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One of the biggest puzzles in physics is that eighty-five percent of the matter in our universe is “dark”: it does not interact with the photons of the conventional electromagnetic force and is therefore invisible to our eyes and telescopes. Although the composition and origin of dark matter are a mystery, we know it exists because astronomers observe its gravitational pull on ordinary visible matter such as stars and galaxies.
Some theories suggest that, in addition to gravity, dark matter particles could interact with visible matter through a new force, which has so far escaped detection. Just as the electromagnetic force is carried by the photon, this dark force is thought to be transmitted by a particle called “dark” photon which is predicted to act as a mediator between visible and dark matter.
“To use a metaphor, an otherwise impossible dialogue between two people not speaking the same language (visible and dark matter) can be enabled by a mediator (the dark photon), who understands one language and speaks the other one,” explains Sergei Gninenko, spokesperson for the NA64 collaboration.
CERN’s NA64 experiment looks for signatures of this visible-dark interaction using a simple but powerful physics concept: the conservation of energy. A beam of electrons, whose initial energy is known very precisely, is aimed at a detector. Interactions between incoming electrons and atomic nuclei in the detector produce visible photons. The energy of these photons is measured and it should be equivalent to that of the electrons. However, if the dark photons exist, they will escape the detector and carry away a large fraction of the initial electron energy.
Therefore, the signature of the dark photon is an event registered in the detector with a large amount of “missing energy” that cannot be attributed to a process involving only ordinary particles, thus providing a strong hint of the dark photon’s existence.
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The government will launch a review on when and where imperial measurements can be used, to coincide with the Queen’s Jubilee weekend.
At the moment, traders must use metric measurements when selling packaged or loose goods – but they can use imperial measurements alongside them.
The review, which had already been signalled, will begin on Friday.
Labour MP Angela Eagle said it was a “pathetic” attempt to “weaponise nostalgia”.
In September, the government said it would review rules on imperial measures as part of broader plans to reshape UK law after Brexit.
A legal requirement to use metric measurements when selling packaged or loose goods was first introduced by the EU in 2000.
The law states that imperial measurements can be displayed as well as metric ones – but cannot be more prominent.
In 2001, the rules became the focus of debate in the UK following the prosecution of the “metric martyrs” – a group of market traders convicted of selling goods using only imperial measures – although have not been rigorously enforced since.
The UK copied the law over when it left the EU to smooth its exit, but the review will now look at how, if at all, the regulation should change.
The BBC understands there is not expected to be any move away from metric units.
Reacting on Twitter, Ms Eagle wrote: “Literally attempting to weaponise nostalgia for a time few can remember & even fewer wish to return to – Pathetic”.
In a statement, Labour’s Shadow Business Secretary, Jonathan Reynolds MP, said: “Small businesses can measure the difference a Labour government would make in pounds and pence with our plan to cut taxes for pubs, cafes, and shops.
“The government should get on with tackling the cost of living and cutting costs for businesses. Labour backs British firms and will make Brexit work for them and consumers.”
Ahead of the Jubilee, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has also released a statement paying tribute to the Queen and her 70 years of service.
“With the first Platinum Jubilee ever, no monarch has ever served the country so long and, more importantly, no monarch has ever served it so well,” he said.
“Providing leadership and wisdom, this remarkable woman has dedicated her life to serving her people and to her beloved Commonwealth.”
He added that the Queen’s “outstanding service extends far beyond these shores”, noting that “she has offered counsel to more than 170 heads of government and has undertaken more than 21,000 official engagements in well over a hundred countries”.
“With all that the past 70 years has thrown at us, Her Majesty has led her country from strength to strength under her steady guidance,” he said.
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Gilbert Soest Click on the links below to find out more
oil on canvas, circa 1660
29 1/2 in. x 24 3/4 in. (749 mm x 629 mm)
- Thomas Stanley (1625-1678), Scholar and humanist. Sitter in 7 portraits.
- Gilbert Soest (circa 1605-1681), Portrait painter. Artist associated with 51 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
The Convention Parliament and Lords proclaim Charles II king after he issues a declaration from Breda offering an indemnity to those who had committed crimes against the crown during the civil war and Interregnum. Charles lands at Dover from The Hague on 25th May to great pomp and ceremony.
Art and science
Diarist Samuel Pepys starts his diary on 1st January, writing in shorthand. The diary became a unique social document, opening with a brief summary of his domestic situation and the political background. Dutch portrait painter, Peter Lely, is appointed principle painter to Charles II.Official foundation of the Royal Society.
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On February 10th and 11th, I attended Concept-based Curriculum and Instruction: For the Thinking Classroom with Lynn Erickson, Ed.D. The two day PD was held at UWC East Campus in a large hall. There were probably over 150 people there and we were seated at large circle tables, about 8 to a table. The tables were labeled a specific grade level or subject area. I ended up at a table of only 3; two grade 3 teachers and one grade 2 teacher.
Erickson spent the two days sharing her theories through a PowerPoint format. There were times we were given butcher paper tasks to do as well. She tried to make it around to spend time with each table, but that proved difficult due to the number of participants.
There was a lot to take in with only two days. I found the information on the Structure of Knowledge, the conceptual lens, and comparisons to PYP thought provoking and I wanted to talk more about it. As I sent out my first tweet, I was hoping to find others who were there and willing to engage in this PD session through the eyes and ears of twitter as well. Unfortunately, I found only one other person. (cheers @cmk1965)
On February 17th and 18th, I attended the 21st Century Learning Conference in Hong Kong. I presented there last year and was facilitating an unconference on Media Literacy this year. The conference strand I was in was the Primary Strand. Friday I was able to go on school tours and interact with teachers and students at CDNIS and CIS. Saturday included different sessions and unconferences. Even before I got there, which was a day late for I could not take more time off school, I was able to be a part of the conference through my colleagues on twitter. Infact the hashtag #21clhk had already been active for weeks before the conference, exciting participants and allowing the sharing to begin. Though I may have been sitting in one area of the hall for keynotes or in a different session or unconference than others, I was still able to share and learn from the fabulous educators on twitter throughout the weekend.
While I recognize these two PD opportunities differ in their design, I still think there was a place for twitter at both. Sometimes it helps to be in the same PD session and have that twitter conversation going on to compliment the session, allowing afterthoughts, questions, and new ideas to surface throughout.
In the end, I am glad I went to both PD opportunities, but thankful to be on twitter and able to engage with and access resources and educators around the world. I prefer to order my PD with a side of twitter! What about you?
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Update: OMG! If you can believe it, even after all this, Richard Tol, in the comments below, is still indulging in a Recursive Fury of Gish gallops. He's taken the new (to him) facts and, instead of letting go of his wacky ideas as he should, he's gone and woven still more new conspiracy theories. (Has Richard not got any friends to have a quiet word in his ear? No-one who cares for him? How sad.)
If you've been following this blog for the past few days, you'll have noticed the fine illustration of denier-weird in action, including a Gish gallop evolving live (here and here).
This article is more by way of a post-script. An extraordinarily long post-script. As you probably know, I don't normally repeat a theme over consecutive days. The reason I'm writing this up as a separate article is because it is a wonderful chance to see how a conspiratorial notion was developed over a few short hours, at the tail end of a Gish gallop.
|It's a conspiracy. I just know it!|
The What: The case of the Abstract IDs
Before I show how the conspiratorial thinking evolved, let me fill you in on the background. Richard Tol raised the issue initially under another guise, what turned out to be "the case of the missing Abstract IDs" in the Cook13 data.
Cook13 is the famous paper that documented the 97% consensus. A team of researchers examined 11,944 abstracts of peer-reviewed papers relating to climate - a collation of twenty years of research papers from 1991 to 2011. They found that 97% of the papers that attributed a cause to recent warming, attributed it to human activity.
After trying on various conspiracy ideations and implying nefarious intent or at least incompetence on the part of the Cook13 research team, Richard Tol pointed to missing "data". Well, as you'll soon see that's not what it was. However by a bit of detective work, I was able to figure out that what Richard was referring to.
I soon worked out that Richard's "missing data" wasn't data at all. It was that there were 411 extra Article IDs (unique identifier numbers) than were accounted for by the papers in the Cook13 research. I figured the missing IDs were related to automatic numbering and removal of some abstracts for one reason or another, It turns out that was correct.
The How: The Uniqueness of Identifiers
After a bit of digging, I discovered that there were three main sequences of ID numbers that had no matching abstracts. In other words, there were gaps in the sequence of ID numbers. I looked at the gaps themselves. There were three lots of sequential numbers, all of which were in the first couple of thousand IDs. Adding them together accounted for all but two of the "missing numbers". This to me was a signal that the sequences represented duplicate entries that had been deleted, or perhaps abstracts from a journal that should have been excluded from the search.
I wasn't too wide of the mark.
I did what any reasonable person would do and I asked John Cook about how there came to be gaps. John Cook kindly got back to me fairly quickly. He said that he downloaded the abstracts for the Cook13 study from the main repository, the Web of Science (WoS). He downloaded the records in smallish batches and loaded them into his own database. In doing so, he inadvertently entered some of them into his database twice.
The database assigned IDs automatically to each new record (abstract), so when John deleted the duplicates, the IDs disappeared too, leaving gaps in the numbering. (Anyone who's worked with an SQL database knows this is normal when you assign automatic unique identifiers to individual records.)
As John Cook said to me - and I'm paraphrasing here (John's language was a tad more colourful):
What programmer would bother filling gaps? Who on earth would obsess about unique identifiers?
And he's right. Unique identifiers are, well, unique. There is one for every record and no two are the same. That's all you need to build relationships and construct queries. They serve no other purpose.
The When: Well Before any Rating Commenced
I've since got back to John and asked him to clarify when this happened. It turns out it all took place several weeks before the research proper began. He had deleted the duplicate entries and had the full database set up well before the researchers began to categorise the abstracts. All the abstracts were in the database before the ratings commenced, except for the late additions to the Web of Science database itself. (WoS continues to add papers over time, sometimes going back to prior years.) The final additions were made to the database in May 2012 - as described in the Cook13 paper.
This was consistent with the highest number of sequential missing IDs being 2128, which is low and indicates it was in one of the earlier of the smallish batches he imported into his database. (The highest Abstract ID number is 12876).
The Evolution of a Wild Conspiracy Theory
Which leads me to the evolution of the smear/conspiratorial ideation. The evolution took place over a few hours. It's classic Recursive Fury: as new facts emerged, rather than discard the conspiracy, it was adapted. It evolved.
As I indicated above, John Cook has clarified that the 411 duplicates were removed well before the researchers began to categorise ratings. This is as I thought, and as the numbers suggest. Richard Tol took my investigative skills, that resolved one of his insinuating questions, and turned it into another of his Gish gallops. It's hard to believe that he would do this, all over 411 missing Abstract IDs. A mere 3% of the total number of abstracts.
Below is a list of the main stages in the development of Richard's conspiracy theory.
In the Beginning: A "Minority" Consensus
As a precursor to the evolution, there was this comment from Richard Tol, which he used as a lead in. Richard wrote in an early comment, talking about his WoS search purportedly yielding 1500 more papers than did Cook13, for which he refused to provide any evidence (which is another story, already told):
The number of papers omitted is sufficiently high to reduce the consensus (as defined by Cook) to a minority.:
Step 1: "Cooks' papers"
While HotWhopper readers were variously picking themselves up off the floor and wiping tears of laughter from their eyes, or cleaning their keyboards, trying to explain to their families, between guffaws, what ailed them so, Richard wrote another comment:
Repeating their query, I found 13,458 papers. Repeating their historical query, I found 13,431 papers.
Cook's data have 12,876 papers. Cook's paper mentions 12,465 papers, of which 11,944 were used.
That is, up to 11% of Cook's observations are unaccounted for.
11% unaccounted for? This provoked further gales of mirth all over. Animals around the world, from the Emperor Penguins down south to the polar bears up north, pricked up their ears in wonder at the sound of so much earthly laughter. (You didn't know that ears of Emperor Penguins and polar bears can prick?)
If you do the sums, you'll see Richard is claiming that between his own "search" and Richard's alleged "Cook's data", there would be 1377 "observations unaccounted for". (Remember that number.)
What a let down. This grand conspiracy that began with the consensus being reduced to a minority, was quickly reduced to eleven per cent of papers "missing". (How often can a minority be classed as a consensus, I wonder?)
Step 2: A conspiratorial suggestion
Richard expanded further, with a hint that "something was wrong", inexplicably increasing his 1377 to 1500 and saying:
There are some 1500 missing abstracts. This is a large number relative to
Cat 1: 64
Cat 2: 922
Cat 5: 54
Cat 6: 15
Cat 7: 9
It is middling number relative to
Cat 3: 2910
It is a small number relative to
Cat 4: 7970
Now I don't know what those 1500 papers said. I just know they're missing.
See what he has casually done? First he dipped into his magician's hat and magically produced an extra 123 more papers out of thin air. Secondly, he's not assumed that additional papers would be apportioned across categories in the same manner as all the other papers. He's hinting that maybe they are all in one or two categories.
There followed more to-ing and fro-ing, with Richard finally agreeing to let go of his "search" conspiracy - at least for the time being. He wrote:
@CFHAs you can see, he still claimed that there were "12,876 papers in Cook's data".
You're welcome to disregard my search.
That still leaves the 12,876 papers in Cook's data versus the 12,465 papers in Cook's paper versus the 11,944 papers that were used in Cook's analysis.
Of the 1500 missing papers, 900 (60%) are missing in Cook's account.
Report 1 from The HotWhopper Detective Agency
Well, I disregarded Richard's "search" for reasons described elsewhere, and focused on his "12,876 papers". The number rang a bell. I'd come across that number before and remembered that it had something to do with the unique identifiers assigned to abstracts.
So I went back to the table I recalled having Abstract IDs. There was only one file available that included Abstract IDs, and it was hiding in plain sight on the SkepticalScience (SkS) web page for The Consensus Project. It was the file listed as: "All the articles listed by Id number (Article Id #, Year of Publication and Paper Title).
I wrote a comment to Richard, letting him know where his number came from, and that although the file had Abstract ID's going to 12,876, there were only 11,944 unique abstracts in the file itself:
Now all he has left is his 12,876 number. That probably came from a text file on the SkS page. The downloadable file described as: All the articles listed by Id number (Article Id #, Year of Publication and Paper Title), has some sort of article ID. It doesn't seem to mean anything. The difference could be journals removed from the search as being irrelevant (eg social science journals). There are only the 11,944 unique abstracts listed in the file.
I also quoted from Cook13, demonstrating Richard was mistaken. The paper showed that there weren't, as he claimed, 12,876 papers. The full data set used in the research comprised 12,465 papers, some of which were eliminated:
The ISI search generated 12 465 papers. Eliminating papers that were not peer-reviewed (186), not climate-related (288) or without an abstract (47) reduced the analysis to 11 944 papers written by 29 083 authors and published in 1980 journals.
Step 3: Ignoring the evidence
Richard ignored what I wrote about his number only relating to ID's not papers, and repeated what he'd said earlier, leaving out anything about his "search". He wrote:
Again, there are 12,876 paper in Cook's data.
There are 12,465 papers in Cook's paper.
The 12,876 is from Cook's data. You can get the file here: http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/8/2/024024/media
Step 4: A small step back
Finally, Richard appeared to backtrack, and for the first time started talking about IDs, instead of "papers", and wrote (my emphasis):
Yes, the number of lines is 11,944. Paper IDs run up to 12,876, however, rather than 12,465 as suggested by Cook.
If the max ID would have been 12,576 the number in the paper may have been a typo, but 12,876 is unlikely.
Report 2 from the HotWhopper Detective Agency
Some time later I provided more results from my detective work, and explained that all that had happened was some records had inadvertently been duplicated, and subsequently deleted. I wrote it out in some detail:
I asked John Cook himself about the numbering. He let me know that I wasn't far off track.
Turns out the IDs were assigned sequentially automatically, as expected. Some duplicates were accidentally added when John re-imported to his database from WoS, so he deleted them. This meant there were gaps in the article IDs.
My own digging supports this. Richard could have done the same if he'd been interested in finding out, instead of just wanting to imply nefarious activity.
I was able to account for all but two of the Abstract IDs in three lots of sequential IDs that have no abstracts attached. This indicates the removal of duplicates, inserted then removed in a batch. It's highly unlikely that there would have been this many sequential non-peer reviewed, for example, or anything else. So that leaves duplicate entries. Here are the numbers of sequential IDs:
Bang goes the last of Richard's gish gallop of protests.
- IDs 5 to 346 inclusive = 342
- IDs 1001 to 1004 inclusive = 4
- IDs 2066 to 2128 inclusive. = 63
- Total = 409 - the other two are probably isolated somewhere.
Step 5: A new conspiracy theory is born
You'd think that would have put an end to the matter. The mystery of the missing IDs was solved.
Not on your life. Richard got up a new head of steam. He manufactured a new conspiracy. He manufactured more than that. On his own blog, he documented it in an article, and misrepresented what I wrote. Here is what he wrote at HotWhopper:
That may be the explanation. The paper indeed speaks of two data downloads. If you are correct, then Cook did not just remove duplicate abstracts. He removed duplicate abstracts that had already been rated -- thus denying himself another opportunity to test inter-rater reliability.
Furthermore, if you are right, Cook replaced ratings from the earlier rating period with ratings from the later rating period. The two periods are markedly and significantly different.
As you can see, he's merged his new conspiracy theory into an old meme of his, that "something must be wrong". He also reckons that ratings changed in some manner over the course of the exercise. Given Richard's known difficulty with numbers, the chances are extremely likely that he got that part wrong as well. That's neither here nor there. The point is that in true recursive fury style, Richard took new information and wove it into a reshaped conspiracy theory.
You could hardly find a better example of Recursive Fury in a single discussion thread, could you.
Saved by the bell - not!
It develops from there. This is how Richard saw it. He refused to accept that the duplicate records were deleted way back when (which they were). He decided that it could only have happened after later records had been added. In other words, He was convinced that 411 abstracts had been rated twice. He wrote:
Cook added abstracts later; see his paper and data.
Later abstracts have higher IDs.
Cook told Sou that there was overlap between the earlier and later set of abstracts.
Sou finds that the abstract with lower IDs were removed from the data. Lowest IDs were removed disproportionally. The default data dump from WoS is latest first. Cook's second data dump focused on recent papers.
The date stamps show that the second data dump was done after first and second ratings were completed for the first data dump.
Now "Cook told Sou" nothing of the sort. He didn't say that there was overlap between earlier and later sets of abstracts. What John Cook said was that he inadvertently added duplicate entries when he added the Web of Science data to his own data base. And that he subsequently deleted these entries.
When he answered my first query, John made no comment about exactly when this took place. It was Richard, no-one else, who decided it must have been after the cataloguing had proceeded after the first and second ratings had been completed. He was wrong.
Richard's interpretation fitted his two years smear campaign of flawed methodology (as if) and nefarious intent (as if). Richard was heavily invested in finding "something wrong". Having lost on every point so far, he was determined to find something, anything. He must have thought to himself "saved by the bell".
Richard didn't ask anyone, he proceeded to weave an ever more intricate conspiracy web. He wrote, arguing with one of the people who worked on Cook13:
Here's the timeline:
Download first batch of abstracts
Rate abstracts from first batch
Download second batch of abstracts
Remove duplicates from FIRST batch
Rate abstracts from second batch
No last chances
But that's not at all how it went down. As John Cook explained to me initially, he downloaded the first full set of abstracts and then, in a second step, proceeded to load them into his database. In smaller batches. That was when the duplication occurred. I didn't bother trying to explain all that initially. Why would I? Surely it was sufficient to explain that in the process of building the SQL database, duplicate entries were inadvertently added and then deleted.
But I didn't count on an uber conspiracy theorist, Richard Tol. Someone who has invested a huge amount of time and energy over two years, trying to find "something wrong". Anything at all. And failing dismally. This was a survey with whose results Richard agreed, mind you.
Richard had run out of options and must have seen this as his last chance at redemption.
Admitting to being a receiver of stolen property
Richard was so desperate that he finally admitted where he got his 12,876 number from. It wasn't from the only file released by Cook13 that had Abstract ID's listed. No. Why would Richard look at official material when there was stolen information he could play with?
The comment below explains why Richard wasn't previously able to say where he got his number from. He was understandably reluctant to admit he was unethical. (It's not a good look for an academic to say they are relying on misinterpretations of stolen snippets to build a smear campaign.) Richard wrote:
Recall that the date stamps were released.
I quickly responded, letting everyone, including Richard, know that there were no files with date stamps released. And for very good reasons (see here). And that I noted his admission. (Richard was referring to files he got from some script kiddie who hacked SkS.)
The inevitable (?) smear
Richard kept reaching beyond the information available to him, to try to justify his increasingly complex conspiracy theory. He finally presented his "theory" in all its glory, smear and all. I relegated it to the HotWhoppery for obvious reasons. He wrote:
Removing data is always bad, and removing data without telling is worse.
In this case, data from the first round of rating seem to have been replaced by data from the second round of rating. Ratings were materially and significantly different between the two rounds, so the final results are affected.
So all his conspiracy theorising was leading to that one point. Smear. Unadulterated, unjustified smear.
The real story is quite a let down, after all that
For all you conspiracy theorists out there, you are going to be sadly disappointed. Richard's theory is without any foundation whatever.
Here again are the simple facts. Just a repeat of what I've already written. Since I've lead you through all of Richard's conspiratorial hoops, your mind is probably reeling. So here is the prosaic tale once more.
It turns out that all the abstracts available at the time were loaded into the SQL database several weeks before the start of the Cook13 categorisations. After getting the data from WoS, John Cook loaded it into his SQL data base in batches. In the first few batches he accidentally added some duplicate abstracts, and so he deleted them.
All this took place well before the research proper began. The full SQL database was prepared in advance of the categorisation. Well, that's sensible, I hear you saying. You wouldn't ask people to rate non-existent abstracts in an empty database, would you. You'd set it up and make sure it's all working first.
So it was some weeks before the exercise began that John deleted the duplicate entries. All the abstracts were in the database long before the ratings commenced, except for the late additions to the Web of Science database itself. (WoS continues to add papers over time, sometimes going back to prior years.) The final additions were made to the database in May 2012 - as described in the Cook13 paper.
A final word
You may recall the number of duplicated abstract IDs - it's a mere 411. It's only three per cent of all the 11,944 abstracts in the final set. If they hadn't been picked up by the astute project leader, they would scarcely have made a difference to the main result, even were the sample skewed slightly one way or another.
Being astute, you'll have noticed the downs and downs of Richard's conspiracy, that he couldn't quite let go altogether.
- It started with his "minority" comment - that he could show that more than half of all papers that attributed a cause to global warming, would attribute it to anything but human causes. He let that notion drop without a word.
- This quickly shrank to eleven per cent of "papers" were missing - and by Richard's conspiratorial thinking, meant the consensus was less than 97%.
- It soon shrank again, to just 3% - in Richard's weird mind, this represented papers that were "missing".
- Finally it all but disappeared altogether as Richard accepted the 3% were duplicate papers. That there were no "missing" papers at all.
- He wasn't willing to let it go quite as far as zero, however, He decided that the duplicate IDs meant that the ratings were skewed somehow (though he didn't say how).
What a strange tale.
The fuss that university professor, Richard Tol, made about this would not be believed if the evidence wasn't here in black and white. You wouldn't credit it, but Richard Tol isn't just a run of the mill denier at WUWT, he actually holds down a job at The University of Sussex. He is a Professor of Economics. Hard to accept, I know. He's even been a lead author in one of the working groups (not the physical science one) of the latest IPCC report, until he quit - mostly. He's also on the advisory board, with a whole bunch of ratbags, of the UK denier organisation, the Global Warming Policy Foundation.
The First Law of Tol:
Related HotWhopper articles
- Deconstructing the 97% self-destructed Richard Tol - 27 March 2015
- The fall and fall of Gish galloping Richard Tol's smear campaign - 29 March 2015
- BUSTED: How Ridiculous Richard Tol makes myriad bloopers and a big fool of himself and proves the 97% consensus - 5 June 2014
- Ridiculous Richard Tol sez 12,000 is a strange number... - 7 June 2014
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Air travel has the biggest impact on the climate per trip, but travelling long distances alone by car could be just as bad for one’s carbon footprint, a new study has found.
The study was conducted by researchers at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo (CICERO) and published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology.
The researchers compared the climate impacts of different forms of transport for a travel distance of between 500km and 1000km, typical of business or holidays trips.
The researchers calculated the carbon impacts of various forms of transport by considering vehicle occupancy, fuel efficiency and climate impact over time.
Jens Borken-Kleefeld, Research Scholar on Mitigation of Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gases at IIASA and co-author of the study, said the formula was globally applicable.
“We took the example of Europe because we come from here and we understand the transport systems here, but the chemical and physical mechanism works the same,” he said.
“If you want to adapt the study to Australia, I think you have to choose the right aircraft – this isn’t a big deal because there’s only two air companies globally, so it’s either Boeing or Airbus that you’re flying. The trickier variable is the amount of pollution that’s coming out from the engines.”
Air vs car
Aviation was shown to have the biggest climate impact per person per distance travelled.
Its climate impact was shown to double when “short-term climate forcers” such as condensation trails that form behind travelling aircraft, thin wispy clouds called cirrus clouds and ozone were taken into consideration.
The study showed that even a couple of passengers in a small diesel car could leave a smaller carbon footprint than the average coach or train, which are shown to have the least climate impact on the whole.
“Here we differentiate load factors so that if you look at the diagram you can read that, ‘OK, this is the number of passengers in my car, this is my climate impact’,” Dr Borken-Kleefeld said.
“Now you can compare it and see what would be the equivalent if I travelled on train or if I took the aircraft?”
Dr Borken-Kleefeld said his study’s conclusions could be useful for transport policy-makers.
Cameron Gordon, transport economist from the University of Canberra, thought the results were “generally transferable” to an Australian context, but the method to obtain them was “all too simple to get a more definite measure of emissions based on travel choices in a particular city or region or country.”
Professor Gordon, who was not involved in the study, said it would be difficult “transferring the results from Germany, which has a certain road network, and of course no maximum speeds on their autobahns [highways] – which would be worse for emissions, per mile travelled by car – to the kind of conditions we have here, with lower speeds and longer distances.”
Dr. Borken-Kleefeld agreed, but pointed out that key to the climate impact from car travel is the fuel economy.
“Hence transferring our findings to Australian cars means adjusting for the local fuel economy, and then you can essentially read off the result,” he said.
Jago Dodson, Director of the Urban Research Program at Griffith University, said that the study was easily applicable to the Australian context.
“Our vehicle-emissions profiles would not be completely different to those in Germany, and it would give you some indication of the relative carbon impact of the different modes of travel between say, Sydney and Melbourne or Sydney and Brisbane,” said Associate Professor Dodson, who was not involved in the study.
“Where the study might be of interest in Australia would be around debates about the high-speed rail project, or the potential for constructing high-speed rail links between Sydney and Melbourne,” he said.
“What the study does indicate is there’s a fairly substantial climate impact saving from switching away from aircraft to trains or diesel coaches, so certainly this could be used as a starting point for further consideration for a high-speed rail option.” | <urn:uuid:c2c97e28-d0ab-430f-9037-1a7cad0a82a5> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://theconversation.com/long-solo-car-trips-as-bad-as-air-travel-for-climate-study-15678 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280791.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00361-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961007 | 919 | 3.4375 | 3 |
Removal & Installation
While it may be possible to service the ignition switch and lock cylinder with the steering column in the vehicle, on some vehicles, the column may have to be removed so the plastic column shrouds can be disassembled to expose the upper steering column. Look the job over carefully to determine if the ignition lock cylinder can be serviced on your vehicle with the column in place.
If the steering column must be removed, use great care handling the column since the column is extremely susceptible to damage. Remember that the steering column is designed to collapse in a collision. Dropping the steering column assembly on its end could collapse the steering shaft or loosen the plastic injections which maintain column rigidity. Leaning on the column could cause the jacket to bend or deform. Never place the column directly in a vise. GM recommends their holding fixture which is basically just a piece of steel angle. One end of the angle is clamped in the vise. The column then bolts to the other angle, using the column's original mounting bracket. A similar holding tool could be shop-made. Under no conditions should the end of the shaft be hammered on as hammering could loosen the plastic injections which maintain steering column rigidity.
- Disconnect the negative battery cable.
- Disable the SIR (air bag) system. Refer to the Chassis Electrical Section.
- Locate the bolts that secure the steering column jacket assembly to the instrument panel subframe. The column will tend to drop towards the seat as the bolts are loosened. Use care handling the column. In many cases, simply lowering the column allows enough room for service work.
If it is necessary to remove the column from the vehicle, at the bottom of the column, remove the pinch bolt from the intermediate steering shaft assembly universal joint. The intermediate steering shaft is the shaft that goes through the floor/cowl, connecting the steering column to the rack and pinion steering gear assembly. Carefully work the column free of the intermediate steering shaft joint and remove the column from the vehicle.
WARNINGOnce the steering column is removed from the vehicle, the column is extremely susceptible to damage. Handle the column carefully.
- If it was necessary to remove the column from the vehicle, secure the steering column so it won't be damaged. Never place the column directly in a vise. GM recommends their holding fixture which is basically just a piece of steel angle. One end of the angle is clamped in the vise. The column then bolts to the other angle, using the column's original mounting bracket. A similar holding tool could be shop-made.
- If the column is still in the vehicle, and if necessary, the tilt lever can be removed. The tilt lever simply snaps in place. Carefully rock the lever back and forth while pulling it from the steering column
- Remove the two screws from the lower shroud and remove the lower shroud. It may be helpful to tilt the shroud down and slide it back to disengage the locking tabs.
- Locate and remove the two screws retaining the upper shroud. If the column is still in the vehicle, the upper shroud likely won't remove all the way since the plastic shroud surrounds the lock cylinder. Just lift the upper shroud enough to gain access to the lock cylinder release hole.
Remove the lock cylinder using the following procedure:
- If the column is still in the vehicle, verify that the negative battery cable has been disconnected.
- Hold the key in the START position.
- Using a 1 / 16 inch Allen wrench push down on the lock cylinder retaining pin.
- Release the key to the RUN position and pull the steering column lock cylinder set from the lock module assembly.
Position the upper shroud and steering column lock cylinder set observing the following:
- Place the key in the lock cylinder and in the RUN position.
- Make sure the sector gear in the lock module assembly is in the RUN position.
- Position the lock cylinder to the upper steering column shroud.
- Line up the locking tabs and positioning tab with the slots in the lock module assembly and push the cylinder into position.
- Position the upper shroud and install the two retaining screws.
- Install the lower shroud taking care to align the slots on the lower shroud with the tabs on the upper shroud. Tilt the lower shroud up and snap the two shrouds together. Secure with the retaining screws.
- Position the shift lever seal and multifunction lever seal into position.
- Install the tilt lever to the steering column by snapping into place.
- Install the steering column (or raise back into place, if there was enough room to perform this procedure by simply lowering the column). Install the retaining bolts. Carefully torque to 35 ft. lbs. (47 Nm).
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"Arguably the most distinctive feature of the early Christian literature," writes Bart Ehrman, "is the degree to which it was forged." The Homilies and Recognitions of Clement; Paul's letters to and from Seneca; Gospels by Peter, Thomas, and Philip; Jesus' correspondence with Abgar, letters by Peter and Paul in the New Testament - all forgeries. To cite just a few examples.
Forgery and Counterforgery is the first comprehensive study of early Christian pseudepigrapha ever produced in English. In it, Ehrman argues that ancient critics - pagan, Jewish, and Christian - understood false authorial claims to be a form of literary deceit, and thus forgeries. Ehrman considers the extent of the phenomenon, the "intention" and motivations of ancient Greek, Roman, and Jewish forgers, and reactions to their work once detected. He also assesses the criteria ancient critics applied to expose forgeries and the techniques forgers used to avoid detection.
With the wider practices of the ancient world as backdrop, Ehrman then focuses on early Christian polemics, as various Christian authors forged documents in order to lend their ideas a veneer of authority in literary battles waged with pagans, Jews, and, most importantly, with one another in internecine disputes over doctrine and practice. In some instances a forger directed his work against views found in another forgery, creating thereby a "counter-forgery." Ehrman's evaluation of polemical forgeries starts with those of the New Testament (nearly half of whose books make a false authorial claim) up through the Pseudo-Ignatian epistles and the Apostolic Constitutions at the end of the fourth century.
