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For this new edition, ‘Ars Musica‘ will explore the voice in all its different forms and origins. Because whilst the voice is something that is common to cultures all over the world, vocal technique is often unique, serving a language, an intention or a thought.
Programme of events organized by the Institute:
- 13 November, the concert ‘Ondes Vocales‘ at the Arsonic Mons. In 1922, Corporal Maurice Martenot, a radio operator during the First World War, filed a patent for an instrument based on an electronic oscillator. Director: Gabriel Hollander, with Anna Clementi (singing), Thomas Bloch (ondes martenot) and Giusy Caruso (piano).
- 15 November 15, the concert ‘La parole seule’, at the Théâtre des Martyrs. The opera by Lukas Ligeti set to the words by François Emmanuel. The work will be preceded by ‘The Human Voice’ by Francis Poulenc and Jean Cocteau, in a version for piano and voice.
For more information: iicbruxelles.esteri.it
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The town of Warminster had not even had a chance to say goodbye. The parcels they were preparing had yet to be wrapped and the regiment's farewell parade was not until next Friday.
Before they were even able to steel themselves for the deployment of their local regiment, residents learned that five of the first unit of soldiers to head out had been killed in one of the bloodiest days for British forces in Afghanistan. The men of the 3rd Battalion, the Yorkshire Regiment, died alongside a soldier from the 1st Battalion, the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, when their Warrior armoured vehicle was blown up near Lashkar Gah on Tuesday.
Bathed in early spring sunshine yesterday, the idyllic Wiltshire market town of Warminster looked more like the setting for a period drama than a tragedy. Only the flags hanging limply at half-mast and the emotional paralysis of local people offered a clue to what had happened.
The mayor, Pip Ridout, was waiting to hear from Lieutenant-Colonel Zak Stenning, the commanding officer of the 3rd Yorks, whether they still wanted to go ahead with the farewell parade for the rest of the armoured infantry regiment. "There is an awful air of silence and shock around, and everybody is looking lost," she said. "The news is devastating for the town. They only left three weeks ago. I don't think it has sunk in yet."
In this garrison town of just over 17,000 people, almost a quarter are in the army or ex-forces. Yesterday, everyone The Independent spoke to knew a soldier from the regiment, worked with their wives or taught their children.
At the Minster Church of St Denys, the Reverend Harvey Gibbons prepared to gather together the grieving for prayer and contemplation. "There has been a stunned silence in the town," he said. "People are struggling to come to terms with the news, the enormity of it. But they are resilient and have a long-term connection with the military, so they will be there for them."
With the rest of the 3 Yorks – whose motto is "fortune favours the brave" – preparing to deploy, about 90 soldiers from Corunna Company had formed an advanced party, setting off on St Valentine's Day with their own resident celebrity, the X Factor contestant Jonjo Kerr. Five of them were among the six killed on Tuesday.
"I've met and served a few of the blokes who come in here and I feel pretty gutted, very upset," said Ben Uffindell, the barman at the Anchor Hotel.
Everyone's thoughts were with the grieving families, but also with those who have yet to bid farewell to their husbands, sons and brothers. The message from the military has been that this tour,despite being during the traditional Afghan "fighting season" – was all about a peaceful transition. This week's news served only as a reminder that the bloodshed is not over.
"My dad is going out and I am scared and worried. I just want him to come home safe," said Sasha Roarty, 21.
"It is absolutely horrendous and tragic," said Nancy Rivers, 57. "All the people I have spoken to today have said they still think it is a worthwhile cause – but not worth the loss of lives."
Outside Battlesbury Barracks, the battalion's flag, emblazoned with a gold lion and white rose, flew at half-mast as two soldiers re-lit a candle that was placed there when Corunna Company deployed three weeks ago. Beneath it, the text read: "It will be extinguished when the last soldier of the battalion returns safely to this base."
Yesterday, 3 Yorks and their home town were coming to terms with the fact that was not going to be the case.
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Christophe W. Lombard, DACVIM (Cardiology), DECVIM-CA
Professor, Dept. of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Berne
The recent two decades have seen revolutionary changes in the concept of treating congestive heart failure in man and animals. The recognition of overshooting neuroendocrine mechanisms, in particular excessive activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) with increased angiotensin-II levels elevating afterload and stimulating excessive myocardial hypertrophy (cardiac remodeling), is now well established, Increased afterload damages an already failing heart even further. Inhibitors of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE-inhibitors) have been developed to counteract these adaptations and have proven their efficacy for treating congestive heart failure in man and in dogs. They have also demonstrated efficacy in combination with digoxin and diuretics. Additionally, ACE-inhibitors have shown to prolong survival in man and in dogs with endocardiosis with mitral and/or tricuspid insufficiency compared to placebo-controls on conventional therapy. Efficacy- and improved survival data have been published for enalapril (the COVE trial 1995, the LIVE trial 1998) and for benazepril (the BENCH trial 1999).Increasing contractile function of the failing heart in cardiomyopathy continues to be a goal for therapeutic intervention (Endoh 2001). Attention has focused on drugs using other than direct stimulation via adrenergic receptors and the adenylate cyclase pathway. Phosphodiesterase III-inhibitors such as milrinone are potent positive inotropes, but their regrettable side effect of increasing mortality in humans through arrhythmogenesis (the "PROMISE" trial, Packer et al 1991) prevented their successful registration and release for treatment.
The recent development of inodilator drugs has addressed this problem in an elegant and successful way. These substances utilise a new mode of action, the sensitisation of cardiac troponin C to calcium, to improve contractility. Such compounds are referred to as "Calcium-Sensitizers" and have been described to have a positive impact on myocardial energetics (Hasenfuss et al 1989, Remme et al 1994). The ideal positive inotropic drug should have some negative chronotropic effects, should be mediated by other than increases in calcium transients, and should decelerate cross-bridge kinetics (Holubarsch 1997). Mixtures of the d- and l-isomers of Pimobendan were shown to cause stereospecific increases of the calcium sensitivity of cardiac myofilaments, specifically at the regulatory calcium binding sites of troponin C (Solaro et al 1989), besides having vasodilatatory properties mediated by the phosphodiesterase III-effects on vascular smooth muscle. The inodilator drug Pimobendan has been used successfully for the treatment of heart failure in humans in Japan (Kato, 1997). A recent study revealed significantly less adverse cardiac events, defined as death or hospitalisation due to heart failure, in human patients under Pimobendan therapy (EPOCH Study Group, 2002). Clinical studies performed in dogs revealed an efficacy at doses between 0.2 to 0.6 mg/kg/day (Kleemann and others 1998a), as well as clearly superior clinical benefits over digoxin (Kleemann et al 1998b, Poulsen Nautrup et al 1998). In these studies, dogs with chronic valvular disease (endocardiosis with mitral and/or tricuspid regurgitation) as well as dilated cardiomyopathy in advanced stages of heart failure were included. They improved their clinical condition under therapy. Furthermore, Pimobendan was shown to clearly and highly significantly prolong the survival time in a small number of Dobermans with dilated cardiomyopathy, increasing the median survival time from 50 days to 329 days (Luis Fuentes et al 2002).
We are going to review the major blinded, placebo-controlled multicenter studies of the last few years that have investigated the efficacy of Pimobendan for the treatment of congestive heart failure in dogs. Some of the above-mentioned investigations and data led to the licensing of Pimobendan for the therapy of canine CHF in the majority of European countries over last few years, an achievement that no other veterinary drug can claim so far.
The PITCH Study is a multicenter randomised positive-controlled study that was conceived in the late 90ies and tested the concept that dogs in congestive heart failure due to mitral regurgitation or dilated cardiomyopathy could be treated with either Pimobendan, Benazepril or both drugs together with the additional diuretic Furosemide where needed due to pulmonary congestion. 105 Dogs with moderately to severe CHF were included and blindly randomised to one of the 3 treatment groups. The initial efficacy study period over 28 days revealed a significantly higher drop-out rate of 34% for the Benazepril group vs. 11% for the Pimobendan group and 9% for the combination group. On a clinical scoring system based on signs such as dyspnea/cough, nocturnal restlessness, appetite, general activity etc. both groups with Pimobendan outperformed the Benazepril group. The combination of Pimobendan with Benazepril did not provide significant better results than Pimobendan alone. A voluntary longevity study followed, during which the dogs could receive, upon request of the owner when their dogs deteriorated, the drug that they hadn't gotten before as an addition to their therapy. The survival time was determined until such addition of drug or death or euthanasia occurred and compared Benazepril-treated dogs against dogs receiving Pimobendan alone or both drugs. A significantly longer survival time resulted for the dogs on Pimobendan. This study contained several weaknesses, namely an (unnecessary) combination-TX group and an unfortunately small number of dogs with mitral regurgitation that lead to small group numbers preventing meaningful statistical evaluation and power of the study.
The Vetscope study is a multicenter double-blinded trial which sought to compare the advantages of Pimobendan against Benazepril in dogs with moderately to severe congestive heart failure (ISACHC-classes 2 and 3) due to valvular disease/mitral regurgitation. A total of 76 dogs were enrolled. The study parameters and the set-up were similar to the PITCH study. Furosemide was allowed and used equally (ca. 2/3 of the cases) in both treatment groups.
