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Alamo Site Map
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The story of the Alamo is known around the world. Like all legendary events, however, myths and misconceptions have sprung up that many
people now take as fact. The following is a brief discussion of some of the inaccuracies that seem to be the most widely accepted. 路 The winter of 1836 was one of the coldest in Texas history. The idea has somehow developed that 1836 was one of the coldest winters in Texas history. One fact that reinforces this notion is that the Mexican Army encountered a freak blizzard in route to Texas that began on the evening of February 13 and continued throughout the next day. The weather during this storm was severe enough to kill horses, mules, men and camp followers.1 The snowstorm, however, did not extend into Texas. Two observers in Texas in 1836, William Fairfax Gray and Colonel Juan Almonte, both kept records of the weather in their journals. [Click here to see their observation on the weather.] From their entries information can be gathered that reveals the weather at the time of the battle. A cold front arrived on the evening of February 25 that dropped the temperatures into the 30s. Prior to that, however, it had been "shirt sleeve" weather. It remained cold and rainy but warmed to nearly 60 degrees (F) on February 29. That night, a second cold front swept the region. The temperature gradually warmed over the next few days. It remained cool on March 6, but by March 8 Gray proclaimed "Fine weather." Any Texan should recognize this as a description of typical Texas weather. 路 The Battle of the Alamo bought time for Sam Houston to build his army. The notion that the men of the Alamo died buying time for Sam Houston to build an army is well-entrenched in Alamo lore, but a review of Houston's activities shows it to be unfounded. On November 12, 1835, the Consultation (the provisional government of Texas) appointed Sam Houston Commanding-General of the Texas Army. His authority, however, extended over the regular army, leaving him unable to legally issue orders to the volunteers already in the field.2 Houston dispatched recruiters to raise the regular army as well as agents to acquire arms, uniforms, and other supplies. With no troops to command, Houston received a furlough on January 28 in order to take care of personal business. He spent part of his leave conducting negotiations with the Cherokee Indians.3 With a treaty successfully concluded, Houston rode to Washington-on-the-Brazos, where he served as a delegate to the constitutional convention, remaining there until March 6.4 During his stay, the new government reconfirmed his appointment as commandinggeneral of the Texas Army, giving him control over all troops - regulars and volunteers. Houston arrived at Gonzales on March 11 to lead a relief expedition to San Antonio but by then the Alamo had already fallen.
Thus, during the siege Houston was not building an army but engaged in other important business. 路 The men at the Alamo died not knowing that Texas had declared its independence. It is true that the Alamo garrison most likely died unaware that the delegates at the constitutional convention at Washington-on-the-Brazos had adopted a Declaration of Independence on March 2, 1836. Nevertheless, the Alamo garrison was in favor of independence and fully expected the delegates to secede from Mexico. The garrison had even sent its own delegates to the convention with instructions to vote for independence. Travis addressed the issue of independence in a letter sent from the Alamo on March 3, 1836: "Let the Convention go on and make a declaration of independence, and we will then understand, and the world will understand, what we are fighting for. If independence is not declared, I shall lay down my arms, and so will the men under my command." Thus, Texas' Declaration of Independence would not have surprised them - it was what they desired and expected.5 路 There were no survivors. "Thermopylae had her messenger of defeat; the Alamo had none."6 This famous quote conveys the notion that none survived the Battle of the Alamo. It is true that nearly all of the Texans under arms inside the fort were killed in the March 6, 1836, attack. However, nearly twenty women and children, who experienced the twelve days of siege leading to the final assault, were spared and allowed to return to their homes. The survivors also included Joe, the slave of William B. Travis. The best known Alamo survivor, Susanna Dickinson, was sent to Gonzales by Santa Anna with a warning to the Texans that the same fate awaited them if they continued their revolt.7 (For more information about the Survivors, please see the FAQs page of this web site) 路 The only Texans who rallied to the aid of the Alamo were 32 men from Gonzales. One question frequently asked about the Battle of the Alamo is why did not more Texans answer Travis' poignant pleas for help. The arrival of the Gonzales Ranging Company on the morning of March 1, 1836, is the only documented instance of assistance.8 Much scorn has been heaped on Colonel James W. Fannin, whose 400-man battalion remained at Goliad, only 100 miles away. Fannin's detractors ignore the fact that he also faced an advancing Mexican column and could not leave his post unguarded. Travis' letters were effective in bringing recruits to the field. More than 200 volunteers had gathered at Gonzales in preparation to
march to the Alamo's relief when news of its fall reached the town.9 It was this collection of men that formed the nucleus of Sam Houston's army that eventually defeated Santa Anna at San Jacinto on April 21, 1836.10 路 The men of the Alamo could have left at any time because they were volunteers. Although the majority of the Alamo's garrison was composed of volunteers, they were volunteers in the 19th century military sense of the word. These men had signed an oath of allegiance to the Provisional Government of Texas, declaring "I will serve her honestly and faithfully against all her enemies and opposer whatsoever, and observe and obey the orders of the Governor of Texas, the orders and decrees of the present and future authorities and the orders of the officers appointed over me according to the rules and regulations for the government of Texas."11 Citizen-soldiers, these men were bound to defend any post they were assigned and were not free to leave on their own. 路 William B. Travis was disliked by the garrison. Travis fares rather poorly in the popular media, usually portrayed as a pompous martinet with few friends. In reality, Travis was outgoing, gregarious and respected by his peers.12 One fact that has helped create the notion that the men of the Alamo disliked Travis was the volunteers' refusal to take orders from him, electing James Bowie as their leader instead.13 The election of Bowie had more to do with the ongoing philosophical dispute between regulars and volunteers than it did the garrison's opinion of Travis.14 The volunteers simply did not want to take orders from a regular officer, even someone they respected such as Lieutenant Colonel William B. Travis of the Texas Army. 路 The Battle of the Alamo would not have taken place had the garrison followed Sam Houston's orders to blow up the fort and leave San Antonio. On January 17, 1836, Houston wrote Governor Henry Smith that he had "ordered the fortifications in the town of Bexar to be demolished, and if you should think well of it [italics added for emphasis], I will remove all the cannon and other munitions of war to Gonzales and Copano, blow up the Alamo, and abandon the place, as it will be impossible to keep up the Station with volunteers, . . . ."15 Thus, Houston requested permission to give the order to destroy the Alamo - permission that Governor Smith did not grant. The lack of horses and mules meant that the cannon, ammunition, and other supplies
could not have been removed even if the governor had agreed with Houston's plan.16 On February 2, 1836, Bowie expressed the following view to Governor Henry Smith: "The Salvation of Texas depends in great measure in keeping Bejar out of the hands of the enemy. It serves as the frontier picquet guard . . . . Col. Neill & Myself have come to the solemn resolution that we will rather die in these ditches than give it up to the enemy."17
José Enrique de la Peña, With Santa Anna in Texas (College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 1997), 26-29; Vicente Filisola, Memoirs for the History of the War in Texas (2 vols.; Austin: Eakin Press, 1987), 2:157-159.Back 2 Henry W. Barton, "The Problem of Command in the Army of the Republic of Texas," Southwestern Historical Quarterly (January 1959), 300.Back 3 John H. Jenkins, Papers of The Texas Revolution (10 vols.; Austin: Presidial Press, 1973), 4:176, 260-261.Back 4 William Fairfax Gray, From Virginia to Texas, 1835: Diary of Col. Wm. F. Gray (Houston: Fletcher Young Publishing Co., 1965), 125. For Houston's activities from January 28, 1836, to March 11, 1836, see Llerena B. Friend, Sam Houston: The Great Designer (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1985), 66-68.Back 5 John H. Jenkins, Papers of The Texas Revolution (10 vols.; Austin: Presidial Press, 1973), 4:128, 160, 263-265, 324-325, 504-505. Béxar elected four delegates: Lorenzo de Zavala, José Francisco Ruiz, José Antonio Navarro, and Juan Seguin. On February 1, 1836, the Alamo garrison elected two delegates of their own: Jesse B. Badgett and Samuel Maverick. Maverick did not leave the Alamo until March 2, 1836.Back 6 John H. Jenkins, "Notes And Documents: The Thermopylae Quotation," Southwestern Historical Quarterly (October 1990), 299-304. Attributed to Edward Burleson, historians believe the quote was supplied to him for a speech as he had little formal education and would have most likely been unaware of this ancient battle.Back 7 See http://www.thealamo.org/asked.html Were there survivors at the Alamo?Back 8 John H. Jenkins, Papers of The Texas Revolution (10 vols.; Austin: Presidial Press, 1973), 4:475, 502, 504; Alan Huffines, Blood of Noble Men: The Alamo Siege & Battle(Austin: Eakin Press, 1999), 103.Back. 9 John H. Jenkins, Papers of The Texas Revolution (10 vols.; Austin: Presidial Press, 1973), 5:22-23.Back 10 John H. Jenkins, Papers of The Texas Revolution (10 vols.; Austin: Presidial Press, 1973), 5:69.Back
John H. Jenkins, Papers of The Texas Revolution (10 vols.; Austin: Presidial Press, 1973), 4:11, 13-14; Eugene C. Barker, "The Texas Revolutionary Army," The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association (April 1906), 227-261. For a discussion of volunteers within the American military, see Richard B. Winders, Mr. Polk's Army: The American Military Experience in the Mexican War (College Station: Texas A & M Press, 1997), Chapter 5: The Volunteers.Back 12 For a current and objective biography of Travis, see Willaim C. Davis, Three Roads to the Alamo (New York: HarperCollins, 1998).Back 13 John H. Jenkins, Papers of The Texas Revolution (10 vols.; Austin: Presidial Press, 1973), 4:320, 327-328, 339.Back 14 See Richard B. Winders, Mr. Polk's Army: The American Military Experience in the Mexican War (College Station: Texas A & M Press, 1997), Chapters 4 & 5; John H. Jenkins, Papers of The Texas Revolution (10 vols.; Austin: Presidial Press, 1973), 3:306-308.Back 15 John H. Jenkins, Papers of The Texas Revolution (10 vols.; Austin: Presidial Press, 1973), 4:46.Back 16 John H. Jenkins, Papers of The Texas Revolution (10 vols.; Austin: Presidial Press, 1973), 4:127, 424-425.Back 17 John H. Jenkins, Papers of The Texas Revolution (10 vols.; Austin: Presidial Press, 1973), 4:236-238.Back | <urn:uuid:a2d6a118-c4d8-40f7-9ff2-87d3d058489a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://issuu.com/mirarafondo/docs/myths_of_alamo | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279650.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00440-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957411 | 2,698 | 3.1875 | 3 |
Double portrait relief plaster cast
Nathaniel Hathaway of the prominent New Bedford family was the grandfather of these two beautiful children, Silvia and Margaret. Fred Allen had been invited to their Philadelphia home to visit and have photographs taken in preparation for modeling the family portraits. The home he visited in Germantown, PA was at one time a “safe house” for the Underground Railroad. Nathaniel’s grandparents were Quaker Abolitionists and active with at least one of the Evans family in Philadelphia in sheltering a slave girl, transporting her from Germantown to their home in New Bedford.
At present count there are five portraits known to have been modeled of this family: Nathaniel, his wife Eliza, one of his daughters (unknown), daughter Susan’s little son Edward, and the portrait of Sylvia and Margaret, his granddaughters born of his other daughter, Sylvia. The double portrait is a very sensitive and beautiful depiction of these little girls.
The children face toward the viewer’s left in profile. They are expressive and different from one another. Little Margaret is a chubby-cheeked and curly headed toddler with individual curls and wisps of hair showing in the details in front of her forehead. Silvia is older and slimmer in the face, her thin short hair lying flat with pointed strands around the forehead, her mouth parted as if about to speak. She has an expectant or attentive look. Her face covers the back half of Margaret’s head so that her ear is not visible, uniting the two portraits.
There is high contrast in the shadows and highlights of the faces; high contrast in low relief takes skill to achieve. The dark lines of the profiles play distinctly against the lighter, smooth ground in front of them. Those lines also provide clarity in the separation of the two faces, yet the heads occupy the same space or volume. The necks blend together creating a single visual mass so that the two “volumes” won’t occupy the same space, a design principle Allen taught his students. The two dresses also blend together to form another single volume, heavily textured in contrast to the quieter treatment of the faces and collars above.
There is rhythm top to bottom and side to side. Parallel faces, matching collars and textured torsos create the vertical rhythm anchored in the width of the bodies where they meet the shelf to which they are attached. Horizontal rhythm is established with 1) decorative edge, 2) smooth ground, 3) textured details of hair and faces, 4) smooth volume of necks and collars, 5) textured volume of dresses, inscription and symbol, 6) dividing and grounding base in the horizontal three-banded shelf, and 7) smooth ground below. The figures from the top of the head to the bottom of the shelf are centered between the upper and lower edges and although there is more space in front of the faces than behind the heads, the faces are the focus, centered side to side. The composition is simple and masterful.
Both girls wear smocked dresses, details suggestive rather that realistic, with gathered dress bodices and smooth collars upturned at the points and lying flat on the back. There is a decided tactile nature to the garments. Silvia sports crisp, starched cotton puffy sleeves with a beaded appearance to the smocking under the collar, and Margaret’s dress clearly shows cross-hatched tooling that suggests a plaid fabric.
They are “placed” on a three-tiered shelf that does not extend all the way across, the bodies ending above the waist on wide bases. The shape of the whole frame is rectangular with a gently arched top, decorated with a thin architectural patterned molding under a narrow rounded band that extends a little at the edges past the vertical borders into which they fade at the top, leaving the side edges with only a slightly raised line. There are three four-sided rosettes at the top center and corners, the triplet repeated in the molding of the base.
The markings at the top under the molding are vertical and short with the suggestion of a pattern of rounded rectangles. The ground beneath is mostly smooth with some horizontal combing tool markings at the lower side edges and behind Silvia’s head and body with smoothed-out horizontal combings all across. St. Gaudens said that the ground is part of the composition. Here, the appearance of an etching in the ground treatment effectively unites the detail of the figures within the whole. This double portrait is clearly influenced by the St. Gaudens style. Compare to The Children of Prescott Hall Butler.
There was great controversy in the late 1800’s about the subject of “finish.” Rodin would leave his carvings in this state, the figures or faces emerging from rough marble. In the days of Augustus St. Gaudens, the subject was hotly debated regarding the techniques he and other sculptors used in relief carving that were “sketchy” in appearance, more like paintings in clay. St. Gaudens argued passionately about his view that a piece of art need not be polished to be finished and that a sketchy appearance didn’t mean that the piece was incomplete. In his opinion, a work should be “judged on its character or effect, rather than on its degree of technical completion.” And that it “did not have to reach of point of belabored smoothness or detail to be worthy.” (Tolles) In that regard, look at the dresses of the Evans girls. They are freely modeled without regard for the details. The character of the children is more important, and here the point is clear: Allen’s compositional refinements here demonstrate his masterful touch.
The inscription at the lower left above the “shelf” reads “Margaret Evans at the age of two years (scrolling lines) Silvia Hathaway Evans at the age of three years.” Note the spelling of Silvia.
There is no signature or date visible in the photograph.
A symbol at the lower right about level with the inscription looks like a Shinto temple over a square and compass or marker with a needle pointing down from the center like a scale. Underneath looks like a broken square for measuring.
Sold for $400 (see list of incomes in 1919)
Mrs. Sylvia H. Evans is listed in his address book as “Evans Mrs Sylvia. Chees? + High Sts Germantown Pa.
Double portrait relief
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|Publication number||US6810412 B1|
|Application number||US 09/538,311|
|Publication date||Oct 26, 2004|
|Filing date||Mar 30, 2000|
|Priority date||Mar 30, 2000|
|Publication number||09538311, 538311, US 6810412 B1, US 6810412B1, US-B1-6810412, US6810412 B1, US6810412B1|
|Original Assignee||Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (6), Non-Patent Citations (2), Referenced by (23), Classifications (19), Legal Events (4)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
The present invention relates generally to increasing the bandwidth of a communications network and, more particularly, to increasing the bandwidth of a communications network using multiple physical connections having a single virtual address.
Present network architectures support various bandwidths. Because the demand for high bandwidth network architectures continually increases, new technologies continually respond to this demand. In some network implementations, a significant performance gap exists between more recent and somewhat dated technologies. This performance gap often results in substantial bandwidth differences. Some network applications require a greater bandwidth than older, existing network interfaces provide, but significantly less bandwidth than that provided by newer, high speed network interfaces.
For example, a network implementing an Internet Protocol (IP) may utilize an ethernet physical implementation to support the IP. At slower speeds, a regular ethernet architecture operates at approximately 10 Megabytes per second (Mbps). At the next substantial speed increase, a fast ethernet architecture operates at 100 Mbps. At the next substantial speed increase, a giga ethernet supports 1,000 Mbps or 1 Gigabytes per second.
Many video applications require more than the 100 Mbps bandwidth provided by fast ethernet and substantially less than the 1000 Mbps bandwidth provided by giga ethernet. Specifically, many video applications require a bandwidth of approximately 150 to 200 Mbps. Thus, it is desirable to provide a network having a bandwidth greater than the fast ethernet speeds but appreciably less than the giga ethernet speeds.
Most high level applications designed to communicate over a network using an internet protocol write and receive data from one IP address. Further, clients and servers communicate by addressing data to a particular IP address. While providing multiple, addressable physical connections between clients and servers can increase network bandwidth, the high level applications would require modification to utilize the multiple addresses and physical connections. Thus, it is desirable to increase the network bandwidth so that high level applications already installed on clients and servers can communicate over multiple physical connections using one IP address rather than multiple IP addresses.
The present invention is directed to a network interface including a server communicating at a predetermined high bandwidth via a server physical network interface. The server supports a server high level application. A client communicates at a predetermined low bandwidth via a plurality of client physical network interfaces, where the low bandwidth is less than the high bandwidth. The client supports a client high level application. The client also includes a virtual network interface utilized by server and client applications communicating over the network. A switch communicates with the server at the high bandwidth and communicates with the client at the low bandwidth to enable and control communications between the server and the client.
This invention is also directed to a method for increasing bandwidth across multiple network interfaces including providing a high level application at each of a network client and a network server and providing a single physical connection between the server and the network. The method also includes providing a plurality of physical connections between the client and the network and providing a virtual interface between the plurality of physical connections and the client high level application. The method further includes communicating between the client and the server by utilizing the virtual interface.
For a more complete understanding of the invention, its objects and advantages, reference should be made to the following specification and to the accompanying drawings.
The drawings, which form an integral part of the specification, are to be read in conjunction therewith, and like reference numerals are employed to designate identical components in the various views:
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the apparatus for increasing network bandwidth arranged in accordance with the principles of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing components of a client and a server of the network of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the client sending a request to the server over the network;
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the server responding to the request from the client;
FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a client and server on a network in which the server is not configured to write to a virtual network interface;
FIG. 6 is a flow diagram showing transmission of a message to a virtual internet protocol address; and
FIG. 7 is a flow diagram showing receipt of a message to a virtual internet protocol address.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a communications network 10 arranged in accordance with the principles of the present invention. Communications network 10 includes one or a plurality of servers 12 a, 12 b, . . . , 12 n, collectively referred to as server 12. Each server 12 a, 12 b, . . . , 12 n connects to a switch network 14 via a physical connection. Physical connections between server 12 and switch network 14 are embodied as a high bandwidth connection 16 a, 16 b, . . . , 16 n and connect each of servers 12 a, 12 b, . . . , 12 n to switch network 14.
Switch network 14 also connects to one or a plurality of clients 18 a, 18 b, . . . , 18 n. Each client connects to switch network 14 via a physical connection 20 a, 20 b, . . . , 20 n. Physical connections 20 a, 20 b, . . . , 20 n are low bandwidth connections and will be referred to collectively as low bandwidth connection 20.
Preferably, communications network 10 is implemented utilizing an ethernet configuration. High bandwidth connection 16 preferably operates at giga ethernet speeds of approximately 1000 Mbps. Low bandwidth connection 20 preferably operates at a fast ethernet speed of approximately 100 Mbps. One skilled in the art will recognize that other physical implementations may define communications network 10.
FIG. 2 depicts an expanded block diagram of an exemplary server 12, switch network 14, client 18, high bandwidth connection 16, and low bandwidth connection 20 of FIG. 1. Server 12 is configured to support operation of one or a plurality of high level applications 26, such as end user applications and the like. Application 26, as will be described in greater detail herein, is configured to communicate with other applications over communications network 10.
In order to enable network communications, server 12 includes a protocol driver 28, a virtual network driver (VND) server 30, and intermediate layer 32. Protocol driver 28 provides an interface between application 26 and VND server 30. Similarly, VND server 38 provides an interface between protocol driver 28 and intermediate layer 32. Finally, intermediate layer 32 provides an interface between VND server 30 and network interface 34. Network interface 34 may also be referred to as an ethernet card or other device which enables physical connection between server 12 and other components of communications network 10. Network interface 34 operates at a high bandwidth, such as 1000 Mbps, connects to high bandwidth connection 16 which in turn connects to switch network 14. High bandwidth connection 16 and associated network interface 34 is referenced within communications network 10 utilizing a physical address IP0. Address IP0 denies an address for server 12.
Similarly, client 18 includes one or a plurality of high level applications 38 which operate similarly to high level application 26 of server 12. A protocol driver 40 provides an interface between application 38 and a virtual network driver (VND) client 42. Similarly, VND client 42 enables communication between protocol driver 40 and intermediate layer 44. Intermediate layer 44 enables communication between virtual network driver 42 and one of two network interfaces 46, 48. Network interfaces 46, 48 connect to switch network 14 through a pair of respective physical connections 50, 52 which collectively define low bandwidth connection 20. Each physical connection 50, 52 and associated network interface 46, 48 is referenced within communications network 10 utilizing a respective physical address IP1, IP2. Network interfaces 46, 48 may also be referred to as an ethernet card or other device which enables physical connection between server 12 and other components of communications network 10. Network interfaces 46, 48 operate at a low bandwidth, such as 100 Mbps and connect to low bandwidth connection 20 which in turn connects to switch network 14.
Of particular interest to the present invention, client 18 communicates with server 12 through switch network 14 utilizing a pair of physical connections 50, 52 which collectively define low bandwidth connection 20. Because high bandwidth connection 16 operates at a significantly greater speed than low bandwidth connection 20, utilizing a pair of physical connections 50, 52 enables a significant bandwidth increase over the bandwidth provided by an individual physical connection 50 or 52. Network interfaces 46, 48 operate to enable communications between client 18 and switch network 14 utilizing the respective pair of physical connections 50, 52.
Application 26 of server 12 and application 38 of client 18 communicate with each other and with other applications by writing to a single internet protocol (IP) address. By utilizing a single IP address to communicate, applications 26, 38 need not be modified in order to take advantage of the multiple physical connections 50, 52 interconnecting client 18 with switch network 14. VND server 30 and VND client 42 to enable respective applications 26, 38 to write to a single IP address while address while utilizing multiple physical connections 50, 52 between client 18 and switch network 14.
As discussed above, server 12 is referenced utilizing a single IP address, defined as IP0. When application 38 of client 18 of communications network 10 attempts to communicate with application 26 of server 12, data is sent to IP0. Similarly, when application 26 of server 12 outputs data, the sending address is IP0.
Applications 26, 30 reference client 18 utilizing a virtual internet protocol (IP′) address. That is, for purposes of communications involving client 18 over communications network 10, applications 26, 38, refer to address IP′. When application 26 desires to communication with application 38 of client 18, application 26 of server 12 addresses client 18 utilizing IP′. Similarly, when application 38 of client 18 desires to communicate with application 26 of server 12, application 38 addresses IP0 and provides a return address of IP′.
While applications 26, 38 communicate referencing virtual network address IP′ when network communications involve client 18, each network interface 46, 48 is referenced using their physical internet protocol addresses IP1, IP2, respectively. Internet protocol addresses IP1, IP2 refer to the respective physical address of network interfaces 46, 48. Similarly, IP0 refers to a physical address for network interface 34. VND server 30 of server 12 and VND client 42 of client 18 enable applications 26, 38 to communicate using virtual address IP′ so that physical addresses IP1 and IP2 appear transparent to applications 26, 38.
FIG. 3 depicts operation of communications network 10 when application 38 of client 18 generates a request of or transfers data to server 12. The request or data transfer creates data traffic from client 18 to server 12. More particularly, to service the transmission specified by application 38, data traffic flows from VND client 42 to VND server 30. VND client 42 receives the request to send data to IP0 from application 38 through protocol driver 40. In this particular example, application 38 requests that data be sent to server 12 at address IP0.
VND client 42 sends data to physical address IP0 through physical addresses IP1 or IP2. VND client 42 distributes data between physical addresses IP1 and IP2 to balance the data sent through each address. This data is sent through each network interface 46, 48, which corresponds to respective physical address IP1, IP2, through intermediate layer 44. The data output through network interfaces 46, 48 travels through switch network 14 and to network interface 34 at address IP0 of server 12. The data flows through intermediate layer 32 and to VND server 30. VND server 30 assembles data received over network interface 34 at address IP0. VND server 30 reassembles data distributed to each network interface 46, 48 by VND client 42 into the data initially sent by application 38. VND server 30 outputs the data through protocol driver 28 to application 26. Thus, application 26 and application 38 appear to have communicated between virtual network address IP′ and physical network address IP0 while utilizing network interfaces 46, 48 having respective addresses IP1, IP2.
FIG. 4 depicts data flow when sending data from application 26 of server 12 to application 38 of client 18 utilizing a virtual connection between physical address IP0 and virtual address IP′. Data from application 26 utilizes a connection between physical address IP0 to virtual address IP′. When VND server 30 receives data from application 26 through protocol driver 28, VND server 30 transmits this data through two paths, mainly through physical address IP1 and physical address IP2. These addresses are encoded in the virtual address IP′. Data is input to client 18 via network interfaces 46, 48. VND client 42 receives the data and assembles the data received at physical address IP1 and IP2 into a coherent stream of data sent to application 38 through protocol driver 40 using virtual address IP′.
FIG. 5 depicts an alternate configuration for server 12 configured without a VND server 30 as described above. Server 12 includes an application 26, protocol driver 28, intermediate layer 32, and network interface 34, all of which operate as described above. Server 12 of FIG. 5 omits VND server 30. Accordingly, server 12 and client 18 exchange data utilizing only one network interface 46, 48 their corresponding physical address IP1, IP2. In this configuration, communications over communications network 10 occurs utilizing a standard internet protocol configuration which is known in the art. Applications 26, 38 refer to one of network interface 46, 48 and their corresponding physical address IP1, IP2 when communicating with client 18. VND client 42 of client 18 simply exchanges data with application 38 without having to distribute or assemble data as if sent or received utilizing multiple network interfaces.
As shown at FIG. 5, network interface 46 and physical address IP1 are selected for communication between server 12 and client 18. Accordingly, when applications operating on a VND server or client communicate with applications operating on a non-VND server or client, the VND of the VND server or client will simply pass data to and from the application. The application on the VND server or client and the application on the non-VND server or client communicate using a traditional internet protocol.
FIG. 6 depicts a flow diagram for a data transmit operation from a protocol driver to a network interface between a VND configured client and VND configured server. Control begins at protocol driver 60. Control proceeds to decision block 62. At decision block 62, a determination is made whether the IP address is a virtual address. If the destination is a virtual address, control proceeds to process block 64. At process block 64, a load balancing operation occurs to balance and distribute data sent to the virtual IP address between the plurality of available physical addresses associated with a virtual IP address. Control next proceeds to process block 66 in which the transmitting server or client transmits the IP package to the network interface as shown at block 68. The network interface then transmits the internet protocol package to a destination client or server directly or through a switch network.
FIG. 7 depicts a flow chart for a transmit operation between a network interface and a protocol driver. Control begins at network interface 70 which represents a network interface such as any of network interfaces 34, 46, 48. Control proceeds to decision block 72. Decision block 72 determines if the IP address must be translated from a plurality of physical IP addresses to a virtual IP address. If so, control proceeds to process block 74 which translates the plurality of physical IP addresses to a virtual IP address and assembles the data sent to the virtual IP address in proper order. Control next proceeds to process block 76 which passes the virtual IP address data package to a protocol driver 78, such as protocol drivers 28, 40 of FIGS. 1-5. Protocol driver 78 then passes the virtual IP addressed data to the respective application such as applications 26, 38, of FIGS. 1-5.
One benefit of the present invention is an increased bandwidth of a typically slower client 18. In particular, in a system having N×100 Mbps responding devices and receiving requests from a N×100 Mbps, both with a VND capabilities, the normally lower bandwidth limitation of 100 Mbps can be increased by a factor of N. More importantly, the above-described apparatus and method for increasing network bandwidth across multiple network interfaces enables applications to refer to virtual IP addresses rather than physical IP address while obtaining an increased speed. This provides the added benefit that high level applications, which are often typically purchased, and not within the users control, need not be modified to operate at the increased speed.
While the invention has been described in its presently preferred form, it is to be understood that there are numerous applications and implementations for the present invention. Accordingly, the invention is capable of modification and changes without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.
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True access to a classical education for all students.
Great Hearts is a network of public charter schools that provide a Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) to students with disabilities, who are currently eligible or are determined eligible to receive special education services and related services.
Providing access to a classical education to students with disabilities is central to Great Hearts’ philosophy of education, which seeks to enrich the lives of all of our children. We believe that the unnecessary removal or compartmentalizing of any student because of special needs would result in an impoverished experience for the entire class.
As such, our practice is to include our students with disabilities to the maximum extent possible in the general classroom while supporting their development of strategies and skills through specialized instruction. This practice is guided by the mission of the special education program at Great Hearts, which is dedicated to fostering our students’ perseverance through courage and introspection.
In pursuit of these virtues, our Special Education teams develop a program for each eligible student that maximizes access to the liberal arts curriculum through small-group or one-on-one instruction, both inside and outside of the regular classroom during the school day. Our teams comply with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and include instruction in skills and strategies in areas of deficit and may incorporate related services including, but not limited to:
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This article shows how teachers can collaborate via Chronicle Cloud's QR code functionality, where Teacher A and Teacher B are able to view/edit a common student's data.
- Tap on the Menu icon at the top left of Chronicle Cloud's Home screen (on Teacher B's device, the teacher desiring to add/receive the common student).
- Tap ''Scan QR Code'' to scan the QR code of the student to be shared (Teacher A - the teacher sharing the common student - will find this QR code by tapping the student from their Home screen)
- Tap Yes when the Student Sharing popup appears. Voila! You and your colleague are now collaborators!
- Sharing a student with another teacher via Chronicle Cloud's QR functionality always grants View & Edit permission (as opposed to just View).
- Teachers are only able to share students with other teachers (having a Chronicle Cloud account). This adds an additional layer of security.
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What is Love
Most people interact with the idea of Love by the time they’re at least 4 to 5 years old. Who hasn’t experienced fairytales? Whether they’re stories of Prince Charming at bedtime or every Disney movie with a Princess, most portrayals of Love entail a swiftly moving and life-changing force of nature. In an instant, Love sweeps the lucky ones away to a better life and relationship full of passion that supposedly lasts after the couple rides off into the sunset. Sometimes the passionate pair fights through adversity in order to be united, usually the Prince running to the aid of a Damsel or Princess in distress.
Platonic relationships are romanticized when a group of best friends in elementary fall apart in high school due to social differences and always reunite perfectly by the end credits. Those expectations linger in our minds as we begin socializing. Love is that one time at summer camp when we made out with our biggest crush in a perfect moment with Collide by Howie Day playing in the background in our head (yes I know, that got a bit specific but look it up and you’ll understand) and best friends are forever because you both love grilled cheese and red lipstick.
By the time we’re in college we realize that the stories aren’t matching up with real life. Although the relationships most people get into are wholly different from what they grew up watching, they still believe in and seek to re-create this feeling of instant bonding with everyone they meet looking for “The One” to complete them. That one best friend forever, that one passionate lover, that one that drives you up a wall literally, figuratively and sexually, all in ONE person. We seek total fulfillment for the Love we feel we never received from other family, friends or peers in our childhood connections as we grow older.
And then one day it’s almost 2020 and there’s still no understanding of Love. As a matter of fact, most people fell out of Love through raging fights, toxic f-ck boys, devastating divorces, and some stayed single and lonely. A fear of develops. Devastatingly different expectations from reality leaves a taste of deception upon the lips. Everything believed about Love turned out to be the opposite. Those who professed their love, fell in love with another. The best friend forever moves away or gets into a relationship, distance building with each passing day. We can’t take anymore pain. Fear prevents searching for Love and pushes us in the other direction. Soon pain becomes normal, existence becomes pain.
Searching for Love desists and those asking for Love are admonished for believing in its existence. Distrust in others prevents the expression of Love in society causing violence, greed and worship of death to proliferate in its stead. Fleeting pleasures used to pacify the pain from loss of Love creates addictions. Hookup culture encourages “ghosting”, cutting connections at the first sign of conflict. After all of this, how could anyone know Love even if Love stomped on their size 10 Jordans?
Love must be understood as more than romantic emotions. In All About Love, Bell Hooks expresses Love as a conscious effort and willful choice to actively contribute to another person’s spiritual growth including our own. And so the first step is to open the heart to Love within. Self-love brings forth self-acceptance, and freedom to live authentically. Expanding that Love to include accepting others exactly where they are opens the soul to accepting the transitions of Love. Love allows fleeting relationships to transform the soul with the same magnitude as lifelong connections.We can find true love without romance or longevity.
Love embraces understanding each other from a place of “care, affection, responsibility, commitment, and trust.” People change over time and so does the way they need to be loved. Loved ones pass away. Love is the conquering force in healing from the fears and heartache that create anxiety, depression and loss. Love brings us spiritual growth through challenges by giving us the strength to conquer adversity. Many expect Love to be devoid of pain but the transformative power of Love comes through conquering tribulation. From this place, Love becomes an ever-evolving transmutation of pain through remaining vulnerable during hardship.
In seeking to Love fully and freely, we find the freedom to become the Love we sought. Love can be a self-actualizing catalyst in our lives if we stay present and surrender to every connection. The longer the door to Love remains closed, the louder and deeper the silent yearning for Love grows. As a community it’s crucial now more than ever to answer when Love knocks. It’s been too long since Love lived here. | <urn:uuid:f37454aa-32a6-412d-b39b-0a704e76f89d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.tmicounselingandcoaching.com/single-post/2020/01/28/what-is-love | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00669.warc.gz | en | 0.936018 | 980 | 1.875 | 2 |
Rolland on the Villa
by Jamey Landry
As I studied
the background material and paintings for this issue's cover artist, Rolland
Golden, a child's song that is familiar to most parents with children younger
than 30 popped into my head: "One of these things is not like the others.
One of these things is not the same ... " I wondered: What do a Spanish
villa, a checkerboard wash line and a set of dominoes have in common?
"Is this fun with geometry?" I asked, half-serious, but completely intrigued.
To my surprise, Rolland quipped back, "Exactly what you just said!" and went on to explain. "I like to create an analogy or similarity in images that most people wouldn't think of." He describes his style as "abstract realism, with a strong sense of design."
At his home in Folsom, Rolland talked about his various motivations and inspirations over his 46 years as an artist. As he sees it, his style and his motivations have evolved together throughout his career-the two have become so intertwined it is hard for him to pick which is cause and which is effect. Sometimes he is inspired to send a message; at other times he paints his subjects simply to see what they look like together.