Shining light on an important but overlooked feature of the early Christian world, Forgery and Counterforgery explores the possible motivations of the deceivers who produced these writings, situating their practice within ancient Christian discourses on lying and deceit.
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Probably a better read than a listen.
While the narrator did a great job, this is just one of those books that doesn't translate well into an audiobook.
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Ralf Schlatterbeck from Vienna has posted another article on the much – contested PPL question. See below – after a short introduction.
Most of our readers might remember the article „Socialist Licenses?“ by Stefan Meretz which was published recently here in Keimform.
On 20th of March, Michel Bauwens replied in the P2P weblog. His key argument is the following: „the present fully-sharing open licenses which allow unrestricted commercial exploitation create a ‘communism of capital’, i.e. a sphere of open knowledge, code and design, which is subsumed to the present dominant political economy. But what we need is an autonomous sphere of peer production, in which commoners and peer producers can create their own livelyhood, while staying in the sphere of the commons. In other words, we need a ‘capital for the commons’. The best way to achieve that is to converge the sphere of immaterial commons contributions, with a sphere of cooperative accumulation through which the surplus value can stay within the sphere of commons/cooperative production.“
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It has been months in the making, but I’m really pleased to be able to announce my next big project – Generation Food.
Everyone knows we live with a broken food system, but often it is easier to focus on the bad news rather than the good. In fact, we are surrounded by communities that already know how to feed the world for our generation, and for generations to come. From Malawi to Michigan, people and organizations are building better ways to eat today so that all of us can eat well tomorrow. This knowledge demands to be shared and spread.
Changing the food system couldn’t be more urgent. All signs point to that conclusion, whether you consider the droughts, floods and fires caused by climate change, the rise in global food prices, or that the health effects of our current food system is predicted to shorten children’s lives. Better, SMARTER ways of growing food, and feeding the world are needed, now.
That’s why we’re developing a new documentary, book and multimedia project, called Generation Food.
We want to show how ordinary women and men around the worldare overcoming obstacles and “setting the table” for themselves, their communities, and generations to come. Generation Food is our way of sharing the resilience and wisdom of these communities with you, and yours with them online, on screen, on paper and in person.
Led by documentary-making legend and award-winning director, Steve James, of Hoop Dreams and The Interrupters, and best-selling author Raj Patel, of The Value of Nothing and Stuffed and Starved, our team of fourteen researchers has worked for over a year to find some of the most inspiring stories from across the world.
From a climate-change-ready farming system in Cuba, to a way of cooking and eating that transforms women’s lives in Malawi, there are amazing experiences to share across the table, and across the world.
Stories That Matter
In the Peruvian highlands, for instance, indigenous farmers have lost a quarter of their growing season to climate change. In response, communities haven’t just invented better ways to farm the 700 native varieties of potato at 11,000 feet, but also have markets with sliding-scale prices, to make sure that no one goes hungry for lack of money.
It is through sharing surprising ideas and deep knowledge that we can build the foundation for global food stability for generations to come. We are eager to launch Generation Food’s online content platform to share peoples’ ideas for action. We want to start filming a documentary. We want to work with communities around the world, including yours.
But all of this takes money. You’ve heard of fair trade food? Well, we want to practice fair trade film making, making sure everyone from our researchers to hired hands are paid properly. And we can’t do it without you. We’re looking for your support to launch this project at www.indiegogo.com/GenerationFoodProject
We are giving ourselves 6 weeks to achieve our fundraising goal of $50,000, today through August 17th.
Can you help us?
1. Support Us – go to our Indiegogo fundraising page. Watch our amazing campaign video, and check out our great ‘thank you’ gifts, which include lunch with Alice Waters, exclusive music, limited edition laser discs and- for the first week of the campaign only! – postcards from Cuba.
2. Join Us – become part of Generation Food. Connect with us online, let us know about your story, what you are working to change, and inspire more people.
3. Share Us – Help us by sharing Generation Food with your friends to help us reach as many people as possible. Post our campaign link: http://www.indiegogo.com/GenerationFoodProject, on Facebook, Twitter, or share a conversation over a meal. The simple act of sharing will help us raise awareness about our campaigns aims, catch the attention of more change-makers, and attract more money to get the project on the road. Best of all, it’ll help spark the conversations we need to transform the way we eat today.
4. Follow Us – Keep in touch with the project and the campaign. Steve and Raj will be sending updates from Japan, Cuba, Peru and the United States.
We’re @FoodGeneration on Twitter, and we’ve got some sample tweets to make sharing easier:
Help @_Raj Patel & Steve James, director of Hoop Dreams, tell stories abt the global food system in @GenerationFoodbit.ly/NxVRub
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Scientists have added another dinosaur species to the prehistoric catalog, and this one was found in present-day Utah.
Researchers working in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument discovered the new species of dinosaur— a large, horned, herbivorous creature that could have been anywhere from 19 to 26 feet long and weighed in at one to two tons. It took them three field seasons to excavate the fossils.
The dinosaur, named Machairoceratops cronusi, is thought to have lived about 77 million years ago. It’s uncommon for a dinosaur of this type to be discovered in this region of the United States, as usually their fossils are found in places like Alaska and Montana.
“Even in a place like western North America, where intense work has been conducted over the past 150 years, we are still finding species new to science," Patrick O’Connor, a coauthor on the study reporting the find, said in a statement.
This dinosaur dwelled during the Cretaceous Period in a part of North America that scientists call Laramidia, which was to the west of a sea that divided the continent. This new discovery, found in southern Laramidia, is different from dinosaurs from the same group found in the northern part of Laramidia, suggesting that these dinosaurs lived in two different regions and thus comprised two sub-groups that were shaped differently by evolution.
Dinosaurs in this group, called Centrosaurine ceratopsids, had horns, beaks, and neck shields.
“Machairoceratops is unique in possessing two large, forward curving spikes off of the back of the neck shield, each of which is marked by a peculiar groove extending from the base of the spike to the tip, the function of which is currently unknown,” Erik Lund, one of the researchers involved in the discovery, said in a statement.
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Avian Flu in the US: High-Path, Low-Path and its Link to Other Poultry Diseases06 May 2016
GLOBAL - The most dangerous characteristic of avian influenza is its ability to mutate quickly from a low-pathogenic disease of the respiratory tract to a high-pathogenic disease with mortality rates up to 100%, explained David Swayne, DVM, PhD, research veterinarian with the USDA.
“Once these low-pathogenic strains enter a commercial poultry flock, the virus circulates throughout the flock and has the potential to mutate into the high-pathogenic H5 and H7 strains, which spread rapidly resulting in high mortality levels,” he told Poultry Health Today.
As early as 1987, low-pathogenic forms of avian influenza (AI) were identified in flocks of wild birds in the US that experienced very little infection or mortality.
Even though low-pathogenic strains of AI are not known for high mortality, co-infections with other respiratory diseases including infectious bronchitis and infectious bursal disease can increase production losses and mortality levels, the veterinarian said.
‘Doesn’t matter which’
“It doesn’t matter which infection is present first, any co-infection increases the severity of both diseases,” Swayne added.
In early 2015, highly pathogenic H5 strains of AI spread quickly between flocks and poultry farms across the US resulting in the destruction of approximately 48 million chickens and turkeys. Low-pathogenic AI was also reported in turkey flocks in Indiana in January 2016 and in Missouri in April 2016.
“The AI virus can be spread through various paths including clothing, vehicles, dust and windblown particles,” Swayne said. “The exact pathway of infection may never identified.”
Poultry producers quickly learned the importance of biosecurity during the 2015 outbreaks and began implementing strict protocols in an effort to help slow the spread of the disease.
Education key to detection
Education is the key to early detection of an AI infection. It is critical that everyone involved in poultry production — from the farm workers and veterinarians to the testing labs — is educated and trained to identify the signs of AI.
“The AI outbreak in Indiana [in early 2016] began in ducks and birds of prey as a low-pathogenic strain,” Swayne explained. “Once it entered the commercial operation, it began circulating and mutated into a highly pathogenic H7 strain.”
Increased surveillance on the part of poultry producers and veterinarians helped identify the 2016 Indiana outbreak before it became widespread, he added. The Missouri outbreak in late April was still being investigated at the time of this report.
Vaccination programs for AI remain a hot topic for poultry producers worldwide.
Swayne said because the US can’t live with highly pathogenic AI, the best solution for control is complete eradication of the disease or a “stamping-out” program involving humane euthanasia and ecologically sound disposal.
In other countries with poor infrastructure and limited diagnostic and testing programs, vaccination for AI is often the only viable option for poultry production.
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President George W. Bush says unequivocally, "Racial profiling is wrong
and we will end it in America." Don't look now, Mr. President, but the
Supreme Court just made racial profiling permissible when it comes to
drawing congressional districts.
I was astounded to read about the Supreme Court's decision in Hunt vs.
Cromartie. In a split decision, the court said that racially gerrymandering
a congressional district is acceptable if it's the legislature's intent to
create a "safe democratic district." The court emphasized the fact that the
black community overwhelmingly votes Democratic between 95 percent and 97
percent of the time and is much less likely than white Democrats to "cross
over" and vote for Republicans. If this isn't racial profiling, then what
The Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling, which held that the
North Carolina legislature had violated the Equal Protection Clause of the
Constitution by using race as a predominant factor in drawing the boundaries
of the 12th Congressional District. By doing so, the court made it
permissible for legislatures to separate voters based on the color of their
What would happen if bankers rather than legislators drew lines on a map
in this fashion and circumscribed an irregular-looking geographical enclave
in which the bank would not make as many loans as it does in the surrounding
areas? And what if that enclave just happened to comprise a
disproportionately large number of African-American residents? The result
would be considered to have an unacceptable "disparate impact" on the black
Under the Community Reinvestment Act, the perimeter of such an enclave
would be treated as de facto "redlining" and considered prima facie evidence
of unconstitutional racial discrimination in the bank's lending practices.
Courts assuredly would reject a defense by the bank that it is simply an
unfortunate coincidence that a disproportionate number of African-Americans
happen to live inside the enclave.
However, in Hunt vs. Cromartie, the court's majority essentially employed
similar reasoning to justify the existence of "black districts" and in the
process legitimized what can only be called racial political branding. The
majority opinion argued that by virtue of the fact the black community votes
overwhelmingly Democratic and crosses over to Republican candidates far less
than white Democrats do, "a legislature trying to secure a safe Democratic
seat by placing reliable Democratic precincts within a district may end up
with a district containing more heavily African-American precincts for
political, not racial, reasons."
Unfortunately, some Republican and Democratic party officials view the
court's decision as an opportunity to further their electoral goals. That
should be particularly disturbing for conservative Republicans, who long
have argued that principle should trump politics, especially when it comes
to race. By placing politics above principle in this way, both parties would
further Balkanize the country along racial lines.
Finally, the court held that "Because North Carolina's African-American
voters are overwhelmingly Democratic voters, one cannot easily distinguish a
legislative effort to create a majority African-American district from a
legislative effort to create a safely Democratic district." Can you imagine
the political fallout if this case were about racial profiling by police
rather than gerrymandering congressional districts by state legislators?
In effect, the Supreme Court has de jure resanctioned segregation simply
because it is difficult to distinguish the race component from the political
component due to the high degree of correlation between the two. Therefore,
herding black voters into Democratic political ghettos is fine with the
court, so long as the legislature can point to other factors (e.g.,
political and geographical) as an excuse for doing so. How fair is that to
black Republicans and white Democrats who are effectively disenfranchised by
having their votes diluted out of existence?
The Supreme Court should be careful of the precedent they are setting. By
substituting their personal considerations about the proper outcome of the
case in place of judicial review, they are paving the way toward eradicating
the spirit of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. A word of
caution to Democratic and Republican party officials who would exploit the
court's decision because it happens to favor their short-term political
strategies: The law is a two-edged sword. The facts may be on your side
today, but the precedent created here may work against you tomorrow, as it
did a century and a half ago, when blacks voted Republican because it was
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Turkey most popular by tourist places are located on the Mediterranean coast of the country. “Antalya coast” and “Turkey Riviera” names are also used for Turkey Mediterranean coast. Tourists are attracted by warm sea and mild climate of the local resorts.
In winter, the temperature rarely fall below 5 - 10°C here and the water 18°C. The water temperature is kept around 28-30°C in summer. The sun shines 300 days of the year here. The swimming season in these beaches begins in April and ends in November only. The capital of the Turkish Riviera is Antalya. The main resorts of Antalya coast are: Antalya, Kemer, Belek, Side, and Alanya.
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Antalya is the main resort city on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. This region is known as the “Turkish Riviera” and attracts huge number of tourists every year. Antalya region was recognized by UNESCO as one of the cleanest places in the country. There are beautiful beaches, warm sea, comfortable Mediterranean climate, good infrastructure. In the surroundings of Antalya you will find many attractions and beautiful places. Antalya Airport receives flights from many countries. Many people from various European countries have purchased property here in recent years. Most tourists come here during the period from April to October.
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Alanya is a resort town in Turkey, located at distance 135 kilometers to east of Antalya. Alanya was used as a seaside resort for over 800 years. Today tourists from Europe are attracted by warm and gentle sea, long beaches and interesting history. Among popular city attractions are: Damlatash cave, the ancient fortress of the XIII century, the “Red Tower” (Kizil Kule).
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Marmaris is an important port and resort on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey (on the boundary between the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean). During the hot tourist season it takes about 300-400 thousand tourists. It is “Sailing capital of Turkey”. The city provides excellent opportunities for sailing and water sports, as well as for marine excursions along the coastal strip of the Aegean Sea.
Fethiye (the ancient name Telmessos) is an area of Turkey and resort town in south-western Turkey. It is located at a distance 135 km southeast of Marmaris. The town population is about 65,000 people. The city is located at the foot of the mountains covered with pine and cedar forests on the banks of the beautiful bay. Among historical attractions in the city are remains of the ancient Roman Theater, ruins of a medieval knight's castle of XV century. At a distance about 40 kilometers from the town is the Dalaman Airport. Fethiye is one of the most beautiful resorts in the Mediterranean coast. This place is especially popular with tourists from Great Britain and Germany. Reportedly more than 7,000 people from the UK permanently reside here.
Kemer is a very famous resort in Turkey. It is located 40 kilometers to west of Antalya in a picturesque location, between the steep peaks of the Taurus Mountain range and the azure waters of the Mediterranean Sea. The city's population is 20.1 thousand inhabitants (2010). Kemer and its surroundings offer a lot of different hotels, from budget hotels to luxury five star hotels. Kemer resort area includes areas Beldibi Goynuk, Kemer, Kiris, Chamyuva, Tekirova.
Side town is located at a distance 75 kilometers to east of Antalya. This ancient city has rich history. For fans of historical sites around the city is a lot of buildings of ancient times (remains of ancient fortresses, temples of Apollo and Athena, theater, baths).
Belek is located at a distance about 30 kilometers to east of Antalya. It is one of the newest resorts in the Republic of Turkey. Development of tourism infrastructure and recreation facilities started here in 1984. It is one of the world famous resort centers now. One of the important directions of development of the city is to promote the game of golf. Belek is one of the most famous golf centers not only Turkey, but also around the world. The resort is surrounded by the famous pine forests, specially planted by Sultan Abdullaize II.
Gazipaşa (Gazipaşa) is city in the province of Antalya, located approximately 40 kilometers to east of Alanya. The distance to Antalya is 180 km. Until recently, the Gazipasa has been known as an agricultural region of Turkey. There grow mmany fruits and vegetables (citrus, bananas). There are both rocky areas and sandy beaches on the coast. Some beaches in Gazipaşa are used as nesting places by sea turtles. Construction is prohibited in such places. City and Region Gazipaşa is actively developing as a tourist center. To attract tourists here are a good climate, beautiful nature (sea and mountain) and historical sights. Marina and berths for cruise ships will start to operate in the near future.
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Last week, amid continuing strikes and protests, French rail and mass transit workers ended a strike begun on December 5 against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension cuts. Financially exhausted, workers ended the longest continuous strike in France since the May 1968 general strike. As anger builds against Macron and other political representatives of the banks internationally, it is time to draw a balance sheet of this strategic experience of the international working class.
The strike, which rallied support among ongoing “yellow vest” protests, showed the vast power of the working class. Though it slashed economic activity and disrupted commutes, two-thirds of the population supported it against Macron. Strikers knew they were part of a global resurgence of class struggle involving mass protests in Algeria, Iraq and across Latin America, strikes of US teachers and auto workers, and tens of millions of Indian workers striking against anti-Muslim laws.
A revolutionary mood is emerging. Calls of “revolution” and “general strike” echoed in protests by millions across France, as demands for a walkout circulated in ports, refineries, and auto plants.
However, the outcome exposed all the pseudo-left parties that called to resolve this conflict via union negotiations with Macron. The Stalinist General Confederation of Labor (CGT) union and French Communist Party (PCF), the big-business Socialist Party, the Pabloite New Anti-capitalist Party and postmodernist “left populist” Jean-Luc Mélenchon signed a brief joint appeal to Macron to “withdraw your plan.” They begged Macron for “immediate talks with the unions on a fair and democratic pension plan that leads to progress for all, without raising the retirement age.”
Instead of mobilizing the working class, however, the CGT and its allies sabotaged the strike, letting Macron proceed. The unions isolated the rail and transit strike, calling no broader strikes in other industries, and paid out only a miserable handful of euros in strike pay over six weeks of rail strikes. Macron could then send his pension-cutting bill to the Council of Ministers Friday, preparing the negotiation of final budget details with the unions and its passage to the National Assembly.
Macron’s policy is to send riot police to crush all opposition. Using armored cars, water cannon and tear gas against protesters, police have arrested over 10,000 people since “yellow vest” protests began in 2018. Brazenly decorating police units responsible for atrocities at protests—like the killings of bystanders Zineb Redouane and Steve Caniço and the nearly fatal assault on elderly protester Geneviève Legay—Macron uses the police as attack dogs for the banks.
Macron leads a violent dictatorship. It planned its pension cuts with finance firms and BlackRock, the $6 trillion global investment firm, which anticipate a windfall as state pensions are slashed 20, 30 percent or more. Insurance firm AXA wrote in a recent ad for wealthy investors that they should buy private pension plans to face “the planned long-term decline in state pension levels.” As for workers, the state intends them to be impoverished after retirement.
The police state’s conscious enmity to the workers is epitomized by Paris Police Prefect Didier Lallement’s curt remark to a Parisian criticizing police brutality at a “yellow vest” protest: “We are not in the same camp, madam.”
Key political and strategic lessons for workers internationally flow from this strike. As the Parti de l’égalité socialiste (PES) warned, there is nothing for workers to negotiate with Macron and, behind him, the international markets and the capitalist financial aristocracy. Stopping the police state’s plans to impoverish the population requires bringing down Macron. However, waging such a struggle requires building committees of action, rank-and-file organizations of the working class independent of the unions, to mobilize far broader layers of workers against him.
The Macron government, isolated and despised, can barely protect itself from the rising outrage in the population. After news magazines reported last autumn that Macron’s family lives in terror of insurrection, he finally dared make a public appearance last week, at the Bouffes du nord theater in Paris. He and his wife Brigitte soon had to flee, however, after his presence provoked protests.
What workers lack is not strength in numbers, courage or determination, but organization, political perspective and leadership. The unions approved the French transit strike last year in a desperate bid to keep control of the workers, after repeated wildcat strikes at the National Railways. Despite this tactical shift, however, they continued to play the central role in negotiating austerity and stabilizing the capitalist regime.
The union bureaucracy did not organize a determined struggle against Macron, but negotiated the pension cuts with him, isolated strikes and opposed a broader struggle. This reflects the unions’ material interests: the French unions’ €4 billion yearly budget is largely funded by the state and business groups. Their class role was exposed by the record of the CGT-PCF’s Greek ally, the Syriza (“Coalition of the Radical Left”) government: it took power in 2015 after an eruption of protests by Greek workers and youth, only to impose draconian EU cuts.
The reactionary role of what the ruling class long falsely marketed as the “left” is a warning: to bring down Macron, workers cannot transfer power to another part of France’s bankrupt political establishment or another faction of the police-state machine. Power must go to the workers who produce the wealth of society and who, in France and internationally, are demonstrating their readiness to fight capitalism. Just over a century after the October 1917 revolution, the question of transferring state power to the working class has re-emerged.
The construction of a new revolutionary vanguard is now decisive. Already, a vast network of “yellow vest” assemblies, strike committees and social media protest groups has formed. After the setback suffered by the initial strike against Macron, the task is to clarify the political tasks that are posed for workers and youth already drawn into the struggle, and to draw broader layers, both in France and internationally, into the fight.
The French section of the International Committee of the Fourth International, the Parti de l’égalité socialiste, is the Marxist vanguard party in France, founded in irreconcilable opposition to the crimes and the betrayals of the working class by Stalinism and the pseudo-left. Its role, as Lenin wrote of the vanguard party in his classic work What is to Be Done?, is “to saturate the proletariat with the consciousness of its position and the consciousness of its task." Lenin stressed, "There would be no need for this if consciousness arose of itself from the class struggle.”
The global wave of strikes and struggles by the working class, of which the movement against austerity in France is just one manifestation, is only beginning. The PES will seek to orient workers and youth in France to this global upsurge of the working class in the struggle to end the outmoded capitalist system and replace it with socialism. | <urn:uuid:6dc3b358-bdd0-49d6-8b1e-858ec0e548de> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/29/pers-j29.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.942288 | 1,491 | 1.585938 | 2 |
Participants Needed for Research Study on the Role of Exercise and Health Education in Preventing Disability
PITTSBURGH, March 3, 2010 – Seniors are needed to find out whether exercise or health education can prevent disability in a multi-center study being launched at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. The Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders (LIFE) Study, sponsored by the National Institute on Aging, will explore whether walking, stretching, and balance and strength training in people ages 70 to 89 reduces their risk of “walking disability,” the inability to walk a quarter of a mile.
“Mobility problems are a major quality of life issue for older people,” said Anne B. Newman, M.D., M.P.H., professor of epidemiology and medicine, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, and co-principal investigator of Pitt’s LIFE Study. “They risk losing independence and needing assistive care. There is some evidence that exercise can help prevent walking disability, but we need to know much more about how it may help in real-world settings.”
Participants will be randomly assigned to receive either education about healthy aging or training in stretching, balance, leg exercises and walking. After following the participants for three years, researchers will evaluate whether the physical activity intervention reduced the risk of major walking disability, serious falls and disability associated with daily living, and improved cognitive function. They also will assess the intervention’s cost-effectiveness.
Pitt’s LIFE Study seeks to enroll 200 participants who are at risk of walking disability at the start of the study. The study is being led by the University of Florida’s Institute on Aging in Gainesville and is partly funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Co-principal investigator of Pitt’s LIFE Study is Stephanie Studenski, M.D., M.P.H., professor of geriatric medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
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What are 5 interesting facts about Honduras?
10 Fun Facts about Honduras, the Country of Natural Wonders
- 1) Raining fish in Yoro.
- 2) La punta, a musical genre par excellence.
- 3) Export leader of tilapia.
- 4) The largest hieroglyph in the world.
- 5) Hondurans or “catrachos”
- 6) The oldest cathedral and clock in the American continent.
- 7) Cradle of the Mayan civilization.
What are 3 interesting facts about Honduras?
The word Honduras can literally be translated into Great Depths. 3. The waters on the Caribbean coast right next to Honduras are home to the second-largest coral reef from around the world. Only the one in Australia is larger.
What is a interesting fact about Honduras?
Honduras is one of the poorest countries of South America. 6. In Spanish, the word Honduras means “great depths”. The country’s name is a reference to Christopher Columbus’ comments on the depths of the ocean surrounding the land.
What are some historical facts about Honduras?
During the first millennium, Honduras was inhabited by the Maya. Columbus explored the country in 1502. Honduras, with four other Central American nations, declared its independence from Spain in 1821 to form a federation of Central American states. In 1838, Honduras left the federation and became independent.
Who gave Honduras its name?
On July 30, 1502, Christopher Columbus first saw Honduran soil and claimed the territory in the name of his sovereigns, Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. He named the area “Honduras” (meaning “depths”) for the deep water off the coast.
What is Honduras well known for?
Honduras is known for its rich natural resources, including minerals, coffee, tropical fruit, and sugar cane, as well as for its growing textiles industry, which serves the international market.
What is Honduras best known for?
Is Honduras a country or a city?
Honduras is a country of North America with a surface area of 112,090 km² (density of 68.15 inhab./km²). The population of Honduras is 7,639,327 inhabitants in the last census.The capital of Honduras is the city of Tegucigalpa which has 1,300,000 inhabitants. The president of the constitutional republic is Porfirio Lobo Sosa.
Is Honduras in North America or South America?
Honduras is positioned in both the northern and western hemispheres. Located in North America in the middle of the Central America isthmus – a somewhat narrow strip of land that connects North and South America – the country is bordered by Guatemala, El Salvador , Nicaragua and the Gulf of Honduras , Gulf of Fonseca ,…
Is Honduras located in South America?
Honduras is located on the Central American isthmus (or land bridge) that connects southern Mexico, which is actually the lowest part of North America, with Panama and Columbia, the upper part of South America. Honduras is one of the five original Central American countries that also include Guatemala, El Salvador , Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
What is Honduras called?
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Washington D.C. being recognized as leading Green Community
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently recognized the District of Columbia as the country’s leading Green Power Community, according to a press release.
This program involves using power generated from wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, biogas and low-impact hydroelectric methods, thereby lowering emissions, the article reported.
"Our leap as a city toward using green, renewable energy demonstrates just how committed we are to cleaner air and a healthier environment," said Christophe Tulou, director of the District Department of the Environment (DDOE).
The city will continue to use the alternative power supplies and attempt to have neighboring communities convert to green energy sources as well, the article stated.
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by Hilary Hulsey
Acknowledging history and its mistakes is important, but reaching beyond the stereotypes of racism, sexism, and religion can easily be achieved when good outweighs evil in the majestic onscreen musical of the Broadway hit, Cabin in the Sky (1943).
In late 1940, Russian-American composer, Vernon Duke, introduced his greatest Broadway achievement to date at the Martin Beck theatre. Cabin in the Sky featured an all-black cast (including Ethel Waters and Rex Ingram, who would later appear in the onscreen version) and the production ran 156 shows, ending in early 1941. Duke supplied new standards to the songbook and its success onstage made the production a prime choice for screen adaptation.
Who better to direct a broadway show than someone who pulls from background and experience? Vincente Minnelli’s directing debut embodies his ability to use the camera as a tool to create a masterpiece rather than a device to record a specific instance to appropriate a paycheck. Most films in Minnelli’s career requiring transition and adaption sustain the original production and add Hollywood flare without disappointing.
Cabin in the Sky was the first all-black musical since Hallelujah! fourteen years prior, and one of four all-black films since “talkies” made their first appearance. Producers felt the rookie Minnelli could implement the story carefully:
“But I knew there were such people as the deeply pious Petunia and Joe, her weak gambler of a husband, and that such wives constantly prayed for the wavering souls of their men…If I was going to make a picture about such people, I would approach it with great affection rather than condescension.” — Vincente Minnelli, I Remember It Well.
Amidst handling the matter of race and religion with sensitivity and finesse, he characteristically focused upon a beautiful, young cast member named Lena Horne. Rumored relations between Minnelli and Horne created tension onset as Ethel Waters felt favouritism and schmaltz tilted in the direction of the young, blossoming singer/actress. Their dueling versions of “Honey in the Honeycomb” add fuel to the fire, but coax sublime interpretations establishing their individuality.
“I guess she’s just jealous ‘cause she ain’t got what I got!”
“Quit kiddin’ yourself. Not only have I got everything you got, but a whole lot more!”
Cabin in the Sky’s songbook shows some of the first signs in moving forward with storytelling through song since its initial introduction a few years earlier in The Wizard of Oz (1939). As Petunia kneels at Little Joe’s bedside, she commands a gentle version of “Happiness is Just a Thing Called Joe” from her lips and implores the audience to believe the smile in her eyes as her husband begins to see the world in a lively light. It is touching … and one of many songs Waters muscles through flawlessly. Others include “Taking a Chance on Love” as the Jacksons revitalize their marriage with jovial whistling and soft shoe, and — of course — the title song beneath a weeping willow and aside a stream. This marriage of plot lines and music is reminiscent of Minnelli and Freed’s vision for the future of the genre, and they successfully achieved the goal with Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) only a year later.
“Life’s Full O’ Consequence” reflects on the conflicting relationship between Little Joe Jackson and Georgia Brown. Horne’s seductive vocals pour like honey in relation to the rough and tumble strain of Eddie Anderson — he’s not a singer by any means, but their performances fit the characters’ lament like a glove. Wit, charm, and ingenuity in the lyrics and melody of this tune point to one team and one team only: Harold Arlen and E.Y. Yip Harburg. Their contributions to the onscreen portrayal (including “Happiness is Just a Thing Called Joe” and “Li’l Black Sheep”) add a little something extra to the original score, guide this film into greatness, and seal it with the MGM stamp of approval.
In March of 1983, Michael Jackson, wowed the world during the television special, Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, and Forever with a dance move called the “Moonwalk”. Jackson did popularize this illusionistic movement, but 40 years earlier a tap dancer named Bill Bailey rendered the first recorded “moonwalk” or “backslide” onscreen during a scene with Ethel Waters and Eddie Rochester in, you guessed it, Cabin in the Sky! The film lacks in the area of dance alongside musical spectacle, but idiosyncrasies and special appearances sprinkled throughout reinforce the magnitude of the film as a whole. (Remember to look for Louis Armstrong portraying one of Lucifer Jr.’s parasitic followers, and Duke Ellington sneaks in a showcase near the end.)
Disclaimer aside, Cabin in the Sky brings a lot to the proverbial table. All-star musical cast, all star director, standards to last a lifetime, and a charming, humorous legend of Little Joe and wife Petunia gambling and praying their way to their little cabin in the sky.
How Cabin in the Sky made the ‘Elite 70’:
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Leukemia Chronic Lymphocytic Stage
There are two methods used to group patients into various degrees of severity.
These are the:
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Continue to Leukemia Chronic Lymphocytic Binet Class
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Colonial Warfare series.
“Where can we read more of his work?”
We're fortunate to still have access to primary sources.
I recommend people start with his Wikipedia entry .
Wikepedia mentions three of his most well-know essays:
His other most famous work is the "How to Read a 10Q" Financial Reporting Series.
I am an enormous fan of his old Netslaves articles. Here are a few of those pieces:
- Class Is More Important Than Race (And Almost Everything Else)
- You've Just Slept With the Boss (Steve Gilliard's Timeless Tips for Surviving Office Romance)
- We Are Not at War (Steve Gilliard Wonders Why Dotcom Workers Take Themsleves So Seriously)
- SEX (On and Off the Job: Steve Gilliard's Timely Love Urge Tips)
- Lesson Ten: Surviving Silicon Alley (How You Too Can Rise to the Top of the Bottom in New York's Attitude-Ridden Net Scene)
- Netslaves: Combat Manual
- Steve Gilliard: Web Writer and Damn' Proud of It
Steve was one of the original front pagers at at Daily Kos. For example, this was his introduction to the front page on April 3, 2003 -- Good morning from your substitute blogger -- worth reading just for what he says about his sources.
I can't quite figure out how to search Daily Kos -- we're so far back in the archives the standard search tools don't seem to work -- but if you just keep hitting the "Next Entry" arrow up on top of the page, from Steve's introductory post, linked above, you can read his entries for the roughly six months. He stopped posting on Daily Kos in September, even though he'd started The News Blog back in August.
Here's a quote from the front page:
Daily Kos (April, 2003)Next, dear students, we turn to the original The News Blog. Note that there were two sites: original and the new site.
The US could easily win the war and lose the peace. It does no good to beat Saddam only to have to fight Shia guerrillas weeks or months later.
The original site -- http://stevegilliard.blogspot
The first post by Gilly was on the evening of Wednesday, August 6, 2003 and his last post on the original site was the evening of Monday, January 22, 2007. That's the post with the photo of the Queen ("No Drama Queen Bullshit" was the second headline.) There's another post on Tuesday, made by Jen, his co-publisher.