Overall efficacy was rated as very good or good in 85% of the Pimobendan cases versus 41% of the Benazepril cases (P<0.0001). In the 56-day study period, 2 dogs in the Pimobendan group and 7 in the Benazepril group died or were euthanised due to cardiac reasons. The group mean of radiographically determined heart size diminished in the Pimobendan group, while it increased slightly in the Benazepril group (p = 0.0329). Survival analysis according to Kaplan-Meier for the 56-day period revealed significant differences in favour of Pimobendan (P=0.0386). Median survival time for Pimobendan treated dogs was 430 days versus 228 days for dogs receiving no Pimobendan. Again, survival analysis according to Kaplan-Meier revealed significant differences in favour of pimobendan (P=0.002). The complete study report will appear in the Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association in the summer of this year 2006.
Another study by Smith et al 2005 evaluated 43 dogs suffering from mitral regurgitation and mild to moderately severe congestive heart failure in a prospective randomised, single-blind parallel-group trial against Ramipril over a study period of 6 months. All dogs received variable dosages of Furosemide. Study endpoints were completion of the entire study period, and the need for hospitalisation and therapy adjustment in case of worsening. Pimobendan treated dogs completed the study in higher numbers (68%) than Ramipril-treated dogs (43%), and Pimobendan-treated dogs also had a significantly lower adverse HF-outcome (18%) than Ramipril-treated dogs (48%, p= 0.046 calculated as an odds ratio). Tolerance, i.e., drug-related sideeffects, of Pimobendan was low and comparable to Ramipril, as it had been in comparison to Benazepril in the studies above.
All 3 studies did not reveal any tendency to increased tachyarrhythmias or heart rate elevation, although ECGs had only been measured over max. 5 minutes, rather than by Holter electrocardiography for convincing proof of the absence of arrhythmogenesis of this drug.
General Remarks and Conclusions
The new inodilator or calcium-sensitiser drug Pimobendan has shown convincing evidence of good tolerability, safety and clinical efficacy in randomised, blinded multicenter clinical trials; it proved statistically superior to the ACE-inhibitors Benazepril and Ramipril when analysing clinical parameters, and prolonged survival significantly. The drug showed these desired effects in both of the most common canine cardiac diseases dilated cardiomyopathy and mitral regurgitation due to chronic valvular disease, in moderate to severe stages of congestive heart failure. It appears therefore that this new drug represents a new pillar in the heart failure therapy of dogs. What remains to be tested are its safety and efficacy when applied in less severe stages of heart failure, convincing evidence of non-arrhythmogenesis, and elucidation of its influence on pathologic remodeling of the heart during these diseases.
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2. The COVE study group (1995): Controlled clinical evaluation of Enalapril in dogs with heart failure: results of the cooperative veterinary Enalapril study group. J Vet Intern Med 9: 243-252
3. The EPOCH Study Group (2002): Effects of pimobendan on adverse cardiac events and physical activities in patients with mild to moderate chronic heart failure. Circulation 66; (2): 149-157
4. Endoh M (2001): Mechanism of action of Ca2+ sensitizers--update 2001. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther. 15;(5):397-403
5. Fujino K, Sperelakis N, Solaro RJ. Sensitization of dog and guinea pig heart myofilaments to Ca2+ activation and the inotropic effect of pimobendan: comparison with milrinone. Circ Res 1988; 63: 911-922.
6. Holubarsch C (1997): New inotropic concepts: Rationale for and differences between calcium sensitizers and phosphodiesterase inhibitors. Cardiology 88 (suppl 2): 12-20
7. Kato K (1997): Clinical efficacy and safety of Pimobendan in treatment of heart failure-Experience in Japan. Cardiology 88 (suppl 2): 28-36
8. Kleemann R, Le Bobinnec G, Bruyère D, Baatz G, Justus C, Schmidt H (1998a): Clinical efficacy of the novel inodilator pimobendan in dogs suffering from congestive heart failure. Proc. 41st BSAVA Cong. Birmingham, 274
9. Kleemann R, LeBobinnec G, Bruyère D, Justus C, Schmidt H (1998b): Clinical efficacy of the new inodilator pimobendan, in comparison to digoxin for the treatment of congestive heart failure in dogs. Proc. 4th FECAVA SCIVAC Congress, Bologna, 513
10. The LIVE study group (1998): Effects of enalapril maleate on survival of dogs with naturally acquired heart failure. JAVMA 213: 1573-1577
11. Luis-Fuentes V, Corcoran B, French A, Schober KE, Kleemann R, Justus C (2002): A double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled study of pimobendan in dogs with dilated cardiomyopathy. J Vet Intern Med 16 (3), 255-261
12. Packer M, Carver JR, Rodeheffer RJ and others (1991): Effect of oral Milrinone on mortality in severe chronic heart failure. N Engl J Med 325: 1468-1475
13. Poulsen Nautrup, Barbara, Justus, Claus, Kleemann, Rainer (1998): Pimobendan-a new positive inotropic and vasodilatatory substance for the treatment of canine congestive heart failure, in comparison with digoxin (in German) Kleintierpraxis 43: 509-526
14. Smith PJ, French AT, van Israel N et al 2005: Efficacy and safety of Pimobendan in canine heart failure caused by myxomatous mitral valve disease. J sm An Pract 46; 121-130
15. Solaro RJ, Fujino K, Sperelakis N (1989): The positive inotropic effect of pimobendan involves stereospecific increases in the calcium sensitivity of cardiac myofilaments. J cardiovasc pharm 14 (suppl 2): S27-S12
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It's hard to define near-death.
So says Mr Cory Richards, who is known for photographing his climbing adventures in vast, high-altitude environments.
The man, whose photographs have appeared in National Geographic magazine, paused before telling The New Paper: "The last time I had that experience was at Gasherbrum II (the 13th-highest mountain on Earth). I hope I don't feel that way again."
Mr Richards, 32, and two climbers were descending from the 8,034m Pakistani mountain in February 2011 when they were hit by a Class 4 serac avalanche.
This type of avalanche involves boulder-size ice chunks tumbling down at high speeds. It can destroy a railway car, a large truck or even buildings.
He still suffers from mild post traumatic stress disorder, but said the fear in such situations is a "fascinating experience".
"You're only scared before an accident, but during an accident, there's absolutely no room for fear. It's a complete acceptance of the present, and life does pass before your eyes, but it's not this big, grand vision...
"It's like parking tickets and Grape-Nuts (a brand of breakfast cereal)... You realise it's fleeting, and you need to make the best of it," he said.
Fighting his fears is par for the course.
"Going to the mountains is hard enough. Going back after you've had a really bad experience... that's really hard ."
Mr Richards was in Singapore earlier this month for a National Geographic exhibition at VivoCity, which showcased his photographs, among others. He said besides the danger, the work is tough in other ways.
On a particularly difficult day, it may involve shooting up to 60,000 photos in a session, out of which only 12 are used for a magazine article.
"When you're out in the field and you're shooting, and you're just not getting the shot, you're banging your head against the wall, trying to figure out how to do this and you're feeling that you're failing.
"That happens more often than not," he said.
"People see the published photographs, and this larger-than-life National Geographic photographer, but they don't see the months of work that go into those 12 photographs," he added.
Despite the risks, and the fact that the job takes him away from home for up to nine months in a year, he believes his work is the best there is.
"I do it anyway, despite the fear, because the experience is just that amazing. It's like falling in love," said Mr Richards.
He is married to a yoga instructor who also climbs. The couple have no kids.
He is looking forward to returning to South-east Asia early next year, visiting Malaysian Borneo for a story "he can't say too much about yet".
What he is happy to talk about, however, is the one thing he strives towards in all his photographs: an emotional connection.
"I want people to feel something. I don't care if they hate me for it... I feel that's the definition of good art, good photography. It's evocative. If it doesn't move you, it doesn't need to exist."
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Hi guys! I am trying to LAN a HOMM 1 game on two home computers. I have a router with about 5 ports for LAN cables, so I have done this:
"Plug the other ends of the two Ethernet cables into the back of the router. Turn each of the computers on and their operating systems will automatically recognize that they are on a network. You can now play games between the two computers over the LAN that you have set up"
This makes it look so easy.. http://www.ehow.com/how_6216147_connect-computers-playing-games-lan.html#ixzz2Q3dyHb1N
Firstly, I'm struggling to get the PCs to recognize the home network system, and secondly, I don't know if I should choose
"network" or Hot seat" in the game itself. I'm presuming it won't be direct connect or "modem"... can anyone help out please?
Btw, the connection now allows both PC's to browse the internet, but if I try to make the PC switch to "Home Network" via the Control Pnanel network settings, it simply refuses to, and says: This PC cannot connect to a home network. I have actually set up a home network connecting to my laptop via wi fi from the same router in the past, so I don't what the problem suddenly is now... or are the wi fi settings something completely else?
Oh, sorry, and I'm on Win. 7.
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Rebuilding and reconductoring just under 12 miles (19.3 km) of transmission line is not unique or considered to be a major accomplishment; unless that line is rebuilt and re-conductored while it remains continuously energized. That was the case for UtiliCorp United's Cripple Creek 69-kV transmission line.
UtiliCorp's WestPlains Energy operating unit found itself faced with rapidly declining service from a radial 69-kV transmission line in a rugged region of Colorado's Rocky Mountains. The line's copper conductor had reached the end of its reliable life--it often broke under ice or high wind loads. UtiliCorp's engineers also determined faulty insulators, poor grounding and, in some places, inadequate clearances for conductor blowout were causing an unacceptable level of momentary outages.