"When I was living in New Orleans, I was upset about them destroying so many beautiful old buildings in the CBD and making parking lots out of them." Rolland's reaction was to mount an exhibition entitled "Demolition by Neglect." The series of paintings depicted dilapidated buildings, portraying neglect as a community not caring enough to preserve historical architecture. A similar show, "Death of the Plantation," was his reaction to Louisiana plantation homes that were being allowed to crumble into oblivion, taking an important part of our state's historical architecture with them.
More recently, Rolland's primary motivation for painting is himself. He explained to me that paintings in protest required being mad about something all the time, and, in his words, he "just got tired of being mad all the time." That led to more pastoral subjects, landscapes and the like, collected from frequent trips through France, Europe, the United States and our own state of Louisiana.
For our cover painting, one of a three-part series, the motivation was to see what these things would look like together. Rolland describes the scene as an actual villa in Spain that he and his wife Stella had visited a few years ago. The dominoes were a purchase from a local discount store. Working from photographs of the villa and the dominoes, Roland made a drawing in his studio in Folsom, combining the two.
Rolland further explained his style of abstract realism as his opportunity to take advantage of some of the natural abstraction that's in almost everything. His goal in this style of painting is to bring that abstraction forward without overpowering the emotionalism of the subject. For him, it's a delicate and important balance between intelligence and emotionalism. "I've never wanted the intelligent side of the painting, whatever the subject was, to overcome the emotion," Rolland says, "and it's really just a lot of fun and a pleasure to look at, I think."
Hinting at perhaps M.C. Escher, I asked Rolland if any other artist influenced the villa and dominoes series of paintings. He modestly explained that, while he feels all artists are influenced in some way by other works of art, his style is largely his own, evolving over the span of his career. Rolland's father was a gifted artist as well, and certainly had an early influence on him. He gives much of the credit, however, to John McCrady, his art school teacher. Recalling his experience with McCrady at the John McCrady School of Art, Rolland remembers fondly: "A great man, painter and teacher." He also credits Noel Rockmore as a later influence.
Given that Rolland's career spans more than four decades, it is no surprise that his work has been featured in several books and magazines. He has been interviewed numerous times on TV and radio. His paintings can be found in collections all over the world, and are frequently on display at several prestigious galleries. Recently, he had a solo exhibition at the National Arts Club of New York, where in December he was presented the Salzman Award for his painting, "Brass Band Assembly."
Rolland's paintings are available at several galleries across the United States, including the Crescent Gallery in New Orleans, and are featured on his website, www.rollandgolden.com, and on the Crescent Gallery website, www.crescentgallery.net/golden.html.
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BVL-GSK098 is being developed for the treatment of multidrug-resistant Tubercolosis infections. BioVersys has reached another major milestone by moving a second program into clinical development with the start of Phase 1 testing for BVL-GSK098 in healthy volunteers.
BioVersys AG, a privately owned, multi-asset Swiss pharmaceutical company focused on developing small molecules for multidrug-resistant bacterial infections with applications in Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR) and targeted microbiome modulation, today announced that the first healthy volunteers have received BVL-GSK098 in a Phase 1 clinical trial designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of BVL-GSK098 in healthy human volunteers through Single Ascending Dose (SAD) and Multiple Ascending Dose (MAD) studies.
Dr. Sergio Lociuro, Chief Scientific Officer of BioVersys: “We are very excited to be testing BVL-GSK098 in a Phase 1 clinical trial, to evaluate its safety and pharmacokinetics in healthy volunteers. Although combinations for fighting resistance and/or potentiating the action of a drug are well known in the AMR field (e.g. beta-lactams/beta-lactamase inhibitors), thisis the first time that such an approach is applied in the TB field. Indeed, BVL-GSK098 combined with Eto or Pto offers the potential of increasing the potency of these drugs at significantly better tolerated low doses, while making them more bactericidal, faster-acting and active against Eto-Pto- and INH-resistant strains.”
Dr. David Barros-Aguirre, VP and Head of Global Health Pharma Research Unit, Global Health Pharma R&D, GSK: “GSK is committed to the discovery of novel treatments for tuberculosis including the drug-resistant forms of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Entering clinical trials is an important milestone in our successful collaboration with BioVersys as we develop BVL-GSK098 within the IMI-2 TRIC-TB program, towards a potential treatment to optimize the beneficial effects of ethionamide.”
Dr. Marc Gitzinger, CEO and co-founder of BioVersys: “More than 1.5 million people die every year from Tuberculosis through a lack of efficacious treatments and access to medicines. In the midst of the current Covid-19 pandemic, this death toll is expected to rise significantly. At BioVersys we remain committed to developing innovative and life-saving treatments for patients suffering from drug-resistant infections, and the combination of BVL-GSK098 and Eto (or Pto) has the potential to improve patient outcomes, reduce treatment times, and even replace INH in first-line TB therapy.”
Dr. Seng Chin Mah, Chairman of BioVersys: “The BioVersys team has achieved yet another significant milestone by progressing a second program, BVL-GSK098, a novel treatment for highly resistant TB infections, into clinical development. This takes place within weeks of BV100 entering clinical development. We have now met all our immediate term goals for clinical development and look forward to executing on the next phase of our strategic plan as a significant innovator of urgently needed medicines in the AMR field.
The objective is to progress clinical candidates that potentiate the efficacy of and reverse the resistance to the anti-tubercular pro-drug ethionamide (Eto). The World Health Organization (WHO) considers Eto a crucial pillar of TB treatment, especially against MDR (multidrug-resistant) and XDR (extensively drug-resistant) strains. Our “booster” molecules act on novel bacterial transcription regulator targets, resulting in an increase of Eto efficacy by at least three-fold in vivo. This allows the use of lower efficacious doses of Eto in human anti-tuberculosis treatments and with a resultant reduction in dose dependent adverse effects in TB patients. Furthermore, data shows that the small molecules overcome pre-existing resistance mechanisms against Eto in Mycobacterium tuberculosis by employing novel bioactivation pathways for Eto, thus increasing the level of bioactivation. TRIC-TB has the potential to deliver a novel, fast acting TB agent potentially replacing Isoniazid as first line TB therapy. | <urn:uuid:96e4839b-a2d8-4795-97a3-d262e3b02383> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.swissbiotech.org/listing/bioversys-announces-first-subjects-dosed-in-phase-1-clinical-trial-of-bvl-gsk098-4/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00469.warc.gz | en | 0.914323 | 923 | 1.53125 | 2 |
Those of you living close to oceans, this one is for you! If you think that investing in a mediocrely built home is just fine then please think again. Do invest in homes that have given the construction of the buildings some second thoughts.
This infographic highlights the materials to be used in constructing the business and also talks about 5 ways you can make your structure hurricane-proof. Natural disasters are in no one’s control and once they have done the damage, it is yours to rebuild. Before making an investment, it is wise to keep these things in mind. Read on to know more and do share it with someone you think will benefit from it.
How to Build a Hurricane Resistant Home:
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Too Many Women?: The Sex Ratio Question ebook
by Paul F. Secord,Marcia Guttentag
Many Women? is useful for courses on the family and social change . Secord is Professor of Psychology and Education at the University of Houston.
Many Women? is useful for courses on the family and social change but is a necessary reference for those interested in social changes in relationships. The argument is soundly convincing, the case artfully presented, and the book designed to generate considerable interest. Bibliography and references are more than adequate. book should be read for the originality of its authors' ideas and the promise of their hypotheses. - Signs, Summer 1987.
Too Many Women? book. basic premise of this provocative book is a startling one - that sex. Details (if other): Cancel. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Too Many Women?: The Sex Ratio Question. by. Marcia Guttentag, Paul F. Secord.
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Birger points to a relatively overlooked book, Too Many Women?:The Sex Ratio Question, which was written by professors Marcia Guttentag and Paul Secord, and published in 1983. Guttentag and Secord noticed there was an over-supply of young, single women when the Women's Liberation movement and the sexual revolution blossomed. are both rooted in a statistical over-supply of women," writes Birger.
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Sex Differences May Indeed Exist for 3-D Navigational Abilities: But Was Sexual Selection Responsible?
Patricia S. Mann - 1986 - Ethics 96 (4):885-. Women, Nature, and the Suffrage:Feminism and Suffrage: The Emergence of an Independent Women's Movement in America 1848-1869. Ellen Carol DuBois; Separate Spheres: The Opposition to Women's Suffrage in Britain. Sex Differences May Indeed Exist for 3-D Navigational Abilities: But Was Sexual Selection Responsible? Peter Frost - 1998 - Behavioral and Brain Sciences 21 (3):443-444.
Best Answer: Too Many Women? The Sex Ratio Question. Marcia Guttentag Paul F. This explanation was introduced by sociologist Marcia Guttentag and psychologist Paul Secord who argued that women’s power in intimate relationships increases with their scarcity. So if there is a scarcity of women, they get what they want – a husband who is fully committed to them and their children. Guttentag was inspired by the observation that popular songs of the 1970s took a very different tone than those of The Magic Flute.
Too Many Women?: The Sex Ratio Question was the brainchild of psychologist Marcia Guttentag, a professor at Harvard University.
Too Many Women?: The Sex Ratio Question was the brainchild of psychologist Marcia Guttentag, a professor at Harvard University
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Traumatic stress and its impact on the human experience have been recognized across a very wide range of cultures and historical eras. Descriptions of this psychological phenomenon can be found in literature as broad as Ulysses' Odyssey to the Koran and the Bible. The extant literature on trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) reviews four primary assessment methods: structured diagnostic interviews; self-report questionnaires; functional analytic clinical assessment; and psychophysio-logical assessment. The first step in assessing the impact of a potentially traumatic event is to identify the nature and specific details of the traumatic exposure, including assessing if it meets DSM-IV-TR 'traumatic event' criterion. Substance use disorders, mood disorders and other anxiety disorders are the most commonly occurring comorbid conditions with PTSD. It is important to remember that individuals with a trauma history may not be forthcoming about reporting the trauma in clinical settings. | <urn:uuid:3f1cced2-cd7d-41bc-8a1a-819e8104dc8b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://core-cms.prod.aop.cambridge.org/core/search?filters%5BauthorTerms%5D=Heidi%20La%20Bash&eventCode=SE-AU | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00669.warc.gz | en | 0.894647 | 407 | 1.664063 | 2 |
About the Legislature
Maine's Legislature is composed of a Senate (35 members) and a House of Representatives (151 members); members of both Houses are elected for two-year terms and are limited to four consecutive terms. The Maine House also has three non-voting members representing the Penobscot Nation, the Passamaquoddy Tribe and the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians. The Legislature meets annually in regular session. The first regular session convenes on the first Wednesday in December after the general election with a statutory adjournment date of the 3rd Wednesday in June; the second regular session is convened on the first Wednesday after the first Tuesday in January of the subsequent even-numbered year with a statutory adjournment date of the 3rd Wednesday in April. Each regular session is subject to up to two 5-day extensions and a veto day. The Legislature may be convened at other times by the Governor and may be convened on call of the presiding officers of both branches with the consent of a majority of the members of the Legislature of each political party. Parliamentary procedure resembles that in use throughout the country. Maine is one of three states in the Union to use the joint standing committee system.
Here you will find general information about the Maine State Legislature, legislative process and the State House and surrounding area.
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Besides throwing public safety to the winds and banking on a business strategy based upon apologies, these scooter companies are forcing states and communities to re-think bicycle helmet safety laws.
If you had to wear a helmet for a 10 minute scooter ride, would you be so quick to part with your money for the thrill? It would be something to think about, right? Would you have to carry your own helmet around with you in anticipation of jumping on one of these neat machines for a nice ride? Where and when do these delightfully successful, high revenue companies offer you a safety helmet as part of your “just a dollar to make it go” scooter ride?
Apparently, these companies believe that riders really do not like the inconvenience of having to don a helmet and other safety gear for a short, little 25 mph or even 35 mph ride. It’s a pain. Puts a real chill on the whole experience. And, for those of us who remember, it’s a lot like those days of old when seatbelts were a good idea perhaps, but not mandatory by law. I hated seatbelts. My Dad, who strapped himself into a P47-D Thunderbolt every day to fight for allied victory… hated seatbelts.
So, instead of buckling into them, we sat right on them. Stuffed them down into the seats. Complained about them and ignored them. When they developed a beep that would sound in an obnoxious way if the belt was not buckled, we simply buckled them up underneath us and stuffed them deep into the seat. Seems like everyone we knew knew somebody who knew somebody who heard about somebody burning up in a car wreck because they could not get out of their seatbelt. Justification.
So, they had to enact laws making safety mandatory. Now we all must buckle-up or suffer the consequences: motor vehicle violations, fines and penalties, insurance surcharges and increased rates and, oh yes, last but unfortunately least: serious physical injury and devastating head injuries that wreck our lives and this lives of those who love us, often irreparably.
Let’s face it: the real reason you buckle that belt is to silence the alarms and avoid the ticket. Kind of the same reason you don’t text while driving, right? If you are like me, you never think that you are going to actually get into a car accident and suffer a head injury. No… not me?!!
So, we now have little choice about buckling up those seatbelts and this is what is going to happen with helmets and e-scooter riding. Especially when the medical studies and data show what we all know is true: a brain in a helmet will be much better off in a collision than a brain without one. It’s a foregone conclusion. But it is also a factor in decisions by these scooter rental companies to go with what the consumer wants: convenience. And for an eScooter, especially one you rent on a whim, this means no helmet. If I was one of these very successful eScooter rental companies, I would worry about one main thing- the bottom line. If helmets mess up our bottom line, by making it more expensive to rent one or even worse, more inconvenient, then that is going to be bad for business. Perhaps that is why we did not ask permission first, before we showed up with thousands of these nifty little things in major metropolitan areas. No matter, they are here now and this is a good thing.
So, are you going to wear a helmet the next time you fire up one of these eMobility machines with a dollar? Some of you more serious riders will. Most will not, especially if the big companies are going with convenience over safety. They are not at fault- it’s a business decision. Your safety is your responsibility. Until the data from the studies comes in and public safety legislation does exactly what it did with seatbelts. Then, you won’t have a choice. Click it or ticket. Head gear or summons to court. And you can bet that the violation and related fines and penalties will cost you a lot more than the few bucks for that exhilarating scooter ride.
The main point here is; eScooters are great. Fun, functional and an important part of the continuing development of transportation alternatives in a world of commuting everywhere. But they are only great if they are safe. Common sense tells us that we should protect our brains from injury with headgear, probably every time we are going faster than we can walk or run. The big scooter rental companies are going to support your desire for convenience so don’t expect to get a nice safety helmet for that “dollar to start” fee that gets you up to 25 mph in a few seconds. At least not while the public safety issue is unresolved.
And this is from the heart: if you love these things as much as I do, get a good helmet and keep it with you so you can take advantage of the speed and convenience of these excellent machines. Please do not become a statistic in the eScooter injury studies, which will inevitably tell us what we knew all along.
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Youtube is one of the popular video sharing website for most entertainers nowadays including those who love listening to songs. We have already covered many useful tutorials on changing the ways to use Youtube. Today we are going to learn how to burn music from Youtube video and make the music in MP3 format to be playeable in most Audio Player.
Here are the ways to do it:
- Download the FLV format Youtube video from Youtube website to your PC.
- Convert the FLV Youtube video into MP3 format using Free FLV to MP3 Converter
- After converted, you can use a CD or DVD burner and use a burning software such as Nero Burning Software with Make Audio CD application to burn your MP3 music into an Audio CD format. You can add as many songs to fix your CD size.
- Then, you can enjoy listening to the song that can be played on most VCD or DVD players and Audio CD Players.
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The US vice-president, Dick Cheney, yesterday accused Russia of using blackmail and intimidation in its energy policy towards Europe. In one of Washington's sharpest rebukes to Moscow, Mr Cheney said it was not acceptable for Russia to use its vast gas and energy supplies to bully its neighbours.
"Russia has a choice to make," Mr Cheney told Baltic leaders during a summit in Vilnius. "No legitimate interest is served when oil and gas become tools of intimidation or blackmail, either by supply manipulation or attempts to monopolise transportation."
Mr Cheney urged Russia to stop backsliding on democracy. He said opponents of reform in Russia were "seeking to reverse the gains of the last decade" by restricting democratic rights, and warned the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, that some of Moscow's actions could hurt relations with other countries.
The vice-president's comments provoked an instant reaction from Moscow. "The speech of Mr Cheney in our opinion is full of a subjective evaluation of us and of the processes that are going on in Russia. The remarks ... are completely incomprehensible for us," said the Kremlin's deputy spokesman, Dmitri Peskov.
Andrei Kokoshin, the head of the Russian parliament's committee for relations with former Soviet republics, said Washington should respect Russia's legitimate interests. "The US has to deal with an absolutely different Russia today - a Russia that has restored its real sovereignty in many areas and is pursuing a course on the world arena that meets mainly its own national interests," said Mr Kokoshin, according to Interfax.
Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev, who had recently warned that hawks in Russia and the US were keen to see a replay of the cold war, denounced Cheney's speech. "[It] looks like a provocation and interference in Russia's internal affairs in terms of its content, form and place," Mr Gorbachev said.
The US vice-president's characteristically blunt remarks came as the energy dispute between Germany and Poland escalated after reports that Poland is planning to build a nuclear power station on its border with Germany.
Earlier this week, a Polish minister complained bitterly about a German-Russian pipeline deal, comparing it to the pact made by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. The plan to pipe gas under the Baltic Sea - bypassing Poland - was akin to the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact of 1939, when Hitler and Stalin carved up Poland between them, according to the defence minister, Radek Sikorski.
The Polish media yesterday reported that the country was now considering retaliating by building its first nuclear power station in Gryfino, just 15 miles from the German border. The power station, next to a German nature reserve and 75 miles from Berlin, could start generating electricity in 2015, the reports said.
"This is bad news. This would be a disaster for tourism and for our nature reserve," Klemens Schmitz, a member of the Social Democrat party who lives near Gryfino, told the Märkische Allgemeine newspaper.
Yesterday Stanislaw Latek, a spokesman for Poland's national atomic energy agency, said no final decision had been made on where any new nuclear plant would be built.
He told the Guardian: "The studies are unlikely to begin properly until 2008. But Poland does have a problem. Our existing coal stations are very old. We want to do something about C02 emissions. In 15 to 20 years we will need more energy. We are looking at various alternatives. But we prefer nuclear energy."
Ludwik Pienkowski, a scientist at Warsaw University who is carrying out a nuclear feasibility study, said: "The best solution for Poland would be to build a nuclear power plant by 2020."
Poland announced it was considering constructing its first nuclear plant during an energy review last year. Many other former Soviet bloc countries have also said they want to build nuclear power stations. Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia and Ukraine have announced new programmes.
Yesterday, a spokesman for German Greenpeace said he was doubtful that Poland could afford its own nuclear plant. "Support in Poland for nuclear power is very, very low," said Tobias Münchmeyer.
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Staff and wire reports
For decades Roman Catholic priests have begun Mass with the words “The Lord be with you.” For decades the people’s response to the priests’ greeting has been “And also with you.”
On Nov. 27, the people’s response will be “And with your spirit,” a reply that derives from the new translation of the Roman Missal intended to enhance parishioners’ worship of God.
The new translation, to be put to use at the end of the month in parishes in English-speaking countries, presents a challenge but also a blessing to Clovis priests.
“We face many challenges in the church, and this is just one of them. We’re just so comfortable with our rubrics, with our Mass proper,” said Father Sotero Sena, pastor at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, which recently introduced the new translation to his gathering.
“It’s going to be tough to get adjusted to these new prayers, to these new responses, but the change will be good,” he said.
Sena supports the new missal, and according to him, it strives to purify the language by styling it close to the original Latin.
The new translation developed from changes in liturgy that began with the Second Vatican Council, when the liturgical texts were translated into English from Latin and officially used in worship.
After the Catholic Church celebrated Mass in English for 40 years, it discovered areas where the English text could be improved.
Sena believes the last missal introduced in 1972 was quickly and haphazardly put together with little thought to meet a deadline to get a missal on the altar.
In 2001, the Vatican requested a more precise translation to provide Catholics a clearer sense of the richness of Latin text.
Sena does not think the new translation will change worship or the size of the congregation in his church.
“I remember when we went from Latin to English, Latin to Spanish. People enjoyed celebrating and worshiping in their own language. I would like to think of it as the same now, worshiping in our own language, English, but the more purified form of prayer,” Sena said.
“I used to be able to look up at the people while I’m praying. Now I got my face stuck in the book, in the Roman Missal to make sure that I am praying, reciting the prayers the way they ought to be recited. It’s very interesting and exciting,” Sena said.
Sena hopes the new translation will give parishioners the wish to worship as one family and to attend Mass out of desire rather than obligation. He advises people to keep an open mind to the translation and learn.
Father Carlos Chavez, pastor at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, has already implemented the changes in his parish. Chavez supports the translation but said he is having trouble with the new wording.
“I’m so used to the way I said Mass before. I support it wholeheartedly and understand the reasons as to why, but the change is difficult because we are creatures of habit,” Chavez said.
Chavez said in translation words are recited differently and have different meanings, though changes in language may be subtle.
“I think the translation will make things clearer for us. In terms of worship I think it will enhance our faith in the end. If you are clear about what it is you believe then of course it’s going to change the dynamic of your life and your experience and worship,” Chavez said.
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Parvovirus is a contagious infection found in dogs. The viral infection often affects the intestines, but it may also damage the heart muscle and cause ongoing heart problems.Continue Reading
The Merck Veterinary Manual says Rottweilers, German shepherd dogs, American pit bull terriers, English springer spaniels and Doberman pinschers are more susceptible to the illness than other breeds. Young dogs, unvaccinated dogs and dogs that have received only some of the recommended vaccinations have the highest risk of contracting parvovirus.
Parvovirus causes vomiting, loss of appetite, bloody diarrhea and lethargy. A dog with parvovirus also has difficulty absorbing nutrients, increasing the risk for dehydration and malnutrition. Some dogs develop fevers in response to this infection, while others experience low body temperatures.
This virus is resistant to disinfectants, so it lingers on surfaces for several months. Dogs typically pick up the virus by coming into contact with feces from an infected animal. Parvovirus may also be on food bowls, shoes or other surfaces.
Experts from the American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals say the best way to prevent parvovirus infections is to make sure a dog has all of its vaccinations. The first vaccine against parvovirus should be given when a puppy is between six and eight weeks old. Boosters are given every four weeks until a puppy reaches four to five months of age.Learn more about Dogs | <urn:uuid:f0ba7c3b-9031-4c3f-b71d-5e7df714a096> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.reference.com/pets-animals/parvovirus-dogs-e17c41baa4f06f0b | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279189.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00054-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932108 | 300 | 3.796875 | 4 |
Have we forgotten how to do Thanksgiving?
By: Carl Bliss
You have probably seen the pictures since grade school. The first Thanksgiving meal with the Pilgrims and Indians enjoying a meal together and having a fairly good time. Thanksgiving has increasingly become a holiday we glance over. It has become a wayside rest on the road to Christmas. Historian Robert Tracy McKenzie would encourage you to look beyond those pictures, and the hustle of the season, and try and remember some of the deeper lessons we can take from Thanksgiving.
In a blog post, McKenzie encourages rediscovering gratitude… REAL thanksgiving.
By all appearances, Americans still cling to the Thanksgiving holiday, setting aside a few hours for a special meal with family and friends before turning on the football game or heading to the mall for a deal on electronics. But we have long since abandoned any idea of a Thanksgiving season, an extended period in which to anticipate the holiday, reflect on its significance, and live out its meaning. In my neighborhood at least, the Christmas decorations went up in the stores as soon as the Halloween decorations came down. On television, the moment the calendar turned to November the Hallmark Channel began its “Countdown to Christmas” movie marathon. Less sentimental, Amazon.com immediately began trumpeting the “Countdown to Black Friday.” Who has time for Thanksgiving any more.
This is sad for any number of reasons, not the least of which is that, if we only have ears to hear, the Pilgrims might have much to say to us that we need to take to heart. To begin with, meditating on the Pilgrims’ story might show us our worldliness. “Do not love the world or the things in the world,” John the apostle warned, referring to the hollow rewards held out to us by a moral order at enmity with God (I John 2:15). From our privileged perspective the Pilgrims lived in abject poverty, and imagining ourselves in their circumstances may help us to see more clearly, not only the sheer magnitude of pleasure and possessions that we take for granted, but also the power that they hold over our lives.
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Consumer Medicine Information
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What TRUSOPT is used for
TRUSOPT is used to lower raised pressure in the eye and to treat glaucoma. Glaucoma is a condition in which the pressure of
fluid in the eye may be high. However, some people with glaucoma may have normal eye pressure. Also, some people with raised
eye pressure may not have glaucoma.
Glaucoma is caused by a build-up of the fluid which flows through the eye. This build-up occurs because the fluid drains out
of your eye more slowly than it is being pumped in. Since new fluid continues to enter the eye, joining the fluid already
there, the pressure continues to rise. This raised pressure may damage the back of the eye resulting in gradual loss of sight.
Damage can progress so slowly that the person is not aware of this gradual loss of sight.
Sometimes even normal eye pressure is associated with damage to the back of the eye.
There are usually no symptoms of glaucoma. The only way of knowing that you have glaucoma is to have your eye pressure, optic
nerve and visual field checked by an eye specialist or optometrist. If glaucoma is not treated it can lead to serious problems.
You may have no symptoms but eventually glaucoma can lead to total blindness. In fact, untreated glaucoma is one of the most
common causes of blindness.
Although TRUSOPT helps control your glaucoma it does not cure it.
For more information about glaucoma, contact Glaucoma Australia Inc., PO Box 420, Crows Nest 1585, telephone 1800 500 880.
TRUSOPT is used, either alone or in combination with other eye drops or medicines, to lower raised pressure within your eye(s).
TRUSOPT lowers pressure in the eye by reducing the production of fluid.
TRUSOPT belongs to a family of medicines called carbonic anhydrase inhibitors.
TRUSOPT is not addictive.
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you are breast-feeding or intend to breast-feed
It is not known whether TRUSOPT passes into breast milk.
Do not put the eye drops into your eye(s) while you are wearing soft contact lenses.
The preservative in TRUSOPT (benzalkonium chloride) may be deposited in soft contact lenses. You can put your soft contact
lenses back into your eyes at least 15 minutes after you have used TRUSOPT.
Do not use TRUSOPT if:
the seal around the cap is broken
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If you use this medicine after the expiry date has passed, it may not work.
If you are not sure whether you should start using TRUSOPT, talk to your doctor.
Do not give TRUSOPT to a child.
The safety and effectiveness of TRUSOPT in children have not been established.
Before you start to use it
Tell your doctor if:
you are pregnant or intend to become pregnant
Your doctor will discuss the risks and benefits of using TRUSOPT during pregnancy and a decision can be made if you should
or should not use it.
you have now or have had in the past any medical conditions, especially the following:
you have an allergy to sulfonamide medicines
The active ingredient of TRUSOPT, dorzolamide hydrochloride, is a sulfonamide-related compound. Therefore, if you are allergic
to sulfonamide medicines you may be allergic to TRUSOPT. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure whether
you are allergic to sulfonamides.
you have any allergies to any other medicines or any other substances, such as foods, preservatives or dyes.
If you have not told your doctor about any of the above, tell them before you use TRUSOPT.
Taking other medicines
Tell your doctor if you are using any other medicines or eye drops, including medicines that you buy without a prescription
from your pharmacy, supermarket or health food shop.
Some medicines and TRUSOPT may interfere with each other. These include:
tablets used to treat glaucoma
large amounts of aspirin or salicylates
These medicines may be affected by TRUSOPT, or may affect how well it works. You may need different amounts of your medicine,
or you may need to take different medicines.
Your doctor or pharmacist has more information on medicines to be careful with or avoid while using TRUSOPT.
How to use TRUSOPT
How much to use
Your doctor will tell you how many drops you need to use each day.
Use TRUSOPT only when prescribed by your doctor.
When TRUSOPT is used alone, the usual dose for adults is one drop three times a day, in either one or both eyes.
If your doctor has recommended that you use TRUSOPT with a beta-blocker eye drop, then the usual dose for adults is one drop
of TRUSOPT twice a day, in either one or both eyes.
Follow all directions given to you by your doctor carefully.
They may differ from the information contained in this leaflet.
After using TRUSOPT, wait at least 10 minutes before putting any other eye drops in your eye(s).
When to use it
If you are using TRUSOPT three times a day, use the drops first thing in the morning, in the early afternoon and at bedtime
(i.e. approximately 8 hours apart). If you are using TRUSOPT twice a day, use the drops in the morning and in the evening
(i.e. approximately 12 hours apart).
Use TRUSOPT every day, at about the same time each day, unless your doctor tells you otherwise.
Using your eye drops at the same time each day will have the best effect on your eye pressure. It will also help you remember
when to use the eye drops.
How to use it
You may find it easier to put drops in your eye while you are sitting or lying down.
Before opening the bottle for the first time, make sure the Safety Strip on the front of the bottle is not broken. If it is,
do not use the bottle and return it to your pharmacist.
You will notice a small space between the cap and the bottle - this is normal.
If you are wearing soft contact lenses, remove them before putting the drops in your eye.
Wash your hands well with soap and water.
To open the bottle for the first time, hold the bottle upright and tear off the Safety Strip to break the seal.
Place the cap upside down (arrows face down) on a flat surface. Do not touch the inside of the cap. This will help keep the
inside of the cap clean and keep germs out of the eye drops.
Hold the bottle upside down in one hand, with your thumb or index finger over the "finger push" area.
Using your other hand, gently pull down your lower eyelid to form a pouch.
Tilt your head back and look up.
Put the tip of the bottle close to your lower eyelid. Do not let it touch your eye.
Release one drop into the pouch formed between your eye and eyelid by gently squeezing the bottle.
Close your eye and keep it closed. Do not blink or rub your eye.
While your eye is still closed, place your index finger against the inside corner of your eye and press against your nose
for about two minutes. This will help to stop the medicine from draining through the tear duct to the nose and throat, from
where it can be absorbed into other parts of your body. Ask your doctor for more specific instructions on this technique.
Replace the cap, sealing it tightly. Do not overtighten the cap.
Wash your hands again with soap and water to remove any residue.
Wait at least 15 minutes before replacing your contact lenses.
Be careful not to touch the dropper tip against your eye, eyelid or anything else to avoid contaminating the eye drops.
Contaminated eye drops may give you an eye infection.
You may feel a slight burning sensation in the eye shortly after using the eye drops.
If this persists, or is very uncomfortable, contact your doctor or pharmacist.
How long to use it
TRUSOPT helps control your condition but does not cure it. Therefore TRUSOPT must be used every day. Continue using TRUSOPT
for as long as your doctor prescribes.
If you forget to use it
If it is almost time for your next dose, skip the dose you missed and use your next dose when you are meant to. Otherwise,
use the drops as soon as you remember, and then go back to using them as you would normally.
If you are not sure whether to skip the dose, talk to your doctor or pharmacist.
Do not use double the amount to make up for the dose that you missed.
If you have trouble remembering to use your eye drops, ask your pharmacist for some hints.
If you use too much (overdose)
If you think that you or anyone else may have swallowed any or all of the contents of a bottle of TRUSOPT, or used too many
drops, immediately telephone your doctor or Poisons Information Centre (telephone 13 11 26) for advice, or go to accident
and emergency at your nearest hospital. Do this even if there are no signs of discomfort or poisoning.
While you are using TRUSOPT
Things you must do
Have your eye pressure checked when your eye specialist says, to make sure TRUSOPT is working.
If you develop an eye infection, receive an eye injury, or have eye surgery tell your doctor.
Your doctor may tell you to use a new container of TRUSOPT because of possible contamination of the old one, or may advise
you to stop your treatment with TRUSOPT.
If you become pregnant while using TRUSOPT tell your doctor.
If you are about to be started on any new medicine tell your doctor and pharmacist that you are using TRUSOPT.
Things you must not do
Do not give TRUSOPT to anyone else, even if they have the same condition as you.
Do not stop using TRUSOPT without first talking to your doctor.
If you stop using your eye drops, your eye pressures may rise again and damage to your eye may occur.
Things to be careful of
Be careful driving or operating machinery until you know how TRUSOPT affects you.
TRUSOPT generally does not cause any problems with your ability to drive a car or operate machinery. However, it may cause
certain side effects in some people, including blurred vision and dizziness. Make sure you know how you react to TRUSOPT
before you drive a car or operate machinery.
Tell your doctor or pharmacist as soon as possible if you do not feel well while you are using TRUSOPT.
TRUSOPT helps most people with high eye pressure and glaucoma, but it may have unwanted side effects in a few people. All
medicines can have side effects. Sometimes they are serious, most of the time they are not. You may need medical treatment
if you get some of the side effects.
Ask your doctor or pharmacist to answer any questions you may have.
Tell your doctor if you notice any of the following and they worry you:
eye problems such as burning, stinging, itching, conjunctivitis, watering of the eye(s), redness of the eye(s), swelling or
crusting of the eyelids(s), eye pain, blurred vision
bitter taste, dry mouth
numbness or tingling in fingers or toes
These are usually mild side effects of TRUSOPT.
If any of the following happen, stop using TRUSOPT and tell your doctor immediately or go to accident and emergency at your
wheezing, difficulty in breathing, shortness of breath
swelling of the face, lips, mouth, tongue or throat which may cause difficulty in breathing or swallowing
severe and sudden onset of pinkish, itchy swellings on the skin, also called hives or nettlerash
skin rash, itchiness
These may be serious side effects.
You may have an allergic reaction to TRUSOPT. You may need urgent medical attention. Serious side effects are rare.
Other side effects not listed above may also occur in some patients. Tell your doctor if you notice any other effects.
Do not be alarmed by this list of possible side effects. You may not experience any of them.
After using TRUSOPT
Keep your eye drops in a cool dry place where the temperature stays below 30°C.
Do not store it or any other medicine in the bathroom or near a sink.
Do not leave it in the car or on window sills.
Do not carry the eye drops in pockets of your clothes.
Heat and dampness can destroy some medicines.
Keep the eye drops away from light.
Keep it where children cannot reach it.
A locked cupboard at least one-and-a-half metres above the ground is a good place to store medicines.
Do not leave the cap off the bottle for any length of time to avoid contaminating the eye drops.
Write the date on the bottle when you open the eye drops and throw out any remaining solution after four weeks.
TRUSOPT contains a preservative which helps prevent germs growing in the solution for the first four weeks after opening the
bottle. After this time there is a greater risk that the drops may become contaminated and cause an eye infection. A new
bottle should be opened.
If your doctor tells you to stop using the eye drops or they have passed their expiry date, ask your pharmacist what to do
with any remaining solution.
What does it look like
TRUSOPT comes as eye drops in a 5 mL bottle.
dorzolamide hydrochloride, equivalent to dorzolamide 2%
benzalkonium chloride as preservative
TRUSOPT is supplied in Australia by:
Mundipharma Pty Limited
88 Phillip Street
Sydney NSW 2000
This leaflet was prepared in April 2016.