We then had less than a month's worth of Gilly's posting at the new The News Blog site. The new site -- http://www.thenewsblog.net/ -- as of this writing, has a photo of Steve, the announcement of his death, and the Gilliard family's obituary for him.
To look through the new site, you have to use the search tool on the top left corner, or Google, limiting the search specifically to the new site, for example from a Google search bar: steve site:www.thenewsblog.net and then make sure to tell Google you want ALL results.
Oh, wait.. better answer. *yes!* (I so rule!)
You can read the new site at the Internet Archive. It's all there. Don't even bother going to the site directly as a number of posts were taken down near the end. My strong recommendation is to grab the new site from the Internet Archive, also known as the Wayback Machine. This is a much, much better solution than Google or even searching directly, as the Archive has every post.
Now, what the Archive does NOT have... what you can only get by going to the new site itself, are the comments. You can use the Archives to find the post you want, then use the site search function to search for the specific post using keywords, which makes the comments available to you.
Comments are available primarily only on the new site. The original site only has comments going back to about November 2006 (I think) due to the commenting system being upgraded from HaloScan. The old comments still exist. Jim in LA who ran the technical end of The News Blog, has the old comments archived off. It remains possible to restore all of the old comments back onto the original site, and to freeze commenting (to stop comment spam), but it would take a serious time commitment from someone to do what needs to be done, namely...
Upgrading Blogger to the latest version on both sites, freezing comments, making the new site easily readable again, and getting rid of any comment spam which has accumulated. And perhaps archiving all of the various sources from Daily Kos to NetSlaves to the new and old site, to one single location with a common, highly searchable interface. To me, this sounds like a good Senior or Master's Thesis project for someone in J-School, funded by a grant from someone who understands blogging. *smiles*
As for working your way through the material, after reading the above specifically recommended stuff, I suggest people start in the original site (not the new site) and using the archive links, read their way through, month by month by month.
Consider it an education in real journalism.
When you're done, you'll have the equivalent of years of study in how to write, how to think, and what it is to authentically be a progressive, not to mention a damn fine human being.
Yeah, he really was that good.
PS. There's scattered writings of Gilly's all over the place. If you find some, please... put a link and what it's to in this comment thread.
For example, here are two two reviews written less than two weeks before he went into the hospital.
Yes, we miss him. Always.
Update: July 5, 2008
Over at DailyKos, sardonyx has tracked down Gilly's DailyKos writings:
- Top Comments: Steve Gilliard on Daily Kos, part 1
- Top Comments: Steve Gilliard on Daily Kos, part 2
- Top Comments: Steve Gilliard on Daily Kos, part 3
- Top Comments: Steve Gilliard on Daily Kos, part 4
- Top Comments: Steve Gilliard on Daily Kos, part 5
- Steve Gilliard on Daily Kos, part 6
You may also read some (but not all) of Gilliard's DailyKos comments here.
Here are links to DailyKos pages tagged about Steve.
If you want early Steve, there's Netslaves and there's this.
Again, be certain to read Steve's masterwork, the Colonial Warfare series.
Sardonyx's terrific research at DailyKos is right up there with Steve Baldwin's ongoing research on Steve at Ghost Sites of the Web where Netslaves lives on.
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Humans are always trying to be better, brighter, faster, stronger, tougher. It's one of the things that makes us human. But nature has spent three and a half billion years producing ingenious answers to life's questions. So a lot of the problems we're trying to solve.....have already been solved - by evolution.
Nature is truly miraculous and in this exciting series Richard Hammond sets out to demonstrate exactly that, by investigating the weird and wonderful engineering solutions that can be found by studying the animal kingdom.
Elephants, giraffes, owls, vultures, cuttlefish, hagfish - these are just some of the animals tested in a series of compelling experiments. Ultra-high-speed, super-microscopic and ultra-violet photography help reveal the inspiration for a series of unlikely human inventions at the very forefront of science.
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0
Classification: G (General)
Number of Discs: 1
Region: 4 (Australia & New Zealand)
Released: 4th December 2013
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The Big New Effort To Revamp College Admissions — Will It Work?
TO: America's colleges and universities
FR: America's high school students
RE: Please make the college admissions process less daunting and more collaborative, creative, engaging and in tune with the Digital Age. Oh, and while you're at it, try to level the admissions playing field between rich and poor.
Funny you should ask, dear students. Those are exactly the goals of the new Coalition for Access Affordability, and Success. The group just announced a new free joint application website and online college planning portal. The goal is to help students collaborate with counselors and build a rich portfolio of work throughout high school. The site is scheduled to launch in January.
The college application part of this is set to go live in the summer of 2016. It will offer an alternative and implicit rebuke to the widely used Common Application, which critics have called unimaginative and which had major and well-publicized technical problems in 2013.
This new coalition includes Ivy League colleges and scores of other highly selective private, liberal arts schools, as well as more than 30 leading research and public universities. To be part of the group schools must have a six-year graduation rate of at least 70 percent and provide sufficient financial aid for every domestic student.
Students from wealthier families have long had a big advantage when applying to the nation's more selective schools. They can often hire tutors and consultants, access the best public magnet or private schools and maybe tap family and alumni connections. The rich simply have more tools when looking at college. How does this coalition hope to help level the playing field?
By creating tools that will be free. It's free and it will be of high quality. The two tools are the collaboration platform and the digital portfolio for the students. The collaboration platform: Here's where a guidance counselor or someone from a community-based organization, they can go in and see the student's progress through the college planning process. They can give a student feedback. Maybe they're working on an essay or pulling together some performance art that they've done that they'd like to see considered eventually in their college application. They will have this tool, that will rival many of those out there that you have to pay for, to allow this student's guidance counselor, mentor, neighbor or friend be able to come in there and offer insight and guidance.
Critics have long noted that many low-income students and many who are the first in their families to go to college too often get limited or inadequate college counseling. Or as Kim Cook the head of the National College Access Network, told us, "Your ZIP code can really determine what your future will look like." Talk about the challenges that first-generation and low-income students face.
Information is power here. If you're the first in your family to go to college, you really don't have anyone in your immediate family that can tell you, "This is what the process is; this is how you navigate it." It's often, "Where do I start and what do I do next?" I think that often they will see the local college maybe as the only option because they may see cost as prohibitive. So how can we make sure they have information of net price versus actual price and what are scholarship opportunities? If students are self-selecting out simply because they saw one number of what it costs to go to college, we want to address that early and show students there are multiple ways for you to finance your education.
Are you and other coalition members hoping to help start those college conversations earlier?
We're starting this early, so this isn't the senior-year mad rush trying to get this information. If the 12th grade is the first time you're thinking about college and researching the idea, you're really putting yourself under a stressful timetable. At the University of Florida, we bring seventh through 11th graders to campus in the spring for workshops with them about thinking about college. Maybe the students didn't know where to begin before or didn't know there was somebody out there who was willing to talk to them before. Now we're going to be able to say, "Here's a tool when you go online, you'll be able to pull down information, and keep it, and think about it in a broader context."
This online portfolio of work - it could include video, audio, or written work and such - it's designed to allow high school students to build a coherent package about themselves over the course of four years?
Yes, this is like a virtual locker to place memorable things as early as the ninth grade. I think the digital portfolio is for the students to manage their experience and to make connections and give meaning to my experience. The collaboration platform, that's where a student can bring a guidance counselor or a mentor in, to say, "Here's where I'm willing share some of that information" (from my portfolio) or get feedback from people I trust or to say to a school, "I'm interested in getting more information."
Online guidance counseling tools have been around for a long time. How are these really different, beyond being free?
Guidance counselors will be able to see whole groups of students that they're working with. Inside the collaboration platform, counselors can ask all the students they're working with — whether with 30 students or 130 students — to give them access. And they will have one tool, one location where they can get that information and guide those students. Also when it's time to apply, they can go inside this exact same tool and see what each individual student is doing and what they still need to do and how they're moving through the application process. Right now that opportunity doesn't exist except in those products you have to purchase.
We should note that while the website is free, colleges will still charge application fees, although most have waivers for low-income students.
At the end of the day, it still comes down to having a good guidance counselor or mentor helping a student navigate the complex maze of college admissions, no?
That is one of the best things to have, to have someone in your life helping the student understand it. But I think simply having students engage with these tools will help point students in the right direction who may not even know where to start.
And it's not, "If we build it they will come." We, as institutions, are going to have to be out there, talking with groups, engaging with counselors in lower-resourced schools to see how they might be able to engage with it.
To be clear, a student isn't necessarily going to hit "send" on his or her digital portfolio when it's time to apply. It's more a gathering place for their high school work?
It is a gathering place. But once we get to the application (launching next summer) we don't want students to have to re-do things. So students will have the opportunity to pull into the application those things that are appropriate. The idea or vision for this is that it's seamless. A student has placed the information in here and then they can pick and choose what's most appropriate to pull into the application for any individual institution.
You are still going to want SAT scores, an essay, recommendations and now, "Oh, by the way, if you want to put in something from your digital locker, we'll accept that too." Or does this fundamentally change the application process and mark a real re-think?
This is going to give us the opportunity to reflect on that. We've been asking for the same things for years and years. We believe that with this application, it may expand our flexibility to look at students and ask them to maybe represent themselves with different types of information. Students' ability to show and represent themselves through technology has increased tenfold in the last decade. So how then do we get meaningful information from students that will help us make informed decisions about who is going to be successful on our campuses and contribute? Will essays still be required? That's highly likely at the University of Florida. We've found that to be valuable. Could, in the future, that turn to more of a video perspective or some other type of electronic way they can relay that same question? We want to be open enough that we can see something like that happening in the future.
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Students learn firsthand how experts think about and solve problems by interacting with faculty members inside and outside of instructional settings. As a result, faculty become role models, mentors, and guides for continuous lifelong learning. In addition, effective teaching requires that faculty deliver course material and provide feedback in student-centered ways. Two Engagement Indicators investigate experiences with faculty: Student-Faculty Interaction and Effective Teaching Practices. Below are three views of your results alongside those of your comparison groups.
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Notes: Each box-and-whiskers chart plots the 5th (bottom of lower bar), 25th (bottom of box), 50th (middle line), 75th (top of box), and 95th (top of upper bar) percentile scores. The dot represents the mean score.
The table below displays how your students responded to each EI item, and the difference, in percentage points, between your students and those of your comparison group. Blue bars indicate how much higher your institution's percentage is from that of the comparison group. Purple bars indicate how much lower your institution's percentage is from that of the comparison group.
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|Notes: Refer to your Frequencies and Statistical Comparisons report for full distributions and significance tests. Item numbering corresponds to the survey facsimile.|
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Forecast users and market analysts need quality forecast information to improve their decision-making abilities. When more than one forecast is available, the analyst can improve forecast accuracy by using a composite forecast. One of several approaches to forming composite forecasts is a Bayesian approach using matrix beta priors. This paper explains the matrix beta approach and applies it to three individual forecasts of U.S. hog prices. The Bayesian composite forecast is evaluated relative to composites made from simple averages, restricted least squares, and an adaptive weighting technique. | <urn:uuid:de6a0be4-3dc8-4a0f-abc9-1dd59b5c324a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://vivo.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n329825SE | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00670.warc.gz | en | 0.9067 | 113 | 1.859375 | 2 |
JESUS MAFA. Healing of the ten lepers, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, Tenn.
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Olympos (Olimpos) is a string of pansiyons and tourist activities strung along a narrow road on the bottom of a valley just inland from coastal Roman ruins in Lycia, Mediterranean Turkey. It might be generously labelled a "village".
Ancient Lycian ruins, an isolated beach, accommodation in treehouses and flames that mysteriously burn from the side of a mountain are some of the attractions of Olympos (Olimpos) in Turkey's Mediterranean south.
The modern "village" is named after the Lycian/Roman city that now lies in ruins just off the beach, which in turn is named after nearby Mt. Tahtalı, the highest mountain in the vicinity, which was called Olympos in Greek times. It must be noted that this is just one of 20-odd noticeably high mountains in that northeastern Mediterranean basin, which known as Olympos in antiquity. The Olympos mountain that was the abode of the Greek gods is a different mountain in northeastern Greece.
A hippie haven until recently, the completion of a surfaced road from the main highway in summer 2009 means that there are many more people (including families with children) heading there now compared to the past. In summer weekends when many day- (and night-) trippers pour in, Olympos is similar to many other resort towns. However, former habitués report that during autumn when everyone else quits the scene, Olympos can be just as beautiful as it used to be.
Olympos is about 50-60 km south of Antalya. Nearest major towns are Kumluca to the south and Kemer to the north of Olympos. There are minibuses from Antalya's otogar (main station for intercity buses) as well as buses from Antalya to Kaş (and all those others on the way west like Kumluca), which stop at the junction on upland section of the main coastal highway of the region, which is about 10 km away from Olympos. There is a station at the junction with an open air cafe, which also offers some snacks. From there a dolmuş, which depart fairly frequent nowadays, can be caught.
The "town" area is a collection of backpacker guesthouses and hostels, particularly popular are the treehouse style bungalows. Follow the dusty road down past the end of the guesthouses and it leads to an ancient winding path, past the remains of ancient Greek ruins and down to the sparkling water. It's a pebble beach with absolutely no shade, so it's blisteringly hot to sit on and not very comfortable without thick padding, but the scenery is spectacular.
The ruins themselves are quite impressive, not as much so as Ephesus but still worth seeing. The relative lack of tourist traffic compared to Ephesus means the site is largely overgrown, which gives the place a "mystical" feel, so you have to do some hiking to get to some of the remains. I was there in late May and it was already brutally hot, so be prepared with lots of sunscreen and water.
Entering the ruins cost 5 TL/person, and going to the beach requires entering the ruins and the staff at the gate make no distinction between someone visiting the ruins and a beachgoer, so you'll have to pay this fee each time you're going to beach, except, of course, late at night and very early in the morning, when the office is unmanned. There is also the option of buying a weekly pass which costs 7.5 TL and for 10 entrances to the ruins, and thus the beach.
A great Downhill Mountainbike Ride at Ovacik and a cool Canyoning Adventure through the Kuzdere Passage is offered in the village by Lukka Outdoor.
Bayrams has a lively social scene, with several resident Aussies tending bar. When it's fully dark you can take a bus up to Mount Olympos, with a 45 minute hike up to the Eternal Flames of the Chimera. These flames issue from natural gas jets in the side of the hill, which will self ignite if put out. These are the flames that inspired the Greek myth of Bellarophon and the Chimera. Ranging in size from small flickers to decent size campfires, they're quite interesting when you consider they've been burning for thousands of years.
Gulets cruising down the coast from Antalya stop at the beach to allow their passengers to wade ashore and visit the ruins or eat at one of the many beachside restaurants.
Since the area is under protection, no permanent construction is allowed (save for treehouses) and as such there is no formal bank in Olympos. Olympos is a small village and has no banks or facilities to obtain cash, so make sure you have enough before you come. However, a mobile satellite-connected cash dispenser run by the Turkish bank of Yapı Kredi is available in a central location between guesthouses, sometimes in summer.
There is an open-air restaurant named Muzo's on the path to beach, just after the ticket office, where you can have a cheese or spinach Turkish pancake (gözleme) for 5 TL while sitting on traditional Turkish lounges.
There are now plenty of well stocked markets that sell a variety of local and import beers as well as spirits at reasonable prices. Expect a small but not unconscionable markup on city prices.
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Hypertonic Saline Solution Eases Symptoms of Bronchiolitis
Am Fam Physician. 2003 Apr 1;67(7):1612-1614.
Bronchiolitis is a disease that is prevalent in children. The most common etiologic agent is respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The underlying pathology that creates the symptoms of this viral illness is edema of the small airways, which is a secondary response to RSV infection. This edema leads to hyperinflation and atelectasis of the lungs, and wheezing. Despite multiple attempts to treat this infection, there have been few advances in reducing the symptoms that develop with bronchiolitis. One possible solution is to use hypertonic saline delivered by nebulizer to reduce the edema and improve the clearance of thick mucous plaques in the small airways. Sarrell and associates evaluated the use of inhaled hypertonic saline solution in the treatment of bronchiolitis in ambulatory infants.
The study was a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial of ambulatory infants with acute bronchiolitis. The participants were infants up to 24 months of age who presented to an ambulatory pediatric center with mild to moderate bronchiolitis. The participants were randomized to receive 0.5 mL (5 mg) terbutaline in 2 mL of 0.9 percent saline solution as a wet nebulized aerosol or 0.5 mL (5 mg) terbutaline in 2 mL of 3 percent saline solution administered in the same manner. The treatment was repeated three times a day for five days. Patients were examined before the study and every morning during the treatment phase, before and 30 minutes after the treatment. The infants were assessed using a published clinical severity score at each visit, and on days 1 and 3, chest radiographs were obtained. The radiographs also were interpreted using a published scoring system. The physician examining the patients was blinded as to which nebulizer therapy the infants were receiving.
The clinical severity scores were equal in the treatment groups at the start of the study. On the first day, the group treated with hypertonic saline and nebulized terbutaline had a significantly lower clinical severity score than those receiving the 0.9 percent saline-based treatment. This significant improvement in clinical severity scores persisted through the remainder of the study (see accompanying figure). There was no difference in hospitalization rates between the two groups, but because hospitalization was a rare event in the study population, it would require a much larger sample to determine if the different interventions had any impact on this variable. In addition, there was no significant difference in radiologic assessment scores between the two groups. No adverse events were reported in either of the groups.
The authors conclude that hypertonic saline plus terbutaline is effective in decreasing symptoms when compared with 0.9 percent saline in the treatment of nonasthmatic, mild bronchiolitis in infants. The hypertonic treatment also had an excellent safety profile when compared with the normal saline treatment.
Sarrell EM, et al. Nebulized 3% hypertonic saline solution treatment in ambulatory children with viral bronchiolitis decreases symptoms. Chest. December 2002;122:2015–20.
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The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
From Red Hat Security Advisory 2013:1034 :
Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and various
bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low
security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base
scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each
vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux
This update fixes the following security issues :
* Information leaks in the Linux kernel could allow a local,
unprivileged user to leak kernel memory to user-space. (CVE-2012-6544,
CVE-2012-6545, CVE-2013-3222, CVE-2013-3224, CVE-2013-3231,
* An information leak was found in the Linux kernel's POSIX signals
implementation. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to
bypass the Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) security feature.
* A heap-based buffer overflow in the way the tg3 Ethernet driver
parsed the vital product data (VPD) of devices could allow an attacker
with physical access to a system to cause a denial of service or,
potentially, escalate their privileges. (CVE-2013-1929, Low)
This update also fixes the following bugs :
* Previously on system boot, devices with associated Reserved Memory
Region Reporting (RMRR) information had lost their RMRR information
after they were removed from the static identity (SI) domain.
Consequently, a system unexpectedly terminated in an endless loop due
to unexpected NMIs triggered by DMA errors. This problem was observed
on HP ProLiant Generation 7 (G7) and 8 (Gen8) systems. This update
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them from being placed into the SI domain during system boot. HP
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information now boot as expected. (BZ#957606)
* Previously, the kernel's futex wait code used timeouts that had
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system calls, the kernel converted the timeouts to 'jiffies'.
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* A recent change modified the size of the task_struct structure in
the floating point unit (fpu) counter. However, on Intel Itanium
systems, this change caused the kernel Application Binary Interface
(kABI) to stop working properly when a previously compiled module was
loaded, resulting in a kernel panic. With this update the change
causing this bug has been reverted so the bug can no longer occur.
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Sikes Hall serves as the principal administration building, housing the offices of the President, the Provost, the Vice President for Student Affairs, Admissions, Financial Aid, the Bursar, and the Registrar. Each of these offices has an open-door policy and invites you to walk in and ask any questions you may have.
The cornerstone for Sikes Hall was laid on January 19, 1904, (January 19, 5904, by the Masonic calendar), by Grand Mason J. R. Bellinger, A.F.M., and completed that same year. It is named for Clemson's sixth president, Enoch Walter Sikes. The building was originally the center for agricultural studies and was known as Agricultural Hall, but was remodelled as the campus library after fire destroyed most of the building on the night of April 2, 1925. It served as the campus library until 1966 when the Robert Muldrow Cooper Library replaced it. It was formally named Sikes Hall upon its remodelling into the administration building in 1972, at which time most offices relocated from Tillman Hall, the original Main Building. Some financial offices remained in Tillman, however.
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“Dayton students are already less likely to have family access to artistic and musical resources and are always in need of physical activity to engage their bodies as well as their minds,” Romick said. “The Dayton Education Association applauds all other urban school districts in Ohio, and our neighboring remote learning districts here in Montgomery County, that have found a way to keep these student learning conditions intact in their remote learning models.”
DPS Superintendent Elizabeth Lolli said the cuts were painful, but she argued that those courses are “not conducive” to high-quality online learning when students lack instruments or needed supplies. She said retaining those staff would be “educationally and financially questionable.”
“We made reductions because there are subjects where online instruction is simply less effective, like hands-on classes in music, art and even PE,” Lolli said Tuesday. “There, we are providing most content on video and twice-weekly enrichment per grade level K-6 and with live classes for grades 7-8 in art and music. Health instead of PE has also been implemented in grades 7-12.”
The union’s “student learning conditions” argument is one they have used before. In their fight for a new contract in August of 2017, union members carried signs arguing, “teacher working conditions are student learning conditions.”
Romick also criticized the school board’s broad cuts to preschool, saying they hurt both students and the families who rely on preschool teachers as resources.
“The community supported universal preschool as a ballot initiative in 2016, after realizing the need for robust early childhood education in Dayton,” he said. “Our Ohio-licensed preschool educators are uniquely trained to provide learning strategies and techniques to parents preparing their children for school. This should, and certainly could, continue during the Dayton remote learning period. The early childhood years can never be recouped.”
Lolli defended the district’s approach on preschool Tuesday, saying those youngest children could not stay engaged for significant stretches of time via screens rather than special classroom environments with “sand and water tables, dramatic play centers” and more.
The district is still trying to address student mental and physical health. Lolli said one counselor remains in each school, plus DPS hired student resiliency coordinators from Dayton Children’s, and the district health center at Roosevelt Elementary is still open for all DPS families.
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Although the rate of tooth loss in the United States has significantly declined over the last several decades, the American College of Prosthodontists estimates that 120 million Americans are missing at least one tooth. If you find yourself among those who have an incomplete smile, you have probably heard about the benefits of dental implants in Windermere. They are the next best thing to your own natural teeth while offering over a 95% success rate. While you are excited to regain a complete smile, there are some facts you should know about the process.
You Will Require Surgery
The success of dental implants relies on the use of implant posts, which are surgically placed into the jawbone. During the procedure, your gum tissue is opened to expose the jawbone. A small hole is then drilled into it and the post is inserted. The gum tissue will be sutured closed and the healing process will begin.
Over the course of the next several months, your jawbone will fuse to the implant most. After you have healed, you will need a second minor surgery to attach an abutment to the post. This allows a custom-made dental crown to be attached it.
You May Need Additional Surgeries
It is not uncommon to need additional surgeries or procedures prior to the placement of your implant post, like tooth extractions. To ensure the long-term success of the treatment, you may also need to undergo bone grafting to enhance the density of the bone prior to placing the post.
You Still Need to Care for Your Dental Implants
Although the dental crown and post are not subject to tooth decay, you will still need to care for them with regular brushing and flossing. The biggest risk for dental implant failure involves an infection that is similar to gum disease.
To reduce your risk for it, it is best to brush your teeth twice a day and floss every night. Pay careful attention when cleaning around the abutment and implant post to remove bacteria and plaque. In addition, do not forget to visit your dentist in Windermere twice a year for a cleaning and checkup.
You Will Make a Long-Term Investment
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FAIRFAX, VA -- With solid support from the National Rifle Association (NRA), Illinois has enacted the Hunting Heritage Protection Act into law, safeguarding the state’s public hunting land. The Act mandates that state public land management actions should result in no net loss of land available for hunting. It also instructs the Director of Natural Resources to submit an annual report citing the areas closed to hunting and the areas opened to compensate for the loss.
"The Hunting Heritage Protection Act ensures there will never be any less public hunting land than there is today in Illinois," said Chris W. Cox, NRA’s chief lobbyist. "NRA applauds the Legislature, especially bill sponsors Sen. John O. Jones (R-54) and Rep. William J. Grunloh (D-108), for their decisive action to protect hunters’ rights.
"Anti-hunting groups have long fought to dismantle public hunting land in a backdoor effort to eradicate America’s sporting heritage," added Cox. "This law guarantees that the hunters of tomorrow will enjoy the traditions and learn the skills their fathers and grandfathers mastered in the woods of Illinois."
NRA has successfully worked to enact a number of pro-hunting measures this year, including establishing dove hunting in Minnesota and Michigan, and placing a "Freedom to Hunt and Fish" Amendment on the Louisiana ballot.
"Hunting is a fundamental element of conservation and a vital asset to the economy. Saving this important heritage not only benefits sportsmen and the environment, but business owners as well. This is why NRA will continue to fight for similar hunting protection and conservation laws in all fifty states," concluded Cox.
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America has no shortage of regulators in place, yet consumers are bamboozled every day. Ever wonder how you could be your own consumer protection agency?
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MortgagesHouses are the biggest investments most consumers will ever make; consequently home loans can be expensive and complicated. Shopping around for a mortgage lender or broker you can trust is the most vital step in finding the right loan for you.
Tara-Nicholle Nelson, consumer ambassador and educator for Trulia.com, recommends that homebuyers get a referral from their Realtor.
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Top 30 Advanced Excel functions that a data scientist should know
Col Index num
IF (Criteria, True and False Value)
TRIM Advanced Excel Formula
Change the case
Customized MAX MIN
Unit conversion by CONVERT ()
R AND BETWEEN ()
Credits: Harvard Business Review
If you think that Excel is an entry-level software, you need to reconsider. Real that excel is right for essential data mining, storage, and collection tasks, but it can do much more now.
Microsoft has updated its systems and now offers a host of advanced functions that can help organize and interpret piles of data quickly.
But don't believe it just like that. Instead, try this variety of formula that can help simplify a complex set of data in software as basic and user-friendly as Excel:
As the name suggests, this function helps you find a piece of information from a large and complex set of data. It also allows you to extract data and put it in your new table.
You just have to move to the insert function tab where you'll find the VLOOKUP option. Here are some of the variables in VLOOKUP.
- Lookup value
In this function, your typed variable will start finding the values from all the cells of the broad set of information.
- Table Array
In this one, you can set the range of data from where you want to look. It forms a limit and saves valuable time for the software. Hence, you will save time as well as you can manually set range on the data.
- Col index num
Here you can select the column from which you want to find the data. It's once again making the task more comfortable and faster.
- Range lookup
The range looks up option shows either true or false. The right end of data will provide you with information close to the variable you put in. It's like the function will try to find how much true or accurate your information is. On the other hand, false would not provide you anything and show NA if it doesn't find the exact result.
- Sum Function
One of the most common and popular functions, Sum, simply sums up the selected values. You can choose any part of the column to add up or choose the whole row or column to see the total value. It comes in very handy in invoices, sales figures, and more.
- IF Function
The IF function segregated information between true or false based on particular criteria. You write the criteria function or variable like:
IF (Criteria, True & False value)
Once you lodge in the criteria, the software checks the values that are true or false.
- MAX Function
Credits: The Windows Club
This function lets you find out the maximum value of a particular data. It shows the range of the data. You just have to lodge MAX in the function tab to check out the maximum amount in the selected data.
- MIN function
In contrast to the max function, the MIN function allows you to check the minimum value in the selected set of data. It will tell you the lowest value from the primary data table.
- SUMIF Function
SUMIF function helps find a particular piece of information that gets matched with your criteria. You have to enter the variable in the wizard box. The box contains the sum range tab, criteria tab, and range tab.
The range tab zeroes in on the area while the sum tab adds up the data.
- COUNTIF Function
This one just counts the value instead of adding them up. That is the only difference between it and SUMIF.
- AND function
This function allows you to set more than one criteria to search for. The variables that meet the requirements come in the TRUE side, while those failing to fulfill the criteria show FALSE. You can also set logical standards in the wizard box.
- LEFT Function
This function allows you to put the left side of the data in the selected column into a new column. You can also choose the extent of data you want in the new column using commands.
- RIGHT Function
Similarly, you can pull a particular part of the data from the column you have selected from the right side of the set of data.
- OR Function
The OR function checks from just one criterion instead of multiple ones as in the AND function. Whichever variable passes, at least one bar comes into the right side.
- CONCATENATION Function
This one is a combination of the Right and Left functions. You can form a new column of data by combining a particular variable from both left and right.
- PROPER Function
This function can capitalize the first letters of each selected sentence. You can also change the format as you need.
- ROUND Function
If your data contains a lot of decimals, the Round function helps round up data for simplification. There's no need for you to format the cells, though.
- NOW Function
The Now column allows you to form a new column that shows the time for each variable. You can also change the variable to date only.
- TRIM advanced excel formula
This function removes the unnecessary spaces between variables that may have formed when copying a large set of data to Excel docs.
- Change the case
You can change the case of the cells in aggregate using this formula. You can bold letters by proper command and change case from lower to upper or vice versa.
- Customized MAX MIN
You can extract customized MAX and MIN using this advanced excel formula. You can then see the maximum and minimum value in the selected cells as per the orders and degrees. Inputting proper commands can let you choose the fifth-highest or so amount in a large set.
This function allows you to get various types of characters in a cell.
- Choose ()
You can remove the lengthy IF function's statements using this function. This way, you'll be able to pull a specific set you want from the data. If there are more than a couple of outcomes for a given situation, this function comes in handy to choose one.
- TYPE ()
If you are working in someone else's data, the TYPE command will let you track which type of data the cells have.
- Unit conversion by CONVERT ()
Instead of moving to Google and doing a different conversion, you can just type in the unit values in the Convert function. You can convert lengths, currencies, and much more using this.
- R AND BETWEEN ()
You can add random numbers between selected variables using this function. It helps when you want to simulate a behaviour or change in data.
- PV function
The function helps calculate the rate, payment per period, future value, period of investment, etc. It is like a preloaded financial expert in Excel so you can carry out complex financial forecasting easily.
- Mathematical Functions
You can choose from a set of mathematical commands and apply them to perform mathematical functions on a particular set of data. You can find the sum, quotient, different, HCF, LCM, GCD, and more efficiently through Excel.
You can find workdays, several weeks at a specific date, a fraction of year, end of the quarter, and other related information.
Excel is easy to use and can perform the advanced functions in seconds. Sectors like finance, accounting, and banking are incomplete without the special software. Getting the hang of useful functions can ease your job by a mile and save you a lot of time.
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Реферат: Country Study, Hungary
Country Study, Hungary
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Introduction to Hungary’s political history
Hungaryhas had a long and volatile history of political and economic change. Hungary as a organized society datesback before 1000 AD and has been ruledby different monarchies and foreign regimes every since. This brief introduction will outline Hungary’s political and economichistory starting with Hungary’s “Post-1945 World War II era”.
DuringWWII Hungary fell under German control until the end of the war. After Germany’s defeat in WWII, a commission was established among alliedforces (American, Soviet, and British) in which had ultimate sovereignty overthe country. However, since the leaderof the commission was a member of Stalin’s inner circle, the Soviets exercisedabsolute control.(Wash. Post., 1) TheGovernment that was provisionally instituted in Hungary after WWII was shortlydissolved and the Hungarian CommunistParty replaced them in the 1945 elections.
The(HCP)Socialist government had instituted radical land ownership reforms and hadmade many utilities, banks and heavy industries state ran. Then in 1949 at the beginning of thePost-Cold war era the Soviet’s gainedcontrol of Hungary and in 1949 Hungary adopted a Soviet-style constitution andformed the Hungarian People’s Republic. Hungary’s economic state up until the mid 1950’s was a economy similar to that of a Soviet modeledCentrally Planned Economy. However, theeconomy in the mid 1950’s had begun a rapid deterioration which led to morepolitical reforms for Hungary.(Wash. Post, 2)
Inthe mid 1950’s Hungary attempted towithdraw from the Soviet sponsored Warsaw Pact and announced their neutralityand sought backing from the UN. However,the United Nations failed to respond, as they were preoccupied in other areasof the world. As a result of lack of UN support, Soviet troops invaded Hungaryand regained control, during the invasion many Hungarians fled to othercountries. This new Soviet culture inHungary had a more liberal culture and economic path as did the Soviet regimesof the past. This Soviet government hadbecome relatively complacent for the next two decades until about the early1980’s.
