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When Bernie Krause headed out into the woods outside San Francisco to record soundscapes in the natural world, he had an epiphany that changed his life.
“I decided I never wanted to spend another minute indoors,” he told an audience Thursday night in Boylston Hall. The result of the forest recordings became the 1970 album “In a Wild Sanctuary,” a collaboration with Krause’s recording partner Paul Beaver. It was the first album of its kind to address ecology and to incorporate natural sounds.
Soundbytes: The sounds of nature, as music
Krause, a pioneering electronic and studio musician who once worked with the likes of the Byrds, the Doors, and George Harrison, discussed his career traveling around the world recording animal and natural soundscapes during a Woodberry Poetry Room talk called “The Great Animal Orchestra,” alongside poet Jonathan Skinner, whose nature poems were paired with Krause’s recordings.
“Creatures vocalize in special relationships with one another, just like instruments in an orchestra,” said Krause. He compared a soundscape of cicadas, chestnut-winged babblers, and gibbons to classical music, showing the animals’ music on a staff, reading the notes as though Beethoven wrote them. From recordings of creatures both small — who knew that sea anemone made noise, let alone moaned? — and large, Krause conveyed the diverse and wonderful world of noise that is all around us.
Krause talked about the strange congruencies between natural phenomena and animals whose sounds seem to mimic those in nature. He played a recording of the electromagnetic frequencies of lightning storms happening at the equator, which travel throughout the Earth’s crust, eventually reaching the North and South Poles. The static noises of the storms were eerily similar to the sounds of two breeds of seals at opposite ends of the Earth, who “also sound electronic to me,” said Krause. “So weird.”
Also compelling were the ways in which Krause’s recordings reflect an environmental shift over time. A healthy coral reef broadcasts endless snap, crackle, and pop, but a dying coral reef, which Krause recorded and transmitted, is merely the sound of the waves crashing, and a few snapping shrimp.
“Some people say animals don’t feel emotion,” he said, “but listen to this.” And with that, Krause played a heartbreaking recording of a male beaver crying while he circled the river searching for his family, which had been blown up by dynamite earlier that day.
Soundbytes: Male Beaver in mourning
Skinner, who is the founder of the journal “Ecopoetics,” which features creative and critical intersections between writing and ecology, read from various books of poems, which cull from the natural world, both in subject and in style. Skinner touched on the ways that poetry engages, and emulates, the rhythms of the natural world, which is increasingly fragile.
Asked Skinner in his introduction: “We have filled the atmosphere with our stories, and still we cram in more. The delicacy of our planet makes its own noise. Can we listen, to listen?”
The Sensory Ethnography Lab and the Film Study Center also co-sponsored the event.
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Key soil stakeholders in Barker were given the opportunity to meet with a National Soils Advocate last week.
The Hon. Penny Wensley accepted an invitation from Member for Barker Tony Pasin to visit the electorate.
Nationally, Australia has adopted a National Soil Strategy with an objective of protecting, restoring and maintaining the health of the Australian agricultural landscape, to enhance productivity, guarantee a food secure nation and sustainable farming communities.
A world first in terms of elevating soil health to a level of national significance, the position of the National Soils Advocate was established to raise awareness of the vital role soils play and to provide strong leadership and advocacy on the importance of conserving and improving the health of Australia’s soils.
Ms Wensley toured Bio Gro’s Wandilo and Jubilee facilities before holding a round table with key stakeholders from across Barker in the Coonawarra.
“Protecting and improving soil health is essential to growing Australia’s agricultural industry,” Mr Pasin said.
“Barker produces some of the highest quality food and fibre in the world and soil stewardship plays an integral role in driving productivity and delivering resilience to climate challenges as well as food and water security.
“The National Soil Advocates’ visit to Barker was a mutually beneficial exercise to identify the opportunities and challenges of the National Soil Strategy; a 20 year strategy that sets out how, as a nation, Australia will value, manage and improve our soils.”
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Click any word in a definition or example to find the entry for that word
to adapt to difficulties by accepting them and carrying on
to accept a difficult or unpleasant situation, especially without complaining
to accept something unpleasant without becoming impatient or angry
to accept something unpleasant that you cannot change
to accept someone or something unpleasant in a patient way
to behave in a brave way in a very sad or difficult situation
to accept that bad things happen and not complain about them
to accept that something unpleasant must happen and that you cannot change it
to accept a difficult situation without complaining or without showing how you feel
to accept the bad things that happen as well as the good things
English version of thesaurus of to be patient and to not complain too much
an employment concept in which people are paid for each specific, short-term task that they do and don't have conventional contracts of employment
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At the end of the 13th Century, Marco Polo sets off with his father and uncle on a long voyage to the East. They will journey far and wide, master the mercantile trade, and gain favor with the great Kublai Kahn. Will you follow in the footsteps of the great Marco Polo or carve your own destiny in the annals of history? Establish trading posts as you travel across Asia. Seek valuable goods at the bazaar. Fulfill important contracts and accomplish your secret goals. Fortune favors the bold in The Voyages of Marco Polo!
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Checking the condition of the battery by testing
the state of charge.
O F T H E
BATTERY.Battery maintenance should always
begin with a thorough visual inspection. Look for signs
of corrosion on or around the battery, signs of leakage,
a cracked case or top, missing caps, and loose or
missing hold-down clamps.
CHECKING ELECTROLYTE LEVEL AND
ADDING WATER.On vent cap batteries, the
electrolyte level can be checked by removing the caps.
Some batteries have a fill ring which indicates the
electrolyte level. The electrolyte should be even with
the fill ring. If there is no fill ring, the electrolyte
should be high enough to cover the tops of the plates.
Some batteries have an electrolyte-level indicator
(Delco Eye). This gives a color code visual indication
of the electrolyte level, with black indicating that the
level is okay and white meaning a low level.
If the electrolyte level in the battery is low, fill the
cells to the correct level with DISTILLED WATER
(purified water). Distilled water should be used
because it does not contain the impurities found in tap
water. Tap water contains many chemicals that reduce
battery life. The chemicals contaminate the electrolyte
and collect in the bottom of the battery case. If enough
contaminates collect in the bottom of the case, the cell
plates SHORT OUT, ruining the battery.
If water must be added at frequent intervals, the
charging system may be overcharging the battery. A
faulty charging system can force excessive current into
the battery. Battery gassing can then remove water
from the battery.
Maintenance-free batteries do NOT need periodic
electrolyte service under normal conditions. It is
designed to operate for long periods without loss of
C L E A N I N G T H E B A T T E R Y A N D
TERMINALS.If the top of the battery is dirty,
using a stiff bristle brush, wash it down with a mixture
of baking soda and water. This action will neutralize
and remove the acid-dirt mixture. Be careful not to
allow cleaning solution to enter the battery.
To clean the terminals, remove the cables and
inspect the terminal posts to see if they are deformed or
broken. Clean the terminal posts and the inside
surfaces of the cable clamps with a cleaning tool before
replacing them on the terminal posts.
Do NOT use a scraper or knife to clean
battery terminals. This action removes too
much metal and can ruin the terminal
When reinstalling the cables, coat the terminals
with petroleum or white grease. This will keep acid
fumes off the connections and keep them from
corroding again. Tighten the terminals just enough to
secure the connection. Overtightening will strip the
cable bolt threads.
CHECKING BATTERY CONDITION.
When measuring battery charge, you check the
condition of the electrolyte and the battery plates. As a
battery becomes discharged, its electrolyte has a larger
percentage of water. Thus the electrolyte of a
discharged battery will have a lower specific gravity
number than a fully charged battery. This rise and drop
in specific gravity can be used to check the charge in a
battery. There are several ways to check the state of
charge of a battery.
Nonmaintenance-free batteries can have the state of
charge checked with a hydrometer. The hydrometer tests
specific gravity of the electrolyte. It is fast and simple to
use. There are three types of hydrometersthe float
type, the ball type, and needle type.
To use a FLOAT TYPE HYDROMETER, squeeze
and hold the bulb. Then immerse the other end of the
hydrometer in the electrolyte. Then release the bulb.
This action will fill the hydrometer with electrolyte.
Hold the hydrometer even with your line of sight and
compare the numbers on the hydrometer with the top of
Most float type hydrometers are NOT temperature
correcting. However, the new models will have a built-
in thermometer and a conversion chart that allow you
to calculate the correct temperature.
The BALL TYPE HYDROMETER is becoming
more popular because you do not have to use a
temperature conversion chart. The balls allow for a
change in temperature when submersed in electrolyte.
This allows for any temperature offset.
To use a ball type hydrometer, draw electrolyte
into the hydrometer with the rubber bulb at the top.
Then note the number of balls floating in the
electrolyte. Instructions on or with the hydrometer will
tell you whether the battery is fully charged or
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from MY THRESHING AND SHELLING EXPERIENCES – Part Three
Boiler Explosions – The explosion article, Page 7, May-June
1960, Iron Man Album, reminds me of a similar explosion of an 18
H.P. return flue Minneapolis owned by Dan Cooper of Primghar, Iowa,
in 1927. Fortunately, it happened during breakfast time with nobody
around except a boy about 8 years old who was sitting on the engine
tool box. He received a not seriously burned leg. My three machine
men and myself viewed the wreck shortly afterward. To my knowledge,
the cause was never established. The hired engineer claimed he had
the usual 2 in. of water in the gauge. The big main flue buckled,
the cast iron front was blown about 125 feet, and the grates went
out the rear end. All this was a forceful reminder of my refusal to
further operate the old (but prized by me) 18 H.P. Minneapolis
return flue just 9 years prior, due to my suspicion about its
boiler safety. My decision was ridiculed by some, however, it was
wisely decided to junk it after another season’s run. Iowa had
no boiler law, so necessary to protect incompetent, irresponsible
operators and the public.
1915-16-17 – National Tractor Demonstration Circuits-
The big threshing machine industry was nearing its pinnacle.
They were now building gas and kerosene tractors to meet the keen
competition by approximately 135 tractor manufacturers ranging from
manufacturers like Fairbanks Morse, Holt, Kinnard Haines, Best, Big
Four, Twin City, Finchbaugh, Lawson, Waterloo Boy, Heider, Parrett,
etc., and on down to small ones building perhaps one dozen
Under the auspices of the National Thresher and Tractor
Mfgr’s. Ass’n. most tractor manufacturers and virtually
hundreds of accessory and motor manufacturers staged the Tractor
and Plowing Fairs of 1915-16-17 in eight widely separated cities,
starting in the south thence northward by special trains. The put
up their tent city 7 miles west of Sioux Falls, S. Dakota, in 1915.
Of course I went. I knew of and had seen pictures of leading makes,
but seeing them perform was something else. In 1917, they made
their last circuit (due to War I and economic conditions.) This
time I 267 miles to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. I stayed two days. The two
years’ progress was remarkable. Yet, there were design extremes
from plain ridiculous to embodiment of the latest-such as hardened
cut gears running in oil, drilled pressure oiled crank shafts,
Hyatt, Timken and S. K. F. bearings, Borg and Beck clutches and
Perfex copper radiators. The Parrett 12-25 – 3 plow tractor had all
these. However, it was plainly apparent that this was ahead of
average public concept and appreciation, especially so with its
$1500 price tag. All this is now history. After the boom came the
bust. Of those 150 or more tractor concerns, only a token of old
familiar names still making tractors remain, namely; Case, Deere,
Holt, Caterpillar, I. H. C., Minneapolis Moline, Massey Harris.
Pardon if I have overlooked any. It always hurt to see one name
after another go into oblivion.
1917 – American Thresherman Magazine
My engineering memoirs would be incomplete if I failed to
mention the American Thresherman Magazine (1898-1930) and give
tribute to its editor, Bascom Clarke (Old Sile.) It was my favorite
magazine in its day. It was as great as the era which it served so
well. An era where thresher companies paid thousands of dollars in
advance for advertising, the bread and butter to Old Sile. The
subscription fee was a measly one dollar for 12 book size copies.
Old Sile rose and waned with the big companies. By 1927, the
subscription fee was 50cents. By September, 1928, it was one dollar
for 5 years. Its size was diminishing. In the same issue, Old Sile
pleaded with his 50,000 subscribers to get him 10,000 new ones by
Thanksgiving. All this was no fault of Old Sile. He knew the
machine game from A to Z and did much for the thresherman who would
heed. I shall never forget Clarke’s editorial remarks in the
June, 1916, edition. Quote: We are a wasteful people. Among the
most wasteful and extravagant is the thresherman, much as he
dislikes to admit it. Once in a while you will find a frugal,
careful thresherman running an engine ten or fifteen years old and
who, perhaps, has threshing machinery which has paid for itself a
dozen times. But, this has been the exception, not the rule. Where
you find one thresherman who has zealously guarded his own
interests in a businesslike manner, you will find ninety-nine who
have run their outfits without counting costs. They have traded at
a sacrifice on a new outfit to be up-to-date. Bright paint soon
fades. You pay dearly when you trade before it has brought you a
profit. Boys, is this not true? End quote. Feb. 1914 issue -Quote:
Render the best of services and charge the best of prices. End
In his memoirs ‘Fifty years a Machine Man’, he portrays
so vividly the inner battles, the ups and downs Quoting the July
1928, issue as follows: if anybody is looking for gratitude in or
from a machine man, they’ve another look coming. The machine
man is the result of evolution. If he starts in tenderhearted, he
soon hits the cobblestones of life and gradually his heart hardens.
For without discarding sentiment he never gets very far. If there
were no trying things to do – for instance, as the Swede in
Minnesota called them, no ‘cattle mortgages’ to foreclose,
no taking machines away after the customer had worked hard to pay a
big part of the debt, no discouraging things like poor crops,
sickness, accidents, and the thousand and one other ‘ifs’
to contend with, then the ‘Chimes of Normandy’ announcing
the millennium and ‘Peace on Earth Good Will to Men’ in
reality, might be looked for, but that is far off. The successful
machine man is born. He does not grow up at random like the dog ran
by moonlight. End quote.
38 Years A Custom Man
I’m not sure I agree with ‘Old Sile’ on all.
However, I never foreclosed mortgages, either. The custom shelling
and thresherman’s path wasn’t exactly rosy either. You were
on your own. You dealt with the same people again and again. You
had to be reasonable and firm and as unassuming as possible. We had
no thresherman’s lien law. The landlord came first. The only
law to protect threshermen against landlord’s liens was to
collect before moving machine. I overcame this touchy situation by
having landlord sign agreement guaranteeing payment beforehand.
Then the tenant could deliver enough grain to cover threshing bill.
Considering the depression of the early thirties, when conditions
were rough and taken advantage of by some, my collecting record was
middling. In shelling 1,765,227 bushels of corn and threshing
1,232,914 bushels of grain, I lost a $109.00 threshing bill and one
shelling bill. The $109.00 was a case of compassion. I accepted a
note and lost. One shelling job was charity, a case where children
were suffering. Another shelling bill was a slippery deal pulled by
On the morning of July 20, 1932, a banker from Ida Grove, about
40 miles from here, dressed to kill, drove in with an expensive
car, introduced himself and inquired if I would shell his corn
share located 5 miles from here. It was harvest time and I had two
threshing rigs to go out, but I sent my 17 year old son. When he
came back, he said, ‘Dad, I believe you’re hooked on this
one. That banker had Ida Grove trucks. He, himself, left just
before finishing. ‘And so it was.
My lawyer informed me that the banker and his bank were broke.
While driving through Ida Grove that fall I stopped to pay my
respects. The banker was gone and had left many holding the bag.
Occasionally, customers and help alike would tempt and feel you
out. To eliminate this as far as possible, I carefully set rules
and strived to keep them. I tried to avoid making final agreements
with ring committees. I preferred a meeting and understanding with
all customers where I tabulated kinds of crops, the number of
acres, and agreement on prices. I made it clear that I would set
with wind only and reset only by customer request. Saving straw was
generally important. We established a regular quitting time and how
much overtime we would work to finish a job. First bundlers off at
night were first up in the morning. I recommended and asked for a
ring boss and time keeper (usually an older grain hauler). My runs
all paid current rate wages on man hour difference in threshing
time. The latter four caused trouble if not agreed upon beforehand.
Due to new customers and help, rules were reinstated annually. Even
so, there were occasional attempts at stretching the seams a bit.
For example, a good with-wind set was fine at the neighbors,
however at home it was often ‘Could you not set a little side
wind to put straw stack so?’ Although I never forgot my own
interests within bounds, I always bent backwards to please a
customer and help alike. Thirty-one years of service to the same
gang is a long time. On the whole, it was, ‘take a little, give
a little,’ and somehow we managed wonderfully.
The scythe of time is whittling at the ranks. One by one those
boys are passing to their future rewards. I doff my hat and bow in
respect to the old Cooperative Thresher Co. partners who made my
seven short years of steam engineering possible and especially to
my home-run gang which bore with me to the end of the threshing
era. Those 38 years were wonderful and dear to my heart.
1945 – My son, Arnold, became my 50/50 farming partner. Now I
could better manage my repair shop.
1953 – On Oct. 1, 1953, coronary thrombosis put me to bed for
four months. Now I can’t even steer the old Model B oil pull,
not to mention cranking it, which formerly was easy for me.
1957 – My wife and partner departed from this mortal shore in
August, 1957. Our marriage was blessed with six wonderful children,
two boys and four daughters. And now, there are nineteen
grandchildren. I live alone in forced retirement, waning with the
era that I lived in. With few remaining to gab over old machine
days, I relive yon years during winter’s writing my life’s
memoirs, of which this is a chapter.
Psalm 90:10 – Our years are three score and ten: If by reason of
strength they be foursome, yet is their strength labour and sorrow:
for it is soon cut off and we fly away.
Matt. 24:13-14 – He that endureth unto the end shall be saved.
This gospel shall be preached to all the world for a witness and
then shall the end come.
P.S. – This latter Scripture is timely in today’s
developments. The gospel is being preached more and more, while
means whereby man can destroy himself are feverishly pursued.
If I have succeeded in a small measure in recalling and reliving
cherished memories of old timers, each in their own individual
circumstantial lives, then I shall feel rewarded.
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Arizona is not particularly known for earthquakes. Certainly not like its neighboring states of California and Utah. The state is ranked 13th nationally for seismic activity.
But a newly released study from a recent 3-year seismic survey finds the ground beneath our feet is doing plenty of shaking.
The study looked at data from the USArray survey conducted in Arizona between April 2006 and March 2009. Researchers with Arizona State University's School of Earth & Space Exploration found nearly 1,000 earthquakes rattled the state over the survey period.
Most of the tremors - 91% - were "micro-quakes" with a magnitude of 2.0 or smaller. Such tremors are rarely felt by people.
ASU's study also showed magnitude 4.9 and 5.3 earthquakes, which can cause surface shaking and minor damage, occurred near Flagstaff.
The 3-year survey that ended in 2009 was part of EarthScope's USArray system, a transportable system of seismometers. They migrate from state to state, tracking earthquakes for a set period of time.
Arizona State Geologist Lee Allison, in an interview recorded in June 2012, said the USArray survey provided, for the first time, real-time tracking of Arizona's seismic activity. Previously, the state missed out on federal earthquake funding because it was considered a low-risk for serious quakes.
Allison said the USArray
Today, the Arizona Geological Survey operates its own network of seismometers, the Arizona Integrated Seismic Network. Initial funding for the network came from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
In June 2012, we interviewed State Geologist Lee Allison at length about the state's network of seismometers. See and hear more here.
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Read this tip to make your life smarter, better, faster and wiser. LifeTips is the place to go when you need to know about business identity and other Printing topics.
As a business advertising tool, letterheads serve several purposes and are almost indispensable for any business. Primarily, when a letterhead is incorporated into custom business materials, it conveys professionalism. It lets customers know that you take your business and your business communications seriously.
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side, who fell pierced by eleven bayonet wounds, and of Lieutenant-Colonel John A. Bross
, on the Federal
side, who, attired in full uniform, fell riddled with bullets as he was conspicuously rallying his men for a forward move.
What has been narrated to-night must be received only as a private soldier's individual impressions of the action, formed partly from personal knowledge and partly from information obtained from others and believed to be authentic.
If the story told has interested or contributed to a clearer understanding of how the battle was fought and won, it will have served its purpose.
has been prolific of men of genius—great lawyers, great orators, great statesmen.
Its annals can boast of a Clay, a Breckenridge, a Guthrie, a Crittenden.
But we doubt whether the brightest period of its golden age of oratory can show a name that shown with greater lustre than that of the subject of this sketch.
He was an orator of transcendent power, a lawyer of profound learning and splendid ability, and a broad and philosophic statesman.
It is seldom that we see a man, anywhere, who had won, as he had, the double fame, and worn the double wreath, of Murray
, of Dunning
, of Erskine
, of William Pinkney
and Rufus King
, in one blended superiority.
Thomas Francis Marshall
was born in the city of Frankfort, Kentucky
, on the 7th day of June, 1800; the same year in which his illustrious uncle, John Marshall
, was appointed by President Adams Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court of the United States
His early education was conducted by his mother, Mrs. Agatha Marshall
, an excellent and cultured lady, till his twelfth year, when he entered a grammar school and commenced the study of the ancient languages.
When about fourteen, his father, Dr. Louis Marshall
, procured an accomplished classical scholar as teacher in his family.
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Brief summary and easy review exercises about Passive and the three conditionals. I made these exercises to review 3rd ESO contents. I create this worksheet as an introduction to these two grammatical aspects.
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Securitization is an alternate form of funding for corporations. When it works well it is an excellent source of funding for many organizations. Securitization is a form of structured finance.
Credit securitization loans allow you to remove assets from your balance sheet, obtain liquidity, and important to many firms, keep those borrowing ratios intact for your loan and ratio covenants.
How does it work? A company or organization takes certain assets that are desired by various investors. These assets are most typically receivables, contracts, car loans, credit cards, mortgages, etc. The quality of these assets is key in the entire securitization process. We watched the financial world fall apart when people discovered those securitized mortgages that were bundled in the United States had a very low credit quality.
One of the reasons investors like securitized assets is that the risk is spread among hundreds, probably thousands of different borrowers. This diversifies risk. We continually here how one needs to diversify to control risk, whether in business or in our personal financial affairs. The cash flows that come out of that pool of assets backs up the quality of the investment by the buyer of the securitized asset.
For a transaction to be properly securitized there has to be a strong level of predictability in the repayment of the loans, leases, mortgages, etc.
How are Securitizations structured? The assets become known as a 'pool' of assets. Financial analysts or the credit rating agencies (Standard & Poors, etc.) assign a credit rating to this newly created SPV. (Special Purpose Vehicle ). Investors buy this pool of assets because they theoretically understand the asset quality and the risk. There are many subsets to the risk which we won't cover in our article - for example concentrations of assets or customers, etc.
The pool of assets is usually 'serviced' by the seller. He collects and maintains the portfolio - of course it has he who also created the portfolio of assets. The ongoing collection of the portfolio flows back to the investors who purchased it.
Securitization has become more and more popular because it has provided great liquidity to the financial markets.
In summary, the securitization flow chart is as follows:
A seller creates the assets
A SPV is formed around those assets
Investors purchase the SPV
A trustee monitors the flow of cash, collections, etc.
Of course as one can imagine all sorts of lawyers, accountants and financial analysts have a healthy hand in various aspects of the above process flow!
The benefits of securitization can be summed up as follows:
* It provides cash flow to many companies who would otherwise have to wait years for customer payments, etc.
* Profits from the sale of the pool of assets allow a company to grow and create more assets.
* When properly structured there are certain balance sheet enhancements - i.e. the company selling the pool gets cash but does not take on debt.
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Migrants rescued from the Mediterranean and turned away by Italy and Malta have arrived in Spain’s port of Valencia.
The first of three vessels entered harbour soon after dawn. The Aquarius, which rescued the 630 migrants last weekend, arrived several hours later carrying a second group.
Health officials and interpreters are on hand to offer support.
Spain’s new socialist government has promised free healthcare and says it will investigate each asylum case.
“It is our duty to help avoid a humanitarian catastrophe and offer a safe port to these people, to comply with our human rights obligations,” Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said earlier this week.
He has adopted a migrant-friendly stance since taking up his post two weeks ago.
An Italian coast guard ship, the Dattilo, entered the port of Valencia at 06:20 (04:20 GMT). It was carrying 274 migrants, the Italian news agency Ansa reported.
On Valencia’s quayside, 1,000 Red Cross workers were on hand to greet the migrants as they stepped off the ship. Police officers have also been drafted in to handle their arrival.
The Aquarius itself entered the port shortly after 09:30 carrying another 106 migrants. They were seen celebrating as the ship arrived.
A second Italian ship, the Orione, is expected to dock later on Sunday morning, carrying the rest of the migrants.
Who are the migrants?
The migrants spent 20 hours in overcrowded rubber dinghies before being rescued by the Aquarius. They have since spent a week in rough seas – with many suffering seasickness.
“The weather was very bad unfortunately, and the sea was rough,” Sophie Beau of aid organisation SOS Méditerranée told the BBC.
“So people are in a bad state…, and they are really relieved to come on safe land at the moment.”
They come from 26 countries. Reports say the largest groups (about 150 each) are from Sudan and Nigeria, with dozens more from Eritrea, South Sudan and Algeria.
Most of the rest of the 630 are from other African countries but a handful are from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Officials say the rescued migrants include 123 unaccompanied minors, 11 younger children under the age of 13 and seven pregnant women.
What will happen to them now?
Initially, the migrants will receive food and hygiene kits and everything else necessary to make them comfortable after weeks of hardship, Red Cross official Pedro Redon told the BBC.
The pregnant women will be taken for check-ups. Everyone on board will receive psychological help and the Spanish government has promised them medical assistance.
Police will have to identify them and take them to police stations to initiate immigration procedures.
French President Emmanuel Macron’s government will work with Spain to deal with the migrants.
Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Carmen Calvo said that any migrants who wish to go to France would be allowed to do, providing they had a legitimate claim to asylum.
Why the fuss about the Aquarius?
The Aquarius sparked a major diplomatic row when it was left stranded on Monday.
Italy’s populist coalition – and in particular its interior minister, the right-wing League party leader Matteo Salvini – has taken a hard-line approach to immigration and refused to let it dock.
Mr Salvini says it is unfair that countries on the frontline of the EU have had to carry most of the burden of handling the migrant influx.
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1. 75% of patients with hypertension diagnosed accidentally at the hospital when they come due to other physical symptoms & illness.
2. 25% diagnosed after developing complications such as retinopathy, nephropat,hy, hemorrhagic stroke etc.
3. 95% of patients diagnosed with chronic hypertension use medication only when having physical symptoms such as severe haedeche, blurring vision, dizziness, general body weakness and sense of heaviness on face and limbs.
Therefore use of wearable BP/HR Monitor will help in making early diagnosis of the disease from high risk group and promote regular use of ant hypertensive for patients with chronic hypertension, in turn will reduce morbidity and mortality.
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overhead line construction tools,
manual chain block
Tranmission Line Tool Hand Operate Frictional Withdrawing Wire Tool, Wire Rope Tightener
Aluminum alloy balance ladder is made of aluminum profile, with aluminum profile accessories, anchor parts and casters, which can be flexibly moved to make the frame, such as large machinery factory, rail transit, high-speed rail, motor car, subway and so on, which are often used.
1. Our Quality Assurance
Before packaging, we should control the quality of each process to avoid defects in the manufacturing process.
2. Fast delivery time
There is sufficient stock, using advanced equipment and machinery to produce, to ensure delivery within the specified time.
Durable wooden boxes, wooden pallets or cartons, you can ensure that the ordered items will reach your perfect state.
It is widely used in overhead power line construction.
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Wire Withdrawing Tool/ Hand Tightener is used in power transmission construction, telecommunications engineering, tighten the wire.
Close tight strand, aluminum wire line tight line, stretching the length of major.
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by: Tom Jones Updated:
MORROW, Ga. - Students at one school had to learn in cold classrooms after someone stole the copper wire from the heating units.
It happened at Morrow High School in the
vocational building. Students say it made for a chilly day.
"It was really freezing really like. In some parts it was kind of hot and in other parts it was like drop dead cold," student Lawrence Njawa says.
Clayton County School Police say someone got on the roof and stole the copper wire. That left students wondering.
"I was like how did someone even get on the roof like to steal that," Njawa
Students told Channel 2's Tom Jones the theft left them cold and inconvenienced.
"It was cold. We couldn't sit in our classrooms so they made us move out in the hallway," student Phuong Dang says.
While those students were dealing stolen copper from the heating units, students at other schools in the county had to be evacuated because of broken pipes that caused flooding and left them with no heat.
Riverdale Middle School students stood outside until school officials decided it was too cold. They then rode out the emergency in the gym.
"We didn't want anyone to get frostbite,"
says Battalion Chief Alan Shelley with the Riverdale Fire Department.
the Elite Scholars Academy and Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary all had problems with reports of fire or broken pipes.
Sherrod Clark says his daughter called and said there was a fire at MLK Elementary. Damaged pipes turned out to be the problem.
"They didn't see any smoke or anything but the emergency team responded and they were just taking proper precautions," Clark says.
Police are investigating how someone got on the roof at Morrow High. The school is preparing modular buildings to place the students in until they can repair the units.
Morrow High left in the cold after copper theft
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BARA: A girl and a boy were killed in the name of honour in Karankhel area of Khyber tribal district recently and the girl’s family buried her without funeral for the fear of social stigma.
Many honour killings incidents happen in merged tribal districts, but these go unreported due to social factors and in some cases, the family members opt against funeral and bury the dead secretly due to which such incidents remain hidden from the media and social organisations.
According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), 95 cases about honour killings were registered until this year, but it doesn’t possess statistics of merged tribal districts. As many as 11 people were killed for honour only in Khyber district last year, but it is widely believed that the actual number of such incidents is much higher. Many such incidents were not reported to police or the media.
Like other parts of the country, the ratio of women being killed for honour is higher as compared to men. According to Aurat Foundation, a non-governmental organisation working for rights of women, nine percent increase was witnessed in the honour killings of women in KP in 2019.