Australian Register Numbers:
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This pig farm in Yajishan, Guigang City, is a sow farm of Guangxi Yangxiang Co., Ltd. The pig farm covers an area of only about 120 mu, and has raised more than 30,000 "mother pigs", which can provide about one million piglets to the market a year.
According to the media, Hunan, Shandong, Chongqing and other provinces have banned P2P before, and Sichuan is the fourth. In the future or foreseeable, more provinces will ban P2P business.⊙々"The problem of human disease originating from animals is the underlying cause of the broadest patterns in human history and of some of the most important problems in human health today." American biogeographer Jared Diamond in Guns , Germs and Steel: The Destiny of Human Society, dedicates a chapter to diseases passed from animals to humans and their role in the development of human history. In the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, he calls these diseases "deadly gifts from our animal friends."⊥The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the so-called "Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019", which smeared China's counter-terrorism and de-radicalization efforts and maliciously attacked the Chinese government's Xinjiang policy. However, Xinjiang's unprecedented tranquility, stability, prosperity and development are the most powerful evidence to pierce the lies of the US. The attempts of some US politicians to use the "Xinjiang card" to contain China will never succeed.L5u3ipOx
There are three major characteristics of implementing the "Planning Outline"HUilTsOriginal title: Hong Kong media: Tsai Ing-wen made a campaign in Pingtung, and within 10 minutes of giving a speech, the people left firsthelium 10 hijacker alert【Pai Sha】
Original title: "Soul torture" Western media, why is it not China? | Foreign media sayAmong the 20 most beautiful retired soldiers selected together with the elderly, some took root at the grassroots level, leading one side of the people to get rid of poverty and become rich, and build beautiful villages; some were based on their own jobs, dedicated to their work, and guarded the safety of people's property; , to become industry leaders and drive employment for the masses; some abide by their commitments, strictly abide by discipline, support the mothers of heroes and martyrs, and silently abide by state secrets... They are the silhouette of a group. They are the vast number of retired soldiers who are based in all walks of life and actively participate in the era of reform and opening up. The spirit and style of the tide.№△Wu Hongfu's merit and award registration form, "Wu Hongpu" is his former name. △Wu Hongfu's merit and award registration form, "Wu Hongpu" is his former name.∏iQ0J2
In addition, after concentrating on new types of communities, farmers can truly enjoy public services that integrate urban and rural areas, and scattered projects such as sewage treatment can really play a role. Otherwise, the marginal effects of various investments in rural areas in history will diminish.☆From November 1988 to November 1990, Deputy Director-General of the Pollution Management Department of the State Environmental Protection Administration.≌【rich hemorrhoids】IUPP4
As long as the shopping bags provided by the merchants contain plastic components, there will be charges, including degradable plastic bags. The environmental protection department of the Macao SAR explained that although degradable plastic bags are generally considered to have less impact on the environment, misuse of them will still lead to waste of resources. In fact, most of the "degradable plastics" can only be decomposed under specific environments and conditions, and some may become microplastics during the decomposition process, which still have adverse effects on the environment. Therefore, if the principle of "reducing waste at the source" is adopted, all shopping bags containing plastic components should be charged, so as to guide the public to reduce, make good use of and reuse each plastic bag.∑Cuofz
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I see lots of these cords that connect to the bottom of the iPod or iPhone and send the signal to a USB input on computer. None of the vertical docking stations that I find have audio output or and only a few with USB output.
My ? is:
When one connects to the bottom of the iPod or iPhone, does it bi-pass the DAC inside the iPod and send it to the computer digitally, where then the end user can select the "soundcard" (external DAC) for the laptop to use for sound??
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Huayangosaurus is a dinosaur which belongs to the smaller plated category and huayangosauridaes class. It was known to have been lived earlier than its larger cousins (i.e.) during the Jurassic period. The term Huayangosaurus is a Greek word and the meaning of the word is ‘Huayang lizard' and it also means reptile from Huayang. The term is pronounced as Hwa-yang-oh-sore-us. These dinosaurs were known to be lived around 165 million years ago. They tended to be lived in the woodlands of the continent of Asia, particularly in China.
Researchers believe that the later plated dinosaurs must have been evolved from smaller Huayangosaurus. The remains were found from Dashanpu Quarry near Zigong in Sichuan and the remains belonged to twelve different Huayangosaurus. The remains of the dinosaur showed that it might have had a series of plates on its back starting from head to tail. The plates might have been appeared as spikes as the end of the tail. The tail had four large and sharp spikes and it might have had two sharp spikes above its hips. The Huayangosaurus might have used these spikes for protecting itself from enemies and it is also regarded that the spikes might have been used by these dinosaurs for attracting the mate. Apart from these the spikes might have helped the Huayangosaurus to regulate the temperature of the body. It is known to be plant eater. It had two short front legs, a broad skull, long slender head and two longer hind legs. The appearance of Huayangosaurus might have been such that it can easily bend its head towards the ground and swallow the plants. The tooth of the dinosaur helped it to swallow the plants easily. It might have been twelve to fourteen feet (i.e.) four meters long and it might have weighed around 1200 pounds (i.e.) 500 Kilograms.
Huayangosaurus lived in the land of rivers, lush vegetation and lakes. Scientists have found that it would have been plant eater with the help of its teeth.
Comparison between Huayangosaurus and stegosaurs:
It has also been found that the skull of the Huayangosaurus might have had a small opening in each half of the lower jaw and in front of each eye. Both these openings were not found in the dinosaurs, which belonged to the later era like stegosaurs. At the front of its nose, the Huayangosaurus had seven teeth on each side making it a total of fourteen, but stegosaurs did not had these teeth. Huayangosaurus had two rows of armor plates, which was thicker and smaller as compared to stegosaurs. Huayangosaurus were short in height as compared to the stegosaurs.
As said earlier Huayangosaurus lived during the Jurassic period (i.e.) in the middle of the Jurassic period with other dinosaurs like datousaurus, protognathosaurus, xiaosaurus, ornithopod, shunosaurus, omeisaurus and gasosaurus. The skeleton of Huayangosaurus is being mounted at the municipal museum of Chongging in Sichuan province and the Zigong Dinosaur Museum in Zigong; both these museums are located in China.
Hope, you might have understood about the Huayangosaurus and its appearance.
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Savory Chickpeas in Tomato Glaze
This recipe for Tamater Kabli Ghana Usal was offered in a 1983 issue of Back to Godhead magazine, alongside an article by Vishakha Dasi about the popularity of chicken in the Western diet. She offered the chickpeas (garbanzo beans) as a great substitute in your diet, being a good source of protein and iron, as well as fiber, vitamins A and b6, riboflavin, thiamin, niacin, calcium, phosphorous, sodium, and potassium.
At the time there was a lot of advertisement in the US for a fried chicken company that offered 'Kentucky Fried Chicken' and Vishakha countered with this recipe by Yamuna Devi. Not only do you get the same protein and nutrition, but you also get a lovely zesty flavor with your vegetarian version of a commercial meal. If you're creative, you can quite easily give up a meat-based diet without having cravings for things you used to eat when they're advertised on TV.
Because the recipe calls for dried chickpeas rather than canned, and also makes allowances for having a pressure cooker, please look over the instructions and cooking times carefully. For example, the total cook time for standard method is 2 to 3 hours, plus the over-night soak, but using a pressure cooker the time is only 30 to 40 minutes.
[We're also publishing the alternate chickpea recipe called 'Tender Chickpeas in Coconut-Yogurt Sauce' or Kabli Ghana Usal separately. Both are shown in the picture above. This one is the reddish chickpeas.]
1 ¼ cups whole dried chickpeas (garbanzo beans)
4 to 5 cups water (3 ½ cups if you're using a pressure cooker)
3 ½ tablespoons vegetable oil or ghee (clarified butter) for frying spices
1 ½ teaspoons scraped, minced fresh ginger root
1 ½ teaspoons seeded, minced fresh hot green chilies
1 ¼ teaspoons cumin seeds
1/2 teaspoon black mustard seeds
8 to 12 small fresh or dried curry leaves, if available
5 medium-size, firm ripe tomatoes, diced into small pieces
1 ¼ teaspoons turmeric
1 ½ teaspoons chat masala, if available (try an Indian grocery)
1/2 teaspoon garam masala (try an Indian grocery)
1/4 cup minced fresh parsley leaves or coriander leaves
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 ½ tablespoons butter or ghee for flavoring
5 or 6 lemon or lime wedges or twists
1. Place the chickpeas in a 1-quart bowl, pour in 3 ½ cups of water, and soak overnight (about 8 hours) at room temperature.
2. Drain the soaked chickpeas in a colander, place them in a heavy 3- to 4-quart saucepan, add 4 to 5 cups water and a dab of ghee or vegetable oil, and bring to a full boil over a high flame. Reduce the flame to medium low, cover with a tight-fitting lid, and gently boil for 2 to 3 hours, or until the chickpeas are butter-soft but not broken down. If you're using a pressure cooker, combine the same ingredients in the cooker but use only 3 ½ cups of water. Cover and cook under pressure for 30 to 35 minutes.
3. Remove from the flame (reduce pressure if necessary), uncover, and stir.
4. Over a medium to medium-high flame, heat 3 ½ tablespoons of ghee or vegetable oil in a heavy 3-quart saucepan for 30 to 60 seconds. Stir in the minced ginger, seeded green chilies, cumin seeds, and black mustard seeds, and fry for about 30 to 45 seconds, or until the cumin seeds turn golden brown.
5. Drop in the curry leaves and, 1 or 2 seconds later, stir in the diced tomatoes. Add the turmeric powder, half the minced fresh herbs, chat masala, and garam masala. Stir-fry over a medium flame for 3 to 5 minutes, sprinkling in water when necessary, until the ghee or oil separates from the sauce and the texture is smooth and even.
6. Use a slotted spoon to add the chickpeas, and then transfer to the saucepan 2 to 3 tablespoons of the water in which you cooked the chickpeas. Reduce the flame to low, cover, and gently simmer for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally and, if necessary, adding small quantities of the cooking water to keep the mixture from sticking to the saucepan.
7. Remove from the flame and add the salt, 1 ½ tablespoons of butter or ghee, and the remaining fresh herbs. Before offering to Krishna, garnish each portion with a wedge or twist of lemon or lime. | <urn:uuid:24e68b29-3227-4a4b-8eda-ac3ece1c330c> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://food.krishna.com/recipe/savory-chickpeas-tomato-glaze | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280310.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00189-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.893162 | 1,005 | 1.625 | 2 |
Praise be to Allah.
Undoubtedly Allaah has forbidden His slaves to eat, drink or have intercourse during the day in Ramadaan, or to do anything that might break the fast. He has enjoined that the one who has intercourse during the day in Ramadaan, who is accountable, of good health and settled, not sick or traveling, has to offer expiation (kafaarah), which is freeing a slave; if he cannot afford that, then he must fast two consecutive months. If he is unable to do that then he must feed sixty poor persons, giving each one half a saa’ of the staple food of the country. But with regard to one who has intercourse during the day in Ramadaan, and who is one of those who are obliged to fast because he is an adult, in good health and settled (not traveling), but he was ignorant of the ruling – there is a difference of opinion among the scholars in this case. Some of them said that he has to offer the expiation because he was negligent and did not bother to ask and find out about the religion. Other scholars said that he does not have to offer expiation because of ignorance. From this you can know that in order to be on the safe side, you should offer the expiation, because of your negligence and not asking about what is forbidden for you before you did what you did. If you cannot free a slave or fast, it is sufficient for you to feed sixty poor persons for each day that you had intercourse. So if you had intercourse on two days, you have to offer two expiations; if you had intercourse on three days, you have to offer three expiations, and so on, one expiation for each day you had intercourse. But if you had intercourse several times on one day, one expiation is enough for that. This is so as to be on the safe side and this is better for you, so that you will be free of blame and will avoid an area concerning which there is scholarly dispute, and to make up for your fasts. If you do not remember the number of days on which you had intercourse, then do what is on the safe side, which is the higher number – so if you are not sure whether it was three or four days, assume it was four, and so on. But you should not do anything except what you are sure about. May Allaah help us and you to do that which pleases Him, and frees us from blame. | <urn:uuid:e2fb47c2-c3f1-43c3-9e2a-8fa99ab98f87> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://islamqa.com/en/answers/22960/ruling-on-one-who-has-intercourse-with-his-wife-during-the-day-in-ramadaan-a-number-of-times-not-knowing-the-ruling | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00474.warc.gz | en | 0.986408 | 510 | 1.976563 | 2 |
Author Marijn Haverbeke immerses you in example code from the start, while exercises and full-chapter projects give you hands-on experience with writing your own programs.
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 472 pages, illustrations
- Publisher: No Starch Press,US
- Publication Date: 30/12/2014
- Category: Web programming
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Tanger Hillel is operating on a hybrid model. Please refer to our calendar to stay up to date on what’s happening! Click here https://tinyurl.com/BCHillelCalendar
Tanger Hillel at Brooklyn College provides a wide range of ongoing educational and cultural opportunities for students to learn about and celebrate Israel. We encourage, educate, and empower students to create a strong cultural connection with Israel through an array of interesting educational and advocacy programs, campus-wide celebrations of Israel independence, and speakers.
For more information, please contact firstname.lastname@example.org
What is it? A first time peer group with educational trips to Israel for Jewish young adults ages 18 to 26. Taglit-Birthright Israel's founders created this program to send thousands of young Jewish adults from all over the world to Israel as a gift in order to diminish the growing division between Israel and Jewish communities around the world; to strengthen the sense of solidarity among world Jewry; and to strengthen participants' personal Jewish identity and connection to the Jewish people.
Interested? If so, join the Brooklyn College Hillel for the adventure of a lifetime: ten days in Israel with your friends and it is absolutely free! For more information, please contact Olya at email@example.com
MASA Israel Journey connects Jewish young adults (ages 18-30) to gap year, study abroad, post- college, and volunteer programs. No other organization makes it easier for young adults to have exciting, life- changing experiences in Israel.
Already been to Israel? For those of you who have already gone on birthright and there's something in your body and mind telling you to go back to Israel, check out MASA. MASA enables young Jews (18-30 years old) from around the world to build a lasting relationship with the State of Israel. You can strengthen your Jewish identity,receive college credit and gain professional experience by participating in a long term program in Israel. To learn more about MASA click here
Celebrate Israel Parade:
Please join us as we participate in The Celebrate Israel Parade. The parade is an annual event that has become the world’s largest gathering in a non-partisan show of solidarity with the land and people of Israel. In addition to the registration, we'll create our own banner every year, based on the theme. If there is anyone who has creative ideas and wants to help us out, they should get in touch with me via my email. | <urn:uuid:edd9bb25-5e19-4f66-8bb7-e78a51830885> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bchillel.org/index.php?submenu=students&src=gendocs&ref=Israel&category=Main | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00669.warc.gz | en | 0.919802 | 530 | 1.757813 | 2 |
Without realizing it, this August 2011 bill is when the GOP lost its negotiation advantage. That extension of the debt-ceiling bill should have never been passed. It was no surprise when the super committee failed, and the country has been heading for most of “the cliff” ever since.
To most of us it was not surprising that when we woke up this past Friday, we woke up. The doomsayers were wrong—there was no Mayan apocalypse at midnight on December 20th. While the Mayan myth turned out to be nothing to worry about, fasten your seat belts, the fiscal cliff –an economic apocalypse predicted for midnight December 31st is very likely to happen.
Many point to the defeat of Speaker of the House John Bohner’s “Plan B” as the final straw sending us over the cliff. But that claim is as much of a myth as the misreading of the Mayan calendar that led many people to fear a late December end of the world.
Boehner’s “Plan B” maintained and made permanent the so-called Bush tax cuts for everyone making less than $1,000,000, and let them expire for those making a million dollars or more. It was what Obama bloviated about during the campaign, tax hikes for millionaires and billionaires and a bill Nancy Pelosi suggested this past summer.
Once the Senate announced they would not bring the bill up for a vote, and the President said he would veto the bill if passed, conservative Republicans withdrew their support for the bill, as they did not want to go out on the ledge for something that had no chance of being enacted. Over two-thirds of the House GOP caucus was ready to vote for “Plan B” but my house sources tell me they were 10-13 short of enough votes to pass on the house floor because no Democrats would dare to vote for the bill. So the bill was withdrawn.
The day after Boehner withdrew “Plan B” he held a 58-second-long press conference reminding all that the House of Representatives passed a budget in July and a bill extending the Bush tax cuts in August, neither one of which was voted on by the Senate therefore as far as he was concerned the next move was up to Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats. With that the speaker sent the House home for Christmas (the Senate quickly followed) and the President left for his annual Christmas trip to Hawaii. Leaving the White House and Congressional Staffs in Washington trying to come up with a compromise.
How did we end up at this point—where we are likely to go over the fiscal cliff of higher taxes and major budget cuts?
During the lame duck session in December 2010, Congress passed a bill that extended the Bush tax cuts for an additional two years and “patched” the exemptions to the Alternative Minimum for tax year 2011. This act also authorized a one-year reduction in the Social Security employee payroll tax. The Congress extended this for an additional year in 2012 with a bill that also extended federal unemployment benefits and the freeze on Medicare physician payments.
In August 2011, Congress passed the Budget Control Act of 2011 that resolved the debt-ceiling crisis. The Act provided for a Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (the “super committee”) to produce legislation by late November that would decrease the deficit by $1.2 trillion over ten years. When the super committee failed to act, another part of the Budget Control Acts went into effect. This directed automatic across-the-board cuts split evenly between defense and domestic spending, beginning on January 2, 2013.
Also, part of the cliff not mentioned, the Obamacare bill imposes new taxes on families making more than $250,000 a year ($200,000 for individuals) starting at the same time.
At the end of 2011, the patch to the Alternative Minimum Tax exemptions expired. Technically, the AMT thresholds immediately reverted to their 2000 tax year levels, a drop of 26% for single people and 40% for married couples. Anyone over these reduced thresholds at the end of 2012 would be subject to the AMT. Therefore; more taxpayers would pay more unless some legislation was passed that affects the exemptions retroactively.
Since the election, both sides have been furiously trying to find a compromise and at the same time sabotage the other side. John Boehner has between a rock and another rock.
Part of the president’s reelection victory was based on his call for higher taxes on millionaires and billionaires. But at the same time many house Republicans can point to their promise not to raise taxes as the reason they won their districts.
The day after the election, Boehner agreed to put revenues on the table and according to the Wall Street Journal Obama refused to budge
At one point, according to notes taken by a participant, Mr. Boehner told the president, “I put $800 billion [in tax revenue] on the table. What do I get for that?”
“You get nothing,” the president said. “I get that for free.”
Boehner upped his offer, the Monday before the aborted “Plan B” vote the speaker offered a deal which also included a total of one trillion dollars worth of new taxes if the president accepts one trillion dollars worth of entitlement cuts.
Although the White House did not accept Boehner’s gambit, many thought it could push negotiations away from entrenched, ideological positions.
“Boehner has now accepted the premise of higher rates. So now we’re just arguing over details. I think it’s a significant step,” said Greg Valliere, chief political strategist at Potomac Research Group.
But that’s where the compromised is stalled, Obama wants approximately $200 billion more in taxes than Boehner has offered, Boehner wants approximately $200 billion in cuts than Obama is willing to commit.
According to the Wall Street Journal, as the talks broke down last week Obama told Boehner that he is holding all the political cards warning:
“if the sides didn’t reach agreement, he would use his inaugural address and his State of the Union speech to tell the country the Republicans were at fault.”
There is great pessimism in Washington, as most within the beltway no longer believe that a fiscal cliff compromise is possible. On one hand you have a President refusing to budge because he correctly views America will believe him when he puts all the blame on the GOP. On the other hand you have a GOP congress that are unwilling to break the campaign promises that convinced people to elect them.
In the end the blame for going off the cliff is the American people who voted for the status quo this past November (a radically progressive President and Senate, and a conservative congress) and expected things to be different. | <urn:uuid:25584f02-ba00-4f42-ba33-9622fe21c3e2> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://lidblog.com/we-escaped-mayan-apocalypse-but-we-won/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284405.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00034-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975357 | 1,407 | 1.695313 | 2 |
The hedgerows that populate our retired farm are home to many native species of plants, like this Common Milkweed which is critical to the Monarch Butterfly’s survival. The adult butterflies thrive on their nectar and lay their eggs on the plant. The caterpillars eat the leaves of the plants. Milkweed is an all around good bloom for pollinators.
Check out the intricacy of that wonderful flower. I actually think that botanists refer to the flower’s design as “complex.” It’s a large ball of many smaller flowers. I also notice that a single milkweed plant will be topped with multiple blooms which mature at varying rates. That gives the the pollinators more food over a longer period of time.
I feel very grateful that we have been able to allow our farm to naturalize and support the native species. It makes me happy to see the biodiversity that exists in our little parcel of green space. | <urn:uuid:1af70662-ae84-41c1-83d3-2115d66f3a0c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://tammierogers.wordpress.com/2022/07/01/milkweed-pollinators/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.961468 | 197 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Unmarried couples who live together can create an agreement called a “living together contract.” A living together contract protects their rights as a couple, as well as their individual interests and assets. Because unmarried couples may one day split up, it may be quite useful to plan ahead in order to avoid any future conflicts. For example, marriage is a legal contract between two people which protects the rights and obligations that each party owes the other. Likewise, a living together contract protects the rights and obligations that each partner owes the other. The subject matter of these contracts typically include money, property, debts, etc.
Living together contracts may not be useful for every relationship. Rather, couples who are likely to accumulate a significant amount of money, property and debt might want to draft such contracts. These contracts can also be a good idea for older couples who want to make sure their property is distributed in the way that they want upon death.
What Are the Guiding Principles of Living Together Contracts?
In California, the guiding principles are:
- Unmarried couples can enter into written and oral agreements to protect rights that are protected in marriage;
- “Implied” non-marital agreements may be found after evaluation of a couple’s actions;
- In the case that an implied agreement is not found, a judge can infer that each partner intended to deal fairly with the other partner. Accordingly, the judge can grant a partner rights and obligations based on principles of equity and fairness.
What Should Be Included in a Living Together Contract?
Living together contracts do not have to be too complex and they can be in plain language. The partners can also include as much or as little detail as they feel is necessary. These are some items that you can consider including in such a contract:
- Distribution of assets at the end of the relationship;
- Ownership of property accumulated before, during or after the relationship;
- Payment of expenses;
- Daily responsibilities;
- Dispute resolution; etc.
What Happens to the Living Together Contract Upon Marriage?
A living together contract can still be enforceable after marriage. However, it must have been created shortly before your marriage at a time when both of you planned to marry. Also, it must meet the premarital agreement requirements in your state.
Should I Contact a Lawyer for Help With a Living Together Contract?
If you are considering drafting a living together contract, it is essential to list out the most important items. This is especially the case if there is a lot of money and property involved or if one partner has far more assets than the other. Moreover, you need to consider the specific rules which apply in your state. An experienced contract lawyer can help explain what is required for a good contract and how to protect your rights and assets. | <urn:uuid:18c86096-9f31-4b28-ba03-9cbb12c7240f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://qa9.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/living-together-contract-lawyers.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573623.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819035957-20220819065957-00675.warc.gz | en | 0.957867 | 575 | 1.953125 | 2 |
You want to deploy code, but don’t have access the command line.
Version and installation information
PE version: 2017.3 and later
Note: If you’re using a version of the
puppetlabs-support_tasks module older than 1.1.1 (2020 17 January), please update the module to use these steps. We renumbered all the tasks in the module at that time.
You can deploy code to one environment or all available environments from the console by installing a module and running a task.
Before you begin:
To use this task:
Download and install the puppetlabs-support_tasks module which includes the task for this solution.
In the console, in the Run section, click Task.
In the Task field, select st0298.
Under Task parameters in the Value field, enter the environment to deploy code to. You can enter one environment by entering its name or all environments by entering | <urn:uuid:2d9f5cad-2324-4e3d-a18c-cb2b195e9dc2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://support.puppet.com/hc/en-us/articles/360008192734-Deploy-code-using-a-task-in-Puppet-Enterprise-2017-3-and-later | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00671.warc.gz | en | 0.802093 | 214 | 1.84375 | 2 |
Debian Etch installation on my laptop was working pretty well. But it had one weirdness: the ethernet card was on eth1, not eth0.
ifconfig -arevealed that eth0 was ... something else, with no IP address configured and a really long MAC address. What was it?
Poking around dmesg revealed that it was related to the IEEE 1394 and the eth1394 module. It was firewire networking.
This laptop, being a Vaio, does have a built-in firewire interface (Sony calls it i.Link). The Etch installer, when it detected no network present, had noted that it was "possible, though unlikely" that I might want to use firewire instead, and asked whether to enable it. I declined.
Yet the installed system ended up with firewire networking not only
installed, but taking the first network slot, ahead of any network
cards. It didn't get in the way of functionality, but it was annoying
and clutters the output whenever I type
Probably took up a little extra boot time and system resources, too.
I wanted it gone.
Easier said than done, as it turns out.
I could see two possible approaches.
- Figure out who was setting it to eth1, and tell it to ignore the device instead.
- Blacklist the kernel module, so it couldn't load at all.
I begain with approach 1. The obvious culprit, of course, was udev. (I had already ruled out hal, by removing it, rebooting and observing that the bogus eth0 was still there.) Poking around /etc/udev/rules.d revealed the file where the naming was happening: z25_persistent-net.rules.
It looks like all you have to do is comment out the two lines for the firewire device in that file. Don't believe it. Upon reboot, udev sees the firewire devices and says "Oops! persistent-net.rules doesn't have a rule for this device. I'd better add one!" and you end up with both your commented-out line, plus a brand new uncommented line. No help.
Where is that controlled? From another file, z45_persistent-net-generator.rules. So all you have to do is edit that file and comment out the lines, right?
Well, no. The firewire lines in that file merely tell udev how to add a comment when it updates z25_persistent-net.rules. It still updates the file, it just doesn't comment it as clearly.
There are some lines in z45_persistent-net-generator.rules
whose comments say they're disabling particular devices, by adding a rule
GOTO="persistent_net_generator_end". But adding that
in the firewire device lines caused the boot process to hang.
There may be a way to ignore a device from this file, but I haven't
found it, nor any documentation on how this system works.
Defeated, I switched to approach 2: prevent the module from loading at all. I never expect to use firewire networking, so it's no loss. And indeed, there are lots of other modules loaded I'd like to blacklist, since they represent hardware this machine doesn't have. So it would be nice to learn how.
I had a vague memory of there having been a file with a name like /etc/modules.blacklist some time back in the Pliocene. But apparently no such file exists any more. I did find /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, which looked promising; but the comment at the beginning of that file says
# This file lists modules which will not be loaded as the result of # alias expsnsion, with the purpose of preventing the hotplug subsystem # to load them. It does not affect autoloading of modules by the kernel.Okay, sounds like this file isn't what I wanted. (And ... hotplug? I thought that was long gone, replaced by udev scripts.) I tried it anyway. Sure enough, not what I wanted.
I fiddled with several other approaches before Debian diva Erinn Clark found this helpful page. I created a file called /etc/modprobe.d/00local and added this line to it:
install eth1394 /bin/trueand on the next boot, the module was no longer loaded, and no longer showed up as a bogus ethernet device. Hurray!
This /etc/modprobe.d/00local technique probably doesn't bear examining too closely. It has "hack" written all over it. But if that's the only way to blacklist problematic modules, I guess it's better than nothing.
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Advanced DNS Protection
Security, availability, and integrity are the top three concerns regarding DNS infrastructure. Attackers seek weakest links and pressure points to harm or illegally exploit businesses, and by its very nature, the Domain Name System (DNS) protocol is easy to exploit. As a result, cyber attacks on DNS are on the rise.
DNS distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are designed to bring down DNS servers and consume network resources, thereby interfering with critical IT applications such as email, web sites, VoIP, and software as a service (SaaS). DNS is now the number one targeted service for application-layer attacks and is the number one protocol used in reflection/amplification attacks according to leading security reports. The damage is costly, and Forrester Research estimates upward of $100,000 an hour as the cost resulting from a DDoS attack, not including customer defection and damage to brands. DNS hijacking compromises the integrity of DNS and redirects users to bogus sites controlled by attackers, resulting in theft of sensitive information and loss of revenue. DNS-based attacks are also used as diversions in broader plans to steal data, a practice called “smoke screening.”
Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection provides defense against the widest range of DNS-based attacks such as DNS DDoS, exploits, NXDOMAIN, DNS tunneling and DNS hijacking attacks. Unlike approaches that rely on infrastructure over-provisioning or simple response-rate limiting, Advanced DNS Protection intelligently detects and mitigates DNS attacks while responding only to legitimate queries. Moreover, it uses Infoblox Threat Adapt™ technology to automatically update its defense against new and evolving threats as they emerge, without the need for patching.
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Use of the SDxCentral service directory is governed by our Terms of Service, including without limitation those sections under the headings "CONTENT", "LICENSING AND OTHER TERMS APPLYING TO CONTENT POSTED ON THE SDXCENTRAL SITES", "INDEMNITY; DISCLAIMER; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY" AND "COPYRIGHTS". Under no circumstances will SDxCentral be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, liability for any errors or omissions in any Content or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed or otherwise transmitted via the Sites. | <urn:uuid:05ea7a47-5706-422d-b300-e7300e7b0979> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | https://www.sdxcentral.com/products/advanced-dns-protection/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721278.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00147-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.89807 | 521 | 2.296875 | 2 |
Peer review is a scrutinizing process where an article or a manuscript is scrutinized by members who are specialized in the similar field. Every article submitted to any Symbiosis Open Access Journal is subjected for peer review before it is published.
Scholarly Peer review is a very crucial process when processing the manuscript before publication. The quality of research work done by the authors will be evaluated by submitting to one or more people of similar competence of the same field of work. Scientific peer review is a quality-control system that analyzes whether all new scientific discoveries, innovations, ideas are analyzed and critiqued by expert scientists before they become widely accepted and appear online. Minimum three Peer review process is mandatory in all symbiosis journal in order to maintain the quality of the manuscript.
Strengths of peer review process
Quality and merit of the manuscript will be judged by the expert scientist and will strengthen authors to improve the quality of their work.
Peer review validates the significance of claims and originality of the research
Peer review system covers some basic aspects of the manuscripts like the depth of the content and its relevance with the title, methods applied and the results elaborated. This technique polishes the raw manuscript.
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Manuscript Preparation, Copyediting, and Proofreading
Q. Hello. CMOS 3.34 (“Crediting material obtained free of charge”) says “For material that the author has obtained free and without restrictions on its use, the credit line may use the word courtesy.” What exactly does “without restrictions on its use” mean? Does this mean that, if I’ve gotten permission to use a photo in a specific essay I’m writing, I can’t use “courtesy of” because the permission is only for that specific project?
A. Rights holders can put various restrictions on the use of items they give permission for: they can disallow cropping a photo or resizing or recoloring it or integrating it into a collage. They can prohibit a quotation from being used in an advertisement or from being altered in any way. They can prohibit resale, or repackaging, or use without full credit. If there are restrictions on your photo, they will be listed at the place you got it. Sometimes you have to click on a link to see the specific restrictions. If your photo is without restrictions and therefore does not require a credit, it’s polite to give credit anyway: “Courtesy of Terry Adams.” | <urn:uuid:e0fca800-bc47-4a2b-bfdb-62d23466bf2f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/qanda/data/faq/topics/ManuscriptPreparation/faq0146.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573623.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819035957-20220819065957-00679.warc.gz | en | 0.934456 | 272 | 1.5625 | 2 |
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Actual idealism was a form of idealism, developed by Giovanni Gentile, that grew into a 'grounded' idealism, contrasting the transcendental idealism of Immanuel Kant, and the absolute idealism of G. W. F. Hegel. To Gentile, who considered himself the "philosopher of fascism," actualism was the sole remedy to philosophically preserving free agency, by making the act of thinking self-creative and, therefore, without any contingency and not in the potency of any other fact.
Actual idealism holds that it is the act of thinking as perception, not creative thought as imagination, which defines reality. Therefore, one idea, or another, can only be a formulation of particulars within the bounds of a known totality, in which one idea is not on any side of those particulars. Totality constituting the whole cohesive reality, is negated in such idea by itself. Integration of totality against idea, in appealing to oneself, is the sole fruitful means of idea, which poses no favoritism to the developed ideas giving a knowing precedence to the world it has created itself into. Anything less is a presupposition and therefore innately unreal. This totality is the act of thinking, not thoughts so regarded by thinking.
While realists agree that the world known to them is the only one they possibly know 'as a static concept,' they continue to regard something real about the concept having nothing to do with their thinking. Actual idealists disregard the static concept, as totally false, in regard to the world for them where the only real is in 'the act of thinking' within being.
The stance of realism claims that repeatability of experience gives proof of a basis, which transcends and outruns our percepts, refuting Idealism. Yet it does not consider that the process of thinking, as creation, and the thought about thinking, as abstraction, interchange depending on the quality of one's act. It is the process of thinking that creates thought, which may not recur, but what occurs as thinking of it is what cannot be outrun as a conceptualization, for it is the very immanent process of it, which is what definitely is. Not as thoughts perceived, but as perceptive thinking prior to being construed outside its own totality as a thought, not made an abstraction, which cannot exist or be supposed to exist in any form outside one's thinking. Only one's thought reached from -and thus put outside of- thinking can be surpassed; but only by thinking, not by an abstract external.
Actual idealism, therefore, rejects the Hegelian 'Absolute' as being a presupposition unprovable to the mind, unless considered to be synonymous with what's known or the totality of the act of thinking. Which therein would put the dialectical processes making 'self' & 'not self' a consideration proving external existence real, insofar as it is in reality part of the self's own thinking, since the self, regarded alone, is always a concept and cannot be given reality as such. Neither does Actual idealism admit archetypal concepts in that possible conception of them in relation to all else gives them no reality. Gentile made a pivotal distinction to factors concerning Idealism's own criteria for reality, which have stood since Berkeley's adage "Esse est percipi" by distinguishing between "pensiero pensante" the 'act of thinking', and the 'static thought' "pensiero pensato".
Gentile posited then, that knowledge as thought fixed against a fuller range of thinking limits thinking's every proposition. If truth is what surpasses the conditions of every proposition, taking a known postulate as truth removes its criteria from having that capability in thinking. Objectifying actuality. Truth then cannot be known by thought, since knowledge held as thought is privative toward thinking as decided by what's thought. Only thinking as it penetrates, not given in to what categories of thought orient it, can be truth, so long as it does not resort to thought in doing so which would objectify it. Such thinking is truth because it therefore defines reality as by that thinking, rather than excluding truth from the possibility of thinking because of its relation to yielding thoughts. Only because thinking's results, namely thoughts, do not pertain to what is arising from its act, the truth, does thinking itself become questioned as a proper conductor of truth. That however does not detract from the nature of truths being defined within the act as the concrete. Thinking, being the condition in which truths are measured, in fact affirms thinking's own condition as truth, and when coupled with the idea that it generates thoughts which negate it, must the concrete be identified with thinking rather than simply being denied to thought, seen as abstract, and having that together assumed with thinking as denied also. For thinking cannot therefore be solely a producer of thoughts alone to Gentile, as is the position taken by materialists, because thoughts are to him what negate it, but must also be what produces the stable environment wherein being happens. Which then is the direct result of oneself as the further quality in which reality is not negated, as it is by thoughts to themselves.