Start of Transition
Bythe 1980’s Hungary’s government had some lasting economic reforms and wasresponding to political pressure to encourage more trade with the west. This new plan to trade more with the westfor economic stimuli led to huge foreign debt as a result of unprofitableindustries. These new economic troublesas well as Hungary’s strong nationalism to control their own destiny wereHungary’s first steps to a Western style democracy. By the late 1980’s radicals with the party aswell as intellectuals were calling for change. In 1988 civic activism had accelerated to an all time high and a ReformSocialist leader, Imre Pozsgaywas elected. Along with a new leader,Hungary also adopted a, “democracy package”, which included: trade union pluralism, freedom ofassociation, freedom of press, freedomof assembly, a new electoral law, and radical revisions to theirconstitution.(Wash. Post,4)
Hungary’s steps to a market economy
Inthe following year the Hungarian parliament adopted legislation providing formultiparty elections and direct presidential elections. Hungary now had a new vision of government,the government now was to focus on human and civil rights, and to ensure theseparation of powers among the executive, legislative and judicial branches.
Onemajor step for Hungary in asserting its move to a market economy was torestructure its national security. Indoing this Hungary reduced it’s defense expenditure by 17% and reduced itsarmed forces by 30% between 1989 and 1992, thus dissolving their membership inthe Warsaw Pact . Currently Hungary istrying to develop Western-style defense force to join NATO.(Wash. Post, 5)
Current Political Structure
Thecurrent political conditions in Hungary are a system of many checks andbalances. The Prime Minister whom iselected selects the ministers in the cabinet. Each of the cabinet members presides before four parliamentarycommittees in open hearings. Thelegislative body in Hungary is a unicameral house and is the highest authorityin the state.
Current Political State
TheHungarian Socialist Party was re-elected in1994 in a multiparty election afterreceiving 54% of the popular votes. Although the (HSP) had taken back control of the government in the 1994elections, the party has announced its intentions to: “continue economicreform, privatization and to preserve political rights.”(Wash. Post, 6)
Economic Structure in Hungary
Hungary’shistory of economic vitality has predominately been agriculture. In 1950, over 50% of Hungary’s work forceworked on the land. Hungary’s percentageof workforce working on the land in 1993 was 7%. Hungary’s agriculturaldecline is directly tied to lack of investment in the 1970’s and the1980’s. Hungary’s decline is also aproduct of large amounts of foreign debtthat were accumulated in the 1970’s and 1980’s.(6) The net foreign debt in 1972 was about 1billion(U.S. dollars) and in 1993 Hungary’s net foreign debt was 15billion(U.S. dollars). Although Hungaryhas the highest per-capita debt in central Europe their repayment record isstellar.(Wash. Post,7) One of the majorfunctions to Hungary’s success to transition is their role in revenue policy.
Hungarian Tax Reform
Hungary's movement from acentrally planed economy to a market economy has lead to massive tax reforms inthe former soviet satellite country. These taxes basically fall into three major categories: Value Added Tax,Personal Income Tax, and Corporate Income Tax. In this section of the paper I will first examine the attributes anddisadvantages of the separate categories of the taxes and compare them to theformer means of revenue collection. Next, I will demonstrate the success (or as the case may be, failure) ofsuch taxes. Finally, I will write about what effects Hungary hasexperienced due to the tremendous changes in the tax system.
Value Added Tax
On January 1, 1988 Hungaryintroduced a Value Added Tax (VAT) as part of a ovementfrom a socialist centralized country to on with a market economy (Newbery 1). This taxis similar to the tax currently operating in the European Union memberstates. This tax is interesting becauseit is an inclusive tax. That is a tax inwhich the base is included in the invoiced amount of the good or service. In other words the tax is passed down to theend customer and in turn the seller is reimbursed the amount of taxes paid onthat particular good or service.
The concept of a Value AddedTax (VAT) was something that was entirely different to managers that were usedto output based goals (in the old system) as opposed to budgets and costminimization as practiced by their western counterparts. The Value Added Tax (VAT) has become avehicle to flush out businesses that are experiencing market failure thatdemonstrate no reasonable need to continue to operate (there are obviousexceptions to this such as utilities, etc....). It also cut down on over production of certain goods.
The Value Added Tax (VAT) isalso a way that a country such as Hungary can use to encourage (or as the casemay be discourage) certain types of businesses in their country. According to Deloitte& Touche the standard rate for the Value AddedTax (VAT) is currently 25%. However, many products andservices such as basic food products, medical instruments, and utilities arecharged 12% . In addition, various supplies qualify for completeexemption such as education, culturalservices, sport events, health services, and services contributing toscientific research and development (D&T 8).
Personal Income Tax
Along with the Value AddedTax (VAT) the Personal Income Tax (PIT) was also introduced to Hungary in1988. The Hungarian Personal Income Tax(PIT) is a progressive tax with a universal additional tax for investment. The tax is based on individual earnings fromall forms of work, though interest income is not taxed if certain conditionsare meet (D&TII, 1). As shown infigure 1.1 the progressive tax rates on income earned at work range from 0-44%.
Personal Income Tax Rates
Level of Taxable Income HUF
Rate Applicable to Level (%)
Up to 110,000
100,001 — 150,000
150,001 — 220,000
220,001 — 380,000
380,001 — 550,000
Source 1996 Deloitte & Touche LLP
The Hungarian PersonalIncome Tax (PIT) has several interesting features. The first feature that is unique is that allHungarians are taxed separately. In other words, unlike the American Taxsystem where a family can jointly file the Hungarians prefer (for ideologicalreasons) to file individually. However,this system is not with out it's flaws. The problem that tax administers run into is when one spouse stays athome to look after the children. Thereason for this difficulty is the one wage earner is subject to heaviertaxation than two wage earners making the same total. Tax administrators however are reluctant tochange the current system because of the administrative simplicity.
A second feature of theHungarian Personal Income Tax (PIT) that draws attention to itself is the factthat any income earned through deposits and securities are tax free if the interestrates are lower than that of the National Bank of Hungary. According to D&T the National Bank ofHungary's interest rate in January was 25%. This means that all bank deposits that pay lower than 25% are taxfree. However, If an individual were to make28% on investment he/she would be subject to a 20% tax on the additional 3% (asshown in figure 1.2).
Initial Investment 100,000 HUF
Interest Paid onInvestment
in Bank X (28%) 128,000 HUF
Interest Paid onInvestment
National Bank (25%) 125,000 HUF
Taxable InterestIncome 3,000 HUF
Taxes Due 600 HUF
This aspect of this taxallows for fair treatment to those who would otherwise lose their money puttingit in accounts that could not stay up with the tremendous inflation thatseveral countries in eastern Europe face due to their recent transition to amarket economy (Newbery, 6).
As was true with the ValueAdded Taxes (VAT) the Personal Income Tax (PIT) also has exemptions. The following is a list of examples of itemsexempt from tax (Okno 2).
·<span Times New Roman"">Social Security allowances
·<span Times New Roman"">Gains of up to HUF 100,000 from the non commercialsale of moveable
·<span Times New Roman"">Retirement gifts of up to HUF 10,000
·<span Times New Roman"">Compensation of defined working clothes
In addition as of January1995 tax credits against taxes owed were offered in several areas such associal security contributions by the employee, for individuals making under500,000 HUF, for installments on loans for dwellings, charitable contributions,and for special savings accounts.
Corporate Income Tax
The corporate tax is leviedon all businesses, no matter how large or small, the same way. As of January of 1995 the corporate incometax has been reduced from 36% to 18% on undistributed profits before tax. this is called either the additional tax orthe calculated tax. After this tax hasbeen levied the profits are then distributed among the shareholders and anadditional 23% is taxed to the shareholders. To illustrate this tax figure 1.3 demonstrates how the tax is calculated.
Calculation of AdditionalTax
Income before tax
Calculated at 18%
Income after tax to be distributed
Amount available for distribution after payment of additional tax (82/1.23)
Total Tax Paid
Effective Rate of the additional tax (% of income before tax
Source Deloitte& Touche LLP
In addition to the corporatetax employers must also make Social Security contributions. Typically, employers must make a contributionat a rate of 44% of their gross salary. Employees are required to make a 10% contribution, however, it notunlikely to see individuals putting more than 10% away of retirement.
Another tax that employersare subject to is the Unemployment Fund Contribution. This is to continue to support the unemployedbetween work. Employers must pay 4.2% oftheir employees gross salary and wages to the Unemployment Fund. Employees are required to pay 1.5% of theirsalary. However, employees' contribution is tax deductible.
Training Fund Contributionsis yet another tax that corporations are subject to. This tax is to provide for the cost oftraining employees. This contribution iscurrently paid by the employer at 1.5% of the total payroll. This tax is for corporate income tax purposes.
As with other Hungariantaxes exemptions are offered to certain kinds of business. Hungary grants exemptions on a case by casebasis and either dose not grant an exemption or grants a 100%, or 60%exemption. The figure below showshow companies are allowed to use theirexemptions.
Percentage of Taxes dueunder specific exemption
18% subject to Corporations
23% subject to Shareholders
Businesses view this set oftaxes as equitable and do not squabble over the fairness of the taxes. They seem to be more interested in how toreceive tax exemptions and want reform in the exemption granting side of thetax system (Newbery, 8). This is good because of the infectious shadoweconomy in other former soviet countries. This means that businesses will be more willing to pay taxes that aredue to the government.
So What Does this mean for Hungary?
Newberyargues that the Hungarian tax system is at least as egalitarian as any where else in the world asfar as an equal distribution of taxes. Especially since the method of redistribution is so good at keepingpoverty remarkably low. While thetransition still will put a gap between the “havesand the have nots”, the government needs to keep itseye out for the most vulnerable such as the old and unskilled. Many argue that because of the roughtransition people may become disillusioned with a market economy and neverrealize the gains that the countries leaders have fought so hard for. However with vigilance and a little bit ofpatience Hungary will reach its goal.
In addition to using taxcollection as a source of raising revenue, Hungary has turned to privatizationto offset Hungary’s 31 billion USD national debt (Galai,1). The sale of government controlledindustries such as natural gas, oil, and electric powered utilities has earnedthe government over 1.4 billion USD in the past year.
Recently the HungarianGovernment decided to sale shares in eight of the fourteen nationally ownedelectrical power and distribution companies. A German consortium agreed to pay 180 billion HUF for the shares andcontrolling interest in the former government controlled utilities.
In addition to the sale of theutilities Hungary has had discussions about selling the National Bank ofBudapest to investors. However analystpoint out the bank will have to spend the next year fixing up the bank beforethey can think about selling it. Government officials would expect a heavy return if the bank were to besold.
While some analyst applaudthe actions the government has taken others wonder who is really in control inHungary. Is the government still callingthe shots or is it the foreign investor with the most money invested in amajority of Hungary's' industry. Anotherkey step to Hungary’s transition to a market style economy is expenditurepolicy.
Along with changing revenuepolicy expenditure policy is a crucial role of any government and especiallyimportant policy questions for governments in transition. Hungary’s main policy stance on expendituresis to try to match in-kind efforts and expenditure policy to specificallyearmarked funds.
As mentioned in theintroduction when Hungary decided to withdraw their membership with the WarsawPact they decided to drastically reduce their military expenditure. Hungary’s reduction in defense spending was akey decrease in fiscal consolidation to help decrease their ever rising budget defict. The graph inFig. 1.5 represents Hungary’s decrease in defense spending over the last tenyears.
<img src="/cache/referats/5889/image002.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1025"> SIPRI MilitaryExpenditure Database
Social Welfare Reform
Reforms to Hungary’s SocialWelfare systems have been plentiful. Decreases in Welfare systems have mainly been reallocation of subsideson a stricter criteria basis. Hungaryhas made constant efforts to restructure social programs in which have provento be ineffective. One example is thereform of the “Family Allowance System.” After a evaluation of the old program it was proven to be costineffective and replaced by a new “Family Support System”. This new “Family Support System” targetfamilies in need based more on income criteria and targeted people in thegreatest need. Another key socialexpenditure reform was that of pension and health programs.(CCET, 2)
Pension and Health Programs
Hungary experience greatabuse in the areas of health and pension programs, but have taken steps in theright direction to help correct the situation. One such of these decisions was that of increasing the number of daysemployers are liable for sick pay. Thisreform travels in the right direction because the policy had reduced the SocialInsurance Fund and also created minimum incentives for abuse of thesystem. Much more needs to be done in the way of pension and health reformhowever this policy shows a step in the right direction..(CCET,2)
The underlying tone ofHungary’s expenditure policy is that of reducing the budget deficit withoutcreating economic turbulence. Hungaryfaces many obstacles in trying to reduce their budget deficit. Such obstaclesare rising inflation and high rates of unemployment these problems lead to substantial socialproblems. Regardless, Hungary is stilllooking the right “social safety net” but not at the expense of its economic viability and without effectingproduction and output ion a negative way.
Hungary has come a long waysince the initial transition from a centrally planed economy to a market economy in 1988. However, Hungary continues to strive toovercome the obstacles described in this paper. The transition has been difficult for the people of Hungary. People accustom to a centrally plannedeconomy are not typically faced with subjects such as unemployment or costbudgeting. Therefore, many Hungarianshave become disillusioned with the new market economy. However, most (including socialist) haveinsisted that economic progress continue. In order for Hungary’s economy to continue its success it must remain tobe egalitarian in both the way it collects cash through taxes and the way itredistributes resources to the people of Hungary. Hungary must be sensitive to the vulnerablesuch as the unemployed and the unskilled, during the sometimes unforgivingtransition to a market economy.
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2. <span Times New Roman"">Sipri. “Military Expenditure Database”.
3. <span Times New Roman"">WashingtonPost.“ Hungary: State Department Notes” WashingtonPost.Com. www.washingtonpost.com/wp-s…term/worldref/statedep/hungary.htm
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5. <span Times New Roman"">Galai,Andra’s. “Saleof Eight Electric Co.’s Jolts Privitization Back toLife.” Http://www.iqsoft.hu/economy/page95_4/privat.html. 10/17/96.
6. <span Times New Roman"">Galai,Andra’s. “Gathering momentum.” Http://www.iqsoft.hu/economy/page95_4/csaba.html.10/17/96
7. <span Times New Roman"">Langyel,Laszlo. “Towards a new model.” Http://www.iqsoft.hu/economy/page95_4/langyel.html. 10/17/96.
8. <span Times New Roman"">Newbery,David. “An Analysis of the Hungarian taxReform.” Center for Economic policyResearch. #558 May,1991. | <urn:uuid:65ea592a-edaa-411f-880c-46e7e7e2dd50> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.ronl.ru/referaty/ekonomicheskaya-teoriya-politekonomiya-makroekonomika/28745/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285001.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00301-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944121 | 4,506 | 3.359375 | 3 |
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Q.1. Read the following passages and answer the questions:
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee;
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.
(i) What kind of garden does he want to have?
(ii) Why does he want to build a hive?
(iii) What is a glade?
(iv) What does he want to do there?
Q.2. What is the poet going to build in Innisfree and why?
Q.3. What kind of house does the poet want to build?
Q.4. How the poet wants to spend his time in Innisfree?
Q.5. Where was the poet at the time of penning the poem?
Q.6. Read the following passages and answer the questions:
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made:
(i) Who is I in the first line?
(ii) What’s his resolve?
(iii) What is he going to build there?
(iv) What are wattles?
Q.7. What is the intension of the poet?
Q.8. Why does the poet want to live alone?
Q.9. The poet in the last two lines presents a different picture. What is it?
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The latest Chrome update lets you search selected word(s) without leaving the current tab. Good thing about the Touch to Search feature is that it looks for the selected term considering the context and the webpage. In other words, if you are viewing a nutrition-related webpage and select to word Apple, you are shown results about the apple as a fruit, not the company!
To enable / disable touch to search on Chrome for Android, first make sure your Chrome application is updated and then do as follows:
1. Open Chrome on your Android device
2. Tap the 3dot icon on the top right and then hit the Settings.
3. Under the Advanced settings, tap the Privacy option
4. Tap the Touch to Search option, and decided whether to disable or enable it.
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64 Research of Jingzhou City Circumvallation Park Plan
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Jingzhou city is also called Jiangling city, Jingzhou ancient circumvallation lasts the longest time, most dynasties and changes to be the only ancient walls developing from soil-made ones. It is the intact one among the few ancient circumvallation existing now in our country, and it is also the intact circumvallation in the middle reach of Yangtze River. It is famous both at home and abroad. On the base of protection, the relic protection and plan governor is confronted with the problems about how to update the conception of protection and usage, proceed to plan and design better, find more characteristics... | <urn:uuid:64ce6006-c779-481c-9e44-810b9d9f8e6d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/ebooks/book/148/chapter-abstract/30176/Research-of-Jingzhou-City-Circumvallation-Park?redirectedFrom=fulltext | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571692.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812105810-20220812135810-00076.warc.gz | en | 0.909908 | 166 | 1.882813 | 2 |
Show and Tell Benefits in Kindergarten
26 SEP 2017
Show and tell isn’t just about giving the kids a reason to bringing toys to class; each child’s social, emotional and language skills will grow and develop from this activity as the children learn to use descriptive language, practice listening skills and share their special items with others. Sharing prized possessions with peers makes for a fun and comfortable learning arena for everyone involved.
1 Self-Esteem and Pride
Most young kids love to show off their prized possessions. When it is your child’s show-and-tell day, allow him to bring a favorite object to share with the class. Show-and-tell time gives a child a chance to be the center of attention for a bit as he explains the significance of the item he brought while other children show interest and ask questions about that loved object. This positive social interaction can boost a child’s self-esteem and make him feel good about himself.
2 Oral Skills
Show and tell in the classroom can help strengthen children’s oral skills, especially if it is a structured activity. Show and tell helps foster public speaking skills and helps children feel comfortable with talking in front of a group of peers. When it is structured as a question-and-answer activity, show and tell encourages the children to use descriptive words and full sentences. Questions like “Why is this special to you?” “How does this work?” and “Where did you get this object?” help children to strengthen their descriptive skills. This activity also helps children learn to communicate feelings, thoughts and emotions with words.
3 Social Skills
Because show and tell is a group activity, it helps teach children appropriate social skills. For instance, Crestview Elementary School in Kansas lists guidelines that children in the audience must refrain from distracting the speaker while focusing their attention and sitting relatively still. Each child must also be patient, take turns, use kind words and avoid using put-downs. At the same time, the speaker learns to turn his body toward the audience and use the appropriate volume so others can hear about his special object.
4 Making Friends
Show and tell can open up doors to making new friends. Once a child has gone through his show and tell, other kids may want to talk to him about it. Some of the kids may have a similar toy, which provides a connection and opportunity to talk about a similar interest. Some kids may think the object is interesting and want to know more about it. It may even lead to an out-of-class play date that also includes the prized item. | <urn:uuid:4726bfbb-b2ff-4617-9804-a51e03e89ff7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://classroom.synonym.com/show-tell-benefits-kindergarten-12399.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571147.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810040253-20220810070253-00469.warc.gz | en | 0.962335 | 542 | 3.9375 | 4 |
- Drawing A Family Tree and Community Timeline
- Creating a Local Monument Inventory
- Defining "Public Art"
- Introductory Video
- Sample Agenda for an North Carolina Freedom Park "Town Meeting"
As a preface to the classroom exercises and lessons in The African American Experience, teachers may wish to assign students to interview older family members or neighbors to learn about their family and community history and to draw their family trees based on data collected from elders.
Students might then pool this information into a Community Timeline, illustrating their family roots in the region or when their families arrived in the area along with any notable accomplishments of relatives along this timeline.
It may also be useful to have students make an inventory of the historical monuments in your community and what historical events and persons are represented by these monuments. These monuments might be placed on a posted map of your town or county, and students may be invited to discuss their findings:
- Where are these monuments located?
- What kinds of people and events are memorialized?
- Who is missing?
- Are there significant times in your community's history that are not honored by these monuments?
- Why do you think these particular events or people are commemorated?
It will also be important for students to understand the concept of public art. As defined by the North Carolina Arts Council: "Public art is creative work that everyone can enjoy, even if they don't get to a museum very often. Public Art includes statues, murals, sculpture, as well as commissioned works." Between 1989 and 1995, North Carolina state government reserved a portion of the construction budget for every new state building so that an artist could be commissioned to create a work of art to enhance the building and grounds. Today the NC Arts Council administers this 63-piece "Artworks for State Buildings" collection. (Students may visit www.ncarts.org/afsb/afsbhome.htm to find the locations of these works of art. Some may be in your local community.) Students who have been to Raleigh on a school trip may be familiar with "The Education Wall" on the legislative mall side of the State Department of Public Instruction building. This granite mural is one of the early pieces created in the Artworks for State Buildings initiative and is referenced in some of the lessons here.
As students consider their best ideas for the design elements in a North Carolina Freedom Monument, they may also want to do some internet research on public art projects around the nation and world to enhance brainstorming activities.
More specifically, to introduce the scope and vision of the founders of the statewide Freedom Monument Project, the North Carolina Freedom Park will provide a free, 19-minute video, "Sharing the Vision: The North Carolina Freedom Monument Project." It can be obtained by calling (919) 968-1655, e-mailing [email protected], or viewed online at Vimeo. You can also download the video as an .mp4 file from Vimeo. The video is an excellent beginning point for a discussion of the role and meaning of art in public places and what kinds of symbols might be used to represent the African American experience and contributions in North Carolina.
Students and teachers can play a critical role in the Freedom Monument Project. The heart of the program has been an ongoing series of town meetings designed to promote dialogue about our state's African American history and race relations. The same process used in the town meetings can be a valuable classroom activity. If the monument is to be the legacy for future generations, it is critical to include the viewpoints of today's youth. Classroom discussion can be conducted using a structure similar to the agenda used for community meetings:
I. Screening of North Carolina Freedom Monument Video
This 19-minute video gives viewers an overview of the project and a look at existing memorials in some other states and countries.
II. Explanation of History Timeline
In each meeting, North Carolina Freedom Park has posted a timeline that covers almost 400 years of North Carolina history. Meeting participants are asked to place themselves or their families somewhere on the timeline by sharing a story, event, date or other occasion that relates to North Carolina history, particularly its history of race relations. (See examples on video.) People share family lore about escaping slavery, dates when they or their families arrived in the state, their personal involvement with the Civil Rights Movement. Younger people who may not be as knowledgeable about history sometimes share stories about their first encounters with racism or the results of their work on their family trees. (See Drawing a Family Tree and Community Timeline above.) The goal of this exercise is to humanize history, to make the point that history is about all of us, not about other people long ago.
III. Breakout discussions
For this part of the meeting, break up into small groups to discuss the following questions:
- What would you suggest to an artist attempting to create a work of art honoring the African American experience in North Carolina?
- What ideas (themes, values, characteristics, images, events, people . . .) would best exemplify that experience in a work of public art?
- What do we, in the present, want to say about the African American experience in our state to those who will live here in the future?
- What do we want North Carolina school children of tomorrow to feel when they see this work?
IV. Summary of group discussions
After a predetermined period of time, ask each small group to report back to the whole body. This report can take the form of straightforward answers to the questions, but it can also be a drawing, a poem, a design concept - whatever the collective imaginations of the group can come up with. The idea is for students of differing backgrounds to work together to generate a creative response to the challenge of developing a monument.
Ask students to answer any or all of the questions below. It will help them to critique the discussion process and possibly suggest other ways of generating discussion about the Monument and African-American history in general.
(1) Do you support the Freedom Monument Project? Please state what parts of the discussion were the most important to you in reaching this opinion.
(2) Do you feel that today's meeting helped to increase understanding between students of different ethnic and social backgrounds? Please explain.
(3) Were you yourself able to learn something from, or tell something significant to, the other participants in a way that seemed to increase understanding? Please explain.
(4) How would you improve the format of today's meeting? What seemed to work particularly well? What didn't work for you? What was missing?
Each lesson unit discusses a person, place, event, or experience in which African Americans had to cope with certain challenges, or had to confront or overcome a particular set of problems or circumstances in North Carolina society. No matter what time period or person studied in The African American Experience in North Carolina, students will come away with a greater understanding of the many challenges facing African Americans in North Carolina.
Teachers may use these materials in at least four ways:
- in conjunction with the North Carolina Freedom Park video, to encourage a dialogue and enhance understanding of our collective experiences as North Carolinians;
- as a supplemental unit to supporting information presented in students' textbooks on North Carolina History
- as a thematic unit in and of itself;
- as individual lessons, taught in chronological or thematic order, along with a textbook or other materials supporting the eighth grade Social Studies Standard Course of Study;
- as an integrated, interdisciplinary unit or lessons that are taught in conjunction with or by Language Arts, Fine Arts, and other teachers.
Students may study these lessons together as a class, individually, or in cooperative learning groups. Groups or individuals may review all the lessons or the lessons may be divided among the groups or students within a group. Because class discussion of the experiences described in the materials is crucial to collective understanding, students should share their findings with the entire class. Individual students or small groups should make presentations to the class using illustrations, informational reports, role-plays, and other resources to teach the class about their topics.
Classes should discuss the circumstances of the person, place, event or experience, the problems or challenges associated with that experience, and the impact of the person, place, event or experience on North Carolina, the United States, and the world. Students should be able to support their statements with the evidence from the lessons or their research, and should be respectful of the opinions of others in the discussion.
The research projects offer students an opportunity to do in-depth research on a topic relating to African American history. Students should be encouraged to emphasize the impact of these issues on North Carolina. These projects can be assigned at the beginning of a unit on Civil Rights, African American history, or other related topics, and the individual lessons can be taught in class while the research project is ongoing over a one, two, or three week period. Students may be allowed to choose which project they would like to do either individually or as a group, or the class may be assigned one research topic to do collectively.
Each lesson and project offers answer keys and clear evaluation rubrics to assist teachers in assessing students' work.
Each lesson and research project provides opportunities for further study. Students can research more about the person, event, place, or experience using the media center or the Internet. Students should research images of the persons, places or events to illustrate their presentations to the class. Many of these images are available on the Internet. Students may also expand their research, and create additional lessons on other important African American people and experiences in our state. The North Carolina Freedom Park encourages teachers and classes to submit this additional research to be included in the Freedom Monument Project's resources. Send your materials to [email protected].
(to be tailored by the teacher to fit available class time)
1. Begin the unit by assigning every student to interview their elders in the creation of a family tree, particularly noting when their families first came to North Carolina if known. Be sure that students also ask their elders if particular family members played a role in North Carolina history in any way, large or small. Have students share their findings and create a bulletin board or other "monument" or remembrance space in the school hallway or another spot on campus to the families represented in your class. (one or two class periods.)
2. Introduce the unit on The African American Experience in North Carolina by showing the North Carolina Freedom Monument project video. Facilitate a discussion about why the project is important to many North Carolinians following the framework as discussed above in the section Classroom Dialogue (one or two class periods).
3. Introduce materials from the research project the "Civil Rights Movement." LINK Review the time line and important events. Assign groups or individual students to work on one of the research projects. Schedule time for students to work in the media center or on the Internet to conduct research over the next two or three weeks. Students (and parents) should be informed that the projects will require research time that will not be provided in class.
4. Over the next few class periods, have students individually, in small groups, or as a class do the lessons from the units on The People, The Places, The Events, and The Culture. Discuss the significance of these experiences and contributions.
5. Have students present their findings from the research projects to the class. These findings will build upon information presented throughout the unit of study, and will serve as an assessment tool for the project.
6. Set aside the last day of the unit to discuss and review all of the experiences, concepts, and contributions studied during the unit. If time permits, show the video about the North Carolina Freedom Park again. Use the following questions to guide your discussion:
- After learning about the struggles and contributions of North Carolina's African Americans, what is the significance of a community dialogue on the experiences of African Americans in North Carolina?
- What are some of the significant contributions made by North Carolina's African Americans to their communities? The state? The United States?
- Why do you think people have come up with the idea for a monument at this time?
- How would you go about honoring the experiences of different peoples in North Carolina?
Extension: Fine Arts -Students may also want to design their own monument, either individually or as a class. Working with the Fine Arts teachers, students may draw or make monuments out of any media they choose (for example, clay, sticks, drawings, paper maché, and so on). Students could hold a competition to determine the best three designs to be sent to the North Carolina Freedom Park.
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Are you a weekend warrior? Or do you prepare yourself physically for the sport of dog agility?
What about your dog? Is he in good physical condition for the demanding sport of canine agility?
It should seem obvious that we need to keep ourselves and our dogs in good physical condition for the sport of dog agility, but it isn’t. I am not saying that both handler and dog need be in perfect condition in order to play in this sport, but rather in a healthy condition so as not to add unnecessary stress to joints, muscles, and ligaments.
If you’re like me, your daily to-do list is so long, it is easy to forget to include physical conditioning for yourself. So, here are five tips to help condition you (and your dog):
1. Earn Your Meals
This sounds daunting, but it is really simple. Before breakfast, lunch, dinner, or snacks, do a simple activity. You can choose 10 lunges or 30 sit-ups. It’s up to you how challenging you want your task to be, and what you want to target. You can choose to work on your cardio or strength. Don’t have time to train before every meal? That’s fine…even applying this method to one meal a day will add up to huge results!
This is also a fun method for conditioning your dog. You can use their daily kibble for balance exercises (boso balls, wobble discs, sit-up/beg, and so on), training (recalls, jumping grids, and more), and at the same time you are enhancing your relationship while increasing your dog’s work ethic!
2. DON’T Diet
Eat healthy. Make sure to drink lots of water. But don’t follow a fad diet that will cause you to break down with a craving failure later on. Becoming healthy is about creating a lifestyle, not following something that gets me to my goal then dropping that something once I’ve achieved my end result.
Most dog agility competitors feed their dogs better than they feed themselves. You work hard to find nutritionally balanced options for your dogs. Take the time to take care of yourself too. Remember, this is a team sport.
3. Set a Goal
I tend to start new things on the 1st of a new month. For example, in February, starting on the 1st, I set a goal that I would do an abdominal and leg exercise every day. Some days I would only do 10 reps (repetitions of an exercise) and only 1 set (the number of times you repeat a series of reps), but I did do an exercise every day. Habits are formed over a series of weeks, not days, so giving myself an easy to follow time-line by starting on the 1st of the month made forming new habits so much easier.
For anyone who is curious, I am still following my February Fitness goals, and my March Makeover is about organization. (Yes, I like to name each month’s goals…)
4. Buddy System!
If you don’t have a human friend who will cheer you on or join you in achieving your goals, that’s fine, because you have your dog! Remember, dog agility is a team sport, so while you are working on your fitness, you can also increase your bond and fitness level of your dog. Are you doing a walk-run exercise for one mile today? Take your dog!
I am not saying you have to go on Facebook every time you lose 1lb or add 5 reps on to your fitness set. Actually, I think you would irritate a lot of people. Share your big moments publicly if you want to, but be sure to congratulate yourself on every achievement. No matter how small. Positive affirmations work for fitness too.
Don’t forget to stretch yourself and your dog. Having muscles that are tight is asking for an injury. Warm up, stretch. Cool down, stretch.
Have any tips you want to share for fitness for you or your canine? I love new ideas…especially if they fit into busy schedules!
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Item description for The Very First Easter by Paul L. Maier & Francisco Ordaz...
Overview Tired of fairy tales, young Christopher yearns for real stories. So Mom and Dad tell him the story of the first Easter, providing Christopher (and your 5- to 10-year-olds!) with candid answers to children's questions about Jesus' death and resurrection. A beautifully illustrated gift book that belongs in every family library!
Publishers Description Christopher learns important details about the miraculous Easter story that help him understand the season's celebration.
Community Description This book offers a historically accurate description of the events surrounding Jesus' death and resurrection through Scripture and beautiful artwork.
Ten-year-old Christopher wants to know the story behind the story and learns important details about this miraculous event that help him understand the season's celebration. He also discovers his own special link to the very first Easter.