Women rights activist Dr Noreen Naseer said it is highly unfortunate that honour killings have ‘silent support’ in a tribal culture. She said the actual figure of honour killings of women is much more higher, but people brand such deaths as natural death due to fear of social stigma.
Under Pakistani laws, the punishment for honour killing is life imprisonment or death. Dr Noreen said cases of honour killing are not reported in tribal districts and the culprits roam freely there.
Syed Alam, a resident of Landikotal, said he had filed an application with the Human Rights Commission in 2016 that his wife and uncle were killed by his brothers in the name of honour, but the actual reason was a property dispute. He said the political administration did not help him against the culprits. He said case could not be filed against the accused even four years after the incident. The HRC Assistant Coordinator Sajid Muhammad said a lawyer was provided to Syed Alam for case in Fata tribunal and he had also won the case. He said the accused have now again approached the court for relief after Fata-KP merger, but the HRC has no resources to support Syed Alam any further.
Daud Afridi, a social activist, said all killings under the rules set by citizens on their own are illegal and inhuman act. He said women are the major victim of such customs. However, he said, it is not impossible to break these customs.
Sana Ijaz, founder member of Wak, a women’s rights organisation, said women in tribal societies are killed for honour even over an allegation. She said the honour killing is then termed a natural death or suicide and evidences are concealed. She pointed that according to an agreement, the journalists of merged districts don’t report honour killing incidents. A journalist in Khyber wishing anonymity confirmed that media persons cannot freely report honour killings. He said police also faces difficulties in handling such cases due to social pressure.
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July 8, 2009 - Small Storm Packs Big Punch
Widespread Wind Damage in East Central Kansas
A storm survey team from the National Weather Service in Topeka, KS determined peak wind speeds of 80 to 100 mph occurred in a 4 mile wide swath through portions of Franklin and Anderson Counties. This resulted in numerous large tree limbs and power poles down across portions of these areas.
The map above shows wind damage reports received after the storm passed through portions of east central Kansas. Blue dots represent the location of each wind damage report.
The image above shows the storm as it was moving through Ottawa, KS at 2:39 pm CDT. Several reports of wind damage were received in and around the city of Ottawa.
This animated loop shows the entire track of the storm as it moved through portions of northeast and east central Kansas.
This is a photo of the storm as it neared Garnett, Kansas. The storm contained a shelf cloud in close proximity to the precipitation core suggesting a well-organized storm. Photo courtesy of Jim Saueressig II.
Another photo as the storm went through southern Anderson County. Photo courtesy of Dick McGowan.
Roof damage to the Village Inn Motel in Ottawa, KS.
Heavy damage was noted at the Ottawa Municipal Airport 4 miles south of Ottawa, KS.
Several power poles were pushed over from severe straight-line winds along Highway 59, 3 miles south of Ottawa, KS.
Trees were snapped and uprooted over portions of northern Anderson County along Highway 59.
Damage to a free standing metal building for cattle in northeastern Anderson County near Highway 169.
Power poles were snapped at the base near the Anderson-Franklin County line, 2 miles southeast of Richmond, KS.
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This is the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa, in Tuscany. Yes, this lego build is actually leaning using a lego mechanic with clip bricks. This is meant to have as a decoration around your house. This is a pretty large scale build using around 1000 bricks. This would probably fit better in the lego architecture series rather than a stand alone build, but what the heck. The base will be improved on in the future to make it look like a tower, rather than a stick balencing on the top of the Earth.
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Algebra is the language of modern mathematics. Abstract algebra also identified as modern algebra is a branch of mathematics in the broad topic of algebra which studies algebraic structures such as groups, rings, fields, modules, vectors spaces and many more others. The term was created in the early 20th century to distinguish this area of study from the other parts of algebra. The most important sub-branches of abstract algebra are the commutative algebra, representation theory and homological algebra and these branches mostly are applied in formulating formulae to solve problems in the various algebraic structures.
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High-heeled shoes are often considered classy and sophisticated, but may not match the sex appeal of high-heeled boots. High-heeled boots give ankle and leg support while walking that high-heeled shoes don't provide, making them easier to walk in. High-heeled boots are also great for winter weather, as they don't leave any part of your feet or ankles exposed, keeping your feet warm.
Put the boots on and stand up. Center weight on your heel and the ball of your foot. If this is the first time you have worn heels, take a few seconds to get accustomed to the feeling of wearing them and make sure you have your balance. Move around in them a little while still standing in the same place.
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Michelle Elizabeth began her writing career at her college newspaper in 2005. She has written for several other publications online and in print. She has a Bachelor of Science in journalism and currently is working on getting a Master of Library and Information Science. Elizabeth has written about a broad range of topics including climate change, personal finances and music.
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Care for Those Who Have Cared for You
Share the Love, Give Your Time to Seniors
Lend a hand, a listening ear or your skills to a senior. You may be surprised by how much you gain in return.
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Help prevent heat-related illnesses and deaths in your community.
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The Washington DC-headquartered International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has issued a first-of-its-kind 28-page report, along with an interactive map, looking at the global distribution of washwater pollution caused by ships using exhaust gas cleaning systems.
“The most popular type of scrubber, open loop, constantly discharges large amounts of washwater that is acidic and contains polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), particulate matter, nitrates, nitrites, and heavy metals including nickel, lead, copper, and mercury, all of which are discharged to the aquatic environment where they can damage marine ecosystems and wildlife and worsen water quality,” the ICCT study states, something strongly denied by advocates of scrubber technology. Closed-loop scrubbers emit the same pollutants in lower volumes, but higher concentrations, the ICCT maintains.
The country with the highest concentration of washwater per sq km is Singapore
The study finds that approximately 3,600 ships with scrubbers will emit at least 10bn tonnes of washwater each year for the next several years, 80% of which is discharged within 200 nautical miles of shore. Putting the 10bn figure in context, the global shipping sector carries about 11bn tonnes of cargo per year. Actual discharges may be higher, as the ICCT said it used conservative estimates for washwater flow rates and the scrubber equipped fleet now stands at more than 4,300 ships.
The ICCT estimated scrubber washwater discharges from all ships that were expected to be using scrubbers by the end of 2020, the end of the first year of the global sulphur cap. For each ship, hourly washwater discharges were calculated as total energy demand per ship in megawatt hours multiplied by the scrubber washwater flow rate.
This study shows the consequences of regulating pollutants rather than pollution
The three countries with the highest expected washwater discharges are the United States, the United Kingdom, and Italy while the the country with the highest concentration of washwater per sq km is Singapore, five times higher than second placed Jordan. Even though the Southeast Asian republic has banned the use of open loop scrubbers in its waters, it is a victim of geography, being at the confluence of global trade. Between the northern tip of Sumatra and the start of the Singapore Strait, more than 180m tonnes of washwater enters this narrow area every year, according to ICCT data.
In terms of individual ports, cruise hubs dominate the top 10 ports by washwater discharge masses. Cruise ships represent only 4% of the scrubber-equipped fleet but account for 15% of scrubber washwater discharges. Cruise ships spend 25% of their time in ports, the study shows, and these vessels have the highest in-port energy consumption of any ship type; average power consumption for a scrubber-equipped cruise ship in port is 12 MW/h, compared with oil tankers, which consume, on average, 4 MW/h in port
Away from shore, scrubber discharges occur along major shipping routes. Some of these routes pass through protected areas, including the Great Barrier Reef, where about 32m tonnes of scrubber washwater is discharged annually, mainly from ships serving coal terminals in northeast Australia.
“Understanding how much washwater is expected to be discharged within territories, and where, could improve policymaking,” the study’s authors state.
The ICCT, long a thorn in the side of scrubber advocates, had many policy suggestions for governments, port authorities and international regulators. Among these, the Washington think tank urged the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) to pass a resolution calling on ships to immediately stop dumping scrubber discharge water in places that should be protected as well as mull a ban on scrubbers being installed on newbuilds and contemplate a phase-out timeline for existing exhaust gas cleaning systems.
“This study shows the consequences of regulating pollutants rather than pollution. In its effort to reduce sulpur dioxide emissions, the International Maritime Organization has created a global water pollution problem. Individual countries and ports now must decide whether to allow ships to continue to dump pollution in their waters, without compensation, or to ban the use of scrubbers in their waters,” commented Bryan Comer, marine program lead at the ICCT.
The Clean Shipping Alliance, a pro-scrubber lobby group, has repeatedly dismissed the toxic wastewater claims made by the ICCT and other organisations.
Mike Kaczmarek, chairman of the CSA, commented earlier this month: “Washwater from exhaust gas cleaning systems should not be interpreted as a form of marine pollution. These systems have been in use for decades and there is absolutely no evidence of any negative impact on marine life or sea water quality, neither in open waters nor in port environments.”
To access ICCT’s interactive map, showing scrubber discharge water near you, click here.
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On April 22, researcher and government critic Ravio Patra was arrested in Jakarta, Indonesia, not long after an attempt to protect his safety due to a WhatsApp privacy breach, prompting a larger discussion on the scale of authoritarian oppression in Indonesia.
The COVID-19 pandemic is no longer just a global health crisis but one with widespread implications across all sectors of society. We always hear daily reminders on how to practice proper physical hygiene. But beyond your personal hygiene, have you thought about your “digital hygiene”?
Deflect is offering free website security and content delivery services for six months to organisations and individuals working to help others during this difficult time.
Media Matters for Democracy (MMfD) is concerned about the insertion of draconian and anti-democratic sections in the draft Personal Data Protection Bill 2020 that has been made public by the Pakistani Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications.
EngageMedia, an organisation with significant experience in working remotely, has some tips and tools for those now working from home because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Data Protection Africa is an online open-access portal that provides information on data protection laws and access to data protection authorities in 32 African countries. The portal is now available in 18 languages, country pages have been updated, and various new features have been introduced.
Data Protection Africa (DPA) is an online open-access portal that provides information on data protection laws and access to data protection authorities in 31 African countries. The portal also lists digital rights organisations which work in the data protection space in Africa.
On 8 January 2020, Privacy International and over 50 other organisations, including APC, submitted a letter to Alphabet Inc. CEO Sundar Pichai asking Google to take action against exploitative pre-installed software on Android devices.
This research departs from the premise that we can learn from feminist theories and struggles to interpret consent towards building a more meaningful and collective approach to consent when we think about data protection.
There was a great deal of expectation around this Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2018 workshop, because algorithms and the right to explanation is a hot topic with numerous concerns but not many answers.
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The Programmers Workshop
5230 Clark Ave., Suite 23
Lakewood, CA 90712
$19.95, 24K--diskette & cassette
Reviewed by Dave Mentley
The inspiration for Tycoon clearly came from that famous Parker Brothers board game--Monopoly. You now have an alternative to sitting around the kitchen table at 2 a.m. arguing whether or not you need four houses to buy a hotel. With this game you can sit around the tube and practice trading stocks, gold and real estate, merely by putting your thumb to the joystick button.
Tycoon is a board game written in BASIC for one to four players. The computer will play against a single person, or four players can compete if you have four joysticks. The game code appears to be well written and totally crashproof, however there are a few typos in the screen presentation.
Players are asked their names at the start of the game. This is the only keyboard input required. A pair of dice is rolled by pressing the red joystick button, identical to Monopoly. (By the way, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Monopoly is not a trademark as it has become generic. Tycoon could have been called Monopoly.) The board squares which lie on the left half of the screen are unmarked because they are too small for a meaningful label. This takes some fun out of the dice roll. You could hope for snake eyes to land on Inheritance if you knew where it was on the board. As it is, the right half of the screen tells you where you are when you land on it. It also tells you want your options are--BUY, SELL, PASS, etc. and what your estate is worth.
There are ten types of squares on the board:
GOLD--you can buy units (ounces?) when you land on GOLD. The price per unit changes rapidly throughout the game affecting your net worth.
STOCKS--The stock value acts as a portfolio with less volatility than the gold. There are no individual securities you can trade.
REAL ESTATE--Rent is due when you land on real estate owned by another player. Rents and property values escalate as the game proceeds.
GAMBLE--This is an uncontrollable bet with a 50% chance of winning and a 2:1 payoff. The computer decides how much you bet. This is a strange way to gamble.
INCOME TAX--a nuisance which only takes 10% (of net worth!). This is clearly not an income tax.
PAY DAY--just like passing GO except you get ever increasing amounts.
DOOM--all players' holdings except cash decrease in value by 50%.
BOOM--all players' non-cash holdings increase by 50%. BOOM and DOOM make the game very volatile.
DOOM INSURANCE--can be purchased for $300 and will make you immune to DOOM one time.
I am still trying to decide on the value of a game such as Tycoon. It would seem to me that the social impact of digital Tycoon will probably never be as great as the cardboard and paper games like Risk, Monopoly or Scrabble.
STOCK MANAGEMENT, REV. 1.1
Atari Program Exchange (APX)
P.O. Box 3705
Santa Clara, CA 95055
(800) 672-1850 inside California
(800) 538-1862 outside California
Reviewed by Dave Mentley
This well-polished, low-priced recordkeeping program from APX will be very useful to ATARI owners who buy and sell securities for investment or speculation. I've found that this population group is actually quite small, but the Stock Management program is an excellent example of what a home computer can do.
It is, however, fundamentally a reporting program--not a management program. In order to "play" the stock market you need instant information from many sources and you really need personal contact over the phone. For recordkeeping and valuation of your portfolio of stocks though, this program is ideal. It does not handle sophisticated transactions such as "short selling" or options trading, but we are not planning to open a branch of Merrill Lynch with our ATARI either.
The disk comes with a sample data base built by the author, and this makes learning the utility very easy. Actually, a sample data base or data file makes learning any new software package much easier. This program is menu-based to minimize typing and simplify use. One shortcoming (which some may call a feature) is that the author did not disable the [BREAK] key. Two POKEs in BASIC will prevent an accidental [BREAK]. The menu contains six possible selections leading to all of the program subroutines. These items are: (1) Enter New Transactions, (2) Correct Transactions, (3) List All Transactions, (4) Status of Portfolio, (5) Profit or Loss for Single Stock, and (6) Profit or Loss for the Year. In order to enter transactions you should have your brokerage slips by your computer. You will need to enter the stock name, ticker symbol, transaction (BOT, SLD, DIV, etc.) date, exchange (NYSE, AMEX, OTC, etc.), share price, number of shares and the broker's commission. This is a lot of data and this program helps you to get it neatly arranged on your floppy disk instead of in your dresser drawer.
Once you have done the dirty work of entering the data, you can begin to have some fun with the numbers. The only other inputs you need after entering are the daily (or hourly) share prices. Just by changing the price according to the daily paper or your Dow Jones service, you can see in a flash how much your portfolio is worth "on paper" or in this case "in computer". You can produce any of the last three reports listed above just by entering the share price. All reports can be sent to a printer for a hard copy or to the screen if you just want a quick look.
If you feel like turning your stock into cash, just reach for the phone, call your broker and make that transaction real. The beauty of this program is its organizing ability and simplicity.
The Programmers Workshop
5230 Clark Ave., Suite 23
Lakewood, CA 90712
Reviewed by Clark Nobil
Desk Set is a well designed program that thoughtfully combines a daily appointment schedule, perpetual calendar, and card file (mailing list) section. It marks the longawaited entry of business quality software capable of serving either personal or light office needs at a reasonable price. Desk Set is a kind of electronic date book with all the speed, accuracy, and convenience of a computer.
The daily appointment schedule allows you to enter up to 400 separate, daily appointment or "things-to-do today" schedules--each with up to 15 entries per day. The perpetual calendar displays any past, present, or future month. The card file section permits you to store, edit, sort, and print up to 200 names, addresses, phone numbers, and brief messages. Desk Set replaces several smaller mailing list and appointment calendar programs by combining them into a larger, more powerful program with quick access between sections and with some of the sophisticated features found on more expensive data base programs. Numerous prompts guide you at every step to prevent accidental crashing or the need to restart the program.
The program begins with a main menu that asks you whether you want to access the calendar or card file section. If you respond with "calendar," the program requests the month, year, and day and displays the calendar for that month. You may then view the appointment schedule for that day, or go on to the appointment schedule for the previous or next day. When an appointment schedule is selected, the screen displays a schedule with 10 hourly time slots, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and five other slots for extra appointments or important notes. The program allows entry of up to 22 characters for each of the time slots--plenty of room for a name and phone number or short note. At the bottom of this screen, a menu appears which permits you to add or delete an entry, print the appointment schedule, erase any outdated schedules, or return to the main menu.
The card file section of the program accepts up to 200 records with separate fields for name, address, city, state, zip, telephone number (with area code), and a short message. The user can then add, edit, sort, view, or print records. It is, in fact, here in the card file section that the program truly excels with some refreshingly new and original features. If you wish to view records, there are six options in the search mode: number or range of record number, area code, state, zip code, or all. If you want to print these same card file records, you must specify whether the addresses will be printed on labels, envelopes, or in full format.
You can also specify if telephone numbers should be printed, so the card file section actually serves as powerful mini data base with a wide range of printing options. A housewife, for instance, might use this section as a handy place to organize addresses and phone numbers of friends, or print envelopes or labels for holiday cards. A salesman might use the card file section as a place to store business leads or prospects, printing either envelopes or labels as the need arises, even creating a "telephone worksheet" for follow-up calls.
The sort option on the card file menu is also helpful. It permits the automatic realphabetizing of names and renumbering of records so that the last records added can be included in a newly alphabetized, card file listing.
Although it is relatively new, Desk Set is likely to become the standard by which integrated appointment calendar/small mailing list programs are judged in the future. Anyone, especially office workers, who formerly used a date book or appointment calendar but who now want to add the same capability to a home or office computer should find Desk Set a welcome addition. Not surprisingly, the program's eight-page documentation is both clear and concise, enabling you to start putting the program's full potential to work in 20 minutes.
P.M.P. (PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM) 2000
T & F Software Co.
10902 Riverside Drive
North Hollywood, CA 91602
Reviewed by Richard DeVore
If you own an ATARI 800 with 48K, a disk drive, an 80-column printer, VisiCalc and some apartment buildings, Bruce Familian of T & F Software Company has developed a set of templates that will allow you to keep track of your property revenues and prepare your rental statements.
P.M.P. 2000 comes as a set of four diskettes in a binder along with a set of clear instructions. The instructions are printed on thick paper and should handle well with extensive use of the program. It also comes with a licensing agreement that you probably should have your lawyer read prior to purchasing the package. It has all the known disclaimers, which may be necessary, but I feel that the manufacturer should warrant the product to do what is claimed rather than warn you that it won't take responsibility.
I must say, in all fairness, that in the one contact that I had with Bruce Familian, he answered all my questions and sent me the new version of the program for this review. My criticism of disclaimers is applicable to any company that uses them, not just T & F.
The instructions lead you step by step through every phase of the program's use. I found a few errors, but nothing that you couldn't catch and compensate for. First, you should duplicate the set of disks to keep the originals safe. It is necessary to make up a set for each apartment building. The programs do not lend themselves to individual house rentals, but could be used for this is you were determined to do so.
Each template is capable of tracking 25 units, and the limit is set by the computer's memory, not the program. Most of the printouts require compressed print and VisiCalc, because the ATARI doesn't directly support many printers. It is set up for the Atari 825 printer (i.e. Centronics 737) and you may have to set your particular printer with BASIC prior to loading VisiCalc and the program. Familiarity with VisiCalc will make the application of this program easier and faster.
Diskette A contains four files. These are: APARTMENT STATUS REPORT, TENANT STATUS REPORT, CASH RECEIPT WORKSHEET and INVOICES. Diskette B and C contain: DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENSES / BANK ACCOUNT STATEMENT. Each disk is able to hold six month's worth. Diskette D has the INCOME / EXPENSE SCHEDULE both by month and YEAR TO DATE.
As in any program, you have to input the necessary information required by each report. The reports are structured to take input values and do the appropriate extensions such as return on investment, current tenant status, and bank balance. They also track expenses on the various units, which is extremely useful. The only thing that is not cross-linked well into previous input is the invoice section. In this format it is necessary to fill in almost all the blanks manually rather than just give it the unit number.
The example given in the instruction manual is for just one unit. I expanded to 25 units and found that the programs function well in larger volume. Any landlord should find P.M.P. 2000 a more than adequate tool for managing his property.
FULL-VIEW 80 DISPLAY CARD
Bit 3 Computer Corporation
8120 Penn Avenue South, Suite 548
Minneapolis, MN 55431
Reviewed by Fred Tedsen
The Full-View 80 is a board that provides an 80-column display for the ATARI 800. It is nicely packaged and comes with a fairly complete manual. Installation is very easy. The board plugs into the third memory slot and a cable with two plugs is routed out the back of the computer. One plug connects a cable to the monitor while the other is plugged into the monitor jack on the side of the ATARI. This allows switching between 40-column and 80-column displays on the same monitor. The monitor must be monochrome. You can, however, leave your TV set or a color monitor connected for color and 40-column displays.
The 80-column display is very readable. Most of the letters are nicely formed, and the lower case letters have full descenders. The ATARI block cursor has been replaced with a blinking underline, which is very easy to find on the screen. If you prefer a block cursor, a control key allows you to toggle between the underline cursor and a block cursor. The ATARI graphics characters are duplicated, though the appearance of some of them are quite different. One of the line-drawing graphic characters is incorrectly formed so that a perfect square cannot be drawn on the screen.
Editing programs is very much the same as standard ATARI 40column editing. There are a few differences that take some getting used to, however. For example, the cursor does not wrap around at the bottom or top of the screen. Instead the screen is scrolled up or down one line. Since this moves a line off the screen, I quickly learned to not do it. A more bothersome feature is that if you make a change in the second line of a multipleline statement, you must move the cursor back to the first line before pressing [RETURN]. This is really not as bad as it first seems since fewer statements take more than one screen line. Bit 3 indicates that they may change this in the future. A really nice added feature is a command that clears the line from the point after the cursor instead of deleting the entire line.
An unpublicized advantage of this board is speed. Listing programs on the screen and printing to the screen is about 30 percent faster on the 80-column screen than the 40-column screen. Additionally, since the FullView 80 does not use the ANTIC chip to handle the display, turning ANTIC off with a POKE 559,0 speeds everything up another 30 percent or so without blanking the screen.
The board works very well with BASIC and with most assemblers. Debuggers, however, do not seem to work in 80column mode. For word processing and file management, the 80column versions of Letter Perfect and Data Perfect are the only compatible products.
Overall, I am very satisfied with the Full-View 80. The support I received from Bit 3 in tracking down problems running programs with the board was outstanding. With dual density drives and now 80-column display, the potential uses of the ATARI are rapidly expanding.
THE BOOKKEEPER KIT
(800) 672-1404 (Calif. only)
$249.95--the Kit (diskette, keypad)
Reviewed by Ronald G. Boyer
The Bookkeeper Kit is Atari's entry in the small-business accounting field. The ATARI computers were never intended as business machines, and this software also has serious limitations. But for a small business, the combination is good enough to use until a true business system is warranted.
Although The Bookkeeper program's documentation is easy to read and explains simple accounting concepts, Atari advises the user to seek professional help when setting up accounts and deciding which accounting method to apply. As a CPA with ten years' experience on in-house minis and micros, as well as with client computers, I concur with this advice. Computers do not anticipate management, tax or financial problems. Nor do they review statements to assure accuracy and completeness. Consultation will still be an annual necessity for all except the smallest operation.
Full use of The Bookkeeper requires 48K, a printer, and one disk drive. System capacity is limited by small disks. The Bookkeeper can handle up to 1000 transactions per month (or posting period) but only a total of 350 different account numbers, plus customer numbers, plus vendor numbers. It does not support PERCOM's double-density mode, but singledensity works fine.
Functionality: The Bookkeeper offers a well-documented, easyto-use, double-entry accounting package. Statement formats and department structures have been integrated into the chart of accounts numbering system. The system can produce ten departmentalized profit and loss statements which are then combined into a consolidated statement. Department statements show profit and loss only. The chart of accounts is flexible enough for most applications.
The Bookkeeper will, in addition to the normal financial statements, provide lists of customers, vendors, checks written, cash received, invoices written, and general journal entries. It also will produce general ledgers, accounts recelvable and accounts payable ledgers. The accounts receivable and accounts payable ledgers are not "aged," however.
The system does not collect employee data. This is a serious oversight since collecting data for quarterly tax returns is one of the functions best handled by a computerized accounting system, and is a feature included in programs for other microcomputers. Certainly, one of the greatest burdens for any small business is maintenance and filing of employee tax records.
The general ledger includes descriptions of each transaction, for example, check payee. That makes the general ledger much more valuable for analyzing account variances in the accounting period. The system allows 13 account entries per check and ten per journal entry--sufficient for most needs. A generous number of comment lines are available.
The profit and loss statement has columns for current period, year-todate amounts, and percentage analysis; but the system cannot compare actual amounts to budgeted, or to prior year figures. This is a serious drawback.
Customer lists include only names and addresses; no monthly or year-todate sales data are presented. The system will not issue invoices or monthly statements. Statements must be hand typed from accounts receivable listings--an inexplicable ommission.
The Bookkeeper performs some accounts payable functions and allows the user to record checks. It does not, however, print checks. Worse, it will not keep or balance a checkbook.
Usability: The system is easy to understand and learn. This is no small feat given the complexity of the subject matter.
The complete package, marketed as The Bookkeeper Kit, includes a piece of hardware that everyone who has tried to use the ATARI in business has missed--a ten-key pad! The pad plugs into Port Two. It includes all numerics, return, escape, delete, Y (for yes), N (for no), period, a plus, and minus keys. All of these are needed for entering data into the program. It is a major step forward.
Unfortunately, the key pad is now usable only with The Bookkeeper. All of us who know the ten-key finger patterns have greatly missed this important piece of equipment. Atari customer service says the company is working on a program that will make the pad usable with other programs.
One serious complaint about the usability is that The Bookkeeper does not allow multiple disk drives. This means that the user often must swap the data disk and the program disk, when a function change is needed. Since most business users have at least two drives, this is an irritating and unnecessary limitation.
The system does not allow fullscreen editing during data entry, but simply skipping through the fields using the return key permits moderately efficient correction of input data.
Reliability: Overall, The Bookkeeper performs as specified in the documentation and in the advertising brochures. Be careful; this system is only for the small business. There is not enough storage capacity for anything approaching a "medium-size" business.
If you are interested in this product, you should know about the flaw in the data-entry mode which necessitates saving data often: after entering data and pressing [RETURN] to complete a transaction, a second [RETURN] will crash the program and lose all data not previously saved. Recovery requires restarting the system.
Performance: The program loads slowly. Disks must be constantly switched, because the program only uses one disk drive.
On the plus side, the system avoids repetition of names by assigning numbers to vendors and customers.
Documentation: The documentation is excellent. It is complete, wellwritten, and includes a comprehensive example on a data disk. This gives the user experience and confidence that the process will work. Although the section dealing with accounting and bookkeeping concepts is also wellwritten, it will not replace formal education on accounting methods or tax laws. File layouts are not documented. Therefore, the user will not be able to easily interface The Bookkeeper to user-written programs.
Summary: Atari has produced a usable accounting package with good documentation
and packaging. The Bookkeeper does have some shortcomings which could be
eliminated with some simple programming changes. I still recommend it for
the small retail or professional business with few employees. The program
will not replace competent professional help for accounting and tax needs,
but could substantially reduce fees an accountant would charge to plod through
unorganized records. The program could also be useful to a person performing
bookkeeping "writeup" services for a relatively small number of
clients out of his/her home/office.
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The United Nations condemned “sorcery” crimes in Papua New Guinea following increasing reports of torture and killing of people, especially women, accused of using “witchcraft” in the South Pacific nation.
“We are deeply disturbed by reports of the torture and killing of a 20-year-old woman accused of sorcery in Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea, on February 6,” UN human rights spokeswoman Cecile Pouilly told a news briefing in Geneva.
“We note with great concern that this case adds to the growing pattern of vigilante attacks and killings of persons accused of sorcery in Papua New Guinea,” Pouilly added.
Kepari Leniata was burnt alive in front of a crowd by relatives of the 6-year-old boy whom she was accused of killing using “black magic”, Reuters reports.
Women, especially widows, are vulnerable to “sorcery” attacks such as torture, rape, mutilations and murder, says Rashida Manjoo, UN special rapporteur on violence against women.
“Sorcery accusations are commonly used to deprive women of their land and/or their property,” she said in a report to the UN Human Rights Council.
Five people, three of them women, were tortured for 20 days and killed last November after being accused of using sorcery to murder others, according to the UN human rights office.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay called on authorities in Papua New Guinea to investigate the “heinous crimes” and urged it to repeal a 1971 law defining sorcery as a crime.
“We welcome the proposal by Papua New Guinea’s Constitutional Law Reform Commission to repeal the Sorcery Act and we call for a stronger legal response to such killings,” Pouilly told Reuters.
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Good for you
Published 1:52 pm, Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Will your teen be driving to school this year? Here are some safety tips from Driving-Tests.org to help ease your mind:
Catch some ZZZs: Studies show driving while deprived of sleep can be hazardous.
Be the early bird: Teens have less impulse control, so being late can contribute to speeding, tailgating and weaving through traffic to make up for lost time.
Buckle up: At least 56 percent of young people between the ages of 16 to 20 years old involved in fatal crashes were unbuckled.
Limit passengers: A teenage driver's risk of an accident grows with each passenger added.
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herbs at wideopenwest.com
Sat Oct 16 16:57:37 CEST 2010
On Oct 16, 2010, at 9:50 AM, Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote:
> Herbert Schulz wrote:
>> I thought the symbols that are used for different units are set by international standards. Do you really want to spend time localizing something such that nobody else will ever understand it? Don't you think everyone should attempt to learn the standards so we can talk to each other?
> If the letter "m" doesn't appear on a Greek keyboard, Herb
> (which seems highly probable), entering a scientific,
> engineering or technical text in which "millimetres" had
> to be frequently specified would be a nightmare if they
> had to be entered as "mm". My 0,02 Euro :-)
> ** Phil.
Most good editors have some sort of macro feature so that difficult things that are done repeatedly can be done easily. That has nothing to do with working with the international standards or localizing everything.