Therefore, this postulate maintains that thinking is an active process and the static conception of a thought is its dialectical opposite. Where thinking is the vitality of psychological being, a thought is opposed to that vitality and therefore would be opposed to that immanent quality where alone existence takes on its reality to the actual idealist. No sense or imagining of something beyond or external to the act of thinking in itself for the thinker can be real, and therefore cannot be said to exist, even if, to continue the act of thinking it must be said that it does exist as a creation of the act of thinking if even then it remains unreal. Which in considering it the measure of its existence is realized for then it is exposed to the act of thinking and is subject to reality; from an a priori beginning to a non-empirical conclusion without presupposition.
Gentile calls his philosophy "actualism" or "actual idealism", because, in it, the only true reality is the pure act of the "thinking that thinks", i.e. self-consciousness in the present moment, in which the spirit that comprises all existing is manifested; in other words, not the individual thought entities, but the thinking act that is upstream of them represents the only reality that the philosopher recognizes.
The Spirit is Thought, and Thought is a perennial activity in which there is no distinction between subject and object. Gentile therefore opposes any dualism and naturalism claiming the unity of nature and spirit (monism), that is spirit and matter within the thinking consciousness, giving it a gnoseological and ontological primacy. Consciousness is seen as a synthesis of subject and object, synthesis of an act in which the first places the second. Therefore, they do not make sense only spiritualist or only materialist orientations, as it does not have the clear division between spirit and matter of Platonism, as reality is unique: here is evident the influence of Renaissance pantheism and Brunian immanentism, more than Hegelianism
Unlike Benedetto Croce (proponent of absolute historicism or historicist idealism for which all reality is "history" and not an act in the Aristotelian sense) Gentile appreciates Hegel not so much the historicist horizon, as the idealistic system based on consciousness as a "transcendental subject", or the assumption of consciousness as the principle of reality, a position that brings him closer to Fichte. Also according to Gentile there is an error, in Hegel, in the setting of the dialectic, but in a different way from Croce: Hegel would have built his dialectic with elements of the "thought", or that of the determined thought and science. For Gentile, on the other hand, only in the "thinking in action" consists the dialectical self-consciousness that encompasses everything, while the "thought" is an illusory fact.
Gentile's actualism therefore aims to reform the Hegelian dialectic, to make it an authentically absolute idealism, with the addition of the theory of the pure act and the explication of the relationship between "logic of thinking" and "logic of thought."
An idealist conception aims at conceiving the absolute itself, the whole, as an idea: it is thus an intrinsically absolute idealism. But idealism cannot be absolute if the idea does not coincide with the very act of knowing it; because - this is the deepest origin of the difficulties in which Platonism struggles - if the idea were not the very act by which the idea is known, the idea would leave something outside itself, and idealism would therefore no longer be absolute.— Giovanni Gentile, Teoria generale dello spirito, chap. XVII, § 1
Taking up Fichte, the philosopher asserts that the spirit is foundational insofar as it is the unity of consciousness and self-consciousness, thought in act; the act of thinking thought, or "pure act," is the principle and form of becoming reality, outside of which there is nothing: there are no empirical individuals separate from the absolute I; error, evil, and death have no consistency before Truth and the Eternal; even the past lives only in the present moment of remembrance.
According to Gentile, the dialectic of the pure act is implemented in particular in the opposition between the subjectivity represented by art (thesis) and the objectivity represented by religion (antithesis) to which philosophy (synthesis) provides the solution. The "logic of thinking thought," understood as an archetypal-ontological instance, is a philosophical and dialectical logic; the "logic of thought thought," on the other hand, is formal and erroneous, because the individual thoughts coming from original thinking are merely a contemplative reflection, a kind of "by-product.".
Reality is thus not a fact, a factual and static datum, but an act, an action of the spirit, a dynamic activity endowed with an infinite power. Potentiality and actuality are to be understood here not so much in the Aristotelian sense as in the Neoplatonist sense borrowed from German idealism.
Although realists admit that the external world is the only knowable one, enclosable within a "static" concept based on the repeatability of experience that would testify to the existence of a solid basis transcending the mutability of our perceptions, they continue to dogmatically assume that there is something real independently of the thought that thinks it.
But a reality thought of as a "presupposition of thought," that is, thought of as "unthought" (being external, prior to thought), is a contradictory, dogmatic, and arbitrary concept that corresponds to the empirical point of view. Empiricism is an abstract point of view, because it separates the object from the ego, from the subject that posits it, and thus "abstracts" a part from the whole. The only concrete reality is the unitary synthesis of subject-object, which Gentile calls self-consciousness, in which it is possible to recompose the opposition between "thinking thought" and "thought thought", between "act" and "fact", or according to Gentile's terminology, between "concrete logos" and "abstract logos".
The actual self-consciousness of thought is not immediate subjectivity, but mediated. Assuming the non-ego as opposite to the ego is in fact, at the beginning, an abstract and therefore immediate positing of thought that does not see itself in the objects of the world, a positing without mediation. Conversely, the transcendental (self-conscious) Ego is a mediated consciousness of itself, because it cannot subsist without consciousness of the other than itself, that is, of the world.
Gentile rejects as abstract the Kantian table of the twelve categories, which depend in fact on the only true concrete judgment constituted by the I think (or aperception):
Since the true judgment, in its concrete character, is not, for example, that "Caesar has subdued Gaul" but: "I think" that Caesar has subdued Gaul": and it is only in this second judgment, which is the only one that can be pronounced, that we can look for the modality of the function of judgment and the true relation that intervenes between the terms that this function unites in an "a priori" synthesis.— Giovanni Gentile, Teoria generale dello spirito, chap. VIII, § 2
The transcendental self that operates this synthesis must be distinguished from the empirical self: the latter is an entity different from all the rest as well as from the other empirical selves, the transcendental self is on the contrary the universal subject, which can never be looked at from the outside, because it cannot be the object of our experience, like a show we attend as spectators, otherwise it will no longer be a subject but an object, a self indeed simply empirical.
Thus, that we look at the visible object, or that we look at the eyes to which it is visible, we have two objects of experience: of an experience, the one that we make currently, and with regard to which not only the object, but also the subject of the experience that is analyzed, that is made the term of the new present experience, are object. Except that our eyes, we can only look at them in the mirror!— Giovanni Gentile, Teoria generale dello spirito, chap. I, § 5
Even if we presume to objectify the subjective act of the Ego, we would still lower it to one of the many finite objects of knowledge. For this reason it is an act that can never be transcended: its transcendental (not transcendent) nature cannot be understood as a completed act, but only as an "act in progress", that is, an act that is never definitively concluded, constantly actualizing and in continuous becoming.
In this act lies that concrete character that remains for Gentile as a fundamental need also in the act of Education, understood as self-education of the mind based not on the otherness of the teacher and the pupil, but on the unity of the same process that are the school and the life, the Pedagogy and the Philosophy, theory and practice.
Actual thought is in fact «the center in which the principle of life is, from which every reality sprouts»: actualism is the awareness of this center.
Thinking is at the same time an act , a constant process of self-creation or, as Gentile says, of autoctisis, with which by thinking it places itself and the world at the same time, thus becoming aware of itself .
The self-production of the mind as causa sui ipsius, however, is not prior to the act with which thought is thought, but is this same act, because one cannot formulate thoughts without the awareness of formulating. Moreover, the nature of such a self-production is essentially the volition, free creation of the feeling, whose ethics is not external but is one with this self-production, which alienates itself in an external reality to return to itself.
The moment of objectification, of the non-ego, is essential as it constitutes the very thought of the ego; the latter gives himself an object in order to carry out his activity, because otherwise a thought without content could not exist.
The starting point of the circle of self-consciousness is therefore an inactual potentiality, but it does not exist only ideally, because without immediacy mediation is not possible.
For the concrete character of thought, which is the negation of the immediacy of any abstract position, to be realized, it is necessary that the abstract character be not only denied but also asserted; in the same way that in order to maintain the fire that destroys the fuel, there must always be fuel, and that this fuel is not removed from the devouring flames, but actually burns.— Giovanni Gentile, Teoria generale dello spirito, chap. VII, § 9
That is, the abstract is still a moment of the concrete, and it provides fuel for it to the extent that it is denied. The abstract cannot be combusted once and for all, otherwise becoming, or the dialectic of thinking, would stop. Rather, each time the abstract is overcome in the concrete, the concrete presents itself again as a new abstract, to be overcome endlessly.
The logic of the concrete therefore does not deny the object, but rather is aware of its abstractness, which it therefore recognizes by admitting alongside the dialectic of thought a logic of the abstract, as its degree or moment in becoming.
The logic of abstract thinking consists in the principle of identity, when being is made the object of thought, becoming identical with itself (A=A).
Being is the negation of thought, because it is external to the actuality of thought, a being that according to Eleatic or naturalistic philosophy would exist even when it is not thought.
Gentile points out that pure (natural) being, understood as the immediate and static "A", cannot be identical to itself, being unthought and therefore unreal, whereas only thought, however abstract, can establish the relation of identity A = A. This relation thinks the being as distinct from the thought, but not separated.
The principle of identity then gives rise to the other determinations of Aristotelian logic such as that of the noncontradiction, of the excluded thirds, of the judgments and of the syllogism, a logic which thus remains fully valued by Gentile, and "remains all solid and alive" as a moment of the logic of the concrete.
The determinateness of the abstract concept must thus be brought back to the concreteness of the actual life of the spirit, since it is proper to spiritual concreteness to create determined and circumscribed forms.
Even the [...] truth of the equivalence of the internal angles of a triangle to two right angles is something closed and separated only by abstraction; in reality, it is articulated in the process of geometry through all the minds, in which this geometry, in the world, is realized.— Giovanni Gentile, Teoria generale dello spirito, chap. III, § 8
The determined forms of thought reality, that is, of "experience," are expressions of the historical, spatiotemporal becoming of the Spirit: their multiplicity is not next to the unity of the Spirit, but belongs to the world as the object of consciousness, which unifies them all in a simple act.
The positivity of the historical determinations is thus reconciled with the original negativity of the self-concept, or self-consciousness of the determined concept. The act of the spirit is "original negativity" in that it is fulfilled at the moment in which it denies being as nature (the simple "A" devoid of connections), that is, it denies something that does not exist (mistakenly believed to exist by naturalism), and in this denial it realizes itself. Pure being is nothing because it is not even that conceptual being posited by abstract thought which, although inactual, provides fuel for the logic of the concrete.
The latter, also called authentic or speculative logic, highlights the continuity of the self through its progressive development in the principles me = me (differentiation in unity) but also me = non-me (unity in difference), for both find their synthesis in the real unity of the concrete and the abstract, of the subject thinking and the object thought.
The transcendental feature of thought is such that my present thought of now includes the past and the future : the now, the present hour of thought is not between before and after, but encompasses the totality of time , and therefore it is eternal , an eternal becoming.
Gentile challenges Croce's distinction between "history that is made" and "history that is thought," between "res gestae" and "historia rerum gestarum," asserting the contemporaneity of history, which "should not be confused with Vico's, which leaves out of itself one that unfolds in time : one where our eternal is the same time considered in the actuality of the spirit".
Historical knowledge consists in the reduction of the multiple to the concrete unity of the act, a synthesis of the opposing theses that conceive the spirit now as a historical dialectic, now as an a-historical eternity. The identity of philosophy and history is therefore supported by Gentile in a much more radical way than Croce:
The facts of philosophy in its past, think about it; and they can only be the act, the only act of your philosophy, which is not in the past, nor in a present that will be past, because it is the life, the very reality of your thought, the center of irradiation of all times, whether past or future. History, therefore, that which is precisely in time, only materializes in the act of those who consider it as eternal history.— Giovanni Gentile, Teoria generale dello spirito, chap. XIII, § 13
The history of the spirit as an eternal presence of itself to itself is seen by Gentile as a progressive awareness of actualism itself.
Reforming the idealism of Hegel, he intends to purge it of both the developments going in the direction of Platonism attempted by the Hegelian Right and the Materialist results of the Hegelian Left. According to Gentile, Plato's mistake is to assume the transcendence of ideas with respect to thought, remaining in a dualism of mind-matter based abstractly on a being, or a matter, presupposed to the thought, which is the characteristic feature of Greek philosophy.
Christian philosophy had the merit of overcoming the intellectualistic position of the Greeks, their materialistic representation of the world, through the arduous effort to spiritualize reality, while still affirming the transcendence of the Spirit. This will later be resolved by Spinoza in the immanent unity of substance, which Gentile intends to transform into an immanentism of a subjectivistic and spiritualistic kind.
The cogito ergo sum of Descartes is a fundamental step in the journey of Western philosophy toward the self-consciousness of the actualist principle, as are George Berkeley's famous adage esse est percipi and Kant's a priori synthesis, though they still admit some realist and transcendent elements beyond the act of thinking.
Berkeley, for example, while affirming the dependence of actual on the idea, i.e., that there are no objects outside our perceptions, nevertheless continues to attribute representations of reality to an objective and absolute mind, presupposed to the human mind. For Gentile, on the contrary, the only absolute thought is that which is immanent to becoming and to individual minds, i.e., actual thought.
With German idealism, thought finally becomes aware that there are no other realities outside itself, although Fichte remains in the dualism of the self and the not-self, which is never overcome by the actuality of thought, but only by an infinitely dilated practical act, without prejudice to the opposition between theory and practice. The same opposition is not overcome by Schelling either, if not by an intellectual intuition thought in a dogmatic way and thus always presupposed to the present consciousness.
Finally, Hegel also, by tripling the single thought, conceives logic and nature as something other than spirit, as "thought" rather than as moments of the same thinking act, so that his dialectic results in a result that, for Hegel, is definitive, immutable, situated at the apex of the development of the mind, whereas, for Gentile, becoming is eternal, outside of time, otherwise arriving at such immutability would be at odds with its flow. To this end, Gentile endorses the need, already stated by Spaventa, to "kantianize" Hegel, by bringing the totality of the mind within the unity of the transcendental self.
In the concrete synthesis of this Ego, in its autoctisis outside of which there is nothing, that distinction between theory and praxis falls away, which Gentile reproached Croce for again, who was wrong to put a "logic of fact" in place of the actual logic of the Spirit, basing it on the distinction of the forms of the Spirit (art, philosophy, economics and ethics), which being "distinct" are only empty abstractions, divorced from the spiritual life, whose unity they compromise.
Gentile is concerned to reiterate several times the concreteness of the spiritual life of the thinking act, which unfolds in the dialectical triad thesis-athesis-synthesis, represented by art, religion and philosophy.
Gentile recovers the romantic conception of art as pure sentiment, giving it a character of lyrical intuition as De Sanctis and Croce have already done, however, challenging the latter that art is not mediated expression of feeling, but the feeling itself, an active force of the spirit that contains the whole in power. Moreover, art is not to be distinguished from other forms of human creativity as Croce believes, but permeates them all. And sentiment, as the core of art, will be increasingly revalued by Gentile to the point of saying that it is not only the potentiality of thought in action, but infinite creative energy that moves thought itself, and therefore the world, reality..
Thought, yes, is reality, the world. But the Atlas that sustains this world in which we live, and in which living is a joy, is the feeling, which [...] always makes us go back into ourselves to make sure that the world rests firmly on its foundations— Giovanni Gentile, Filosofia dell'arte, Florence, Sansoni, 1937, p. 373
Religion, however, is a necessary moment in the development of the spirit that needs to alienate itself in order to become self-aware.
On the other hand, it is not possible either for the spirit to fix itself in its simple religious position, cancelling itself as the subject itself; for the same cancellation can only take place, as we have already observed, by an affirmation of the spirit's activity. The spirit is led by its very nature to overcome each religious position in turn, recovering its autonomy, criticizing its conception of the divine, and thus proceeding to ever more spiritual forms of religion.— Giovanni Gentile, Teoria generale dello spirito, chap. XIV, § 8
Gentile recognizes in Christianity the beginning of this process of evolution of the spirit, because it has always privileged the intimacy and the responsibility of the subject starting from the central dogma of the Man-God, which recomposes in unity the separation between the divine spirit and the human spirit.
Gentile thus presents his philosophy as essentially Christian, or the fulfillment of Christianity in a demythologized form, as a religion of interiority which he intends to purge of the elements of realism and transcendence brought historically by platonism and aristotelianism.
Restoring the authentic Christian tradition, Gentile proposes to renew even the spiritualistic instances of the Italian Risorgimento, removing them from Platonism and mysticism of transcendence, in favor of an immanent religiosity that excludes any barrier between sacred and profane, and in which every man finds within himself, and in every aspect of his life, the concrete unity of the spirit.
He who trembles and is afraid to accept in his soul that consciousness of infinite responsibility with which man weighs himself down by recognizing and feeling God in him, is not a Christian, and, if Christianity is only a revelation, that is to say, a more open consciousness that man acquires of his own spiritual nature, he is not even a man. I mean a man conscious of his humanity. [...] And how will he be able to feel free, and therefore able to recognize and fulfill a duty, and to learn a truth, and to enter, in short, into the realm of the spirit, if in the depths of his own being he does not feel the gathering and the pulsation of history, of the universe, of the infinite, of everything? [...] And therefore the actualist does not deny God, but with the mystics and the most religious spirits that have been in the world, repeats: "Est Deus in nobis"..— Giovanni Gentile, Introduzione alla filosofia , Florence, Le Lettere, 1958, p. 33
Between art and religion lies science, which shares the limits of both without participating in their validity. Like art, in fact, science does not deal with the universal but with the particular and, in this sense, it is subjective. On the other hand, being faced with an object that it does not create, whose materiality is opposed to the activity of the spirit, places the latter in a condition of passivity typical of religion.
[...] It [science] is therefore agnostic by nature, and ready to say not only ignoramus, but also, and above all, ignorabimus, as religion does in front of its unknown and formidable God in its mystery. Ignoring the true impenetrable being of things, science knows what it considers to be a pure phenomenon, a subjective, one-sided and fragmentary appearance, like the image of the poet who sends a flash of lightning to the imagination in a dream from which the mind is distant from reality. The science, therefore, oscillating between art and religion, does not unify them, as the philosophy, in a superior synthesis; on the contrary, it adds, with the defect of objectivity and universality of the art, the defect of subjectivity and rationality of the religion.— Giovanni Gentile, Teoria generale dello spirito, chap. XV, § 8
Instead of composing together the subjectivity of art with the objectivity of religion, as philosophy does, science thus remains at their level of abstraction, which cannot be overcome except in the self-consciousness of the spiritual act, the only one where subject and object concretely coexist.
Gentile, however, rejects the accusation of "hostility to science", claiming, on the contrary, to share the desire, proper to a scientific mind, to overcome in practice every limit is considered inviolable by thought, a desire that finds its foundation in the "fruitfulness" of a philosophy such as the actualist one.
It has also been pointed out how, by denying the existence of immutable realities that oppose thought, with actualism every limit to free human creativity also falls in the technico-scientific direction.
Since the divine is immanent to the human, even on the ethical level, the spirit must be affirmed not as an empty universality that suppresses individuality, but as the concrete overcoming of particular interests in a superior ethics that includes them all and at the same time realizes them.
In this sense, Gentile presents himself as a convinced liberal, defending a human liberty understood as the capacity to universalize oneself by going beyond the limits of one's own empirical singularity. Gentile rejects the distinction made by Croce between economics and ethics, which, taken individually, remain at the stage of unattainable abstractions, in order to integrate them into a synthesis in which both find their concreteness in action, represented by State Ethics. The State is conceived by Gentile as a living organism in which individuals express themselves and discover their raison d'être; a state that does not set itself as a fixed and binding goal, but understood dynamically as a constant process of integration and renewal of spiritual life, as Gentile saw embodied by fascism.
In view of a reform of ethics and of the national conscience of which Actualism would have constituted the foundations, he motivated his adherence to Fascism by honouring himself as its official philosopher.
Actual idealism was successful in that it promoted a theory of regarding thought, that garnered enough attention, to prove a competition to the new waves of positivism, and therefore materialist conceptions of social life that were vying for reformist tendencies in the politics of the time. Its ideas, therefore, were key to helping the National Fascist Party consolidate power in Italy with its own reform, and integral to giving fascism the content of its philosophical sentiment. Despite this, Gentile claimed actual idealism to be the true variety of positivism, and the proper interpretation of the concept of positivism.
Benedetto Croce objected that Gentile's "pure act" is nothing other than Schopenhauer's will. However Schopenhauer "…came to rest in an Absolute which transcends concrete experience … and for (Schopenhauer) the Critical Philosophy was only a prolegomena or propaedeutic to a speculative or 'transcendent' philosophy of the kind which Gentile and Kant are united in opposing", according to H. S. Harris's book on the basic metaphysics of Giovanni Gentile in contrast to that of Schopenhauer.
With actualism, Gentile engages a reform of the Hegelian dialectic based on the spiritualists motives of the ontological tradition Italian, reconciling them with the needs of concrete character coming from the Marxist thought. He thus takes to Spaventa and Marx the reference models to reinterpret Hegel, proceeding to one of his "kantianizations" on the one hand, but avoiding falling into materialism on the other hand.
An opponent of all intellectualism, which he considered detached from reality, he succeeded in postulating a theory of speculative thought that would obtain sufficient consensus to compete with the new waves of positivism (and thus of materialist conceptions of social life) that were clashing in the field of reformist political trends of the time. In 1921, Piero Gobetti wrote of Gentile that he "brought philosophy down from the professorial obscurities into the concreteness of life". However, unlike Benedetto Croce, who permeates Italian culture in general, Gentile has an impact on the specifically philosophical milieu of his time.
His ideas, historically, are decisive for the consolidation of power of the National Fascist Party in Italy, providing a dogmatic basis for relative reforms, as well as the real driving force of the Fascist philosophical doctrine, tending towards the construction of a new humanity. Nevertheless, Gentile claims for his actualism the quintessential quality of positivism, of which it would constitute only the most correct interpretation.
With his conception idealist, Gentile intends to become a prophet of the spirit, a priest of an immanent divinity that religion wrongly considers transcendent, devoid of limits and imperfections. This concept, however, enters a crisis at the end of World War II, when new philosophical paradigms based rather on existentialism and on individualistic presuppositions impose themselves. Nicola Abbagnano, although a bearer of these new philosophical instances, exalted Gentile's differences between Gentile's philosophy and the idealism of Benedetto Croce, emphasizing at the same time the strongly romanticism roots from which Gentile's actualism draws.
Gentile's position [...] seemed to me, because it was, clearer and more concrete than Croce's. Moreover, although linked to Hegelianism, in all his philosophical system Gentile tried to free himself from abstraction and to anchor himself in reality. Also because of the strong political value of his personality, he criticized Hegel: he was indeed wrong, according to him, to have attempted a dialectic (relation/conflict between "thesis" and "antithesis", in order to generate an infinite series of rational "syntheses", aiming at Progress) relative to the thought, i.e., to the Spirit or to the thinkable reality, whereas the only dialectic is the one that involves the thinking, i.e., the human subject in the act in which he thinks. This "actualism" (the only reality is the thought in act, that is the subject of the thought) had in itself a flavor of concrete character, much more convincing than the schemes of Croce. Gentile also partially distanced himself from Hegel by affirming, in practice, that nothing exists outside the act of thought.— Nicola Abbagnano, Nella Napoli nobilissima, in Ricordi di un filosopho, sous la direction de Marcello Staglieno, § 3, p. 33, Milan, Rizzoli, 1990
Similarly, according to Leo Valiani, "his philosophy seems anachronistic to us. The evolution of societies and sciences has made it even more anachronistic than it already was. The link between thinking and doing, the problem of the active character of knowledge, which is at the center of Gentile's meditations, is nevertheless an eternal problem, which survives the particular approach he gave it".
Among Gentile's most faithful disciplinarians is Ugo Spirito, who defends the immanentism of his philosophy, to the point of reconciling it, after a long philosophical journey, with a vision that elevates science to the rank of cornerstone of the contemporary age. If other thinkers find in Marxism a natural outlet for his immanentism, there are those who, more attentive to the religious and spiritualist motives of his thought, claim the need to open up to transcendence, in particular the idealist Augusto Guzzo, or, still in the Catholic sphere, Armando Carlini, Michele Federico Sciacca and Augusto del Noce.
Recently, finally, the philosopher Emanuele Severino is keen to highlight, on the one hand, "the essential solidarity between actualism and techno-science; on the other hand, the capacity of actualism to carry over the entire Western tradition: this means that Gentile's thought is destined to be recognized as one of the most decisive features of world culture". | <urn:uuid:f7a1a840-a4c6-497b-907d-6dfa9c101561> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://db0nus869y26v.cloudfront.net/en/Actual_idealism | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570913.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809064307-20220809094307-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.959803 | 8,014 | 3.171875 | 3 |
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In this post, I am going to share my thoughts on Solving Your Problems First when it comes to entrepreneurship.
Back in the day when I used to work for a startup accelerator, I used to meet many “entrepreneurs”.
They had grand visions, incredibly complex business ideas, 20 year business plans and most importantly, a degree from IIM/IIT or any Top Tier business schools.
After working full-time for more than 12 years, I switched to working for myself and trying to earn a living online.
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I never went to B-school so I don’t understand lot of thier jargons and language.
Many of their ventures got funded and some even got acquired.
There was one guy who was an “Entrepreneur In Residence” working at the accelerator and during my last days there, I started chit chatting with him.
His ID card had the title “Entrepreneur In Residence” and I told him, “Wow, that’s a fancy title.”
He said, “Thanks”.
I asked him out of curiosity, “What does an entrepreneur do”?
He said, “Entrepreneurs are business creators, we understand complex problems, build solutions, raise funding, hire employees, manage investors, ensure hockey stick growth and handle PR.”
“We have to wear many hats in a single day and work round the clock to make it work.”
“Wow”, I said.
With a smirk, he asked me what do you do?
I replied, I’m trying to solve my life problems.
“What kind of problems?” he asked me.
Rent, Food, Cloths, Money for my mother and some leisure.
“Okaaayyyyy”, he responded and went on his way.
Clearly, he was not impressed with my problem statements.
I find the glorification of Entrepreneurship very confusing.
A lot of today’s entrepreneurs are after funding, PR, fast money and exits.
While all of this is great, wannabe entrepreneurs are forgetting one thing- entrepreneurship needs to be about problem solving.
First you solve your problems, then maybe you can solve your loved ones problems, then maybe you can solve society’s problems.
Now, your problems don’t necessarily mean that you have some problem in a grandiose way.
It could be as simple as paying off debt.
It could be doing something to express yourself creatively.
It could be something to help your friends in need.
After raising $2 million in Pre-Series A funding, I got kicked out of the company that I had started.
Fours years of being underpaid, sleepless nights and working my ass off resulted in nothing more than leaving the company in disgust.
Now when I look back, I guess it was for the best.
While I was working, I developed a problem with lack of attention.
I was trying to juggle so many problems that my mind was not able to concentrate on any single task at hand.
Now, Im able to sleep better, I don’t have to think about marketing budgets, I don’t need to care about my customer acquisition cost optimization, are we improving our performance numbers week on week.
I don’t need to look at any of this, and my mind seems lot clearer.
I was also an “Entrepreneur” by definition trying to solve problems that didn’t exist.
Now, I want to become an Entrepreneur just for myself.
In between all of this, I’m considering whether I should take a day job and keep this website alive just for my creative itch.
I don’t want to raise VC funding, PR & exit at large valuation.
This website makes zero money as of now.
If I can make $3000 in a month–I’ll be more than happy.
Funny how my definition of Entrepreneurship has changed.
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Archimedes Death Ray
Since its creation in 1958, DARPA’s mission has involved identifying valuable innovations for our military leaders, assessing underlying feasibilities, and fostering those with the most promise. One could say DARPA is the Cold War equivalent to the Manhattan Project.
DARPA's ATO is tasked with identifying, by late this year, which concepts to prototype for scale-up during 2008, and initial sea trials in 2009. An obvious reason new submarine construction has been minimized until 2012, is to avoid wasting dollars on yesterday's designs instead of tomorrow's. Very good thinking.
We have known that the Navy and DARPA want smaller, cheaper subs. Smaller means cheaper to operate (fewer submariners) , not just to build. The drivers for current Tango Bravo (Technology Barrier) breakthrough targets resulted from the Navy-DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) study completed in 2004. The study focused on key factors constraining hull size, mechanical and electrical systems involved in Virginia Class submarine design for an improved attack submarine with capabilities comparable to the Virginia boats at roughly half the vessel size and cost.
Using similar analytical methodology a year after the DARPA's study, MIT's class of 2009 confirmed a feasibility estimate responsive to whether or not a "burning glass" (depicted in fresco above), constructed under Archimedes's direction in 212 B.C. , set nearby enemy warships ablaze using solar energy. The event was recorded in ancient Greek and Roman annals from the siege of Syracuse. RESULT: ...our mathematical feasibility estimate was confirmed by the experiment and that the myth is at least possible.
Does anyone think nuclear powered submarines are not an ideal platform for offensive laser weapons? If such were ever deployed, would most of us even know about it? If you knew about it, could you or Joe Buff tell whomever? Submarines are always silent and strange. Yet, perhaps not as strange as the 2 millennia it has taken to confirm what Archimedes knew. | <urn:uuid:0975ecd7-f904-4caf-b5c6-f395db50f1ce> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://aquilinefocus.blogspot.com/2006/07/archimedes-death-ray.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988718957.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183838-00437-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953169 | 411 | 3.296875 | 3 |
I just finished reading my first ebook on my new NookColor: Nick Bilton‘s I Live in the Future and Here’s How It Works. It was an interesting experience, done primarily on , but thanks to the B&N apps, I also could read it on my PC and on my Droid phone, which I did. I will definitely be reading more books this way.
Bilton’s book continues themes surfaced by Shirky and others that I have discussed in this blog, but he had some interesting nuances. One of the fascinating glimpses of the not-too-distant future in his book was that every chapter had a QR code under the chapter title. Using my Droid, I could snap from the chapter code to supplemental websites that provided additional background information for the chapter as well as videos of Bilton discussing the chapter. I could easily visualize the future textbooks having similar functionality, with our students actually using their smartphones for learning!
After reading a book, I like to go back and thumb through it. Having it now on my PC makes this just as easy to do, and I found that areas I highlighted either on the Nook or on my Droid showed up highlighted on my PC … so the three screens were sync’ed. Bilton talks about the three screens in Chapter 8, where he discusses the concept of 1:2:10. You tend to hold your smartphone one foot from your eyes, look at a desktop or laptop screen two feet away, and watch your TV from about ten feet. Bilton suggests that in the future, we will engage with content seamlessly across all three screens, though designing content to do so raises interesting challenges. For instance, Bilton imagines a scenario where I could be watching this weekend’s Army-Navy game (GO NAVY!) on TV and have to leave at half-time for an engagement. Under his scenario, my phone would know that I was leaving my TV and begin automatically providing updates on my phone until I got to my destination and fired up my laptop, where the information would shift over seamlessly to that screen. I cannot automatically do this now…but Bilton suggests this will be the norm before too long.
In other words, my view of the Army-Navy game would be customized for me and delivered as an experience, not just content. This individualization and customization theme permeated the book.
One of the most intriguing concepts in this book was in Chapter 6. Bilton notes that when you take out your smartphone and click “locate me”, a map appears with you in the center. Maps and charts (maps used at sea) have been part of my life for years. Mercator came up with the projection used by most map makers over 400 years ago, but maps always were based on places and landmarks. You would go into a store and buy a map of Richmond VA or Nebraska or the subway system. You would never go in as Bilton suggests and ask, “Oh, excuse me, can I buy a map of me?”
Bilton uses this image of being in the center as a metaphor for life today. Rather than getting news from mainstream sources, we now use Twitter and Google Reader to customize our news experience. For many of our students, their main source of news is the “news feed” from Facebook (an application correctly named from their perspective!). We listen to our own collections of songs on our iPods or customized channels on Pandora rather than using CD’s or radios. As Bilton describes it, digital will more and more mean “immediate” and “infinite” and “extremely personalized” in the digitally narcissistic world where the customer is always at the center of the map.
It should not be too great a leap to take this shift from content or subject base to personal base and visualize it in the classroom of the future. Our students are growing up in a world where they are always at the center of the map…everywhere except in the classroom. In listening to some of the frustrations expressed by my students, I hear of too many teachers continuing to try and keep this personalization out of teaching. A doctoral student last week defended her dissertation (and did a nice job), but her study of eighteen high school teachers who had been in a 1:1 laptop initiative for EIGHT YEARS found that 15 of the 18 continued to teach as they always had with no demonstration that they had integrated technology into their teaching. Sad but not surprising. My students want to change as well, but express concerns that too many administrators and fellow teachers continue to view digital media as simply new ways to do the same old things.
Outside the classroom, our students are experiencing a rich world centered around themselves. When they buy applications, they do not buy content, they buy experiences. Driving around town, they can use their phone now to locate local shops or restaurants on the fly..or with Foursquare, locate their friends. Some are now suggesting that the majority of our access to the internet will be via our smartphones, and when you couple access to information with yourself in the center of the map, all sorts of possibilities explode.
What if we took this concept to education? What would a school of me look like?
If the student was at the center of the learning process, then instruction would be personalized based on that student’s prior knowledge and abilities. Personal learning networks would be more the norm, and through networked learning, students would create their own knowledge base (and content). Students could access not only facts off the internet, but connect to others with similar interests and passions about the learning topic they are studying. I have used her before, but Wendy comes to mind when looking at a school of me.
One also gets a glimpse if one looks at the nominees for this year’s Edublog Awards. The nominees across the 23 categories are out on the cutting edge when it comes to using digital media for learning (and be sure to vote for this year’s winners).
What would it take to move schools towards a school of me? Leadership. Vision. Risk. Yet, could a “school of me” be an answer to the challenges facing education…particularly the challenges in which we seem to be falling behind much of the world. The Asian dominance in this year’s PISA test scores suggests that continuing to educate as we have is a prescription for further failure.
Bilton’s final chapter says “they’re not coming back.” He is talking about traditional consumers, traditional media, and traditional brands. Yet, while our students have evolved and continue to change, education has for the most part not changed. How can you worry about going back if you never left?
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If so, then there are two words you will want to remember. Those words are Eyeliss and Haloxyl.
In a large part, dark circles are due to the buildup of hemoglobin caused by leaking capillaries and the buildup of fluids in the area under your eyes. Also, they can look even darker on people with pale skin.
Eyeliss and Haloxyl are two very effective ingredients to help you reduce or even eliminate dark circles under the eyes.
So, a good way to treat dark circles under eyes is by finding a natural eye cream that contains both of these ingredients, Haloxyl and Eyeliss.
What Does Haloxyl Do?
Haloxyl helps to reduce hemoglobin and other waste materials that build up under the skin beneath the eyes making them bruised and dark. By keeping this waste from building up, not only does the skin look less puffy, but also less dark.
What Does Eyeliss Do?
While Haloxyl reduces the buildup of hemoglobin and other waste products, Eyeliss strengthens the capillaries so that they are less likely to break and leak blood under the eyes. It also helps to reduce fluid buildup under the eyes.
Along with these ingredients that specifically target dark eye circles, you also need to look for ingredients that can reduce under eye wrinkles and promote collagen production to help firm up the skin under eyes.