The award-winning team of Paul L. Maier and Francisco Ordaz work together again to bring children a vivid picture of Jesus' last days on Earth. The Very First Easter makes a wonderful gift for children, families, and friends. Recommended for ages 9 to 12.
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Awards and Recognitions The Very First Easter by Paul L. Maier & Francisco Ordaz has received the following awards and recognitions -
Gold Medallion Book Awards - 2001 Nominee - Elementary Children category
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Studio: Concordia College
Est. Packaging Dimensions: Length: 0.75" Width: 11" Height: 10" Weight: 1.15 lbs.
Release Date Feb 1, 2000
Publisher Concordia Publishing House
Grade Level Grade School
ISBN 0570070538 ISBN13 9780570070535
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More About Paul L. Maier & Francisco Ordaz
Dr. Paul L. Maier is the Russell H. Seibert Professor of Ancient History at Western Michigan University and a much-published author of both scholarly and popular works. His novels include two historical documentaries — Pontius Pilate and The Flames of Rome — as well as A Skeleton in God’s Closet, a theological thriller that became a #1 national bestseller in religious fiction when it first released. Sequels, More than a Skeleton and The Constantine Codex, followed in 2003 and 2011.
His nonfiction works include In the Fullness of Time, a book that correlates sacred with secular evidence from the ancient world impinging on Jesus and early Christianity; Josephus: The Essential Works, a new translation / commentary on writings of the first-century Jewish historian; and Eusebius: The Church History, a similar book on the first Christian historian. More than five million of Maier’s books are now in print in twenty languages, as well as over 250 scholarly articles and reviews in professional journals.
Dr. Maier lectures widely, appears frequently on national radio, television, and newspaper interviews, and has received numerous awards. He has also penned seven children’s books and hosted six video seminars dealing with Jesus, St. Paul, the early church, and current Christianity.
Paul L. Maier lived in the state of Michigan. Paul L. Maier was born in 1662 and died in 1752.
Reviews - What do customers think about Very First Easter?
disappointing Apr 5, 2005
I got this book to better explain to the kids the true meaning of Easter, something desparately needed in our culture of giant, chocolate-bearing bunnies. This book was an excellent idea in theory, but (unpopular opinion as I know it will be) the writing was just plain lame. Why does everything have to be "cool" when it's written for children. Ok, Christopher may have had a few good questions, but he also says, "ewwww," when Judas kissed Jesus. For this point alone I would have chosen not to read it to my boys - I don't want them thinking that there's anything wrong with 2 people kissing out of love and friendship, 2 men or otherwise and yes, even today (ok, I realize that's not why Judas did it, but that's beside the point).
But there's more: The story starts out that little Chrissy doesn't want anything but "true" stories anymore. No more fairy tales for him. Again, why would I want to even introduce an idea as ridiculous as this - I want my boys reading and enjoying fiction for the rest of their lives and refuse to plant a dangerous idea like this into their heads.
Overall, I found the text patronizing to children and chose not to read it at all to them. Granted the artwork was beautiful, but not worth the risk of putting drivel in front of my boys. (The artwork and the idea are what got the 3 stars.) We just went right to the bible and told the story and answered questions from there.
Impressively enhanced with museum quality artwork Oct 7, 2004
Impressively enhanced with museum quality artwork by Francisco Ordaz, The Very First Easter by Paul L. Maier has as its principle focus the story of Easter and the trial, death, and resurrection of Jesus. God's plan for the salvation of mankind through Jesus Christ is showcased in a perfect picture book format for young readers. Winner of The Gold Medallion Book Award, The Very First Easter is ideal as a memorable parent-child bonding experience within the framework of an Easter celebration in Christian homes and communities.
Our family loves this book! Apr 7, 2003
I was looking for a "real" Easter book for the kids. Found The Very First Easter by Paul L. Maier. I can't tell you how much my girls LOVE this book. The format is a Mom and Dad telling their son about Easter based on scripture. Both the writing and the illustrations are just excellent!!!
THE VERY FIRST EASTER Mar 1, 2003
I believe that this is a good book to introduce children to the Christian faith. It is definately not a fiction. It lets us know and apreciate the passion, the sacrifice and love that our dear Lord suffered for salvation of the world. We celebrate Good Friday because on that Holy day, the Lord opened the gates of Heaven to all His people and reminds us how a wonderful God humbled Himself on the cross for the love of us to save us from eternal damnation. Any person who claims to read and know the Bible should agree with simple truths like this one. By the way If any Christian believes that the Bible is the inspired word of God, It was the Catholic Church aproximately in the year 400 A.D who came with the decision that the gospels we read today are worthy for the faithful to believe. The Catholic Church never deceived any one when it comes to faith and morals, but rather lead them to holyness and sanctity and prepare the faithful to eternity which all of us Christians know is the destiny of mankind.
VERY VERY GOOD Apr 8, 2001
This book follows the same format as Paul Maier's companion book, The Very First Christmas. Maier embeds the story of the first Easter inside the story of a 10-year-old boy named Christopher, who lives with his mother and father, a forest ranger, in a remote area of America's western mountains. As Christopher and his parents are sitting around the table dying Easter eggs, Christopher wonders aloud what the true story of Easter is. His Dad picks up the Bible and the two of them begin to read aloud from the book of Luke.
The narrative follows their discussion as they read, with Christopher asking questions that any child might typically ask -- "How do we know Jesus was really God?" "Why did they hang people on crosses, Dad?" "But if Jesus had a solid body and wasn't a ghost, how did he get through the walls?" Maier's format works well in this setting. Quotations from Luke tell the story, but the discussion between Christopher and his Dad explain the Easter story in a way that seems natural and easy to understand.
While the text of this book is quite good, what makes this book a excellent addition to the Easter collection is the outstanding artwork of Francisco Ordaz. Beautiful, full page pictures take up the right hand side of each spread. These realistic and detailed illustrations do a superb job of furthering the viewer's understanding of the Easter story. Especially well done is a portrayal of Jesus praying in the garden of Gethsemane and an illustration showing the women standing in amazement before the empty tomb. The Very First Easter is an wonderful book to share with a child, or anyone, who wonders what more there is to Easter than bunnies and painted eggs. | <urn:uuid:035077b6-d948-4897-8a5b-2165cc627121> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.promiseangels.com/maier-paul/very-first-easter/SKU/16522 | 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 | 0.954588 | 1,900 | 2.21875 | 2 |
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- working with voluntary and statutory agencies where appropriate to define the anti-social behaviour and address possible causes of the behaviour
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This month I am featuring the Cultural Awareness Troop Program Feature for Boy Scouts. The meeting plan for week two suggests playing Sleeping Pirate as a opening activity while the Scouts are gathering. This works well for this purpose since it doesn’t require much equipment and additional Scouts can join in as they arrive.
- Two blocks of wood or similar sized objects to be the treasure
- Designate one Scout to be the pirate.
- Blindfold the pirate and have him sit in a chair in the middle of the playing area
- Put the treasure at his feet.
- The rest of the Scouts try to sneak in and get the treasure without being caught. (He can only take one treasure at a time.)
- The pirate “catches” the Scouts by pointing at them when they make a noise.
- If a Scout is caught he must go to the edge of the playing area and start again.
- A Scout who is caught twice must sit out the rest of the round.
- The round is over when both treasures have been captured. You can play multiple rounds.
Score 10 points for each captured treasure. Highest score at the end wins.
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FAQ: What Is A Primary Residential Parent
Jan. 22, 2020
Any parent who is going through a divorce or a breakup in Tennessee should acquaint themselves with the term “primary residential parent.” This legal term tends to cause a great deal of confusion for parents who are entering into a permanent parenting plan (i.e., the plan indicating when the child will be with each parent, how parenting decisions will be made, how child support will be handled). Because of this, we’ve provided the following frequently asked questions and their answers for you below:
What Does It Mean to Be The “Primary Residential Parent”?
When a child lives with one parent more than 50 percent of the time, that parent is designated the primary residential parent (sometimes referred to as the PRP) under Tennessee law. But what happens when the parents have a joint custody arrangement under which custody is split 50/50? Who is the primary residential parent then?
When this happens, one parent will still need to be appointed as the primary residential parent. The couple can either amicably decide between themselves who will receive this designation or, if they are unable to sort this out, the court will pick for them. In either case, the parent who is not the primary residential parent is referred to as the alternative residential parent.
Does Being Designated the Primary Residential Parent Affect My Rights or Responsibilities as A Parent?
It is important to note that being designated the primary residential parent (or the alternative residential parent) does not affect your rights or responsibilities as a parent! Regardless of being labeled the primary or alternative residential parent, each parent is responsible for making day-to-day parenting decisions while the child is with them. As far as other parenting decisions go, both parents have equal rights and responsibilities as long as they are listed as joint decision-makers in the parenting plan.
Why Does Tennessee Law Require There to Be a Primary Residential Parent?
In Tennessee, one parent must be named the primary residential parent for two main reasons. First, because some benefits that flow to the child (such as social security) require that a default primary parent be named. Second, the primary residential parent’s home address will be used to determine which school district the child resides in.
If the Court Is Asked to Appoint a Primary Residential Parent, How Will They Make This Determination?
If the court is asked to craft a permanent parenting plan and appoint a primary residential parent, it will do so with the best interest of the child in mind. It will do this by determining which type of custody arrangement will most benefit the child. Under section 36-6-106 of the Tennessee Code, the court is directed to award custody to either parent or both parents jointly, after considering all relevant factors. These relevant considerations include, but are not limited to the following:
The child’s ability to adjust to a new home,
The mental health of each parent,
Each parent’s parenting skills,
The child’s custody wishes or preferences (if he or she is 12 years old or older),
Each parent’s ability to provide for the child’s needs (for example, education, medical care, shelter, etc.),
Each parent’s willingness to foster their child’s relationship with the other parent,
Each parent’s ability and willingness to comply with a particular custody or visitation arrangement,
Testimony by any party as to what would be best for the child, and
Any other factors deemed relevant by the court.
If based on this evaluation, the court decides to award more than 50 percent custody to one parent, then that parent automatically becomes the primary residential parent. However, if the court determines that it is in the child’s best interest for their parents to have a 50/50 joint custody arrangement then it will pick one parent to be the primary residential parent based on the best interest of the child.
My Ex Is Insisting on Being Named The Primary Residential Parent, Should I Fight Them on This?
This is a tricky question to answer because each family’s circumstances are unique, but if you find yourself fighting with your ex over who should be named the primary residential parent, we advise taking a step back and considering what would be in your child’s best interest.
For example, does your ex live in a better school district and would naming them the primary residential parent enable your child to attend a better school? Or is this the only sticking point in an otherwise satisfactory parenting plan that you and your ex have crafted? If so, it may be worth considering a concession to get the parenting plan finalized on your terms rather than having the court decide for you.
With that said, it is always a good idea to consult with a local family law attorney about whether or not conceding on this point is a good idea given your family’s unique circumstances. A seasoned family law attorney will be able to evaluate your situation and advise what would be in the best interest of you and your child.
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Author: Margaret Talbot
Publish Date: November 8, 2012
Source: I received a copy from the publisher; however, this did not affect my review.
Why You're Reading This Book:
- You're a history fan.
- You're a biography fan.
- You're interested in Old Hollywood.
From Goodreads.com: "Using the life and career of her father, an early Hollywood actor, New Yorker writer Margaret Talbot tells the thrilling story of the rise of popular culture through a transfixing personal lens. The arc of Lyle Talbot’s career is in fact the story of American entertainment. Born in 1902, Lyle left his home in small-town Nebraska in 1918 to join a traveling carnival. From there he became a magician’s assistant, an actor in a traveling theater troupe, a romantic lead in early talkies, then an actor in major Warner Bros. pictures with stars such as Humphrey Bogart and Carole Lombard, then an actor in cult B movies, and finally a part of the advent of television, with regular roles on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet and Leave It to Beaver. Ultimately, his career spanned the entire trajectory of the industry.
In her captivating, impeccably researched narrative—a charmed combination of Hollywood history, social history, and family memoir—Margaret Talbot conjures warmth and nostalgia for those earlier eras of ’10s and ’20s small-town America, ’30s and ’40s Hollywood. She transports us to an alluring time, simpler but also exciting, and illustrates the changing face of her father’s America, all while telling the story of mass entertainment across the first half of the twentieth century."
My Two Cents:
Old Hollywood has always seemed like such a fascinating place to me. Just the name Hollywood evokes glamor. I love reading about it and was very excited to read The Entertainer based on the fact that it was about Hollywood alone. The Entertainer is both a personal history and a general history of Old Hollywood.
Margaret Talbot tells both the story of her father and Hollywood in this book. Through recollection of her father's many stories and her own meticulous research, she captures the transition between silent movies and the "talkies," as movies with sound were often referred to as when they first came out. Margaret Talbot's father, Lyle, was a screen actor who made this transition. The story follows Lyle from his sort of sad childhood growing up until his death as an old man. Most of the book focuses on Lyle's time in Hollywood. Even though I did not recognize Lyle by name, through reading the book I realized that I had seen some of the movies that he had been in.
This book is both a fascinating biography and a good history book. So many of the things that happened in Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s changed the movie business and laid the ground work for many of the things that we see today in movies. I think that people who both like biographies and history will like this book. While sometimes Talbot could give descriptions that were a little bit too long, overall the writing style in this book was good. I liked that Talbot included her father's story rather than just making this a general history of Old Hollywood. Getting to see everything that was going on through Lyle's eyes was really fascinating.
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Social websites, or SMM in short, is easily becoming a pressure inside new mass media community. The word is normally inaccurate, because it is typically used as an advertising and marketing device for online marketers. It becomes an increasingly potent marketing plan allowing enterprises in order to connect making use of their people with a much more particular place and draw them in their internet websites. Follow this advice when getting begun should you be looking to benefit from great and bad social websites for ones business:
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Remember that lots of people will concern your legality maybe motives. However, it is not necessary to worry simply because nearly all company which uses the web to promote their products or solutions offers the approach to use common social networking cpa networks which include Twitter and Facebook. In reality, numerous individuals don’t even consider a lot of these press sources when you go shopping on the web. Also, there are various those who use a lot of these instruments to activate or reconcile with friends and family so which has an lively account is often a no-lose task to suit your needs.
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A stock market crash is often by and large defined as when a stock market goes down over 10 % in a day. The very last time the Dow Jones crashed over 10 % was in March 2020. Since then, the Dow Jones has tanked more than 5 % only once. But, a stock market crash is actually likely to happen quite soon, that might crush the 12-month benefits for the Dow Jones and for the S&P 500. Here is the reason why.
Coronavirus is mutating, and the brand new variants are more transmissible compared to the previous ones, which is actually forcing lawmakers to implement more restrictive measures. The United Kingdom is again in a national lockdown, and this is the third national lockdown since the coronavirus pandemic begun. Naturally, the U.K. is not the sole land that’s running a third wave of national lockdowns; we have witnessed this in the Republic of Ireland and a couple of other countries extending their current lockdowns.
The largest economy of the Eurozone, Germany, is actually working to maintain control of the coronavirus, and there are actually better chances that we might see a national lockdown there too. The point which is most worrisome would be that the coronavirus situation is not becoming much better in the U.S., and it’s evidently clear that President elect Joe Biden prioritizes public health initially. Hence, in case we see a national lockdown in the U.S., the game might be over.
Major Reason for Stock Market Rally
The stock market rally that people saw year that is previous was chiefly due to the faster than expected economic recovery in 2020. The U.S. labor market began to bounce back faster than many people thought; the U.S. unemployment rate fell from double digits to the single digit territory. Being a result, stock traders became a lot more bullish. Moreover, the positive coronavirus vaccine news flow more strengthened the stock market rally. However, both of these elements have lost the gravity of theirs.
Originally Warning For Stock Market Rally
The U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims have began to show that the U.S. labor market has taken a wrong turn plus more individuals are actually losing jobs once again – although yesterday’s number was better than expected, actual 787K vs. the forecast of 798K. The labor market recovery that pushed stocks higher and made stock traders more positive about the stock market rally is not the same. The recent U.S. ADP Employment number arrived in at 123K, against the forecast of 60K while the preceding number was at 304K. Of course, this was building up for some time, and the weekly Unemployment Claims number is warning us about that. Hence, under the current circumstances, it is likely to be really challenging for the Dow to continue its massive bull run – reality will catch up, along with the stock bubble is actually likely to burst.
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Vaccine distribution has ramped up more slowly than expected, and it is apt to take some time before a significant population will get the very first serving. Essentially, the longer needed for governments to vaccinate the public, the higher the uncertainty. We had actually seen a tiny episode of this at the start of this year, precisely on January four when the Dow Jones stocks tanked.
Stock Market And Bankruptcy Filings
Another essential ingredient that needs stock traders’ notice is the amount of bankruptcies taking place in the U.S. This’s actually crucial, and neglecting this’s apt to get inventory traders off guard, and that might result in a stock crash. Based on Bloomberg, yearly U.S. bankruptcy filings in 2020 surged to the biggest number of theirs since 2009. As many businesses have been equipped to lower the damage brought on by the coronavirus pandemic by ballooning their balance sheets with debt, a extra lockdown or restricted coronavirus precautions will weaken the balance sheet of theirs. They might have no additional alternative left but to file for bankruptcy, and this can lead to inventory selloffs.
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Federal Regulators Plan to Review Wisconsin DNR Water Enforcement
Investigation into claims that the agency is failing to enforce laws and regulation
Federal regulators plan to visit Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources headquarters this week to investigate claims the agency is failing to enforce water pollution laws and regulations.
Midwest Environmental Advocates and 16 individuals petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to review water regulations in the state to ensure the DNR is complying with the Clean Water Act. The EPA in 2011 cited 75 deficiencies in how DNR handles water regulation.
The Wisconsin State Journal reports four EPA regulators plan to spend four days this week at DNR headquarters in Madison paging through the agency’s water pollution files beginning Tuesday.
DNR spokesman Jim Dick called the review standard procedure, although the review could result in the EPA stripping the state’s authority to enforce federal regulations. | <urn:uuid:b7426f29-7fce-4ab0-98ec-aec0ce54d945> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.fox21online.com/2016/10/10/federal-regulators-plan-to-review-wisconsin-dnr-water-enforcement/42047478/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284411.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00464-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.897664 | 180 | 2.03125 | 2 |
| Genus List |
The genus Amblyopone is recognized by the lack of eyes, the serially dentate anterior border of the clypeus; elongate, sublinear mandibles with dentition similar to border of clypeus; and a characteristic petiole shape with the posterior constriction shallow relative to most ants. The petiole shape is shared with Prionopelta, but the mandibles are distinctive.
There are three species known from Costa Rica. The most common is orizabana, a small, orange species with 12-segmented antennae. The other two are very rare (or at least hard to collect) and are known from single sites within Costa Rica. mystriops is a large, dark brown species, with 12-segmented antennae. degenerata is an extremely small, orange species with 6-segmented antennae.
Amblyopone degenerata Borgmeier 1957
Amblyopone mystriops Brown 1960
Amblyopone orizabana Brown 1960
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However good the reasons for our intervention in Libya, we and our allies failed to stop some terrible deeds committed by the rebels we supported. U.S. officials have talked a lot about making sure the rebels commit themselves to a democratic regime and do not impose sharia law. But for the most part officials were mum when the rebels—under the cover of our military support—committed one atrocity after another. If we ever ally ourselves with another armed rebellion, say in Syria, we should make it clear that our support will be granted only as long as rebels refrain from committing the kinds of crimes against humanity we are trying to protect them from.
Our reason for intervening in Libya was a humanitarian one. President Barack Obama warned that Qaddafi’s oppression of protesters could lead to “violence on a horrific scale.” We paid little attention when the rebels began, almost immediately, to abuse other Libyans. Amnesty International released a report detailing war crimes committed by the rebels beginning as early as February 2011. They had detained, tortured, and lynched pro-Qaddafi loyalists (as well as some who were only assumed to be pro-Qaddafi). Those not murdered were tortured with electric rods and beaten with belts, sticks, and metal bars.
More recently, mass graves have been found. Many of the bodies were found to have been shot in the head with their hands tied behind their backs, execution-style. Reports indicate that the rebels often did not wait to determine if people were actually involved in the fighting, but assumed, on the basis of where the people were or what they looked like, that they were Qaddafi loyalists.
Evidence shows that black Libyans and foreign migrant workers were specifically targeted by the rebels in what appear to be acts of ethnic cleansing. African Union chairman Jean Ping said that the rebels’ National Transitional Council (NTC) assumes that “all blacks are mercenaries.... They are killing people, normal workers, mistreating them.” Reporters witnessed the abuse of hundreds of black Africans who were detained, beaten, and killed indiscriminately. Rebels have also been accused of frequent and widespread rape of women in the black refugee camps outside Tripoli.
Entire cities have been turned into ghost towns. Residents of Tawergha, which was a Qaddafi stronghold, were reportedly forced out of their homes when rebels took the city. Most buildings were destroyed and many were ransacked. Though Tawergha had been used as a base by Qaddafi supporters, there is evidence that the attack on its primarily black population was racially motivated. People have been abducted in the streets and forced to relocate to refugee camps—simply for being from Tawergha. Tawergha is just one of the towns that faced retribution; more reports of “disappeared” villages and ransacked cities are now surfacing. Zlitan, another town taken by the rebels, has been turned into a ghost town. The NTC has thus far declined to investigate the massacre of over fifty people in Sirte, Qaddafi’s hometown. Human Rights Watch has called those killings an “apparent mass execution.”
All these war crimes were widely reported, but most Western voices, in government and in the press, spoke mainly about how important it is that the rebels be good democrats—or worried that the rebels might send a large number of fighters to attack U.S. and allied forces in Iraq. A report published by two French think tanks warned that, among the rebels, “true democrats” were in the minority. Since then, Western leaders have had plenty to say about what the rebels ought to be doing now, but little about what they did during the conflict that brought them to power. President Nicolas Sarkozy has promised that “France and Europe will be at [the rebels’] side, for peace, for democracy, and for economic progress.” President Obama sees the Libyan mission as a model of international cooperation in the face of tyranny: “This is how the international community should work in the twenty-first century.” In a speech at the UN, Obama spoke about the need for democratic reform in a newly liberated Libya: “We all know what’s needed…new laws and a constitution that upholds the rule of law...and, for the first time in Libyan history, free and fair elections.” He did not mention the atrocities committed by the forces we supported. (After Qaddafi was lynched and one of his sons executed, there were finally some murmurs in the West that this is not the way to handle things.)
We obviously cannot rewind history and restore the lives of innocent victims. We can, however, draw lessons for other humanitarian interventions. Those with whom we ally ourselves should realize—should be made to realize—that our support is not unconditional. They should be informed, from the very beginning, that we will scale back air cover and military supplies if we find that they are using them to lay waste to towns just because they house loyalists of the outgoing regime. And we shall leave them to their own devices if they torture, plunder, and rape. Our future allies should know that we hold that all people, on all sides, are God’s children and are entitled to basic human rights. | <urn:uuid:37409223-d53e-41bb-9913-f20dc9ec9dfc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/unintended-consequences-0 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570868.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808152744-20220808182744-00066.warc.gz | en | 0.984522 | 1,093 | 2.25 | 2 |
On a recent evening on Hungary's border with Serbia, a fleet of police trucks raced along the dusty boundary.
A heat sensor trained on the razor wire fence had picked up migrants approaching, officers explained. The migrants, about two dozen in number, quickly split up and went back deep into Serbian territory, police said.
It was a scene that has played out many times in the months since Europe's migrant crisis erupted.
"The human traffickers are never idle. Their night-vision drones watch our patrol system. They take advantage as soon as we redeploy our forces," said police commander Zsolt Gulyas.
Hungary's border with Serbia is relatively calm these days, in contrast to scenes last September when hundreds of thousands of migrants crossed Hungary on the way to western Europe. That was before Hungary erected a razor wire fence.
"We have created a system that works," said Gulyas, referring to the fence and the thousands of police and soldiers who guard the border day and night.
Hungary allows 30 people per day into two transit zones where they can submit an asylum request. Anyone who breaches the border is escorted back through gates in the fence if caught within 8 km.
Rights group Helsinki Committee says the system is unsustainable. "The new Iron Curtain is a slap in the face for human rights and Hungary's European values," said co-chair Marta Pardavi.
With only weeks left until an Oct. 2 referendum on whether Hungary should reject EU migrant quotas, Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who opposes immigration into the EU, has largely managed to seal the Serbia-Hungary border to migrants.
This in turn has cemented support for his Fidesz party. A poll by government-friendly think tank Szazadveg earlier this year said 79 percent of Hungarians supported the border fence. The government has started fortifying the fence with a second barrier.
"We lose our European values and identity the way frogs are cooked in slowly heating water. Quite simply, slowly there will be more and more Muslims and we will no longer recognize Europe," Orban told parliament on Monday.
Front and center
Opposition politicians and some analysts say that by keeping the issue of migration front and center, Orban is trying to divert attention from problems elsewhere — education, healthcare and corruption.
"Fidesz' support goes up when the debate is about migration, it goes down when it's about other issues. It is vital for Fidesz to keep the migration issue on the agenda," said Csaba Toth, director of the think tank Republikon Institute.
The main challenger to Orban's Fidesz is the nationalist, anti-immigrant Jobbik party. It is far behind Fidesz in the polls – a recent survey put Jobbik's support at 10 percent, versus 28 percent for Fidesz – but Jobbik could benefit from any perceived softening of the government's stance on migrants.
Like Fidesz, Jobbik has asked Hungarians to reject EU quotas. But its leader Gabor Vona has said Orban should resign if participation falls below the minimum required to make the vote valid. By law, the turnout must exceed 50 percent.
At the border, the political antagonism between Jobbik and Orban's Fidesz takes a more muted form.
The mayor of Asotthalom, a village on the Serbian border, is Jobbik vice chairman Laszlo Toroczkai. He said that when the government announced it would build the fence last year it was the "happiest day of my life".
For more than a year Asotthalom was on the route traveled by tens of thousands of migrants on their way to Germany.
"By September 2014 migration had became so massive that I realized nothing but a serious military force and a physical fence could stop this invasion," said Toroczkai.
Standing beneath the razor wire coils, which he says he championed, he told Reuters he was no longer worried for his family, who live on a farm close to the border.
Liberal voices largely silent
Leftist and liberal parties have been wrong-footed by the migrant debate. The Socialists have urged Hungarians to boycott the referendum, which they say serves Fidesz' interests – but Socialist chairman Gyula Molnar said he would support Orban against quotas imposed by the EU.
The latest polls show participation may or may not break the 50-percent mark required by law, but the result seems to be beyond doubt.
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SOFIA EPO Program
The education and public outreach activities being developed by the the SETI Institute and the ASP include programs for K-12 teachers, informal educators, college teachers, journalists, and the general public. Approximately 200 educators per year will have the opportunity to fly aboard SOFIA, interacting with working astronomers and seeing the process of scientific research close up. Other education programs to be implemented after SOFIA operations begin include teacher/astronomer educational partnerships, classroom activities, interactive web-based activities, and live webcasts.
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(CNN) - Chris Dodd, chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America and a former U.S. senator, dismissed as "predictable" on Friday the idea that movies play a role in spurring gun violence and instead said the nation's mental health systems should be the subject of attention in the quest to reduce gun deaths.
"It's sort of predictable, in a way, and if you go back over the years, there were people who suggested that comic books were the reason before any of this existed," he said at the National Press Club. "So there's been - if you go back and look at the history, any time one of these things happens, there's kind of a lurching from time to time to suggest that this is the root cause of the problems."
He was responding to a question about the National Rifle Association's criticism of the movies and broader entertainment field, which the group's executive vice president described in December as "a callous, corrupt and corrupting shadow industry that sells and stows violence against its own people."
"We have blood-soaked films out there like 'American Psycho,' 'Natural Born Killers.' They're aired like propaganda loops on Splatterdays and every single day," Wayne LaPierre said in a statement one week after a gunman shot dead 20 students and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut.
Dodd was raised in Connecticut and said his father, also a U.S. senator, "was very involved in these issues."
"Connecticut is now the seventh largest producer of guns - we were No. 1 in the country for many years with the Colt and the Winchester and the like, but if you were to ask me where I think we need to be focusing a lot of our attention, it is in the mental health space," he said.
He noted his work on the Mental Health Parity Act, which required health insurers provide access to mental health care alongside other types of treatment.
"While there's much more pyrotechnics around guns and about media, my hope is ... if we don't do anything else, to (act to) finally put some meaningful resources into the scourge of mental health," he said.
Representatives from the motion picture association and other entertainment groups met with Vice President Joe Biden and the gun violence group President Barack Obama appointed after the Newtown shooting. The group also met with the NRA and other gun rights advocacy groups, gun control proponents and mental health advocates.
A CNN/Time/ORC International Poll in mid-January found 37% of Americans believe the influence of popular culture is the primary cause of gun violence. An equal number attributed it to the ways parents raise their children and 23% cited the availability of guns.
The NRA has not focused on the role of movies, video games and other media since the December statement, but has called for making the current background check system more functional, including increasing the reporting of individuals with mental health issues that would make them unsuitable gun owners.
As part of the December statement, LaPierre unveiled a School Shield program that would put armed security officers or police officers into schools as a line of defense against gun violence.
His comments on the entertainment industry were scathing at that announcement. He cited movies, video games and music videos that the producers "have the nerve to call ... entertainment."
"But is that what it really is? Isn't fantasizing about killing people as a way to get your kicks really the filthiest form of pornography?" he asked. "In a race to the bottom, many conglomerates compete with one another to shock, violate and offend every standard of civilized society, by bringing an even more toxic mix of reckless behavior and criminal cruelty right into our homes." | <urn:uuid:943ac920-c1a8-4abd-a8fd-8c5af915ee15> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/02/16/dodd-media-isnt-to-blame-for-gun-violence/?hpt=po_c1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279915.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00283-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975267 | 766 | 1.625 | 2 |
Date: 26th June 2020
Time: 1619 hrs
Location- Eco-park, Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh
Habitat- Wild, on the side of the nature trail/track (maybe planted).
Plant-animal interaction: Spindasis ictis (Common Shot Silverline) seen on a plant adjacent to this plant. Larval host plants of this butterfly are Senna montana and Senna siamea.
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Veteran New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) apologized Monday afternoon to anyone who may have been offended by his decision to show up to a Purim party dressed as a basketball player, with blackface makeup and Afro wig.
“It was not meant to hurt anyone,” Hikind said at a Monday afternoon news conference, “And to those who were? I’m sorry.”
“I understand people’s sensitivities, even though, like. Hey, come on – Purim. You know what Purim is? It’s not a big deal,” Hikind said outside his Midwood home. “Nobody meant anything.”
Purim is a Jewish holiday that is often celebrated with costumes. Hikind hosted a big Purim party at his home and hired a makeup artist to transform him for the occasion. He wore an orange jersey and sunglasses.
“If I had to do it over again, then I would just say ‘let me find something else that’s very, very exciting,'” Hikind said. “Looking at it now, there are a lot of different choices. But when I made the choice, the choice was as innocent as anything in this world.”
Hikind said that his life’s work demonstrates that he is no racist.
The Anti-Defamation League released a statement condemning Hikind’s costume choice.
“Assemblyman Dov Hikind showed terrible judgment in attending a Purim party in blackface. If blacks got dressed up as Hasidim, it would be seen as equally inappropriate,” said the group’s national director, Abraham Foxman.
“Public displays of racism are offensive, particularly when the perpetrators are elected officials, who should be role models and have the public trust,” Foxman added.
Other critics said Hikind, who recently blasted designer John Galliano for dressing up as a Hasidic person, should have known better.
“Not to be aware of the history of this country, where blackface had such a meaning during a period of racism and segregation, is troubling,” the ADL’s Ken Jacobson told CBS 2’s Dick Brennan.
“I’m not questioning his intentions, but I do think that anyone of good conscience would issue an apology for the people who were offended by it,” said fellow Assemblyman Karim Camara (D-Brooklyn), who told 1010 WINS’ Al Jones he wondered what Hikind was thinking.
Earlier, Hikind told WCBS 880 reporter Alex Silverman that it “never crossed my mind for a second” that the blackface costume might be offensive.
“If I was black, on Purim I would have made my face look like I was white,” he added.
Hikind posted the following statement on his blog on Monday: “Yes, I wore a costume on Purim and hosted a party. Most of the people who attended also wore costumes. Everywhere that Purim was being celebrated, people wore costumes. It was Purim. People dress up.