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
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- For the past two months, I have been following closely
the heart-wrenching ecological unraveling of the entire Gulf of Mexico
from the initial explosion on the 50-mile offshore oil rig on April 20
and the ensuing massive toxicity. Even before the explosion, there is enough
evidence (even from the New York Times) to show that this was more than
an accident. Insiders sold shares before April 20. Poor-to-no management.
Warnings from those on site that went unheeded. The list goes on and on.
With a well this deep, on a geologically unstable seabed, there was no
precaution. No emergency plans. No care. No solid science. Just an accident
waiting to happen. More likely it was no accident. Just another False Flag
to distract us from all the financial theft and economic Depression, while
another illegal war is planned. Greed trumps safety.
- Nothing has been done --except to hide the real and unfolding
news from everyone: To let a private and foreign corporation make decisions
on our safety. To keep the media away, while BP's CEO goes out yachting.
To have private mercenaries police public beaches and threaten citizens.
This is not just business as usual, it is criminal. The collusion and epic
lies and deceit are already in evidence. The magnitude of what is unfolding
will affect our entire planet! Ours is a closed loop. What happens in the
oceans, or our already contaminated air, does not stay stationary. The
toxins travel on currents and winds; and, eventually, it all does circumnavigate
our entire globe. This is a given.
- The toxic Corexit 9500 dispersants have been known since
1979 to be deadly. Millions of tons have so poisoned the Gulf that there
are already dead zones, thousands of mammals and sea creatures are dead;
birds are covered in poisonous crude oil and dispersants and dying; and
the marshes and beaches poisoned. The entire ecosystem is under siege!
These poisons are merging with the crude oil to create a deadly brew that
is even now raining down on some areas (as the toxicity is taken up into
the air). On top of that, there is no SAFE clean-upjust more contamination
for the poor and unprotected workers (who have been warned not to talk
to the media) whose lives and businesses have been deliberately destroyed.
People are already sick; but it is not being reported. This is the same
scenario as happened to the clean-up crews after September 11. Transparency?
Why are we all not shutting this nightmare down? It can be done peacefully.
BOYCOTT all BP products. If they go bankrupt after poisoning everything,
WE taxpayers will wind up footing their bill. Jut like with the ExxonValdez
catastrophe, or Bhopal. DON'T WE GET IT? We must demand accountability
- I write this as a catastrophe survivor. I write this
knowing that with every US catastrophe, there is not one single person
in charge, in ANY capacity, who will tell us the truth, who will step up
to the plate, be honest, look out for our well being and safety. It is
NOT the way corporate business is run. It is not the way this wrecked government
runs, because government (on local, state, and federal levels) is run today
as a corporate concern. They have corporate "personhood" a
legal fiction that has destroyed so much of our environment. "We,
the people" do not figure into this. What does figure into this are
greed, lies, and massive deceit. A corporation's bottom line (be it Big
Pharma, chemical companies, or the banksters who are looting everything
we have) is profit --at all costs. We are all expendable for their bottom
line. Our well being or our safety are not part of this equation.
- In October 2003, southern California was hit with a 1-million-acre
FIRESTORM that traveled all over San Diego County, then over the border
into Mexico, and then up to Orange County (south of Los Angeles). This
epic nightmare consisted of 14 arsons and raged out-of-control for almost
an entire month! In some areas, there were 400-foot walls of flame that
were 2,800 degrees Fahrenheit. These fires were deliberately set, and then
greatly exacerbated over the next three-and-a-half weeks by negligence
and firefighting that actually made things far worse. In particular, in
our neighborhood of 2,000, our own volunteer firefighters protected and
saved it, only then to have CDF [California Department of Forestry] firefighters
(sic) come and deliberately torch our neighborhood.
- The more the fires raged and the longer they continued,
the more money firefighters were paid. Despite investigations and legal
help, it was all covered up. Our volunteer firemen were threatened when
they discovered what really had happened. A so-called "Blue Ribbon
Commission" white-washed the entire nightmare. People died. Children
died. When it is arson, this means these deaths were murder. Human life
means nothing to these malevolent people. No one has ever been held accountable.
Since this catastrophic event, seven of my friends have died from post-FIRESTORM
illnesses, including cancer.
- Even after the 14 fires were put out, and we were "allowed
back home" to NOTHING but ash and hot earth, nothing was done to help
us. More than $9.4 million was allocated supposedly to help survivors.
Instead, the money went to hire staff to count dead bodies and destroyed
buildings and cars; to hire staff for wasted paper work. FEMA [Federal
Emergency Mis-Management] did everything to make the recovery almost impossible.
The so-called "government recovery programs" for us amounted
to deception, while we were in trauma.
- The insurance companies played big-time games and frequently
refused to honor their contractual commitments. Many of us had to take
them to court, because they refused to honor their legal responsibilities.
With my "guaranteed-replacement" insurance policy, and never
having had a claim, I was unprepared for the long-term legal battle that
ensued. I did not think I would have to be shoveling ash that was knee-deep,
with only 5 days of help, over seven-and-a-half months. This is how corporate
business is done. Not to help anyone in extremis. Not to aid the elderly
or small children. Not to help families who had nothing! We waited on long
lines for hours for a stinking, worthless card that said: "Please
HELP. Firestorm." It meant absolutely NOTHING! THERE WAS NO HELP.
Not from local, state, or federal officials. The governor refused to return
my calls. The mayors did the same thing. A fire chief lied to me when I
asked a direct question. When you are declared a "Federal Disaster
Area" in this country, this literally means: "tough, you are
on your own. There will be NO help from any public officials.
- However, even with all the loss of life, and chaos, and
long-term disruption of our lives, there was also the massive destruction
of our beautiful state parks. Hundreds of thousands of trees are now skeletons.
There was a loss of 98 percent of our forests' animals and birds! This
is no typo! 98 percent! Nature was destroyed! Biologists and botanists
told us that it would take 150 or more years for the entire ecosystem to
"recover." While I was shoveling ash on my property, I was constantly
picking up charred animal and bird bones (large and small). The wreckage,
the enormity of what happened to us, has never left me. But people who
have not experienced a catastrophy, or some other life-changing event,
do not comprehend what it means to lose everything: to look around at what
had been my neighborhood, my home, and see and smell nothing but burn and
ash. It wrenches a person! Our lives and the county-wide destruction were
not some Hollywood DVD. This is beyond what most people can cope with or
truly understand. It's better to be in denial, or wrapped up in one's own
"bubble," rather than deal with the gargantuan consequences of
such devastation. It strikes one's heart and soul so deeplyjust to keep
going day in and day out, while public lies surround our destroyed routines.
- I was the caretaker on my property. I took it as a sacred
trust that I would do everything I could to take the very best care of
this magical spot that was my home for almost 25 years. It was a sacred
trust, and I did it with much joy: planting trees and flowers and bulbs.
Creating a vegetable, fruit, and herb garden was the best therapy. I often
said: "By tending my garden, I tended my heart." My students
often came up to discuss botany, Nature, and art. Then it was all deliberately
taken away from us. It was NOT a natural event. It was not an act of Nature."
- This is what is now happening in the Gulf states. This
is the modus operandi in these broken, no-longer-united states. The corruption
is vast and endemic. A police state has taken over by stealth. It hides
just under the surface waiting to pounce and take most of us unaware. The
media (now down to six corporations, instead of 88) is compliant. Our Constitution
is in shreds. Instead, we have bread and circus, while we face our accelerated
corrupt Roman decline and it is now far worse than the days of Nero
or Caligula. The façade is fast crumbling.
- What will happen with the mix of deadly Chemtrails combining
with toxic crude oil and dispersants? There are already indications with
this type of rain that plants are dying. How will the methane, benzene,
hydrogen sulfide, and other poisonous gases interact with Chemtrails? How
will our entire North American population respond to this additional massive
toxicity when there is already evidence of chemical brain injury to millions
of citizens who have been sprayed illegally with Chemtrails for the past
twelve or more years?(1) Millions of citizens are already ill from the
high level of pollution (caused by deliberate environmental deregulation)
that envelops us. Obviously, it does not matter, because we are all expendable.
When people died in our southern California FIRESTORM, or were murdered
by mercenary troops after Hurricane Katrina, it was never reported. The
environmental destruction, no matter how massive, is irrelevant to those
in charge. So, this Gulf of Mexico tragedy is another theme-and-variation
to bring grave harm to potentially the entire North American continent
or beyond. Are there any people left who can tell the truth?
- This is a planned effort that brings death and destruction
on a global level that we have never seen before. This is no accident.
From discussions I've had with scientists, this toxic brew is heading up
the Atlantic seaboard as far as New Jersey and New York, and also heading
to Cuba. How long will it take to reach Europe? Will that be covered up,
- Last month, when I interviewed the brilliant and independent
polymer chemist, Dr. Michael Castle, he was already warning of the toxicity
of the crude oil gases.(2) Now, it is greatly compounded. I believe we
have a very small window, before the scenario far surpasses our FIRESTORM
or Hurricane Katrina.
- As Jane Burgermeister wrote yesterday: "Enough!"(3)
We must wake up before everyone is illegally carted off to some FEMA relocation
prison in the UN trucks waiting in Florida. This is what happened during
World War II when the Japanese were illegally incarcerated in the US.
- What kind of quality of life will there be for my students
and precious small grandchildren, then? Really, there is the bigger picture:
What kind of quality of life will there be for anyone? The malevolence
is now off the scale. It is time we thought "outside of the box."
This epic tragedy does not have to continue.
- IT IS ENOUGH!
- Dr. Ilya Sandra Perlingieri is author of the highly acclaimed
book, "The Uterine Crisis."
- 1. See: www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=19047
- 2. Dr. Ilya Sandra Perlingieri. "Gulf of Mexico
Oil Catastrophe Worst in History & What to Do Instead." June 2,
- 3. Jane Burgermeister. "The oil spill could destroy
humanity." June 20, 2010: http://birdflu666.wordpress.com
- 4. "A deadly bubble?" www.brasschecktv.com/page/872.html
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A Guide to Successful Weight Loss
In addition to diets there is a plethora of information surrounding the concept of weight loss. This is useful for educating yourself on all your options. Understanding how our bodies work in relation to activity and calorie intake is important and will help us to make educated choices in the foods that we eat and the way that we approach exercise.
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- The Top 10 Superfoods
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Coming Back Soon...
Two women unpack a crate of layettes in Oslo, Norway. Kappas made over 2000 layettes to be distributed to Norwegian babies during World War II for the Nora Waln Layette Project.
1940 - 1949
Nora Waln Layette ProjectNorwegian Women's Public Health OrganizationPhilanthropyWar Relief Efforts
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Scott Spencer is an author of many novels who has worked as a journalist publishing in the The New York Times, The New Yorker, Harpers Magazine, GQ, O, The Oprah Magazine, and he is a regular contributor to Rolling Stone. He has taught at Columbia University, the University of Iowa, Williams College and The Bard Prison Project. He is an alumnus of Roosevelt University and in 2004 was the recipient of a John S. Guggenheim Fellowship. For the past twenty years, he has lived in a small town in the Hudson Valley in Upstate New York.
Spencer's best known novels are probably 'Endless Love' and 'A Ship Made of Paper. Both were nominated in the States for the National Book Award and the first sold more than two million copies and was made into a movie in 1981 by director Franco Zeffirelli. 'Waking The Dead' was also made into a film in 2000 produced by Jodie Foster and directed by Keith Gordon. *
Of 'A Ship Made of Paper', fellow writer Joyce Carol Oates gushed "Like Cheever, Spencer has imagined for his... infatuated lover melodramatic crises that verge on the surreal; like John Updike, Spencer is a poet-celebrant of Eros, lyrically precise in his descriptions of lovers' fantasies, lovers' lovemaking, lovers' bodies..."
The Wall Street Journal has written of Scott Spencer that "There are few novelists alive who use the English language as Spencer does... Every ache of feeling, every failed effort at restraint, every attempt at self-deception is captured in precise, beautifully cadenced prose."
* (n.b. Spencer's novel 'Men in Black' is not connected in any way with the Men in Black movies of that name).
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Eye occlusions, or eye strokes, are caused when veins and arteries become blocked, resulting in distorted or decreased vision. There are four different types of eye occlusions and these types are determined by the location of the problem.
The Types Are:
- Branch Retinal Artery Occlusion (BRAO) - This type of eye stroke can lead to loss of peripheral and, less often, central vision. Glaucoma medication is often prescribed to manage the problem and ocular massage or a fluid tap may be recommended.
- Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion (BRVO) - Possible results of this eye stroke are vision loss in the periphery, decreased vision, distorted vision or blind spots. Often this type of occlusion will be addressed with a fluorescent angiogram. While some of these conditions heal on their own after a few months, treatments include laser photocoagulation.
- Central Retinal Artery Occlusion (CRAO) - Characterized by a sudden loss of vision in one eye, this type of occlusion is painless and often follows periodic episodes of vision loss. Many treatments are available.
- Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO) - Resulting in sudden vision loss ranging in severity, this type of eye stroke includes two differing types that are both treatable using laser technology.
If you are have questions about eye occlusions, please contact us today to schedule an appointment.
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Using oxygen as a tracer of galactic evolution
A new study led by University of California, Riverside astronomers casts light on how young, hot stars ionize oxygen in the early universe and the effects on the evolution of galaxies through time.
The study presents the first measurements of the changing strengths of oxygen emission lines from the present day and back to 12.5 billion years ago.
The main conclusions are that the strength of doubly ionized oxygen increases going back in time, while the strength of singly ionized oxygen increases up to 11 billion years ago and then decreases for the remaining one to two billion years.
The cause of the two different evolutions is due to the changing physical conditions inside star-forming galaxies. The amount of ionizing energy inputted into the gas by newly formed stars is much higher in the early universe.
The results, recently published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, help set the framework for future surveys using next-generation telescopes, such as the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope, that will allow researchers to study the conditions inside star-forming galaxies to the era of the first galaxies.
A galaxy can be thought of as a factory that produces stars from cold gas, with some galaxies being more productive than others. Therefore, what roughly defines the evolutionary parameters of a galaxy is the rate of star formation, stellar mass, and gas content.
The rate at which stars form in galaxies has not always been the same. The typical star formation rate in galaxies rose for the first two to three billion years after the Big Bang and has steadily decreased for the past 10 to 11 billion years.
In other words, the universe is in a production crisis as galaxies are becoming less active in creating new stars. Because cold gas is the fuel of star formation, it is imperative to understand how the physical conditions of the gas are changing throughout the universe’s history.
“One way to study the conditions of gas in star-forming regions of galaxies is to observe the spectral emission lines,” said Ali Ahmad Khostovan, lead author of the paper and a graduate student in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at UC Riverside. “These lines are produced when light from bright, massive, short-lived stars interact with the surrounding medium resulting in regions where atoms are broken up or ionized.”
The emission lines are only visible while the most massive stars shine, therefore the timescales traced by these lines are dependent on the lifespan of these stars (about 10 to 50 million years). Therefore, emission lines can be used to trace the instantaneous activity and conditions in star-forming regions of galaxies.
In the study, the researchers used a sample of emission line selected galaxies from the High-z Emission Line Survey (HiZELS) to trace the evolution in the strengths of emission lines associated with singly ionized and doubly ionized oxygen.
The importance of these two lines is that they provide information regarding the energetic excitation (ionized) state of the gas since the main difference between the two lines is the energy needed to go from singly to doubly ionized oxygen.
This is accomplished because of the unique design of HiZELS. The survey uses four narrowband filters, one installed on the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii and the other three on the United Kingdom InfraRed Telescope (UKIRT), also in Hawaii. These filters are narrow enough that the light from an emission line would dominate the detector of the telescope. As emission lines are narrow and redshifted, they act as testifiers of four different time slices (one for each filter) of the universe’s history.
The authors also used a wealth of ancillary data from various ground-based telescopes such as the Canada France Hawaii Telescope in Hawaii as well as space-based telescopes such as the Spitzer Space Telescope. Their samples also include spectroscopic follow up using the DEIMOS and MOSFIRE spectrographs on the W. M. Keck Observatory, and spectroscopy from other studies. The study is comprised of 7,000 galaxies.
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Having already learned what the first four elements considered to be “Enemies of Books” as listed by William Blades are, we now come to the final three “enemies”.
5. Dust and Neglect
Dust upon Books to any extent points to Neglect, and Neglect means more or less slow Decay.
For those who hate to dust, there are storage options to avoid the problem. Jack Lenor Larsen adopted Japanese design practices and found that “if fabrics are hung up from ceiling to cover the books, I don’t have to look at a lot of stuff all the time. It also reduces dust and therefore cleaning and breakage.” Window shades can also protect books from dust and other pollutants. Make sure any material you use is acid-free. Protective book boxes can preserve rare books from dust or pollution.
There is no formula for how often a library must be dusted; it depends on the environment. Anthony Trollope dusted his library twice a year. Frequent vacuuming and/or sweeping will reduce dust buildup. A feather duster is the classic implement for removing dust but a vacuum cleaner is better. A portable mini-vac, or Dustbuster, though less powerful, may be easier to use in small spaces between books. Barbara Kirschenblatt-Gimblett uses something in between – a Service Vacuum Cleaner she ordered through Contact East, Inc. North Andover, Massachusetts. Designed for cleaning delicate office equipment like computers, disk drives, and printers, this vacuum is portable and relatively light, weighing a total of nine pounds.
Regardless of the method you choose, Jane Greenfield recommends you begin by cleaning the top edge of the book. Dust and vacuum away the spine and hold the book tightly so the dust does not work its way down into the pages. You can use saddle soap on leather bindings to remove dust, dirt and grime, but not on gold tooling or turn-ins (leather-bound books whose binding extends within the inside edges of the covers and spine). Any moisture can cause blackening and cracking of deteriorating leather, so clean them only if you have to. If you decide to clean your leather bindings, form a lather with the saddle soap and rub the lather into the leather. Wipe off the excess with a clean, damp sponge, drying the binding with lint-free cloth. Let the book dry completely before putting it back. For cloth bindings, you can use Bookleen Gel, available from library resources. For rer paper bindings, expert help may be required, such as described in Anne F. Clapp’s book, Curatorial Care of Works of Art on Paper : Basic Procedures for Paper Preservation.
Ten years ago, when turning out an old closet in the Mazarine Library, of which I am librarian, I discovered at the bottom, under a lot of old rags, a large volume. It had no cover nor title page, and had been used to light the fires of librarians.
Even the best educated bibliophiles, like author and journalist Roger Rosenblatt, are torn between their respect for books and their desire to enjoy them to their fullest, for instance, by engaging with the text through scrawled commentary. “It’s shameful to admit: I deface books all the time,” he says, referring to his penciled scribbles. “And I enjoy seeing the scribbling of others. There is a communicative and emotional value in a record of another human being’s thoughts and feelings left for future readers to happen upon. Of course, though this harms a book, if the scribbler happens to have been Henry James or James Joyce, the book becomes much more valuable.”
Books can also be damaged by people’s well-meaning efforts to repair them, particularly by using nonrestoration-quality material such as transparent or duct tape to repair torn pages or bindings. Bookbinders have to use Unseal Adhesive Releasing Solvent to remove such tape from books. If you do not wish to take a damaged book to a professional restorer, binders Wilton Wiggins and Douglas Lee advise you to wrap the book in acid-free paper and tie it up with library tape, a flat cotton string that can be used to hold the book together if the spine or binding is loose. There are also special tapes available in a first-aid kit from TALAS in New York and other resources.
7. The Bookworm (and Other Vermin).
There is a sort of busy worm
That will the fairest books deform,
By gnawing holes throughout them.
Alike, through every leaf they go,
Yet of its merit nought they know,
Nor care they aught about them.
Their tasteless tooth will tear and taint
The Poet, Patriot, Sage, or Saint,
Nor sparing wit nor learning.
Now, if you’d know the reason why,
The best of reasons I’ll supply:
‘Tis bread to the poor vermin.
Worms, beetles, and creepy-crawlies of all kinds can chomp through your precious volumes and turn them into fodder – and birthing places for lavae. “If,” Jane Greenfield says, “you have termites in your bookshelves, or if you are stacking books from suspect areas, like barn, cellars and attics, you should freeze the collection before placing it in your library.” She reports that a simple at-home method was developed by Yale University biology professor Charles Remington: Make sure the books are completely dry, thereby preventing the formation of ice crystals. Seal books or wrap them well in plastic bags, preferably made of polyethylene, and freeze them at 6 degrees Fahrenheit in a domestic freezer. (At Yale, books are frozen at -20 degrees Fahrenheit for seventy two hours.) This will kill all beetles and insects at all stages of development.
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Francis Bacon, “Of Studies,” Essays (1625)
Perhaps the Bookworms (and other Vermins) are simply just taking on Bacon’s advice abit too “literally”. 😉
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PAUL GOLDBERGER ON THE AGE OF ARCHITECTURE The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao by Frank Gehry, the CCTV Headquarters by Rem Koolhaas, the Getty Center by Richard Meier, the Times Building by Renzo Piano: Pulitzer Prize–winning critic Paul Goldberger’s tenure at The New Yorker has documented a captivating era in the world of architecture, one in which larger-than-life buildings, urban schemes, historic preservation battles, and personalities have commanded an international stage. Goldberger’s keen observations and sharp wit make him one of the most insightful and passionate architectural voices of our time. In this collection of fifty-seven essays, the critic Tracy Kidder called “America’s foremost interpreter of public architecture” ranges from Havana to Beijing, from Chicago to Las Vegas, dissecting everything from skyscrapers by Norman Foster and museums by Tadao Ando to airports, monuments, suburban shopping malls, and white-brick apartment houses. This is a comprehensive account of the best—and the worst—of the “age of architecture.”
On Norman Foster: Norman Foster is the Mozart of modernism. He is nimble and prolific, and his buildings are marked by lightness and grace. He works very hard, but his designs don’t show the effort. He brings an air of unnerving aplomb to everything he creates—from skyscrapers to airports, research laboratories to art galleries, chairs to doorknobs. His ability to produce surprising work that doesn’t feel labored must drive his competitors crazy.
On the Westin Hotel: The forty-five-story Westin is the most garish tall building that has gone up in New York in as long as I can remember. It is fascinating, if only because it makes Times Square vulgar in a whole new way, extending up into the sky. It is not easy, these days, to go beyond the bounds of taste. If the architects, the Miami-based firm Arquitectonica, had been trying to allude to bad taste, one could perhaps respect what they came up with. But they simply wanted, like most architects today, to entertain us.
On Mies van der Rohe: Mies’s buildings look like the simplest things you could imagine, yet they are among the richest works of architecture ever created. Modern architecture was supposed to remake the world, and Mies was at the center of the revolution, but he was also a counterrevolutionary who designed beautiful things. His spare, minimalist objects are exquisite. He is the only modernist who created a language that ranks with the architectural languages of the past, and while this has sometimes been troubling for his reputation . . . his architectural forms become more astonishing as time goes on.
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Caritas urges humanitarian aid for North Korea
January 06, 2012
Caritas Korea, the Church’s charitable agency in South Korea, is urging the international community not to forget the dire humanitarian needs of North Korea. According to the World Food Programme, only 6% of North Koreans have sufficient food.
“In this season, the crisis becomes more acute and aid is even more urgent,” says Father Gerard Hammond, a Maryknoll missionary who works for Caritas Korea.
- Caritas Korea: "The political tension must not stop humanitarian aid in the North for millions of hungry people" (Fides)
- Caritas warns of massive hunger in North Korea (CWN, 12/22)
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Five surprising tips that can save your life.
The author, right, after a falling-ice-block incident in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
ACCIDENTS HAPPEN. It’s the nature of nature, since chaos is built into the system. The trick is knowing the right thing to do when the wrong thing occurs. Which, for too many years, I didn’t.
More than a decade ago, my brother Dan and I attempted to bike the length of Africa. We started at the top, in Morocco. Aside from puking up rotten dates and getting scrubbed too hard in a Marrakesh bathhouse, everything was going swell. South of Casablanca, we spent a night on one of the highest passes in the High Atlas Mountains, taking refuge in a tiny hut. The caretaker, a four-foot Berber, offered us shots of sweet mint tea. The only food was a jar of giant olives.
At one point, Dan had to take a leak and disappeared through the hut door into the darkness. When he didn’t come back, I started to wonder. Half an hour later, the Berber and I went for a look. Apparently, Dan had tried to walk around the back, but the hut was perched on a cliff. The Berber was swinging an oil lantern, and we were both staring over the edge when I heard Dan say, “Some brother’s keeper you are.” I climbed down the cliff; when I reached Dan, he was lying in the rocks with one mangled foot in the air.
“Broke my leg taking a piss,” he half-laughed, half-winced. We hauled him back to the hut and laid him out. I said, “This is going to hurt.”
“No shit, bro.”
I gave his foot a jerk, and he screamed and passed out. I straightened it but failed to splint it, so it was still floppy. Dan was in excruciating pain for a week before we got his lower leg put in a cast. Then we modified his bike pedals and continued riding through Africa.
Had I taken a wilderness medicine class, I would have known this: When you reset broken bones, you don’t yank. Instead, you pull, slowly and firmly, gradually allowing the bones to settle back into place. Then you splint the fracture, using whatever is at hand. A foam pad works well; sticks wrapped with a jacket will do.
Truth is, I should have taken a proper first-aid course 30 years ago. I guess I figured on picking up whatever I needed along the way, one expedition at a time. But after another trip to Africa during which chaos reigned—more on that in a moment—I decided it was irresponsible of me not to know exactly what to do in an emergency. So I coughed up $600 for one of the best training experiences in the country, the NOLS Wilderness First Responder course (nicknamed Woofer, a loose take on its acronym), and braced myself for ten straight days, nearly ten hours a day, of medical instruction.
WHEN THE CLASS CONVENES there are 30 of us, ranging in age from 18 to 57, and we’re all apprehensive as we gather for an orientation session in a lecture room on the University of Wyoming’s Laramie campus. The rigor and seriousness of this course are notorious, and a collective groan rises up from the students when two thick medical textbooks are handed out. Our instructors, Colorado ski guide Ryland Gardner, 48, and Wyoming wilderness expert Dusty Downey, 33, are experienced outdoor hands. They grin sadistically.
“By the end of this class,” Downey says, “you will know how to deal with everything from a tension pneumothorax to torsion of the testes.” (That’s a punctured lung and twisted nuts to you laymen.) Stout and direct, with sandy blond hair, Downey encourages us to view this course as preparation for emergencies in places where there are no lifesaving machines, the med kit is smaller than your sandwich, and “you are the doctor on call.”
Between lectures there will be five hands-on outdoor-emergency scenarios each day, plus two extended night scenarios. It’s winter in Wyoming, so all this acting will happen in the snow and wind. During each enactment, half the students will play the part of injured patients—complete with fake blood, fake broken bones, and fake vomit—and the other half will be first responders. We are urged to stay in character (plenty of screaming!) until the instructors call a halt. At the end of the ten days, there will be a written test and a half-hour practicum.
Between now and then, we’re expected to learn everything essential about backcountry first aid. And it’s a lot: how to bandage wounds, set fractures, stanch bleeding, perform CPR, treat hypoxia and hypothermia and hypoglycemia, recognize the difference between compensatory and decompensatory shock, recognize a broken back or a transient ischemic attack, and even remove a fishhook or a tick.
Which brings me back to Africa.
It was April 2007. I was deep in the Congo, and I had two dozen African ticks attached to my ass. This wouldn’t have happened if M’viri Bwily, my guide, hadn’t cleaved open his thumb with a machete one day. He came running to my tent, blood spurting everywhere. I had him sit down and raise his arm while I squeezed his thumb for 20 minutes. When the bleeding finally stopped, it was obvious he needed stitches, but M’viri would have none of it. Instead I fashioned butterfly bandages out of athletic tape and wrapped him up. (Had I already taken the Woofer course, I would have had Steri-Strips on hand, one of the best first-aid products for small-wound closure.)
M’viri could no longer accompany me into the jungle to track gorillas. If he had been with me, he would have told me not to sit where the gorillas had sat, because the beasts are infested with ticks. But I had told him to stay in camp, keeping his arm above his head. Jungles breed infection, and since we were days away from a bush clinic, I was afraid he might lose his thumb or his hand or his life if the wound became septic. So I gave him my only course of doxycycline, an antibiotic.
Then I started getting headaches and a stiff neck—which, unbeknownst to me, were classic symptoms of African tick bite fever. Lacking a good set of tweezers (another mistake), I squatted by the fire, digging them out with a pocketknife, a headlamp, and a mirror. But what I really needed—as I learned during a SAT-phone call to an African wildlife biologist in Brazzaville—was a round of (you guessed it) doxycycline.
In the end, M’viri and I both healed up, but it wasn’t pretty.
THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS begins at 8 a.m. sharp. Gardner, wry and fit, throws out a Mark Twain quote to set the tone: “One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain’t nothing can beat teamwork.”
Then it starts, a whirlwind of medical knowledge imparted by Gardner and Downey, who tag-team a big range of topics: chest injuries, spine immobilization, neurological emergencies. After just an hour of lecture time, we’re thrown into the cold for our first scenario, a simulation of a high-altitude plane wreck. The injured are lying in the snow bellowing when we first responders arrive. We spread out and try to help.
Overwhelmed by all the fake blood, I kneel by my patient and try to stop the flow, failing to notice that she isn’t breathing. She dies because I didn’t clear her airway first.
Another first responder tries to move his patient before performing a thorough examination. Oops. The victim’s spinal column is severed and she dies.
Back in the classroom, we can laugh about what we did wrong, but we all feel enormous pressure to do the right things in the right order. Throughout the day, we continue to make critical mistakes.
In one field scenario, I’m so concerned about a broken leg that I fail to immobilize the victim’s head, which is fundamental. In another, I misread the patient’s behavior and leap to perform an abdominal thrust, only to learn that my subject was having an asthma attack and simply needed a puff on her inhaler. In yet another, I forget to ask a patient with a head injury if she lost consciousness, a sign of a possible concussion. In another, I fail to recognize the symptoms of shock.