The fact that this line was the only source to Colorado's largest gold mine and to one of the state's most successful gambling resort towns only heightened the need to address the situation. Outages were out of the question. Revenues at the Pikes Peak gold mine and in the gambling resort town of Cripple Creek are measured in tens of thousands of dollars per hour. In addition, the Cripple Creek transmission line serves the historic mining town of Victor, Colorado and the surrounding ranches, businesses, hospital and other vital services.
UtiliCorp's engineers vigorously investigated a variety of options to address the problem. They considered building a temporary circuit, constructing a parallel line, building an additional circuit from another source and even installing generation facilities. Then, they developed and documented estimated costs and project completion dates.
When the engineers evaluated costs and environmental and customer impacts, they found that none of the conventional options were desirable. The generation option was quickly dismissed given the 10,000-ft (3048-m) elevation and lack of fuel source. Acquiring new rights-of-way and the associated tree clearances was not desirable given the fact that the area is located in some of the Rocky Mountain's most beautiful and rugged terrain. The majority land owner, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, is charged with protecting the local habitat, and as such, supported developing a solution with little impact on the environment.
To develop an alternative solution, UtiliCorp engineers teamed with Danford, L.C., Lees Summit, Missouri, U.S., to implement an innovative solution. Danford is an international firm that specializes in the energized maintenance and construction of overhead electrical lines. It has developed proprietary techniques and apparatus that makes energized work on transmission lines safer and more efficient. Prior to the subject project, Danford principals had completed three projects in which a transmission line was reconductored and refurbished while remaining energized. Working closely with UtiliCorp engineering staff, Danford developed a plan to reconductor and rebuild the Cripple Creek line on the same center line without taking a single outage. This plan met all of the safety, environmental, customer service and economic criteria set forth by all parties involved in the project.
The Cripple Creek line was originally built as a 22-kV line in the late 1800s. In 1918 it was rebuilt to 69 kV. The construction varies from single wood poles with 300-ft (91.5-m) spans in milder terrain, to three pole structures with spans up to 1700 ft (518-m) in the rough areas. Over the years, poles were replaced and general maintenance was performed, however, the 1918 vintage copper conductor remained in service because the line could not be de-energized.
By 1995 the conductor had become brittle and unreliable. It was clear to UtiliCorp that measures needed to be taken to continue the high level of service the utility is committed to providing.
The project was given high priority in the spring of 1995 after enduring a winter of icing, broken wires and less than acceptable outage statistics. Danford developed a detailed written construction plan that was reviewed by UtiliCorp engineering and operations personnel. After the plan was accepted, UtiliCorp engineering staff completed line design and procured materials for the job. UtiliCorp and Danford jointly developed a detailed construction mitigation plan, which the U.S. Bureau of Land Management approved. Construction began less than nine weeks after the first field inspection of the circuit in May 1995.
The construction mitigation plan included a detailed listing of construction equipment and materials to be used on the project, the number of equipment trips in and out of the right-of-way, and the length and location of construction activities, among other details. Because of wildlife and archeological concerns only about half of the project was approved for construction during the summer of 1995. The second half of the project was performed in the summer of 1996 after wildlife and archeological studies were completed.
Special equipment such as low pressure tracked vehicles, all-terrain vehicles and horses minimized disturbance to the ground in the rugged, remote and pristine mountain environment. One requirement for the area was that no new roads or additional grading could be performed; however, back blading of existing trails was permitted. Danford's patented LineMaster robotic arm was the essential piece of equipment used on this energized project. In fact, the UtiliCorp review team claimed that the project could not have been performed safely without the LineMaster.
The LineMaster is a patented, hydraulically powered, boom-mounted robotic arm designed and intended for use at both distribution and transmission voltage levels. The Line-Master telescopes and pivots through a range of rotary motion in excess of 130 degrees. It captures, supports and moves all standard conductor configurations from flat to phase-over-phase. Conductor capture and motion is remotely controlled by one man on the pole, in the bucket, on the truck, or on the ground.
During the course of the project UtiliCorp's concern over the likelihood of conductor failure was confirmed. The line crew discovered four sections of the line that were damaged by line fatigue or, in one case, rifle shots. The damage was severe enough that any heavy wind, ice or construction loading would cause the conductor to break, creating a major outage in the Cripple Creek district. The outages, as with past broken wire events, would have been lengthy given the region's rough terrain and snow depth. The LineMaster allowed the crew to handle the fragile conductor remotely in a smooth, controlled motion, increasing the safety of conductor movement operations.
At the time this project began, Danford did not yet possess a group of skilled linemen trained in the specialized techniques required to perform energized transmission re-conductor projects. Likewise, no such workforce was available from UtiliCorp's WestPlains operation. Undaunted, Danford and UtiliCorp joined forces to train the specialized workforce required. Cliff Devine and Dan O'Connell, the two Danford principals who directed the project, were certified instructors in hot-stick, rubber glove and barehand techniques and procedures.
Together, UtiliCorp's safety and training department and Danford provided the required training to a group of linemen with no previous transmission construction experience. Theyperformed two weeks of classroom and field trial training during the nine weeks prior to the start of the project. Due to the concern over the condition of the Cripple Creek line and the short window of opportunity to perform the construction in the Rocky Mountains, a good deal of training was performed "on the job." In all, more than 5000 man-hours of training were provided.
The Cripple Creek project was completed for less than half the cost of more conventional construction alternatives. The cost of the project was US$1.1 million, which compared to the original estimates of US$2.3 million and US$3.0 million using more conventional approaches. These estimates may have been conservative given the higher than anticipated costs to mobilize in rugged terrain and to obtain the required permits and construction rights.
In conclusion, the Cripple Creek project as well as previous and future energized reconductor projects substantiate and prove the value of energized transmission line reconductoring and rebuilding to the industry.
In this new age of increasing com-petition and heightened customer reliability concerns, energized transmission line reconductoring and rebuilding is an important new tool that utility asset managers can use to balance competitive pressures with the reliability demands of their customers.
Dan Slaven is a transmission engineer with UtiliCorp United, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., which he joined nine years ago. He has the BSCE degree from Kansas State University. He is responsible for the design and management of all transmission line projects in the Missouri Public Service and WestPlains Energy divisions of UtiliCorp United, which includes facilities in Colorado, Kansas and Missouri.
Cliff Devine is a founding principal of Danford, L.C. He started his 33-year career in the utility industry with West Kootenay Power. During his tenure at West Kootenay, he developed and implemented high voltage, live-line techniques as well as managed all facets of the electric and commercial operation in the Okanagan Valley. He co-developed the patented LineMaster robotic arm, invented the patented High-Test insulator tester and co-authored the British Colombia Lineman's Apprenticeship Training Program.
Steve Powell is a principal of Danford, L.C. He is a registered professional engineer who started his 17-year utility career designing and managing transmission line projects with Burns & McDonnell Engineering. Most recently, he was the director of transmission engineering for UtiliCorp United, responsible for planning, design, right-of-way acquisition and project management for all transmission line, substation and system protection projects for U.S. operations.
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Often this is a defect, that can be found in my inspection reports. What’s the problem? There is not enough clearance away from the furnace (or water heater) vent pipe. You can see in the photo the drywall is touching the vent flue. Plus, around the rest of the pipe, at best, there is 1/2 inch clearance. This is a hazardous condition. This fix here is easy. Take a utility knife and cut way some of the sheet-rock.
My reports have a graphic (shown here) explaining this: For a single-wall vent connector, six inches of clearance must be maintained to any combustible material, i.e., wood or drywall. A double-wall vent (B-vent), should have a minimum of 1″ of clearance.
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Pharmacy Technicians are predicted to be in high demand as new medication is developed and the ageing population increases. Although their main role is to assist pharmacists in the provision of pharmaceutical services to patients, they are also required to communicate effectively with members of the public, physicians and other staff members. Apart from assisting pharmacists in the appropriate and effective dispensing of medications, PT’s are also involved in many routine clerical, technical and non-professional functions. Pharmacy Technicians must have superb visual acuity, knowledge of basic maths and should be physically strong enough to perform light lifting and be able to stand around for lengthy periods of time.
Questions to ask a Pharmacy Technician school in California
- What is the total cost of the course?
- How will the course help you to fulfil your career aspirations?
- What are the admission requirements of your school?
- When does the course start?
Questions you are likely to be asked at a Pharmacy Technician school interview
- How would you react to a customer that is difficult and verbally aggressive?
- Why should we accept you onto our course?
- What qualities should a Pharmacy Technician have?
- What subjects did you enjoy most at school?
- Where do you see yourself in 5 year’s time?
- What do you think will be the greatest challenge in completing this course?
At a Pharmacy Technician school you will learn about;
- Maintain medication distribution tools.
- Setting up, filling, and maintaining pharmacy display cases.
- Entering Physician orders and patient information into computers.
- Keeping pharmacy equipment clean.
- Check and record refrigerator temperatures.
- Complying with strict rules and regulations.
- Ensuring that medications are in date and secure.
- Keeping accurate dispensing records for controlled substances.
- Retrieving and filing pharmacy prescriptions.
Pharmacy Technician curriculums will cover topics such as;
- Admixing medications
- Controlled drugs
- Counting tablets
- Drug names
- Full inventory and cycle counts
- Labelling bottles
- Patient assistance drugs
- Protocol drugs
- Quality control
- Sales reporting
Reasons to enrol on this course
- You will get to learn something new every day.
- It’s a field that has excellent job security and very good pay.
- Can be the first step towards becoming a certified pharmacist.
- It is a job is that it doesn’t require a lot of training.