Antioxidants are necessary to protect you against free radicals damage. In addition, you can look for components such as natural vitamin E, Manuka honey and Homeo Age.
5 Tips To Treat Dark Circles At Home
- Make sure that you get plenty of rest to help reduce stress which can lead to under eye wrinkles and dark circles.
- You should avoid rubbing your eyes as this action only serves to burst tiny capillaries. The skin under your eyes is incredibly thin and gets even thinner as you age. This means that the capillaries are nearer the surface and therefore are more at risk of breaking when you rub under or around your eyes.
- Take care when removing makeup from your eyes as rubbing can destroy tissues and cause fluid to build up under the skin of the eyes. Do it gently and wash the area with a gentle wash and a cotton pad using as little pressure as possible. Do not scrub the area under or around the eyes, but rather cream away dirt and makeup.
- Give your under eye product for dark circles time to work! It all depends not only on how dark those rings are and how much fluid has built up under your eyes but also on how effective the cream or serum you are using can be.
- You can help to relieve dark rings and puffiness by soaking thin slices of cucumber or potato in cold milk and applying them to closed eyes for 15 minutes first thing in the morning. The coolness will help to reduce swelling while the milk will help to lighten them. This home recipe will give you a temporary relief while the cream will be strengthening your capillaries and draining that fluid from beneath your eyes.
By using some home remedies to relieve the dark circles and swelling as well as finding the right natural eye cream for dark circles, it won’t be long until you have bright eyes and radiant skin.
Xtend Life Eye Contour Serum With Eyeliss and Haloxyl
Other than Eyeliss and Haloxyl, there are also some other natural ingredients that can work synergistically to give your eyes healthy and beautiful looks.
Xtend life is a company that uses quality natural ingredients, away from harmful chemicals to help you deal with wrinkles, puffy eyes or dark circles in the case of eye skincare treatment.
So, the above product is a natural eye cream which contains ingredients that clinical studies have shown to treat dark circles.
You can check more about the studies concerning the effectiveness of the ingredients as well as people’s reviews about this eye serum on Xtend Life’s official site which you can visit by clicking above.
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Rembrandt, Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669 :[The return of the prodigal son] 1636
Reference Number: B-068-002
The prodigal son, half naked, falling at his father's feet, his staff at his feet. A woman leans out of the window above, a man turns away to the right
Rembrandt, Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669 :[Collection of etchings. 1635-1654], Reference Number B-068-001/016 (7 digitised items)
Extent: 1 b&w art print(s)Etching, 156 x 136 mm. Art works
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Update: Added a paragraph to clarify on the effect of Windows Autopilot for device Retire / Delete actions.
It feels there are a million different reset options in Microsoft’s endpoint manager (aka Intune). Some of the options even provide additional „suboptions“. I would like to explain the different options, their differences, and their main use cases here. If you prefer it short and concise summary can be found at the end.
Let us get started with Retire option. The Retire action removes app data, settings, and Intune managed email profiles from the device. The device will still show up in Intune until the device ultimately checks in. If you want to remove stale devices immediately, use the Delete action instead. Delete will also issue the retire command but it will remove the device from the All devices list immediately. Retire leaves users’ personal data on the device.
|Action||Data type||Windows 10|
|Retire/Delete||Company apps and associated data installed by Intune||Apps are uninstalled. Sideloading keys are removed. Microsoft 365 Apps are not removed.|
Intune management extension installed Win32 apps will not be uninstalled on unenrolled devices.
|Retire/Delete||Settings||Configurations that were set by Intune policy are no longer enforced. Users can change the settings.|
|Retire/Delete||Wi-Fi and VPN profile settings||Removed|
|Retire/Delete||Certificate profile settings||Certificates are removed and revoked.|
|Retire/Delete||Removes email that’s EFS-enabled. This includes emails and attachments in the Mail app for Windows. Removes mail accounts that were provisioned by Intune. (PST or OST files are not removed!)|
|Retire/Delete||User accounts||Only if a local account exists (non AAD accounts) a sign-in is possible after Retire Action.|
|Retire/Delete||Personal Data||Users personal data is not removed.|
|Retire||Remove from Intune||Yes, wait until device ultimately checks in|
|Delete||Remove from Intune||No, remove from Intune immediately|
|Retire/Delete||Azure AD unjoin||The Azure AD record is removed.*|
Retire should be used for devices that are no longer needed. For corporate devices, it removes all access to the device completely, as it also deletes the Azure AD record.
Please note there is an exception to this: If your device has an Autopilot hash assigned (Zero Touch ID, ZTDID) it will NOT be deleted from Azure AD. This is because if you register a device with Autopilot it will create a linked stub device object in Azure AD. This object is the anchor for the Autopilot device. Therefore, the Azure AD team has added an extra safeguard to prevent any deletion of AAD device objects with assigned Windows Autopilot IDs.
If you still want to delete the AAD device, you need to remove it in Endpoint Manager Admin Center first.
Without any local administrator provisioned, you will not be able to access the device after a Retire/Delete any longer. Retire is a perfect option for BYOD devices enrolled in Intune, as it will remove all management Intune settings like Wi-fi, VPN profile, certificates, e-mail accounts, the Azure AD join record, and apps. However, it will not remove Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise (Office ProPlus) and other Win32 apps or any user’s personal data.
The Wipe action (formerly named Factory Reset) can be a destructive action with potential data loss. It will restore a device to its default settings (OOBE, out-of-box experience). The Wipe action has an option to keep the enrollment state and associated user account. If this option is not set, all data, apps, and settings will be removed. See differences in the table.
|Device action||Keep enrollment state and user account||Removed from Intune management||Description|
|Wipe||Checked||No||Wipes all MDM Policies. |
Keeps user accounts and data (Profile).
Resets user settings back to default, Removes user-installed apps,
Resets the operating system to its default state and settings.
Keeps AAD join,
MDM policies will be reapplied the next time device connects to Intune.
|Wipe||Not checked||Yes||Wipes all user accounts, |
Wipes all user data and user-installed apps,
Removes MDM policies, and non-default settings.
Resets the operating system to its default state and settings (OOBE).
A wipe is useful for resetting a device before it will be given to a new user, or when the device has been lost or stolen.
The option “Wipe the device and continue to wipe even if device loses power” is a new option to avoid the circumvention of a wipe by simply power cycling the device. This option will keep trying to reset the device until it succeeded.
The Fresh Start device action removes any apps that are installed on a PC running Windows 10. Fresh Start helps remove pre-installed (OEM) apps that are typically installed with a new PC. In this context, it is almost identically to a wipe. The only advantage of Fresh Start is it removes OEM-preloaded applications (Bloatware).
Fresh Start comes with one option. If you do not retain user data, the device will be restored to the default OOBE completed state retaining the built-in administrator account.
BYOD devices will be unenrolled from Azure AD and mobile device management. Azure AD joined devices will be enrolled into mobile device management again when an Azure Active Directory enabled user signs into the device.
|Device action||Retain user data on this device||Removed from Intune management||Description|
|Fresh Start||Not checked||Yes||Wipes all user accounts, all user data and installed Win32 apps, MDM policies, and non-default settings.|
Keep Windows Store Apps,
Updates Windows to latest version and its default state and settings.
Keeps AAD join
|Fresh Start||Checked||No||Keeps all user accounts and data,|
Wipes all MDM Policies and Win32 apps, Keeps Store Apps, Resets user settings back to default. Removes user-installed apps, Updates Windows to latest version. Keeps AAD join
Fresh Start is ideal for devices that do not come with a plain vanilla Windows (Signature Edition) installed. For example, you bought a device at the local electronic store and the installation contains a lot of demo software and a trial virus scanner. With Fresh Start, you reset the device to the only built-in applications included with the default Microsoft Windows 10 ISO image.
Autopilot Reset removes all the files, apps, and settings on a device (including the user profile) but retains the connection to Azure AD and Intune. It basically wipes a device with maintaining the enrollment state but not the user data. Autopilot Reset also maintains the region/language/keyboard, any machine provisioning packages applied, and Wi-Fi connections. There is no OOBE or Autopilot ability after Autopilot Reset, as this data is retained. The user will be presented directly with the Windows 10 login screen and can sign-in directly!
|Wipe action||Removed from Intune management||Description|
|Autopilot reset||No||Wipes all MDM Policies and User data. Resets user settings back to default. Removes user-installed apps, Keeps user accounts. Resets the operating system to its default state and management settings. Keeps AAD join|
Autopilot Reset is the best option for re-using a working device within your organization. Basically, the last user is removed from a device and (depending on your Intune deployment configuration) and it can be handed over to the next person with no extra work needed.
|Method||Usage||Intune management||Azure AD enrollment|
|Retire/Delete||get rid of outdated devices||removed||removed|
|Wipe (keep enrollment)||Reset device to default, remove Apps|
keep user’s data/files
|Wipe||Lost stolen device, device handover, Return to OOBE||removed||removed|
|Reset device to Signature Edition, |
remove Apps, keep user’s data/files update to latest Windows version
|Fresh Start||Reset device to latest Windows Signature Edition||removed||keep|
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Gender-Diversity-Impact. Improving Research and Innovation through Gender Diversity
About (English version):
The GEDII project examines the relationship between gender diversity in research teams and their research performance. During three years and counting on partners from Sweden, Germany and the UK, GEDII aims to produce new insights how the proportion between men and women and associated gender stereotypes affect the quality and quantity of research outputs. Although past work hints at the importance of gender aspects for the quality and innovation of research, its real payoff remains very unevenly evidenced. Using innovative methods for analyzing the diversity-performance relationship, the project will develop in the first place a reliable gender diversity measure that is sensitive to power, status and information sharing differentials within research teams and across public & private organisations. This Gender-Diversity-Index (GDI) will establishes a nuanced and realistic baseline in order to assess for the first time the impact of gender diversity across countries and sectors. In a second step, the GDI scores will then be set in relation to a flexible set of performance indicators, including patent and bibliometric measures across Europe, combined with new indicators of social impact. While results might be applicable across the sciences, GEDII will primarily focus on teams working in the field of biomedical engineering and transport research – both areas that are a priority for European research funding and have high societal impact. Part of the challenge clearly consists of bringing together insights from very diverse knowledge fields such as gender studies, the “science of team science”, and research evaluation. By combining these disparate conceptual approaches with an innovative assessment tool, GEDII strives to provide a clear and comprehensive framework for assessing the link between gender diversity and research performance.
Thursday, October 1, 2015 to Sunday, September 30, 2018
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A more recent publication of this set of statistics is available.
Latest publication: Turnover of trade 2016, November
Published: 13 June 2012
Retail trade sales grew by 1.4 per cent in April
According to Statistics Finland, retail trade sales increased by 1.4 per cent last April from April 2011.The volume of sales, from which the impact of prices has been eliminated, went down by 2.2 per cent in retail trade over the same period. In daily consumer goods trade, sales grew by 1.6 per cent, while in department store trade sales went down by 2.4 per cent. Wholesale trade sales went up by 6.1 per cent. In motor vehicle trade, sales fell by 13.5 per cent year-on-year. In total trade, sales grew by 1.7 per cent in April.
Annual change in turnover in trade industries, % (TOL 2008)
In the January to April period, sales were up by 6.2 per cent in retail trade and by 7.5 per cent in wholesale trade on the respective period of the previous year. Motor vehicle trade sales were up by 12.3 per cent. In total trade, sales were up by 7.8 per cent in January to April on the respective period of the year before.
Amended motor vehicle tax legislation influences motor vehicle trade sales in 2012
An amendment concerning the motor vehicle tax that is levied at first registration entered into force on 1 April 2012. According to it, the amount of tax is now based on the volume of carbon dioxide emissions that correspond with the combined consumption of the vehicle. The tax on passenger cars and vans rises if the emissions exceed 110g/km. The impacts of the amended taxation on motor vehicle prices will also be seen in the development of motor vehicle trade sales in 2012.
Source: Turnover of trade, Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Jarkko Niemistö 09 1734 2951, Tiina Talvio 09 1734 2698, firstname.lastname@example.org
Director in charge: Hannele Orjala
Publication in pdf-format (246.4 kB)
Tables in databases
- Revisions in these statistics
- Revisions in these statistics (13.6.2012)
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Turnover of trade [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-0939. April 2012. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 20.1.2017].
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As Indianapolis Public Schools pursues a radical new approach to saving its most troubled schools, district leaders face an increasingly pressing question: Are their reforms working?
In the first year at the first failing school to be restarted as an “innovation” school, the number of students who passed state tests actually dropped. But whether or not one year of test scores says much about a school depends on who you ask.
It is “absolutely” concerning that student passing rates dropped at School 103 in its first year in the district’s innovation program, said Gary Henry, a professor at Vanderbilt who has evaluated turnaround efforts in Tennessee and North Carolina.
“Most of the recent literature on turnover … showed positive results in the first year,” he said.
When the district converts struggling schools to “innovation” status, new principals are given full control over their budgets, staffing and curriculum. Teachers must reapply for jobs and they are not part of the IPS union. But the restarted schools are still part of the district and they still accept all neighborhood kids.
Since the innovation program began, IPS board has restarted three failing schools as innovation schools. The district’s first test case was School 103, where the charter network Phalen Leadership Academies took over management in 2015.
School supporters were likely hoping to see scores creep up a bit since Phalen took over but when ISTEP scores were released this month, the school saw its passing rate on ISTEP fall from 9.6 to 4.6 percent.
Henry says that’s a bad sign. In a recent review of research, he found that every turnaround that was successful had improvements in test scores and proficiency rates in the first year.
But other experts argue that it can take time for new or restarted schools to ramp up.
Brian Gill, a fellow with Mathematica Policy Research, lead a study of takeover schools that found that scores fell in the first year but rebounded in later years.
“I would not expect turnaround efforts that involve major changes to show improvements in student achievement in the first year,” Gill wrote in an email.
The leader of the charter network that runs School 103, Earl Phalen, takes ISTEP passing rates seriously, and he said that in the longterm, the school aims to exceed the state average. But for the first year, test scores weren’t their top priority. Instead, school officials were focused on creating a warm culture where students feel supported and encouraged to be leaders.
“You’ve got to get culture right first before you can really focus on the academics,” Phalen said. “Next year, we expect the state results to go up significantly.”
Some experts agree that the district shouldn’t expect immediate improvement in test scores. In part that’s because it could take a few years for their work to translate into test scores, said Steven Glazerman, who is also at Mathematica. For example, if a school is doing a good job in the early grades, it would be years before those students take the state standardized test.
But other researchers are more concerned by declining passing rates. Henry said that most of the research that shows it takes a few years for a turnaround school to improve was focused on less intense interventions when the teachers were retrained, rather than replaced.
At schools like the IPS innovation schools, where the existing teachers must reapply for their jobs, he said the district should expect to see immediate improvements in student test scores.
Despite his misgivings, Henry said that turnaround schools should be given at least a few years to make improvements before the district decides whether to renew their contracts.
Both Glazerman and Henry agree that there are other indicators the district can look to when it is evaluating restarted schools in the early years.
The turnaround schools Henry has studied where leaders recruit high-quality, experienced teachers and principals have improved significantly, he said. But turnaround schools with novice teachers and principals have actually had drops in performance.
“The disruption (to teaching staff) is probably needed, but the results will depend on what happens after the disruption,” Henry said. “Who is recruited? Are they experienced, high-quality, dedicated teachers and do they get compensation for the extra work that is required in these turnaround schools?” | <urn:uuid:ddc088da-ee50-40ed-be8b-02e88fc26823> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.chalkbeat.com/posts/in/2016/11/30/is-one-year-enough-time-to-make-a-bad-school-better-experts-are-divided/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281226.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00379-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973551 | 907 | 1.546875 | 2 |
Labour could do far worse than to look - improbable as it might seem - to the US, where congressional Democrats (among others) scored a interesting victory last month with the massive housing bill signed into law by President Bush. Notable, first and foremost, for the lifeline it extended to the delightfully named mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the bill also threw a lifeline to home-owners and first-time buyers, in what the New York Times called "perhaps the boldest attempt to aid troubled borrowers since the creation of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in 1933 as part of the New Deal".
Whilst perhaps not obviously admirable for satisfying the chief imperative of propping up Fannie and Freddie (which was surely necessary), the housing bill is admirable for the $4bn it promises to states and cities to buy and redevelop abandoned and foreclosed properties (the measure, indeed, that Bush signed the bill in spite of), and for the $300bn pledged to allow hard-up homeowners to switch to fixed-rate, government-backed mortgages which should allow 400,000 homeowners to avoid foreclosure.
It is worth dwelling on how the political ground seems to be shifting, even ahead of November. 45 House Republicans - and, of course, Bush - supported the bill. Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr., appointed by Bush in 2006, and an architect of the bill, serves as a startling demonstration of how fast economic priorities can shift in a crisis: a former investment banker at Goldman Sachs, he was as recently as November 2006 ridiculing the "excessive regulation" that "slows innovation, imposes needless costs on investors and stifles competitiveness". Now - if we are to believe Senator Jim Bunning of Kentucky - he is a socialist!
Socialism it is not. But along with the aggressive slashing of interest rates and the $150bn working its way into Americans' back pockets, it represents a certain boldness in dealing with the current economic crisis which is eluding this Labour government. This kind of boldness Gordon Brown must draw on if the re-launch of his government is to be a success. Difficult times evidently soften even the most ardent free-marketeers; as a social democratic party Labour cannot afford to abrogate its commitment to fairness at this crucial moment.
To be sure, Brown finds himself in a much different political climate. For instance, there was a media frenzy when it emerged that Brown's fiscal rules would have to be broken; in contrast, the Housing Bill raised the federal debt limit by $800bn, to the enviable soundtrack of relative (mainstream) media silence.
So what way for Labour? Their languishing poll results suggest they have no further to fall, so this autumn they have nothing to lose by acting boldly. For example, the current uncertainty over the windfall tax on oil company profits could be dissolved if they learned from another bold American, Obama, who backs a similar windfall tax to help those struggling to meet energy costs (see also former minister Chris Leslie backing the tax in the upcoming Fabian Review). Creating a fairer Britain must be at the heart of the re-launch. | <urn:uuid:1c8115f2-0fef-4ef5-afab-e409b8b08ea0> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.nextleft.org/2008/08/lesson-from-america.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280718.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00412-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967554 | 641 | 1.609375 | 2 |
The day of Russian science
Russian science day February 8, was established by presidential decree No. 717 dated June 7, 1999 " On establishing the Day of Russian science.
This holiday marks the date of the Foundation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, established by order of the Emperor Peter I decree of the Senate on January 28 (February 8, new style) 1724.
In the USSR science Day was celebrated on the third Sunday of April, as in 1918, between 18 and 25 April, Lenin was "Sketch plan of scientific-technical works’, which was the actual recognition by science. Until today, many scientific groups celebrate science Day "old style– that is, on the third Sunday of April (in 2012, the festival falls on the 15th of April). | <urn:uuid:06350725-714f-49f3-9873-2ae027cc42c0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.rusevents.info/holiday/the-day-of-russian-science/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572089.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814234405-20220815024405-00067.warc.gz | en | 0.965505 | 160 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Połack (Belarusian Latin alphabet)
Location of Polotsk
|• Mayor||Uladzimir S. Tachyla|
|• Total||40.77 km2 (15.74 sq mi)|
|Elevation||111 m (364 ft)|
|• Density||2,000/km2 (5,200/sq mi)|
|Time zone||EET (UTC+2)|
|• Summer (DST)||EEST (UTC+3)|
|Postal code||211291, 211400—211402, 211404—211415, 211422|
|Area code(s)||+375 214|
Polotsk or Polatsk (Belarusian: По́лацк, Połack, Russian: По́лоцк, Polotsk, Polish: Połock) is a historical city in Belarus, situated on the Dvina River. It is the center of the Polatsk Raion in Vitebsk Voblast. Its population is more than 80,000 people. It is served by Polotsk Airport and during the Cold War was home to Borovitsy air base.
Paluota (luotas means dugout canoe in Lith. and pa- means "by/beside") is a Lithuanian name of ethnic Lithuanian river from which a Lithuanian name for today's Belorussian city Polotsk originates.
Polotsk is one of the most ancient cities of the Eastern Slavs. The Primary Chronicle (a history of Kievan Rus' from about 850 to 1110, compiled in Kiev about 1113) listed Polotsk in 862 (as Полотескъ, /poloteskŭ/), together with Murom and Beloozero. However, an archaeological expedition from the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus suggests that Polotsk did exist in the first half of the 9th century.
The first known prince of Polotsk was Rogvolod. He had two sons and a daughter named Rogneda. Rogvolod promised her to the prince of Kiev, Yaropolk, as a wife. But Yaropolk's brither, Vladimir, had attacked Polotsk before Yaropolk came. He killed Rogvolod, his wife and sons and married Rogneda.
Vladimir and Rogneda had five children and the eldest of them got the Polotsk throne.
Between the 10th and 12th centuries, the Principality of Polotsk emerged as the dominant center of power in what is now Belarusian territory, with a lesser role played by the Principality of Turov to the south. It repeatedly asserted its sovereignty in relation to other centers of Kievan Rus, becoming a political capital, the episcopal see and the controller of vassal territories among Balts in the west. Its most powerful ruler was Prince Vseslav Bryachislavich, who reigned from 1044 to 1101. A 12th-century inscription commissioned by Vseslav's son Boris may still be seen on a huge boulder installed near the St. Sophia Cathedral. For a full list of the Polotsk rulers, please see the list of Belarusian rulers.
In 1240, Polotsk became a vassal of Lithuanian princes. Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytenis annexed the city by military force in 1307, completing the process which Lithuanian princes had begun in the 1250s. Polotsk received a charter of autonomy guaranteeing that the grand dukes ′will not introduce new, nor destroy the old′. It was the earliest to be so incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. By doing so, the Lithuanians manage to firmly grasp the Dvina trade route into their hands, securing an important element for the surrounding economies. The Magdeburg law was adopted in 1498. Polotsk was a capital of the Połock Voivodship of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1772. Captured by the Russian army of Ivan the Terrible in 1563, it was returned to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania just 15 years later. It was again captured by Russian on 17 June 1654 but recaptured by Poles-Lithuanians on 30 October 1660 during Russo-Polish War (1654-67).
As in 1773 Polotsk (then Połock) became seized by Russia as the Russian Partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, since the Russian Empress Catherine did not acknowledge the Papal Suppression of the Society of Jesus (1773–1814), the order branches in these lands were not disbanded, and Połock became the European centre of the Order, with the novitiate opening in 1780, the arrival of distinguished Jesuits from other parts of Europe who brought with them valuable books and scientific collections. Jesuits continued their pastoral work and upgraded the Jesuit College in Polotsk, opened in 1580 by decree of the Polish king Stefan Batory, with the Jesuit Piotr Skarga as its first rector, into the Połock Academy (1812–1820), with three faculties – Theology, Languages and Liberal Arts, 4 libraries, a printing house, a bookshop, a theatre with 3 stages, a science museum, an art gallery and a scientific and literary periodical, and a medical care centre. The school was also the patron of the college in Petersburg, the mission to Saratów and an expedition to Canton. When in 1820 the pressure from the Russian Orthodox Church influenced Tsar Alexander I to exile the Jesuits and close the Academy, there were 700 students studying there. The Academy's library, with its 40,000-60,000 volumes, the richest collection of 16th- to 18th-century books, was also disbanded by the Russian authorities, the books were taken to St. Petersburg, Kiev and other cities, 4000 volumes (along with books from other closed Jesuit schools) going to the St. Petersburg State University Scientific Library
That period of warfare started the gradual decline of the city. After the first partition of Poland, Polotsk was reduced to the status of a small provincial town of the Russian Empire. During the French invasion of Russia in 1812, it was the site of two battles, the First Battle of Polotsk and the Second Battle of Polotsk.
Polotsk was occupied by the German Empire between 25 February 1918 and 21 November 1918 in World War I, by Poland between 22 September 1919 and 14 May 1920 in the Polish–Soviet War and by Nazi Germany between 16 July 1941 and 4 July 1944 in World War II. Polotsk became the center of Polatsk Voblast between 20 September 1944 and 8 January 1954. After dissolving ones and dividing between Vitebsk and Molodechno ones, it is part of former.
The city's Cathedral of Saint Sophia in Polotsk (1044–1066) was a symbol of the independent-mindedness of Polotsk, rivaling churches of the same name in Novgorod and Kiev. The name referred to the original Hagia Sophia in Constantinople and thus to claims of imperial prestige, authority and sovereignty. The cathedral had been ruined by the troops of Peter I of Russia. Hence the present baroque building by Johann Christoph Glaubitz dates from the mid-18th century. Some genuine 12th-century architecture (notably Transfiguration Church) survives in the Convent of Saint Euphrosyne, which also features a neo-Byzantine cathedral, designed and built in 1893—1899 by Vladimir Korshikov.
Cultural achievements of the medieval period include the work of the nun Euphrosyne of Polotsk (1120–1173), who built monasteries, transcribed books, promoted literacy and sponsored art (including local artisan Lazarus Bohsha's famous "Cross of Saint Euphrosyne," a national symbol and treasure lost during World War II), and the prolific, original Church Slavonic sermons and writings of Bishop Cyril of Turaw (1130–1182).
The first Belarusian printer, Francysk Skaryna, was born in Polotsk around 1490. He is famous for the first printing of the Bible in an East Slavic language (in Old Belarusian) in 1517, several decades after the first-ever printed book by Johann Gutenberg and just several years after the first Czech Bible (1506).
In September 2003, as "Days of Belarusian Literacy" were celebrated for the 10th time in Polotsk, city authorities dedicated a monument to honor the unique Cyrillic Belarusian letter Ў, which is not used in any other Slavic language. The original idea for the monument came from the Belarusian calligraphy professor Paval Siemchanka, who has been studying Cyrillic scripts for many years.
- Andrei of Polotsk
- Bryachislav of Polotsk
- Euphrosyne of Polatsk
- Francysk Skaryna
- Gabriel Lenkiewicz
- Igor Shitov
- Izyaslav of Polotsk
- Mary Antin
- Rogneda of Polotsk
- Rogvolod Vseslavich
- Sofia of Minsk, Queen of Denmark
- Symeon of Polotsk
- Vseslav of Polotsk
- Vyacheslav Gordanov
- "World Gazetteer". Archived from the original on 2013-01-11.
- Occidental spelling according to the Belarus Permanent Mission to the United Nations.
- Occidental spelling according to the official Belarus website.
- Occidental spelling according to "Nations Online" website.
- Spelling according to Google Maps.
- polotskgik.by - City
- Archaeologists have won the dispute in the ancient chronicles of the earlier date base of Polotsk[dead link]
- The New Cambridge Medieval History: c. 1300-c. 1415. p.706
- The New Cambridge Medieval History: c. 1300-c. 1415. pp.769-770
- Symposium 2014: Jesuit Survival and Restoration 1773 - 1814: 200th Anniversary Perspectives from Boston and Macau
- Połock Academy (1812–1820): An Example of the Society of Jesus's Endurance, by Irena Kadulska in: Robert A. MARYKS and Jonathan WRIGHT (eds.), Jesuit Survival and Restoration: A Global History, 1773–1900, Leiden and Boston, MA: Brill, 2015, ISBN 9789004282384, pp. 83-98
- Stam, David H. International Dictionary of Library Histories. Chicago, Ill: Dearborn, 2001. vol 1, p. 686
- Savelyev, Yu. R. Vizantiysky stil v architecture Rossii (Савельев, Ю. Р. Византийский стиль в архитектуре России. - СПБ., 2005) Saint Petersburg, 2005. ISBN 5-87417-207-6, p.260
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- Official site of the city of Polack - Официальный сайт города Полоцка
- Polotsk Chat Forum
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- Polotsk historic images
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I think it is a deep and natural desire in most women to marry up if they can. This is prudent in class and status terms. More importantly, it makes sense as young women prepare, consciously or not, for the great risk of having children, to find the most securely attached and resource-laden spouse they can.
However, human beings are reasoning creatures, who can understand trade-offs, changed social conditions, and priorities. High-achieving women are probably the best people of all to understand and weigh such factors. And every woman and man is not looking to marry an entire sex or the average of an entire sex, but one particular person with a very specific set of qualities.
SO the good news for high-achieving women is that there are more men who want to be part of a family that shares the achievements, the status, and, of course, the work. Just as women have always done when the shoe is on other foot.
So one could lament the hard time high-achieving women have of making a traditional pairing. I prefer, though, this response:
A feminist leader, Siobhan (Sam) Bennett, president of the nonpartisan Women’s Campaign Fund, does not see conflicts for high-earning women in dating, marriage and domestic life. On the contrary, she told me, “I see great opportunity that these high-value women will ask and gain the flexibility they need to have marriages and families — their lives will probably look different than what we’ve seen — but they will work for them.” | <urn:uuid:29889f8c-ee80-4526-b467-e2948961f413> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://gruntledcenter.blogspot.com/2011/12/wanted-domestic-men-for-high-achieving.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280310.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00192-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971859 | 322 | 1.507813 | 2 |
Spell Reflection is a core warrior ability learned at level 66. It is a self-buff that allows the warrior to reflect a spell back onto the enemy caster. It lasts for 5 seconds, and can be used both offensively and defensively.
Modified by Edit
- Spell Reflection is not affected by Global Cooldown.
- Some "boss" mobs in general and a lot of mobs in raids are immune to their own spell, but reflecting it means you don't suffer its effects, such as Fel Fireball against Lord Jaraxxus in Trial of the Crusader.
- A well-timed use of Spell Reflection can greatly improve the results of an encounter. An example of this is in the Caverns of Time dungeon, The Black Morass, against the mage-type Rift Keepers' Pyroblast. The long cast time should allow a sufficient reaction to reflect this powerful spell.
- Other useful Spells to reflect.
Multiple reflects Edit
- Something less known about Spell Reflection is its ability to reflect multiple spells if they are both cast while the buff is still active (i.e. leave the caster's hand). This makes it very useful when coupled with a charge, as it allows the warrior to reflect the initial spell from each casting mob simultaneously if their casts have the same length and start at the same time.
Patch changes Edit
- Patch 5.3.0 (21-May-2013): Spell Reflection is no longer consumed by spells from player pets and guardians.
- Patch 4.1.0 (26-Apr-2011): Spell Reflection cooldown has been increased to 25 seconds, up from 10.
- Patch 3.3.3 (2010-03-23): Using this ability to reflect a Mind Flay now always properly consumes the Spell Reflection buff.
- Patch 2.3.0 (13-Nov-2007): Spell Reflection no longer has a global cooldown.
- Patch 2.1.0 (22-May-2007): Reflected spells generates threat as if the damage were dealt by a normal attack. Also, this threat is subject to the usual threat multipliers granted by Defensive Stance and/or Defiance. This change was not officially noted, but it has been confirmed by several players. | <urn:uuid:aa9e89b0-7e04-4da1-8b82-e3175451aaf3> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://wowwiki.wikia.com/wiki/Spell_Reflection | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285001.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00310-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.885973 | 464 | 1.648438 | 2 |
Nymbler is the smart baby name guide that responds to your personal taste.
Nymbler makes name connections with insights from baby-naming expert Laura Wattenberg, author of The Baby Name Wizard.
OsmundInspire Nymbler with Osmund
A boy's name of English origin. Osmund has never been a common name in the United States. Meaning: English: divine protector.
U.S. popularity statistics:
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The Short: This book introduces people to Magritte’s works in an accessible way by telling a fictional story about a dog named Magritte. One day Magritte sees a hat and buys it. The amazing hat floats on his head and helps him create his best paintings. One day his hat flies away and he has to look for it. The hat comes back and all ends well. Which is all really great, but the illustrations are the amazing part of this book. This is a book my son enjoys looking through by himself or with me reading it. My son and I both love this book and we highly recommend it.
The Long: Done in the style of the artist Magritte — each image is surreal and subtle thus coaxing the reader to take an extra moment to notice what is surreal about each picture. Four of the pictures are acetate overlays that cleverly change the pictures as you turn the acetate. My two-year-old son loves this book. He’s had me read it to him many, many, many times. He loves the images and almost has the book memorized. If I read part of a sentence, he can finish it. This books prompts numerous, “What’s that?” questions and definitely challenges me as I attempt to explain what the images are. Unlike a lot of picture books which you just read from front to back, this book is a lot of fun to look through in any order. The acetate overlays seem to beg you to flip them back and forth several times to see how the image changes.
There’s nothing to edit or change when reading this to my two-year-old son. There’s a little conflict with the hat flying away, but it is very, very minor. I think everyone can easily enjoy this book from 2 to 122. It’s a fun introduction to surrealism for children that is neither condescending or pretentious.
When my son was a baby, I purchased the book, Magritte’s Imagination for him. We will still often read this book together. I enjoy reading Magritte’s Marvelous Hat and then read Magritte’s Imagination after.
It’s very interesting that there are at least two children’s books about Magritte, because Magritte isn’t exactly the most child-friendly artist. Some of his paintings are appropriate and a lot of fun for all ages, but a lot of his stuff is very disturbing at any age. While this book is fantastic for all children, some of Magritte’s original paintings are better for adults. So, I wouldn’t run out and buy a bunch of art books about Magritte and give them to my two-year-old unsupervised; yet, I’ll happily read this book to my son over and over again.
D. B. Johnson has written a wonderful book with a great story line and amazing illustrations. I was happy to see that he’s written quite a few books and I look forward to checking out his other titles.
Where Obtained: Public Library. Random pick up off the shelf.
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Author’s Website: http://www.henryhikes.com/
Some of My Favorite Reviews of this Book:
- http://36pages.com/magritte%E2%80%99s-marvelous-hat/ (Includes an interview with D. B. Johnson by Craig Frazier)
- http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/04/magrittes-marvelous-hat-surrealism-for-kids/ (Includes a book trailer)
- http://tulsabookreview.com/2012/05/magrittes-marvelous-hat/ (Reviewed by Murphy, age 6)
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Gold Rush: 1848–1860: Mining Techniques
This is a drawing of gold miners at the diggings. The term, “diggings” means an excavation site for digging or mining ore, metals or precious stones. In this case, the miners are digging for gold. Mining gold was hard, monotonous work that was mostly unrewarding. It combined, one miner said, "the various arts of canal-digging, ditching, laying stone walls, ploughing and hoeing potatoes." | <urn:uuid:868a7677-02c0-41c9-aa83-82467950393e> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://picturethis.museumca.org/pictures/california-gold-diggers-scene-actual-life-mines | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988718278.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183838-00241-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923902 | 110 | 3.578125 | 4 |
France orders Google to hand over Street View data
France’s data-protection authority said Tuesday it wants Google to hand over data secretly collected from Internet users by its Street View mapping cars which it failed to delete as promised.
The request came just days after a similar demand by Britain’s privacy watchdog after the US tech giant admitted it had not deleted some of the data, including passwords and emails, it sucked up from private wireless hotspots.
France’s CNIL authority said on its website that it had asked Google to “place at its disposal the relevant data and to conserve the data for as long as it takes to carry out the necessary investigations”.
The CNIL said it and other European data agencies had received a letter from Google on July 27 in which the firm said it was still in possession of some of the data hoovered up by its cars when they were mapping various countries.
A Google spokesman said the company wanted to now erase the remaining data but would not immediately do so as the CNIL and other agencies wanted first to examine it.