By the end of the first day, one student speaks for all of us when she says, “I feel so stressed out by the initial scene, I’m afraid I’ll fuck it up.”
Gardner acknowledges that it’s easy to allow the urgency of the moment to make you move too fast and get it wrong. “You must force yourself to be calm, force yourself to slow down, force yourself to think clearly and logically,” he says.
In other words, don’t panic. But the only way not to panic is to practice not panicking. Which is precisely what we do during the remaining nine days, hour after hour, day after day. Gradually, we all become more relaxed, more competent, and more confident. Like emergency professionals, we stop hurrying. We take time to perform a thorough assessment of the person, the injury, and the environment.
MIDWAY THROUGH the course we have a day off. Some students go skiing, but a group of us get together to review, practice scenarios, and quiz each other. I’ve been studying every night after class, but I’m still anxious. We fire questions back and forth for hours:
Q: What are the earliest signs of high-altitude pulmonary edema?
A: Excessive fatigue, dry cough, shortness of breath.
Q: In CPR, what is the ratio of compressions to breaths?
A: Thirty compressions (at a rate of 100 per minute), then two breaths.
Q: What do the acronyms SOAP and LOR stand for?
A: SOAP—subjective, objective, assessment, plan. LOR—level of responsiveness.
Q: What is the treatment for an ice-ax puncture to the chest?
A: Plug the hole, cover with occlusive dressing, evacuate immediately.
The last one haunts me. I once took a 100-foot fall off a glacier on Shishapangma, an 8,000-meter peak in Tibet, and almost impaled myself with my ice ax. Another time, self-arresting while sliding at high speed down a couloir in Wyoming’s Medicine Bows, the ax pick popped off and the adze buried itself partially in my chest.
I always assumed that if I did really nail myself, even if I was days away from a hospital, I’d still live. But the Woofer has taught me otherwise. For some accidents, it doesn’t matter who you are or how tough you are: you’re still going to die. There’s no good treatment for a widespread disease that rangers in the Tetons call YMIS: young man’s immortality syndrome. But taking a Woofer, and learning just how easy it is to kill yourself, ain’t a bad start.
THE MOST COMMON backcountry injury is not something dramatic like impalement or grizzly mauling or snakebite. Instead, it’s an ordinary sprained ankle. Makes sense: Who hasn’t tripped and twisted one? The treatment: taping. The NOLS course teaches a bombproof tape job that I really could’ve used the 17 times I sprained one of mine.
The Woofer also prepares you to deal with a catalog of less common but far more interesting outdoor emergencies, some of which overlap with my own experiences.
Like the time my three brothers and I were cleverly mountain-biking in Moab during the dog days of summer—approximately 163 degrees out—and my brother Steve disappeared. We found him naked, hiding under a thornbush, mumbling bizarrely, pouring the last of his water on his genitals.
Did he have heatstroke, which can be fatal, or heat exhaustion? Probably exertional heatstroke, judging by his altered level of responsiveness. Of course, we had no idea at the time, so we sprayed him with water and forced him to drink. Luckily, he recovered.
Or the year I was coming off Denali and met a French couple trudging to the summit. She was being short-roped up, practically dragged, and her cheeks and nose were white. Without asking, I put my bare hands on her face and explained that she was getting frostbite. She was confused. Although it might not have been my place, I told the couple they were moving too slowly and should turn around.
Her partner cursed at me, and they continued on. Ten hours later, a full-scale rescue was initiated. The woman was eventually dragged down the mountain in a sleeping bag, with frostbite not only on her face but along one whole side of her body.
Or the year I climbed Mount Kenya and met four plumbers from London at Mackinder’s Hut, one of whom had acute mountain sickness. He was a giant of a man, had a skull-bursting headache, a rapid pulse, and rapid respiration, and was puking and slightly ataxic. I told the Brits they needed to get their buddy to a lower elevation immediately. They were offended. This was their expedition—they’d been planning it for years. In 48 hours, they’d gone from sea level to 14,000 feet, and no smart-ass Yank was going to stop them. Fair enough. I went on up to the Austrian Hut.
Three a.m., there’s banging on my door. It’s the plumbers. Their buddy is now unconscious. He has shit and pissed himself and is covered with puke, and his breathing is deeply labored. Borrowing porters from a half-dozen other teams, we organize a rescue. Carrying the giant in a litter, we get him to the bus stop at 10,000 feet, where, without a word of thanks, the three plumbers abandon him and head back up the mountain—which, karmically, they fail to summit.
THE WOOFER, or an equivalent course, is what most mountain guides, river guides, ski patrollers, and recreation-program managers are required to take. But it’s also perfect for those of us who spend a lot of time in the backcountry. We learn how to take vital signs—pulse, blood pressure, respiration rate, temperature—and what these numbers mean. We’re taught how to splint dislocated fingers and broken toes, how to build a traction splint for a femur break, how to immobilize a patient in a litter, even how to give a saline injection. Personally, the most valuable skill I learn in Woofer is how to perform a focused spine assessment.
I don’t think I’ve had a serious climbing or skiing or kayaking partner who hasn’t taken a bad fall at some point—hitting his head, smacking her back, whacking a tree, thumping a rock, and inevitably breaking something. Arms and legs are one thing, but injury to the back or neck is delicate: misdiagnose the situation in the field and the spinal cord may subsequently be severed, causing paralysis or death. In a focused spine assessment, which is performed only after a patient assessment, there are five clear steps to follow that can accurately tell you whether the patient will need to be backboarded and carried out or whether he can walk out on his own.
Two years ago, I was caught in an avalanche while ice climbing. My partner was swept off the ice, and when I got down to him, he was hanging by the rope, upside down. I cut him free and laid him in the snow and did everything I could think of. Had I known how to perform a focused spine assessment, I would have known that my partner had broken his neck severely and there was nothing I could do to save him. As it was, I was almost out of my mind with anxiety.
Near the end of the Woofer course, we’re sent out on a four-hour night scenario up in the mountains. At 8,000 feet, the wind is whipping so hard it seems to be throwing the stars around. We are divided into teams of five and sent out into the snowy forest, tromping through knee-deep drifts. The moon is a sliver playing hide-and-seek. Our headlamps bob on our heads like luminescent butterflies.
For some reason, I’m thinking about Downey’s lesson on how to use an EpiPen, an injection of epinephrine to counteract life-threatening anaphylactic shock. “Don’t be afraid,” he insisted, “just stab it right into their thigh. In some situations it’s the only thing that will save them. And nothing—nothing—is more important than saving a person’s life.”
His voiced cracked when he said this, and I could tell that he had a story he wasn’t going to share. Now, postholing through the crusty blue snow beneath the stars, it occurs to me that this, in a nutshell, is the entire point of the Woofer class: to acquire the skills to save a human.
After an hour of hiking in the snow in the dark, my team hears shouting and we begin plunging down through the trees.
We find our victim at the base of a small cliff. He has fallen. He’s screaming in pain. There’s blood in the blowing snow. Did he break his back? Break a leg? Puncture a lung? Hit his head?
Doesn’t matter. We know what to do.
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LINCOLN, Neb. – Come to the Reading the Rocks event at Schramm Park State Recreation Area on April 4 and learn about the geology of the area.
From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., experts will be at the park’s Geological Display to guide guests on a journey through 300 million years of history at the outcrop. They will talk about how layers of rock can teach us about geological events that shape our planet, climate trends and organisms that lived long before humans.
“Long before humans existed, this space was inhabited by oceanic creatures of the distant past, which we can still find in the limestone layers,” said Kelly Ekue, outdoor education specialist at Schramm Education Center.
The event at the outcrop is free to the public, although a park entry permit is required. In case of inclement weather, activities will be moved to the classroom at the Schramm Education Center, where the event also will be free.
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1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Standards Department
Standards Department, a department of the English Board of Trade, having the custody of the imperial standards of weights and measures. As far back as can be traced, the standard weights and measures, the primary instruments for determining the justness of all other weights and measures used in the United Kingdom, were kept at the exchequer, and the duties relating to these standards were imposed upon the chamberlains of the exchequer. The office of chamberlains was abolished in 1826, under the operation of 23 Geo. III. c. 82, passed in 1783, but the custody of the standards and any duties connected therewith remained attached to an officer in the exchequer (q.v.) until that department was abolished in 1866. Meanwhile, in pursuance of recommendations of Standard Commissions of 1841 and 1854 and a House of Commons Committee of 1862, the Standards of Weights, Measures and Coinage Act 1866 was passed. This act created a special department of the Board of Trade, called the “Standard Weights and Measures Department,” and a head of that department styled the “Warden of the Standards.” His duty was to conduct comparisons, verifications and operations with reference to the standards in aid of scientific research and otherwise. The first—indeed, the only real holder—of the office was Henry Williams Chisholm (1809–1901), previously chief clerk of the old exchequer, under whose direction the department was organized; and before his retirement in 1877 it embraced not merely the re-verification of the imperial standards, but the making of local standards for local authorities, the re-verification of standards and instruments for all parts of the United Kingdom and colonies, for foreign countries which did not possess standardizing departments, the verification of manufacturers’ standards and instruments, gas-measuring standards, apparatus for determining the flash-point of petroleum, &c. The Weights and Measures Act of 1878 left out all reference to the title and office of warden of the standards, and this opportunity was taken, in the words of the then permanent secretary of the Board of Trade, T. H. (afterwards Lord) Farrer, to make the office “more strictly a department of the Board of Trade.” It was put in charge of an officer (Mr H. J. Chaney) termed “Superintendent of Weights and Measures,” but on his death in 1906 an attempt was made partially to restore dignity and importance to the office by the appointment of Major P. A. MacMahon, F.R.S., with the title of “Deputy Warden of the Standards.”
There are Standards departments under the charge of experienced scientists in Berlin, St Petersburg, Paris, Vienna, Rome, Madrid, Lisbon, Brussels, Bucharest and Constantinople and at Ottawa, Melbourne and Sidney. The United States Bureau of Standards is in the department of Commerce and Labor. It was established in 1901 and is under the charge of a director. Its work follows that of the English department and embraces also research in the domain of physics, extending from chemistry on the one side to engineering on the other. It also tests and investigates standards and methods of constructing measuring instruments for scientific societies, educational institutions, manufacturers and others.
- The act of 1878, which repealed the act of 1866, merely declared that the Board of Trade should have all powers and perform all duties relative to the standards vested in or imposed upon the warden of the standards by the act of 1866 or otherwise, and the title “deputy warden of the standards” is therefore a departmental creation.
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Objective: To determine the degree of hemodynamic and airway compromise in infants and children undergoing anesthesia for primary cardiac tumors. Design: Retrospective study. Setting: Tertiary-care, academic children's hospital. Participants: Patients <18 years old who had undergone anesthesia and surgery for resection or biopsy of a primary cardiac tumor (n = 25). Interventions: None. Measurements and Main Results: Charts were reviewed for intraoperative complications, defined as (1) hypotension (20% decrease from baseline) during or after induction; (2) failure to gain airway control by insertion of an airway or endotracheal intubation, inability to ventilate after administration of a muscle relaxant, need for change in patient position, rigid bronchoscopy, or cardiopulmonary bypass for adequate oxygenation; and (3) new arrhythmias. Hypotension during induction occurred in 4 patients (16%), 3 of whom were hemodynamically unstable preoperatively. Hypotension after induction was found in 2 (8%) patients. Hypotension occurred more frequently in patients with obstruction to blood flow and arrhythmia (n = 3), obstruction to blood flow only (n = 1), and arrhythmia only (n = 1). No patient had airway difficulty related to the tumor, although one intrapericardial tumor mimicked an anterior mediastinal mass. New arrhythmias occurred in 3 (12%) patients. Conclusions: The subgroup of patients at greatest risk are patients with a combination of obstruction to blood flow and arrhythmias. Despite the alarming diagnosis, the intra-operative course tends to be fairly stable in most cases. Extensive pericardial tumors may produce the same airway concerns as anterior mediastinal masses, but airway complications do not seem to be a problem with intrachamber tumors.
- Cardiac tumors
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- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
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Of course, they make it as difficult as they possibly can to use that data, but where there's a will there's a way.
All this week I want to take a look at the performance of economically disadvantaged students and see what the data tells us. Let's see if the various bromides and theories we've been debating for the last few weeks find some support in the data.
I'm going to use the dataset for Pennsylvania 2005. It's not the most recent dataset (that would be 2007), but it is the latest dataset that includes financial and demographic data. I found data for 446 of Pennsylvania's 501 school districts.
Today let's focus on the relationship between school expenditures and low-SES student performance. Hardly a day goes by in which some edupundit will claim that we need more school funding to improve test scores. It's become a kneejerk reaction, especially by those slightly-left-of-center edupundits who still cling to the notion that more money can solve anything. Let's put this theory to the test.
Theory One: Low-SES students perform better in schools with lots of resources. Stated differently, low-SES student achievement can be improved by providing schools with more resources. To test this theory, let's compare the performance of low-SES students on PA's state test to the total expenditures in each school district.
I also calculated:
R - The coefficient of the correlation between the score/actual data and the score predicted by the regression. For R values close to 1, there is a strong association between the variables. For R values close to zero, there is a weak association between the variables. Generally, we don't get to excited until the R values are greater than about 0.5.
R2 - the percentage of the variability in the predicted score explained by the variability in the actual data. In other words, how well does the actual data fit the predicted score. For R2 values close to one, there is a good fit. For R2 values, close to zero, there is a poor fit.
P value - If the P value is less than 0.05 we reject the null hypothesis, i.e., it is safe to assume tht the results are statistically significant.
For this regression the results are:
R = 0.06 (there is a very weak association between total school expenditures and the performance of low-SES students)
R2 = 0.0036 (there is a very poor fit between the data)
P = 0.20 (the results are not statistically significant)
I put the trend line in the graph, but there is such a poor fit between the data and the predicted score (the trend line) that the slight downward slope of the trendline is misleading.
Interpretation: I calculated the average score for all PA students on a per school district basis to be 60.7 in 2005 with a standard deviation of
13.1. I also calculated the average score for low-SES students to be 43.0. this represents a large achievement gap of 1.36 standard deviation. As you can see from the graph, it didn't matter whether the school district was spending $8,000 or $19,000 per student, the performance of low-SES remained unchanged with a large amount of variation between high performing districts and low-performing districts across the board. At today's funding levels, I'd say that resources are not an issue. Especially, when you consider that, at least in PA, school districts with lots of (>50%) low-SES students are funded just as well as school districts with few (<10%)
School expenditures are weakly correlated with the number of low-SES students in a district.
In case you were wondering, I also ran the regression with instructional expenditures instead of total expenditures to see if perhaps these districts with lots of low-SES students were squandering their resources on non-instructional expenses. Apparently, they aren't. The correlation between instructional expenditures and low-SES student achievement was even weaker than that for total expenditures (R = 0.03, R2 = 0.0012, and P = 0.47).
The data does not support the theory that spending more money on schools will led to improved low-SES student achievement at today's funding levels. the data suggests that even if we doubled the funding to the typical school district, we should not expect to see improved low-SES student achievement.
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The rise, zenith and fall of writing systems
STEPHEN HOUSTON (ed.). The first writing: script invention as history and process. xviii+418 pages, 123 illustrations, 2 tables. First paperback edition 2008 (first published in hardback in 2004, reprinted in 2005). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 978-0-521-83861-0 hardback £59 & $105; 978-0-521-72826-3 paperback £17.99 & $32.95.
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JOHN BAINES, JOHN BENNET & STEPHEN HOUSTON (ed.). The disappearance of writing systems: perspectives on literacy and communication. xviii+380 pages, 61 illustrations, 8 tables. 2008. London: Equinox; 978-1-84553-013-6 hardback £65.
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JOHN BAINES. Visual & written culture in Ancient Egypt. xviii+420 pages, 52 illustrations, 2 tables. 2007. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 978-0-19-815250-7 hardback £75.
Uniting all three books under review is one central theme, writing, but there is an interesting divergence in their focus on this topic. The first two are cross-cultural in their treatment, the third is an in-depth look at the phenomenon as it pertains to a single culture. While The first writing casts its net widely, yet loosely, concentrating on the emergence of writing in chosen regions around the world, The disappearance of writing systems, no less global in its range, takes up the long-neglected study of the opposite end of the developmental spectrum, the decline and fall of writing systems. Visual and written culture in ancient Egypt, on the other hand, covers the entire sweep of written history and culture, but in the framework of a single case study.
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the bible text speaks in apparent contradictions to the following subject of salvation. according to johanna, jesus said to samurai in the context of his talking about jesus: “because the salvation is from the jews)" johanna 4/22). but this matter is mentioned in a lot of other texts in the bible and the old testament, which throw doubt on the correctness of the issue of this statement from jesus, especially, that it is mentioned apparently in the context in which it is mentioned. we found here that it is worthy to mention the texts of the holy bible that indicate the possibility of the transfer of the prophecy from israel to another nation like the arab?
allah has sent a lot of prophets to the people of israel, but they didn't believe them and killed them. let’s contemplate what is said by the prophet about this insurgent nation, in order to find whether it deserves the permanency of blessing and selection. mousses said about them: “they are a nation that have neither opinion nor insight, if they were reasonable, they would comprehend this and contemplate the afterworld-" 32:28/29
and he said: " a distorted and indirect generation, how they are awarded whereas they are stupid and unwise people?-"the repetition 32/5-6
the same was said by elias: " i have felt the same jealousy of god, the god of the soldiers, because the people of israel have left your convention and breach your slaughters, in addition they killed your prophets by sword. then i was left alone, and they wanted to kill me-" kings (al-mlouk) (1) 19/10
the same description, allah described them in the book of the prophet hazkial: ”allah said to me: i send you to the people of israel, to an insurgent nation that was insurgent with me and were disobedient to me until this day. and i send you to the cruel and the hard-hearted people to tell them: all what god say. they may obey or not, because they are insurgents. they know that a prophet has been sent to them. as for you, do not be afraid of them and from their speech. do not be afraid, because you live among the scorpions. do not be afraid of their speech and do not get scared from their cruel faces, because they are insurgents. you have to speak with them according to my speech, they may obey or not, because they are insurgents. hazkial 2/3-8
also this was said about them by the prophet ishia: " skies hear and you the earth listen, because god is speaking, i have brought up sons, as for them they disobeyed me. the bull knows its sponsor and the donkey knows its owner, as for the people of israel they don't know, my nation did not understand. woe unto the mistaken nation, people full of sins, the children of the evil-committer. a corrupted generation, who left god and despise the sanity of israel, you will increase your deviation, every one is ill and every heart is atheist. from the feet until the head there is not any sanity but injury, depression and a soft hit which is not moisten by oil- "ishia 1/1-6.
when jesus came he called jerusalem: "you the killer of the prophets "matta 13/37 ( for the great number of prophets who were killed on its land. jesus said while talking to their groups :” woe unto you the writers and the hypocrite pharisee…. woe unto you the blinded leaders… the ignorant and blinded men… the snakes the sons of the serpents, how dare you to escape from the doom of the hell, therefore i sent to you prophets, wise men and the writers, whom you will kill and crucify, while you will whip others in your gathering… jerusalem, jerusalem, the killer of the prophets "…matta 37/23
is this a nation that deserves to have the welfare and the prophecy on its land? if no, then which nation is the selected one? which nation other than the nation that is promised by welfare repeatedly; that's of the sons of isma'eel (peace be upon him)? there is not any nation that don't pretend being the selected nation
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This course is both a celebration and a deep analysis of artists who opened Western eyes and ears to the treasures of Hindu Dharma. As Phil Goldberg documented in his book American Veda, and his previous HUA courses, the wisdom of the rishis has filtered into the soil of American life through many streams. They include some of the world’s most beautiful and beloved literature, cinema, music, and other works of art. This creative transmission—which has been both explicit and implicit, both obvious and subtle—has transformed millions of lives while producing expressions of genius that will inspire and illuminate for centuries to come. Each week we’ll meet legendary masters and virtuosos, and we’ll immerse ourselves in the rasa of their brilliant creations. The course will elevate our appreciation of India’s timeless spiritual heritage as well as of certain poetry, novels, films, and music.
In this course, we will explore how Celebrated Artists, Writers, and Musicians embraced Hindu Dharma and Transmitted it Through Creative Works. Each week we’ll explore a different set of artists and art forms, bringing the content alive through images, poems, passages of prose, videos, and especially music. We’ll meet legendary Indian artists—most notably Rabindranath Tagore, Satyajit Ray, and Maestro Ravi Shankar—whose colossal impact on the West went far beyond the enjoyment of their work; they opened minds and hearts to the spiritual essence of Hindu culture. Most of the course will focus on how Hindu teachings—as disseminated directly by gurus, swamis, and yoga masters, as well as through books and art—transformed the lives and work of leading artists, authors, and musicians in the West. And we’ll see how, in turn, those creative geniuses transmitted Hindu principles to vast numbers of people. Along the way we’ll examine—and thoroughly enjoy—the flowering of genius inspired by dharmic wisdom and liberated by yogic practices. We’ll go back to Britain’s great Romantic poets—William Blake, William Wordsworth, John Keats, et al—the verse of 19th Century icons—Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman (America’s foremost bhakta)—and the explicitly dharmic themes of poets T.S. Eliot, W. B. Yeats, Gary Snyder, and Allen Ginsberg. We’ll ponder the Hindu-inspired themes in the luminous prose of novelists such as Herman Hesse, Somerset Maugham, and especially J.D. Salinger. We’ll look at clips from Ray’s immortal Apu Trilogy, and the films of Jean Renoir, Louis Malle, and the Merchant-Ivory company, as well as classics like “The Wizard of Oz,” “The Razor’s Edge” and the “Star Wars” series, even lesser-known films like “The Legend of Bagger Vance,” which was inspired by the Bhagavad Gita. But the art form we’ll spend most of our time with is music. The chief catalyst for the musical transmission was Ravi Shankar. We’ll explore the sitar master’s astonishing impact beginning in the 1950s, when he was introduced to classical music audiences by the violinist Yehudi Menuhin (the pair won a 1967 Grammy for the album “West Meets East”); and on to his discovery by jazz artists, especially John and Alice Coltrane and flutist Paul Horn; and finally, to his watershed friendship with George Harrison. Their mentor-student relationship opened the floodgates to the Beatles’ embrace of meditation, their sojourn in a Rishikesh ashram, their advocacy of Hindu ideas, and of course some of the most memorable—and spiritually transformative—songs of all time. All in all, the course will be a feast for the eyes and ears as well as the mind and heart.
Course Learning Objectives:
In this course students will be able to:
- a) Understand the profound impact of Hindu Dharma on Western literature, cinema, music, and other art forms.
- b) Appreciate the remarkable contributions of leading Indian artists, such as Rabindranath Tagore, Satyajit Ray, and Ravi Shankar.
- c) Identify and evaluate the subtle (sometimes hidden) ways that Hindu precepts and practices influenced legendary Western writers, musicians, and other artists.
- d) Discover the many ways Hindu Dharma has been adopted by creative Westerners and skillfully adapted to new forms and expressions.
- e) Learn about Western history and culture from different angles.
- g) Appreciate more deeply works of genius you already admire.
- h) Discover artists and works of art you will now cherish.
The class will meet once a week for 10 weeks, for 90 minutes. The teacher’s presentation, with the help of pictures, written texts, and audio and video recordings, will last approximately 60 minutes. The remaining time will be devoted to questions and open discussion. There will be recommended readings and website links for each class, and one assignment: a written reflection—or the equivalent in an art form of their choosing—on what the student learned from the course and how it might influence their life.
Area of Study: Text and Traditions
Prerequisites: Admission into program of study
Required / Elective: Elective
Faculty/Instructor: Dr. Philip Goldberg
Start Date: October 11, 2022
End Date: December 20, 2022
Day: Every Tuesday
Time: 08:00 pm EST – 9:30 pm EST
Quarter Offered: Fall 2022
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Open air class for crippled children in the garden of Wilson Home, Takapuna, Auckland, 1943
Reference Number: 1/4-000650-F
Open air class for crippled children in the garden of Wilson Home, Takapuna, Auckland. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe in 1943.Original caption reads: "Open air schooling for the children. The service at the Wilson Home includes education. In the evening the children are taught handcrafts and music."
1 image, related to Wilson Home (Takapuna, Auckland), Takapuna, Blackboards, Teachers - New Zealand - Auckland Region, School children - New Zealand - Auckland Region, Children with disabilities and Poliomyelitis.
Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives, Reference Number PA-Group-00197 (622 digitised items)
Extent: 1 b&w original negative(s)Film negative. Single negative
Conditions governing access to original: Not restricted
Other copies available: File print available in Turnbull Library Pictures11. Auckland. Takapuna. Hospitals. Wilson home. 1943(PFP-021387)
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Well, that didn’t take long. Nor was it totally unforeseen. But there have been some very disturbing things reported today coming out of Iraq – things that stem from what some are calling the “rushed hanging of Saddam” or the “deplorable manner” in which he was executed.
I don’t want this to become a debate on whether Saddam should have died for his actions, or whether the trial was fair or not (as there were over 600 comments in a prior diary dealing with that). Rather, I want to focus on what has happened since the decision was made to execute Saddam, and the fact that the execution was done less than a week after the appeal was denied. Interestingly, the “deplorable manner” comment was made not by anyone in the Arab world, but rather by Britain's deputy prime minister John Prescott.
Interestingly, the small difference in wording between the Yahoo (AP) report and the CBS (as well as a NY Times report) makes a big difference. First, the Yahoo quote (all emphasis mine):
Sunnis Muslims, angered by the execution of Saddam Hussein and the way his hanging was carried out, took to the streets in mainly peaceful demonstrations in Sunni enclaves across the country.
A crowd of Sunni mourners in Samarra marched to a bomb-damaged Shiite shrine Monday and were allowed by guards and police to enter the holy place carrying a mock coffin and photos of the former dictator.
Now the CBS report:
After Hussein's burial Monday, rage over the hanging spilled into the streets in many parts of the Sunni Muslim heartland Monday, especially in Samarra where a mob of angry protesters broke the locks off the badly damaged Shiite Golden Dome mosque and marched through carrying a mock coffin and photo of the executed former leader.
And finally, the NY Times report (interestingly also an AP report):
Enraged crowds protested the hanging of Saddam Hussein across Iraq’s Sunni heartland on Monday, as a mob in Samarra broke the locks off a bomb-damaged Shiite shrine and marched through carrying a mock coffin and a photo of the executed dictator.
Well, what does Juan Cole have to say about this?
Folks, this is very bad news. The Askariyah Shrine (it isn't just a mosque) is associated with the Hidden Twelfth Imam, who is expected by Shiites to appear at the end of time to restore the world to justice. (For them, the Imam Mahdi is sort of like the second coming of Christ for Christians). The Muqtada al-Sadr movement is millenarian and believes he will reveal himself at any moment.
The centrality of the cult of the Twelfth Imam, a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad who is said to have vanished in 873 AD, helps explain why the bombing of the Golden Dome on February 21 of 2006 set off a frenzy of Shiite, Sadrist attacks on Sunni Arabs. Last February, stuck in a Phoenix hotel because of a missed flight and without an internet connection for my laptop, I blogged from my Treo that it was an apocalyptic day. Sadly, it was, kicking off a frenzy of sectarian violence that has grown each subsequent month.
For Sunni Arabs to parade a symbolic coffin of Saddam through the ruins of the Askariya shrine won't be exactly good for social peace in Iraq. Can't that site be properly guarded or something?
For the record, Professor Cole is referring to the CBS article. And yes, Saddam was a Grade A scumbag. But as I and a number of other commentators and diarists have noted, this isn’t about whether he deserved to die. It is the manner in which he was tried and executed that will reflect badly on the US, as well as those who have cheered his death as “revenge”, despite not having anything to seek revenge for.
High level members of the UK government had criticisms for the ones who filmed the hanging, for the death penalty itself, or for the lack of an official statement from Blair. Said Prescott:
"I think the manner was quite deplorable really," he said. "I don't think one can endorse in any way that, whatever your views about capital punishment.
"Frankly, to get the kind of recorded messages coming out is totally unacceptable, and I think whoever was involved and responsible for it should be ashamed of themselves."
There is now an investigation by the Iraqi government into the circumstances surrounding the video and its release. And, according to the BBC:
The Iraqi authorities fear the footage, released on the internet hours after the execution, could contribute to a dramatic rise in sectarian tensions between Iraq's Sunni and Shia communities.
Further, the first judge in Saddam’s trial added fuel to the fire by indicating that his execution was illegal under Iraqi law. Whether this is indeed the truth or not, it certainly doesn’t help matters. From the CBS article (linked above):
The first judge in the so-called Dujail trial, Rizgar Mohammed Amin, said Saddam's execution in the during the eid was illegal according to Iraqi law. Sunni Muslim festivities marking the holiday began on the same day that Saddam was hanged. Rizgar, a Kurd, was removed as chief judge in the case after Shiite complaints that he was too lenient. He was replaced in January 2006 by Raouf Rasheed Abdel-Rahman.
"The implementation of Saddam's execution during Eid al-adha is illegal according to chapter 9 of the tribunal law. Article 27 states that nobody, even the president (Jalal Talabani), may change rulings by the tribunal and the implementation of the sentence should not happen until 30 days after publication that the appeals court has upheld the tribunal verdict.
The hanging during the Eid al-Adha period (also) contradicts Iraqi and Islamic custom. "Article 290 of the criminal code of 1971 (which was largely used in the Saddam trial) states that no verdict should implemented during the official holidays or religious festivals," he said.
Again, this is not to say that he is right or not, but it is to point out that there is someone that was (1) intimately involved in the case and (2) who was removed from the case for what could be called political reasons (i.e., Shiite complaints that he was too lenient).
But the wider repercussions (hat tip to Professor Cole) stem from this comment in a Washington Post article deal with the fact that it is now more and more Shiites who are losing confidence in the US. And considering that it was the “Sunni insurgents” that we were fighting initially, then are we going to be fighting EVERYONE?
Lefta, 42, was among the many Shiites who thanked the Americans for their freedom. He dreamed that his community, Iraq's majority, would exert the political influence the Sunnis had long denied it.