“I am intrigued that anyone who understands Purim — or for that matter understands me — would have a problem with this. This is political correctness to the absurd. There is not a prejudiced bone in my body.”
Hikind also told Silverman that the tradition on Purim is to look “strange, wild, crazy.”
His wife was dressed as the devil.
In retrospect, does he think it was in any way offensive? Earlier, he said no.
“I don’t see that at all. Absolutely not. It’s just not the way we are, not the way I am, and no,” he told Silverman.
“The idea was to look out-of-character, to look different, for people not to recognize me,” Hikind told 1010 WINS. “If I had to do it all over again I’d do exactly the same thing, without a doubt.”
Hikind said he is “flabbergasted” by the reaction his costume has received and said “everything was done in good taste.”
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver criticized the costume.
“I believe Assembly member Hikind’s actions were inappropriate and offensive,” Silver said in a statement.
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz was a bit more understanding.
“While I have an enormous amount of respect for Assemblyman Hikind, his Purim costume displayed an unintentional lack of judgment. I know that he shares my pride in the important contributions of African Americans, Caribbean Americans and all people of color in Brooklyn and New York City. Blackface, regardless of the intent, cannot be used today. It is a tasteless perpetuation of our country’s unfortunate history of racial bias and has no place in our current culture,” Markowitz said.
Assemblyman Camara hopes the incident will lead to a discussion about race and culture.
“I’m hoping that it forces a dialogue on why the depiction was so offensive in the first place, the history of white caricaturing blacks for entertainment,” Camara told CBS 2’s John Slattery.
As CBS 2’s Slattery reported, supporters of Hikind, who celebrated Purim themselves, saw no problem.
“He didn’t mean for it to be bad. He didn’t mean to bother anybody,” Moishe Berkowitz said.
But on Flatbush Avenue, there was a different reaction to face paint and an afro wig.
“That he’s prejudiced is what it says to me,” said Brooklyn resident Elaine Hanson.
When asked if he would wear the costume next year, Hikind replied firmly, “No.”
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Below is a helpful guide when selecting the proper needle for your cross stitch project with Aida fabric.
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A Sewing needle
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A sewing needle, used for hand-sewing, is a long slender tool with a pointed tip at one end and a hole (or eye) at the other. The earliest needles were made of bone or wood; modern needles are manufactured from high carbon steel wire and are nickel- or 18K gold-plated for corrosion resistance. High quality embroidery needles are plated with two-thirds platinum and one-third titanium alloy. Traditionally, needles have been kept in needle books or needlecases which have become objects of adornment.
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What is child maintenance
A separated family is defined as having one resident parent, one non-resident parent, and biological or adopted children either under 16, or under 20 and in full-time, non-tertiary education.
Child maintenance arrangements relate to the financial contributions made by non-resident parents – defined as parents who do not live with the child in question.
In the financial year 2019/20, the Department for Work and Pensions estimated that there to be some 2.4 million separated families in the UK, involving 3.6 million children.
It is not compulsory to have a statutory child maintenance arrangement, and many separated parents enter into voluntary and informal arrangements around their children. These typically involve voluntary financial contributions, payments in kind, shared care arrangements, or orders from the divorce courts regarding payments.
However where voluntary arrangements are not put in place, separated parents have recourse to the Child Maintenance Service.
The Service operates on the principle that a parent has the highest obligation to support his or her child, and this financial responsibility is absolute.
Child maintenance reflects a contribution to the cost of bringing up a child and towards the running costs of the home that the child lives in. Under the current arrangements, the income of the resident parent (or their partner) is not relevant to the child maintenance calculation of the non resident parent.
It is therefore based on the net income of a non-resident parent and is an approximation of what they would spend if their child lived with them.
According to the Department for Work and Pensions, in 2020/21, around 15% of separated families were solely reliant on statutory arrangements in relation to child maintenance contributions. A further 3% of separated parents were said to have a mixture of statutory and non statutory arrangements.
Statutory arrangements are currently overseen by the Child Maintenance Service, a body reporting to Department for Work and Pensions.
In December 2020, the Department of Work and Pensions revealed there to be approximately 502,000 parents making contributions under arrangements overseen by the Child Maintenance Service. These related to 757,000 children.
Payments under these statutory arrangements were estimated to equate to £0.7 billion per year.
Is the system fair?
Since they were first introduced in the early 1990s, child support arrangements have been dogged by a significant degree of controversy.
In the period between 1990 and 2012, the system was variously accused of being slow and costly. With minimal time being spent on compliance, attention was focused on the level of backed up payments that existed. The child maintenance system was also variously criticised for the strain that maintenance orders put on relations between former partners and the number of loopholes that existed – particularly in relation to proving paternity.
Since the system has been reformed in 2012, a number of different controversies have been thrown at the system. Attention has been focussed on how the current system interacts with Universal Credit. Under the current maintenance system, as weekly earnings pass the £100 and £200 mark, the marginal rate of taxation is said to equate to 100%.
There has also been controversy around the structure and primary drivers of the system. Where the initial introduction of the Child Support Agency was publicly driven by a desire to reduce the cost of benefits paid to lone parents and to improve work incentives, later reforms have been far more explicitly predicated around reducing child poverty. There has been a debate as to the extent to which this latter objective has been effective.
The previous Labour Government declared that “tackling poverty” was “perhaps the most fundamental reason why effective child maintenance arrangements are needed”, and suggested that maintenance payments lifted 100,000 children out of poverty.
Similarly, the Nuffield Foundation found that maintenance payments (both statutory and non-statutory) resulted in a 19% reduction in the proportion of single parents on benefits who received maintenance, living in poverty.
A 2017 academic paper published in the Journal of Social Policy also noted how the UK’s current system reduced the poverty gap for lone parent families more effectively compared to a number of other countries, notably Australia, America and the United States.
However in 2011 the Department for Work and Pensions itself suggested that the impact on child poverty from child maintenance was smaller than previously thought. Whilst academic research published in 2019 in the Children and Youth Services Review has illustrated how the proportion of single fathers with no children lived in poverty before contributing to child maintenance, rose from 12.2% to 14.4% after paying. Whilst not used as a reason to challenge the system, it is pointed out how this can have a knock on effect when the person concerned has further children in a different relationship.
Finally there has been political controversy around the charges introduced as part of the Child Maintenance Service’s arrangements. The government has suggested that the charges are there to encourage people to comply with their commitments, and to cover the administrative costs of enforcing compliance. Advancing that argument, a 2017 review by the Department of Work and Pensions found that “roughly half of parents surveyed said that the on-going charges for Collect And Pay influenced their decision to try Direct Pay”.
Charities such as Gingerbread and the Child Poverty Action Group have though called for the Government to exempt applicants on means tested benefits from the application fee. In 2019, the single parent’s charity, Gingerbread, also expressed the view that ‘Collect and Pay’ charges should be removed as they acted as a “disincentive to the receiving parent to secure enforcement”.
What are the levels of statutory child maintenance
There are five rates of maintenance that a non-resident parent can be required to pay depending on their financial circumstances, and their gross weekly income before tax, but after contributions to approved personal or occupational pension schemes.
Income information is supplied to the Child Maintenance Service from HMRC or from the non-resident parent themselves.
When the gross weekly income is not provided or unknown, the default payment required from the non resident parent in 2020/21 was £38 for one child, £51 for two children, and £61 for three or more children.
If gross weekly income is below £7 then no payments are required.
If the non resident parent receives benefits or has weekly income between £7 and £100 then a flat rate of £7 is payable.
There are then formula based rates for parents earning between £100 and £199.99, and between £200 and £3,000 per week.
If a non-resident parent’s gross weekly income is above £3,000, then the person with care is able to apply to a court for additional maintenance.
For certain rates, the CMS calculation also takes account of the number of children for which the non-resident parent must pay child maintenance; the number of children living with the non-resident parent; special costs (such as fuel costs travelling to the child’s home);and the average number of nights that the child spends with the non resident parent (known as a shared care arrangements).
DWP figures in 2019, indicated that 77% of the cases involving statutory maintenance did not have a shared care arrangement in place.
Where a non-resident parent is suspected of concealing their true income, they can be investigated by the Financial Investigations Unit within the Department of Work and Pensions. The Unit works with HMRC and others to assess and uncover additional information from non resident parents. It is a criminal offence for a person to withhold information to the Child Maintenance Service or to provide false information. Those convicted can be fined up to £1,000.
Each year, on the annual anniversary of a child maintenance application, the Child Maintenance Service carries out a review of the current arrangements to consider changes in income or other relevant circumstances.
History of Child Maintenance in the UK
The emergence of the Child Support Agency
The first proposal for a dedicated agency for administering maintenance payments made by non-resident parents was put forward in the Finer report of 1974, but no action resulted.
By the late 1980s, however, it was apparent that the then system of court orders was not working. In 1979, 50 per cent of lone parents on Supplementary Benefit (the forerunner of Income Support) received child maintenance. However, by 1989 the proportion of lone parents on Income Support in receipt of child maintenance had fallen to 23 per cent.
Courts tended to make small awards in the belief that the social security system was adequate, and applied inconsistent rulings in the absence of authoritative guidance. At this time, many other countries were also opting for new solutions to this growing concern.
The Child Support Agency began operation on April 5th 1993, with the launch of the Child Support Scheme under the Child Support Act 1991. It is widely acknowledged that this legislation was rushed and poorly drafted, and as a result, the new Child Support Agency was considered to have been left with a very complex maintenance formula to apply, and inadequate administrative resources. The 1991 Act regime was also widely criticised for discouraging parents with care from working.
The Child Support Act 1995 attempted to address these issues, introducing a new system with greater flexibility (“departures”) and incentives (the Child Maintenance Bonus). However, the impact was not as significant as had been hoped, and come 1997 the Government was considering new adjustments to the system – even suggesting that absent parents who failed to pay maintenance might be required to forfeit their driving licences.
New arrangements from 2003
On coming to power in 1997, Labour declared that reform of the whole social security system was a priority. The Government’s preference for a flat-rate child maintenance system was widely reported long before the publication of a Green Paper in July 1998.
A year later, a White Paper presenting the Government’s plans was published. Shortly afterwards, the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill was introduced, and although some amendments were accepted – including the £2,000 per week liability cap – the White Paper plans survived relatively unscathed.
The then Social Security Secretary, Alistair Darling outlined how in 2000, “about 100 items of information” were needed to calculate child maintenance as a result of the 1993 scheme, meaning that child maintenance would “have to be recalculated if any one of those variables was to change”. Continuing Mr Darling pointed out how, “a parent who is simply stringing the agency-and, more important, the child-along, can delay, or refuse to hand over certain bits of information”.
Implementation of the new formula was to be left to ,the drawing up of more detailed regulations, and with the Child Support Agency suffering from a large backlog, and arrears in excess of £500 million, it was postponed. It was not until March 2003 that the new system came into effect for new claims. At that time, the Child Support Agency had 1.1 million cases in operation under the old system.
Problems continued under the new system and in December 2006, the new Work and Pensions secretary John Hutton, announced plans to set up the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC) to take responsibility for the UK’s child maintenance system.
The Child Support Agency became a part of the CMEC which was established in 2008. The new Commission was provided with enhanced powers to ensure all parents met their financial responsibilities.
2012 reforms and the current system
In 2012, the coalition government introduced further reforms to the child maintenance system, with the intention of further reducing the time taken to calculate child maintenance.
Under the 2012 changes, the CMEC was abolished, and functions were transferred to the current Child Maintenance Service (CMS) within the Department for Work and Pensions. As part of these reforms, non resident parents were given the chance to make the payments directly to the resident parent (Direct Pay), rather than having them collected by the Child Maintenance Service, and regardless of their previous payment record.
The move was designed to further encourage separated parents to take responsibility for making their own maintenance arrangements, rather than relying on the state to collect payments.
Allied to these changes a series of charges were subsequently introduced for those using the Child Maintenance Service. These charges involved an initial application fee of £20 when applying to the Child Maintenance Service. Should the Service then become involved in collecting and paying the maintenance (‘collect and pay’), the receiving parent loses 4% of any maintenance paid, and the Paying Parent will pay an additional 20% of the maintenance calculation.
These charges were designed to reduce the cost paid by the general taxpayer for the operation of child maintenance services, and to encourage separated parents to come to voluntary arrangements.
Critics of the proposals pointed to how many separated parents, had either limited contact, or unfriendly relations, with their ex partner, and that the chances of voluntarily arranging meaningful payment arrangements were thus negligible.
“The present system, which completely ignores family relationships, has channelled hundreds of thousands of unwilling parents into a costly bureaucracy. That’s why we plan a fresh start for child maintenance with all parents given much better support and a fair chance to make their own, family-based, arrangements.” – Work and Pensions Minister Maria Miller – January 2012
“Any encouragement by government for separated families to come to their own arrangements rather than use inflexible state-enforced calculations is a good idea. Too often, in the past, the CSA has been seen by some as a means of creating problems and hardship for ex partners and apportioning blame – we have to move away from this”. – Ken Sanderson, Chief executive of Families Need Fathers – January 2012 | <urn:uuid:3e840d86-d5d4-40c2-a8f8-7570bf367aff> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.politics.co.uk/reference/child-support-agency/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572408.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816151008-20220816181008-00666.warc.gz | en | 0.969365 | 2,797 | 2.875 | 3 |
Philip Morris and Cost-Benefit Analysis
In July 2001, the results of a study conducted by Arthur D. Little, commissioned and financed by the cigarette company Philip Morris, was leaked.
The objective of the Arthur D. Little report, “The Public Finance Balance of Smoking in the Czech Republic,” was “to determine whether costs imposed on public finance by smokers are offset by tobacco-related tax contributions and external positive effects of smoking.”
The report concluded that “Based on up-to-date, reliable data and consideration of all relevant contributing factors, the effect of smoking on the public finance balance in the Czech Republic in 1999 was positive, estimated at +5,815 mil. CZK.”
The positive contributions to smoking were calculated as primarily due to tax revenue but also included “savings on housing for elderly and Pension & soc. expenses savings due to early mortality.” In plain language, what the report said was that the Czech government was monetarily better off allowing Philip Morris to sell its cigarettes because early deaths due to cigarette smoking meant, according to the report, better government finances!
The leaked report caused an uproar around the world. The intense pressure forced Philip Morris to change its public pronouncements from an initial defense of the report to an apology for the report’s conclusions. Philip Morris also admitted that it had conducted numerous similar studies in other countries and that it was ending similar ongoing analysis in other Eastern European countries.
U.S. Senator Diane Feinstein said that “by including a cost-benefit analysis of human lives in its calculations, Phillip Morris has stepped well-past the lines of decency and demonstrated, once again, that it conducts business in a manner completely disconnected from any sense of right and wrong.”
Implicit Cost-Benefit analysis
While there can be no support for the actions of Philip Morris, the fact is that we unconsciously and implicitly accept cost-benefit analysis in our daily lives.
Consider road traffic accidents. According to the World Health Organization, around 1.3 million people (about 16.6 people per 100,000 in India) die due to traffic accidents every year. Between 20 to 50 million people are severely injured each year.
Yet we continue to drive cars and travel by road transportation. The cost-benefit analysis is that while deaths and injuries due to traffic accidents are tragic, we all behave as if we value the use of road travel as more valuable than the 1.3 million deaths worldwide.
The point is that in our personal and business lives, we must become aware of our implicit assumptions. Truly valuing human lives means living with care and thought. We need to be consistent. Criticizing Philip Morris is necessary, but equally important is living a life focussed on not harming others in a range of activities.
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Seattle entrepreneur Dave Sabey looks into his crystal ball and sees a robust future for North Central Washington, because we’ve got the juice that will transform education, health care and other industries using Big Data.
One of the keys to Sabey’s success is his ability to see patterns and look for ways to systematize processes to create greater efficiency and higher quality. “That’s what Big Data is all about,” Sabey said.
In the same way the National Security Agency is sifting through billions of records in search of terrorists, Sabey sees enormous improvements in efficiency and effectiveness in a wide range of industries.
I had the chance to interview Sabey in the conference room of the Seattle Science Foundation on the campus of Swedish Hospital in Seattle recently, a facility that hints at the future of medicine and education. Its Bioskills Lab and teleconference center are being used to demonstrate cutting edge techniques to physicians and students in faraway places. This is part of the future of medicine that Sabey and others see, using technology. Sabey sees the potential for tapping into the knowledge of world-class specialists and augmenting their technical skills with a best-practices approach using Big Data.
Currently, Sabey explains, medical data exists in impenetrable silos. By figuring out a way to tap into all of the available databases on a real-time basis to understand the outcomes of, say, appendicitis procedures, protocols could be developed based on various indicators that should improve outcomes and reduce costs. He predicts that ways can be found to reduce cost by 50 percent through knowledge sharing.
In other words, what if your surgeon had access to the best practices across the globe on any given procedure? Without that, she’s dependent upon her more limited experience.
That’s the allure of Big Data when it comes to medicine, Sabey told me.
The exciting part for North Central Washington is that we have the cheapest electricity in the country and so the best place to process information in this way is here. He thinks we are in a position to take advantage of this unique competitive position.
“We have 2-cent green electrons,” said Sabey, referring to the 2-cents per kilowatt hour power that we enjoy compared to the 22 cents that they’re paying in Manhattan, where he also has a data center.
What Big Data can do for medicine will also work with agriculture, Sabey predicts. A vast array of weather sensors could predict with greater accuracy the weather in a location. It could be helpful to use that data to optimize what farmers are planting. “Old-time farmers have good hunches, know the soil and the micro-soil situations,” said Sabey. “What if we could give them data to back up those hunches?”
As Sabey sees it, the data center industry has done a poor job of explaining itself. These are more than big buildings with computers in them, he says, adding that he expects it will be cheaper for companies that are working on Big Data to process the information here, which means that we may see a wave of engineers ultimately moving here to tease the data. “The bioinformatics people are going to have to reside there to tweak the data,” Sabey predicted.
“I’m excited by this,” said Sabey, who could hardly contain his enthusiasm as he rattled off statistics of the milliseconds that it takes to move data from Quincy to New York.
“Electricity is the oxygen that drives in the Internet,” Sabey continued. “It’s a story that just hasn’t been told.”
He says we should be questioning our strategy of selling power to California when we could be a global leader in Big Data and create more jobs in the region.
He doesn’t expect the Mayo Clinic to pull up stakes and relocate to Quincy, but we could see some of their researchers locating here.
The challenge for local utility commissioners and executives is whether that influx of good-paying actually occurs. They worry about the local economic development aspect of jobs per kilowatt hour.
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Feed your child well.” new moms are told once they start their babies on solids.
Yes, feeding your child well is essential – but it’s also essential to give your child the best foods. Foods which contain the nutrients that the baby requires, not just in grow a large and powerful body, but additionally to develop a properly-developed brain.
Physical development is seen, but don’t focus only with that. Don’t choose foods using the sole purpose of growing your baby’s weight.
Throughout the first couple of many years of existence especially, consciously choose foods that the baby requires for brain development. Since the first step toward your baby’s mental abilities are laid during this time period. And also you must supply the best recycleables to construct a powerful foundation.
In case your baby doesn’t get the critical nutrients needed for brain development during this period, it may lead to lifelong deficits in thinking processes.
Foods that the baby requires for brain development
Breastmilk is really a wealthy source of all of the nutrients needed for brain development.
And breastfeeding helps your child to construct a great gut microbiome, which in turn plays a part in producing some crucial neurotransmitters.
Whole Grain Products
Whole grain products supply the Carbohydrates and Vitamin B6 required for brain development.
Begin with grain and progressively introduce grains like ragi, barley, oatmeal, maize, sorghum and buckwheat.
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s motorcade ran through stop signs, exceeded the speed limit and violated other traffic laws on Thursday, WCBS reported, just two days after the mayor unveiled a 62-point “safe streets” initiative.
The mayor’s motorcade is operated by police, and the New York Police Department told the WCBS that the security personnel receive specialized driving training that focuses on security and safety.
“At certain times, under certain conditions, this training may include the use of techniques such as maintaining speed with the general flow of traffic, and may sometimes include tactics to safely keep two or more police vehicles together in formation when crossing intersections,” the NYPD said in a statement.
When he announced his “safe streets” initiative, de Blasio proposed lowering traffic speeds in New York City from 30 to 25 miles per hour. “The likelihood of a fatal crash drops significantly for speeds below 30 mph. If we get those speeds down, it will be the difference between losing a life and saving a life,” he said.
Yet on Thursday, WCBS tracked his caravan as it traveled 45 mph in a 30 mph zone, and up to 60 mph in a 45 mph zone.
The mayor’s office released a statement saying “public safety is everyone’s responsibility.”
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In this unit students will read historical fiction and nonfiction texts focusing on the tragedy of the Titanic. The readings will provide them with the opportunity to uncover the understandings that the genre of a text not only determines its purpose but also informs our approach to reading and that survivors make adjustments or adaptations in their lives in order to overcome significant challenges or difficulties. As students read the historical fiction book Voyage on the Great Titanic accompanied by various newspaper articles and nonfiction sources on the sinking of the ship, they will answer the question why does genre matter? Through the story of Margaret Ann Brady, students will explore the questions what makes a person a survivor? and to what extent does our ability to change or adapt affect our chances of becoming a survivor? The unit will conclude with two projects in which students will apply what they have learned. For the first project, students will choose a book to read outside of class from a pre-selected group. After they have read the book, they will create both nonfiction and historical fiction texts to apply their understanding of what it means to be a survivor to another fictional character. The second project will require the students to see themselves as survivors and to reflect back upon their surviving the transition from elementary to middle school in order to help future sixth graders survive the transition successfully.
Grant, Allison, "Survival Stories [6th grade]" (2006). Understanding by Design: Complete Collection. Paper 23.
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The rising numbers on the scale can often overwhelm us to lose too much weight in too less time. And there are numerous magic pills, crash diets and body exhausting workouts that claim to give you the perfect waistline within a span of months. But before you decide to opt for any of the these, think again!
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 0.5 kilogram to 1 kilogram is where your maximum weight loss per week should range if you are on a calorie deficit. This makes it to 4 kilograms of weight loss per month. Anything more than this is not only dangerous but also untenable.
Wanting to get results quickly can indeed be tempting. Seeing those numbers drop on the scale even more! But when the body loses too much weight in too less time, it’s usually the muscles it gets rid of and not the fat. As a result, the body tries to rich its fat reserve and all the lost weight starts coming back again.
Depriving your body of food also sends your body into the starvation mode where it tries to keep all the fat intact. As a result, the fat stays where it was but due to the lack of proper nutrition, the body starts getting weaker and malnourished. This not only results in weakness and fatigue, but also is an invitation to major diseases.
Too much working out also isn’t the best way to go about weight loss especially when are new to the whole weight loss regime. Putting your body under extreme conditions will not only result in exhaustion, it can also lead to serious injury which is something definitely not advisable.
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Effects of grazing management on standing crop dynamics in tallgrass prairieGrazing system and stocking rate effects on forage standing crop of tallgrass prairies in north-central Oklahoma were evaluated from 1989 to 1993. Twelve experimental units, consisting of pastures dominated by big bluestem [Andropogon gerardi Vitman], little bluestem [Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx. Nash], indiangrass [Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash], and switch grass [Panicum virgatum L.], were arranged in a completely randomized design with either a short duration rotation or continuous grazing system and stocking rates ranging from 127 kg animal live-weight/ha to 222 kg live-weight/ha. Yearling steers grazed the units from late April to late September. Herbage standing crop was sampled in July and September. Total, live, and dead standing crops did not differ significantly between the 2 grazing systems in July. Total standing crop was significantly higher in the rotation units in September (3,600 versus 3,020 kg/ha, P < 0.05). Dead standing crop was also higher in the rotation units in September (1,950 versus 1,570 kg/ha, P < 0.05). Evidence suggests the difference in standing crop between systems is due, in part, to reduced forage intake by the livestock. Grazing system did not interact with either stocking rate or year. Stocking rate had significant effects on total, live and dead standing crops at both sample dates. The slope of the total standing crop-stocking rate relationship varied over years and ranged from -12 to -36 kg/ha per kg live-weight/ha in July and from -12 to -27 kg/ha per kg live-weight/ha in September. Higher standing crop at the end of the grazing season in the rotation units would mean greater soil protection and higher fuel loading for prescribed burning, and would suggest a lower impact on plant vigor. However, if the higher standing crop is a result of lower forage intake, we would expect livestock weight gains to decline.
Intermountain West lightning-caused fires: Climatic predictors of area burnedAn increase in continuous fine fuels promoted by the expansion of aggressive annual exotic grasses in the Intermountain West has altered the region's fire regimes, with both ecologic and economic ramifications. I examine the predictive nature of seasonal climatic variables, seasonal precipitation and temperature data up to 2 years before the actual summer fire season, to forecast the area burned by lightning-caused fires during the 13 fire seasons (1980-1992). Five climatically-distinct regions in the shadscale, sagebrush-steppe, sagebrush-semidesert, and open pine with grass communities of California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, and Utah were included in the analysis. The amount of associated variance ranged from 43 to 62% between area burned and seasonal climatic variables. Results show that the seasonal climate that promotes fue is distinctly regional, even in areas of similar vegetation. However, the area burned increases primarily when the climate favors the growth of annual grasses over perennial species, or promotes either cooler or wetter conditions during the previous summer (fire) seasons. These results provide land managers with additional information for making decisions on presuppression activities. | <urn:uuid:0f433295-bff3-4533-a79c-00e7dd8d46b5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://repository.arizona.edu/handle/10150/635504/browse?type=subject&value=biomass | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571190.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810131127-20220810161127-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.938003 | 714 | 2.09375 | 2 |
HOW MUMBO-JUMBO CONQUERED THE WORLD: A SHORT HISTORY OF MODERN DELUSIONS
Once upon a time, undergraduate history students soon encountered the turning point. Many essay and exam questions took the form: The Portuguese discovery of bananas in 1482: a turning point in imperial history? Discuss.
History, it seemed, was a snake pit of turning points. To make matters worse, amid the writhing, some points, while clearly points as such, turned out to be duds. They failed to pivot: King Krum's defeat of Emperor Nicephorus in 811: a turning point in Byzantine history at which history failed to turn? Discuss.
British writer Francis Wheen knows turning points. He has found a new one in 1979. Two events signal it. One is the replacement of the Shah of Iran by the Ayatollah Khomeini. The other is Margaret Thatcher's triumph over James Callaghan.
Wheen's thesis is that these happenings mark the beginning of a new era in history in which two "messianic" creeds, one modern, one medieval, are pitted against each other. This conflict's most fateful flowering occurred when medieval Islam's kamikazes flew jets into the twin towers of Manhattan.
The big problem with this struggle, according to Wheen, is that since the 1960s the modern side has been retreating from the values of the Enlightenment. He sets these out as "a presumption that certain truths about mankind, society and the natural world could be perceived, whether through deduction or observation".
This attitude assumes that there is such a thing as objective truth and that the way to reach it is through rational inquiry.
Of course, the new Thatcher-Khomeini turning point is rubbish. This book is really a collection of essays, all spirited but of differing quality, glued together by a pretty rudimentary piece of theorising. Never mind. Its point is to allow Wheen to attack people and notions of which he disapproves. They are legion. He needs a filing system for them.
Wheen mounts his battle-chariot. What a ride it is, with Wheen whipping the horses into what he sees as anti-Enlightenment crowds, scything off many sinners - some unfortunately too dead to feel pain - at the hair tips, lips, hips.
Thatcher's favourite economists come first, a rationalist roll call: step forward Herbert Stein, Milton Friedman, Friedrich von Hayek, Arthur Laffer (he of the lovely Laffer Curve that shows how making the rich richer also makes the poor less poor). Wheen drives through and over them with suitable disdain.
Then he turns on capitalist scum, sharemarket manipulators and junk-bond merchants such as Ivan Boesky and Michael Milken, and greenmailers such as T.Boone Pickens and Sir James Goldsmith, all people who never made anything and destroyed much that did.
Wheen has a special flail for the right-wing think tanks that self-seeded under former US president Ronald Reagan and Thatcher, offering ever-wilder policy prescriptions. "We propose things that people regard as on the edge of lunacy," said proud Dr Madsen Pirie of the Adam Smith Institute in 1987. "The next thing you know, they're on the edge of policy."
Unfortunately for Thatcher, it was a cutting-edge, out-of-the-square suggestion from Dr Pirie, the poll tax, that in 1990 sent the sinker of the General Belgrano to the political bottom.
Next, Wheen deals with the motivators and self-help gurus. There is Thomas J.Peters, whose In Search of Excellence made him rich and proved to be completely wrong about most of the companies he lauded; former school janitor Anthony Robbins, whose inspirational garbage had people studying masters degrees in business paying millions to chant silly slogans; and Deepak Chopra ("Ageing is simply learned behaviour"), a pusher of alternative remedies who was transformed into an all-round mystic money-machine by one appearance on Oprah Winfrey.
Looking through the wrong end of time's telescope reveals these and other figures in their full silliness. But they are just target practice.
It is chapter four before we meet the enemy, the real dark side: the "demolition merchants of reality" - the priests of structuralism and deconstructivism, Jacques Lacan, Roland Barthes, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Louis Althusser, and their acolytes in the humanities who spread their theology across the campuses of the world.
One quote must suffice to illustrate Wheen's grievances against post-modernism: "Although much post-modernism may be nonsense, it is nonsense with a purpose: by using quasi-scientific terminology the po-mo theologians intended to explode the 'objectivity' of science itself. The fact that they knew nothing about mathematics, physics or chemistry was no obstacle ..."
Wheen adduces much evidence of this tendency, the most amusing coming from eminent theorist and po-mosexual Luce Irigaray. She identifies Einstein's E=mc2 as a "sexed equation" that "privileges the speed of light over other (less masculine) speeds".
But, clever, caustic and funny though it is, this book is also a passionate plea for a reaffirmation of the values of the Enlightenment. In his heart, Wheen is a man of the old-fashioned Left: sceptical, secular, suspicious of capitalism, a believer in the possibility of progress and human improvement - much like Australia's Phillip Adams but with a disciplined mind, a sparkling prose style, and no disfiguring camel hump of ego.
It is a delight to find collected in one volume so many charlatans, so much venality, so many dupes, so much nonsense on stilts. The tolerant and good-humoured reader will set aside the fact that indicting most of the transgressors with retreating from Enlightenment values is as sensible as charging McDonald's and KFC with betraying Escoffier.
Peter Temple's most recent novel, White Dog, is published by Text.
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Special Note: Please note that this scenario is meant to be read as entertainment, not as an accurate prediction of the future. Also note that the viewpoints and opinions that may come across in this scenario are not necessarily the viewpoints and opinions of the author.
The development of the acceptance of homosexuality will continue to rise in the future. Any common discrimination towards this type of individuals will equalise to that expressed towards racism or ageism, which means that it will not be tolerated among any type/age/sex or culture communities.
However it will be a break of around a century between the total approval to provide the same services for homosexuals and heterosexuals among the West and the East, but by the year of 2070, all homophobic views will be considered highly offensive throughout the world, with few exceptions in some third world nations.
There will be no further criticisms by the Church, as many people will change their beliefs to modern-day religious communities', and each of them will encounter totally different relaxing practises supporting freedom of each others choices, and there will be no scheduled meetings, but individual selection of mind-refreshing offers.
By the celebration of the start of 22nd century, with the new researches to enhance human sensations of the pleasure through the orgasm, there will be a rise to several new sexualities (i.e., robotsexuality and zoosexuality), and homosexuality, heterosexuality, and bisexuality will be set as standard.
The percentage of each group will vary around to the 25% being homosexual, 50% heterosexual and 25% bisexual. Being homosexual and having a boyfriend or a lover will be considered as being 'cool' among teens and youngsters, and two new fashion styles will arise to set the individuals who want to be seen either as homo or hetero. As a result, homophobia and homophobic bullying amongst teens will have ceased to exist, as homophobia will be seen as negative. All forms of homosexuality, including pederasty, will be legal and generally accepted as the age of adulthood starts at puberty.