Facts about California
Largest City: Los Angles
Size: 158,706 square miles
GDP: 1.813 trillion USD (2007)
- More people live there than in any other US state.
- Also known as The Golden State, The El Dorado State and The Grape State.
- It is the third largest state in America.
- Its official motto is Eureka! (I have found it).
- Death Valley National Park (the hottest place in the United States) is located in California.
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Tech4Ed: how to use technology for global campaigns
How do you harness the power of business to make a big noise about global education?
That was the theme of a fantastic event when business, NGO and technology leaders gathered at Facebook headquarters in London.
The gathering – the first of the 2014 Tech4Ed series – was hosted by the Global Business Coalition for Education and discussed campaign strategies which use technology to advance the cause of education around the world.
Several A World at School partners that are supported by GBC-Education were featured at the event.
The event – full title Tech4Ed: London – Harnessing the Digital Power of Business for Education Campaigns – heard from experienced campaigners from 38 Degrees, ONE and Change.org. They shared a wealth of knowledge of how to create digital communities and use personal stories to make a big impact.
Among those featured was Chime For Change and its video for #chimehack – Discovering Tech-driven Solutions to Support Girls and Women Around the World. Watch the video here:
Tech4Ed also saw the video trailer for the amazing film Girl Rising, which you can watch here:
Also shown was the video HP at the Global Citizen Festival, which you can see here:
Facebook, the host venue for the event, showed this video – Facebook For Educators:
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Milledgeville in Baldwin County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Alexis de Tocqueville
and author of
Democracy in America
visited this area
during his 1831-1832 tour of America
Erected 1998 by C-SPAN and the Cable Television Industry.
Location. 33° 4.802′ N, 83° 13.485′ W. Marker is in Milledgeville, Georgia, in Baldwin County. Marker is at the intersection of East Greene Street and North Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling east on East Greene Street. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Milledgeville GA 31061, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Provost Guard Campsite (a few steps from this marker); Georgia's Secession Convention (within shouting distance of this marker); Troup-Clark Political Feud (within shouting distance of this marker); Old State Capitol (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Site of Fort Defiance (about 500 feet away); Statehouse Square (about 600 feet away); The Milledgeville Hotel and Oliver Hardy (about 600 feet away); Sacred Heart Catholic Church (about 700 feet away). Click for a list of all markers in Milledgeville.
Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Other stops in C-SPAN's retracing of Tocqueville's journey.
Also see . . .
1. Wikipedia entry for Alexis de Tocqueville. (Submitted on October 31, 2008, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia.)
2. The Alexis de Tocqueville Tour. Exploring Democracy in America, May 9, 1997 - February 20, 1998 (Submitted on October 31, 2008, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia.)
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Credits. This page originally submitted on , by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 2,115 times since then and 9 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on , by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016.
Editor’s want-list for this marker. A wide shot of the marker and its surroundings. • Can you help?
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Do stomata open and close to control the flow of food?
Stomata. Stomata are tiny holes found in the underside of leaves. They control water loss and gas exchange by opening and closing.
What controls the opening and closing of the stomata?
A pair of guard cells surrounds each stoma, and these cells control the opening and closing of the stomatal pore between them. Guard cells regulate this opening and closing in response to a wide variety of environmental signals, such as day/night rhythms, CO2 availability, and temperature.
How do stomata open and close potassium?
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Guard cells are kidney shaped cells that surrounds the stomata. They control the opening and closing of the stomata. When the plant has an excess of water, the guard cells swell and create an opening for the exchange of gases.
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Guard cells are cells surrounding each stoma. They help to regulate the rate of transpiration by opening and closing the stomata.
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The opening and closing of stomata is controlled by the guard cells. When water flows into the guard cells, they swell up and the curved surface causes the stomata to open. When the guard cells loses water, they shrink and become flacid and straight thus closing the stomata.
What are stomata Class 6?
Stomata are the tiny pores on the leaves through which plants absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide. They are normally found on the underside of the leaves.
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Interaction of the CO2 laser beam with tissue often causes brief incandescence, which appears as a series of bright localized flashes when viewed either directly or through the optics of a colposcope or operating microscope.
A study has been carried out to establish if there is a hazard associated with viewing the incandescent flash.
A combined theoretical and experimental approach was undertaken to consider the situation presented by 20 W laser radiation on tissue.
It was concluded that viewing the incandescence from this situation did not constitute a hazard and that this conclusion could be extended to laser powers up to 100 W.
Mots-clés Pascal : Laser CO2, Incandescence, Tumeur maligne, Rayonnement non ionisant, Interaction, Tissu, Radiobiologie, Biophysique, Appareil génital femelle pathologie, Médecine travail, Oeil pathologie, Risque, Rétine, Col utérus, Traitement instrumental, Etude théorique, Etude expérimentale, In vitro, Eclairement énergétique, Médecin
Mots-clés Pascal anglais : CO2 laser, Incandescence, Malignant tumor, Non ionizing radiation, Interaction, Tissue, Radiobiology, Biophysics, Female genital diseases, Occupational medicine, Eye disease, Risk, Retina, Uterine cervix, Instrumentation therapy, Theoretical study, Experimental study, In vitro, Irradiance, Physician
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This is a 1983 series of postage stamps issued in Grenada using Disney characters to commemorate the 1984 Olympic Games held in Los Angeles
Issue date December 19, 1983 - © 1983 Walt Disney Productions
** Collector Issues / MNH OG = Mint No Hinge, Original Gum - unused
- Scott# 1186 - (1) Cent - "Mickey Mouse & Pete / Boxing"
- Scott# 1189 - (4) Cents - "Mickey Mouse & Minnie Mouse / Hurdles"
** Grenada is an island country consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. Grenada is located northwest of Trinidad and Tobago, northeast of Venezuela, and southwest of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Grenada is also known as the "Island of Spice" because of the production of nutmeg and mace crops of which Grenada is one of the world's largest exporters. Its capital is St. George's and the national bird of Grenada is the critically endangered Grenada Dove.
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An Interview with Audrey Niffenegger
What was the book that most influenced your life or your career as a
writer -- and why?
Harriet the Spy, Louise Fitzhugh. I first read this book when I was nine. I identified with Harriet so completely that I went out and got myself a spy notebook, and wrote in it all the time. My teachers made my mom take it away from me. I think I loved Harriet the Spy because I was a loner, because I read all the time and no one I knew did that, because I wanted to feel powerful, and writing can do that for you. I loved Harriet because she spoke her mind, because she lived in a big city and traveled around by herself without fear, because she knew what was what. The Long Secret, Fitzhugh's sequel to Harriet the Spy, is also a wonderful and very odd book.
What are your ten favorite books, and what makes them special to you?
Maus, Art Spiegelman
I am a visual artist as well as a writer, so many of the books I love are visual. Maus is a comic book about the Holocaust. It's the story of the Spiegelman family and their experiences in Auchwitz and afterward. It is extremely complex, subtle, and I cry every time I read it.
The Secret History, Donna Tartt
Donna Tartt is a terrific writer, and I envy her ability to make a world that goes down and down, and has no bottom; the characters are so seductive, you love them and it's painful when things go wrong, as they must. I read The Secret History when it first came out, and was entranced by the clashes between Greek ideals and ordinary life, and between desire and the onset of adulthood.
Gaudy Night, Dorothy Sayers
This is my favorite mystery novel, but it's really much more than that. It was written in the thirties, and it's set in a women's college in Oxford. Miss Sayers explores the questions of what it means to balance work and love, and whether men and women can ever understand each other. My characters Henry and Clare are somewhat inspired by Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane.
Aubrey Beardsley, Brian Reade
When I was fourteen I had an earache and had to stay home from school for two weeks. My mother went to the library and brought home a big stack of art books, and this was in the stack. Aubrey Beardsley was a famous English illustrator who died of TB at the age of 26, after creating a truly peculiar and scandalous body of work. I began copying his style, which eventually led me to my own style of drawing.
Galatea 2.2, Richard Powers
It's very hard for me to pick just one Richard Powers book. The Time of Our Singing is marvelous, and The Goldbug Variations is probably the one to start with if you haven't read any of his books. But I love this one because of Helen, a computer neural net that the narrator, whose name is Richard Powers, teaches to read and understand English literature. Helen is sublime, and if I could have one wish I would wish to talk to her, about Emily Dickinson, about anything at all.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Michael Chabon
A novel about comics artists in the thirties, forties and fifties. I adore comics, and Michael Chabon has done excellent research, and understands the joy of making drawings that can talk.
The Waking Dream (I'm afraid I've forgotten the editor's name)
This is an anthology of prints from the sixteenth century through the nineteenth century. All the prints are grotesque, or just weird. There are anatomical illustrations, engravings of things from wonder cabinets, wars, fantasias, dancing insects. I deeply need strangeness, and this is very fulfilling.
The Depository, Andrzej Klimowski
This is a novel without words, by English illustrator Andrzej Klimowski. It is like a silent film, a film noir, slow and dreamy, in fact it is a dream. An artist falls asleep at his worktable, and dreams of flying people who have books growing out of their shoulder blades as wings. I love the style, and the blackness of the images, and the story.
The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by Stephen Mitchell
What can I say about Rilke? He seems to sum up my feelings about many things: love, work, death, seeing, being human. This is my favorite translation. Mr. Mitchell makes me forget that I'm reading in English.