"The Americans are afraid the Shia will take over Iraq," he explained.
As President Bush seeks a new strategy for Iraq, many Shiites express deep mistrust of the United States and its intentions. In U.S. efforts to engage Iraq's disaffected Sunnis, they perceive betrayal. And in U.S. pressure to dismantle Shiite militias, they see an attempt to weaken their bulwark against Sunni insurgents.
And oh-by-the-way, 40 handcuffed, bullet ridden bodies were found in Baghdad yesterday not to mention the 22 deaths reported so far today.
Being that it is likely that Bush will want to escalate this occupation further, we still have not heard any real substance to what will be done with these additional troops, or whether there is will be any backlash to his plan (given that there is under 15% support for this in the Senate as well as in the general population).
However, the ugly has gotten uglier, and will get even worse unless a real change of course happens soon. Of course, this involves NOT escalating the occupation, engaging with Iran, Syria and others in the region, and coming up with something that will be geared towards an international humanitarian effort to stop this violence/civil war/genocide before it truly is too late.
And it is almost too late already.
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Injuria Sine Damnum ( Complete Notes pdf With Famous Cases )
Injuria Sine Damnum
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Injuria Sine Damnum means injury of legal rights without damage.In other words,infringement of an absolute private right without any actual loss or damage(Here physical damages or actual loss means loss or damage in terms of health,money,etc.).Therefore,plaintiff will compensated if his legal rights are violated even though there is no actual damage/loss is suffered.
Leading Case Laws For Injuria Sine Damnum :
- Ashby v. White : Plaintiff was confined by returning officer due to which plaintiff was not able to caste his vote.Though the party in the election that the plaintiff wanted to vote won the election.Since the right to vote was violated,there is a legal injury to the plaintiff by the defendant.
Hence,defendant was held liable and plaintiff was compensated for the same.
- Bhim Singh v. State of Jammu & Kashmir : Bhim Singh(plaintiff) was detained by the police when he was on his way to attend assembly section for his work.He was not even presented in front of magistrate within the requisite time.
Hence,here the legal rights of plaintiff are violated,The defendant was held liable and plaintiff was compensated for the same.
- Ashrafilal v. Municipal Corporation Of Agra : In this case,the Ashrafilal’s(plaintiff) name was deleted and dropped from the voters list by the concerned authorities,consequence of which plaintiff was not able to exercise his right to vote.Plaintiff sued Defendant.
Defendant was held liable as the plaintiff’s legal right was violated and compensation was granted to plaintiff.
- Marzetti v. Williams : Marzetti(Plaintiff) was holding an account in the bank of defendant.Though there was sufficient amount money in the plaintiff’s account,but when plaintiff tried to withdraw some money via self cheque,he was denied without any sufficient reasoning.Plaintiff sued defendant.
Defendant was held liable,and plaintiff was compensated for the same.
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The way we shop has changed dramatically over the years – what was once a case of going to our local high street or shopping centre, is now something that we can do in the comfort of our own home.
This also gives us the ability to have a much wider range of choice, and to be able to buy goods from all around the world. This change in consumer habits has of course meant that for businesses, having an online presence has become an essential part of their success.
This can of course be complicated, and most business owners need the help and support of a specialist in this area, like this Ecommerce web design Dublin based company, Ryco marketing. Because online presence is so important in this day and age, it is always better to get a professional to help you if you are not sure what you are doing – the success of your business could be hugely influenced by this.
The online marketplace is becoming ever more important, and when it comes to web design, ecommerce is an important part of this. Ecommerce is basically a virtual shop for your customers. As well as having the option for customers to be able to purchase goods there are lots of things to consider when you are creating a good online store. These are three important ingredients of a successful online shop…
Ease of use – The main thing is to ensure that the site is easy to use. Customers will quickly be put off if the layout is confusing and complicated, or they are not able to get to look at what they want easily. Make sure that products are arranged well, and it is easy for customers to navigate and browse the shop.
Secure – Because customers will have to pay online for the products, it is important to make sure that it is as secure as possible, so that customers can safely enter their personal details as well as their credit and debit card details.
Well Managed – An online store needs to be managed well. It needs to be kept up to date, and also monitored in case of any problems.
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The Lamu Lake (Озеро Ламу) is a big freshwater lake located in the transition between the steppes and the the western forest. It is surrounded by the Sentinel Mountains. It is one of the most outstanding natural landmarks of the country and is considered sacred by the communities that live on its shores. It is said that it's cold waters are curative and are crystal clear enough to see the truth on them. The name of the lake is a word from the language spoken by the Evsk tribe which means "sea".
The lake is located in a rift among mountains. Its waters were filled by the melting of ancient glaciers, which makes it a lake of icy waters. It is also connected to several rivers, some of them are affluents that discharge water on it while others discharge its water into other lakes. It has several branches with peninsulas and gulfs. The ground is mainly made of volcanic and metamorphic stones, some of them are still conserving their sharp edges while many others had been eroded by the lake's waves and got rounded shapes. In some regions, is possible to find sand. At the date people's don't have enough technology for determining its exact deep.
The weather of the region where the lake is located is cold, dry and windy. The lake is surrounded by the forest, the steppe and the mountains so the environments around it are very diverse. The water is cold, as its temperature never goes above 12⁰C and during winter can get frozen. Many algae and other microorganisms keep the water clean and give it its typical greenish- turquoise shade. The sunlight reaches to depths around 200 meters so the region above them got enough oxygen for allowing low depth fishes and other creatures living. In deeper waters, it is darker so the amount of oxygen is limited compared to the area close to the surface. However, the fishes found in deeper waters are larger.
Color changesIn the region some people says the lake is alive and it is even referred as a person. It is because it's often to see its appearance to vary suiting the weather as its combinations of color, motion and other aspects is never static, so it is possible to see it differently every day. During sunny days, the water has a strong blue shade. According the wind, waves can be enough for moving sediments, ashes from past eruption and algae, making the water change from a blue tone to a greenish one or even a turquoise color. These color changes can be seen once a day or even several times during the day, creating a visual dazzling that charms the beholder's eyes. In cloudy days, the water acquires a silvery gray color, making it look like a sea of silver. The direction and intensity of the waves can change very quickly, turning suddenly the lake from a quiet water mirror to a fierce beast that seems to be attacking the people who get into its waters in a non accurate time.
Truth Reflection & breaking of the dream-reality barrierAs in many places like the Sentinel Mountains themselves, the lake got some exclusive phenomena that seem to unfollow the rules of nature. These two supernatural phenomena are listed together because them are related and can happen simultaneously or consequently. As it was said before, Lamu's water is remarkably crystal clear, making the the bottom visible from above and also, a popular saying tells that "it is clear enough for seeing the truth" and it isn't only in a metaphorical way. There are documented cases of explorers and other people who could see premonitions or revelations of hidden truths while looking at the water with attention in critical moments. When it comes to predictions, it is said that what's seen in the water becomes reality so probably the same applies for revelations about people. Another strange phenomenon that had been documented by people who had spent the night at the lake's shores is the "breaking of the dream-reality barrier" which means that the person lives experiences or sees things (sometimes them are supernatural) that feel real but the nature of these events seems too blur as the next morning , when the person remembers them they cannot distinguish if everything was a dream or If it was real. These events can end abruptly in silly ways for example, when the person ends falling into the lake, which makes the experience similar to sleepwalking. While one of these episodes happens, the people can experiment the Truth Reflection too (the event previously explained) so these "dreams" can work as premonitions. Because not everyone experiment these phenomena, while some people strongly believe In the existence of them some other think them are more like fairy tales than reality.
Fauna & Flora
The lake is surrounded by forests of tall pines and other coniferous trees among Oaks and bushes. Under its waters some animals that can be found are fishes like trouts, several kinds of salmons and catfishes, mammals like otters and crustaceans like crabs and shrimps. Some common birds are seagull, eagles, Falcons, owls, sparrows, woodpeckers among others. In the forest is common to find wolves, foxes, bears, squirrels and deers. Tigers are rarely seen but it is known that them live around the lake as them have even be, but them tend to be shy towards people.
The lake and its surroundings area got many natural resources used by people. While the forest provides wood, berries and fur, the lake provides fishes , stones used for craft and building, mollusks, otter fur and fresh water among other resources. When the waters are calm, them can be used for leisure as people can swim in the low depth parts of it, near to the shores. Taking a bath in this lake can be tempting due its charming colors, but it is not an activity for everyone. Foreigners usually end being fooled by its frosty waters, that look warm enough for being a nice place for swimming but can end being colder than how they imagined.
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What Exactly are Flat Feet?
Essentially, there are two different types of flat feet – rigid and flexible.
If you have rigid flat feet, then your arches are altogether absent, whether you are in a sitting or standing position. This is usually a result of abnormal formation of the joint and/or bones but can result from neglected flexible flat feet. Often, rigid flat feet are painful and require treatment.
On the other hand, if your feet do have visible arches when they are not bearing weight, like when you are sitting or lying down, then you most likely have flexible flat feet. This is typically caused by wear and tear of the bones and/or tendons that connect your heel to your toes. In these cases, simple orthotics and change in shoes may do the trick.
It is safe to say that the primary indicator that you might have flat feet is, indeed, the absence of arches. However, pain can also be a good sign that something is amiss – especially for those of us who, for some reason, have failed to recognize any lacking arches.
And like most foot and ankle conditions, there are many other factors that contribute to the development of flat feet – some may occur early on in life, while others may start showing signs later in adulthood.
What Causes Flat Feet?
Well, for starters, family genetics is a rather uncontrollable cause of flat feet. In fact, if you compare your parents and grandparents’ feet to yours, you can probably get a general idea of how prone you are to develop this condition – if they have flat feet, then it is likely that you will also develop this condition (if you haven’t already).
Some people have flat feet since childhood – as babies, we all start out with flat feet until our arches fully develop, though sometimes this development never takes place. While others will stumble upon this condition well into adulthood due to repeated impact from walking and running, wearing shoes that lack in appropriate arch support, and improper treatment or healing of injuries.
Other possible causes of flat feet include:
- Muscular dystrophy
- Ruptured tendon
- Tarsal coalition
You should also keep in mind that, as you age, your posterior tibial tendon will also weaken over time, and when the tendon is damaged this will result in a flat foot sooner or later.
Still Not Sure If You Have Flat Feet?
There is a simple at-home testing method you can try!
First, wet the bottoms of your feet, then stand normally on a flat piece of cardboard or paper that will allow you to see your footprints. Finally, step off of the surface and take a look at your footprints. If your arch is normal, you should see an imprint with a curve on the inside of your foot. If you have flat feet, the wet marks will show almost the entire bottom of your feet.
But there are also other good indicators you should keep in mind, including:
- Pain or discomfort in your feet (especially in the arch area), the inside of your ankles, or your calf.
- Foot pain or discomfort after walking or standing for long periods of time.
- Feet that turn outward when you’re standing at rest.
- Pain in feet or legs associated with sports or running.
- A strained feeling in your hips or lower back.
- Shoes that wear unevenly on the bottom (specifically, the wear pattern will be heavy on the inside edges).
If your flat feet test has come up “positive” and/or you are experiencing one or more of the symptoms above, there is no need to panic – there are plenty of treatment methods that can help you get back on your feet as quickly and as safely as possible.
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NCTE-CCCC Best Book in Technical or Scientific Communication 2020
Rhetorical Work in Emergency Medical Services: Communicating in the Unpredictable Workplace details how communicators harness the power of rhetoric to make decisions and communicate in unpredictable contexts. Grounded in a 16-month study in the emergency medical services (EMS) workplace, this text contributes to our theoretical, methodological, and practical understandings of the situation-specific processes that communicators and researchers engage in to respond to the urgencies and constraints of high-stakes workplaces. This book presents these intricate processes and skills—learned and innate—that workplace communicators use to accomplish goal-directed activity, collaborate with other communicators, and complete and teach workplace writing.
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
Chapter 1: The Scene Size-up
Chapter 2: Managing the Unpredictable Workplace through Rhetorical Work
Chapter 3: A Rhetorical History of a Developing Field
Chapter 4: Studying the Unpredictable Workplace
Chapter 5: Using Multisensory Invention in the Unpredictable Workplace
Chapter 6: Integrating Distributed Cognition, Memory, and Writing into the Unpredictable Workplace
Chapter 7: Preparing Communicators for Unpredictable Workplaces
Bibliography of Secondary Research
Elizabeth L. Angeli is an assistant professor in Marquette University’s English Department, where she specializes in technical communication and the rhetoric of health and medicine. Her research has been published in journals such as Written Communication, Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, and Communication Design Quarterly. She received her PhD in rhetoric and composition from Purdue University and has held a National Registry Emergency Medical Technician-Basic certification.
"In this engaging, personal story, Elizabeth Angeli tells how she was inducted into and studied the communications of the unpredictable world of emergency medical services. Readers get to 'ride along' as Angeli develops, modifies and implements her research design for an unusual activity with shifting constraints."
-Clay Spinuzzi, Professor, Rhetoric and Writing, University of Texas at Austin
"I didn’t learn how to write good reports. I learned how to save lives." The majority of EMS training focuses on patient care skills. Yet, they spend a great deal of their working life doing paperwork. So, how do they learn the underlying rhetorical skills to succeed as workplace writers? Dr. Angeli provides an answer by offering important insights for those of us who want to understand better rhetoric’s power to persuade in unpredictable environments as well as practical guidance for EMS providers who must not only save lives but also document their care."
-Roger Munger, Professor, English, Boise State University
"The book is an engaging and methodologically innovative study that give serious consideration to the pervasive and often invisible work of communication in professional settings. Angeli's work will undoubtedly be useful to anyone studying the transmedia properties of professional communication in unpredictable workplaces."
-Jason Swarts, Professor, English, North Carolina State University
"This book examines the complicated workplace communication and rhetorical work taking place in unpredictable contexts such as emergency medical services. It provides not only thick description and in-depth analysis of training and daily work in EMS but also detailed, pragmatic pedagogical applications to prepare future communicators for challenging rhetorical in unpredictable workplaces. Highly recommended for rhetoricians of medical rhetoric, professional and technical communicators, writing instructors, and EMS educators and practitioners."
-Huiling Ding, North Carolina State University, USA
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(Memphis) A former Mid-South woman shares her story of survival, hoping it translates to those still grieving over the Newtown, CT shooting.
First staged in Chicago in 2011, the Warriors, details how Mary Hollis Inboden and her friends are moving forward years after the 1998 shooting that killed five of her classmates at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, AR.
"The play came about because I wanted to see if I could give good advice so I started reaching out," she said.
Inboden created the play with her friend and fellow actor Evan Linder who she met at Circuit Playhouse in Memphis.
"It's about who these people are now after surviving something that tragic, Linder said." It highlights the strong individuals they grew up to be."
After the Sandy Hook school shooting they wanted to do something to help.
"My reaction is that it is a personal attack and something that is plaguing our country and I like most everybody else just want to do something," she said.
So they brought their play to Memphis. Half the proceeds of Monday night's one time reading benefits the families and survivors of Sand Hook.
"If we can do something good in the face of all these tragic circumstance I got to do it," she said.
The other half of the proceeds go to the Memphis Mayor's program called Gun Down, a program aimed at curbing gun violence in the city.
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The campaign, which has forced many websites to shut down and inflicted losses on the nation's economy, is being described as the first "war in cyberspace."
The virtual attacks occurred in parallel with unrest in the physical world. They began within hours of the relocation of a Soviet-era war memorial out of the center of Tallinn on April 29, an event which touched off protests in Moscow and by Estonia's Russian community.
The cyberattacks then reached a peak on May 9 -- Victory Day in Russia. The last major wave came on May 18.
"You couldn't get information; you couldn't do your job. You couldn't reach the bank; you couldn't check the bus schedule."
The hackers have been using a simple tactic: sending huge amounts of information to the targeted websites simultaneously, causing them to overload and freeze in what is known in the industry as "distributed denial-of-service disruptions."
To prevent further attacks, Estonia had to close off parts of its network to computer users outside the country, isolating itself from the rest of the Internet.
Tuuli Aug, an editor of international affairs at the Estonian daily newspaper "Eesti Paevaleht," says that she felt the country was under attack by an invisible enemy.
"It was extremely frightening and uncontrollable because we are used to having Internet all the time and then suddenly it wasn't around anymore," she says. "You couldn't get information; you couldn't do your job. You couldn't reach the bank; you couldn't check the bus schedule anymore. It was just confusing and frightening, but we didn't realize it was a war because nobody had seen anything like that before."
The Cost of Cyberwar
Aug says that although cyberattacks leave no bomb holes in the ground, the economic losses are real. Those losses have yet to be calculated, but there is no doubt they are in the millions of dollars. Just one institution, Estonia's Hansabank, reports that it lost at least $1 million because of the attacks.
Estonian Defense Minister Jaak Aaviksoo said in an interview that the attack could be compared "to when your ports are shut to the sea."
Estonia's Defense Ministry says the attacks originated from Russia, some even from official Russian government and security-service sites.
Russia denies it was involved, and it is difficult to prove the Kremlin's involvement in a murky virtual world where computer users can hide behind fake identities all over the world.
For now, most of the attacks seem to be over. However, Aug says the country still needs time to recover. She also says a feeling of security has been lost.
"Currently there are no attacks, but I am sure that if Estonia does anything that Russia doesn't like, the attacks will continue. Now, they are stopped because the [Estonian] defense got better," she says.
Serious Security Issue
Western experts say Estonia employed the right defenses to stop the hacking campaign.
Peter Kratochvil, who works for the Czech Institute of International Relations, is closely following the Estonia-Russia exchange, and says Estonia has managed to win a propaganda war against Russia. At the same time, he says, the conflict has convinced Western security experts that "cyberwar" needs to be taken seriously as a future threat.
"What is important is that this kind of activity is now seen as a kind of hostile act," Kratochvil says.
Computer security experts from NATO, the European Union, the United States, and Israel have been visiting Tallinn to offer help, as well as to improve their own understanding of "cyberwar."
NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said the attacks were a security issue that concerns NATO, of which Estonia is a member. He also said the issue "will stay on the political agenda in the times to come."
In the United States, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for networks and information integration at the Pentagon, Linton Wells II, told "The New York Times" that what happened in Estonia "may well turn out to be a watershed in terms of widespread awareness of the vulnerability of modern society.”
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Bringing together K12 and college partners to design the right solutions
Carnegie Math Pathways is committed to partnering with educators to create solutions that benefit learning recovering and help prepare students for college success in their final year of high school and even earlier.
With content expertise and experience working with K12 and colleges, we help partners identify needs, align objectives, and create and deliver high quality solutions that meet the needs of students and schools.
A focus on readiness
Through our partnerships with K12 schools, we are helping to bridge the gap and successfully prepare students for college level mathematics, with a series of both high school and college readiness math courses offered in middle school and high school.
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If you live in Oakland, there’s no way you’ve missed the hullabaloo of roadwork stretching from 27th Street to Broadway Avenue on Telegraph Avenue. A lot of people puzzled, between expletives, at what this massive project that congested traffic for so long could possibly be. But as smooth asphalt was laid and crisp lines were freshly painted, a new Telegraph Avenue began to emerge. This high traffic, pothole-pocked street suddenly was smooth and, perhaps more importantly, had a new lane that emerged between the sidewalk and the parked cars. This mysterious gap was what’s now referred to as the Telegraph Ave Bikeway.
For city cyclists, bikeways are a dream come true. They create a buffer between the sidewalk and the street, providing a safe lane for cyclists to ride without having to worry about vehicles. This has a two-fold benefit: they make biking safer and, as a result, encourage people who might not otherwise bike to take to 2 wheels for fun and commuting.
How To Use Bikeways
Here are some pro-tips on bikeway etiquette and safety for our friends on two, four and no wheels:
Bike Riders: Follow the green lanes to the bikeway, and once you’re there, keep an eye out for pedestrians and people stepping out of their car (they have the right of way). Keep it courteous with your fellow cyclists by making room for faster bikes to pass you and always using your hand signals if you plan on turning.
Pedestrians: Much like you were taught in grade school, always look both ways before you cross the street and the bikeway. Also, do not walk in the bikeway lanes, cyclists won’t be expecting you and you might cause an accident.
Motorists: It’s probably pretty obvious, but the bikeways are not for cars, so do not drive or park in them. Also, car passengers should exercise caution when exiting their car to make sure that no one is coming before they walk to the sidewalk. And when you’re turning at a cross street, make sure to look out for cyclists crossing in the bikeways, as they’re a bit removed from where they used to be.
Some History on Bikeways
Bikeways have a long, successful history here in the United States. The first bikeway in the world was constructed in Brooklyn in 1986. It was constructed by splitting the pedestrian-way so that cyclists would have a place to cruise safely away from pedestrians. While cars were obviously not the menace to cyclists that they are today, the international biking community took note of this idea and set about implementing it in their own countries. Though the bikeway has seen innovations over the years in countries like the Netherlands and Germany, it’s basic function and design has remained the same.
Do Bikeways Work?
The basic question remains: do they actually work? A friend and I recently hopped on our GenZe e-bikes and decided to see if life is the bikeway was really all that. For anyone who has biked down Telegraph you know that it’s a mess of scary buses cutting you off and doors being thrown open by parked cars. But the second we hit the bike lane on 29th and Telegraph it was an enormous breath of fresh air. When we reached 27th Street, the area where things start to get really hectic, we eased into the bikeway and immediately noticed how much safer we felt. The buffer between us and the cars really keeps you safe and eases all of your worries. After years of avoiding the nonsense of lower Telegraph Avenue, I had a new way to access downtown quickly and easily.
Oakland’s Future Bike Plan
Ultimately the Telegraph Avenue bikeway is one small step towards a much more bike-friendly Oakland. This year alone the city will be constructing additional bike lanes on upper Broadway, West MacArthur Boulevard, Clay Street, Oak Street, Madison Street, and Grand Avenue. By 2018, we will have bike lanes stretching north to 41st Street. While they won’t be bikeways, the lanes will be buffered from traffic in a way reminiscent of the bike lanes on Broadway Avenue near Oakland Tech High School. Community organizations such as Walk Oakland Bike Oakland and Bike East Bay are rallying to raise funds to see the Telegraph Avenue Bikeway and bike lane continued all the way to Berkeley. Oakland’s dedication to making itself more accessible to cyclists is extremely exciting, and as a long-term resident, I cannot wait to see this dramatic citywide makeover.
So hop on your bike and check out the Telegraph Avenue Bikeway for yourself and catch a glimpse of what Oakland’s bike-friendly future will look like! No bike? Not a problem, come and visit us at our Piedmont Avenue location and rent a GenZe e-bike and see for yourself how safe, fun and awesome the new bikeway really is. From novice riders to road champs, the Telegraph Avenue Bikeway is proof that urban biking is for everyone – no matter their skill level!
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Other Your Government Articles:
THE GOVERNMENT SAYS YOU'RE FAT
April 15, 2003
In her book, "Dependent on D.C.: The Rise of Federal Control Over the Lives of Ordinary Americans", author Charlotte A. Twight says, "Few things are more personal than health care, nor more alien to the legitimate functions of limited government. Yet few things are higher on the U.S. government's agenda at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Step by step, the federal government is usurping power to substitute its medical judgements and therapeutic choices for those of individual patients and their physicians."
Having taken over much of the health system via Medicare, the cost of illnesses that result from smoking and now obesity has become a government concern. As such, the government has embarked on an effort to control individual's personal lifestyle choices, as well as accusing the fast-food industry of causing obesity.
The lessons learned from Prohibition, the outlawing of alcoholic beverages in the 1920s, have not been learned and the result is the virtual criminalization of the tobacco industry and now, it would seem, the fast-food industry.
Nor are Americans aware that the newly proclaimed US policy comes right out of the United Nations. The UN's World Health Organization and its Food and Agricultural Organization issued a draft Report of the Joint WHO/FAO Expert Consultation on Diet, Nutrition that made the case that various restrictions must be imposed on everything from soda to snack foods in order to save the world from fat people. The UN report manages to ignore the estimated 815 million undernourished people in the world.
This is a plan to create an Orwellian world in which everyone is compelled to do what Big Brother tells them to do. The US campaign, though couched in terms of obesity's financial costs, is a subterfuge for yet greater control over our personal lives.
Health and Human Services Secretary, Tommy G. Thompson, was on television recently pointing the figure at the fast-food industry, urging them to "do what is right for Americans." What is right is the right of every American to determine what and how much they eat, and to be responsible for whatever consequences they encounter. This is not a public issue. It is a private one. It is one in which the government should have no role, nor say.
The absurdity of the new war on fat people the growing assertion, soon to be a nationwide environmental campaign, is seen in the assertion that housing development plans are actually causing Americans to exercise less, thus contributing to obesity, diabetes and other disorders. This is pure junk science that defies common sense, but watch as Americans are told that suburban life is the new enemy and that is killing them.
It is a hop, skip and a jump from telling Americans they are too fat to issuing regulations to insure they do not exceed daily food intake rules set by the government. It extends government control that now includes the right to smoke whenever and wherever one wants.
Getting fat or avoiding it is a personal lifestyle decision. It is not the government's right, nor role, to determine, and the new campaign, initiated by the UN, can lead to still further loss of freedom in America.
� 2003 Tom DeWeese - All Rights Reserved
Tom DeWeese is the publisher/editor of The DeWeese Report and president of the American Policy Center, an activist, grassroots think tank headquartered in Warrenton, VA. The Center maintains an Internet site at www.americanpolicy.org.
"Having taken over much of the health system via Medicare, the cost of illnesses that result from smoking and now obesity has become a government concern. As such, the government has embarked on an effort to control individual's personal lifestyle choices, as well as accusing the fast-food industry of causing obesity".
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It’s tempting to use a harsh epithet like “terrorism” to describe the actions in Orlando, but it may ultimately be counterproductive. “Mass hate crime” may be more accurate.
A new book looks at the implications of the rise of political Islam in the Middle East and North Africa.
In part, Egyptians were protesting against President Mubarak’s form of Islam.
The Islamic Courts Union is on the run. But political Islam remains a force to be reckoned with in Somalia.
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Insurers are required to offer coverage for mental problems similar to that for physical onesBMJ 2013; 347 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f6784 (Published 11 November 2013) Cite this as: BMJ 2013;347:f6784
- Michael McCarthy
Most US health plans that offer coverage for mental health and substance misuse problems must now provide these benefits on the same terms as they offer medical and surgical benefits, under a new rule announced by the Obama administration on Friday 8 November.
The rule is the latest of a series issued as part of the implementation of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, a 2008 law that banned large group health plans and health …
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The Special of the Day… From the Orange Moon Cafe…
"Who is Richer?"
George begins his day on a financial website, checking his investments in order to make decisions regarding his wealth.
John begins his day in the pages of Scripture, also checking his investments in order to make decisions regarding his wealth.
Both are successful in their endeavors. But who is richer? John's Bible answers.
"How much better is it to get wisdom than gold, and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!" (Proverbs 16:16).
John is richer, by far. He seeks God's wisdom and understanding at the outset of the day, whereby he is able to skillfully invest "the unsearchable riches of Christ" in his own heart, life, and sphere of influence (Ephesians 3:8). Now this is not to say that George commits wrong by seeking to properly manage his earthly investments. Scripture does not say that money is the root of all evil, but rather that "the love of money is the root of all evil" (I Timothy 6:10). Properly possessed and used, riches can serve God and people in wonderful ways. Note that the Apostle Paul did not call the wealthy to give all their possessions away, but rather to gratefully enjoy them, and most importantly, to wisely and generously use their riches to benefit others:
"Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy, that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate" (I Timothy 6:10).
It is fine for George to manage his possessions, so long that he realizes they are actually God's possessions. "Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds" (Proverbs 27:23). George serves as their steward (oh what peace await's George's heart if he will realize this!). It will, however, be far better if he begins his day before the Book and at the throne of grace where "unsearchable riches" abide forevermore. In this sense, John is the wealthier man, graced with much wisdom, knowledge, and understanding. George is distracted, but if he will realize the truth and begin his day in the light of the living Word, Christ, and the written Word, the Bible, much grace - and much incorruptible wealth of the heart - awaits. Yes, John is richer, richer by far, because he remembers the warning and promise of the Savior…
"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal, for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
"If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth."
Weekly Memory Verse
Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savor of His knowledge by us in every place.
(II Corinthians 2:14)
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Fairburn’s slogan, “History Lives Here,” is evident in the historic downtown area. With many buildings on the National Register of Historic Places, Fairburn has a rich historical culture enjoyed by residents and visitors alike. The downtown Commercial District, which has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places, offers various commercial buildings and two historic train depots. The center of the community provides original shopping, entertainment, and dining surrounded by housing and business opportunities. Fairburn continues to grow exponentially while retaining its small town atmosphere. The annual Fairburn Festival, the Georgia Renaissance Festival, and the Southside Theatre attract many residents and visitors to Fairburn.
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Aromatherapy is used to maintain general health and well being and offers many additional benefits. These include boosting the immune system, aiding digestion, easing muscle pain, reducing stress and improving your skin complexion.
Aromatherapy can also reduce tension-related headaches, alleviate anxiety and helps reduce feelings of depression. This is why aromatherapy, as an alternative holistic therapy, is becoming more and more popular!
Broadly, people who practice aromatherapy fall into two groups - Practitioners and consumers and both groups need to keep their aromatherapy products and accessories somewhere.
Practitioners use practitioner cases and consumers single and 2-tier starter kits and simple aromatherapy boxes to keep their essential oils.
These kinds of containers not only keep everything in one place they also help to preserve your essential oils for longer.
Aside from aromatherapy boxes, if you're looking for a special present for a friend or relative what better than giving them an aromatherapy gift set.
Wood is ideal for making aromatherapy boxes and gift sets, as it's a beautiful, versatile and organic material that compliments the organic nature of essential oils perfectly.
Aromatherapy boxes and gift sets may be crafted into many shapes, sizes and styles, depending upon individual preferences and finished with beautiful clear lacquers, or stunning natural wood and colour stains.
They can also be branded with printed logos and text for a more personalized finish if required.