Street View, launched in 2006, lets users view panoramic street scenes on Google Maps and take a virtual “walk” through cities and has proved hugely popular with users.
But it has also run into trouble with several governments concerned about privacy.
In May 2010, Google admitted that its Street View cars, taking photographs of cities in more than 30 countries, had inadvertently gathered data sent over unsecured wifi systems, sparking complaints by data regulators worldwide.
Google later agreed to delete the private data.
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CDC traces salmonella cases to Southern Maine Community College lab
College no longer uses salmonella in microbiology classes.
Two cases of salmonella reported in Maine last May have been traced to a community college laboratory, according to a report issued Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Kaylene Waindle, spokeswoman for Southern Maine Community College in South Portland, confirmed to News 8 WMTW that the salmonella outbreak involved students in a microbiology class at its South Portland campus.
The CDC report said the first case was reported to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention on May 2 by a patient who developed symptoms of diarrhea, fever, abdominal pain and nausea after attending a community college microbiology class. The second patient attended the same class and became ill the following week, the CDC said.
Two CDC investigators visited the college on May 28 to assess laboratory practices after test results indicated that the salmonella bacteria infecting the patients matched a salmonella specimen that had been used by the class.
They also surveyed students about their lab safety practices. Of the 14 students who responded, the CDC said only four said they always wore gloves during class, while six students said they wore gloves occasionally and two said they rarely wore gloves.
Allowing microbiology students at this course level to use salmonella specimens without adequate training runs contrary to laboratory safety guidelines issued last year by the American Society of Microbiology, the CDC said.
The agency said although its investigation identified the laboratory as the source of the exposure, it could not determine whether the exposure occurred through direct handling of a culture, a spill or contaminated equipment.
However, the CDC said that a survey and site visit uncovered several potential salmonella contamination hazards, including: equipment in disrepair, inconsistent use of personal protective equipment, sporadic hand washing, improper storage and handling of lab coats and use of cell phones in the laboratory.
Waindle said the CDC approved SMCC's lab safety training program and that it adequately prepared students for the lab activities. The strain of salmonella used by SMCC was considered appropriate for educational purposes and was widely used by colleges and universities, Waindle said.
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St. Mary’s Hospital is reminding coaches, athletes, parents and weekend warriors to attend this week’s Health Matters forum on ACL tears at Prairie Middle School this Thursday, June 26th, at 7:00 p.m. The forum is being coordinated by Dr. Teel Bruner, SMHC. Presenters include Dr. Edwin Tingstad, Orthopedic Surgeon; Bob Bashaw, Physical Therapist and members of the SMHC Physical Therapy staff.
“ACL tears occur much more frequently in females than males. More and more girls are involved in sports these days and we’re seeing an increase in the number of ACL tears,” said Dr. Bruner. “This forum is designed for females and males, but also coaches. We’re hoping to train our athletes and their coaches about these injuries and, more importantly, the exercises that can be done to prevent them. Any one who is concerned about protecting the integrity of their knees is encouraged to attend.”
The anterior cruciate ligament is located in the front of the knee. It prevents the shinbone from sliding forward beneath the thighbone. The ACL can be injured in several ways including changing direction rapidly while running, stopping suddenly, slowing down while running, landing from a jump or through direct contact or collision.
According to the American Association of Orthopeadic Surgeons, an ACL injury may not cause immediate pain, but the person might hear a popping noise and the knee may give out. Within 2 to 12 hours the knee will swell and standing will cause pain. Their advice is to apply ice to control the swelling and elevating the knee until medical attention is provided. Depending on their severity, ACL injuries can be treated non surgically or surgically.
“The secret of ACL injuries is to not get them in the first place,” said Dr. Bruner. “The purpose of the forum is to educate people about prevention, first and foremost.”
Studies have shown that neuromuscular training programs for females reduce the risk of serious knee injuries by as much as 72% compared to untrained females.
Dr. Tingstad has been with Inland Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine Clinic, Pullman and Moscow since August, 2000. He received his Medical Degree from the University of Washington in 1993 where he also completed a fellowship in Sports Medicine. Bashaw received his Bachelors of Science of Physical Therapy at Eastern Washington University in 1989 and is the head athletic trainer for Pullman High School. He has also worked for the Denver Broncos Football Club and the Colorado Foxes professional soccer team. He is also certified as a strength and conditioning specialist.
No preregistration is necessary for the public forum which will be held in the cafeteria of Prairie Middle School, 1916 East Street, Cottonwood beginning at 7:00 p.m.
The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a ligament in the center of the knee that prevents the shin bone (tibia) from moving forward on the thigh bone (femur). This Thursday’s SMHC Health Matters forum at Prairie Middle School will discuss ACL tears and how to prevent them. | <urn:uuid:120dc6a4-6e49-4c08-aa05-ec21e72e801e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.cottonwoodchronicle.com/2008/062608/five.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280292.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00348-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956122 | 660 | 1.992188 | 2 |
Acceptable And Unacceptable Worship
God has shown, in the Bible, His approval with those who follow His will and
His displeasure and wrath with those who refuse to worship Him the way He has
directed. God has always been clear about how he is to be worshipped, but man
has not listened.
An example of acceptable and unacceptable worship in the Old Testament
is that of Cain and Abel. Cain and Abel both worshipped God. Abel did as God
directed, but Cain tried to worship God the way he saw fit. We read in Genesis
4:3-5, "And in the process of time it came to pass that Cain brought an
offering of fruit of the ground to the Lord. Abel also brought of the firstborn
of his flock and of their fat. And the Lord respected Abel and his offering, but
He did not respect Cain and his offering."
Why did the Lord have respect for Abelís offering and why did He reject
Cainís offering? Hebrews 11:4 tells us, "By faith Abel offered to God a
more excellent sacrifice than Cain." Notice Abel offered his sacrifice
"by faith" but Cain did not. Romans 10:17 says, "So then faith
comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." So faith comes by the
word of God. Abel offered his sacrifice by faith or according to the word of
God. If we worship God by faith, we worship as the word of God directs.
Abel offered the firstborn of his flock "by faith" and it was
accepted because his worship was according to the instructions of God. But Cain
chose to ignore Godís instructions and sacrificed an offering of the fruit of
the ground to the Lord. Cain chose to sacrifice to God the way he saw fit.
did not offer his sacrifice according to Godís instructions, so God rejected
his sacrifice and worship, since it was not "by faith".
From this example we see our worship must be "by faith", that is
"by the word of God." We read in Romans 14:23, "For whatever is
not from faith is sin." If our worship is not "by faith", that is
it is not "by the word of God", then it "is sin". It will
also be rejected just like Cainís. It is a very serious matter if God
rejects our worship. If He does we are going to be lost. Many people
accept from the Bible what they like and reject what they don't like. They
also add other things that they like. This is not Christianity but
religious anarchy. We do not have the right to "believe as we
please." We must humbly to submit to all that Jesus says.
Anything taught or practiced by man in the field of religion which does not come
from the Bible is false doctrine.
One cannot obey God without doing what God says to do, when
God says to do it, how God says to do it and for the reason God says to do
it. If what we do in worship is not according to the word of God, then it
is vain and useless and will cause us to be eternally lost.
Questions Lesson 5
Acceptable And Unacceptable Worship
(click on the button of the answer of your
1) (Genesis 4:3-5) In Cainís worship and Abelís worship of God
God respected the worship of both Cain and Abel.
God respected Abelís worship and had no respect for Cainís.
God respected Cainís worship but not Abelís.
God was pleased with both Cainís and Abelís worship.
3) (Hebrews 11:4) Abelís worship to God was accepted and Cainís worship was
Abel offered his sacrifice by
faith and Cain did not.
God did not like Cain.
God liked Abel.
By faith Cain offered a more excellent sacrifice than Abel.
5) (Romans 10:17) Where does faith come from?
The word of God.
Since Abelís offering was by faith, it was according to Godís
7) (Romans 14:23) If our worship is not by faith, that is not according to Godís
It is sin.
It is accepted of God if we are sincere.
It doesnít really matter.
In worship whatever is not by the word of God is sin.
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Some Country Houses and Their Owners Paperback
Part of the Penguin English Journeys series
The delightful, gossipy diaries of James Lees-Milne describe his encounters with the owners of country houses - from eccentric lords and oil millionaires to raffish socialists - as he travelled over England saving properties for the National Trust.
Here are sharply observed accounts of dinner with Vita Sackville - West at Sissinghurst; Winston Churchill's bedroom at Chartwell; T.E.
Lawrence's dilapidated Dorset cottage; and, war damage to a great house in Derby.
All are infused with his love of beauty and his sympathy for those giving up their ancestral homes forever.
Generations of inhabitants have helped shape the English countryside - but it has profoundly shaped us too.
It has provoked a huge variety of responses from artists, writers, musicians and people who live and work on the land - as well as those who are travelling through it. "English Journeys" celebrates this long tradition with a series of twenty books on all aspects of the countryside, from stargazey pie and country churches, to man's relationship with nature and songs celebrating the patterns of the countryside (as well as ghosts and love-struck soldiers).
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 144 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date: 02/04/2009
- Category: The countryside, country life
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United Nations: Dossiers about alleged Indian “interference” in Pakistan have been handed to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Pakistan’s National Security Adviser Sartaj Aziz said on Thursday as the Kashmir controversy spilled into the second day at the General Assembly.
The dossiers were handed over to Ban by Pakistan’s Permanent Representative Maleeha Lodhi, Aziz told reporters here, asserting the dossiers related to, what he said, were India’s “interference” in Balochistan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and Karachi.
Pakistani media reported that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had told reporters Wednesday that he wanted to personally hand over the dossiers to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi if he had had an opportunity to meet him. Their contact was restricted to a wave at a meeting on peacekeeping convened by US President Barack Obama on Monday.
Aziz said that Pakistan had spoken to foreign ministers of 15 countries about what he said were India’s ceasefire violations along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.
Meanwhile, India-Pakistan exchanges at the General Assembly continued for a second day Thursday. Exercising its right of reply to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s address accusing Pakistan of carrying out cross-border terrorist attacks and allowing the 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind to operate freely, a Pakistani diplomat told the General Assembly on Thursday that India was using the “terrorism bogey” to prolong the the Kashmir conflict.
He said that India should implement a Security Council resolution that wanted a plebiscite in Kashmir and that it would be at the top of the list in any discussions with India.
India however maintains that a plebiscite was no longer relevant because the Kashmiri people had voted through elections for being a part of India. The diplomat cited claims by human rights organisations that 6,000 mass graves had been found in Kashmir and said the Indian troops should be withdrawn from there.
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Lava This presentation will discuss two questions which are ?How is Lava Produced? And ?What hazards/dangers does lava pose? It will also study one example of a Lava Flow in Hawaii. Lava is molten rock expelled by a volcano during erupting. It is produced/ formed in the interior of planets including Earth and their satellites. When the lava is first erupted from the vent in a volcano otherwise known as the volcanic vent, lava is a liquid and varies from 700°C to 1,200°C. Although lava is quite viscous, it can flow great distances before cooling and solidifying.This is because of its thixotropic and shears thinning Lava flows are quite hazardous and dangerous.
The amount a lava flow travels depends on its temperature, its silica content, its extrusion rate, and slope of the land. Lava flows move slowly enough for people to move out the way so people rarely get killed by them. However lava is very hot and can therefore cause quite serious injuries. People have burnt their skin, charred their eyebrows, and melted the soles of their boots from being near or on a hot lava flow. Lava flows don’t cool instantly.It can take any amount of time for a lava flow to completely cool.
Another hazard associated with lava flows is that they can melt snow and ice which can produce flooding. Melting of ice beneath a glacier may produce very large floods called glacier bursts. The biggest hazard of lava flows is that they destroy property. In the late 1980’s, the town of Kalapana was destroyed by lava flows. Lava flows buried cars and burnt homes, buildings, and vegetation. Electric power, water, and communications were cut off from the community.One recent example of a lava flow was in the late 1980’s in the town of Kalapana, Hawaii which was once a treasured Hawaiian fishing village.
The lava engulfed homes, parks and roads. Almost everything in its way was destroyed however a few homes survived due to sheer luck. For some strange reason, the lava would part or turn and would spare a single structure.
These houses still stand and a few families still live in the barren subdivision without water and power. This lava came from the Kalauea Volcano. Nowadays, you can hike across the bare fields and view lava outbreaks which are seen easily after dark | <urn:uuid:6aed10a5-f9c5-4745-9628-5ddc79164b44> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://niagarafallshypnosiscenter.com/volcano-and-lava-flow/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00470.warc.gz | en | 0.976965 | 489 | 4.28125 | 4 |
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Bio Mile & Clean Energy Technology Centre
The Town of Drayton Valley’s Bio-Mile® is an area of industrial land located adjacent to the Weyerhaeuser sawmill. The Town of Drayton Valley established the Bio-Mile® in order to attract businesses from the emerging bio-economy. It is designed to provide a home to companies, organizations and research partnerships focusing on creating new products from waste products including bio-mass from the forestry and agriculture industries.
The Bio-Mile® opportunities have already brought industry, government and academia on board in collaboration to support the bio-industrial developments in our community. We have several Memorandums of Understanding in place with industry and post-secondary institutions. Working with CLIB2021, a European based research consortium, has assisted in developing a strong network of international players. We are working with Energy Academy Europe from Groningen, Netherlands to pursue a joint research project with industry. Local industry is supportive and we are always interested to receive their input and ongoing needs assessments.
The on-going developments underway at the Bio-Composites Group fibremat plant is the first success story for the Bio-Mile. We are proud of the success Biocomposites has had and excited to see their vision to commercialize their fibremat products coming to full fruition.
Clean Energy Technology Centre
In support of the Bio-Mile® having successful business attraction and new startups setting their roots here, the Town of Drayton Valley is recently opened the Clean Energy Technology Centre (CETC). The CETC is an innovative centre and first of its kind in Alberta that provides a focus of services for education and training, business development and incubation, and applied research and development.
The CETC is a 28,500 square foot facility with a large multi-event space able to seat 350 guests at round table. An onsite teaching kitchen at CETC is able to provide catering and culinary classes for the variety of events including: conferences, trade shows, career fairs, lectures, workshops and community events.
The CETC has classrooms including video conferencing suites, computer stations, health care lab, and modern learning spaces. The learning commons area provides students, researchers and instructors innovative space to collaborate in small working groups along with a quiet study area. The administration space is designed as a central nucleus for the facility to inspire creative idea and knowledge sharing between NorQuest instructors and staff, CETC administration, researchers, business incubators, entrepreneurs, and clients.
The CETC will engage industry to provide service gaps that currently exist in the region. Many local employers send employees out of town for educational and training needs. With a the highly skilled oil and gas industry next door to the CETC there are a variety of courses from credit programs, leadership and professional development programs, and continuing education courses that are in need. Furthermore, as the bio-industry advances, there’s a growing need for skills training required for bio-manufacturing and alternative energy equipment and processes.
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Muslims are being “cleansed” from the west of the Central African Republic and thousands of civilians risk being killed “right before our eyes,” the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has said.
Antonio Guterres told a meeting of the UN Security Council on Thursday that thousands of Muslims had fled the country, as violence between Christians and Muslims continued to take its toll.
His comments came as the country’s foreign minister and the head of the UN both urged the Security Council to send additional international forces to the crisis-torn country.
“Since early December we have effectively witnessed a cleansing of the majority of the Muslim population in western CAR,” Guterres said.
“Tens of thousands of them have left the country, the second refugee outflow of the current crisis, and most of those remaining are under permanent threat.”
Toussaint Kongo-Doudou, CAR foreign minister, and Ban Ki-moon, UN secretary-general, had earlier urged the meeting to sanction a force to boost African and French troops already in the country.
“We would roll out the red carpet for them tomorrow,” Kongo-Doudou said on Thursday. “There are no alternatives in terms of survival.”
The Security Council met to consider a recommendation from Ban to establish a 12,000-stoing UN force. Diplomats said they expected France to circulate a resolution soon with a view to approving the force by the end of March.
Herve Ladsous, the UN peacekeeping chief, said it would take about six months to organise and deploy, and much of it would include the current intervention force of nearly 6,000 African Union troops by “re-hatting” them.
Philipe Bolopion, of Human Rights Watch, criticised the world body for taking too long to set up the mission.
“The Security Council has wasted too much time,” he told the Associated Press news agency. “The UN is clear that despite the French and AU deployments, the human rights situation is still deteriorating.
The CAR, long one of the world’s poorest and most unstable countries, plunged deeper into chaos nearly a year ago when the Muslim rebels from the north invaded the capital and overthrew the president of a decade.
The rebels pillaged neighbourhoods, raping and killing people with impunity for months, giving rise to Christian armed groups.
Muslim fighters attempted a coup in early December, and violence between the two communities exploded in the days that followed.
According to the UN, 650,000 people are internally displaced in the CAR due to the conflict, with more than 232,000 in the capital Bangui alone. Nearly 300,000 people have fled to neighbouring countries. | <urn:uuid:310298cf-2be6-4037-aeba-778b8aed9cd3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2014/3/7/un-told-car-being-cleansed-of-muslims | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571719.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812140019-20220812170019-00269.warc.gz | en | 0.957869 | 578 | 1.953125 | 2 |
Debian Security Advisory
DSA-3835-1 python-django -- security update
- Date Reported:
- 26 Apr 2017
- Affected Packages:
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 842856, Bug 859515, Bug 859516.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2016-9013, CVE-2016-9014, CVE-2017-7233, CVE-2017-7234.
- More information:
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Django, a high-level Python web development framework. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
Marti Raudsepp reported that a user with a hardcoded password is created when running tests with an Oracle database.
Aymeric Augustin discovered that Django does not properly validate the Host header against settings.ALLOWED_HOSTS when the debug setting is enabled. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to perform DNS rebinding attacks.
It was discovered that is_safe_url() does not properly handle certain numeric URLs as safe. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to perform XSS attacks or to use a Django server as an open redirect.
Phithon from Chaitin Tech discovered an open redirect vulnerability in the django.views.static.serve() view. Note that this view is not intended for production use.
For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1.7.11-1+deb8u2.
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A chat script is a sequence of expect string, send string pairs. In particular, note that we ALWAYS expect something before we send something.
If we are to send something WITHOUT receiving anything first, we must use an empty expect string (indicated by " ") and similarly for expecting something without sending anything! Also, if a string consists of several words, (e.g. NO CARRIER), you must quote the string so that it is seen as a single entity by chat.
The chat line in our template is:-
exec /usr/sbin/chat -v
Invoke chat, the -v tells chat to copy ALL its I/O into the system log (usually /var/log/messages). Once you are happy that the chat script is working reliably, edit this line to remove the -v to save unnecessary clutter in your syslog.
If the string BUSY is received, abort the operation.
ABORT '\nNO ANSWER\r'
If the string NO ANSWER is received, abort the operation
If the (repeated) string RINGING is received, abort the operation. This is because someone is ringing your phone line!
Expect nothing from the modem and send the string AT.
This one is a bit more complicated as it uses some of chat's error recovery capabilities.
What is says is...Expect OK, if it is NOT received (because the modem is not in command mode) then send +++ (the standard Hayes-compatible modem string that returns the modem to command mode) and expect OK. Then send ATH0 (the modem hang up string). This allows your script to cope with the situation of your modem being stuck on-line!
Set the timeout to 30 seconds for the remainder of the script. If you experience trouble with the chat script aborting due to timeouts, increase this to 45 seconds or more.
Expect OK (the modem's response to the ATH0 command) and dial the number we want to call.
Expect CONNECT (which our modem sends when the remote modem answers) and send nothing in reply.
Again, we have some error recovery built in here. Expect the login prompt (...ogin:) but if we don't receive it by the timeout, send a return and then look for the login prompt again. When the prompt is received, send the username (stored in the shell variable $ACCOUNT).
Expect the password prompt and send our password (again, stored in a shell variable).
This chat script has reasonable error recovery capability. Chat has considerably more features than demonstrated here. For more information consult the chat manual page (man 8 chat).
Whilst the ppp-on-dialer script is fine for servers that automatically start pppd at the server end once you have logged in, some servers require that you explicitly start PPP on the server.
If you need to issue a command to start up PPP on the server, you DO need to edit the ppp-on-dialer script.
At the END of the script (after the password line) add an additional expect send pair - this one would look for your login prompt (beware of characters that have a special meaning in the Bourne shell - such as $ and [ or ] (open and close square brackets).
Once chat has found the shell prompt, chat must issue the ppp start up command required for your ISPs PPP server.
In my case, my PPP server uses the standard Linux Bash prompt
and requires that I type
to start up PPP on the server.
It is a good idea to allow for a bit of error recovery here, so in my case I use
This says, if we don't receive the prompt within the timeout, send a carriage return and looks for the prompt again.
Once the prompt is received, then send the string ppp.
Note: don't forget to add a \ to the end of the previous line so chat still thinks the entire chat script is on one line!
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Saturn’s rings and inner moons are younger than the dinosaurs, about 100 million years old, according to a new study. That’s a surprise for many astronomers who had assumed the Saturn system we know today formed along with the planet, roughly 4 billion years ago. This new information is not good news for researchers still looking for signs of life in our own cosmic backyard.
Saturn has 62 known moons in orbit, plus its rings. Scientists believe that the outer bodies, like Titan and Iapetus, are about 4 billion years old. But those bodies closer to Saturn, like Tethys, Dione, Rhea, and the iconic rings, are only 100 million years old, meaning that they came about during the time when dinosaurs and, according to the Washington Post, even bees roamed the Earth.
How did astronomers figure out the young age of Saturn’s rings and inner moons?
According to the scientists, tidal interactions between the moons and the fluids deep within the interior of Saturn gradually push the planets farther out, making their orbits grow. The tidal forces from Saturn are reportedly quite strong — enough to power ice geysers on the nearby moon Enceladus.
Likewise, the moons occasionally enter what is called an orbital resonance, forcing the bodies’ orbits to become irregular.
A SETI press release explained that an orbital resonance is “when one moon’s orbital period is a simple fraction (for example, one-half or two-thirds) of another moon’s period. In these special configurations, even small moons with weak gravity can strongly affect each other’s orbits, making them more elongated and tilting them out of their original orbital plane.”
Because of these different interactions, the rings and inner planets should have been forced farther from the planet, if they really were 4 billion years old. According to the team’s simulations, the current orbits suggest that they are more like 100 million years old.
If the dinosaurs had telescopes they could have seen something spectacular, and perhaps spotted the asteroid that would eventually destroy them.
But all this leads to an even more interesting question — how were the inner planets and the rings formed?
Matija Cuk, principal investigator at the SETI Institute, admits they don’t have an answer yet, only a hypothesis.
“Our best guess is that Saturn had a similar collection of moons before, but their orbits were disturbed by a special kind of orbital resonance involving Saturn’s motion around the Sun. Eventually, the orbits of neighboring moons crossed, and these objects collided. From this rubble, the present set of moons and rings formed.”
This discovery is bad news for people searching for extraterrestrial life in the solar system. Enceladus is believed to have a salty liquid water ocean under its surface and be geologically active, and within its geysers, researchers have discovered basic hydrocarbons. All of the evidence has led some researchers to believe the moon might be one of solar system’s best bets for finding life.
But if Enceladus is just 100 million years old, then that possibility is highly unlikely. The earliest life on Earth took hundreds of millions of years to form, and those are the most optimistically short time estimations.
Saturn’s rings have come to represent the sixth rock from the sun; now that we know they’re younger than the dinosaurs, they might also come to represent how ever-changing our cosmic surroundings really are.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health authorities are telling the nation’s hospitals to “think Ebola.”
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Tom Frieden is urging hospitals to watch for patients with fever or symptoms of Ebola who have traveled from the three Ebola-stricken African nations in the past 21 days. He spoke Monday after a nurse in Dallas became the first person to catch the disease within the United States. She had treated a Liberian man who died at the hospital after bringing the disease from Liberia.
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A new study by BOW Project researchers: Lucrezia Caselli, Costanza Montis and Debora Berti (CSGI Florence), Andrea Ridolfi (CSGI Bologna), Tommy Nylander (University of Lund) titled “Interaction of nanoparticles with lipid films: the role of symmetry and shape anisotropy” has been published on the journal Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2022,24, 2762-2776).
The bioactivity, biological fate and cytotoxicity of nanomaterials when they come into contact with living organisms are determined by their interaction with biomacromolecules and biological barriers. In this context, the role of symmetry/shape anisotropy of both the nanomaterials and biological interfaces in their mutual interaction, is a relatively unaddressed issue. The study focuses on the interaction of gold nanoparticles (NPs) of different shapes (nanospheres and nanorods) with biomimetic membranes of different morphology, i.e. flat membranes (2D symmetry, representative of the most common plasma membrane geometry), and cubic membranes (3D symmetry, representative of non-lamellar membranes, found in Nature under certain biological conditions).
For this purpose they used an ensemble of complementary structural techniques, including Neutron Reflectometry, Grazing Incidence Small-Angle Neutron Scattering, on a nanometer lengthscale and Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy on a micrometer length scale. They found out that the structural stability of the membrane towards NPs is dependent on the topological characteristic of the lipid assembly and of the NPs, where a higher symmetry gave higher stability. In addition, Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy analyses highlighted that NPs interact with cubic and lamellar phases according to two distinct mechanisms, related to the different structures of the lipid assemblies. This study for the first time systematically addresses the role of NPs shape in the interaction with lipid assemblies with different symmetry. The results will contribute to improve the fundamental knowledge on lipid interfaces and will provide new insights on the biological function of phase transitions as a response strategy to the exposure of NPs.
The study, unveiling a prominent role of symmetry at the nano-bio interfaces and, more in general, contributing to disentangle the function of non-lamellar structures in biological systems, is part is part of the themed collection 2021 PCCP HOT Articles and PCCP 2021 Emerging Investigators.
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Adalyn is an English form of the English, German, Polish, Czech, Romanian, and Spanish Adela.
Adalyn is also an English form of the English and Italian Adelaide.
Adalyn is popular as a baby girl name, and it is also regarded as trendy. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 2000s; prior to that, it was of only infrequent use. At the modest height of its usage in 2015, 0.127% of baby girls were named Adalyn. It had a ranking of #132 then. Within all girl names in its family, Adalyn was the most popular in 2015. Adalyn was twice as popular as the next ranked name, Adelaide, in that year.
Baby names that sound like Adalyn include Adaline (English), Adelaine (English), Ottoline (English), Adalena (English), Adalene (English), Adelena (English), Adelene (English), Adelina (English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Polish), Adeline (English and French), Adilene (English), Adileni (English and Spanish), Idaline (English), Adalina (English), Idalina (English, German, and Spanish), Adelyn (English), Adelyne, Adelynn (English), Adelynne, Adlin, and Adline (English).
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In it, but not of it. TPM DC
It is decidedly American that the opportunity for some people to retire earlier than planned, or to start a business, or to cut back their hours if they choose, because of the safety net provided by Obamacare, would prompt a political backlash.
New Deal Art mural by Charles Wells, Clarkson S. Fisher Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse, Trenton, NJ (Photograph in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division)
You heard echoes of America's Puritan roots in Republicans' latest argument against Obamacare: Work is a irreducible part of who we are and anything that shifts incentives away from work is a step toward indolence and sloth.
We might be a more secular nation in the 21st century, but we still generally establish our self-identity through our occupation, experts say. The Protestant work ethic prevails.
"It's not about becoming wealthy. Even when people have buckets of cash, they don't quit and they don't spend it. So there's something else going on," said Stephanie Mudge, research fellow at the University of Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute and sociology professor at UC-Davis. "We've gotten married to a certain notion of what makes us good people. What makes me a good person? How do I know I'm saved? I know I'm among the chosen if I can prove that I worked hard."
That might help explain why surveys routinely show that Americans work more than their counterparts in most other Western countries. It might only get worse: research suggests that smart phones and other technological advancements are making it easier for people to constantly be on the clock, with half of Americans checking work messages on the weekend and 4 in 10 checking in from vacation, according to the American Psychological Association.
"Work is very deep in our identity," Tom Kochan, professor of work and employment research at MIT. "We want to be productive workers. We want to feel that we are adding value."
There are a lot of nuances to these trends. Certain workers, like high-salary white-collar professionals, are more likely to work longer hours than their blue-collar counterparts, 60 hours or more a week, the highest rate in the world. Technology could be a net positive if it gives workers the ability to work around other parts of their lives, Kochan said.
The Great Recession likely contributed to that trend, too, making workers feel less secure in their jobs and more likely to prove their worth through longer hours, said Ofer Sharone, an assistant professor of work and employment research at MIT. This chart shows an uptick in working hours coming out of the recession:
"What it often is about that's really driving this behavior is how work performance is evaluated. Workers' insecurity about their ability to remain employed and to remain perceived as valuable," he said. "In an environment where you never know if your job will still be there, you can't afford to take the time off."
The cliche remains true: Americans work a lot. Part of it is societal, that Protestant work ethic so often invoked. "The ideal worker phenomenon is still dominating a lot of our mentality," Kochan said.
But part of is structural: As liberals will eagerly point out, the United States doesn't have the policies that allow Europeans to take longer vacations and work shorter weeks. It's likely a product of combining American cultural norms with a business lobby that has, almost without fail, stymied any legislation to change the status quo. Any efforts to, say, raise the minimum wage are also met with staunch resistance, as the debate so far in 2014 has demonstrated, Kochan said.
"We've had an impasse over labor and employment policies in this country since the 1970s," he said. "The labor movement hasn't been able to build the political strength necessary to advance and modernize our labor laws. Business has blocked everything."
That's where things stand, and it seems to reaffirm that Americans have consciously and subconsciously acquiesced to living in that environment. But is that what they want? If offered the opportunity, to put the question provocatively, would Americans rather live and work in France?
Sharone, whose research is focused on interviewing unemployed workers, said the most common thing he hears is how they would rather either create their own business or change jobs to pursue a career they find more fulfilling, but feel they can't, and one of the biggest reasons is health coverage.
"That to me captures the American orientation to work, these kind of dual kinds of things: autonomy, adventure, looking for contribution and meaning. Those feelings are more common in the U.S," he said. "The identity that we tend to derive from work, the identity we want to derive from work, we want to do something positive in the world."
"I think the ACA can facilitate that," Sharone added.
And that brings the conversation full circle. Implicit in the conservative criticism of Obamacare after the CBO report was a belief that the law was disrupting that cherished American work ethic. But a closer look at the evidence suggests that our relationship to work -- as we perform it in the real world -- is more ambivalent than that conventional wisdom allows.
Obamacare could open up the possibilities by giving Americans the freedom to start their own business or take a job that they'll find more fulfilling or retire early, as Sharone said, and that could lead to a America that still possesses a work ethic that is the envy of the world, but in a way that's fundamentally different from what exists now.
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Course Lecture Titles
1. Heritage and Destiny
2. Young Churchill
3. On the Empire's Frontier
4. Political Beginnings
5. Churchill and Controversy
6. Post-War Challenges
7. In the Wilderness
8. The Nazi Menace
9. Rallying the Nation
10. The Tide of War Turns
11. Champion of Freedom
12. The Legacy of Churchill
Winston Churchill is arguably the greatest leader of the 20th century, and one of the greatest democratic statesmen ever.
His friend, colleague, and esteemed political foe Clement Attlee memorialized him as "the greatest Englishman of our timeЧI think the greatest citizen of the world of our time."
Churchill is eminently worthy of study because he is proof that a single individual can change the course of history for the better and make of life a blessed and noble thing, despite public and private trials too numerous to name.
A Champion of Freedom
At an awful hour when freedom and right stood in mortal peril before tyranny and brutal terror, Churchill, with his great-souled courage, genius, and eloquence, rallied the British people to rise and proudly meet "their finest hour."
He stood alone against the Nazi onslaught. And from there he led his people to victory, which puts us all in his debt.
Who was this extraordinary man, and how did he accomplish this amazing feat?
Moreover, how was it that this achievement was just a single part of a long and fruitful life that can only be called stunning in the degree of its accomplishment?
of Stunning Accomplishment
These lectures will introduce you to a Churchill who was:
* a successful politician who won his seat in Parliament at the age of 26
* a statesman of vision and principle
* a brilliant orator who stirringly invoked timeless concepts of valor, honor, and freedom just when the civilized world needed them most
* a brave, magnanimous, and resourceful soldier in battles large and small
* a gifted public servant who helped his country in a variety of key cabinet posts, never shirking a tough assignment or dodging a tough issue
* a military innovator and strategist who outpaced his contemporaries in his grasp of the impact of technology upon warfare
* a deservedly eminent and best-selling author who won the Nobel Prize for literature, whose biography of Marlborough has been called the greatest historical work of the 20th century, and who had already become a millionaire through his writings when he took his seat in Parliament
* a gifted painter (mostly of landscapes) whose artistic work brought him a considerable income during his life and still hangs today in major museums
* a loving son, faithful husband, and doting father who won the devotion of his children.
A Literary Output Equal to That of Five Lifetimes
In his writings alone, Churchill completed five works that would, in Professor Fears's words, " each be a life work for most academic historians today":
* Lord Randolph Churchill, 2 vols. (1906)
* The World Crisis, 6 vols. (1923-1931)
* Marlborough, His Life and Times, 4 vols. (1933-1938)
* A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, 4 vols. (1956-1958)
* The Second World War, 6 vols. (1948-1953).
And as we've already noted, those writings were far from "alone" in the accomplishments of his life.
Exceptional Subject, Exceptional Teacher
To encompass the almost unimaginably rich words and deeds, works and days of this multifaceted genius in a single lecture series is a daunting task.
But we think you'll agree that Professor Fears is a man superbly suited to the job.
Professor Fears begins at the supreme moment in Churchill's life, as he spoke to the House of Commons on June 4, 1940, declaring to the world that Britain "shall never surrender."
As Churchill later wrote, his whole past life "had been but a preparation for this hour and this trial."
And you will learn how Churchill, despite the grave ordeal he and his nation faced, met this trial with buoyancy and hope by drawing upon his heritage of courage and his store of principle.
The Four Supreme Qualities of Statesmanship
Drawing upon the most recent historical scholarship and richly documenting his lectures with material from Churchill's own writings and speeches, Professor Fears argues that there are four supreme qualities that merit for Churchill the title of statesman.
In fact, Professor Fears goes even further.
He argues that Churchill belongs with Pericles of Athens and Abraham Lincoln as one of the greatest statesmen in the history of democracy because of:
* his bedrock of principles
* his moral compass
* his vision
* his ability to build a consensus to achieve that vision.
These qualities, Professor Fears claims, are intimately related to Churchill's lifelong faith in the ideal of liberty under law and to his belief in absolute right and wrong.
It was this belief that enabled him to discern, name, and denounce the wickedness of Hitler at a time when such a stance was far from common.
Twin Ideals of Liberty and Justice
For Churchill, the ideals of liberty and justice were best embodied in history by the twin bastions of Britain and the United States.
Those ideals guided him through all the issues and challenges over the decades, and led him to become a friend of social justice but a foe of socialism.
He remained a fearsome enemy to both fascist and communist tyranny, even though he was willing to bring his country into an alliance with the latter when the former presented the more immediate threat.
No Stranger to Controversy
Throughout his life, Churchill never shrank from controversy and never lacked for critics. Many of his personal qualities tended to provoke controversy, including his refusal to "stay in his box," compromise his vision, or avoid difficult decisions.