Vox, Nicholson Baker
It's a smart book about sex. (Phone sex, that is.) The world needs more of these. I was very impressed with the technical aspects of Vox, too, the way Mr. Baker renders complete persons using only dialogue, and the layers and nuances of both the man and the woman. Nicholson Baker's great strength as a writer is in his extreme use of detail, and looking at sex in extreme detail is a fun and disorienting experience.
What are some of your favorite films, and what makes them unforgettable to you?
Dead Man, Jim Jarmush
The Tango Lesson, Sally Potter
Erasorhead, Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet, David Lynch
Vertigo, Alfred Hitchcock
Waking Life, Richard Linklater
Wings of Desire, Wim Wenders
Nosferatu, both the original and the Klaus Kinski versions
I love films that are intense, creepy, beautiful to look at, morally complex. I want a film to be smarter than me, to leave me with mysteries, to haunt my sleep.
What types of music do like? Is there any particular kind you like to listen to when you're writing?
Punk and indie rock, and classical music. I listen to The Gang of Four, Golden Palominos, Elvis Costello, The Beatles, The Poster Children, Built to Spill, Crooked Fingers, Duvall, the Sex Pistols, Joni Mitchell, Bach, Chopin, the Kronos Quartet, early classical music, Lene Lovich, New Order, Andrew Bird, Dianogagh, the Pixies, the Breeders, Kate Bush, Bjork.
I can only listen to things I've already heard a thousand times while I'm writing. Otherwise I pay attention to the music, and I can't write.
If you had a book club, what would it be reading?
I'd like to have a Complete Works Book Club. We would read the Complete Works of Wilkie Collins, Chris Ware, Edward Gorey, Josephine Tey, Dan Claus, Julie Doucet, E.B. White. No rhyme or reason, but always everything they wrote.
Do you have any special writing rituals? For example, what do you have on your desk when you're writing?
No special rituals. I'm so busy that I'm like a starving person: I sit down and I write. I have no schedule, either, I just write whenever I can squeeze it in. I have a photograph of my Great Aunt Dulcie on my worktable. It was taken around 1900. She's a young woman, she looks very benevolent. I only met her once. She was old, and she was driving a tractor.
What are you working on now?
A new novel, Her Fearful Symmetry. It's set in London, near Highgate Cemetery. I'm trying to include all the clichés of nineteenth century English writing: mirror image twins, mistaken identity, mysterious death, obsessive-compulsive disorder. And I want all these things in there, and I want to make them new, and interesting, and contemporary. That's the idea, anyway.
Give us three "Good to Know" facts about you!
1) My current job is teaching graduate students how to write, print type on letterpresses, and create limited edition books by hand. I work for Columbia College's Center for Book and Paper Arts in Chicago. I helped to found the Center, and it is the center of my universe nine months of the year. The other three months I try to ignore the phone, and I do my own work.
2) I make art. Readers can see some of it at Printworks Gallery in Chicago. They have a web site: printworkschicago.com
3) Almost all of the places mentioned in my book are real places that you can visit. The Newberry Library is open to people who have research projects that fit the collections of the Newberry. Vintage Vinyl is a real record store in Evanston. The Aragon Ballroom, South Haven, Michigan, Bookman's Alley, The Berghoff - I heartily recommend them all.
What do you do like to do in your spare time?
I collect taxidermy, skeletons, books (of course), comics (mostly Raw and post-Raw independent stuff, no superheroes). I only collect small taxidermy, no bison heads, my place isn't that big. I don't own a TV. I spend a lot of time hanging out with my boyfriend, Christopher Schneberger, and attending Avocet concerts (Avocet is the band Chris plays drums with.) We travel a lot; my new book is set in London, so there's lots of research to do. I garden, in a rather haphazard way. I also enjoy finding, buying, and wearing vintage clothes. All in all, it's a pleasant life.
Unless otherwise stated, this interview was conducted at the time the book was first published, and is reproduced with permission of the publisher. This interview may not be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the copyright holder.
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James Ensor in Context
The largest collection of Ensor’s work, at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp, brings 50 of his most influential sketches and paintings to Tokyo for an intriguing new show.
Ensor, whose images are enlivening Tokyo’s metro stations from posters inviting us to this exhibition, lived from 1860 to 1949 and influenced artistic movements such as surrealism and expressionism which came after his life.
His own style, featuring grotesque motifs with masks and skeletons, say the organisers, “was influenced by the traditional paintings of Flanders, and the major painting movements of the 19th century, such as plein-airism.”
Many rarely-before-seen drawings and sketches show Ensor’s skill as a colourist who can capture still life (many colour paintings have not been shown before) and help to “reveal” a side of the Belgian that even big fans may not know much about. The collection is displayed in a way that helps us interpret the story of Ensor’s artistic life more clearly. Certainly worth a trip to this 42nd floor gallery in Shinjuku where you can also see works by Van Gogh and Cezanne which are part of the permanent collection.
When: From Sept 8th (Sat.) to November 11th (Sun.), 2012
(closed Mondays, except September 17th and October 1st, 8th)
Where: Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art, 1-26-1, Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8338 Sompo Japan Headquarters build. 42nd floor
How Much: 1,000 yen (800yen)
University & High School Students: 600 yen (500yen)
Children of Junior High School or under: Free
More info and map: click here.
Main image: The Intrigue, by James Ensor (1890) [Lukas – Art in Flanders vzw / KMSKA]
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Futuristic school in Abu Dhabi
42 Abu Dhabi – Early 2021
A new futuristic coding school is set to open in Abu Dhabi.
This school will have no fixed lessons or teachers.
Instead you educate yourself with the materials that are free.
Students don’t need any prior experience in coding.
The schools will host up to 750 students.
“By making coding and code-thinking accessible to people of all levels and abilities”
42 Abu Dhabi embodies the emirate’s vison for future tech enabled businesses.
Tell us your thoughts or share your story by writing a blog.
For more information visit www.42abudhabi.ae
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Lists pages and subpages for a given page, or the top ancestor of the current page and all of the ancestor's descendants
A common web design pattern is to have a primary navigation with the top level pages, and then a separate navigation element on each page that shows only those pages related to a common top-most page. This widget helps to build those secondary navigation elements.
If your page structure was like this:
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on any of the pages in the About subtree. Notice that the top-most ancestor, About, is included as the first element of the list.
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Teach Your Child to REad with Muslim School Books
Teach Your Child to REad with Muslim School Books
Islam views the world from a different perspective than the one imposed upon us from the dominant culture. In order to foster an Islamic identity in our youth, we must develop our own educational systems. Muslim School Books is a small step in that direction.
An Islamic-integrated reading program is integral to introducing Islamic learning and discussing Islamic values in the curriculum. This helps kids think like Muslims. What better way to introduce it in our homeschooling journey than according to their age requirements and reading capabilities.
You can teach your child to read and develop a strong reading foundation, and Muslim School books helps make it easier. Our workbooks use a structured approach to developing your child’s reading skills. No searching for extra materials or worksheets. All you do is open the workbook and follow the instructions.
The producers of Muslim School Books' reading curriculum have intentionally used numerous stories that reflect the diversity of races within our ummah as well as the contributions of notable Muslims from the present and past.
Muslim School Books' curriculum was developed by a veteran elementary-middle school educator of 40 years who has worked with a diversity of educational pedagogy. The culmination of this expansive and rigorous experience is the Muslim School Books curriculum, an excellent resource for your homeschool or Islamic school program.
We continually evaluate our textbooks to provide superior educational material with an Islamic foundation.
Phonics books begin with consonant and short vowel sounds then proceed to long vowel sounds and diphthongs. Islamic concepts, values, and family life are emphasized throughout the phonics series.
Reading comprehension books focus on strong comprehension skill development and provide extensive vocabulary practice, composition writing, and grammar skills.
The Muslim School Books reading program complements Common Core Standards.
Assaalmu Alaikum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatu Homeschool Parents and Educators of Our Muslim Youth,
If you are looking for academic books that focus on reading passages which promote Islamic values and culture, then welcome to Muslim School Books. We provide phonics/reading textbooks for grades pre-k through 6th grade that foster a positive Islamic identity. In accordance with the hadith that forbids making images, we choose to use illustrations and pictures that avoid complete images of animals or people.
As educators, we know the significant impact that any educational system has on it's children. Educational systems enable children to develop a perspective about themselves, others and the world. Much of this information is conveyed through books. Books are one of the most dominant factors that influence our children's thinking. Therefore, we must develop our own academic books and curriculum that deliver to our children academic excellence, as well as the lofty morals and culture our religion upholds. As Muslim elders who are obligated to educate our children from an Islamic perspective, we must take advantage of resources developed to further this admirable goal.
Muslim School Books' reading selections cover a wide range of topics, This information is provided for your child with leveled reading material to facilitate learning. We include biographies of noble Muslims from the past and famous Muslims of the present. Our stories reveal interesting aspects of nature that provide proof of Allah's existence, such as the life of the honey bee. Other selections discuss critical Islamic topics that effect our youth today such as intoxicants and maintaining good health.
We want our children to be proud to be Muslims. We want them to maintain their Islamic faith, as well. Like myself, you may have come across reading selections in your young learners' books that you chose to skip over because the content was offensive to the Islamic moral way of life. This is why you will find Muslim School Books a valuable asset to your Islamic academic curriculum. Your child will read material that celebrates his or her Islamic way of life and avoids un-Islamic subject matter.
Each workbook in our series
1) Builds upon skills taught in previous levels
2) Leads to proficiency in reading, and
3) Integrates Islam into the lesson.
Welcome, to a refreshing concept in Islamic education, Muslim School Books!