Different people have different ideas about the contents of aromatherapy boxes and gift sets but the basics will include essential oils, carrier oils and lotions to dilute the essential oils and perhaps a good quality burner or diffuser if you're feeling flush!
Scented aromatherapy candles can also be included, as they are an excellent introduction to aromatherapy, some relaxing music cd's and perhaps a book about aromatherapy if it's new to them.
Essential oils are the basis of aromatherapy and will provide valuable health benefits, along with enticing aromas, to create a relaxing and holistic effect on mind and body, that can be truly life-enhancing.
For more information about Polmac practitioner cases, single and 2-tier starter kits and aromatherapy boxes please CLICK HERE
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A tanning ledge (also called a tanning shelf, baja shelf, or sun shelf) is a very shallow shelf in the pool that is usually at least 5 feet wide and 9 inches deep. This shelf acts as an entry point to your pool and can span its full or partial width. It should be just deep enough for you to be in the water without having to swim or float. Many people use it to relax, keep cool, read a book, or play. People also like to put furniture in their tanning ledges, including lounge chairs, umbrellas, and even small tables. This type of design has been around for a few years, but it's becoming increasingly popular thanks to its versatility and aesthetic qualities.
Spillovers are incorporated custom-built into a spa that’s raised above the swimming pool. It functions as a type of functional water feature since it trickles or spills into the pool.
Spillways usually offer gentle running water sounds for function or effect. You can use spillways to pass pool water from one place to another through a small hole or cut-out slowly.
Also called gushers, bubblers are small jets in a pool’s shallow surface that shoot streams of pool water that bubble up and ripple. You can adjust the heights of the streams of water as well. They are fun pool water features that provide your pool with a unique appearance and can be the focal point for your remodeled or new pool. You can create a fun way to illuminate the night by adding colorful lights.
A scupper is similar to a sconce, and is a slot or spout that is attached to a wall or pedestal where water flows. Styles of water flow can include chute, trough, and sheet.
Sheer Descents are a waterfall that appear like a thin sheet of glass, and drops or forms an arc as it flows away from the pool wall. The opening of a sheer descent can range from half a foot to several feet wide. It is usually mounted flush with a top surface.
Fountains are very elegant and can make any pool look luxurious. This water feature design can vary from the simple to complex. Simple fountains may be small openings found at the edge of your pool, splashing water. While the complex ones can use more elaborate design motifs that are incorporated into the poolscape.
Often called a laminar or pencil jet, this type of water feature is installed into pool decking and shoots a narrow, arching stream of water into the pool. For additional fun and drama, deck jets can be illuminated with color-changing LED lights.
Not really a water feature, but more of a pool design enhancement, a fire bowl is similar to a fire pit that creates a wonderful night time ambiance. Pool fire bowls can create a warm alluring glow that helps give your backyard a resort atmosphere. When paired with waterfalls the night views can be dramatic.
Weeping walls, a type of pool waterfall, are weepers where the water actually comes in between the rocks and into the pool. Weeping walls are made by having a row of moss rock boulders two to three rocks high, forming a wall around part of your pool. Weeping walls not only look nice but add a beautiful babbling brook sound to your backyard oasis.
This simple water feature contributes an exciting experience to the users through its spraying feature. Basically, it is made up of a piece of plumbing that connects to the pool’s return, creating a spritz of water. This is popular for kid friendly pools and is often used to cool off. Rather than go with the traditional water scupper found in many hot tubs this design opts for creative water fountains to recirculate water back in to the pool.
Grottos are one of the ultimate water features to add to a swimming pool. Imagine sitting underneath a natural rock grotto with water cascading in front of you. A natural rock grotto will have a large natural stone with a bench under it. The size of the grottos range from a 3 tons which is for one person to sit underneath to 5 tons which allows for two people to sit underneath.
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New journal article examines post-3.11 plays and cultural trauma
A new journal article by DIJ researcher Barbara Geilhorn studies two post-Fukushima plays by Setoyama Misaki to examine the potential of theatre to shape cultural memory and raise critical awareness. Among the various art works addressing the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Setoyama’s plays are rare in exposing how intricately the roles of victim and perpetrator are entangled. Relating Fukushima to the atomic bombings and the Chernobyl disaster, Setoyama opposes national discourses of a spatially and temporally limited disaster to construct 3.11 as a disaster on a global scale. Setoyama’s plays go far beyond the criticism of nuclear power and touch upon essential problems in Japanese society, such as the lack of an open culture of discussion and the strong suppression of dissenting voices, as the analysis shows. The article is an outcome of Barbara’s research project Local Issues Take Stage – Culture and Community Revitalization. It was published in Japan Forum, online first, and can be accessed here.
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Somalia militants claim responsibility for Ugandan bombing that killed 64; Japan sees another government toppling, PM vulnerable; Russia warns Iran is going nuclear; violence returns to Darfur; and more
Top of the Agenda: Deadly Blasts Hit Uganda's Capital
At least sixty-four people died and seventy others were injured in two explosions in Uganda's capital (BBC), Kampala, targeting crowds gathered to watch the final World Cup soccer match. The bombs hit a soccer club and an Ethiopian restaurant. Police blamed Somalia's al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab militants, who have threatened to hit Kampala in the past. Many of the killed and injured were foreigners living in the capital. This would be the first time al-Shabaab has struck outside Somalia, though Somali militants have been involved in terror attacks across East Africa in the past.
Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack. A senior member of the Somali group said the blasts aimed to punish Uganda (WSJ) for sending peacekeepers to Somalia to support the country's weak government. He blamed Ugandan peacekeeping forces for "killing Somali civilians.” Al-Shabaab threatened attacks on Burundi and Uganda, which both have peacekeepers in Somalia to stabilize the government. The recent influx of foreign fighters to al-Shabaab has alarmed the United States and other Somali allies that fear the country is becoming a new sanctuary for international terrorists.
Al-Shabaab has banned playing soccer in many areas it controls. The group prohibited broadcasts of the World Cup, describing the sport as "a satanic act" that corrupts Muslims (WashPost).
This Backgrounder examines Somalia as a terrorist haven.
PACIFIC RIM: N. Korea, UN to Discuss S. Korean Warship Sinking
Military officials from North Korea and the UN meet Tuesday to discuss the sinking of a South Korean warship (WashPost) that has heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
Japan: The Democratic Party of Japan suffered a resounding defeat in parliamentary elections (LAT), wining fewer that the fifty seats needed to keep its coalition majority and threatening newly minted Prime Minister Naoto Kan's hold on power.
This is an excerpt of the CFR.org Daily News Brief. The full version is available on CFR.org
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Q. I have a follow-up question to your recent column about the House Ethics Committee’s investigation of Trey Radel. Radel has since resigned from the House, and the Ethics Committee announced that, as a result, it was ending its investigation. Can you help me understand this? I would think that the mere fact that Radel resigned doesn’t mean that he didn’t do anything wrong. So, why would the Ethics Committee stop investigating him? A. The House Ethics Committee ended its investigation of Trey Radel for one reason: It no longer had jurisdiction over him. To understand why, let’s look at what led up to the decision to stop the investigation.
In December of last year, the Ethics Committee announced that it had formed an investigative subcommittee to review whether the Florida Republican had “violated the Code of Official Conduct or any law, rule, regulation, or other applicable standard of conduct in the performance of his duties or the discharge of his responsibilities, with respect to conduct forming the basis for criminal charges of possession of cocaine in the District of Columbia, to which Representative Radel pled guilty on November 20, 2013.”
In conducting its investigation, an investigative subcommittee may subpoena documents and take sworn testimony from witnesses who may have relevant information. However, committee rules require that all investigative subcommittee proceedings take place in “executive session,” which means they must remain confidential. Therefore, except where a report is issued after an investigation, little is known about the details of ethics investigations such as the one of Radel.
On Jan. 27, Radel resigned from the House . “It is my belief that professionally I cannot fully and effectively serve as a United States Representative,” he wrote in a letter read on the House floor.
Although Radel’s resignation led many to presume that the ethics investigation would end as well, others argued that it should continue, including the advocacy group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. “The congressman’s resignation should in no way derail the ethics investigation stemming from this incident,” CREW said in a public statement. CREW said that many questions remained unanswered, like who introduced Radel to his drug dealer and whether he shared drugs with other members or staffers.
Nevertheless, two days later, the Ethics Committee announced that the subcommittee had indeed ended the investigation. “The Investigative Subcommittee began its investigation but was unable to complete its work before Representative Radel resigned from the House on January 27, 2014,” the investigative subcommittee said. “As a consequence, the Investigative Subcommittee no longer has jurisdiction over him.”
This conclusion is not surprising. House Rules empower the Ethics Committee to investigate potential violations of members, delegates, resident commissioners, officers and employees of the House. Conversely, the committee has often recognized that members and staffers who “are no longer serving in or employed by the House ... are outside the Committee’s jurisdiction pursuant to House Rule XI, clause 3(a)(2).” Thus, when a member that is the subject of an investigation resigns, the general practice of the Ethics Committee has been to discontinue that investigation.
The few exceptions to this practice have occurred where there was reason to believe that the conduct of other members and staffers was at issue. CREW has argued that's the case here by suggesting that Radel’s dealings with drugs might have involved other members and staffers. However, while the confidentiality requirements make it impossible to know what the subcommittee discovered during its investigation, there has been no public information reported linking other members or staffers to Radel’s drug use.
In 2006, after Mark Foley resigned amid allegations of improper conduct with House pages, the Ethics Committee formed an investigative subcommittee to “conduct a full and complete inquiry and investigation into any conduct of House Members, officers, and staff related to information concerning improper conduct involving Members and current and former House pages.” There, however, the committee already had information raising questions about how specific members and staffers responded after learning of Foley’s misconduct.
Here, by contrast, it appears the committee had no such information, and concluded there was nothing left that it could investigate. In short, since Radel is no longer a member of the House, the Ethics Committee lacks jurisdiction over him.
C. Simon Davidson is a partner with the law firm McGuireWoods. Submit questions to firstname.lastname@example.org. Questions do not create an attorney-client relationship. Readers should not treat his column as legal advice.
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Aedes polynesiensis as a distinctive single wide stripe down the middle of its scutum and two distinct lines of silvery white scales across the lateral thorax. It is a member of the Scutellaris Group, and is an important vector of filariasis and a secondary dengue vector across its range. Genetic studies suggest that the species established in Polynesia with the arrival of people between 1500–3000 years ago, and population studies across its range supported human-assisted distribution patterns.
Type locality: Taveuni, Fiji Islands
Type depository: Natural History Museum, London, England, United Kingdom (NHMUK)
DIAGNOSTIC CHARACTERS (Click photos to view; mouse over and click large photo to zoom in.)
ADULT (illustrated): Head: Proboscis entirely dark-scaled; palpus with white scales at apex; pedicel with lateral and mesal scales. Thorax: Scutum with median silvery stripe; scutellar mid-lobe with broad white scales and dark apical scales; scales on antepronotum, postpronotum and paratergite; lower mesepimeral scales white; proepisternal white scale patch; subspiracular area without scales; supraalar scales as complete white line; antealar scales broad; costa with distinct silvery spot at base. Legs: Fe-II without anterior median white line; Fe-III with anterior broad white longitudinal stripe broadened on basal 0.3-0.5; Ta-III5 white.
LARVA (not illustrated): Head: Seta 1-A very small, weakly developed; seta 4-C prominent, many branched; seta 5-C single, at same level as 7-C; setae 4,6-C distinctly anterior to 7-C. Terminal segments: Comb scales in a single row, with fine fringe at base and spine-like apex; saddle (Sa) complete; seta 2-X usually 3-branched; 4 pairs of seta 4-X.
Huang & Hitchcock 1980
Lee et al. 1987a
WRBU – Aedes – Australasian Region – Adult
WRBU – Aedes – Australasian Region – Larva
Exemplar DNA sequences
Ae. polynesiensis ITS2: AY822661–62
Aedes polynesiensis immatures develop in a wide variety of containers, including tree holes, banana stumps, leaf axils, coconut shells and husks, cacao pods, rock holes, banana stumps, and artificial containers, including tires, bottles, and canoes. Somewhat unusually within Stegomyia species, Ae. polynesiensis will also deposit eggs in small ground water habitats, including land-crab holes made by Cardisoma carnifex (Herbst, 1794) (Gecarcinidae).
Females readily bite humans during the day, peaking in the late afternoon and early morning. Mating usually takes place near the host. Female Ae. polynesiensis also readily mate with male Ae. albopictus (Skuse, 1895).
Australia, Cook Islands (Polynesia), Fiji, French Polynesia, Niue, Polynesian Islands; Howland; Jarvis; Johnston Atol; Pitcairn; Wallis & Futuna, Samoa (Ind. State of Samoa; American Samoa; Western Samoa), South China Sea Islands (Paracel, Spratly, Tokelau), Tahiti, Tuvalu.
WRBU VECTOR HAZARD REPORTS
None; View other WRBU Vector Hazard Reports
Available GIS Models
IMPORTANT REFERENCES (full citations below)
Marks 1951a: 138 (M, L)
Marks 1954: 383, pl. 18 (M*, F*)
Rosen & Rozeboom 1954: 531 (L*)
Belkin 1962: 468 (M*, F, P*, L*)
Mattingly 1970g: 35 (L*)
Huang 1975a (M*, F*, P*, L*; taxonomy)
Ramalingam 1976: 304 (taxonomy, bionomics, keys, distribution; Samoa & Tonga)
Huang & Hitchcock 1980 (M*, F*, P*, L*; taxonomy, keys, distribution)
Lee et al. 1987a: 147 (F key, taxonomy, bionomics, distribution, review)
Linley & Service 1995 (E*)
Belkin, J.N. (1962). The mosquitoes of the South Pacific (Diptera, Culicidae) (Vols. 1 & 2). Berkeley, California: University of California Press.
Huang, Y.-M. (1975a). A redescription of Aedes (Stegomyia) pseudoscutellaris (Theobald) with a note on the taxonomic status of Aedes (Stegomyia) polynesiensis Marks (Diptera: Culicidae). Mosquito Systematics, 7(1), 87–101.
Huang, Y.-M., & Hitchcock, J.C. (1980). Medical entomology studies - XII. A revision of the Aedes scutellaris group of Tonga (Diptera: Culicidae). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 17(3), 1–107.
Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.M., Griffiths, M., Debenham, M.L., Bryan, J.H., Russell, R.C., . . . Marks, E.N. (1987a). The Culicidae of the Australasian region. Volume 4. Commonwealth Department of Health, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Monograph Series, 2.
Linley, J.R., & Service, M.W. (1995). The eggs of Aedes polynesiensis and Aedes katherinensis (Diptera: Culicidae). Mosquito Systematics, 27(2), 143–152.
Marks, E.N. (1951a). The vector of filariasis in Polynesia: a change in nomenclature. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 45, 137–140.
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The Clinic for Innovations in Treatment Resistant Depression is an outpatient research clinic that conducts free and confidential evaluations of patients with depression and bipolar depression that has been difficult to treat by standard medication and psychotherapy approaches. Patients over the age of 18 may then be eligible for free treatment in research studies funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, private, not-for–profit foundations or industry.
Eligibility for treatment studies is determined by a confidential evaluation conducted by a research psychiatrist and research social worker, specializing in the area of treatment resistant depression. Each study involves a clinical research project that focuses on a different treatment approach and may involve an inpatient stay. Once the treatment program is completed, patients may be referred for continuing care in the community.
During each study, a team of psychiatrists, social worker(s), study co-ordinators and assistants meet frequently with patients to monitor progress. If an inpatient stay is appropriate, research team members will collaborate closely with the inpatient clinical staff.
The purpose of current research projects is to learn more about innovative treatment approaches to depression, especially treatment resistant depression. Some research questions being investigated include:
What are the brain regions involved in depression, depression's effective treatment and the side effects of that treatment?
What is the impact of technical advances in the administration of electrical stimulation for the treatment of depression?
The Clinic for Innovations in Treatment Resistant Depression is dedicated to developing advances in the treatment of depression so that a larger number of those burdened by the illness can experience improved health and sense of well being.
Joan Prudic, MD
Steven P. Roose, MD
Devangere Devanand, MD
Gregory Pelton, MD
Robert Berman, MD, PhD
Brett Rutherford, MD
Research Social Worker
The Clinic for Innovations in Treatment Resistant Depression specializes in adult patients with depression or bipolar depression who have failed conventional treatment. A confidential phone screening is conducted by a member of the professional staff. If a patient appears eligible and interested in learning more about participation, an evaluation appointment is scheduled. Eligibility criteria vary from study to study.
Evaluation is free. Eligible patients participate free of charge in studies funded by NIMH, not-for-profit foundations, and private industry
New York State Psychiatric Institute
1051 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10032
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“ His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him. “We are your slaves,” they said. But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God? You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. So then, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your children.” And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them.” – Genesis 50:18-21.
Do you remember white out correction fluid? It is the magical liquid that covers over your errors, your typos, your unfortunate slip-ups. You brush on the liquid and start all over again–hopefully this time with no unfortunate slip-ups. It was used when typewriters were used so you can correct a mistake without typing the whole document over again. Forgiveness is much like that. It does not eliminate the hurts or pain, but it does cover them over in a way that they never really happened.
All this week we have been looking at the subject of forgiveness. The bottom line is forgiveness is a promise. That’s really what it is. It’s a promise. It’s a promise never to take revenge. It is the opposite of a refusal to forgive, which is a promise to get back at the person who wronged or hurt us.
If you want a simple definition then of forgiveness, think of it as a promise never to take revenge. It is a statement of obedience to God that affirms, “I hold no anger, I hold no hatred, I hold no bitterness against you. I won’t ever bring it up to you, I won’t ever bring it up to anybody else, I won’t ever bring it up to myself.” That’s forgiveness.
It will take an act of love. Because forgiveness is the most Christ-like act a Christian can do.
Never are you more like God or Christ than when you forgive, because that is what Christ does. The personification of forgiveness is when Jesus looked at His crucifiers and said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” (Luke 23:24)
A prime example of forgiveness is the story of Joseph. When presented with an opportunity to exact vengeance on his brothers, Joseph chose, instead, to point them to the overarching plan that God has for His glory: “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.” (Genesis 60:20)
Joseph understood that God’s plan was bigger than his revenge. Joseph served a God that enabled him to love those who had sinned against him. Joseph was able to do this, not because they were inherently deserving or because he was inherently righteous. He was able to forgive because he understood that God’s providential hand had guided him to this point, and that God’s plan was bigger than his hurt, just as it had been bigger than the jealousy that lead to that pain.
We serve the same God. We serve a God who enables us to love and forgive others, not of our own power, but from God’s forgiveness that has radically changed our view of the world. Because Jesus loves, we love. Because He forgave, we forgive.
During this Christmas season I hope you will learn to forgive those around you. It is one of the best Christmas presents you can give yourself.
- Does Christmas change the idea of what forgiveness means for you?
- What is most important to you in your life and how can forgiving help?
- What do you dislike about the idea of forgiving? What do you like about it?
- What is reconciliation, and how is it different from the act of forgiving?
- Why do you think forgiveness takes courage?
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The uncertainty of remanufacturing parts is a key factor affecting the quality of remanufactured products. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to measure the uncertainty of remanufactured parts and study the coupling mechanism of reassembly quality.
First, uncertainty of remanufactured parts is analyzed, and the uncertainty measure model for remanufacturing parts based on entropy is constructed. Second, the nonlinear mapping model between the uncertainty and reassembly quality were studied using Gauss-Newton iterative method to reveal the coupling mechanism between uncertainty of remanufacturing parts and reassembly quality. Finally, the model is verified in the reassembly process of remanufacturing cylinder head.
The method can guide reassembly operations to improve the reassembly quality with uncertainty of remanufactured parts.
This study provides practical implications by developing a multivariate nonlinear mapping model for reassembly quality based on entropy to determine the uncertainty factors that affect the reassembly quality significantly and then correct the reassembly operation to better optimize the allocation of remanufacturing production resources. The study also theoretically contributes to reveal the coupling mechanism of reassembly quality with the uncertainty of remanufactured parts.
This research is supported by Program for Innovative Research Team in Suzhou University, Anhui university key projects of natural science research (KJ2017A438), Anhui outstanding talents support program (gxyqZD2018082), Humanities and social science research of Ministry of Education (17YJC630082), Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2017M611574), Suzhou University excellent young talents Support Scheme funded project (SZXYQNL2017005), Suzhou science and technology project (SZ2017GG28), Suzhou University Doctoral research start-up fund project (2016jb08), Key scientific research project of Suzhou University (2017yzd09), and Suzhou Mechanical Equipment Co-innovation Engineering Technology Research Center (SZ2017ZX07).
Zhang, C., Liu, C., Chen, J., Li, Q., He, K., Gao, M. and Cai, W. (2019), "The coupling mechanism of reassembly quality with uncertainty of remanufactured parts", Assembly Automation, Vol. 39 No. 4, pp. 548-555. https://doi.org/10.1108/AA-01-2018-016
Emerald Publishing Limited
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THURSDAY, SEPT. 17 — In the last decade, Michigan State University has witnessed a growing number of students who openly self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning (LGBTQ). While MSU has made many efforts towards creating resources on campus for LGBTQ students to use, there is always room for more.
The university is now working with “Outcasting,” a public radio youth LGBTQ program based out of New York, to establish a bureau on campus. The MSU bureau of “Outcasting,” planned to open this fall, would serve as a way for LGBTQ students and allies at MSU to share experiences and other media with the national program.
The program is working in collaboration with the MSU LGBT Resource Center and Impact 89FM/WDBM to bring the new bureau to campus.
“This is a tremendous opportunity for our students to tell their stories and produce quality journalism on LGBTQ topics,” said Deanna Hurlbert, director of MSU’s LGBT Resource Center.
“Outcasting,” which is created by nonprofit group Media for Public Good, is broadcast on over 45 radio stations throughout the U.S. as well as streaming online through its website and iTunes radio. The program was established in 2011 by MSU alum Marc Sophos, executive producer and supervisor for both the Westchester County headquarters and New York City bureau.
Produced by LGBTQ students and allies, “Outcasting” focuses on personal stories from LGBTQ youth or allies and open forum discussions with the hope of providing a youthful perspective on nationally debated issues. Over the last four years, the program has covered topics such as bullying, suicide prevention, issues in religion and education, marriage equality, transgender identities and healthy relationships
Special guests on the program have included Olympian Greg Louganis, writer and activist Dan Savage, Athlete Ally member Brian Healey, Evan Wolfson of Freedom to Marry and transgender athlete Chris Mosier.
Sophos hopes that the MSU bureau will set a precedent for other universities and lead towards establishing similar programs throughout the country.
“We’re very excited about this new alliance with Michigan State,” Sophos said. “This is our first expansion outside of the New York metropolitan area, and it’s going to enable Outcasting to present a wider range of LGBTQ youth experiences and perspectives.”
To learn more about the program, visit mfpg.org.
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This December a set of autonomous vehicles will start roaming the streets of Columbus, Ohio, in an effort to turn this bustling Midwestern community into the first smart city. The project, which is part of the Smart Columbus and DriveOhio initiatives, is the first step in launching a fully autonomous shuttle route in the city.
“We’re proud to have the first self-driving shuttle in Ohio being tested on the streets of Columbus,” said Mayor Andrew J. Ginther. “This pilot will shape future uses of this emerging technology in Columbus and the nation. Residents win when we add more mobility options to our transportation ecosystem – making it easier to get to work, school or local attractions.”
Michigan-based May Mobility provided the shuttles and the team is training the autonomous vehicles to navigate Columbus streets. May Mobility already launched their vehicles in Detroit and this is the second full implementation of the tech.
The six-seater electric shuttles will follow a 3 mile route through downtown Columbus and the vehicles will start picking up passengers on December 1. Rides are free. May Mobility has already performed over 10,000 successful trips in Detroit. In Columbus the shuttles will drive the Scioto Mile loop, a scenic route through the city and by the Ohio River. A large digital display will show system information and there will be a single operator to oversee the trip and take control in case of emergency.
Founder Edwin Olson is a robotics professor at the University of Michigan and his team won the MAGIC competition in 2010.
“Cities are seeking cost-effective transportation services that will improve congestion in urban cores, and self-driving shuttles can offer a huge relief,” he said. “As we work toward a future where people can drive less and live more, we’re thrilled to be working with partners from Columbus to provide a new transportation experience that will make traveling through Columbus safe, reliable and personal.”
Columbus won the $40 million Smart City Challenge in June 2016 to test and implement smart city tech.
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An Improved Linear Programming Approach for Simultaneous Optimization of Water and Energy
An optimization method based on Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) has been developed for simultaneous optimization of water and energy (SOWE) in industrial processes. The superstructure integrates process thermal streams and optimizes the consumption of water while maximizing internal heat recovery to reduce thermal utility consumption. In this paper, additional concepts have been implemented in the superstructure to target the issues of the pulp and paper processes. Non-Isothermal Mixing (NIM) has been considered at different locations in order to reduce the number of thermal streams and decrease the investment cost by avoiding unnecessary investment on heat exchangers. The concepts of restricted matches and water tanks have been added to the superstructure to adapt it to the pulp and paper case studies. The Integer-Cut Constraint (ICC) technique has been combined with the MILP model to generate systematically a set of optimal solutions to support the decision-making for cost-effective configurations.
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Windsor, Connecticut - On December 5-6, 2015, the historic Ellsworth Homestead, located in Windsor, CT, opened its doors for the first annual "Christmas at the Ellsworth's" holiday open house celebration, sponsored by the Ellsworth Memorial Association, the Connecticut DAR and the Abigail Wolcott Ellsworth DAR Chapter. Built in 1781, this historic architectural gem was all decked out for the holidays with period décor, food and clothing typical of the mid-19th century. The entire home was open to the public for this festive event.
Dianne Timpson, of the Abigail Wolcott Ellsworth DAR Chapter and Secretary of the EMA, envisioned, crafted and decorated the house, while Colleen Olson and Lea Santi organized complimentary refreshments for every guest - including punch, hot apple cider, and a variety of delicious baked goods. Approximately 100 people strolled through the two-day open house event.
Oliver Ellsworth was born in Windsor, CT, in 1745. Elected to state office in 1773, Ellsworth eventually became one of the most powerful political figures and successful lawyers in the state of Connecticut. He served throughout the Revolutionary War in many state and federal political positions and also served as a delegate to the Continental Congress.
The Ellsworth Homestead was built by Samuel Denslow in 1781. It is a two-story wood frame building on a stone foundation, with a peaked cedar shake roof and clapboard exterior walls. An addition was added on the south side in 1794. The property spans along the Connecticut River on over twelve acres of lawn and forested flood plain. It was once known as "Elmwood" in honor of the thirteen elm trees Ellsworth planted on the property to represent the thirteen original states. While none of these elms have survived, the lawn is still populated with American Beech, Mulberry and stately Oaks - including a descendent of the original Charter Oak tree of Hartford. The Ellsworth Homestead has the distinction of having been visited by two sitting Presidents: in 1789, President George Washington visited the homestead and in 1799, President John Adams was a guest.
Through the years, the property was continuously owned and occupied by members of the Ellsworth family until 1903 when heirs of Oliver and Abigail Ellsworth deeded the property over to the Connecticut DAR through the Ellsworth Memorial Association. The house and grounds underwent a massive restoration during the late 1980's and over the years the entire property has been successfully maintained and restored to resemble how it might have looked during Oliver Ellsworth's life there (1783-1807). Today, the house continues to be owned and operated by the Connecticut DAR; it is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The homestead is open to the public as a museum dedicated to preserving the history, culture and influence of Oliver Ellsworth and his family during the American Revolution.
Located at 778 Palisado Avenue in Windsor, Connecticut, The Ellsworth Homestead is open most Fridays and Saturdays from 12-4pm during the months of May through October. To schedule a tour, please call (860) 643-5718. Visit ellsworthhomesteaddar.org for more information.
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The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was founded in 1890 to preserve the memory and spirit of those who contributed to securing American independence. Any woman 18 years or older, regardless of race, religion, or ethnic background, who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of the American Revolution is eligible for membership. DAR is one of the world's largest and most active service organizations with nearly 180,000 members in approximately 3,000 chapters worldwide. These members passionately carry out the timeless mission of promoting historic preservation, education and patriotism. To learn more about the work of today's DAR, visit www.dar.org.
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A graphical approach to the identification and estimation of causal parameters in mortality studies with sustained exposure periods.
J Chronic Dis 1987 Jan; 40(Suppl 2):139S-161S
In observational cohort mortality studies with prolonged periods of exposure to the agent under study, independent risk factors for death commonly determine subsequent exposure to the study agent. For example, in occupational mortality studies, date of termination of employment is both a determinant of subsequent exposure to the chemical agent under study (since terminated individuals receive no further exposure) and an independent risk factor for death (since disabled individuals tend to leave employment). When a risk factor determines subsequent exposure and is determined by previous exposure, standard analyses that estimate age-specific mortality rates as a function of cumulative exposure can underestimate the true effect of exposure on mortality, whether or not one adjusts for the risk factor in the analysis. This observation raises the question, "Which, if any, empirical population parameter can be causally interpreted as the true effect of exposure in observational mortality studies?" In answer, we offer a graphical approach to the identification and estimation of causal parameters in mortality studies with sustained exposure periods. We reanalyze the mortality experience of a cohort of arsenic-exposed copper smelter workers using our approach and compare our results with those obtained using standard methods. We find an adverse effect of arsenic exposure on all cause and lung cancer mortality, which standard methods failed to detect. The analytic approach introduced in this paper may be necessary to control bias in any epidemiologic study in which there exists a risk factor which both determines subsequent exposure and is determined by previous exposure to the agent under study.
NIOSH-Publication; NIOSH-Grant; Humans; Mortality-surveys; Risk-analysis; Arsenic-compounds; Epidemiology; Occupational-exposure; Risk-factors
Environmental Sci & Physiology Harvard Sch of Public Health 665 Huntington Ave Boston, Mass 02115
Journal of Chronic Diseases
Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
Page last reviewed: September 2, 2020
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Education and Information Division
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Lebanon law resource page with links to the Lebanon constitution, Lebanon government, Lebanon law firms, Lebanon law, Lebanon legislature, Lebanon bar association, and Lebanon law guide.