Professor Fears evaluates some of the most influential criticisms of Churchill, many of which were first heard during his lifetime.
He explains why historians representing a wide range of political opinions have assailed Churchill, and sketches briefly how these critics may be answered.
In the end, perhaps the spirit of this indomitable man is best captured by some advice he gave in the fall of 1941 to the boys of Harrow, his old school:
"Never give in," said the old lion, "Never, never, never, never!"
He never did.
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The Sprinkler Pipe Repair Coupling is the most common type of PVC pipe repair coupling used in the United States. The pipe repair coupling is made from either 1/2″ or 3/4″ threaded rod. The coupling consists of three parts:
Lever Cap – The cap is the part that fixes over top of the broken pipe. The cap is tight enough to prevent leaks but can be turned by hand.
O-Ring – The o-ring is a rubber ring that goes between the cap and the coupling. The o-ring creates a waterproof seal while not damaging the integrity of the metal or the threads. The o-ring is also capable of sealing between two different sizes of pipe.
Gasket – The gasket is a metal ring that goes against the broken pipe. It prevents leaks at that particular point of broken pipe.
Metal Washer – The metal washer goes between the gasket and the coupling. The metal washer spreads out the force of the gasket so that it doesn’t put a hole in the coupling.
Screw Caps & Gaskets – These items are usually not included in the repair kits purchased during an emergency pipe repair. They can be purchased at most any hardware store though. A common item that can be used in place of the screw cap is a plastic lid from a milk jug or juice bottle. The pieces are easy to transport and can be replaced if lost or broken.
Once the pipe repair coupling has been chosen, it is necessary to choose an adhesive. The adhesive is necessary to create a permanent fix. The most common types of adhesives are:
Gas Piping Adhesive – The same adhesive used for gas piping can be used to repair small leaks. The average person can handle gas piping without specialized knowledge. It is necessary to keep the area ventilated and use caution when working with gas.
Adhesive Caulk – The most common use for caulk is to fill in cracks or small holes in walls and countertops. Using caulk on small pipes is an easy way to temporarily fix a leak. Using a large amount of caulk leaves an unattractive finish and must be replaced with a more permanent solution when the time comes.
Cement – Quick drying cement is not used as an adhesive but can be used to permanently seal the pipe.
The cement must be poured around the pipe and allowed to dry completely. When dry the cement will be as hard as stone and any leaks will no longer be an issue. There are several drawbacks when choosing to use cement. The pipe must be able to handle the weight of the cement when dry. The entire pipe from end to end must be filled completely or the top of the pipe will break when the cement is poured inside.
The pipe will be unusable until the cement is dry.
There are several other types of adhesives available to the everyday person. All of these adhesives can be found at your local hardware store. A quick search for “pipe repair” in the store’s search engine will bring up several results.
Once the proper tools have been gathered, follow these steps to repair your broken sprinkler pipe:
Begin fixing the pipe by shutting off the water to the area. Find the shutoff valve nearest to the broken area. Depending on the type of pipe and where it is located, the valve may or may not be easy to get to. The valve can usually be identified by locating the water meter on the side of a house or in the basement.
After shutting off the water, locate the broken part of the pipe. The pipe will be broken in several places. Use the pipe cutters to cut away all broken pieces of the pipe.
In the case of a sprinkler pipe, there are several small pieces of broken pipe and other bits of debris scattered around the hole. The immediate area around the break needs to be cleared and the debris removed from the yard. The debris can be discarded or saved for use as mulch in a garden.
Begin repairing the broken sprinkler pipe by cutting a coupling to size. Before cutting the coupling, screw the female side of the coupling tightly on the pipe. Cut the coupling so that it is slightly longer than the length of the pipe.
After cutting the coupling, unscrew the female side of the coupling. Screw the male side of the coupling tightly on the pipe.
Using the coupling as a guide, cut a piece of pipe to length. The piece of pipe needs to be slightly longer than the length of the coupling. The excess length of pipe can be cut away once the new section of pipe is in place.
Once the new piece of pipe is cut to length, slide it over the exposed end of the coupling. The new piece of pipe should now be firmly in place.
Reattach the valve at either end of the repaired section of pipe if needed.
Finally, turn the water back on and test for any leaks. If no leaks are found, then the repair is complete.
The repairs can also be completed using cement. Using cement requires the same basic steps of cutting pipe and coupling to length. After cutting the pipe and coupling, one section of pipe needs to be left a little longer than the rest. This piece of pipe will be the plug.
The plug needs to be pushed into the broken pipe. The plug is a little larger in diameter than the rest of the pipe. When the cement hardens, it will create a permanent plug. Continue pushing the plug until it cannot go any further.
Mix the epoxy as directed on the package. Find a section of pipe long enough to reach past the break and long enough for the epoxy to safely harden. Cut a piece of pipe and a coupler to length.
Before the epoxy hardens, screw the female side of the coupler onto the piece of pipe. Once the epoxy hardens, unscrew the coupler from the pipe. The epoxy will create a permanent seal.
Wrap the exposed end of the pipe with Teflon tape. This step is not absolutely necessary. Some epoxies already come with Teflon mixed in.
Mix the epoxy and slowly pour it into the pipe. The epoxy should completely fill the pipe. Continue pouring epoxy until the pipe is nearly overflowing. This step creates a plug and ensures that no additional epoxy will leak out of the pipe.
After the epoxy hardens, wrap Teflon tape in a clockwise direction around the plug until the epoxy starts to protrude.
Wrap the Teflon tape around the plug until it overlaps itself. This overlap is necessary to ensure a watertight seal.
Wrap the exposed plug with plumbers tape in a criss-cross fashion. The tape creates a temporary plug to keep epoxy from leaking out, but that step is not necessary.
From this point, the steps for repairing the pipe with epoxy and a plug are the same as detailed in the previous section, Repairing a Broken Sprinkler Pipe.
This type of repair only works on short breaks. If the break is too far from either end of the pipe, then the plug will not hold. If the break is too close to either end of the pipe, then there won’t be enough plug left to hold the epoxy.
The epoxy may also fail if the pipe starts to vibrate due to heavy use. The epoxy will fail due to the constant wetness and vibration. These types of breaks are rare, but they can happen.
This type of break is common on main water lines. A main water line is a very large pipe that runs underground from your street or sidewalk to your house. Once it reaches your house, the main water line branches out to supply water to different parts of your house.
Most of the main water line underneath your house is hidden by concrete slabs. These slabs prevent people or animals from falling into the underground main water line. These concrete slabs do not always extend all the way to the edge of your house or property.
You may need to extend these slabs in order to prevent people or animals from falling into the underground main water line.
Contractors can repair these types of breaks. They are trained to recognize weak spots in the underground main water line. They can then reinforce the weak spots to prevent the pipe from breaking.
These types of breaks are annoying because you can’t do regular repairs. You need to wait for the city to send out a crew. Once they arrive, the process is fairly simple.
Before the city crew gets to your house, you should temporarily turn off the water at the main valve. The valve is located on the side of your house, in the backyard. You should be able to turn it with a wrench.
The crew should have the tools necessary to repair the break. If not, then you may need to lend the tools and a vehicle to the crew. They will return the tools once the break is repaired.
Once the break has been repaired, the crew will clean up any mess that was made. If you have any questions, now is the time to ask.
Once you’re done, remember to turn the water back on at the main valve.
It may seem strange, but sometimes tree roots can puncture a water pipe.
You can sometimes hear the hissing sound of a water leak inside your house. You can also see the signs of mold starting to grow in your basement or crawl space. You even notice the water bill has been a little higher than usual.
Your first assumption may be that there’s a leak in the pipes. To figure this out for sure, you can turn off the water at the main valve and see if the leaking stops.
This may be a very slow drip, which can make it difficult to locate. If you can’t find the source of the leak, then the next step is to get some waterproof boots, a bucket, a flashlight, and head down to the basement.
Once down there you should look along the foundation of your house for wet spots. These wet spots could be evidence of a leak. If you find any of these wet spots you can dig a trench around the perimeter of the wet spot and lay down some gravel. This should divert the leaking water away from the house and hopefully prevent any more damage.
You can then patch up the holes in the water pipes.
All that work for a leak…
This type of break is rare. It usually happens to old pipes. Over time the pipes can weaken and crack. This is usually caused by something hot or sharp being forced into the pipe.
These types of breaks can’t be repaired. Not enough of the pipe is left intact to allow for a repair.
The city crew will have to replace the damaged section of pipe. Unfortunately, this may take a couple of days. This means you’ll have to do without water until the new pipes arrive.
If you’re lucky, the city crew will have some temporary water bottles for you to use. You can use this water for drinking and cooking. You can’t use it for brushing your teeth or cleaning though. For that, you’ll need to boil the water.
You can’t use the toilet without running water either. You’ll have to dig a hole in the ground and cover it after use.
You can try to boil water from your well on the stove. Boiling the water will help to kill some of the bacteria before you use it for drinking and cleaning. Anything else will have to wait until the city gets their act together.
This is going to be a long couple of days…
Worrisome. You never really considered the pipes might be damaged until now. It never leaked inside the house before, so you assumed all was well.
You get the number for the city maintenance crew and call them in the morning. They tell you they’ll send someone out to look at it in a few days. A few days without water seems like an eternity.
You might have to go totally primal…
You can’t take it anymore. You head out to the street and flag down the first car you see.
You explain your situation to the kind couple that gives you a ride into town. Once you arrive at the Sheriff’s Department, you explain your story to a deputy.
He tells you that there have been a few similar incidents recently. An investigation is ongoing. In the meantime, he can give you a ride back to your house. He also tells you to watch out for the city maintenance crew. Those guys are a little shady…
You’re wary about getting into a car with a stranger, but he reassures you that he’s a cop. He says he understands you’re probably a little nervous, being out in the big city and all.
You get into the back seat of his cruiser and he turns the sirens on. The blaring sound startles you and you jump a little in your seat.
You get back to your house just as the city crew is pulling up. They didn’t have to work very fast to get here.
The city worker doesn’t even get out of his truck. He just waves to the sheriff and drives off after exchanging a few words.
The sheriff tells you that the city crew was responsible for cutting the pipes in question. They were trying to cut corners and stole the pipes from another job site. He says it was probably an inside job.
He tells you that you should watch out for the city maintenance crew because they are basically just thugs in street legal yellow shirts.
He’s right. You know this because you saw the city maintenance truck drive away without even stopping.
The sheriff is apologetic, but there isn’t much he can do. He says there’s an investigation ongoing and you can file a report when you get back to the city.
It’s probably nothing, but you decide to heed the sheriff’s advice and be a little extra vigilant. You don’t want to walk into an ambush.
The remaining days pass without incident. You don’t get your water or any way to clean yourself. You’re starting to get a bit itchy, but what’s really bothering you is the hair algae in the well.
You tried filtering the water through a cloth. It didn’t help much. You’re drinking a brown sludge that tastes like lake water. You can only imagine what it’s doing to you inside.
The sheriff never did come back. The city water workers finished the job a few days after you spoke with him. They didn’t seem to know anything about what happened. You think they were telling the truth.
You take a deep breath and head back to the sheriff’s department.
The sheriff’s desk is empty, but there’s a short line of irate people waiting to see him. You wait for an opportunity to interrupt and try to ask about the sheriff in your broken English.
The man you’re trying to talk to is having none of it. He just keeps saying “next” in the same tone as he is saying everything else.
After an hour of waiting in line, you finally get a chance to ask him about the sheriff. He says he doesn’t know anything. Nobody has seen the sheriff. He hasn’t been to work. He didn’t come home last night.
Oh, great. Now you really feel like you’re in the middle of a police state. The sheriff is missing and you’re the last person to see him.
You rush back to your house. The sheriff’s car is parked outside. You find a note on the kitchen counter addressed to you.
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- Eversion nozzle, and a method for repairing an underground tubular conduit (T Kamiyama, Y Yokoshima, S Endoh – US Patent 5,520,484, 1996 – Google Patents)
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This year, the Philippines' conduct on the South China Sea issue has been bewildering: At first, it pretended to be a victim of China's "threat of force", complained that China was preventing it from supplying the warship beached on the Ren'ai Reef, and accused China of refusing to accept arbitration on the issue. Then before the quest for sympathy had even had a chance to run its course, the Philippines suddenly adopted a hard line. On May 6, 2014, armed personnel from the Philippines detained a Chinese fishing boat around the Half Moon Shoal in the Nansha Islands, and on the same day a senior military official of the Philippines announced a so-called "Defense Plan of the South China Sea" through Japanese media channels.
The Philippines tough stance was not taken on a whim: their confidence to challenge China on the South China Sea issue stems from the belief that they have the protection and support of the US.
It is true that the US has signed an "Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement" with the Philippines. And the two countries are carrying on a joint military exercises "shoulder to shoulder", based on scenarios such as "coping with possible invasion" - an obvious dig at China. Therefore, the Philippines indulges itself in the belief that on the South China Sea issue, the interests and stance of the US and the Philippines are as one, and the US will pick up the tab for the Philippines' actions.
In fact, the Philippines has been blinded by its reliance on the US. It fails to see that the US is trying to protect its interests in the South China Sea, which includes the overall stability of the area. The US has tried everything it can think of to constrain China, while avoiding direct conflict. The US needs the Philippines to be its ally, but at the same time it attaches great importance to establishing a new-type great power relationship with China. During Obama's visit to the Philippines, he confirmed in public that the US has no intention of confronting China or restraining its peaceful rise. The American side emphasized that defense cooperation between the US and the Philippines targets terrorism, piracy, smuggling, natural disasters and other areas. Obviously, those areas do not involve China. The US deliberately keeps its policy vague as it is unwilling to provoke China overtly; it would be impossible for the US to help the Philippines attack China on the South China Sea.
China takes an unwavering stand on protecting its territory and sovereignty, and has no fear of provocation from any country. On the incident of the detained Chinese fishing boat, the Chinese coast guard arrived promptly on the scene, and China resolved the issue through diplomatic channels, requiring the Philippine side to release the crew and the boat and give a reasonable explanation.
After the Huangyan Island incident, China implemented regular naval patrols around the island and put an end to Filippino harassment of Chinese boats in the area. Making the same mistake again will do no good to the Philippines.
As a responsible country, China has the confidence and willpower to face interference from outside forces. The Philippines would be well advised to think carefully before acting.
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AIDS stands for acquired immune deficiency syndrome which consists of set of infections and symptoms that result from immune system of human being damaged. It is caused by virus called human immunodeficiency virus and this condition makes immune system not to be effective leaving individuals being susceptible to tumors and opportunistic infections. HIV is transmitted by coming into direct contact with mucous membrane or body fluid that contains HIV virus such as semen, breast milk, vaginal fluid and blood. Transmission of AIDS involves blood transfusions, anal or vaginal sex, contaminated hypodermic needles and having exchange between baby and mother during breast feeding, pregnancy or childbirth.
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Uganda is a role model in Africa for fighting against AIDS due to broad-based partnership, strong leadership in the government and campaigns for public education that led to decrease in number of people who were living with AIDS in 1990s. Although a lot is learned from Ugandas campaigns against AIDS in a timely and comprehensive manner, its success is not supposed to detract from devastating effects of AIDS across the country economically, socially and personally. The estimated number of people who are living with AIDS in Uganda currently is 940,000 and children who are orphaned by AIDS are 1.2million. (Cohen, 1997)
Rapid spread of AIDS in Uganda was through sexual networks in urban areas and at major highways after it originated from Lake Victoria. The doctors became aware of it due to severe cases of wasting which were locally known as slim disease and fatal opportunistic infections. The first AIDS case was diagnosed in Uganda in 1982 and there was a link between clinically recognized AIDS and slim disease. When civil war ended in 1986, president Museveni began a major program for HIV prevention because the country had a major epidemic with prevalence rates of 29% in the urban areas.
In 1987, the first program for AIDS control was set up in Uganda for the public to be educated on how to avoid being infected with HIV. The program aimed at promoting abstinence from sex, being faithful to your partner and using condoms as a protective measure. The program also ensured the blood supply is safe and HIV surveillance was started. The main feature of early response in Uganda was strong political leadership and commitment to tackle AIDS epidemic which was rampaging.
There was need to take action against AIDS though prevention work that was began at grass root levels with tiny organizations coming up to educate peers about AIDS. TASO which was organization based in the community was formed. TASO stand for “The AIDS Support Organization” and the sixteen volunteers who run it had personal experience with AIDS because they were infected. Later, TASO became the biggest AIDS service organization that provided AIDS services, providing medical and emotional support to thousand of HIV positive people.
The second phase of HIV epidemic in Uganda was from1992 to 2000 when there was dramatic fall of HIV epidemic from 15% in all adults and 30% in pregnant women in 1991 to 5% in 2001. The decline in prevalence was due government prevention campaign but treatment was not easily available and deaths which were related to AIDS led to decrease in number of people who were living with AIDS. The prevention initiative of Ugandan government continued up to nineties with funding from World Bank and the government.
The third phase of AIDS in Uganda has led to prevalence being stabilized during 2000-2005 and reports indicated a slight increase from 2006. Antiretroviral drugs that are offered free of charge have been used in Uganda since the year 2004. The availability of this drug resulted to complacency because AIDS is not immediate death sentence anymore. Many experts have speculated that shift in Ugandas prevention policy to US-backed programs for abstinence are responsible for risky behavior which is increasing because sex education and promotion of condom are no longer emphasized. (Sayagues, 1999)
In 1990s, there was decline in number of people in Uganda who were living with AIDS. This is due to decrease in new infections and increase in AIDS related deaths. Many people died because there was no treatment to delay onset of AIDS and many people who were infected in 1980s were at the end of survival period. The honest and frank discussions on causes of AIDS infection have contributed to changes in people’s behavior allowing for decline in prevalence levels. Education tours and music by Philly who openly declared his HIV status spread the understanding, respect and compassion for people who were living with AIDS.
The ministry of health in Uganda started offering free prevention of transmission of mother to child in antenatal clinic. This programme was involved in counseling and rapid testing for the women who attend antenatal clinic and treating both child and mother who are HIV positive. The programme had positive results although large disparities were found in transmission from mother to child in different areas which depended on number of staff available. (Narathius, 1997)
Social Construction of the Disease
Uganda is regarded as the most successful in its fight against the spread of AIDS and has challenges in continuing with the progress it made in 1990s. The important lesson during this period is to know how to prevent new AIDS infections due to sexual behavior. When sex is delayed by young people, early HIV exposure is avoided and this results to enormous benefits of postponement to public health and humans. The questions that arises is who is sexually active, the reason why he or she is sexually active and with who. In Uganda, social construction has changed sex contours and HIV epidemic is not easy to deal with. The hope is in universal Secondary education to help Ugandan girls postpone first sex so that they can help in addressing national and global AIDS scourge.
HIV/AIDS is construed as disease that is threatening to life and is supposed to be feared because it results from deviant and promiscuous behavior of other people and high risk groups. Approaches to past communication have been anti-pleasure, fear inducing and anti-sex. Communicators of changing behavior in their frameworks and models do not see love as a social construction which needs trusting, giving and risk taking which is a major contribution to unsafe sex. (Topouzis, 1995)
How the disease and its victims were viewed by general population
Educating the general population and workers in health care about AIDS is very important. Many anxieties and fears need to be addressed about the dreaded illness. Experience shows that the simple information given is of little importance in hospital personnel and general population. Origin of irrational fears and anxieties in AIDS patients need to be addressed and get psychodynamic explanation. Training programs using videotape and group process need to be used in order to have a better address of underlying fears of AIDS patients so that hospital staff can deliver empathic care to the patients. (Hemrich, 2000)
How AIDS victims are viewed by society, families and friends
There was a ministry that was opened in Uganda to support orphans called AROH-UGANDA aiming at restoring hope. This organization is voluntary and non-profit making and helps destitute children and AIDS orphans by supporting them and paying for their welfare, medical care and formal education because there is large number of AIDS orphans who are left without anyone to take care of them. This organization is very important because, there are children whose both parents died and immediate relatives leaving them with their old grandmothers who are not capable of giving them support and providing for their basic needs.
Widows who are HIV/AIDS positive in the society are helped to live long by helping them to engage in activities that generate income because they still have children who need their support but they are not able to work for very long hours because they are weak. The department of AIDS awareness visit schools, churches and community so that the people who are AIDS victims can be advised on how to live positively in the society and have a sense of belonging because there is still hope in life and once they take good care of themselves, they can still survive for a very long period of time.
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The families of people who are living with AIDS in Uganda shows a lot of love and care to them and assure them that even if they are positive, they still belong to them. They are provided with basic needs and medical care all the time and are not discriminated in any way by their families. Their friends are advised not to ignore them because; this is the moment when they need great care and whenever they are in difficult situation, they should be encouraged to live positively and enjoy their life. (Stover, 1999)
Using the best scientific knowledge to tell how prevailing attitudes impede effective action
Scientific knowledge is essential link where it create link between research and policy. In order to help in health improvement, priorities must be identified and set, enhance efficiency and quality of health care, develop new interventions and technologies and advance basic knowledge of behavior and human biology. Researchers feel that they should be objective in the work they do and are uncomfortable with having close contacts with the community or decision makers because researchers are regarded as being slow, impractical and too academic as work environment of decision makers try to balance demands of pressure groups. Community members feel intimidated by decision makers and researchers because, if they had the opportunity they would say a lot and apply the new knowledge.
Science and technology can not thrive if the country is in armed conflict or has dictatorial regime. Mediators are important in bringing two parallel processes of policy development and research. The proposal put forward is that complementary and distinctive roles are played by mediators to achieve successful linkages between action and research. Researchers develop communication skills and advocacy to understand the way decision makers allocate resources and how policies are developed, implemented and monitored by policymakers. (Narathius, 1997)
Social causation of the disease
AIDS has impact which is devastating on society and individuals. This condition occurs if the people with HIV have lived long time with it, lost their immunity and are susceptible to opportunistic infections. Most often AIDS results to death and currently there is no vaccine against HIV or cure for AIDS. Apart from causing numerous deaths, there are other problems related to HIV/AIDS; these include increased dependence, reduced income of households, deepening poverty, social discrimination and the depletion of human resources and national resources. These problems have implications and lead to AIDS-related problems. For example, social discrimination in AIDS victims result into stigmatization which make them fail to seek treatment, support and care due to fearing any further discrimination.
The resources of AIDS victims in Uganda are affected due to labor loss and effects of eroding assets and lack of investment. Majority of people of affected cases have negative effects on AIDS which has resulted to vulnerability and impoverishment. Demographic characteristics and socio-economic status of households influence impact of the magnitude of AIDS and the capacity to be able to cope with it. (Topouzis, 1995)
In Uganda, the presidents AIDS initiative have faced challenges. There is lack of health care infrastructure to treat AIDS and deadly diseases. The government is not prepared to deal with AIDS crisis or too corrupt and feels unaccountable to have campaigns for effective treatment. International AIDS activists and organizations have been ignoring Ugandas success and promoted flawed approaches to prevention of disease. Health care workers in Uganda are enthusiastic about condoms but did not consider testimony by health officials of the government about putting emphasis on abstinence from sex and reducing the number of partners.
The Uganda results are unambiguous and startling. The health and demographic survey in 2000-2001 found 93% of Ugandan people changing their sexual behaviors in order to avoid AIDS. The census Bureau in United States estimated HIV prevalence rate in Uganda to be 15% in 1991 and went down to 5% in 2001. The decline in prevalence is unique in the whole world and is subject to intense scrutiny by scientists. Ugandas success is more impressive even after putting into consideration the limited financial resources.
AIDS in Uganda affect economic growth through reducing human capital available. When nutrition is poor and there is no medicine and health care, many people become AIDS victims thereby becoming unable to work and require significant medical care making the economy to collapse in the country because in areas where infection is high, many orphans are left behind to be taken care of by grandparents who are elderly.
In cultural or social action, AIDS stigma is in existence all over the world through rejection, discrimination, ostracism and avoiding the infected people. There has been compulsory testing for HIV without having prior consent or protecting confidentiality of HIV status of victims and also quarantine for infected individuals which make people fear to be tested or secure treatment resulting to death due to chronic illness that could have been managed and this resulted to spreading HIV /AIDS because people are not aware whether they are infected or not. (Stover, 1999)
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The Great Madhva Acarya
Page 4 – Institutions
Today the followers of Madhva, collectively known as the Madhvas, are governed by 23 religious organizations called mathas (commonly spelled mutt). The matha consists of a senior ascetic known as a svami along with his students and other followers, usually married couples. Such matha institutions govern the entire religious sect (sampradaya). The Madhva mathas can broadly be grouped by the language spoken by a majority of it’s followers: Tulu, Kannada, Marati, Telugu, and Konkani. These mathas also correspond to the geographic regions where the languages are spoken.
In 1278 Madhvacarya founded the Krishna Mutt in Udupi. In his later years he gave responsibility to eight of his senior disciples to conduct the worship and administrative affairs for his Krishna Mutt. These eight disciples gradually collected their own followers and established their own mathas that later became known as the asta-mathas (eight mutts) of Udupi. These eight mathas are named after the surrounding villages where they originally resided.
Down to the present time this succession of eight matha-svamis are the joint trustees of Madhva’s original Krishna Mutt. Consequently, they hold prestigious positions as custodians of the historical and spiritual center of the Madhvas. In a system of rotation lasting two years they hold office as High Priest for the Krishna Mutt. The change of office from one matha-svami to the next takes place four days after the annual makara-sankranti festival on January 14th of every even year. The festival that marks this change is known as theparyaya festival. The paryaya festival is still current today and is worth traveling to Udupi to see. In addition to the eight mathas of Udupi there are four other mathas, which govern the Tulu speaking followers of Madhva.
Outside of Madhva’s home territory there are 11 other mathas called the “out-country” or desastha-mathas. These mathas serve the needs of Madhva’s Kannada, Marati Telugu and Konkani speaking followers. Each of these mathas has their own rich spiritual and historical traditions.
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Elastic modulus study of gold thin film for use as an actuated membrane in a superconductive radio frequency (RF) microelectromechanical (MEM) switch
The objective of this research was to find Young's elastic modulus for thin gold films at room and cryogenic temperatures based on the flexional model which has not been previously attempted. Electrical Sonnet simulations and numerical methods using Abacus for the mechanical responses were employed for this purpose. A RF MEM shunt switch was designed and a fabrication process developed in house. The switch is composed of a superconducting YBa2 Cu3O7 coplanar waveguide structure with an Au bridge membrane suspended above an area of the center conductor covered with BaTiO3 dielectric. The Au membrane is actuated by the electrostatic attractive force acting between the transmission line and the membrane when voltage is applied. The value of the actuation force will greatly depend on the switch pull-down voltage and on the geometry and mechanical properties of the bridge material. Results show that the elastic modulus for Au thin film can be 484 times higher at cryogenic temperature than it is at room temperature. ^
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The USS Virginia-class submarines are the United States newest and most advanced submarine. The first Virginia slipped beneath the waves just eight years ago and only nine vessels have been completed. They take more than five years to build and run about $2.4 billion apiece. The Virginia-class submarine is a new breed of high-tech post-Cold War nuclear subs. The submarines are nearly 400 feet long and have been in service since 2003.
The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $121.8 million contract modification to buy long lead-time material for three Virginia-class submarines, SSN-793, SSN-794 and SSN-795. Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics.
The contract provides funding for steam and electrical-plant components, main propulsion unit and ship-service turbine generator sets, as well as miscellaneous hull, mechanical and electrical-systems components to support construction of the submarines.
With the modification, the contract has a value of $716.5 million. It was awarded initially in April 2012.
Recognized as a model defense-acquisition program for its technical excellence and schedule performance, the Virginia-class submarine program provides the Navy with the capabilities required to dominate both the open ocean and the littorals. In partnership with the Navy, Electric Boat is successfully pursuing its goal to reduce ship costs without decreasing capabilities through overall efficiency improvements, decreased ship-construction labors costs and shortened ship-construction cycle times.
LINKS & REFERENCE
Alvin DSV - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
HMS Astute 1st of Class
HMS Vanguard- Trident
INS Sindhurakshak - explosion & sinking
Lusitania - Torpedo attack
Nuclear submarines lost at sea
Predator - Covert submarine hunter/killer
Seawolf - Autonomous wolf pack deployment of Predator mini-subs
Torpedoes - UUV anti submarine weapons
U20 - Kapitan Leutnant Walther Schwieger
USS Bluefish WWI submarine
USS Bluefish - Nuclear submarine
USS Jimmy Carter - Seawolf class fast attack nuclear submarine
USS Nautilus - 1st nuclear submarine & subsea north pole passage
FICTION Operation Neptune - An advanced nuclear submarine is hijacked by environmental extremists intent on stopping pollution from the burning of fossil fuels. The extremists torpedo a number of oil wells as part of a campaign to cause energy chaos, with bigger plans to come. If you enjoyed Under Siege or The Hunt for Red October, this is a must for you.
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Jasper Johns, “0 through 9”, 1960; Oil on Canvas; 72 x 54 in. (182.8 x 137.1 cm); Collection of Helen and Charles Schwab, fractional gift to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
“0 through 9” is an oil painting on canvas by the American painter, sculptor and printmaker Jasper Johns. This large work, rendered in distinct areas of red, blue and golden yellow, presents the viewer with the numerical figures 0–9, each scaled to fill the whole canvas and superimposed over one another, such that while each number is visible, it is difficult to discern them individually.
The application of the paint is characterised by heavy brush marks and oil films, along with widespread impasto. Areas of color are highly worked and blended within and across individual spaces created by the overlapping numbers. This blending is evident throughout the entire composition, as is the multi-directional nature of the brushstrokes. Linear accents have been added in charcoal.
“0 through 9” was made by Johns in 1961 when he was living in New York. It is one of a series of twelve works by the artist, some produced in editions, that show the numbers 0 to 9 superimposed over one another. The series began with a drawing of 1960, now in the NY MOMA. In total, there are five paintings in the series the same size as the Tate work, including one made using a grey monochrome technique known as grisaille. Johns also made three smaller paintings on paper, a metallic relief, a pastel and a lithograph. | <urn:uuid:716f9a87-e07b-4350-a099-8967eb5b6d32> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ultrawolvesunderthefullmoon.blog/2015/03/07/jasper-johns-0-through-9-1960-oil-on-canvas/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572163.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815085006-20220815115006-00666.warc.gz | en | 0.972618 | 337 | 2.046875 | 2 |
Cocooning, self-isolation, physical distancing - never before has our collective health depended more on our ability to stay apart. Over the past weeks, we've seen huge efforts across the country to do just that in a collective effort to protect ourselves, our loved ones and the most vulnerable in our society.
In Operation Transformation: Keeping Well Apart, the team from Operation Transformation will try to help the nation get through these challenging times.
This is not a weight-loss series.
It is about providing individuals and families with the tools to sustain our collective effort of social distancing.
Clinical Psychologist Dr. Eddie Murphy will be offering tips on mental health while GP Dr. Sumi Dunne will be on hand to advise people on their health concerns.
Dietician Aoife Hearne will be offering ideas on meal planning, weekly shops and there will be helpful "how to cook" videos available online and Karl Henry, the champion of the Ad Break Challenge, will be showing people how they can stay fit in their homes.
At the heart of any series of Operation Transformation is people sharing their lives and experiences and in doing so helping others. In this series, we will be following the lives of households who have asked for the support of the Operation Transformation experts.
In studio, host Kathryn Thomas will be linking to the participating families at home, we will see how they are getting on and the experts will be there to offer ideas on food, exercise, and mental well-being.
This is a special series of Operation Transformation where nobody steps on the scales and nobody has a weekly target. It is about the experts and the participants sharing their knowledge and real-life experience to help others.
We have to stay apart to keep well and this brings a unique set of challenges and OT, with its team of experts, will be there to give support to the many people who want some guidance on how to get through these difficult days.
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Thirty-four staff members from the Office of the Auditor General, State of Michigan, will reach out to 1,000 students at Lansing's Gardner Middle School during a Jan. 9 MACPA Accounting Blitz. Sponsored by the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants (MACPA) and Junior Achievement of Southeastern Michigan (JA), the full-day interactive program teaches students basic economic concepts and the relevance of education to the workplace.
"We're delighted to provide this service to others through the MACPA Accounting Blitz," said Thomas McTavish, CPA, Auditor General of the State of Michigan. "Teaching the Gardner School students about business and economic principles strengthens our state today as they learn and tomorrow as they enter the world of work."
McTavish serves as a volunteer on the board of directors of the MACPA. Also volunteering in the Blitz are staff members from the Lansing accounting firm The Rehmann Group.
"CPAs lead the way through volunteerism like the MACPA Accounting Blitz at Lansing's Gardner Middle School," said Peggy Dzierzawski, president and CEO, the MACPA. "When business, industry and government join forces through volunteerism we're investing in our youth and our state's future."
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There is no (a) solution, because there is no (a) problem
Or: Making a 300 Million Dollar Difference with Conceptual
Art in the Age of Disaster and other Repetitive Negativities
Artist Mel Chin will present an abbreviated exposition of his works of art as political critique, chasing after disasters with options and solutions and the making a "Fundredmental" difference. Q & A welcome. Participation encouraged. Requirements: Bring pen, pencils or crayons.
Mel Chin is known for the broad range of approaches in his art, including works that require multi-disciplinary, collaborative teamwork and works that conjoin cross-cultural aesthetics with complex ideas. He developed Revival Field (1989-ongoing), a project that has been a pioneer in the field of "green remediation": the use of plants to remove toxic, heavy metals from the soil. These projects are consistent with a conceptual philosophy that emphasizes the practice of art to include sculpting and bridging the natural and social ecology.
Well known for his iconic sculptures, which often address the importance of memory and collective identity, the artist often insinuates art into unlikely places, including destroyed homes, toxic landfills, and popular television. Investigating the ways in which art can provoke greater social awareness and responsibility, Chin’s socially engaged projects also challenge the idea of the artist as the exclusive creative force behind an artwork. “Sometimes, the survival of my own idea may not be as important as a condition I might create for others’ ideas to be realized,” says Chin.
From 1995-1998 Chin formed the collective ‘the GALA Committee’, which produced In the Name of the Place, a conceptual public art project conducted on American prime-time television. Chin also promotes “works of art” that have the ultimate effect of benefiting science, as in Revival Field, and the recent Fundred Dollar Bill/Operation Paydirt Project, an attempt to make New Orleans a lead-safe city.
Further information: The Fundred Dollar Bill Project
Above: Mel Chin: SAFEHOUSE, 2008-10
Materials: existing house, stainless steel, steel, wood, plywood, gatorboard, lead encapsulation paint, automotive body and paint finishes, 12,000 brass thumbtacks, 6000 unique handrawn "Fundred Dollar Bills", St. Roch Neighborhood, 8th Ward, New Orleans, LA.
Size: 22' W x 40' L x 18' H. Note: interior walls are 10.5' in height
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The University of Colombo offers a proficiency course in English, with special emphasis on legal terms, throughout the four years of the LL.B. degree programme. Undergraduates who wish to improve their skills in the English language are encouraged to follow this course. The course is compulsory for all those who do not show the required competence in English upon entering the Faculty.