Your students can learn to read while discovering the lives of Muslim trailblazers such as Maryam Laam (Hafiza), Mansa Musa (richest king in recorded history), Muhammad Ali (famous boxer and humanitarian), Imam Bukhari (famous hadith collector), and more . . .
Our phonics and reading textbooks also encourage your children to develop an appreciation and love for their religion by reading entertaining stories about Eid, Quran, Timbuktu, The House of Wisdom, companions of The Prophet (saw), and important practices in Islam.
We hope Muslim School Books will help raise generations of Muslim children who have a solid reading foundation and a love for their religion.
Muslim School Books was founded by Grandma Jeddah, an elementary and middle school teacher who has educated Muslim students at an Islamic School in Los Angeles, California for over 35 years. Grandma Jeddah has taught hundreds of students in grades Kindergarten through 10th grade and has helped them develop a strong reading foundation. Grandma Jeddah is familiar with the strategies and skills children need to become successful readers, Masha'Allah.
Grandma Jeddah is also a professional writer who has written dozens of parenting articles for Muslim magazines, newspapers, and blogs, including Sisters Magazine, Islamic Online University, and Productive Muslim. She founded the Discipline without Disrespecting Parenting e-books.
Muslim educators, we are elated, thankful, and honored to present to you Muslim School Books' reading textbooks. We are so confident you and your young learners will benefit from Muslim School Books that we offer a 100% money back guarantee! What are you waiting for? Let's get started helping our beloved youth appreciate their religion while gaining quality reading skills, insha'Allah.
Ahmed Ali: Master of Arts in Education
Saleh Ali: Bachelor of Arts, Credentialed Multiple Subject Teacher (Los Angeles Unified School District)
Zahra Anjum (Umm Salih): Mother, Writer, Editor, Educator
Tasnim Nazeer: Mother, Award-winning Journalist, Author, Producer
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Beau Kilmer is a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation, where he codirects the RAND Drug Policy Research Center. His research lies at the intersection of public health and public safety, with a special emphasis on substance use, illicit markets, crime, and public policy. Some of his current projects include estimating the size of illegal drug markets, assessing the consequences of alternative marijuana policies, measuring the effect of South Dakota's 24/7 Sobriety Program on drunk driving and domestic violence outcomes, and evaluating other innovative programs intended to reduce violence. Kilmer's research has appeared in leading journals such as Addiction, American Journal of Public Health, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and his essays have been published by the BBC, CNN, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. His book on marijuana legalization, "Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know" (co-authored with Jonathan Caulkins, Angela Hawken, and Mark Kleiman) was published by Oxford University Press in 2012. Before earning his doctorate at Harvard University, Kilmer received a Judicial Administration Fellowship that supported his work with the San Francisco Drug Court.
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The Chronicle interview took place by phone Wednesday morning.
Drug War Chronicle: What are we learning from marijuana legalization so far in Colorado and Washington, especially about prices, tax rates, and regulatory structures?
Beau Kilmer: With respect to prices, I think it's too soon to make a serious judgment. I would expect them to fall eventually as the number of producers increases and there is more competition. Regarding taxes, there is clearly tax revenue coming in, but not as much as expected, partly because medical marijuana markets don't face the same taxes. These markets are in transition, and there are data lags. It's too early to do cost-benefit analyses, and when the data does start coming in, what happens a year or two from now, good or bad, could be completely different from what happens in five or 10 years.
There are two other things we need to consider in doing a cost-benefit analysis. First, when you hear that factor X or Y has decreased or increased, it's important to ask: Compared to what? People will say that this changed in Colorado, but how did it change or not in other states? This is often outside the capacity of news organizations, but when you hear people making these claims, you need to be asking questions. What about neighboring states? If media organizations did that, it could actually improve the quality of the discussion we're having.
The second thing is, don't forget about alcohol. If people are more likely to use alcohol and marijuana together, you have to worry about driving under the influence. Marijuana impairs you somewhat, alcohol impairs you more, and the interaction between marijuana and alcohol can increase the probability of impairment. On the other hand, if they are economic substitutes, if some heavy alcohol users are moving away from consuming it and consuming more marijuana, that could potentially be a net win for society. There are social costs associated with heavy marijuana use, but the social costs associated with alcohol are much greater -- fatal overdoses, chronic disease, violence. We really need to pay close attention to how legalization influences not only marijuana consumption, but also alcohol consumption. We will be watching this, not only in Colorado and Washington, but also in Uruguay.
Chronicle: How worried do we have to be about marijuana dependence, anyway? Is it any worse for the individual or society than, say, dependence on coffee?
Kilmer: Some people do run into problems. It affects their relationships, their employment, their daily behaviors, and can impose costs on them and some of their intimates. Some of those people may benefit from substance abuse treatment. On the other hand, some users get arrested and diverted into treatment when they don't really need it. Many experts agree that it poses less addictive risk than other drugs, not only in the likelihood of addiction, but also the degree. Having a cannabis use disorder is different from having a heroin use disorder.
When it comes to costs to society, a lot of it comes down to different intangibles. It's hard to quantify consequences, say, in terms of relationships with family members. We reviewed studies that look at marijuana compared to other substances, and when it comes to addiction risk, marijuana seems to be at the bottom of the list. It's not that it's not without costs, but in terms of harms associated with it, there seems to be much more harm associated with cocaine, heroin, or alcohol use disorders.
Chronicle: There are several different legalization models out there -- state monopoly stores vs. private stores, for example. Do you have a favorite model?
Kilmer: I completely understand why some jurisdictions would try something other than marijuana prohibition. There's a lot I don't like about it, especially the collateral consequences, but I'm not sure what the best alternative regime is. What's best for one jurisdiction may not be best for another. It's not clear that one size fits all. My opinion is that I will pay close attention to what happens in Colorado and Washington and Uruguay and some of these other places and use that information to update my opinions about marijuana policy. I hope other people do the same.
It's important to keep in mind that there is a lot of policy space in between prohibition and what we see in Colorado and Washington. There are a lot of options out there. You could just allow home cultivation, or you could do something like production co-ops or collectives. It will be really interesting to watch Uruguay, which has three routes: grow your own, join a co-op, or go to the pharmacy.
From a public health perspective, a state monopoly makes a lot of sense. It makes it easier to control prices and advertising. There is a lot of research that has looked at the state monopoly model for alcohol, and it tended to be better for public health. This model doesn't get a lot of attention in the United States, but there are other jurisdictions that may want to think about it.
The other potential advantage of starting with a state monopoly, is that it gives you more options. If a jurisdiction later decides it wants to allow commercial business, you can transition to a commercial model. But once you go from prohibition to a commercial model with for-profit firms and lobbyists, it gets a lot harder to put that genie back in the bottle. It gets entrenched. That's something to keep in mind.
The commercialization aspect is something we need to pay close attention to. In Uruguay, there is no advertising. The folks in Colorado and Washington are working hard to develop reasonable restrictions on advertising, but with the First Amendment here, we can't ban it.
Sunset laws may be advisable. There is a lot of uncertainty, and we don't know what the best model might be. You could start with a co-op model, try that for five or 10 years, then make a decision about whether to continue or go in a different direction. There are a lot of options, and we don't necessarily have to treat policy changes as permanent.
Another thing jurisdictions will want to think about it designing in some flexibility, especially with respect to taxes. No one knows the best way, and there are a number of different models. Colorado and Washington tax as a function of weight, but you could tax as a function of amount of THC, for instance. The takeaway is that we want to make sure that as we get information, we can incorporate that information in our decision-making about how to tax.
Chronicle: What about eliminating black markets?
Kilmer: You have to think about this over time. No one thinks we're going to eliminate the black market overnight. In both Colorado and Washington, it's been a slow roll-out of the stores, especially in Washington, so you have to look at this over the long run. Also in the long run, prices will fall, and as prices fall, ad valorem taxes based on price will fall, too. That's something else to think about.
Another issue to consider is that we have to remember that depending on where you are in the country, people under 21 will account for 20%-25% of consumption. It will be interesting to see what happens when they catch them, what penalties are imposed on the users and those that supply them. Will it be like the alcohol model or more severe? These are the kinds of issues that can be addressed in new initiatives or legislation.
Chronicle: Where and how does medical marijuana fit into all this?
Kilmer: Good question. It's going to be very interesting to see how this plays out with regard to medical marijuana. In both Colorado and Washington, there were very robust medical markets before legalization. In other jurisdictions, as they write initiatives or bills, will they try to build that in? I don't know what's going to happen.
Chronicle: Where is this all heading? We could have 10 legal states after 2016. Then what?
Kilmer: I guess we'll see how far we get.
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06 Jun Power Food Recipe: 60 Minute Orange Rolls
This week’s Power Food is Oranges! The word “Orange” was first used for the color and not for the fruit. Oranges can be consumed raw, in the form of juices, marmalade or as a part of various desserts. 85% of globally produced oranges are converted into orange juice which is often served with breakfast in the western societies. Believe it or not, Oranges are domesticated so you are unlikely to find them growing naturally in the wild. Almost 70 million tons of oranges are produced each year. One-third of commercially available oranges originate from Brazil. In Jamaica, people use orange peel to remove grease and oil spots.
Health Benefits of Oranges
Oranges are an especially rich source of folic acid. One orange holds about 50 mcg, and a large glass of fresh-squeezed juice may contain even more. Their high folate content has a positive action on cardiovascular, and emotional health. Researchers suggest that maintaining a consistent dietary intake of folate is essential to managing metabolism and protecting long-term health.