In English. From Al Mashriq. Links to the structure of the government, courts, ministries, and more.
- Governments on the WWW: Lebanon
- Lebanon Law
In English. Scroll down for links to articles, law firms and law web sites. From arabinfoseek.com.
- Lebanese Republic
From the Law Library of Congress. "The Guide to Law Online is an annotated compendium of sources accessible through the Internet. Links provide access to primary documents, legal commentary," and more.
- Law Firms
HierosGamos. Select by City or Practice Area.
- Lebanese Parliament
Available in Arabic, and French.
“NATLEX, the database of national labour, social security and related human rights legislation maintained by the ILO's International Labour Standards Department. Records in NATLEX provide abstracts of legislation and relevant citation information, and they are indexed by keywords and by subject classifications."
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I'm just saying, we hate it too, so stop hating us. People who aren't American have no ******* idea what we have to go through with this ****. It sucks.
I dont know. If it were me I'd let the other countries fight it out as long as it doesn't affect us.
I think that since they are perceived as the worlds most powerful democracy, the government feels it has a responsibility to act whenever there is a crisis. There are also many immigrants from the countries that they are trying to "help" who put pressure on the politicians to do something. In this latest crisis with Egypt and Libya, Obama was very careful not to be the first to say that the US will go into those places to try and resolve the situation. When the United Nations says it is time to do something, the US ends up taking the lead because they do happen to have the most military resources. I think it is going to take a long time for the world to forget the rein of George W. and the mess he and his administration created in Iraq. It's too bad all of America is often blamed for his mistakes, but I guess that's why people should pay more attention and vote.
I think the UN is officially the world police, but the US is definitely the most powerful single country. Re:your question - I don't know their agenda each time they take military action, but it is good someone is doing something before war mongers go too far.
BTW... How do you or anyone think that we know everything that the CIA and other intelligent agencies know? I believe there is a lot underneath the surface we will never hear about. We do not know the entire reasoning behind any leaders' and/or governments' actions.<br />
The first answer that comes to mind is because we feel like the parent of other countries who are not equal to our development. It is that type of obligation. UN also "polices" the world somewhat and UN is "UNITED Nations." <br />
To turn a blind eye to countries who are out of control and who may or may not possess nuclear weapons is just not smart....and there is also a kind of snowball effect that can happen. One small country that isn't in check begins to conquer all surrounding countries... suddenly they aren't so small anymore. They gain considerable momentum.. the problem is the conquering country is only out for power and to make others submit. <br />
Under their non-government rights are completely trashed; murder is rampant; poverty, disease follow; atrocities are a mainstay. So in that sense, that is the reason why America "policies" the world... in conjunction with other countries who are a part of the UN and who are allies.<br />
In response to an answer someone wrote.... Middle Eastern countries who are populated mostly by Muslims paired with propaganda, paired with limited literacy, paired with poverty, paired with being raised in a war torn environment and/or an environment where people are beheaded in public, women stoned, foreheads slashed even as a toddler and paraded around with others who have blood running down their face, paired with a cycle of generation after generation of more of the same; paired with.... (I can go on and on) will result in hatred toward Western society. It isn't just about America. It is about now understanding, being raised in an oppressive environment and all the reasons listed above. It isn't as simple as how a couple people answered here. <br />
Man, if everything was so simple we would be so lucky.
Because 80% of the population is Christian and that religion has a history of needing to be control freaks.
they are in a position to make a mark on the record book of time ... this will be their shinning moment ... it will all fall apart... it always does ... no country remained the most powerful force for more than a couple hundred years at a time (roman empire, Egyptian empire, Greeks, chinese, etc etc etc) ... this is the USA'S time to shine....
I want to respond by saying as a former National Guardsman and as a Soldier now the United States makes money off of war. These wars are undergone in such a way that public opinion is more often than not in favor of them. For instance not a lot of people really car if we said 6 taliban or Al quida fighters died in a helicopter crash because we as Americans have been presented a horrible picture of what most closely resembles the Tea Party with guns.<br />
Trust me the United States is not always on the side of the straight and sensible. For instance if the Dictator of a nation was overthrown by a democratically elected government which didn't support the United States (but the dictator was an ally or puppet of the U.S.) then the U.S. would fight to put that dictator back in power. It's a fact and it has happened before. Also if a country was going through internal struggle we would help l any side which seems advantageous for us, while condemning others who do the same. Look at Syria. There was no proof that the Syrian government used gas but we said they did. If I remember correctly the gas was used in a rebel stronghold and they had control of a few storage facilities. We said the Syrian government used the gas but why would they. They knew that the would needed a reason to support the legitimate government and it would be Counter - intuitive to do something like that. Rebels would care less. <br />
Also if the u.s. supports a cause they are Rebels. If not then they are terrorist or extremists. <br />
Most wars we fight from my view are due to personal conflicts. Iraq Suddam's family and The Bushes have had beef since the senior George was selling oil for the Bin Laden family in the Kingdom. Suddam wanted middle eastern oil for the Muslims and he wanted to control it (hence the first invasion of Iraq. ) The u.s. was cool with the Taliban being around when they were fighting the Russians but as soon as they and us no longer have a common goal they become expendable. The problem with bin Laden was that he hated that his family was dealing with the West with TWO of our presidents on payroll. <br />
Lastly it's not that Suddam and the Taliban were killing people because all governments do that. The problem was that they were killing the wrong people and we're no longer our puppets...and what he fail to notice is that the middle east is literally Un conquerable. It's been tried over the course of hundreds of years but the crusades failed the Chinese failed Russians failed. We all fear death and value life. They dont. That's the problem besides there being no single identity to exploit. No single religion to play off. The fact that they were already established Centuries before our country means they KNOW they are right.
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Thursday, October 27, 2016
Anxiety and Stress Disorders
I Feel All Alone
I feel all alone, I have agoraphobia and haven't really left the house in 3 years, if I do its only down the road and even then i have to run home, I feel like im dying most of the time. My question is this i need to get treatment yet i cant get in a car or leave the house or even have a stranger come here so how am I to get help? I tried calling some doctors but they say I have to come in...I've tried and i really can't so what should I do, is there a number I can call or something. I have no idea what to do because I think I've tried everything. Please help the best you can. thanks
This is a very serious problem. Agoraphobia is a serious anxiety disorder. If you have not looked at the weblinks on anxiety, I encourage you to do so.
Unfortunately, I cannot give you any specific medical advice, as that is not the function of the website.
However, I can reassure you that there is good treatment available for agoraphobia and that people can, with counseling and medication, lead active, happy and successful lives. This is an excellent time for you to contact your family and friends and ask for their support and encouragement. Use them to help you get to the medical care you need.
Nancy Elder, MD
College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati
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Großsee is a high mountain reservoir at an elevation of 2.481m (8,139ft) above the sea level, located in the district of Spittal an der Drau in the Austrian state of Carinthia.
Set high in the Austrian Alps, the narrow and winding road to the summit is mostly paved. The asphalt ends at 2.470m, and the last stretch is impassable due to big stones/boulders and usually snow.
The road was built in 1978 and has 30 hairpin turns. The road to the reservoir is very steep, hitting a 24% of maximum gradient through some of the ramps. Starting at Großkirchheim, the ascent is 15.8 km (9.81 miles) long. Over this distance the elevation gain is 1.459 meters. The average gradient is 9.23%.
More info&pics: http://www.gyorgyigabor.hu/2007_tauern_eng.php
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Free Real Estate Classes
Internet Courses in Real Estate
Free College Classes Online
Free real estate classes can teach a person hoping to enter the real estate market how to sell land, property, and homes, but many of the online real estate college courses also teach about analyzing and financing real estate developments as a form of investment. Since the concept of investment in property assets and land has been challenged in recent years, some of the classes offered give you a chance to explore an key question in the real estate market which is much-discussed now and will continue to be explored and challenged in the immediate years to come.
Several of the best real estate courses you'll find free of charge on the Internet are from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The MIT Open Sourceware Program is among the best in the world for free online college courses and the real estate program is no exception. If you want to learn about real estate investments, you won't find anything better. Below are some other courses which real estate brokers and agents might find of interest.
Real Estate Economics is a course offered by the MIT Center for Real Estate, which focuses the studies on demographic trends, the changing economic outlook, and how local factors such as transportation and the city or municipal government affect your real estate investments.
Real Estate and Investment is an introduction to the basics of investing in real estate, whether you're a home buyer, a landlord, a wise investor, or a land speculator. This class discusses the broad concepts and principles in buying property for profit, while also discusses the research tools and analytical methods used for evaluating the value of real estate. While this course is mainly focused on making investments in real property, you'll also cover the micro-level of real estate involving individual deals and properties.
Design for Real Estate Investment offers tools for analysis in real estate decision making and how this affects land development. Understand that this course may have elements of both economic and engineering interest, but it's designed to be suitable for students of multiple backgrounds.
Real Estate Capital Markets focuses entirely on the macro level of real estate investment and finance. This OpenCourseWare free course discusses the capital markets, MBS, and REITs. Prospective students should know that the main focus of this class is on CMBS, though.
Advanced Real Estate is a half-semester class which looks at cutting edge real estate investments and finance. The students in this course, described as a seminar-style class, are expected to take the initiative and ask advanced questions. Guest speakers from the real estate industry were a big part of the original course.
Art and Science of Negotiation gives fundamentals for the art of negotiating. Communications, ethics, and strategy all play a part when negotiating a deal of any sort. Since buying a home or real estate is usually the biggest purchase in which most people are involved, a real estate expert is going to be part of the biggest negotiation in many people's lives. This study can be applied to business, personal, and legal settings, but you'll finish the course knowing how to analyze problems, resolve disputes, and negotiate successful agreements.
Open University Free College Courses
An Overview of the Law is a survey course of English common law and the basics of how laws are made in the United Kingdom and how the laws and lawmaking affects the citizens of the countries inside the UK. So much of the real estate market involves property laws and tax laws that it helps for a real estate broker in the UK to have a basic understanding of the law.
Privacy Rights and the Law takes a look at the privacy laws of the United Kingdom. Since property ownership and privacy are closely related, it's a good idea for real estate agents in the UK to know something about the privacy laws of their home country. This is a 10-hour intermediate course.
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Earlier, we took a look at some notably gorgeous natural caves. Here we take a look at what happens when equally beautiful caves get mated with the architectural and artistic abilities of our ancestors (which, sadly, still seem to outdo us by leaps and bounds). Everyone loves a nice old castle, an old temple buried in the jungle, or a gargantuan stone idol devoted to an ancient deity, but it is truly spectacular to see it in all come together inside a mountain.
Some Windows are Bigger than Others…
(images via jumpinjack, jumpinjack)
The Predjamski Grad (that’s Slovenian for Castle in Front of the Cave, literally) dates back to the 12th Century, and sits in front of what’s called Erazem’s Cave. Aside from being stunningly gorgeous on the outside, the site reeks of historical value and traditional folklore. Because of its inherent stronghold-status, being the castle built into a mountain-cave that it is, Predjamski Grad has been through more than its fair share of sieges. Classic stories about this tell show humor, as they describe the confusion of attacking armies at the staying power of those holed up in the castle. They were unaware of the huge network of caves lurking inside the mountain, which actually lead to an exit on the other side.
Big Enough for the Masses
(images via Stuck in Customs, Kristen Elsby, gardkarlsen, virtualtourist)
The Batu Caves in Malaysia are nothing short of mind-bogglingly huge. Meaning “Cave of Rocks,” this location is the hosting site every year for millions of Hindu pilgrims attending Thaipusam, a Hindu New Year celebration. This has been going on for far longer than we’ve been a country (so long in fact, that it doesn’t really matter where you are reading this right now, because it’s still true), and the colossal caves have served the celebrants well. A 242-step flight of stairs leads up to the mountain entrance, where once inside, visitors are greeted by what’s probably the largest room they’ll ever set foot in. Not only is the cave gorgeous, but it’s open and airy, with skylights the size of buildings letting in natural light during the day. The Batu Caves are one of the most visited tourist sites in all of southeast Asia today.
What Once Was Lost…
(images via Ben on Holiday, Guistaff, cfimages)
Most of what we know now in terms of archaeology was either discovered or recovered in the last 200 years, and we think we’re pretty hot stuff for it. We should never forget that people actually built this stuff. One nice tradition for locals in Laos is to make a pilgrimage to the Pak Ou Caves, and visit the collection of nearly 3,000 Buddhas. Whole families will make the journey, and leave their own Buddha statue as a contribution. The photo on the right shows ancient steps leading down into the Khao Luang Cave Temple, in Phetchaburi, Thailand. Situated in Thailand’s largest national park, this beautiful cave-temple is only 100 miles south of Bangkok, and worth the expedition if anywhere near the area. Lastly, rediscovered by accident in 1819 by the british in India, the Ajanta Caves are simply beyond amazing. 29 different Buddhist temples set into a horeshoe-shaped cliffside make up the hugely popular tourist site, some of them dating as far back as the 2nd Century BCE. Nobody knows how long the monks spent carving the extraordinary temples into the cave-walls, or why they were suddenly abandoned so long ago. To be in India and not experience these caves would simply be a crime.
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AFRICA has been badly hit by the commodity price crash of the past 18 months, as several countries rely on just a handful of exports to bring in revenue.
Data from the African Development Bank (AfDB) shows that 10 African countries rely on a single product for the bulk (at least three-quarters) of export revenues. For eight of these, that single product is crude oil, except in the case of Eritrea (copper ores; 93.7%) and Guinea-Bissau (cashew nuts; 75%).
The data reveals that 20 countries – nearly half of the African total – rely on three products or fewer for at least 75% of export revenue. The median number of individual products that drives the bulk of African exports is just five.
Even so, there is great disparity in the data – some countries are much more diverse in their exports than you might expect.
The most diverse African economies, at least with regard to exports, tend to be wealthy countries with a well-developed manufacturing sector: Tunisia is tops (88 products), Egypt (80), South Africa (75) and Morocco (66).
Kenya, is in fifth place, counting 52 individual products that together account for 75% of export revenue – but the country is only the eighth largest by GDP size, and 29th by per capita income in Africa, according to data from the IMF and World Bank.
The country’s single biggest export earner, black tea, brings in just 15.9% of the total, second is cut flowers at 11.5%; all the other exports each make up less than 10% of the total.
Its East African neighbours, though largely doing better than the African average, count less than half of Kenya’s 52 products – Tanzania is at 22 products, Uganda 16, and Ethiopia at 6.
It suggests that Kenya is punching above its weight in diversification of exports – in the analogy of anthropologists, it is less of a hunter economy and more of a gathering one – all sorts of small items find their way to the export market, particularly in the East African region.
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Posted December 10, 2012 by Sophia Murphy
Hard on the heels of Oxfam’s Food and Gender Discussion Blog, in which ten experts provided ten views over ten days intended to reframe food security from the perspective of women’s rights and women’s agency comes another Oxfam online forum for debate on agriculture called "The Future of Agriculture."
The series will explore four issues:
As with the series on food and gender, the discussion aims to generate bold proposals, in this case to meet increasing world demand for food in a way that eradicates hunger and preserves the environment.
I had the privilege to contribute to the debate, and my essay (one of twenty or so to be featured over the next two weeks) has been posted as one of two to kick off the discussion. Below are some excerpts from my contribution—I do hope you will find time to read and respond as the debate unfolds.
Agriculture is a risky business. At the mercy of inclement weather and pests, a frequent casualty of war, and subject to its own particular demand constraints and market failures, agriculture merits a branch of economics all to itself. The risks are not just economic: they also link to biological diversity and natural resource management, to culture and social relationships.
The risks are political, too; most farmers are subject to relatively strong government involvement in their sector—which is not surprising because everyone has a stake in agriculture. Beyond the essential fact that agriculture is fundamental to our survival, agriculture matters because it is a powerful motor for the eradication of poverty.
Two particular kinds of risk pose very modern versions of age-old challenges. The first is climate change—humankind has always been at the mercy of the weather, but today we are also directly responsible for making the weather less predictable.
The second is price volatility. In an era of globalized markets, deregulated capital flows and free trade, economic forces are linking farmers from disparate parts of the world as they have never been linked before.
Risk-management systems should not encourage a farmer to take unwarranted risk. Farmers should be responsible for making good business decisions about their operations, not encouraged to take unnecessary risks as the shallow loss insurance programs proposed in the 2012 U.S. Farm Bill would. But the systems should be strong enough to protect farmers and their households from destitution, especially where the risks involved are outside farmers’ control, as is the case with climate change and international price volatility.
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2 Samuel 7
From LOLCat Bible Translation Project
God's promize 2 david
1 aftr teh king wuz settld in his palace an teh lord had given him rest frum all his enemiez around him,2 he sed 2 nathan teh profet, "her im, livin in palace ov cedar, while teh ark ov ceilin cat remains in tent."3 nathan replid 2 teh king, "whatevr u has in mind, go ahead an do it, 4 da lord iz wif u."
4 dat nite teh werd ov teh lord came 2 nathan, sayin:5 "go an tell mah servant david, dis ar teh wut teh lord sez: r u teh wan 2 build me houz 2 dwell in?6 i has not dwelt in houz frum teh dai i brought teh israelitez up out ov egypt 2 dis dai. I has been movin frum place 2 place wif tent as mah dwellin.7 wherevr i has movd wif all teh israelitez, did i evr say 2 any ov their rulers whom i commandd 2 sheferd mah peeps israel, "y has u not built me houz ov cedar?"8 "nao den, tell mah servant david, dis ar teh wut teh lord almighty sez: i took u frum teh paschur an frum followin teh flock 2 be rulr ovar mah peeps israel.9 i has been wif u wherevr u has gone, an i has cut off all ur enemiez frum before u. Nao im gonna mak ur naym great, liek teh namez ov teh greatest doodz ov teh earth.10 an im gonna provide place 4 mah peeps israel an will plant them so dat they can has home ov their own an no longr be disturbd. Wickd peeps will not oppres them nomore, as they did at teh beginnin11 an has dun evr since teh tiem i appointd leaders [a] ovar mah peeps israel. Im gonna also giv u rest frum all ur enemiez. " teh lord declarez 2 u dat teh lord him will establish houz 4 u:12 when ur dais r ovar an u rest wif ur fathers, im gonna raize up ur offsprin 2 succed u, hoo will come frum ur own body, an im gonna establish his kingdom.13 he iz teh wan hoo will build houz 4 mah naym, an im gonna establish teh throne ov his kingdom forevr.14 im gonna be his fathr, an he will be mah son. When he doez wrong, im gonna punish him wif teh rod ov doodz, wif floggings inflictd by doodz.15 but mah luv will nevr be taken away frum him, as i took it away frum saul, whom i removd frum before u.16 ur houz an ur kingdom will endure forevr before me [b] ; ur throne will be establishd forevr. "
17 nathan reportd 2 david all teh werdz ov dis entire revelashun.
18 den king david went in an sat before teh lord, an he sed: "hoo iz i, o sovereign lord, an wut iz mah pplz, dat u has brought me dis far?19 an as if dis wuz not enough in ur sight, o sovereign lord, u has also spoken bout teh fuchur ov teh houz ov ur servant. Iz dis ur usual wai ov dealin wif man, o sovereign lord ?
22 "how great u r, o sovereign lord! Thar iz no wan liek u, an thar iz no ceilin cat but u, as we has herd wif r own ears.23 an hoo iz liek ur peeps israel—teh wan nashun on earth dat ceilin cat went out 2 redeem as peeps 4 him, an 2 mak naym 4 him, an 2 perform great an awsum wonders by drivin out nashuns an their godz frum before ur peeps, whom u redeemd frum egypt? [c]24 u has establishd ur peeps israel as ur vry own forevr, an u, o lord, has become their ceilin cat.
25 "an nao, lord ceilin cat, keep forevr teh promize u has made concernin ur servant an his houz. Do as u promisd,26 so dat ur naym will be great forevr. Den doodz will say, teh lord almighty iz ceilin cat ovar israel! An teh houz ov ur servant david will be establishd before u.
27 "o lord almighty, ceilin cat ov israel, u has reveald dis 2 ur servant, sayin, im gonna build houz 4 u. So ur servant has findz courage 2 offr u dis prayr.28 o sovereign lord, u r ceilin cat! Ur werdz r trustworthy, an u has promisd thees gud things 2 ur servant.29 nao be pleezd 2 bles teh houz ov ur servant, dat it cud continue forevr in ur sight; 4 u, o sovereign lord, has spoken, an wif ur blesin teh houz ov ur servant will be blesd forevr."
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- b - 2 samuel 7:16 sum hebrew manuscripts an septuagint; most hebrew manuscripts u
- c - 2 samuel 7:23 c septuagint an 1 chron. 17:21; hebrew wonders 4 ur land an before ur peeps, whom u redeemd frum egypt, frum teh nashuns an their godz.
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In another selection from his series of tutorials on AccountingWEB.com, David Ringstrom illuminates the uses of Excel’s FREQUENCY function.
Excel's FREQUENCY function comes in handy for situations where you want to find out how many values fall within specific ranges. A property portfolio manager, for example, might want to check how many buildings fall within different criteria for floor areas such as 250,000, 500,000, and 1m square feet. Or an examiner might want to show how many students scored particular grades on their exams.
This article explains how to deal with each of these situations.
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Learning about Emil Vicale and his company might turn out to be fun.
Emil Vicale, born of immigrant parents and raised in the Arthur Avenue section of the Bronx, later became the Product Design and Development Director for Habitat International (New York City) and Architectural Supplements (Danbury, CT).
In 1990, he started his design firm, BBC Design Group. BBC designs and develops products and solutions in consumer products, clothing, lighting, furniture, weapons, and other industries. In the mid-to-late ’90s, Emil Vicale was one of the first companies to deploy 3D Design and 3D Printing.
In September 2001, Vicale purchased and then developed Toybuilders.com, the first custom toy 3D printing company. In February of 2002, in the wake of 9/11, he went on to create Herobuilders.com – the first political toy company in the world – with the introduction of the George Bush Action Figure.
In June of 2004, Vicale developed the first ON-DEMAND mass customization website so individuals could build a custom action figure with the race, clothes, and accessories of their choosing. The site is still active at vicale.com.
In 2005, the on-demand website vicale.com was featured in a German book called Vom Personal Computer Zum Personal Fabrication.
Within that same year, Emil developed the first of its kind Untucked Shirt featuring Conceal Carry compartments for Black Star Ops, a design that created a new industry for concealment clothing. In addition, he launched the first of its kind Custom Action Figure business that makes custom action figures that look, talk, and dress like the consumer, which presently still stands as a thriving business, making HeroBuilders, the premiere maker of Custom Action Figures.
In 2006, Cooper & Schindler used HeroBuilders and its 3D printing services as a case study in their new college textbook, Marketing Research.
In 2012, the site Vicale.com received recognition in the form of the MIT MC-500 top 500 mass customization websites for Vicale’s on-demand website, vicale.com.
Today, Emil Vicale is a design and development business consultant and continues to work as the Product Director of his various companies. In addition, he is active in new business development, marketing, digital marketing, brand development, product development, and app development at emilvicale.com.
EMIL VICALE IS AN ACADEMICALLY PUBLISHED MARKETING EXPERT & IS A CASE STUDY IN THIS COLLEGE TEXTBOOK STUDIED BY MILLIONS OF STUDENTS AROUND THE WORLD.
Emil Vicale possesses a complete, in-depth understanding of the Digital and Physical business landscape. From art to cart, including Product Design & Business Development, Manufacturing, Brand Development, Marketing, e-Commerce, and Social Marketing Strategies.
Emil Vicale is referenced on the Chegg educational website.
Chegg.com. (2021, May 23). Chegg. https://www.chegg.com/homework-help/questions-and-answers/emil-vicale-president-bbc-bbc-design-group-used-rapid-prototyping-technology-rpt-build-wax-q78202304
EMIL IS MAKING THE ROUNDS IN THIS BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT A LIVE INTERVIEW
Some rules before you agree to a “LIVE” interview:
- Try to ignore everything
- Try to have fun
- If you know your company inside and out, questions will not surprise you. Know the numbers
- Never Lie
- Don’t be like the new breed of “fake it till you make it” fraudsters. Make IT first, then give interviews because you will have something great to discuss.
WHEN YOU LOOK GOOD IN A TV NEWS INTERVIEW. IT’S BECAUSE OF THE INTERVIEWER. THANK THEM!
NEWS GUYS LIKE DAN KANE CAN MAKE ANYONE LOOK GOOD!
YES, DAN KANE IS AS NICE AS HE SEEMS, AND YES, WE ARE HAVING TOO MUCH FUN, AND THAT IS HOW YOU KNOW YOU ARE WITH A! THANKS, DAN, FOR MAKING ALL OUR INTERVIEWS FUN AND UPBEAT; YOU ARE A TRUE PROFESSIONAL.
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Entries will soon be accepted for the 2010 Bellwether Prize, given biennially for a novel whose content "addresses issues of social justice and the impact of culture and politics on human relationships." The winner will receive $25,000, courtesy of sponsor Barbara Kingsolver, author of the novels The Bean Trees (HarperCollins, 1988) and The Poisonwood Bible (HarperCollins, 1999), among others. Editor Kathy Pories of Algonquin Books will negotiate a publication contract and edit the winning manuscript.
"Fiction has a unique capacity to bring difficult issues to a broad readership on a personal level, creating empathy in a reader’s heart for the theoretical stranger," Kingsolver says in a statement on the prize Web site. "Throughout history, every movement toward a more peaceful and humane world has begun with those who imagined the possibilities. The Bellwether Prize seeks to support the imagination of humane possibilities."
Writers who are U.S. citizens may submit a manuscript of eighty thousand words or more, along with a curriculum vitae and a twenty-five-dollar entry fee, between September 1 and October 2. The contest is open to emerging writers who have some previous publication credits, but have not published a book that sold more than ten thousand copies.
The previous prizewinners are:
2008 Heidi Durrow for The Girl Who Fell From the Sky (forthcoming from Algonquin Books)
2006 Hillary Jordan for Mudbound (Algonquin Books, 2008)
2004 Marjorie Kowalski Cole for Correcting the Landscape (HarperCollins, 2005)
2002 Gayle Brandeis for The Book of Dead Birds (HarperCollins, 2003)
2000 Donna Gershten for Kissing The Virgin's Mouth (HarperCollins, 2001)
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Find accurate definitions of over 5,000 Catholic terms and phrases (including abbreviations). Based on Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
The theory that in the Catholic Church it is permissible to hold objectively contrary positions on faith or morals. Implicit in the theory is the claim, more than once condemned by the Church, that doctrine is a subjective expression of belief on which some persons may agree, rather than the objective teaching of the Church's hierarchical authority, identifying or interpreting divine revelation.
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Thinking about going for a 30 minute jog to burn off that second office donut? Allow us to recommend a more enjoyable method of exercise: doin’ it.
Researchers at the University of Quebec fitted 20 couples with activity tracking devices and measured the calories they burned when participating in an hour of love making and 30 minutes of jogging. The finding showed that having sex for an hour can burn just as many calories as a 30-minute jog. Of course, that means you have to spend twice as much time having sex as you would running, but the former is much more entertaining.
Keeping that New Year’s resolution of shedding the Christmas cookie weight just got a whole lot more fun.
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President Barack Obama wants Americans to believe this about his health care law: It’s just like Mitt’s.
After all, the White House used the 2006 Massachusetts health program signed into law by Republican Mitt Romney as its blueprint for the national model. And in case anyone missed the message last year during the presidential campaign, Obama will repeat it again Wednesday.
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He’ll speak at Faneuil Hall, the 269-year-old downtown Boston marketplace that has taken on hallowed status in state legislative lore after Romney signed his law with Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy by his side.
There is more than symbolism here. Obama’s advisers insist that participation in Obamacare, though slowed by a botched website rollout, will ultimately match the late-breaking arc of Romneycare. And Obama will make the argument that Democrats and Republicans should put politics aside to implement the Affordable Care Act just as they broke party lines on the Massachusetts law.
Obama and his aides have long used Romney’s program in the political arena both as a weapon and a shield. During debate over Obamacare in Congress, and now more recently, it’s been used to show that Obama is open to Republican-backed solutions. On the campaign trail last year, he and his aides used it to bludgeon Romney. David Plouffe, Obama’s former adviser, called Romney “the godfather” of Obamacare on “Meet the Press” in 2012.
But for all the Boston ballyhoo, the two laws simply aren’t the same — a fact acknowledged by some in the White House — and there’s no chance that national Republicans will beat their swords into stethoscopes to help diagnose and solve problems in the implementation of Obamacare. Still, Obama’s needs greater cooperation from Republican governors and state legislatures to make the law work, and his public appeal for bipartisanship could stoke constituents to pressure elected Republicans to get on board.
Some Republican governors have already taken steps to implement elements of the law. A handful have pressed their legislatures to adopt a massive expansion of Medicaid made possible by Obamacare, and a few others have looked at running their own enrollment systems — although the law is still largely being fought along partisan lines, even at the state level.
The argument that the two laws are alike is “ridiculous and intellectually dishonest,” said Kevin Madden, a top adviser on Romney’s 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns. “One’s a state plan that was tailored for a unique health care population of about 6.5 million people. Obamacare was a disastrous attempt to rearrange one-sixth of the world’s largest economy, while creating a one-size-fits-all federal standard for what used to be a state-by-state marketplace affecting over 300 million people.”
Jon Kingsdale, the former executive director of Massachusetts’s program who helped advise Obama in writing the 2010 national health care law, made a similar point in a White House conference call on Tuesday afternoon, to illustrate that the state program was simpler and therefore not prone to the same challenges as the Obamacare site.
The scope of the Massachusetts program was “minuscule” compared to Obamacare, Kingsdale said, noting that residents in his state never experienced the kinds of problems that have plagued the HealthCare.gov website.
“In terms of technology, our program was much simpler,” he said. “It was a small build. We didn’t have a lot of technical glitches.”