As medecine makes it possible for people to halt the aging process beyond the age of 20 and men will have no facial hair from the mid-21st century due to fashion changes and also high-tech razors, the ideal gay body type will be the twink only as the bear type will have died out due to the facial hair and the aged body being seen as ugly and disgusting for men by society in the late 21st, 22nd and 23rd centuries. Therefore there will not be any distinction between pederasty and adult homosexuality.
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Arabic Made Easy - Learn the Arabic Language with Interactive Lessons (Windows)
Arabic Made Easy is an interactive CD-ROM that teaches formal written and spoken Arabic. It is designed with both the beginner through advanced student in mind. Learn the formal Arabic alphabet and beginning reading and writing principles. Practice the Egyptian dialect through exciting and realistic street scenes. Arabic Made Easy delivers more instruction, more effectively than many other higher priced products on the market today. In Arabic Made Easy enjoy exploring an Egyptian city! Practice the Egyptian dialect through exciting and realistic street scenes: converse with people on the street; dine with friends and order local cuisine; haggle with merchants plus much more. The sights and sounds of the city come alive. Over 1000 lines of professionally-recorded dialogue. Background sound gives you the feeling of being there. Exciting adventures await you. System Requirements: Windows 95/98/NT4/2000/ME/XP/Vista. Pentium 100 or faster. 32 MB RAM or more. | <urn:uuid:faf123d4-c6d2-4df0-95ad-7a9c858fc9cb> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://aramedia.com/products/arabic-made-easy-learn-the-arabic-language-with-interactive-lessons-windows | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279169.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00217-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.880359 | 204 | 2.015625 | 2 |
Couriers of Taste explores the relationship between international trade, global consumerism and cross-cultural influences. Through a selection of drawings, cyanotypes, installation and sculptures the exhibition also reflects on Danson House’s past as a place built for leisure and decadence, seeped in and tainted by the 18th century trade and trafficking of peoples and culture. In the 18th century new goods from around the world were influencing consumption, tea, coffee, sugar, tobacco, spices, cottons and silks, changing the habits and fashions of society. Citing works within the historical context of Danson House, Couriers of Taste considers a wider view of today’s global trade practices and power structures. The themes of trade are explored alongside the darker nuances of identity politics, racism, production values, authorship and the contested territory of exoticism. This exhibition stems from SINOPTICON, a major on-going contemporary art project that considers value and taste, fantasy, replication and the stereotyping of images through the form and decorative narrative in chinoiserie. ‘Chinoiserie’, a French term meaning ‘Chinese-esque’, derived from the Seventeenth Century as an entirely European style that was influenced wholly from China and the East. Like most 18th century houses Danson House would have housed ceramics and possibly wall papers from China, and would almost certainly have housed furniture and collectible items which borrowed chinoiserie elements.
|Publication status||Accepted/In press - 7 Jul 2012|
|Event||Sinopticon (a multi-venue exhibition) - Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, Plymouth College of Art, Plymouth Arts Centre, National Trust’s Saltram House|
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) Everyone in Bulumulyo village knew the mass grave was there, but no one dared to visit.
Relatives of accused communists slaughtered there nearly a half-century ago thought it was safer to forget since the killers still lived among them. Some resented the dead for the stigma that continues to brand their families. Others believed what they were taught: That the deaths were justified to save the nation.
A new American-directed documentary, "The Act of Killing," challenges widely held views about hundreds of thousands of deaths carried out across Indonesia from 1965 to 1966 in the name of fighting communism. It explores the country's darkest open secret by allowing former mass killers to re-enact their horrors on screen.
Bulumulyo residents recently screened the film at the mass gravesite, and this week the producers made it available online across the country, slowly beginning a long-overdue conversation.
"Most of the families of the victims are still frightened and traumatized because they lived under suppression and intimidation for three decades," said 73-year-old Supardi, who spent 14 years in prison camps before settling in the Central Java village with many other suspected communists.
International film critics have hailed the award-winning production, calling it chilling and surreal. But most people in this Southeast Asian country of 240 million have never heard of it, even though it was shot entirely in Indonesia and in the local language.
The film offers an unorthodox and sometimes downright bizarre window into the mass killings of suspected communists, Chinese and leftists committed by the army, paramilitary units and gangsters. The slayings were sanctioned by longtime military dictator and U.S. Cold War ally Suharto as he seized power from founding President Sukarno.
"The Act of Killing" focuses on a group of low-level, aging gangsters in the North Sumatra capital of Medan who were part of the death squads. They have never been accused of any crimes and enjoy hero-like status while rubbing elbows with high-ranking officials.
In an unsettling twist, these men take on the role of actors. They spackle their faces with thick, bloody makeup, ride horses like cowboys and dress in drag to perform dance numbers, all to play out their version of a Hollywood movie depicting their murderous past.
"The Act of Killing" has received more than 1,000 underground screenings in Indonesia, and must-watch reviews in some of the nation's biggest newspapers, but it has not appeared in theaters because it was never submitted to the government film board. The creators were concerned the film would be banned, setting off violent protests or attacks against venues trying to show it.
Instead, director Joshua Oppenheimer, Drafthouse Films and other partners took the unusual step of making the picture free online to everyone nationwide beginning Monday, the anniversary of the event that kickstarted the killings. The 159-minute version of the film was downloaded thousands of times the first day alone and is geo-blocked without subtitles to restrict the audience to Indonesia.
"The film is an invitation for Indonesians to confront painful aspects of Indonesia's realities that, in fact, most Indonesians in some ways know about but may be too afraid to discuss," Oppenheimer said by phone from Finland.
Relatively few Indonesians are even old enough to remember the purges. Half of the country is younger than 30.
"I often thought when I was making the film with so much time passing that no one will care anymore," Oppenheimer said. "But I think, on the contrary, because so much time has passed, people are ready to open up to this conversation in the same way that maybe time had to pass in Germany before the Germans were ready to look at what happened dealing with what their parents had done in World War II."
Yet the topic also remains sensitive enough to keep Indonesians who worked on the film from listing their names in the credits for fear of retribution.
The killings began after Suharto blamed the deaths of several high-ranking generals on an alleged coup attempt by members of the Indonesian Communist Party, known as PKI, on Sept. 30, 1965. The event's buildup was dramatized in Christopher Koch's novel "The Year of Living Dangerously" and its 1982 film adaptation, which was banned in Indonesia until 1999.
Indonesia's mass killings were aided by the West the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta handed over the names of thousands of suspected communists when America was also battling the spread of communism in Vietnam. The deaths were downplayed outside Indonesia at the time and never drew the same level of international outrage as atrocities elsewhere, such as Cambodia's killing fields.
The main figure in "The Act of Killing," Anwar Congo, demonstrates in one disturbing rooftop scene how he garroted victims with a wire to avoid making a mess that would later smell. Then he breaks into a little jig, singing and dancing the cha-cha in white pants and a bright green tropical shirt.
Though the film captures moments of regret, Congo and his cohorts boast proudly of their past.
"War crimes are defined by the winners," says Adi Zulkadry, one of the documentary's admitted killers. "I'm a winner. So I can make my own definition."
Congo declined to talk to The Associated Press, saying without elaborating that many reporters had "cornered" him in the past.
Suharto was overthrown 15 years ago after three decades of tight-fisted rule, and memories of the killings were quietly buried in a country still new to freedom of expression and democracy. But many of today's elite benefited from the previous era and continue to prosper from those connections President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's late father-in-law played a major role in crushing the communists.
For years after the purges, every Sept. 30, children were forced to watch a brutal propaganda film demonizing communists for massacring the nation's heroes. Even now, the official version of the 1965 coup attempt is memorialized: Flags are lowered to half-mast and the president presides over a ceremony. History textbooks teach a whitewashed account of patriotism where good overcomes evil.
The film includes a recent clip from a local TV talk show in which a smiling female host enthusiastically introduces Congo, hailing him for developing a "new, more efficient system for exterminating communists."
Last year, Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission released a report concluding that the mass killings constituted gross human rights violations. It was dismissed by the government, which refused to examine it further.
"I think it's too late for justice: The main perpetrators are all dead. What is important now is the truth," John Roosa, an expert on the 1965 atrocities at the University of British Columbia, said in an email. "The state has all along not wanted public discussions about the killings: it has only wanted to condemn the PKI. ... It has pretended like they never occurred."
But the film has put cracks in the silence that has always supported this notion.
After watching it in Bulumulyo village with some of the known killers, survivors and family members cleaned the mass grave and began offering prayers for the dead. A sign that some Indonesians are ready to start talking about the country's best-known secret.
Associated Press writers Ali Kotarumalos and Niniek Karmini contributed to this report from Jakarta.
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NATIONWIDE – “1963: How the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement Changed America and the World,” features a chronological account of some of the major events from that pivotal year in Birmingham’s history. — Photo/The Birmingham News
As a teenager growing up in Philadelphia, Barnett Wright learned about the bombing of Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church and other seminal events in the Civil Rights Movement from reading history books and watching TV documentaries. At the time, Wright thought he had found out all he needed to know about Birmingham.
Wright’s pre-conceived notions of the region were challenged when he went to work for The Birmingham News — moving there in 2000 after serving as The Philadelphia Tribune’s Managing Editor — and came to discover the people behind the history. Now, Wright has written his own Birmingham history book, “1963: How the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement Changed America and the World” ($24.99). Published by The Birmingham News and the Alabama Media Group, the book features a chronological account of some of the major events from that pivotal year in Birmingham’s history.
For first-person accounts, Wright’s book includes interviews with some of the foot soldiers of the movement that he gleaned from a Birmingham Civil Rights Institute oral history project. Next year will mark 50 years since the deaths of four Black girls in the Birmingham church bombing. Yet, another child was murdered that day. Virgil Ware, a 13-year-old boy, was killed outside Birmingham on Sept. 15, 1963, while riding on the handlebars of his 16-year-old brother’s bicycle, near his family‘s home. Two white youths were charged with first-degree murder, but an all-white jury convicted them on the lesser charge of second-degree manslaughter.
“When you looked at the horror and the despicable acts of Sept.15, everybody focused on the girls because of the bombing,” said Wright. “But at the same time, in another part of the city, Virgil Ware — 14 years old, the same age as most of the girls — was murdered while riding his bicycle by two whites. I’ve been down here for 12 years, and every time they talk about the four little girls, they also say, ‘Don’t forget Virgil Ware.’ So I had to include that in the book. He was a Black child, riding his bicycle, came upon two whites at the time, on a small road outside of Birmingham, and was shot and killed. A lot of people have almost forgot about that, and I think what is even more tragic is that the boys who shot him did not serve any significant time. A judge found that the white kids who shot Virgil Ware had already suffered enough. So, you had the killers of the Black boy in hand, but yet you let them go eventually … that’s the Birmingham you found 50 years ago.”
Wright researched and wrote the book while continuing to cover his Jefferson County government beat for The News. In fact, Wright was monitoring breaking news while making time for an interview with his old paper. “1963” covers not only the church bombing, but also Albert Boutwell’s defeat of Eugene “Bull” Connor in the city’s first mayor-council election; Martin Luther King Jr.’s incarceration and his “Letter from Birmingham Jail;” the sit-ins that led to the desegregation of downtown lunch counters; and the integration of Ramsay and West End high schools and Graymont Elementary School.
In the book’s epilogue, Wright also talks about what Birmingham looks like in the nearly half-century since 1963. He cites the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute as an example of how the city has embraced its past instead of trying to bury it.
“Birmingham has changed a lot, but you still have those vestiges or traces of people who have the 1961 mindset,” said the reporter. “One of the reactions I got was, ‘Just what we need: another civil rights book.’ But if you look at it do you know how many Abraham Lincoln books are out? And yet, when you look at the Civil Rights Movement, some people are uncomfortable, but every time you read another book on the era you learn something.”
“1963: How the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement Changed America and The World” is available at Books-A-Million stores.
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First let me clarify that when I say this sourdough sandwich bread is yeast-free, I mean it's free of any added yeast. There is yeast in this loaf, but it's the wild kind, seduced from the air around your kitchen by the flour and the water and by the potent chemistry they create together.
This is the most perfect sandwich bread I've ever baked, and yes, it's mostly white flour, but I don't feel like the devil about it. Research shows that the healthiness of white sourdough bread far exceeds that of wholegrain and multigrain breads.
That's because sourdough has a powerful effect on blood sugar: when left to work its fermenting magic, it breaks down the starches in the foods it's added to, making them easier to digest. Sourdough is also probiotic, which means it is packed with healthy gut bacteria, so you can feel truly holier-than-thou when you smear this bread with some peanut butter or use it to cradle a delicious vegan burger.
Many sourdough breads need to be started a day before, but this one can easily be made in about eight hours from start to finish, including three rise times. So if you start your bread late in the morning, you can easily have some in time for dinner.
I understand that most of you probably aren't sourdough nuts and don't have a jar of bubbly starter sitting on your kitchen table or in the refrigerator, but that doesn't mean I won't try to convert you. Making sourdough starter is one of the easiest things you can do-- all you need to do is stir flour and water with a spoon. Nature takes care of the rest. I used a recipe from the King Arthur Flour website to make my starter and it's excellent.
I did change the hydration -- the ratio of water to flour -- of the starter. The King Arthur recipe has 50 percent hydration, which means it has ½ cup of water for each 1 cup of flour used to make and feed the sourdough. My sourdough has 75 percent hydration, meaning I add ¾ cup of water for each cup of flour when I feed my sourdough. I find the 50 percent hydration starter just a tad too firm for my baking.
I am in love with my starter. I've been using it almost every weekend to make my whole-wheat sourdough waffles and they are such a hit that Jay and Desi demand them every week. This bread is our new favorite way to use it. All I need now is to name my starter-- I read somewhere that sourdough aficionados do that, and my friend Margo told me the other day that her mother, who kept hers alive for more than 30 years, called him "Herman."
More sourdough recipes:
Sourdough Sandwich Bread, yeast-free recipe:
The Best Sourdough Sandwich Bread, yeast-free
- 1 ½ cups sourdough starter
- 2 cups lukewarm water
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 4-5 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 teaspoon salt
- Place the sourdough starter in a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer. Add to it the wholewheat flour, 1 cup of all-purpose flour, and water. Mix well and set it aside, covered, in a warm place for four hours.
- Add 2 cups of all-purpose flour, olive oil and salt and mix. Add more flour as you knead until the dough becomes quite firm but still feels a little sticky to your fingers.
- Turn out the dough on the kitchen platform or any flat surface and knead by hand for 4-5 minutes or until the dough feels smooth and springy to your fingers and it barely sticks to the platform.
- Shape into a ball and place in an oiled bowl, turning the ball of dough around once to coat the top with oil.
- Cover tightly and place in a warm spot (like an oven with the light turned on) for at least two hours or until the dough has doubled.
- Punch down the dough and divide into two. Prep two standard loaf pans by spraying lightly with oil and then sprinkling on some cornmeal or semolina.
- Shape each portion of the dough into an oval. The dough should be very pliable and should shape easily.
- Place each loaf into the prepared loaf pans. Cover with a kitchen towel and let them stand in a warm place for at least two more hours or until the dough rises above the top of the loaf pans.
- About half an hour before baking, preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
- Place the loaves in the oven and bake 40 minutes.
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Bronze Seahorse Andirons(28 views)
Description: A pair of seahorse andirons. Brass and Iron. Size: 17” tall x 11” wide and 20” deep. Each weighs 21.5 lbs. We are not familiar with this particular form of andiron and cannot hazard a country of origin. The iron shanks are imbedded into the back of the bronze sea creature bases. The ends of the iron shanks are bent outward. There are chains that are attached to the seahorses mouth extending to the bronze fist attached to the iron shank. One of the chains has become un-attached from the seahorses mouth. The seahorse figures are bolted on the the dolphin like sea creature bases. The dolphin like bases seem to have a gilt bronze patina which is different from the seahorse forms which appear to be brass. The bases appear to be solid bronze or brass. These andirons are very heavy.
Condition Report: As notated on the description
Provenance: From A Newport Rhode Island Estate
Dimensions: 17" tall x 11" wide and 20" deep
Medium: bronze, brass and cast iron
Date: late 19th century
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Since companies tend to not match their fiscal quarters to real calendar quarters, I want to normalize the quarter labels across the whole website. Just to give you a few examples:
- Apple’s first fiscal quarter is the fourth calendar quarter of the prior year.
- BlackBerry’s first fiscal quarter is the second calendar quarter of the prior year. Also: Quarters are shifted backwards by one month, so BlackBerry’s first calendar quarter in a chart really spans from December to February (see discussion). I know, it’s crazy.
I think using calendar quarters for every company makes it easier to comprehend what quarter basis is used on Bare Figures and makes it also easier to compare single quarters between companies. The fiscal quarters of all companies except for Apple and BlackBerry already did correspond to calendar quarters, so I had to change the data sets for only those two companies.
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Bagan is a real playground for a treasure hunt inspired pagoda hopping excursion where each turn gives you a clue to unearth next surprise. With more than 2500 Buddhhist Temple and Stupas, few ancient sites can boast of such dense presence of archaeological sites like Bagan in Maynmar. Bagan presents a clutter free panoramic view of Pagoda laden landscapes with Irravady meandering through. With its raw and yet to be commercialized travel scene, Bagan is one of the best Buddhist Archeological sites rivaling Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Bagan’s landscapes have pagodas of all colors, hues, size and style making, this ancient town one of the fastest growing tourist attraction of the world.
My first tryst with this open air museum left me speechless and overwhelmed. I traversed through hundreds of Pagodas during my two days stay in Bagan, and witnessed many stunning and photogenic Pagodas some during sunrise, sunset and day time. The compounding aura of Bagan makes all its pagodas to exhume a peaceful and mystic charm that engulf every travelers into its glory.
Bagan Archeological Zone – Things to know
With its majestic skyline dotted with Pagodas as far as you can see, Bagan Archaeological Zone is one of the most rewarding and exquisite sites of Asia. Bagan, formerly known as ‘Pagan’ was the capital of the present day Myanmar between 9th and 13th century. Once it had more than 10000 Pagodas consisting of Stupas and Temples both, which now reduced to some 2500 pagodas mostly due to multiple earthquakes and some devastating invasion and plundering by Mongols.
Popular Legend of Bagan
Gautam Buddha traveled to the hills of Mount Tangyi overlooking Bagan on the opposite bank of the Irrawaddy River. He saw a white heron, a black crow, a lizard and a frog in a tree and with his divine power, prophesied that at this site the city of a great city would arise 651 years after his death. This prophecy is an important foundation myth of the kingdom of Bagan, which was at it height between the 11th and 13th centuries and unified tribes which is now Myanmar. At its prime, this part of the world was known as the Golden Earth and had more than 10000 pagodas.
- Its classical Pali name is Arimaddana-pura which means The city that tramples on enemies.
- Bagan Archeological Zone and its monuments are in the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites
- Total area of Archeological zone is defined as the 13 x 8 km area centered around Old Bagan, consisting of Nyaung U in the north and New Bagan in the south.
- An entry fee of USD25 per person is charged which is valid for 5 days. Always carry your Bagan Archaeological Zone Pass wherever you go.
- Difference between Pagoda, Stupa and Temple
- Pagoda is a generic name for stupa and temple and refers to any sacred place
- Stupa is a kind of structure usually with a relic chamber inside it. They are religions place where one can go around but generally can’t go into – because there is no entrance.
- Temples are the place of worship where one can go inside usually with a Buddha Statue.
- Riding an e–bike is the best way t explore Bagan. Its costs USD5 for a day.
- Make sure you take your shoes and socks off before entering any Pagoda.
- Best time to visit – October to February.
Bagan’s Best Pagodas – Photographer’s Delight
With its Pagoda laden vistas, Bagan is sure to be an overwhelming experience and feel you with overflowing delight. Its more than 2500 Pagodas are enough to spoil you with choices. We, here, list down must visit Pagodas which are stunning presenting an ideal setup for photographer in you specially during Sunrise and Sunset.
Stunning Pagodas of Bagan – Shwesandaw Pagoda
Shwesandaw Pagoda is the epicenter of Bagan as it offers most spectacular 360 degree views of Bagan stretching up to Irrawaddy River. It enshrines Buddha’s hair which makes it one of the most important Buddhist place. In earlier times, it was also known as Ganesha Temple for it had statues of Ganesha, the elephant God of Hindus, at each terrace. During Sunrise and Sunset, it is the best place to enjoy plains of Bagan dotted with bricked Pagodas.
Also read – MAJESTIC MYANMAR IN 5 DAYS
Best of Bagan – Dhammayangyi Temple
Dhammayangyi Temple, a pyramid-shaped Pagoda, is the largest monument of the Bagan. During my riding through Bagan’s plain, Dhammayangyi Temple was like a light house as it was almost visible from every where. This huge temple was started by King Narathu as a penance for murdering his father and thus to compensate for his bad karma. However, this temple could not be completed as King Narathu was killed by invaders and since then it is taken as a cursed place which no one wants to renovate.
Also Read – TOMB OF BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR, THE LAST MUGHAL
Must visit pagoda of Bagan – Thatbyinnyu Temple
Located at north-east corner of Old Bagan, Thatbyinnyu Temple was built in 12th century and is the highest Pagoda of Bagan. The imposing pagoda with gilded top, towering above other nearby temples and pagodas is visible from much of the Bagan plains.
Hindu Temple of Bagan – Nathlaung Kyaung Temple
Nathlaung Kyaung Temple is one of the two last surviving Hindu Temples of Bagan. Earlier, there were many Hindu Temples and Hindu Gods were also present in many Buddhist Pagoras. Nathlaung Kyaung Temple is located next to Thabyinyu Temple and is dedicated to Hindu God Vishnu.
Hindu Temple of Bagan – Nanpaya Temple
Nanpaya Temple is the another surviving Hindu Temple in Myinkaba VIllage of Bagan. It is built next to Manuha Temple and is dedicated to Hindu God Brahma. It has intricate carvings of depicting other Hindu Gods.
Stunning Pagodas of Bagan – Sulamani Temple
Sulamani Temple is one of the most accomplished monument of Bagan built in 1183 by King Narapatisithu. The remarkable top of the Sulamani comprises of a shikhara, a tower structure originating from North India was crushed to ground during a recent earthquake in August 2016. Reconstruction work is in full progress and hopefully Sulamani temple will achieve its full glory.
Sulamani temple is well known for its mural and frescos which depicts Jataka Stories, the stories from the previous incarnations of Buddha. The grand structure and wall paintings makes it one of the most visited monument of Bagan.
The latest & the last Pagoda of Bagan – Pyathat Gyi Temple
I find Pyathat Gyi Temple to be the most stunning and photogenic temple with its impressive brick work. It is one among few of the remaining double cave monasteries which were influenced by Indian style monument building. It is one of the last big Pagodas of Bagan that was built in 13th century by King Kyasa and thus represents the most evolved version of Bagan style of architecture.
Also read – A UNIQUE FESTIVAL AT INLE LAKE, MYANMAR
Pagoda hopping in Bagan – Gubyaukgyi Temple
Gubyaukgyi Temple located in Myinkaba VIllage, south of Bagan is a large Budhhist complex built in late 12th century. It has a large collection of well-preserved frescos totaling 547 depicting various Jataka tales. This temple is heavily inspired by Mahabodhi temple of India, the place where Buddha attained enlightenment.
Mahabodhi Temple – Replica of Indian Temple at Bodhgaya
Built by the king Zeyatheinkha in 1215 AD, Mahabodhi Temple is a unique and one of its kind in Bagan as it was designed as replica a of Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya, Bihar. It has 465 Buddha images in different postures placed in various niches on the surface of the spire. The temple complex also has seven places within depicting the seven weeks the Buddha spent after reaching enlightenment.
Some unknown yet profound pagodas of Bagan
Bagan is sheer delight for a photographer and a lover of ancient monuments. While riding through the verdant Bagan plain, i came across many stunning Pagodas which has no names but yet serving the purpose of their existence. I stopped on each turn and every curve to capture the unsung existence of these pagodas.
These are some of the must visit Pagodas of Bagan which will certainly give an itch to your feet and tickle your travel bone. It’s only a glimpse to what Bagan is; its only the foreword to the book called Bagan. Go there now to see the surviving raw beauty of this place. Once in Bagan, trust me, you would not like to come back as this place with its ancient monuments and dust from ruins captivates you in its magnanimous glory.
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Personality & Values of Indian Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs are more than business owners. They design, launch, and run new businesses. Conversely to the tasks of the typical working adult, entrepreneurs engage in work tasks that involve greater risk. Due to this difference, the personality characteristics and values of entrepreneurs are unique. The two defining characteristics of entrepreneurs are drive and ambition. Additionally, entrepreneurs are seen as passionate, energetic, creative, persistent, outgoing, direct without being confrontational, resistant to standard practices and procedures, and able to handle stress when faced with challenges.
Hogan previously partnered with Dr. Julie Edge to examine the personality and values of entrepreneurs (Foster & Edge, 2014a; 2014b). They found that entrepreneurs tend to have a sense of urgency (lower Adjustment), to be driven (higher Ambition), to be outgoing (higher Sociability), to be strategic (higher Inquisitive), and stay up to date on business trends (higher Learning Approach). They also avoid getting bogged down in details (lower Prudence) and can be direct in their communication style (lower Interpersonal Sensitivity). The research by Foster and Edge also suggests that entrepreneurs are focused on their own agenda (higher Leisurely), able to charm others (higher Mischievous), and creative (higher Imaginative). Last, they found entrepreneurs value and appreciate risk-taking and experimentation (lower Security), progress and change (lower Tradition), open-minded environments (higher Hedonism), authority and influence (higher Power), and visibility (higher Recognition).
Hogan recently partnered with ThreeFish Consulting to explore the personality and values of entrepreneurs in India. ThreeFish Consulting collected data from 48 Indian entrepreneurs. Data was collected from July 2012 through April 2016. The participants completed three assessments: the Hogan Personality Inventory (HPI; a measure of day-to-day behavioral characteristics), the Hogan Development Survey (HDS; a measure of behavioral tendencies that may hinder job performance), and the Motives, Values, Preferences Inventory (MVPI; a measure of key motives and drivers). | <urn:uuid:d82a09e4-2213-454a-8e42-47ebe96e14a8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.psychological-consultancy.com/project/personality-values-indian-entrepreneurs/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.921549 | 419 | 2.15625 | 2 |
At night with all but a full moon overhead, the Parthenon is lit and golden, almost a place of dreams as it sits there on that high rock over the city.
And so, on my first night here, on the rooftop restaurant of the Hotel Grand Bretagne, looking at the iconic ruin with fellow Americans of Greek descent, it was easy to talk of Greece's economic troubles as just some temporary setback, in the context of history and of Hellenistic glories of old.
But there is real pain here, and despair, and it's in the present. And I couldn't help wonder if I was also looking at America's future. That's partly what I came to find out.
"You're a journalist?" asks Katina, at a kiosk selling newspapers near Constitution Square. "Will the politicians find the solution?"
She laughed with her voice, but her eyes were flat and they weren't smiling.
Of course you can see what's happened, can't you? The government continued to grow, feeding an entrenched, carnivorous bureaucracy that smothered entrepreneurship.
And the people, having been taught to trade votes for favor, couldn't help but flock to political parties for special benefits delivered to them by political leaders. These leaders increased their power by increasing government services.
It is a corruption that includes everything from do-nothing patronage jobs to luxurious public pensions, to university admission for the children of the politically blessed. And no real means to pay for it all except to increase taxes on the private sector, which uses political influence of its own to cut its taxes or avoid paying them altogether.
Finally, it was inevitable that the money would run out. The people lost their confidence. So no wonder it's a catastrophe.
No, I'm not just talking about Greece. I'm talking about back home too. The bill hasn't come fully due yet in America. It will. But it's past due in Greece, and guess who pays?
Here, the Greek people pay.
For decades after the war, politicians spent whatever they could borrow. It was a system that built power for the lords of the political machinery, and with power came great personal wealth. Even a moron should have realized that such a system was completely unrealistic and unsustainable.
And while patronage workers still keep their jobs here, massive layoffs have come in the private sector. Some 50 percent of young people in Greece are unemployed. Many have had their wages cut, others have lost their jobs entirely. Costs continue to rise.
"I kill myself standing on my feet, and the guy with the political job, he has everything, and I have nothing," said Spyros, who works as a waiter nearby.
Spyros is in his 30s. He is thin and tired. He can't afford a family. He doesn't fit the stereotype of the Greek who sits lazily in the cafes, any more than a stereotypical Chicago political hack describes most Americans.
The reason? Spyros isn't a political hack.
"These politicians are bloodsuckers," Spyros tells me in Greek. "And the public sector workers, they're bloodsuckers. When the politicians even talk of cutting them, they organize, they scream, they yell, and the politicians become afraid.
"But you are going to see changes coming here," he said, no longer angry, but rather flat, a man resigned to natural law, the way you might be resigned to gravity if you saw a ball rolling off a table and knew there was nothing to stop it from falling.
"The changes are coming," he said, "maybe not this election, but the next."
And that's what concerns many. In a few weeks, there will be elections, and so far polling suggests that neither of the main parties, the left-leaning PASOK and the center-right New Democracy party, will win outright.
This means that the same parties that helped ruin the economy will form a coalition, and this coalition is also expected to fail, as other parties on the hard left and right play the populist card and attract support from a weary and frightened people.
I left Chicago on Saturday, flying on Turkish Airlines, first to Istanbul and then to Athens. And after a few days here, it's on to Istanbul, to see a people who are excited and confident about the future.
Not so here.
"For the general population, there's a severe sense of despair," said Marina Terkourafi, director of modern Greek studies at theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. "There's a basic lack of trust in the ability of politicians."
"The initial reaction a few years ago was to blame the politicians," she said. "Now, they're beyond blaming. Now there is no faith in the system."
They're depressed now, yes. But they've been through so many catastrophes, mostly ignored by the world.
They lost their empire. They suffered 400 years of occupation. And during World War II, it is estimated that at least 100,000 people starved to death on the streets of Athens. Then they endured a debilitating and vicious civil war.
And through all that time, for more than 2,000 years, the sunlight on the Parthenon hasn't changed.
Poets and artists have wondered about the sunlight of Greece for thousands of years. It's not the flat, thin sunlight of the far northern countries. Nor is it that heavy, rounded and almost voluptuous light of the rain forests along the equator.
It is unique light, clear and clean, bathing the Parthenon, which looks down over an exhausted people.
But even now, after the first rush of anger, and amidst the settling despair, I can almost sense an optimism building. At least I'd like to hope so, that perhaps the economic crisis has empowered them to make changes, and see things clearly.
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Content types provide a powerful classification of contents in SharePoint, if it is a document, an article of list, a page of edition, or external data. Most contents of SharePoint the satisfied types some share implies. SharePoint 2007 presented the satisfied types, and the users of SharePoint never did not look at behind since.However,
in SharePoint 2007, content types had a major limitation—the scope of a
content type went no higher than a site collection. SharePoint best
practice is to use multiple site collections in large content systems
to distribute content across content databases. This made for a major
headache in managing content types in a large enterprise content
management system. SharePoint 2010 and 2013 solve this issue with
content type hubs.
creation process, SharePoint allows the administrator to specify the
site collection as a content type hub. As long as the Managed Metadata
Service administrator has Site Collection Administration rights to a
site collection, he or she can specify this site collection as the hub
for all new content types. The content type hub is effectively the
authoritative site collection for the management of content types, and
all other content types that subscribe to the same Managed Metadata
Service may share content types from the hub.
delegating a site collection as a new content type hub, I recommend
leaving the option to Report Syndication Errors so that the log
contains important errors if content types fail to synchronize across
The following steps confirm the existence of a
content type hub for an existing Managed Metadata Service Application,
or the option to delegate a site collection as a content type hub:
- Open Central Administration.
- Click the Manage Service Applications link.
- Scroll down to the Managed Metadata Service (or name you gave it).
- Select the service (do not click it) and then click the Properties icon from the ribbon.
- Scroll to the bottom of the dialog that appears in the content type hub section (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Configure the content type hub in the Managed Metadata Service
- Ensure that a URL of a site collection exists in the field.
- Ensure that the check box for Report Syndication Errors is checked.
Note Ensure that you enable the Content Type Hub Syndication feature for the site collection that is to act as a content type hub.
