because of how these two cartridges go up earning their reputation. Both are considered heavy hitting rounds that are used for protection from dangerous game and also for bringing the power to stop a home invasion quickly. And what is so interesting is that both are pretty different but get to the same conclusions.
The 10mm is a smaller diameter cal, but it showed higher velocities and higher bullet energies than the .45 ACP. We also did not see much of a difference in the recoil energy generated by these cartridges, but your handgun is going to play a role in that category.
There are advantages to the .45 ACP even though just looking at the numbers might make you think otherwise, and we spend a significant amount of time on this topic. We also take a look at performance when used in a carbine which we think is pretty unique for these articles.
.357 Magnum vs .44 Magnum – In this comparison, we take a look at two magnum handgun cartridges that are high velocity and hard-hitting. Both of these often compete for space in the same niches, so it gives the article some real-world significance.
Just from the names, you can already tell that there are going to be some distinct differences in the numbers for these two cartridges. The .44 Mag is a significantly larger diameter than the .357 Mag and has much heavier bullet weights available. The recoil between these two cartridges can vary, but the .44 Mag often produces a significantly larger amount of recoil than the .357 Mag.
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