While the Massachusetts experiment — complete with an “individual mandate” to buy insurance — inspired Obamacare, their paths diverged almost from the beginning.
In 2005 and 2006, Republican Romney presided over a divided government and hammered out a hard-fought compromise with an overwhelmingly Democratic state legislature. It passed with the support of 192 of the 194 lawmakers who voted on it. Obama, by contrast, jammed his law through a Congress dominated by his own Democratic Party without a single Republican vote.
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How long is the coast? How many dimensions does it have?
Is the coast poor? Part 2
In the previous blog post of this project I explained how and why we’d spent two months creating maps like this of the island of Ireland.
Since then we’ve been fixing the problems in our work, expanding it to more places, and expanding it to more datasets. That will be another blog post.
Here I want to explain what we learned from the first blog post and what we’re doing to fix things.
The most common reaction we had was “wow that’s cool, how can I use it?”. And our answer was “you can’t, the file is 500MB and we don’t know how to display that in a web browser”.
The second most common reaction we had was “wow that’s cool, but what is it showing me?”.
Both great questions, and in both cases the problem is the same. Not enough bandwidth.
Those maps just have too much information on them. They are too complicated and too nuanced to extract safe insights from. They are also too complicated and too nuanced to display on the web easily.
So we need to simplify our maps. If you’ve ever used the fantastic mapshaper.org to simplify maps you’ll probably know about the Douglas-Puecker algorithm, which does exactly that. It’s built into almost every GIS library and this is what it does to Ireland when you ask it to reduce the number of lines defining the coast from about 25,000 to 1,000.
With a simplified coast we can start projecting our data onto it. Specifically, for each of the about 1,000 lines that define the simplified coast we can ask what the average income quintile is within 10km.
This process leaves us with coastal income maps that are under 100kb and can easily be displayed in a browser. And because everything is calculated from raw data we can change the datasets we’re looking at, and expand the analysis to more places.
But we haven’t done that yet.
What we did instead is consider how far we could go with this simplification.
What if we reduce Ireland’s coast to 200 lines? What if we reduce it to 12?
The result is quite beautiful, and probably quite powerful. The North-West coast is poor. The East coast around Dublin is richest. Belfast, Cork, and Limerick generate prosperity in the South-West. Even with such simplicity we can tell much of the story of Ireland’s coastal economy.
But can we go even further? Can we reduce the coast to just one line?
Let’s look only at Northern Ireland. Because when we’re developing new algorithms it is sensible to first work on the easiest case possible.
Of the four nations of the UK, Northern Ireland has the shortest coast. From Derry/Londonderry to Newry via Belfast is 27 lines at the level of simplification we used for the second map on this post. It’s a good level of simplification because it keeps the Strangford Lough.
When we draw these lines on a map we draw in two dimensions. This means that we have to draw our third dimension of data in another way.
Throughout this blog post and the last I’ve used colour to do that. It’s usually better than width of line, but it has many limitations. Humans can’t distinguish between colours well especially if the colours aren’t next to each other. So we are limited to a traffic light style representation of the data – red, orange, yellow, green, and maybe blue. Those of us with limited colour perception can extract even less information.
But we can stretch out the lines of the coast into a single straight line. From Derry/Londonderry to Newry via Belfast is a line.
So we can draw the line along the x-axis of a graph, and instead of using colours to show where is richer and where is poorer along the coast, we can use bars on a graph.
Simplifying the coast in this way makes lots of things easier.
Once we start working with graphs instead of maps a much bigger set of questions becomes answerable in a much easier way. We can use a much bigger and more familiar toolkit of statistical tests to answer questions that we’ve been receiving like,
- Is coastal deprivation linked to access to jobs?
- Is coastal prosperity linked to the weather?
- Is coastal happiness related to age profile?
Most importantly we can share our data and our understanding more easily and generate more questions from more people.
We’ll probably need another month to tidy our work from this month up, share it, and expand it to more places and more datasets. We need to do a lot of thinking about how long the coast is. Once we've figured that out we'll share everything. The next blog post have all of this stuff ready for you to play with.
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ISO 13485: Medical Devices and Risk Management
January 5, 2010
Surgically implanting a device, such as a pacemaker, has saved the lives of countless individuals battling with a compromised heart. Infusion pumps that automatically deliver consistent doses of drugs and eliminate the need for daily injections or pills is another example of how medical devices can drastically improve quality of life and treatment for patients. However, these same devices can pose a threat to human health unless there is a quality management system in place to ensure proper safety and quality procedures are being followed throughout their production. The medical devices industry generated more than $230 billion in 2007, and that number is expected to grow to more than $285 billion by the end of 2012, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration. The increasing need for quality medical devices is matched by the need for quality management systems to ensure quality, standardize manufacturing and ensure that these devices are safe for their intended use. The standard known as ISO 13485: 2003-Medical devices-quality management systems-Requirements for regulatory purposes, has become the global standard for those involved in the manufacture of medical devices.
In today’s global marketplace, many organizations are utilizing ISO 13485: 2003 as a platform to build their business management systems. Registration to ISO 13485: 2003 is key to securing and maintaining global business, becoming more cost-effective and improving efficiency and internal communication.
ISO 13485: 2003 is based on eight quality management principles: customer focus, leadership, involvement of people, process approach, system approach to management, continual improvement, fact-based decision-making and mutually beneficial supplier relationships. When fully adopted, these principles have been proven to enhance organizational performance.
It is important to provide a context around which this standard was created, discuss major themes, and provide an explanation to why this standard is so effective in helping companies maintain quality assurance and manage risk.
Relating to ISO 9001: 2000The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) began drafting the first version of a non-industry-specific quality system standard known as ISO 9001 in the mid 1980s. This standard broke from the traditional quality control model and even surpassed the scope of the FDA’s Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs). However, international consensus asserted that a more comprehensive standard was necessary. When finally approved, ISO 9001: 1994 became the leading standard for quality systems worldwide.
Soon after, industry specific standards based on ISO 9001: 1994 were drafted, including ISO 13485: 1996. However, when ISO 9001 was revised in 2000, the International Organization for Standardization began to draft a new standard to replace ISO 13485: 1996 that would align with the revised ISO 9001: 2000 standard.
The primary goal of drafting ISO 13485: 2003 was to harmonize medical device regulatory requirements for quality management systems. Therefore, particular requirements for medical devices were incorporated and some requirements of ISO 9001 that were deemed not appropriate as regulatory requirements were excluded. In 2003, the new ISO 13485 standard was approved as a stand-alone standard, and although it is based on ISO 9001: 2000, it acknowledged that some of the goals of ISO 9001, such as continuous improvement and customer satisfaction, are not appropriate to the closely regulated medical device industry.
As the overall framework of the ISO 13485: 2003 standard follows that of the ISO 9001: 2000, clauses such as Documentation Requirements (cl. 4.2), Management Responsibility (cl. 5), Resource Management (cl. 6), Product Realization (cl. 7), and Measurement, Analysis and Improvement (cl. 8) are outlined similarly. ISO 13485 uses this framework and then enhances it with specific medical terms and definitions (for example, advisory notice, labeling, etc.) as well as medical industry-specific requirements, as defined by the responsible Technical Committee (ISO/TS 210). An ISO 13485: 2003 quality management system can be evolved from or integrated into another management system but careful consideration must remain of these medical-specific requirements.
ISO 13485: 2003 OverviewISO 13485: 2003 is an international standard that specifies requirements for a quality management system where an organization needs to demonstrate its ability to provide medical devices and related services that consistently meet customer and regulatory requirements applicable to medical devices and related services. ISO 13485 is applicable to organizations that manufacture private label medical devices, in vitro diagnostic medical devices and medical components.
The introduction of the revised ISO 13485 standard in 2003 marked the shift from procedure-based to process-based quality management systems. Process-based standards can be viewed as a continuum of activities, inputs and outputs that become the inputs of the next activity, whereas a procedure-based system considers the quality system in parts or separate functions, such as design control, production and process control.
This is a central approach to quality assurance because it shifts the importance from the role of the quality inspection at the end of production, and evenly distributes the responsibility of quality control throughout every aspect of production, building quality assurance procedures into the process itself.
A prevalent theme throughout the ISO 13485: 2003 standard, and one that should occur throughout the initial development to product realization and eventual delivery of a product, is how well the organization assesses and manages risk. A guidance document within the ISO 13485: 2003 standard that is specifically referenced for risk assessment is ISO 14971: 2007-Medical devices – Application of risk management to medical devices.
Within this document, the organization is given detailed supporting tools to manage risk, which are largely accepted throughout the medical community. While this guidance document is not a requirement, it is strongly recommended that organizations consider its applicability or relevance before developing any of their own risk assessment tools.
Identification and traceability also is an important theme, in terms of product lots or batches, which carry with them supporting identification markings and records throughout the process. The ability to finely tune-in to a specific product lot or batch and all of its corresponding supporting records is a significant value to any medical device company, as well as the basis for many common audit trails.
Lastly, cleanliness or sterile conditions of the work environment is another main theme within the ISO 13485: 2003 standard. While ISO 9001: 2000 certainly elevated the importance of these types of requirements as it pertains to productivity, as well as an organized overall quality management system, ISO 13485: 2003 takes these requirements to the next level as many companies rely on these types of conditions as a matter of doing business altogether and also continually scrutinize their impact on the quality of the product.
Risk ManagementAs discussed earlier, the introduction of ISO 13485: 2003 also incorporates risk management into the process, specifying a process for a manufacturer to identify the hazards associated with medical devices, including in vitro diagnostic medical devices, to estimate and evaluate the associated risks, to control these risks and to monitor the effectiveness of the controls.
Risk management is a crucial part to effective quality assurance systems because justification for quality system decisions should be documented based on risk. Risk often is evaluated from two perspectives: safety risk and business risk. Safety risks are analyzed based on the class of medical product and the intrinsic risk that it poses. For this component, safety risk can be described as likeliness of resulting in serious injury or death or as causing harm.
Risk management, according to the aforementioned ISO 14971: 2007, is defined in two parts: the probability of occurrence of harm and the consequences of that harm, or how severe it might be. In this case, a medical device company has to consider this definition and then expand on a given product’s risk by using tools such as the risk analysis, risk evaluation, risk control and production and post-production information throughout the initial development to product realization and eventual delivery of the product.
During the risk analysis, an organization needs to consider how the product is intended to be used, what possible hazards evolve from those uses and then place an estimation on the degree to which risk is possible. Following this analysis, the organization then should conduct its risk evaluation.
During the risk evaluation the organization should be deciding which hazards will require actions through risk reductions using defined risk guidelines. After hazards that require risk reduction are defined, the organization should move on to risk control or putting measures in place to reduce the risk to an overall acceptable level.
Lastly, after these steps have been taken, the organization needs to complete the entire risk assessment cycle by considering whether production and post-production information requires adjustment to reflect any previously unrecognized risks or previously unacceptable risks. In either case, when these adjustments are made, the process should start over. As risk is inherent, the goal of this process is to closely manage risk, not necessarily eliminate it altogether.
Risk management applies to all medical device companies and, in the end, protects both the manufacturing companies and consumers. Companies are provided with a proven tool for driving the inherent risk of their products down while consumers can be reassured that any hazards to them with the medical devices they may come into contact with are being managed through a systematic approach to making the products safer for use. This is a central theme of ISO 13485: 2003 and one of the driving motivations for its continued growth within the standards community. Q
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How exciting! Kiki is going shopping with Mama Panda! It means the freedom to explore, only if he can stay out of trouble! See the problems he will run into! Perhaps, you can give him a big hand!
- Easy concepts with child-friendly gameplay;
- 4 independent scenes with fun interactions;
- Silly and entertaining animations!
With freedom comes responsibility. Our goal is to bring safety awarenesses to children. They will relate safety tips to the situations they see and catch all the poor behaviors acted out by our silly panda Kiki. Maybe they will pay more attention to safety the next time they go out, too!
- Design concepts：
We focus on inspirational learning;
We focus on skill-building;
We focus on bringing fun contents to our young audience;
Take the baby bus for an unique learning experience!
- The series introduction：
Baby Bus is the first trusted brand in early childhood educational software. The mobile applications are designed and developed specifically for preschoolers, and they are divided into two groups by age, the Starter Group for toddlers between the ages of 1 and 3 and the Prodigy Group for children between the ages of 3 and 6. The educational series in the Prodigy Group combines the main concepts of early childhood education to meet the needs of mastering different learning categories. The applications are aimed at the comprehensive and the analytic development in younger children.
Tips: In the search bar, enter "BabyBus" to find all of our products.
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"A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures
24of silver." It is a rule in Christian Science never to re- peat error unless it becomes requisite to bring out Truth. Then lift the curtain, let in the light, and countermand
1this first command of Solomon, "Answer not a fool accord- ing to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him."
3A distant rumbling and quivering of the earth foretell the internal action of pent-up gas. To avoid danger from this source people have to escape from their houses to the
6open space. A conical cloud, hanging like a horoscope in the air, foreshadows a cyclone. To escape from this calamity people prepare shelter in caves of the earth.
9They who discern the face of the skies cannot always discern the mental signs of these times, and peer through the opaque error. Where my vision begins and is clear,
12theirs grows indistinct and ends.
There are diversities of operation by the same spirit. Two individuals, with all the goodness of generous na-
15tures, advise me. One says, Go this way; the other says, Take the opposite direction! Between the two I stand still; or, accepting the premonition of one of them,
18I follow his counsel, take a few steps, then halt. A true sense not unfamiliar has been awakened. I see the way now. The guardians of His presence go before me. I
21enter the path. It may be smooth, or it may be rugged; but it is always straight and narrow; and if it be up- hill all the way, the ascent is easy and the summit can
God is responsible for the mission of those whom He has anointed. Those who know no will but His take
27His hand, and from the night He leads to light. None can say unto Him, What doest Thou?
The Christian Science Journal was the oldest and
30only authenticated organ of Christian Science up to 1898. Loyal Scientists are targets for envy, rivalry, slander; and whoever hits this mark is well paid by the
1umpire. But the Scientists aim highest. They press for- ward towards the mark of a high calling. They recog-
3nize the claims of the law and the gospel. They know that whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he reap. They infringe neither the books nor the business of others; and
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(HealthDay)—Evidence of the economic upturn can be found in more than housing starts and auto sales: A new report shows that the number of cosmetic procedures grew 5 percent in 2012.
Botox injections and other types of minimally invasive treatments led the way as more people opted for these types of facial rejuvenation procedures, while the number who chose to "go under the knife" remained relatively stable, the findings revealed.
In total, there were 14.6 million minimally invasive and surgical plastic surgery procedures in 2012. There were also 5.6 million reconstructive plastic surgery procedures last year, an increase of 1 percent from 2011, according to annual statistics from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).
Minimally invasive procedures increased 6 percent, with more than 13 million procedures in 2012. The top five were:
- Botox injections, also called Botulinum toxin type A (6.1 million procedures, up 8 percent)
- Soft tissue fillers (2 million procedures, up 5 percent)
- Chemical peel (1.1 million procedures, up 2 percent)
- Laser hair removal (1.1 million procedures, up 4 percent)
- Microdermabrasion (974,000 procedures, up 8 percent)
There were nearly 1.6 million cosmetic surgical procedures in 2012, a 2 percent decrease from 2011. The top five surgical procedures last year were:
- Breast augmentation (286,000 procedures, down 7 percent)
- Nose reshaping (243,000 procedures, no change)
- Liposuction (202,000 procedures, down 1 percent)
- Eyelid surgery (204,000 procedures, up 4 percent)
- Facelift (126,000 procedures, up 6 percent).
While cosmetic breast surgeries among women decreased 2 percent between 2011 and 2012, male breast reduction surgeries increased 5 percent, to nearly 21,000 in 2012, the report said.
"For the third consecutive year, the overall growth in cosmetic surgery continues to be driven by a significant rise in minimally invasive procedures, while surgical procedures remain relatively stable. We are aware, however, that patients who begin with less-invasive treatments with a plastic surgeon may opt for more invasive, surgical procedures once required," Dr. Gregory Evans, ASPS president, said in a society news release.
Reconstructive plastic surgery increased by 1 percent in 2012 and the top five procedures were:
- Tumor removal (4.2 million, up 1 percent)
- Laceration repair (291,000, down 4 percent)
- Maxillofacial surgery (209,000, up 7 percent)
- Scar revision (171,000, down 2 percent)
- Hand surgery (123,000, up 3 percent).
Reconstructive breast reduction increased 8 percent, with 68,000 procedures performed in 2012, the report noted.
"Although breast reduction has many physical and psychological benefits for women with overly large breasts, obstacles remain in acquiring insurance coverage," Evans said. "It's promising to see gains in this and other beneficial, medically necessary surgeries."
Explore further: US plastic surgeries rise for second straight year
The U.S. National Library of Medicine has more about plastic and cosmetic surgery.
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By Theodore F. Hatch and Paul Gross. Price, $5.95 clothbound; $3.45 paperback. Pp 192, with illustrations. Academic Press, Inc., 111 Fifth Ave, New York 10003, 1964.
This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables.
This book is a scholarly, well-organized, documented consideration of the subject. The authors have been interested in this problem for many years and have collaborated in research on pulmonary dust problems over the past 15 years. The book is written for doctors and engineers—for the people who are interested in controlling dusty environment and preventing pulmonary disease as a result of inhalation of particulate matter from the atmosphere. There is careful consideration given to the anatomi- cal and physiological factors in respiratory deposition of aerosols, the physical factors in deposition of aerosols, experimental studies on deposition of inhaled aerosols, pulmonary clearance, disease risk from inhaled aerosols, and measurement of respirable aerosol exposure. The book is well written and well illustrated. From time to time the authors summarize in two or three pages what has been discussed in the last one or two chapters. An excellent bibliography is provided, and the
Bedell GN. Pulmonary Deposition and Retention of Inhaled Aerosols.. Arch Intern Med. 1964;114(4):578-579. doi:10.1001/archinte.1964.03860100160048
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- Did you know that increasing scientific, behavioral and anthropological evidence suggests certain animals reached out to our ancestors—befriending, empowering, and gentling people long before we were able to corral and control them?
- Did you realize that as humans formed partnerships with animals, our own species became braver, stronger, and more compassionate as a result?
- Horses, dogs, and other animals have proven to help us reduce stress, heal from physical illness and traumatic events. Indeed they teach us HOW to lead longer, more fulfilling lives. More and more evidence is showing that animals do as consciously connect with humans as the other way around.
Mutual Transformation: the human-animal bond in a new light
In this engaging presentation and discussion, best-selling author Linda Kohanov shares some of her latest, and in many cases, surprising insights on the power of the human-animal bond.
Through evocative images and moving case studies from around the world, she combines compelling historical, archeological, biochemical, and behavioral research to illuminate a process of mutual transformation that challenges all our previous notions and how and why our ancestors formed close partnerships with animals.
Perhaps even more astonishing, she offers evidence that some species, horses included, may have reached out to ancient settlers rather than the other way around!
Long-lost Nomadic wisdom
In her recent book, The Five Roles of a Master Herder, Linda shows how a recent move toward greater freedom and mobility in modern culture requires that we incorporate the innovative leadership and social intelligence skills that early nomadic, animal-centered cultures pioneered eons ago.
This fluid wisdom was lost when city-based civilizations began to objectify animals.
“As people developed the technology to corral, confine, and restrain their four-legged friends, rather than socialize, collaborate with and move with them as nomadic pastoral tribes learned to do, our city-based ancestors limited their own approaches to power and social organization,” Linda reveals.
“Humanity became proficient at intimidating and in some cases enslaving animals and other people. In the process, civilization lost respect for the benevolent side of nature, instead developing a cold-hearted, mechanistic view of life that even now leads to disconnection, depression, and widespread acts of violence.
Mutual aid between species
“Growing evidence on the development of the human-animal bond, on the other hand, suggests that the tendency to seek connection, and to offer as well as request mutual aid across species lines, is a part of nature, that ‘life’ does in fact ‘favor and protect life.’ From this perspective, the human-animal bond is not a by-product of civilization or a contrived innovation; it is the heart of evolution in action.”
Date & time: Thursday 10 October 2019, 19:00-22:00
Location: Galloper Ranch, Tweelweg 1, Terschuur (near Amersfoort), the Netherlands
This engaging, interactive presentation doesn’t feature horse exercises. Coffee, tea and light snacks are included.
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Not so long ago, a great novelty appeared on the seed market - a tomato of the Raspberry Rhapsody variety. The tomato has many advantages over competitors and is able to surprise gardeners with an early harvest and great taste of the fruit. It can be grown both outdoors and in greenhouses.
Description of the variety
Raspberry Rhapsody is an early tomato variety that gives its first harvest 90 to 95 days after germination. Refers to determinant standard tomatoes that do not need pinching. The height of the bush does not exceed 60 centimeters. Can be grown both under film cover and in unprotected soil.
The characteristics of the fruit immediately draw attention to the variety. The mass of one tomato reaches 300 grams with good care, the pulp is very dense and fleshy. Dry matter contains 5%. There are about 5 to 6 seed chambers. At maturity, the fruits have a crimson color and a rounded, slightly flattened shape. Tomatoes are very ribbed, which makes their appearance even more presentable and unusual.
On an industrial scale, Raspberry Rhapsody is almost never grown, because mature tomatoes do not tolerate transportation very well and are not suitable for long-term storage: they quickly lose their commercial qualities and begin to deteriorate.
But for home use, this variety is simply ideal: both for fresh consumption and for preparing blanks, preservation.
The yield of Raspberry Rhapsody is high - up to 15 kilograms of ripe fruits are harvested from one square meter. With such indicators, only a few bushes on the site will provide the whole family with delicious fresh tomatoes.
The description of the variety allows us to conclude that the timely sowing of seedlings will allow harvesting ahead of time. The optimal time for this is the end of March or the beginning of April. Previously, this should not be done, because the seedlings will begin to stretch, and due to the threat of night frosts, it may not yet be possible to plant it in open ground.
Despite the small height of the bush, Raspberry Rhapsody needs a garter. The stem of a tomato is not very strong, so bad weather and strong winds can be harmful. It is worth noting that in order to grow these tomatoes, you need to take care of regular feeding.
The fact is that the plant is demanding on the composition of the soil, and the variety gives a good full-fledged harvest only with appropriate care.
Raspberry Rhapsody has good resistance to major diseases and pests. However, top rot can damage the crop. To avoid trouble, you need to reduce the nitrogen content in the soil, trying to add calcium there.
Regular airing of the greenhouse and timely watering will help prevent the appearance of brown spot. Excessive moisture not only causes disease, but also rotting of the root system and the death of bushes is possible.
Tomato Raspberry Rhapsody requires a certain level of attention and care. However, if you follow the simple rules of care and prevention of diseases, the gardener will receive a rich harvest of tasty tomatoes, which fully compensates for the effort expended.
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A Tyneside doctor could be struck off - for allegedly 'throwing a cup'.
Dr Richard Fielding is a Consultant Nephrologist who helps treat patients suffering from chronic kidney disease.
But the experienced doctor faces being hauled to a misconduct hearing after he was cautioned by police.
ChronicleLive understands it relates to an alleged incident in which a cup struck someone, which sparked an investigation by the General Medical Council.
That lead to a referral to the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Hearing (MPTS) which will decide if Dr Fielding is fit to practise.
His employer, the Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said it would be "inappropriate to comment".
It also wouldn't reveal if Dr Fielding had been suspended following the caution.
A Northumbria Police spokesperson said: "On June 11, 2018 officers responded to a report of concern for welfare.
"A 48-year-old man was spoken to and given a caution for common assault."
The MPTS website states he accepted the caution following a nine-day police investigation.
The watchdog will now investigate the claims at a three-day tribunal in Manchester starting on October 8.
The trust's website states Dr Fielding is the clinical lead at the Peritoneal Dialysis Clinic which "specialises in the renal replacement therapy peritoneal dialysis in patients with end-stage kidney disease".
That treatment offers frail patients the chance to be treated at home.
If Dr Fielding's ability to practice is found to be impaired, he could face a raft of disposals. They include erasure from the medical register.
The General Medical Council's register states Dr Fielding graduated from the University of Nottingham in 1993, and gained full registration a year later.
He joined the specialists register in 2007.
A GMC spokesperson added: "We are not able to discuss individual investigations.
"Any allegations that are taken forward to a hearing will be heard and considered by the tribunal then."
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- Smaller vehicles have dominated the first generation of electrified cars.
- But a wave of upcoming electric SUVs could help bring battery-powered cars further into the mainstream.
- In the coming years, both established auto companies and startups plan to release a range of electric SUVs to compete with Tesla's Model X.
If electric cars are the auto industry's future, SUVs represent its present. SUVs continue to take an increasingly large share of the global auto market, worrying those who support a movement toward higher fuel efficiency and lower greenhouse gas emissions.
But the popularity of SUVs has presented an opportunity to ease the transition from gas-powered to electric vehicles. While smaller vehicles have dominated the first generation of electrified cars, an upcoming wave of electric SUVs could help bring battery-powered cars further into the mainstream.
In the coming years, both established auto companies and startups plan to release a range of electric SUVs to compete with Tesla's Model X.
Here's what they have planned:
1. Jaguar I-Pace
Jaguar will release its first fully-electric vehicle, the I-Pace, in the US during the second half of this year.
Jaguar says the I-Pace has the kind of performance specs you'd expect from a luxury brand.
Designed as a competitor to Tesla's Model X, the I-Pace will have 394 horsepower, 512 pound-feet of torque, up to 240 miles of range and the ability to accelerate from 0-60 mph in 4.5 seconds, according to Jaguar.
2. Audi e-tron
Audi says it will start delivering the e-tron in the US in the second quarter of 2019.
The e-tron will have just under 250 miles of range, Audi says.
Audi has said the e-tron will have a range of around 248 miles per charge, a top speed of 124 mph, a 0-60 mph time of 5.5 seconds, and a 95 kWh battery that will be able to get an 80% charge in around 30 minutes when using certain DC fast-chargers.
3. Volkswagen I.D. Crozz
Volkswagen will release its I.D. crossover SUV in 2020.
Volkswagen says the vehicle will have a range of up to 300 miles.
The ID Crozz will have two motors, 302 horsepower, and the ability to drive up to 300 miles per charge, Volkswagen has said.
4. Mercedez-Benz EQC
Mercedes-Benz will bring the EQC SUV to the US in 2020.
Mercedes-Benz says the EQC will be able to accelerate from 0-60 mph in under five seconds.
The EQC will be able to accelerate from 0-60 mph in 4.9 seconds and will have around 280 miles of range, 564 pound-feet of torque, and 402 horsepower, Mercedes-Benz has said.
5. BMW iX3
BMW revealed its iX3 electric SUV concept in April at the Beijing Auto Show and plans to start making a production version of the vehicle in 2020.
BMW says the iX3 will have over 249 miles of range.
BMW says the iX3 will have a range of over 249 miles per charge and a motor that can produce over 270 horsepower.
6. Faraday Future FF 91
While Faraday Future has struggled to raise money, the company has said its FF 91 could ship by the end of this year.
The company has said the vehicle will be incredibly powerful.
Faraday Future says the FF91 will have 3 motors, 1050 horsepower, and a 0-60 mph time of 2.39 seconds.
7. Byton M-Byte
Chinese startup Byton unveiled a concept for its electric M-Byte SUV in January. Byton co-founder Daniel Kircherttold Business Insider the M-Byte will arrive in 2019.
The M-Byte has a distinctive interior.
In place of a traditional dashboard, the M-Byte concept — which Kirchert said represents around 80% of the production version — has a 49-inch touchscreen, as well as touchscreens on the steering wheel and the backs of the front seats. The M-Byte also has individually-adjustable seats, gesture control features, and onboard Wi-Fi.
8. Hyundai Kona Electric
Hyundai will bring its Kona Electric crossover SUV to the US in the fourth quarter of this year.
The Kona Electric has impressive range.
The Kona will have 258 miles of range, according to theEnvironmental Protection Agency. It will also have driver-assistance features that can help avoid accidents and keep the car in its lane.
9. Kia Niro EV
Kia has said it will bring its Niro EV crossover to the US at the end of this year. Pictured above is a concept version of the vehicle.
Kia has said the Niro EV will have a 240-mile range.
According to Kia, the Niro EV will have a 240-mile range, 201 horsepower, and 291 pound-feet of torque.
10. SF Motors SF5
Startup SF Motors unveiled its plans to make electric SUVs at the New York International Auto Show in March.
The SF5 may have up to 1,000 horsepower.
The company will start with the SF5, which SF Motors plans to start producing in 2019. SF Motors says customers will have the opportunity to equip the car with up to four motors and 1,000 horsepower.
11. Volvo XC40
Volvo design chief Thomas Ingenlath told Autocar in June that Volvo will release an electric version of its XC40 SUV "very soon" after the Polestar 2. The gas-powered version of the XC40 is pictured above.
Volvo will make a plug-in hybrid version of the XC40.
Volvo hasn't yet revealed the hybrid's specs. In April, the company said it is aiming for fully-electric cars to account for 50% of its sales by 2025.
12. Subaru's all-electric crossover
In August 2016, a Subaru spokesperson told Automotive News that if the company ends up building an electric car, it would probably build it on its Global Platform, like the 2017 Subaru Impreza, pictured above.
The company's first plug-in hybrid will arrive near the end of this year.
Subaru said in May that the Crosstrek Hybrid, the company's first plug-in hybrid vehicle, will arrive near the end of this year.
13. Ford's electric crossover
Ford has said it will release an all-electric crossover inspired by the Mustang in 2020.
The crossover doesn't have a name yet, but the company claims it will have an impressive range.
Ford has said the vehicle will have a 300-mile range and an entry-level price under $40,000.
BONUS: Tesla Model Y
While Tesla hasn't announced a definite release date for its upcoming Model Y SUV, CEO Elon Musk has said production will begin in 2020.
Musk said the Model Y will be a "manufacturing revolution."
During Tesla's first-quarter earnings call in May, Musk said the Model Y will transform Tesla's manufacturing process.
"I think Model Y is going to be a manufacturing revolution," he said.
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