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Looking at the cross-section of equity exposure, they find the inclusion of responsible equity options in the menu of available funds is associated with a 2.1% higher equity allocation by plan participants. Compared to an average equity asset allocation of 12.1%, it represents a material increase (17% in relative terms). Difference-in-differences analyses confirm the introduction of a responsible equity option to a saving plan is followed by an increase of 7.2% in participants’ appetite for stocks, contrary to what happens with conventional equity funds. They discuss the role of personal values in explaining this phenomenon. Responsible investment products may reduce the gap preventing many retail investors from more actively participating in the stock market.
Recently, savers’ appetite for responsible investments has grown, but little is known about the consequences of this development on individual investment decisions. Employee savings plans constitute a unique laboratory for studying these choices. In a recent Amundi research article (Brière and Ramelli, 2021), they analysed the impact of introducing solidarity funds on the investment choices of more than 900,000 French employees. They show the addition of a solidarity fund in the available funds offering led to a 7% increase in the equity allocation of new investments. Compared to an average equity allocation of around 13%, this increase is substantial and is an encouraging result for French participation in the equity market.
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Why Aren't Scientists Allowed to Believe In God?
There was a time when most scientists were also deeply religious men. When scientists were not forced to choose between belief in God and the rigorous pursuit of scientific knowledge. But that all ended with Charles Darwin.
In his stunning new book, The Darwin Myth, CSC fellow Benjamin Wiker cuts through the politically correct lies and cultural misconceptions to reveal the true Charles Darwin: the man who separated God from science.
Now you can go here to get a free chapter and take a preview of Regnery Publishing's new book, The Darwin Myth. | <urn:uuid:c8a50f60-4bf4-4468-9b9f-b661b4d81bfc> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.evolutionnews.org/2009/06/why_arent_scientists_allowed_t021331.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282926.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00394-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953398 | 120 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Green Reporting and Corporate Social Responsibility for Engineers and Technical Professionals
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The course provides a concise overview of green reporting and corporate social responsibility (CSR) -- a system of record-keeping and governance that demonstrates and verifies an enterprise's commitment to a sustainable global economy. Around the world, enterprises of all sizes and kinds are under increasing pressure from regulators, consumers, and even employees to take into account how their operations impact environmental stewardship, social issues, animal welfare, and even political diplomacy.
Participants will walk away with an increased situational awareness of green reporting and CSR principles and an Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) action plan that can be used immediately to transform how you measure your corporate impact.
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- The Conquest of Water: The Advent of Health in the Industrial Age by Jean-Pierre Goubert
Polity, 300 pp, £25.00, April 1989, ISBN 0 7456 0508 7
Water is news in Thatcherite Britain in a way that would have surprised politicians – or economists – a generation ago. In some parts of the world, like California or Colorado, water has always been politics – bitter, tough, even violent politics. On a global scale we divide the world into arid and non-arid zones and probe the oceans. Some of our greatest engineering projects in every generation, back to the ancient world, have been concerned with the movement and control of water. Steam-engines were used to pump water out of mines before they, were used to drive machines. It is arguable whether the best treatises on water since the 18th century have been written by engineers or by doctors. Chemists have been almost as active. It was a landmark when Lavoisier described water as H2O.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
What to do if i tested positive for tuberculosis. could it be due to hiv infection?
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Higher risk in HIV: Having a positive TB test indicates that you have been exposed to the TB bug. The infection could be latent or active, & this can be determined by further testing done by your doctor. Hiv infected people are at higher risk of acquiring TB infection because of their weakened immune system & testing for HIV is recommended in presence of other risk factors. Talk to your doctor if you have concerns.
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The Digital Library Of Babel Could Contain Every Word Ever Written
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If it were real, the words you're reading would already exist in the Library of Babel, the fictional archive imagined by Jorge Louis Borges in his story of the same name. Luckily, we have the internet. The words you're reading do exist on libraryofbabel.info, the digital version of Borges' library created by Brooklyn-based writer Jonathan Basile. (We're not joking: this paragraph appears on this page of the library.)Related: The Human Library Lets You "Check Out" People To Hear Their Stories
Can You Solve The ABCDE Math Puzzle?
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Just because a problem is easy to explain doesn't mean it'll be easy to solve. So is the case of Scam School's ABCDE math puzzle. Best of luck!Related: This Math Problem Went Viral In Japan
Shakuntala Devi Was India's Human Computer
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Can you find the 23rd root of a 201-digit number? The late Shakuntala Devi, India's arithmetic prodigy, calculated the answer in just 50 seconds (beating a computer).Related: The First Computers Were People
Can You Solve The Shrinking Pool Math Problem?
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The magical shrinking pool math problem will remind you of high school. You're going to need some knowledge of fractions to solve this algebra word problem.Related: The Spider And The Fly Math Problem
Can You Solve The 2345 Math Puzzle?
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Insects Of The World - INSECT CONTEST - October 2021 - #01
Hello Nature Lovers !
I would like to cordially invite you to another great week of the Insects Of The World Contest ^^ To participate in the Insects Of The World Contest just write up a post about an interesting insect of your choice, characterize it and explain to us why you believe that your chosen species is especially important or interesting. You find more details in the rules below ^^
The INSECTS OF THE WORLD COMMUNITY is there FOR ALL POSTS ABOUT THE WORLD OF THE INSECTS AROUND YOU. We would highly appreciate it if you share your great content there with us! .. The contest is located there as an integrated part and special community feature ^^ The community also features a weekly Curation Report (@lourdeshd6, @nicanor-mosquera) !
Contest Rules :
POST your entry INTO the INSECTS OF THE WORLD COMMUNITY and MENTION that your post is an ENTRY. It is appreciated if leave a link to the contest too, so that interested readers may find it directly.
Add the SCIENTIFIC NAME of the species IN THE TITLE
All pictures have to be your own. Please show SEVERAL PICTURES from different angles and perspective so that we get to know the insect as good as possible.
FULLY CHARACTERIZE your chosen insect. In some cases it may be difficult to name the exact species, but at least the family can be stated easily.
FULLY DESCRIBE your chosen insect including details like Place of Spread, Appearance and a Timestamp. Also EXPLAIN us WHY IT IS especially INTERESTING OR IMPORTANT for you personally.
The last point is an ESSENTIAL part of this contest; so at least 400 words (per language) are the minimum that should be covering this!
Drop the LINK to your post IN THE COMMENTS. You can add a picture if you like. It is NECESSARY as I have to post a link in Discord on Friday, 5 days later for voting and also for my own compiling purposes.
If there is something not entirely clear to you, here is a example that you can get some impression on how to make a favorable entry. It shows to you which information we are interested the most about your presented species.
Prizes to Win :
- 1st : 1 HBD
- 2st : 0.5 HBD
- 3rd : 0.25 HBD
I will present all participants in the entries section in the announcement posts that will be published roughly one week later on Sunday (depending on my time schedule this may shift ^^). This way you will have a nice compilation of them all. The number of winning places is adaptable and differs by the number of participants to keep a 50% winner limit (1 to 3 - one place, 4 to 6 - two places, 6 or more - full podium). As an special feature, the new title picture will be created from the entry of the contest winner. This time it is from @zhanavic69.
How are the Winners chosen ?
The voting on the winners will be done by the whole DNA community. Therefore we created a contest channel in the DNA Discord (Insects Of The World Contest). Here I will post the announcement post including the winners (Announcements) EACH SUNDAY together with all your entries (Entries) EACH FRIDAY. Every member of DNA will be able to assign voting emojis under the entries for 24 HOURS. In the end those three with the most are the lucky winners. In addition we try to avoid to have the same winner in a row. I will engage as a judge in case of a draw ^^
THIS WEEKS WINNERS
The winner of this contest round was chosen to be @zhanavic69 with her entry about the beautiful Junonia Coenia from the family of the Nymphalidae. The spotted some nice specimens at the house of her mothers farm and recorded it on sight ^^ .. They measure from 5 to 6.4 cm and there are actually color variations to found for these species. Both can be seen in her post. The on seen here is a blue one with shades from brown to orange. The other on is brown, with shades ranging from red to yellow. Their main characteristic is the design of the spots which resemble eyes and in the form of bars .. Thank you very much for this nice post ;)
The entry from @alexaivytorres shows us a Forficula Auricularia. These belong to the order of Dermaptera. This order comprises all earwigs, which are characterized by paired cerci (forceps) at their posterior end. In her post we get to see many macro-shots of the earwig and some really nice gifs too showing it in motion, all complemented by some interesting information of the species ^^ .. Thanks for bringing this interesting order close to our attention ;)
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5¢ Luis Munoz Marin
Great Americans Series
Issue Date: February 18, 1990
City: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Engraved
Luis Munoz Marin was elected to the Puerto Rico Senate and later served as governor for four terms. He was instrumental in gaining Puerto Rico's independence from the U.S. and was effective in changing the island's status with his improvement programs. Marin is pictured on the 5¢ Great Americans stamp.
Issued between 1980 and 1999, the Great Americans definitive series features 63 designs, making it the larges set of face different Regular Issue stamps issued in the 20th century. One stamp honors a couple (Lila and Dewitt Wallace) while the remaining 62 commemorate individuals.
The series is characterized by a standard definitive size, simple design and monochromatic colors. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing produced most of the stamps, but some were printed by private firms. Several stamps saw multiple printings. The result is many different varieties, with tagging being the key to understanding them.
Puerto Rico’s First Democratically-Elected Governor
On January 2, 1949, Luis Muñoz Marín became Puerto Rico’s first independently-elected governor.
Puerto Rico had been governed by Spain for more than three centuries before it was annexed to the United States in 1898. For the next fifty years, its governor was appointed by America’s president. In 1946, President Harry S. Truman appointed the island’s first full-time Puerto Rican governor – Jesús T. Piñero.
However, twice previously a Puerto Rican had temporarily served as governor. The first time was in 1579, when Juan Ponce de León II, the grandson of explorer Ponce de León, served as interim governor until the arrival of Spanish Governor Jerónimo De Aguero Campuzano. Also, in 1923, Juan Bernardo Huyke temporarily held the position in between the administrations of Americans Emmet Montgomery Reily and Horace Mann Towner.
Then, in 1947, the United States Congress passed the Elective Governors Act, allowing Puerto Rico to elect its own governor. On November 2, 1947, the first elections for governor of Puerto Rico were held. Luis Muñoz Marín, a member of the Popular Democratic Party, emerged victorious, with 61.2% of the vote.
Marín first became involved in politics in the 1930s. As a member of the Puerto Rican Senate, he supported industrialization and agricultural reform. As president of the senate, Marín helped form Operation Bootstrap, which encouraged investment in manufacturing plants and job training for those in poverty. During his campaign for governor, Marín claimed, “Don’t trust politicians, even me. If you want to sell your vote, go ahead: it’s a free country. But make up your minds that you can’t have justice and the $2.00.”
On January 2, 1949, Marin was sworn in as Puerto Rico’s first independently elected governor, a position he held until 1965. Under his leadership, Puerto Rico was given greater autonomy from the US, and also adopted a constitution. After serving five terms, supporters wanted Muñoz Marín to run again. He declined, saying “I am not your strength… You are your own strength.” The former governor was praised by world leaders for the advances his country made under his leadership. Time magazine called Muñoz Marín “one of the most influential politicians in recent times, whose works will be remembered for years to come.”
Puerto Rico became a Commonwealth of the United States in 1952, and Congress approved the first Constitution of Puerto Rico. It listed rules on how Puerto Rico’s governors could be elected, including one that states if the margin of victory is less than half a percent, then a full recount must occur. This happened in 1980 and 2004.
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Euro v Afro Centric Perspectives Paradoxically, Marlow argues Kurtz's family background is one of the reasons he was successful in taking over the Central Station and establishing his relationship with the natives. Marlow comments, "[Kurtz's] mother was half-English, his father was half-French. All Europe contributed to the making of Kurtz; and by I learned that, most appropriately, the International Society for the Suppression of Savage Customs had entrusted him with the making of a report, for its future guidance" (25).
The unfolding of events can be told from a variety of perspectives that are highly influenced by an individual's background and personal prejudices. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe provide two distinct and polar perspectives. Heart of Darkness, and consequently the film adaptation Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, provides an Anglo-centric perspective on colonialism and imperialism, whereas Things Fall Apart provides an Afro-centric account of the events that transpire.
Heart of Darkness, published in 1899, follows Charles Marlow as he sets out to meet Mr. Kurtz, a smart and successful ivory trader who has established residency and taken over a village at Central Station. Conrad creates a very imperialistic character through Kurtz. Like many imperialistic countries that sought to expand their territories for political and financial gain, Kurtz seeks out to explore as much of Congo for personal gain. Kurtz asks, "What was he doing? exploring or what?," to which a response of "Oh, yes, of course,' he had discovered lots of villages, a lake, too -- he did not know exactly in what direction; it was dangerous to inquire too much -- but mostly his expeditions had been for ivory…'To speak plainly, he raided the country" (Conrad 31). In this regard, Kurtz's attitude is very European in the way that he unabashedly explores unknown regions without any regard for who or what he may encounter. The effects of imperialism can best be described by Marlow who comments, "The conquest of the earth, which mostly means taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much" (5). Kurtz's attitude reflects the imperialist attitudes of Europeans, who throughout history, were obsessed with expanding their empires in order to demonstrate they had ...
Heart of Darkness is also very Euro-centric in the way that it depicts how Africans and their customs are perceived by Marlow and other "civilized" men in the novella. In Heart of Darkness, Marlow perceives his ship's crewmen to be uncivilized and savage. In the novella, Marlow appears to look down on Africans and frequently refers to them as savages. Furthermore, Marlow judges them based on their appearance and customs as opposed to their character. For instance, Marlow appears to judge the cannibal that was the fireman on his ship and refers to savage/uncivilized nature. Marlow comments the savage fireman, "had filed teeth, too, the poor devil, and the wool of his pate shaved into queer patterns, and three ornamental scars on each of his cheek" (Conrad 13). Moreover, Marlow comments this "savage" was "useful because he had been instructed; and what he knew was this -- that should the water in that transparent thing disappear, the evil spirit inside the boiler would get angry through the greatness of his thirst, and take a terrible vengeance" (14). Furthermore, by alluding to religion, such as describing the cannibal as a "poor devil" and pointing out he believed there was an "evil spirit inside the boiler," Marlow insinuates that some of the savagery attributed to the natives was due to the fact that they were not Christian.
The 1979 film adaptation Apocalypse Now successfully translates Conrad's tale into a contemporary setting without losing the novella's original intended message. Like Heart of Darkness, Apocalypse Now is told from the perspective of those conquering the natives, however, in this case, the setting is shifted to Cambodia…
Paradoxically, Marlow argues Kurtz's family background is one of the reasons he was successful in taking over the Central Station and establishing his relationship with the natives. Marlow comments, "[Kurtz's] mother was half-English, his father was half-French. All Europe contributed to the making of Kurtz; and by I learned that, most appropriately, the International Society for the Suppression of Savage Customs had entrusted him with the making of a report, for its future guidance" (25).
Okonkwo's journey is one of self-imposed exile. So, too, is the journey of the Kurtz character in Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Coppola's Apocalypse Now. Thus, Kurtz takes the place of the protagonist as being the symbolic character catalyst in Heart of Darkness and Things Fall Apart. The Kurtz character is more similar to the Okonkwo character than either Marlow or Willard. For this reason, Kurtz can be considered a
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Hey guys! Sure hasn’t been a busy week. News has been pretty slow, but it happens.
A week from now is Halloween, so consider it a theme!
So, to start us off on the right foot, I decided to go with a legendary– in fact, the only ghost type legendary so far. Sure, it’s from the same region as the last post, and it’s the second legendary in a row, but I’m sure you can excuse that for this special occasion.
This is… Not the most appealing picture to show off my take on Giratina, but this is the most commonly accepted image of a Basilisk.
The Basilisk is a wonderful creature brought to you by the Roman Empire. Yep– you probably thought it’s from the dark ages, but the Romans were the ones who came up with the concept.
I’m sure many of you have seen the Harry Potter series with its Basilisk, which is shown off as a massive serpent. Well, in reality, the Basilisk was described as a king of serpents with many, many legs. Typically, it has a crest or a ‘helmet’ on its head, which gives it the ‘king’ definition. It can kill in only one look, and simply leaks venom as it moves across the earth.
In the picture I show, you notice how scaly and serpentine it is, but with many pairs of legs. This portrayal gives you a good idea of why I picked the Basilisk, and you can see that with a longer neck, it’s pretty much Giratina’s altered forme.
The ‘crown’ seems to describe Giratina’s headplates, and the fact that the Basilisk inflicted death so easily would explain the ghost typing. However, this doesn’t explain the Origin forme pretty well.
Now if you keep up with my articles, this is a very familar picture. I’ll just reuse it as I’ve explained this creature before.
This is an Amphiptere– a type of European dragon with no legs or arms, but rather it has wings. It’s a beautiful creature, and it’s seen mostly in Heralding.
The Amphiptere makes up for discrepancies between the Origin and Altered formes, as the Origin forme is clearly a combination of both a Basilisk, and an Amphiptere.
Interestingly, some Amphiptere had golden beaks, which would explain why Giratina has such an odd looking ‘helmet’ as well.
So here we have a magnificent creature.
Three pairs of legs, a long, sturdy tail, an extremely tall and rigid neck, dark wings, and a golden trim that appears as a helmet on the upper half. This describes Giratina’s altered form.
Interestingly, to talk about the legs, it appears Giratinia can hover quite well without touching the floor with its feet. One would suppose it can bend the laws of nature using the ‘Torn World’ that it comes from.
Next, it has a very long neck. This is interesting– and it seems to be left over from the altered form. There’s no need for such a long neck for a very aggressive looking creature. Only an animal that needs to reach the tops of trees could require this. However, it may simply due to the mass of Giratinia’s Origin forme needing to be constant with the Altered form, in which it would spread out forward evenly to form this neck– something not visible on the altered form.
These two wings seem utterly pointless at first, but if you think more about its powers of using the shadows around it, you realize that it may use two wings as a basic cloak, or a portal to another dimension. Or they might simply be wings. Since Giratinia can learn Fly, it’s pretty simple to assume this guy is airborne.
This golden trim is interesting– it seems to plate various parts of the body. It could be seen as a shield, though it may simply be decoration that Giratinia has across its body. It doesn’t cover enough to be a proper shield, right?
This guy is a hefty creature, weighing in at nearly 1,700 pounds. So in no way is it light– even the origin form is extremely heavy in comparison to other creatures. This doesn’t make much sense for a creature that can hover; but think about how much force it might have to grab to be able to hover.
It has fierce claws, and it could probably disintegrate anything that got near its feet. Although they seem, again, for mainly decoration, it’s an interesting thought.
If that last one was magnificent..
This thing is a beast. It has three pairs of wings, the same golden trim, many legs, an elongated streamlined body, and a hield over its mouth.
As for the wings, they clearly do not effect the hovering ability of this creature. Giratina can hover anywhere at any speed, and it does not need to use its wings for this. However, we can see from many battles that these ‘wings’ can be used as claws in battle, for moves such as shadow claw.
Giratina’s body has clearly elongated due to exposure to the Torn World, a world where the laws of physics have changed completely, and there is much less gravity. That would make it much easier for Giratina to bt the weightless monstrosity that it is now.
The red on it is banded, and seems to just signify its world– it’s home. The torn world is filled mainly with orange/red/black, and Giratina seems to match this up closely. This does not need any sort of camouflage, since it’s one of the biggest predators, if not the only predator in the torn world and its near inhabitants.
Again, we see the same golden trim, but this time the trim appears to cover the fact like a helmet. This means that it can move faster and more stream lined in any way, as there is much less air resistance with a head shaped like that.
This time, it has legs, but no more claws. This would mean that it cannot attack using its claws, and it must rely on its wings. This is much unlike the Alternate form, which has three pairs of tough claws.
Well guys! Hope you liked this week’s. It’s pretty basic, I know– but I’ll be sure to do much more next week.
Comments? Concerns? Criticisms? Suggestions?
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In the current business landscape, it is essential for companies to have a robust knowledge base. The knowledge base can be a valuable asset to any business, allowing customers, partners, and teams easy access to important content. It can also help customer-facing employees provide a better service, and make it easier to upsell or cross-sell products and services. In this blog post, we will explore the benefits of utilizing knowledge base software across your company and how it can help your business.
Knowledge base software is a type of software that helps organizations store, manage, and share information. It can be used to create an internal knowledge base for employees, or it can be used to create a customer-facing knowledge base that can be used by customers to find answers to common questions. Knowledge base software can be used to store a variety of information, including product documentation, company policies, and FAQs.
There are a number of different knowledge base software platforms available, and each has its own set of features and capabilities. When choosing a knowledge base software platform, it's important to consider your organization's specific needs and requirements.
However, typically knowledge base software includes features like search, categorization, and tagging to help users find the information they need. We will explore all features later.
The purpose of knowledge base software is to provide a centralized repository for storing and organizing information. This information can be used to help solve problems, answer questions, and improve processes. Knowledge base software can be used by businesses of all sizes to improve sales, service, support, and overall company operations.
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Many business needs evolve over time, so knowledge base software also facilitates quick updates by incorporating different types of content like guides, videos, and pdfs in response to changing business dynamics. Knowledge bases can become a significant competitive advantage when they are able to provide relevant and up-to-date answers that reflect an organization’s current understanding of their industry, product, or service offering, such as a detailed understanding of the features, benefits, and applications.
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Knowledge base software can help businesses to provide better customer service. By making information more readily available, businesses can reduce the need for customer support.
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A knowledge base is a powerful tool that can help you increase customer retention. When customers feel like the company stands by its products and services and empowers them to be successful, they are more likely to become long-term customers and recommend products more often.
Knowledge base software can help businesses to better manage their knowledge. This can lead to improved decision-making by providing employees with better access to knowledge resources. By sharing information more effectively, businesses can improve their overall performance and become more agile in their decision-making processes.
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By making it easy for employees to find the information they need at their fingertips, knowledge base software can help them work more efficiently and eliminate unnecessary communication.
By providing employees with the ability to access training materials on their own, you can reduce the need for costly in-person training sessions. This can include written articles, step-by-step guides, video tutorials, up-to-date on company policies and procedures, and more.
If you’re looking for a way to improve your business, knowledge base software is a great option to consider.
Knowledge base software can be beneficial for businesses of all sizes. Whether you’re a small business looking to improve customer support or a large enterprise trying to increase employee productivity, knowledge base software can help.
Small businesses often don't have the time or resources to invest in a full-fledged customer support team. Knowledge base software can be a great way to offload some of the support burden and give your customers the self-service they need.
Large enterprises, on the other hand, often have complex support needs that require a robust knowledge base. Knowledge base software can help you create a central repository for all your company's knowledge, making it easier for your support team to find
There are many different types of knowledge bases, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. Here are some of the most common types of knowledge bases:
A centralized knowledge base is a single, central repository of information. This type of knowledge base is easy to search and navigate but can be difficult to keep up-to-date and comprehensive.
A decentralized knowledge base is a collection of information that is spread out across multiple sources. This type of knowledge base can be more difficult to search but can be more comprehensive and up-to-date.
A social knowledge base is a knowledge base that is crowdsourced from a community of users. This type of knowledge base can be very useful for companies or organizations with a large user base, as it allows them to get feedback and input from a wide variety of users. A social knowledge base can also be used to help build trust between a company and its customers, as it provides a way for customers to share their experiences and suggestions with the company.
There are many different types of knowledge base software available, each with its own unique features and capabilities. When choosing a knowledge base software for your organization, it is important to select one that is well-suited to your specific needs and requirements.
An intranet is a private network that is accessible only by employees of a company. Intranets are often used to share information and resources within a company. Intranet software is a type of software that is used to create and manage an intranet.
There are many different types of intranet software available, and the best type for your company will depend on your specific needs. However, all intranet software shares some common features, such as the ability to create and manage user accounts, create and manage content, and control access to the intranet.
There are many software options available for managing knowledge within an organization. However, not all of these options are created equal. When choosing a wiki software for knowledge management, it's important to consider your specific needs and choose software that will meet those needs.
When it comes to knowledge management, there are a lot of different options available. But one type of software that can be particularly helpful is knowledge base software. Knowledge base software is designed to help businesses store, organize, and share knowledge internally. It can be used to create an internal knowledge base for employees, customers, or both.
If you're looking for a way to better manage knowledge within your organization and make it available externally to your customers and partners, as well as internally for your teams, then knowledge base software may be a good option for you
There are several factors to consider when selecting the most suitable knowledge base software for your needs. It is helpful to begin by contemplating the type of information you want to organize, as well as the individuals who will be accessing and utilizing that information. The right software solution will allow you to effectively manage and disseminate the appropriate information to the appropriate people as and when required.
Consider the following before choosing your tool:
Your company, clients, and existing programs are one of a kind. Your knowledge base software needs to be able to support that specific ecosystem. Without that flexibility, you would have to duplicate information both inside and outside of your knowledge base.
It is also important to select software that is sufficiently flexible to allow for the integration of chatbots and CRMs, as these can make a knowledge base even more powerful. Look for knowledge base software that offers an API as well as native integrations to many popular tools.
Even if your knowledge base is comprehensive, its value is based on both the agent's and customer's ability to access information quickly. This makes search and categorization important features in providing better service and agent productivity.
However, only discovery is not enough. It is also essential that your knowledge base content is simple to share with customers and other representatives. Thus, look for knowledge management systems that enable both discovery and sharing, and you will be ahead of the competition.
Much of what makes a knowledge base effective is the ability of multiple employees to contribute. This creates a broader scope of learning for your knowledge base and makes it easier to incorporate insights gained on the frontlines of customer service.
In conclusion, knowledge base software is a powerful tool that can help organizations manage their knowledge and improve customer service. If you are interested in learning more about knowledge base software, or if you have any questions, please contact us. We would be happy to discuss this topic with you in more detail.
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“Water for Two” is a unique intervention course, designed to support and enhance parent-child relationship; Water Play, which is based on Play Therapy and Art Therapy is the primary therapeutic tool in this course; the joint Water Play method will be the lenses to view the dyadic connection and empower it.
This program was created by two experienced therapists, Yael Livne and Hagit Kirshner-Shalom, who partnered to build an integrative modality of dyadic work using Water Play Therapy.
About the Course
This course integrates different methods, knowledge, and practices that together establish an innovative working model in parent-child connection.
The mutual water play will be utilised as a catalyst for the attachment process, building trust and communication, aiming to strengthen the dyadic bond.
The course will share a new way to observe, understand, and support the dyad, using the water as a multifaceted tool.
- Three working techniques of joint water play will be presented.
- Parent-child activities and practical tools will be shared, include telehealth modification.
- The learning will be interactive with clips and demos to bring the learning to life.
- By the end of the course, participants will be able to use this method with their relevant clienteles.
- Intro: advantages and principles of expressive therapy, dyadic work, and water play.
- Fundamental and advanced needs of children and typical challenges in the parent-child relationship.
- Advantages and challenges of working in dyadic and triangle modality.
- Water Play foundations and principles (using colours, play objects, and storytelling).
- Dyadic Water Play framework and the three working concepts.
- Practical tools and techniques: activities, demos, and case sharing.
- A course booklet will be shared with the participants.
- An Attendance Certification of 12 academic hours will be given at the end of the course.
Who is This Course For
- Play and creative Arts Therapists
- Art Therapis
- Family Therapists
- Social Workers
- Occupational Therapists
- Speech Therapists
- Any professional who works with children and parents and wishes to expand his or her toolkit.
|Where?||Five sessions, each of two hours, Live on Zoom|
|* Next dates will be updated soon|
Special Bonus: Individual and group supervision will be available for those who graduate the course and wish to continue their learning in discounted rates.
About the Presenters:
Psychologist (M.A), Accredited Play Therapist,
Theraplay practitioner (L1),
Circle of Security Facilitator,
Filial Coach (P),
Clinical Supervisor (P)
Hagit Kirshner-Shalom is a Psychologist and Accredited Play Therapist with vast experience in supporting children and families; Hagit offers individual, dyadic, and group therapy, as well as workshops for parents and professionals. Hagit works in a private early intervention centre and international schools in Singapore. Play Therapy is Hagit’s main passion. She attained multiple certifications in the therapeutic field, aiming to help parents and children heal and overcome their challenges.
Expressive Art Therapist (M.A)
Yael Livneh is an Expressive Art therapist living in Israel. Yael is practising psychodrama and inter-modality approaches for over 20 years. Yael owns a private clinic and specialised in supporting children with emotional difficulties. Yael developed the “Water Play Therapy” (WPT), an innovative water-based technique. She published her book “Rising on Water” in 2015. Yael presents her method around the world to medical and educational staff in hospitals and universities; she trained teams in Africa and Asia through international organisations. Yael is an academic team member of “Oranim College” and supervises therapists. | <urn:uuid:0357dd55-92a7-46d2-b094-acc892cd45de> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://hagitplaytherapy.com/tag/professionals-workshop/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00066.warc.gz | en | 0.910178 | 861 | 2.4375 | 2 |
Roman Catholicism in the United Kingdom
Starting with the Regnans in Excelsis in 1570 and lasting until 1766, the Pope did not recognize the legitimacy of the English Monarchy and called for its overthrow. Therefore by the time of the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707, Catholics were discriminated against in England and Scotland in significant ways: in all the kingdoms of the British Isles, they were excluded from voting, from sitting in Parliament, and from the learned professions. These discriminatory laws continued after the Acts of Union 1800 which created the new United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801. At that time, Catholic Emancipation was gathering speed but was not yet a reality, particularly in Ireland, where the Protestant Ascendancy was still in full force.
The Treaty of Union of 1707, like the Act of Settlement, had stated that no " Papist" could succeed to the throne. Restrictions on the civil rights of Roman Catholics only began to change with the passing of the Papists Act 1778, which allowed them to own property, inherit land and join the British Army, although even this measure resulted in the backlash of the Gordon Riots of 1780, showing the depth of continuing anti-Catholic feeling. Over the next half century, an influx of thousands of Catholics fleeing the French Revolution, plus a thawing in relations with the Catholic world during the Napoleonic Wars, when the British were allied with the Catholic states of Portugal and Spain as well as with the Holy See itself, meant that by 1829 the political climate had changed enough to allow Parliament to pass the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, giving Roman Catholics almost equal civil rights, including the right to vote and to hold most public offices.
The Great Irish Famine, and the large-scale emigration from Ireland which followed it, led to an increase in the numbers of Catholics in England, Wales and Scotland. In 1850, Pope Pius IX re-established Catholic hierarchies in England and Wales. Scottish hierarchies were restored shortly after, in 1878, by Pope Leo XIII. Since then a number of prominent individuals have converted to Catholicism, including John Henry Newman, Augustus Pugin, Muriel Spark, Gerard Manley Hopkins, G. K. Chesterton, Ronald Knox, Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene, Malcolm Muggeridge and Joseph Pearce. Members of the Royal family such as the Duchess of Kent and former Prime Minister Tony Blair have also converted to Catholicism, in Blair's case in December 2007 after he had left office.
According to the Central Statistical Office of the Church, Great Britain has a population of 59,381,000 of whom 5,264,000 (8.87%) are Catholics. There are 32 ecclesiastical circumscriptions and 2,977 parishes.
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When June arrives in the Yukon, daylight is never far away.
In Dawson City, midway up the vast length of the territory, the time between sunset and sunrise shrinks from about four hours at the start of the month to just under three at the solstice.
Late night and early morning hours are almost always quiet in the Yukon, but June's extended daylight hours bring a visible stillness.
A trip north earlier this month found highways buzzing with RV and truck traffic during the day, but so empty at night that there were a couple of 100-mile gaps between passing motorists. Stopping along the empty road made it seem as if the wilderness was re-enveloping the narrow ribbon of pavement.
From here, days will grow shorter for the next six months, and these twilight images from the Yukon will fade into black.
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Finding British Parliamentary Publications At The Library of Congress
Houses of Parliament
Parliamentary copyright images are reproduced with the permission of Parliament
The Parliamentary Papers are composed of four different categories of papers: Votes and Proceedings/Minute Books; Journal; Debates; and Sessional Papers. These are the "working papers" of Parliament. Essentially, the record of Parliamentary deliberations in various forms such as minutes, reports, bills, appropriations, and committee proceedings.
A number of published Parliamentary materials have been digitized
Compiled by Judith Robinson and Steve Davenport, Reference Specialists
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