Quick And Simple 60 Minute Orange Rolls
An easy way to work oranges into your children’s diet, besides orange juice, is to have them help you make 60 Minute Orange Rolls! Follow this recipe from Your Homebased Mom for your child and you to make these delicious treats!
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A hot bowl of oatmeal is a filling and nutritious way to start any day, but cleaning up that saucepan, with a thick layer of oats stuck to the bottom, is a pain. However, the situation is totally avoidable. Whether you are making old-fashioned oats or heartier, steel-cut oats, you can cook them to perfection without it sticking to the pan by taking a little care and vigilance as it cooks.
Use a nonstick saucepan for your oatmeal. A good quality nonstick pot is one of the best ways to prevent oatmeal from sticking to the bottom. If you don't have nonstick saucepan, spray a regular pot with cooking spray on the bottom and sides.
Combine 2 parts water and 1 part old-fashioned rolled cooking oats in the saucepan. For steel-cut oats, use 3 parts water to 1 part oats. Bring the oatmeal and water to a boil over high heat. A dash of salt is an optional addition for either type of oatmeal.
Turn the heat down to low as soon as it starts to boil and let the oats cook, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon to prevent the oatmeal from sticking to the bottom of the pan. Keeping the heat low lessens the chance of the oatmeal burning and sticking as well. You can add sweetener, such as sugar, at this point if you prefer.
Continue cooking old-fashioned oatmeal for about five minutes on low heat, stirring occasionally, making sure to scrape the bottom to remove any oatmeal attempting to stick to the pan. Steel-cut oatmeal will need much longer, about 20 to 30 minutes, to fully cook. Let the oatmeal sit for two or three minutes off the heat before serving.
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Based in Los Angeles, Zora Hughes has been writing travel, parenting, cooking and relationship articles since 2010. Her work includes writing city profiles for Groupon. She also writes screenplays and won the S. Randolph Playwriting Award in 2004. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in television writing/producing and a Master of Arts Management in entertainment media management, both from Columbia College.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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|Look up shorts in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.|
Shorts are a garment.
Shorts may also refer to:
- Shorts (2009 film), a 2009 American film directed by Robert Rodriguez
- Shorts (2013 film), a 2013 Bollywood film composed of five short films
- Short films
- Shorts, the common name for the British aerospace company, Short Brothers
- Short circuits, a common electrical problem
- Thales Air Defence, formerly Shorts Missile Systems
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“The poultry-man who adopts free-range methods should move the houses frequently and keep the grass short.” (Leonard Robinson, 1948)
Poultry Land Management is the Key to Success
The key to successful free-ranging is good land management. This applies to the nature of the land itself, the degree of shelter it offers, how it is fenced to deter predators and how pasture is managed and maintained.
Traditional free-rangers have always known this, but some of the first large-scale commercial enterprises in the 1980s failed to appreciate it, thinking that the house was the only thing that mattered.
They ended up with houses so large and badly designed that some birds never found their way out. Those that did stayed in the immediate vicinity of the building because no provision had been made for shelter in the pasture, and the area immediately around the houses became devoid of vegetation.
Improved Poultry Welfare Standards
Complaints from welfare organisations and consumers that this was not real free-ranging soon had its effect, and new standards were introduced to improve conditions. There is still some way to go, however, in convincing some producers that the grazing area matters.
The next article The Nature of the Land for Free Range Poultry discusses types of land, drainage and the importance of rotation to maintaining pasture quality and reducing parasite and worm loadings.
Extract from Free Range Poultry by Katie Thear
Widely recognised as the definitive guide to modern free-range poultry management, Free Range Poultry is a practical and comprehensive guide that is up to date with legislation and research findings. The articles listed at the end on land management in free-range poultry systems are extracted from the book.
Further Articles on Free Range Poultry
- Fencing for Free Range Poultry – Free Range Poultry Fencing
- Flock Density Regulations for Free Range Poultry
- Free Range Poultry Land Management
- Nature of the Land for Free Range Poultry
- Paddock & Pasture Rotation for Free Range Poultry
- Paddock Management for Free Range Poultry
- Sheltered Areas for Free Range Poultry – Free Range Poultry Shelter
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What does it take for a foreign corporation to get the corporate death penalty in America? That's a question we need to ask ourselves, after news broke yesterday of BP's legal settlement over its Gulf oil spill disaster in 2010.
Eleven workers were killed when their oil rig exploded, and for three months five million barrels of toxic crude gushed in the Gulf of Mexico as BP, which never made contingency plans for this sort of obvious crisis, tried to find a way to plug the hole. That oil killed marine life, blanketed coastlines, and put Gulf Coast small businesses out of business. To this day, we still don't know the long-term effects of this catastrophe on the ecosystem or our food chain, which is now contaminated with eyeless shrimp, clawless crabs, and other oil-mutated aquatic freak shows. Not to mention the human cancers that will show up in future decades.
Now, the foreign corporation responsible for all of this, BP, will just cut a small check, and then go back to business as usual, punching holes in the Gulf. It pled guilty to 14 felony and misdemeanor charges and agreed to pay a $4.5 billion fine – the largest criminal fine in our nation's history. But for a corporation that just announced it earned $5.4 billion in three months, BP knows it got off easy.
The organization Public Citizen notes, "Claims arising from the Gulf disaster, which killed 11 workers and did untold damage, put the company's liability at a minimum of $51.5 billion." That's more than ten-times what BP will end up paying to settle.
As part of the settlement, the government still reserves the right to charge two BP employees for manslaughter. It will likely be two low-level workers who'll have to take the fall for an entire corporation – and industry – that repeatedly ignored regulations and cut safety corners, just to maximize their quarterly profits. Because of our two-tiered justice system, rarely do corporate suits go to jail.
Altogether, this settlement will do very little to change the corrupt scam oil barons are running on the American people. As a spokesperson for Public Citizen said, "We're stunned. This settlement is pathetic ... The point of the criminal justice system is twofold: to punish and to deter. This does neither."
In a tragic irony that proves Public Citizen's point, news broke on Friday of another oilrig exploding off the coast of Louisiana. Early reports indicate two workers are dead and another two workers are missing.
Perhaps if our criminal justice system had taken swifter action against BP and followed through by banning the company from doing business in the United States, the entire industry might shape up. And maybe, just maybe, a group of oilmen in Louisiana would still be alive today.
Our nation has a long history with the corporate death penalty. Beginning in the early 1800's, laws were passed in several states to make it easier for legislators to revoke corporate charters if businesses are operating against the public's interest. And this routinely happened.
In Ohio, Mississippi, and Pennsylvania banks were shut down for being "financially unsound." In New York and Massachusetts, corporations that ran the turnpikes were given a corporate death sentence for not keeping the roads in good repair.
By 1825, 20 states had amended their constitutions to make it easier for the state to "revoke, alter, or annul" corporate charters whenever a corporation, "may be injurious to citizens of the community."
And in just one year, 1832, the state of Pennsylvania sentenced ten corporations to death, revoking their charters for "operating contrary to the public interest."
This continued into the late 1800's when whiskey trusts, sugar corporations, and OIL CORPORATIONS were all put to death in several states across the nation. In New York, workers petitioned the state Supreme Court to slay the beast that is Standard Oil for labor abuses. In 1894, the court obliged and revoked Standard Oil's corporate charter in that state.
And yet, here we are today, more than a century later, with the Gulf of Mexico ruined, 11 men dead, and countless other lives ruined. And the overseas corporation responsible for all this mess still has free rein to do business anywhere it wants in the United States, because our justice system has been neutered by corporate power.
If corporate charters were contingent on corporations operating in the best interests of the public, as they used to be, then our nation would get some long-overdue for some corporate death sentences. The big five oil companies – ConocoPhillips, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, and BP – dump a billion pounds of carbon pollution into the atmosphere every day, fueling asthma and cancer epidemics in local communities. But they don't have to pay for these externalities caused by their pollution, we the taxpayers have to pay for the extra burden on our healthcare system. Just like we, and not the oil companies, have to pay for our military machine that keeps the oil lanes open so these companies can make billions.
Do we even get cheap gasoline for all of this? No. No matter how you slice it, these oil companies, especially BP, are not operating in the public interest - and need to be put down. They've broken their contract with "We the People."
And unless we want to continue to see smoldering oil rigs just off our coast and massive oil slicks in our waters, then we must bring back the corporate death penalty.
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Many educational facilities across the nation gathered on September 17 to celebrate Constitution Day. The Constitution for the United States turned 228-years-old on last Thursday after being signed in Philadelphia in 1787 during the Constitutional Convention. After all of these years, there is a great deal of discussion circulating within the United States on whether the Constitution is still relevant to contemporary America.
More than any other nation in history, the United States has made itself a new home for immigrants in search of a better life. It embraces those who come to this country in search of the promises and opportunities of the American Dream. Drawn to the possibilities of a free society, creative spirits have come to this great nation and have flourished in its creative openness. What makes America the great country that it is? Why is it deemed the land of the free, home of the brave? Why, for over 200 years have people from all over the globe come to America to seek freedom and a better life? The answer is simple… the Constitution.
This document has governed America for centuries. Without the Constitution, the nation would be in chaos. Instead, it ensures people can be confident that opportunities are made available fairly to everyone, that everyone plays by the rules and allows everyone to know the rules of the game. The Constitution clearly states the rights citizens can expect to enjoy and the responsibilities owed to one another. That common knowledge helps bind this great body of people and personalities together as a nation.