On entering the Faculty all new undergraduates are required to sit for the English Language Placement Test conducted by the Department of English, University of Colombo. Undergraduates are then grouped into three levels based on their performance. All these undergraduates must then follow the Intensive Course in English, which is conducted for a period of four weeks. At the end of the Intensive Course another test, the New Admission Test, is conducted and the undergraduates are grouped afresh into three levels based on their performance at the test.
Undergraduates who obtain a mark of 80% or more at the Placement Test and the New Admission Test are exempted from the Intensive Course and the English Course.
Law undergraduates are required to follow the English Course of the level into which they have been grouped throughout the academic year. The examination paper in English for each level is held along with the year-end law papers. The English paper is counted as a compulsory paper. All 1st Year undergraduates offering English for the examination, regardless of the level into which they have been grouped, must also sit for the compulsory grammar paper. As in the law subjects, two assignments must also be submitted for the English course.
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Hydrometeorological Innovative Solutions (HYDS) and AQUALOGY will be presenting at 11th International Conference on Hydroinformatics (HIC 2014) an Early Warning System for real time urban flood warning based on radar nowcasting techniques. It runs in the cloud a hydraulic/hydrological model with radar, rain gauges and other sensors information, allows configuring warnings over different elements and actions to be triggered when the different warning levels are reached.
- Álvaro Rodríguez, Xavier Llort, David Sancho, Rafael Sánchez-Diezma (HYDS), Ramón Bella, Vicente Gómez (AQUALOGY), 2014: “Hidromet: A Cloud-Based EWS Platform for Real Time Urban Flood Warning”, 11th International Conference on Hydroinformatics, 17-21 August 2014, New York City, USA.
- Presentation of the paper in Session R59: Real-time Control of Flood Events, on 18/Aug/2014: 3:45pm-5:30pm, in Room 201.
How does it relate to PEARL?
As an Early Warning System for real time urban flood warning based on radar nowcasting techniques, Hidromet contributes to work package 4 on Flood Forecasting and Early Warning Systems; particularly to Task 4.3 (“Advanced uncertainty tools and methods for early warning”) and Task 4.5 (“New methodologies, concepts and tools for effective dissemination of early warnings”). | <urn:uuid:555dad7a-7813-4e7b-b119-93ea18f0b81d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.pearl-fp7.eu/hidromet-ews-hic/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00667.warc.gz | en | 0.78987 | 325 | 1.59375 | 2 |
Over at Wonders and Marvels, Adrienne Mayor ponders halinda use by the warrior women:
A mosaic from the second or third century with a human figure has been found during the construction of a district bazaar area in the southern province of Mersin’s Tarsus district.
Tarsus Gov. Orhan Şefik Güldibi said the mosaic was unearthed by chance in the construction area.
“Maybe we have reached one of the most important archaeological remains in Tarsus. We know that the history of Tarsus dates back to ancient ages. We have found Orpheus mosaics on the ancient Roman road next to the courthouse. It shows us the richness of the district’s archaeological treasures,” he said.
After unearthing the mosaic, construction work was halted and scientific work was initiated. The district governor said that there was a structure 25 meters by five meters in the area they thought could be a water cistern from the early Roman period.
“This structure may also be the remains of a bath, palace or villa. We will see after the examinations. The human mosaic has Greek writing on it, which will be translated by experts. We think there are other mosaics around this one. We will restore and display it,” Güldibi said.
- via: Mosaic found at a bazaar construction (Hurriyet)
… as often, Hurriyet includes an annoyingly small photo of the mosaic (we want to read the Greek!!!!), ecce:
… I can’t figure it out, other than perhaps to suggest this is the origin of North American style football as we clearly have a quarterback sporting a playoff beard … more coffee needed.
posted with permission:
The Agamemnon of Aeschylus: A Commentary for Students. By David Raeburn and Oliver Thomas. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Pp. lxxiv + 289. Paperback, £29.99/$55.00. ISBN 978-0-19-959561-7. Hardcover, £65.00/$135.00, ISBN 978-0-19-959560-0.
Reviewed by Eric Dugdale, Gustavus Adolphus College
David Raeburn and Oliver Thomas have made a difficult but rewarding play accessible to students with this the first commentary on Aeschylus’ Agamemnon to be published in English since 1958. It offers an impressively wide-ranging introduction to the play that also sets it in the broader context of the Oresteia as a whole. Raeburn and Thomas prove to be dependable guides who offer judicious readings of difficult passages; they are even-handed in presenting variant readings or interpretations, and provide the resources necessary for readers to engage with scholarly debate.
Introduction: In 60 pages, the introduction covers the following topics: (1) an introduction to the tetralogy and its playwright, with a synopsis of the storyline of the plays and their mythical background; (2) the historical context of the Oresteia, especially recent political events such as Ephialtes’ reform; (3) prior versions of the Orestes myth and distinctive attributes of Aeschylus’ treatment; (4) ideas in Agamemnon (justice, religion, causation and responsibility, learning through suffering, gender); (5) Aeschylus’ dramaturgy (use of theater space, performers, stage action, and the structure of the play); (6) the power of words (performative language); (7) the chorus; (8) the characters (referred to as the “solo characters”); (9) language, imagery, and themes; and (10) the textual transmission of Agamemnon.
The range of topics covered in the introduction is exemplary, with an overview of the structural elements of Greek tragedy (i.e. what is a parodos, episode, stasimon etc.) and discussion of the biographical tradition about Aeschylus and Nachleben of the play being perhaps the only significant omissions. The section treating the distinctive elements of the staging of the play and the way its structure builds suspense is especially insightful, as is the discussion of causation, responsibility and the principle of “multiple determination.” Readers about to grapple with Aeschylus’ difficult style are given a sympathetic portrayal of the artistry of his language, including an extended case study of dog metaphors. Throughout, Raeburn & Thomas adduce a wealth of relevant secondary scholarship, cited in footnotes and in suggested reading at the end of sections, often accompanied by annotations. They have restricted citations to scholarship written in English, an understandable arrangement given their intended audience.
However, I had a mixed response to the introduction. Certain sections (e.g. 1 and 5 above) were a model of clarity—as, for example, the discussion of the textual transmission, which equips readers to engage with later discussion of textual cruxes. Others failed to fully spell out the implications of an issue (e.g. by setting the Areopagus reform within the shift to broader-based democratic participation) or to define key terms (e.g. δαίμων is a term used throughout the introduction, but not defined until notes ad 768-71 (“evil genius”), 1663 (“luck”), and 1667 (“the guardian spirit of the house”); so too δίκη needs a clearer definition than that adumbrated at xxxi – it would help to note that Dike is often personified, and that she is the daughter of Zeus). Hubris is referenced extensively in the introduction and commentary, but never properly explained—especially problematic given the term’s imprecise vernacular use; references to the “hubris syndrome” are even more opaque. Frequent references to Aeschylus’ “theology” and to “sin” are likely to give students a skewed impression of religious thought in 5th-century Athens. The main problem, though, is one of intelligibility, sometimes stemming from prior knowledge assumed, other times from allusive or opaque wording.
Commentary: The commentary itself is pitched at just the right level. Grammatical and linguistic assistance is provided at the right moments, including cross-references to Smyth, Denniston, and the LSJ where appropriate. English translations of difficult phrases are provided. Over the course of the book, students are introduced to a wide range of aspects of the classical world. So, for example, students are introduced to the use of Doric vowels in choral odes and are reminded to distinguish between words that look the same but for their accent. Notes offer excellent treatment of the semantic range of individual words; religious and socio-political aspects are also illuminated. Each new episode is given an introduction that treats issues of staging, interpretation, meter, characterization, and plot trajectory. There are welcome references to famous modern echoes of the Oresteia (e.g., Robert Kennedy’s quotation of Ag. 179-83 in his speech after the assassination of Martin Luther King; the use of the beacon sequence in Peter Jackson’s 2003 film version of Tolkien’s The Return of the King). Such references should be a standard element of commentaries for students; that this is not yet the case is indicated by the fact that these references are relegated to the bottom of the page as footnotes on notes! Rather broad understandings of what constitutes performative language and ritual and a propensity to spot dark resonances in every utterance are idiosyncrasies of the commentary rather than major faults.
The decision to reprint the Greek text of Page’s OCT means that on dozens of occasions Raeburn and Thomas (rightly) take issue with their published text. They handle this problem adroitly, using it as an opportunity to introduce students to textual criticism as they lay out the grounds on which one reading is preferred over another. The text has an attractive layout and font, and is free of typos but for a couple of minor slips. End matter includes a bibliography, index locorum, and general index, as well as a 29-page appendix, titled “Sound and Rhythm,” introducing readers to the meters of the play. This appendix includes tips on delivery as well as discussion of the effects of various meters, and a general introduction to metra and cola. It concludes with a metrical analysis of the play’s choral passages, which indicates rests as well as posits which syllables correspond with footfall. Thus the reader benefits from David Raeburn’s considerable experience in the performance of Greek drama in the original language. In summary, Raeburn and Thomas have provided a comprehensive and reliable guide to the Agamemnon that will be of use to students and scholars alike.
Interesting post over at Scientific American wherein a researcher ponders the use of “the Achilles heel” in cancer research … here’s a tease:
[… ] I decided to google the expressions “Achilles’ heel” and “cancer”. It turns out that every year, numerous press releases and news articles claim that researchers have finally identified the “Achilles’ heel” of cancer. In Greek mythology, Achilles only had two feet and thus two heels; only one of the two heels was vulnerable. So how can it be that hundreds of researchers have found the Achilles’ heel of cancer? Apparently, I am not the only one who has used this metaphor inappropriately and it begs the question, whether we should even be using it at all.
When I was a child, Gustav Schwab’s “Sagen des klassischen Altertums” was one of my favorite books. His gripping narrative of the ancient Greek myths has also been translated from German into English and is available as “Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece”. It was in this book that I first encountered the legend of Achilles and the story of the Trojan War, originally relayed by the Greek poet Homer in his great epic “The Illiad”. Achilles was the son of the sea-goddess (nymph) Thetis and King Peleus and was known for his great strength and skills in battle, but I could find nothing heroic in this demigod Achilles.
Even though I loved Schwab’s narration, I despised Achilles. He vacillated between fits of rage and episodes of prolonged sulking. He was rude, arrogant and violent – Anakin Skywalker on steroids. I was especially horrified by how Achilles tied the body of his enemy Hector to his chariot and dragged it around, in order to humiliate the deceased and inflicting great psychological pain on Hector’s family. Basically, Achilles was a jerk; but according to the diagnostic classification of the American Psychiatric Association, Achilles may just have had IED (intermittent explosive disorder). […]
- via: Achilles Had Only 2 Heels (Scientific American)
Mary Beard writes an oped on a constant in human history (with ClassCon, of course): | <urn:uuid:bd8ea668-3175-4df0-b714-a1a0a3dba489> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://rogueclassicism.com/2012/11/12/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280483.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00300-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943416 | 2,361 | 2.25 | 2 |
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Ugandan lesbian Brenda Namigadde tonight won a temporary reprieve from likely deportation to Uganda — and subsequent certain death — when a British High Court judge granted an injunction temporarily staying her scheduled deportation to Kampala, on the same day slain gay rights leader David Kato was buried in his ancestral home of Namataba, Uganda.
Namigadde had already boarded the aircraft at Heathrow International Airport when the injunction came down from the High Court, according to a late-breaking report by The Guardian. Namigadde is scheduled to appear in a hearing before the High Court tomorrow morning. Numerous members of the UK Parliament and Andy Slaughter, the shadow justice minister, expressed “grave concern” over the fate of Namigadde, who lives in his constituency.
Namigadde claims she is afraid for her personal safety and feels her life will be over if she is forced to return to Uganda, arguably the most homophobic country on the continent of Africa, fueled by the overt influence of extreme right-wing American Christian evangelicals known as “The Family,” exposed in 2008 by author Jeff Sharlet.
But it appears at this late hour the government of Prime Minister David Cameron led by Tory-Liberal Party coalition, declined to send Namigadde back to Uganda, despite their professed doubts about her sexual orientation. In the last 48 hours, the UK’s  highest ranking relgious leader Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Roland Williams, condemned the murder of Kato and urged the British government to offer protection to gay and lesbian people seeking asylum in England.
International pressure was also ramped up Wednesday in a quickly-formed transatlantic joint collaboration between All Out in Britain and GetEQUAL in the U.S., who combined their organizational prowess and online operations by soliciting signatures from around the world by supporters to a statement calling on U.K. Home Secretary Theresa May to stop Namigadde’s deportation. All Out and GetEQUAL claim at least 40,000 signatures representing 160 countries.
GetEQUAL declared a temporary victory, issuing a statement at 5:55 p.m. EST under managing director Heather Cronk’s signature, stating, “After a few really tenuous days and a really close call, Brenda Namigadde has been granted a temporary reprieve! The details are still coming in, but Brenda has left Heathrow airport in London and is returning home. She’s not out of the woods, but we’re thrilled that YOUR pressure has bought her some extra time for legal wrangling and, hopefully, safety.”
Talk about a close call! As of 5 p.m. GMT in London, the UK  Border Agency issued the following statement directly to The New Civil Rights Movement on behalf of Matthew Coats, Head of Immigration:
“Ms Namigadde’s case has been carefully considered by both the UK Border Agency and the courts on two separate occasions and she has been found not to have a right to remain here. An Immigration Judge found on the evidence before him that Ms Namigadde was not homosexual.
“The Government has made it clear that it is committed to stopping the removal of asylum seekers who have genuinely had to leave particular countries because of their sexual orientation or gender identification. However, when someone is found not to have a genuine claim we expect them to leave voluntarily.â€
When this reporter pressed the media officer for a statement beyond a prepared one, he declined. It would have been unimaginable to deport Namigadde, whose legal counsel has submitted three affidavits signed by family members attesting to her lesbian sexual orientation, to the UK’s border agency. Namigadde fled Uganda after her relationship with a Canadian woman was discovered a number of years ago. They were both beaten and their house was burned down in retribution for being in a lesbian relationship.
Ironically, in reviewing the Home Office’s website, this reporter discovered a golden nugget of information that perhaps bodes well for Namigadde’s future in the UK: Stonewall, a national gay and lesbian organization in Britain, recently awarded the UK Home Office its Equality Index award for the best workplace in the country for lesbian, gay and bisexual people to work. The Home Office has the Stonewall award press release proudly posted on its website.
Lastly and quite deliciously, GetEQUAL also annouced in their victory statement that they are organizing a “Breakfast without Bigotry” in honor of “The Family” on Februry 3, on the occasion of the National Prayer Breakfast to be held at the Washington, D.C. Hilton Hotel. Anyone choosing to attend The Family’s annual breakfast better be prepared for indigestion and a dish of shame.
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‘A Bunch of New Yorkers in Addition to George Soros’: Greg Abbott Accused of Antisemitism
Texas GOP Governor Greg Abbott is facing a challenging re-election fight against Beto O’Rourke, the popular and charismatic former U.S,. Congressman and Democratic presidential candidate who is now his party’s gubernatorial nominee.
Texas voters have had to face mismanagement of the state’s electric grid, with hundreds of Texans dying in winter after the snowstorm that sent Senator Ted Cruz to Cancun, the horrific elementary school mass shooting in Uvalde, and Abbott spending millions of taxpayer dollars on anti-immigrant programs, including bussing migrants to Democratic-controlled cities like Washington, D.C. and New York City. Not to mention his support of the vigilante abortion ban and a “Don’t Say Gay” bill, his failed promise to end rape, and the fact that Texas leads the nation in mass shootings.
But none of that has stopped the 64-year old from doubling down on his conservative bonafides.
On Wednesday over at Fox News, Abbott engaged in what many are calling some old-fashioned antisemitism.
“We will explain to our fellow Texans that the Beto campaign is being aided by a bunch of New Yorkers in addition to George Soros, and that will do nothing but harm his campaign,” Abbott told Fox News host Harris Faulkner.
Greg Abbott: “We will explain to our fellow Texans that the Beto campaign is being aided by a bunch of New Yorkers in addition to George Soros, and that will do nothing but harm his campaign.” pic.twitter.com/23O6TtLwTO
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) August 10, 2022
George Soros, who is Jewish, is a Democratic philanthropist and one of the liberals most-hated by the right, in large part because he funds left wing causes.
He also donated $1 million to help elect O’Rourke governor.
Two weeks ago polls showed O’Rourke gaining ground, striking with five points of his entrenched Texas Republican rival.
And now Abbott is being blasted for what many are calling antisemitism over his Soros statement.
“In this context, ‘New Yorkers’ and ‘George Soros’ are both signifiers for the alleged Jewish elite who supposedly control the world. Abbott is peddling antisemitic conspiracy theory rhetoric,” says writer and human rights activist Leah McElrath.
“When they say ‘Soros’ and ‘New Yorkers,’ they mean Jews,” notes freelance writer Henry Schulman. “It’s an old dog whistle and a code all the Trump-humping Nazis and their sympathizers understand. So add a new adjective besides ‘fascist’ in front of Abbott’s name. It’s ‘anti-Semitic fascist.'”
Others were even more direct.
“Just say Jews you coward,” tweeted a columnist for The Forward, Alex גדעון בן װעלװל.
“‘The bespectacled, bagel-eating, gefilte fish-slurping, globalist intelligentsia from the Upper West Side’ is what he’s trying to say, although the specifics of who that is maddeningly unclear,” mocked Aki Pertiz, an intel and national security expert. “Also, doesn’t Soros live in NY state? Why single him out hmmmmm.”
Former Chicago Tribune editor Mark Jacob explains: “Right-wing code is pretty simple. ‘New York’ and ‘Soros’ = Jewish. ‘Chicago’ = Black people.”
Former Governor of Vermont, DNC Chair, and 2004 presidential nominee Howard Dean blasted Abbott, comparing him to the Hungarian dictator and, some say, fascist.
“Abbott has become just another GOP whack job. He sounds like victor Orban,” Dean wrote.
‘Same Answer’: Trump Sat Across From the NY Attorney General and Pleaded the Fifth to Each Question For About 5 Hours
Donald Trump arrived at the New York Attorney General’s Office early Wednesday morning, around 9 AM. At 10:04 AM posted to his Truth Social account was a lengthy statement that says, “under the advice of my counsel and for all of the above reasons, I declined to answer the questions under the rights and privileges afforded to every citizen.”
Trump was finally forced to appear after a subpoena ordering him to give a deposition on January 7 in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ investigation into his real estate pricing practices. Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen told Congress in 2019 his former boss would increase what he claimed his properties are worth when attempting to arrange credit and decrease their value for tax purposes.
The Guardian’s Hugo Lowell reported Trump “departed 28 Liberty at 3:20pm slumped in a black Secret Service SUV and peered out of the rear window as his motorcade crawled out of an underground garage past onlookers.”
At 3:42 PM Trump posted: “Just leaving the Attorney General’s Office – A very professional meeting.”
The New York Times reports “Trump and James sat across from each other for hours as he said ‘same answer’ again and again.”
Trump “read a statement into the record in which he called the inquiry a continuation of ‘the greatest witch hunt in the history of our country’ and accused Ms. James of having ‘openly campaigned on a policy of destroying me.'”
That statement is similar to the one posted to his Truth Social account.
Trump’s attorney, Ronald P. Fischetti, “said that over the course of about four hours, with several breaks, Mr. Trump answered only one question, about his name, toward the beginning of the interview.”
That statement Trump posted Wednesday morning attempted to merge the FBI’s Monday raid on his Mar-a-Lago home with his appearance for sworn testimony in a very different case.
Dem Congressman Posts Horrific Audio of Violent Death Threat Against Him and His Family by Caller Praising ‘Trump 2024’
Democratic U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell of California on Wednesday posted audio of a violent death threat against him and his family. The Congressman is married and the couple have three children. The speaker in the audio also calls for “all Democrats” to be killed, and ends with a call for “Trump 2024.”
Swalwell is a popular target for the right. He is a former candidate for president, a very visible member of the Democratic Party, and is the Co-Chair of the House Democratic Steering Committee.
The audio is profane and gruesome. In it, a male voice can be heard hoping for decapitations of the Congressman, his wife, and their children. The language is graphic.
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The voice also references President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, using horrifically racist slurs, along with Back Lives Matter, immigrants, and Democrats in general.
It also attacks the state of California and Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, and then Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
It ends with a repeated call of “Trump 2024!”
The audio is nearly two minutes long but appears to have been edited, with at least the beginning cut off.
“LISTEN to this death threat against my children,” Swalwell urges. “Since the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, Trump, McCarthy, and MAGA Republicans are stoking violent rhetoric against lawmakers and law enforcement. Someone is going to get killed.”
In 2019 Swalwell also posted a death threat he received. Fox News’ Tomi Lahren mocked him on social media.
NCRM has opted to not embed the audio but it can be heard here.
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It led from the Causeway to the Bucklebury Ferry that crossed the Brandywine River into Buckland. At its entrance, there were two tall white posts and the lane itself was straight, well-kept, and edged with large white-washed stones. It ended where a broad wooden landing-stage was on a river-bank.
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Poverty is a reality in Canada today. Despite having one of the highest
standards of living among all the developed nations, and despite being voted numerous times in recent years by the United Nations as the best country in the world in which to live, experts agree that poverty is prevalent in Canada today. Unfortunately, that is more or less where the agreement ends. Exactly how prevalent and how serious a problem poverty is in Canada is an open question that has been hotly debated for the last 10 years.
There have been two times in the past 300 years when economic structural changes have occurred in the world that have been so massive and so far-reaching, that the impact on societies has been nothing short of monumental.
The first time was in the Industrial Revolution which began in the early 1700s and caused massive societal transformations, especially in the western world, changing life from agrarian-based societies to industrial-based societies.
The second time was in the early 1980s with the beginning of the "Information Revolution." Today, a rapid, world-wide, economic transformation is taking place that is changing our societies from industrial-based societies to information-based societies, the 3rd wave.
These changes are part of a greater phenomenon called "globalization" . The improvement in technology lead to a desire to make trades with other countries, and therefore allowing foreign companies to sell in Canada and thereby compete with Canadian companies, and vice versa ("Laisser faire, laisser passer" - Adam Smith).This increased competition lead to ever greater pressures on Canadian companies to reduce their costs of producing goods. Companies closed down and went looking in third world countries because labour is cheaper. At the same time, technology was replacing human labour; employees lost their jobs, being replaced by machines that could do the... | <urn:uuid:4ffd240f-a3cb-4de0-9327-593a6e52a913> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.writework.com/essay/poverty-canada | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721387.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00447-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970041 | 363 | 2.875 | 3 |
Door security is a major concern for many senior citizens and whilst a basic chain can give a certain amount of security, more high tech options exist that give a greater sense of control in knowing what’s happening outside the property.
Video cameras are quickly and easily set up and can be connected wirelessly to viewing screens inside the house. Having several cameras in strategic locations around the property means visitors can be observed before they even reach the front door. Cameras set up beside the door, especially when fitted with an intercom system, gives those inside the ability to communicate with visitors whilst maintaining the safety shield of a locked door. It’s possible to converse with the visitor to determine their identity and even to ask to see means of identification as proof before the door is opened.
It’s also possible to have a security system that acts as a door entry system, allowing even seniors with limited or no mobility to monitor and control who has access to the house. Operated through a telephone, the senior can speak to the visitor, determine their identity and right to be there and then release the door locks with the press of a button. The door is opened automatically without the senior citizen even needing to get up from their chair. If you are looking for more information on home security systems, you can go to this website.
Motion Sensors and Window or Door Contacts
Floodlights with motion sensors set up outside the house and pointing down the garden give visibility at night, making it impossible for intruders to sneak in under cover of darkness. This is especially comforting for seniors who may have hearing loss and find they often don’t hear outside disturbances.
Modern house security systems include door and window sensors that operate on a contact basis. When the contact is broken, for instance when the window or door is opened, a signal is sent to the control panel, which then activates the alarm. It’s possible to have this type of home alarm system on even when the house is occupied, as it does not rely on motion sensors.
Senior citizens who live mostly in one room may be vulnerable to intruders entering through an unobserved door. Poor hearing prevents them hearing movements in other rooms, which means they could be subjected to burglary even whilst at home. Having contact sensors that activate as soon as the door or window is opened eliminates any opportunity for someone to enter unnoticed.
Motion detectors work in a similar manner to outside lights. Fitted in strategic positions inside the house, they are activated when motion is sensed and the alarm is raised. Having a security system divided into zones allows the upstairs to be alarmed whilst the occupants move around freely downstairs.
Fitting high-tech alarms systems doesn’t need to be overly complicated or difficult and with modern wireless systems there is very little disruption to the household. A neat control panel is fitted, normally by the front door and is operated with a simple code that’s entered to either alarm or de-alarm the house.
Some alarm systems can be set up to send a message to a mobile phone if an intruder activates the alarm. This can give peace of mind to senior citizens if they have the comfort of knowing that an alarm signal will be sent to a relative in the case of an emergency such as a break in. Knowing that help is on the way when it’s most needed prevents undue panic and allows seniors to live with confidence. | <urn:uuid:806c443c-374c-4dc3-b08d-370b91c502c2> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.whitec0de.com/how-high-tech-security-systems-give-senior-citizens-a-peace-of-mind/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281162.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00531-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949466 | 694 | 2.3125 | 2 |
We over here at Earthy Naturals loves the month of July. July means we get to celebrate Independence Day, bring awareness to plastic-free living, and enjoy some pretty good, nice cream; yes, it is National Ice Cream Month, and we get to consume some delicious blueberries too. July is National Blueberry Month and today, is National Blueberry Day, so everywhere you turn, from farmer's markets to grocery, and even the big box stores, blueberries or items containing them are being highlighted or heavily promoted. The consumption of blueberries is the highest this month, followed by August because they are in season, so if you have a craving for these babies, now is the time to pick some up. We are enthusiast of fresh blueberries for many reasons, but will admit we freeze them and purchase them frozen to have whenever we want them for a snack, drink, or dish when they are out of season.
What are blueberries?
Blueberries are known as flavonoids; they are gorgeous pearl size berries with a blue, purplish hue, which are also called anthocyanin. The anthocyanin is what helps to decrease or prevent free radicals. Free radicals are erratic particles that can impair healthy cells, causing inflammatory diseases, like cancer. Blueberries can be eaten as is for a healthy snack or can be incorporated into an array of dishes ranging from breakfast to dessert, from virgin drink to non. Blueberries are delightful in both beverages and foods.
Blueberries are incredibly healthy. They are an antioxidant, packed with vitamins, minerals, and fiber. They are low in calories, which helps in losing and maintaining weight. Like most berries, blueberries index low on the glycemic index coming in at about 52; this means they do not cause the blood sugar to spike. Blueberries are a superfood with mighty superpowers because of their high nutrient content; they help manage and even decrease cholesterol, sugar, and blood pressure numbers. If eaten in moderation, they can help reduce waist circumference numbers too. Due to their high fiber content, they help remove waste from the body regularly. If blueberries are to be the most impactful in a healthy lifestyle, it is best if they are consumed fresh and organic; though cooking them may still have the fiber benefits, it does lose some of the nutrient values in the process. Fresh and organic blueberries, tend to have miniscule or no pesticides on them making them safer to ingest.
Below are 15 ways you can utilize blueberries in your diet throughout the year. Had to add the blueberry muffins to the list first just in case you would like to join in the fun by making a dozen or so for National Blueberry Muffin Day, which is on Monday, July 11th in 2022. There is no better way to honor the day and month. Oh, it is also Mojito Day. You can add a refreshing vegan, virgin version if you don’t drink alcohol. This can pair well with muffins, and you can make it a blueberry themed mojito to commemorate the occasion.
15 ways to fall in love with blueberries
1. Blueberry Muffins/Bars
2. Blueberry Smoothie
3. Blueberry Waffles/Pancakes/French Toast (Gluten-free)
4. Blueberry Infused Water or Ice cubes
5. Blueberry Oatmeal
6. Blueberry Fruit Bowl/Acai Blueberry Goddess Bowl
7. Blueberry Margarita, Tequila, Mojito, Club Soda
8. Blueberry Nice Cream (Dairy Free)
9. Simply Blueberries (Nothing but blueberries)
10. Blueberry Ice Pops/Coquito
11. Blueberry Salad
12. Blueberry Jam
13. Blueberry Cheesecake
14. Blueberry Pie
15. Blueberry Yogurt
As you can see, there are many ways to enjoy blueberries. There are also plenty of healthy reasons to add these little blue-purplish beauties to your healthy diet. Since this is the season that blueberries are abundantly available, consider incorporating more of them into your meals this month. As mentioned in an Earthy Naturals' previous blog post (see below), you will notice a big difference in your nails, hair, and skin in no time when adding blueberries to your daily, weekly, or monthly regimen. Once you begin including blueberries into your diet, your nails will become longer and stronger quickly. There will be no denying it because it will be visual to the human eye within days.
Question(s) to Ponder
What will you put blueberries in or on, or will you eat it as is?
What health benefits has improved since you started eating more blueberries?
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Our South Africa office is located in Johannesburg and is helping to expand the work already done in South Africa by Computer Aid International.
Less than a third of low-income South Africans have access to the internet, according to research by World Wide Worx, and this figure is even worse for the actual hardware required to connect to the internet. In light of the need to prepare the country for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, not to mention improving the employment rate, this situation is not only unsustainable but one of the main hindrances to growth
Premie Naicker, Executive Director, Computer Aid South Africa.
South Africa has its own unique challenges and needs, so we established a local entity to help us better serve our communities. To date, Computer Aid International has provided 10 942 computers to South Africa. In addition to projects which focus on providing computers to areas where they will have the biggest impact, Computer Aid International also run Solar Learning Lab projects in areas where infrastructure is an issue. Solar Learning Labs are shipping containers converted into solar-powered internet classrooms. They can accommodate up to 25 people at a time, and are built in Cape Town.
Computer Aid International has already engaged a number of local organisations as partners, including Dell Technologies and is now launching a crowdsourcing strategy actively working on growing relationships with donor organisations, building on existing connections with multi-nationals while developing new relationships with South African corporates with the aim of impacting more schools and communities in the country.
Did you know?
Whether you're a South African individual or a business, your donation to our Solar Learning Lab project, as a registered non-profit organisation, qualifies you to receive an 18A tax deductible certificate that you can submit together with your annual returns to SARS. In addition, businesses can receive B-BBEE points for their donations as 100% of our beneficiaries are Black (as per the Codes of Good Practice).
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Carr Center History
Originally incorporated as The Arts League of Michigan, Inc., The Carr Center has become one of the leading organizations to present African American arts, in all disciplines, in the country. The center is named for the late Virgil Carr, an arts advocate and community leader, who was the former President and CEO of The United Way of Detroit.
Founded in 1991 as The Arts League of Michigan, The Carr Center leverages the essence of the African American cultural experience to inspire, entertain, challenge, and educate. Currently celebrating our 30th Anniversary, The Carr Center boasts an exceptional history of providing world-class arts programming to the community and supporting artists in the creation and presentation of their work. Our mission is to preserve, present, promote, and develop the African and African-American cultural arts traditions within our multicultural community.
When the Carr Center first opened, we focused our efforts on creative placemaking. We moved into a downtown neighborhood that the city had targeted as a hub for African American culture and entertainment. Most storefronts in that neighborhood were empty and neighborhood occupancy was only 30%.
In addition to our programming, our efforts focused on creating the Center as a destination and as the neighborhood’s core. We did so by offering programs in the building and in the park directly across from the building, which served as the Carr Center’s “front yard”.
We activated the park with concerts, dance performances, dance parties, festivals and temporary art installations. Our placemaking efforts resulted in attracting up to 50,000 visitors annually to the Center and the park.
During our tenure the neighborhood occupancy reached 100%. It also resulted in the city recasting the vision for the neighborhood, for private commercial developers coming in to make new investments. As a result, the Carr Center was displaced and had to relocate and we are now anchored in Detroit’s Midtown neighborhood.
Our large scale performances and all our educational programs take place at Detroit School of Arts in downtown Detroit.
In the Fall of 2019, opened our new visual arts gallery where we host our rotating exhibitions, film screenings and other programming. The gallery is located inside of Detroit’s historic Park Shelton in the heart of the midtown cultural district.
In 2016, the Carr Center hired its first artistic director, the internationally renowned jazz pianist and jazz educator Geri Allen. Geri’s vision was to “expand and nationalize the Carr Center.”
During a single year, she moved the organization toward that vision bringing strong national and international artists to join local and regional artists in performances and exhibitions. Despite her untimely death in 2017, we continued to move the Carr Center forward.
In Fall 2017 we welcomed triple Grammy and Tony award winning jazz icon and actress, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and three-time Grammy winner, composer, drummer, producer Terri Lyne Carrington to serve as co-artistic directors. Following the completion of that groundbreaking term Dee Dee went on to pursue her many endeavors.
And … in 2019 Ms. Carrington took over the reins as sole Artistic Director. Under her visionary leadership for all our programs, The Carr Center has thrived even in the face of a global pandemic, and it is well positioned to continue it’s mission for the next 30 years.
As a multi-disciplinary institution, The Carr Center’s work extends beyond performance, presentation and exhibition of African-American arts. We are equally focused on the creation of new work and on building the next generation of artists and audiences.
Our 30 year history is composed of many ground-breaking artistic accomplishments, including:
- Partnering with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum to commission 10 Detroit-based visual artists to create Rock My Soul and chronicle the Black legacy of rock and roll. This 21-piece exhibition toured internationally for two years.
- Producing Black Nativity for 2 years with Tony Award winning choreographer and director, George Faison and featuring international singers and recording artists, Stephanie Mills and Tremaine Hawkins.
- Launching Detroit Performs Live from the Carr Center, a global live stream series of Carr Center concerts, exhibitions, artist talks, and classes, through partnership with Detroit Public Television.
- Producing the Regional Premiere of nine-time GRAMMY® Award winner Wynton Marsalis’ sacred celebration,The Abyssinian Mass. A sweeping composition for big band and 70-piece gospel choir, with musical direction by Damien Sneed and featuring multiple GRAMMY® Award-winning gospel soloist Karen Clark-Sheard.
- Launching two world class professional development programs for early career visual artists, scholars and for musicians, under the direction of McArthur Genius Carrie Mae Weems and internationally renowned Mack Avenue recording artist Rodney Whitaker,
- Collaborating with the iconic Debbie Allen and her Los Angeles based Debbie Allen Dance Academy to bring advanced Summer Dance Intensives to the City of Detroit.
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Resilience in Healthcare. 21 September 2021. PHARMED podcast.
In the inaugural episode, Mr. Ajit Johal and Dr. Christine Palmay discuss the current climate faced by both pharmacists and physicians. In the midst of the ongoing pandemic vaccinations remain a clear priority. This includes the upcoming influenza season, vaccine hesitancy, and opportunities for collaboration.
QuaranTEENS. 25 October 2021. PHARMED podcast.
The COVID-19 "Lockdown Life" has been a struggle for all of us, especially Canadian youth. In Episode 2 of the Pharmed podcast, Mr. Ajit Johal and Dr. Christine Palmay talk about collaborative approaches to improve the health and well being of adolescent patients. Age and risk specific vaccinations are powerful and accessible tools that can be leveraged to protect our youth against the devastation of preventable diseases. | <urn:uuid:128851aa-fa41-4cac-8fd0-f024d2d32cea> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://immunize.ca/podcasts | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00468.warc.gz | en | 0.925865 | 182 | 1.515625 | 2 |
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