Not only is the Constitution still highly relevant as a document that provides the framework for governing the United States, but it contains principles that can lead to a life of success. After several failed attempts at creating a government, a 1787 convention is called to draft a new legal system for the United States. This new Constitution provided for increased federal authority while still protecting the basic rights of its citizens. The premise of this framework was based on the ability to pursue religious and civil freedoms. They left the Britain crown and came to America for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
After a season of analysis, debate and studying of times past, the most important conclusion realized by the framers of the Constitution was that human beings could not be trusted with absolute power. What was the solution? The unanimous conclusion was that at least three safeguards were needed in order to preserve the sustainability factor necessary for the Constitution to survive the storms that it would be faced with. Those defenses are accountability, authenticity, and balance.
The first notable safeguard is accountability: The separation of powers devised by the framers of the Constitution was designed to do one primary thing – to prevent the majority from ruling with an iron fist. Based on experience, the framers understood the importance of not giving any branch of the new government too much power. The separation of powers provides a system of shared power known as checks and balances. All of these checks and balances, however, were inefficient, by design rather than by accident. By forcing the branches to be accountable to the others, no one branch can usurp enough power to become dominant.
The second safeguard is authenticity. The framers of the Constitution wanted to limit government resulting in the maximum amount of freedom being left in the hands of individuals. In other words, instead government controlling every intricate part the document was designed to allow citizens the liberty to be themselves. It is the Constitution which affords citizens the liberty to speak as they wish, worship according to their personal beliefs and form social groups for their own purposes. All these things are possible without fear of oppression from the government – Why? Because the Constitution allows the freedom of authenticity.
Last, but not least, is the balance factor which allows the Constitution to be flexible enough to make adjustments. Since the document’s inception, over 11,000 proposals to amend the Constitution have been introduced in Congress. The framers of the Constitution, recognizing the difference between regular legislation and constitutional matters, intended that it be difficult to change the Constitution; but not so difficult as to render it an inflexible instrument of government. They realized that any document meant to frame a government needed flexibility if it was to be able to stand for generations.
The reality is, the Constitution was written by men who had a passion to see a framework for America. Much like the expectation a parent would have for their child, however, even then expectations are not always lived up to. In fact, potential is simply the capability for growth, development or progress. It is a place of stagnation until the frustration of it propels its captures into purpose. So, the founding fathers had an ideal set for America that the country has not quite managed to live up to.
There used to be a time when people said America was the greatest country on Earth. However, citizens now live in a timeframe where more people are locked up per capita than most countries around the world. America ranks very close to the highest in infant mortalities. Just look at the current state of law enforcement and citizens, America is not as productive as it once was as a nation because collectively citizens have not lived up to the potential.
Even still, the framers of the Constitution had that hope, that faith, that one day as a nation America would rise above potential and see the framework lived up to. Just as the founding fathers believed, the Constitution was written full of possibility and this is the generation that makes it relevant. That inbred hope in this generation is the power to see that the Constitution is lived up to still remains.
This generation of Americans has been called upon to defend the framers’ vision of a constitutional government “of the People, by the People, and for the People.” It is up to this generation to do their part to ensure for as long as this Country exists, there will be a Constitution Day to celebrate on September 17th. The Constitution gives Americans the freedom to believe in themselves, to stand up for themselves, to know themselves and to accept responsibility for themselves. It encourages the citizens of this great nation in the areas of accountability, authenticity, balance. Is the Constitution still relevant contemporary America? Absolutely.
Opinion by Cherese Jackson (Virginia)
Constitutional Topic: Rights and Responsibilities
Social Studies Help: How can the Constitution be referred to as a living document?
Government Archives: Constitution of the United States
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mRNA translation plays a central role in the regulation of gene expression and represents the most energy consuming process in mammalian cells. Accordingly, dysregulation of mRNA translation is considered to play a major role in a variety of pathological states including cancer. Ribosomes also host chaperones, which facilitate folding of nascent polypeptides, thereby modulating function and stability of newly synthesized polypeptides. In addition, emerging data indicate that ribosomes serve as a platform for a repertoire of signaling molecules, which are implicated in a variety of post-translational modifications of newly synthesized polypeptides as they emerge from the ribosome, and/or components of translational machinery. Herein, a well-established method of ribosome fractionation using sucrose density gradient centrifugation is described. In conjunction with the in-house developed “anota” algorithm this method allows direct determination of differential translation of individual mRNAs on a genome-wide scale. Moreover, this versatile protocol can be used for a variety of biochemical studies aiming to dissect the function of ribosome-associated protein complexes, including those that play a central role in folding and degradation of newly synthesized polypeptides.
18 Related JoVE Articles!
Isolation of Translating Ribosomes Containing Peptidyl-tRNAs for Functional and Structural Analyses
Institutions: University of Alabama Huntsville, Stanford University .
Recently, structural and biochemical studies have detailed many of the molecular events that occur in the ribosome during inhibition of protein synthesis by antibiotics and during nascent polypeptide synthesis. Some of these antibiotics, and regulatory nascent polypeptides mostly in the form of peptidyl-tRNAs, inhibit either peptide bond formation or translation termination1-7
. These inhibitory events can stop the movement of the ribosome, a phenomenon termed "translational arrest". Translation arrest induced by either an antibiotic or a nascent polypeptide has been shown to regulate the expression of genes involved in diverse cellular functions such as cell growth, antibiotic resistance, protein translocation and cell metabolism8-13
. Knowledge of how antibiotics and regulatory nascent polypeptides alter ribosome function is essential if we are to understand the complete role of the ribosome in translation, in every organism.
Here, we describe a simple methodology that can be used to purify, exclusively, for analysis, those ribosomes translating a specific mRNA and containing a specific peptidyl-tRNA14
. This procedure is based on selective isolation of translating ribosomes bound to a biotin-labeled mRNA. These translational complexes are separated from other ribosomes in the same mixture, using streptavidin paramagnetic beads (SMB) and a magnetic field (MF). Biotin-labeled mRNAs are synthesized by run-off transcription assays using as templates PCR-generated DNA fragments that contain T7 transcriptional promoters. T7 RNA polymerase incorporates biotin-16-UMP from biotin-UTP; under our conditions approximately ten biotin-16-UMP molecules are incorporated in a 600 nt mRNA with a 25% UMP content. These biotin-labeled mRNAs are then isolated, and used in in vitro
translation assays performed with release factor 2 (RF2)-depleted cell-free extracts obtained from Escherichia coli
strains containing wild type or mutant ribosomes. Ribosomes translating the biotin-labeled mRNA sequences are stalled at the stop codon region, due to the absence of the RF2 protein, which normally accomplishes translation termination. Stalled ribosomes containing the newly synthesized peptidyl-tRNA are isolated and removed from the translation reactions using SMB and an MF. These beads only bind biotin-containing messages.
The isolated, translational complexes, can be used to analyze the structural and functional features of wild type or mutant ribosomal components, or peptidyl-tRNA sequences, as well as determining ribosome interaction with antibiotics or other molecular factors 1,14-16
. To examine the function of these isolated ribosome complexes, peptidyl-transferase assays can be performed in the presence of the antibiotic puromycin1
. To study structural changes in translational complexes, well established procedures can be used, such as i) crosslinking to specific amino acids14
and/or ii) alkylation protection assays1,14,17
Molecular Biology, Issue 48, Ribosome stalling, ribosome isolation, peptidyl-tRNA, in vitro translation, RNA chemical modification, puromycin, antibiotics.
Analysis of Translation Initiation During Stress Conditions by Polysome Profiling
Institutions: Laval University, CHU de Quebec Research Center.
Precise control of mRNA translation is fundamental for eukaryotic cell homeostasis, particularly in response to physiological and pathological stress. Alterations of this program can lead to the growth of damaged cells, a hallmark of cancer development, or to premature cell death such as seen in neurodegenerative diseases. Much of what is known concerning the molecular basis for translational control has been obtained from polysome analysis using a density gradient fractionation system. This technique relies on ultracentrifugation of cytoplasmic extracts on a linear sucrose gradient. Once the spin is completed, the system allows fractionation and quantification of centrifuged zones corresponding to different translating ribosomes populations, thus resulting in a polysome profile. Changes in the polysome profile are indicative of changes or defects in translation initiation that occur in response to various types of stress. This technique also allows to assess the role of specific proteins on translation initiation, and to measure translational activity of specific mRNAs. Here we describe our protocol to perform polysome profiles in order to assess translation initiation of eukaryotic cells and tissues under either normal or stress growth conditions.
Cellular Biology, Issue 87, Translation initiation, polysome profile, sucrose gradient, protein and RNA isolation, stress conditions
Identifying Targets of Human microRNAs with the LightSwitch Luciferase Assay System using 3'UTR-reporter Constructs and a microRNA Mimic in Adherent Cells
Institutions: SwitchGear Genomics.
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are important regulators of gene expression and play a role in many biological processes. More than 700 human miRNAs have been identified so far with each having up to hundreds of unique target mRNAs. Computational tools, expression and proteomics assays, and chromatin-immunoprecipitation-based techniques provide important clues for identifying mRNAs that are direct targets of a particular miRNA. In addition, 3'UTR-reporter assays have become an important component of thorough miRNA target studies because they provide functional evidence for and quantitate the effects of specific miRNA-3'UTR interactions in a cell-based system. To enable more researchers to leverage 3'UTR-reporter assays and to support the scale-up of such assays to high-throughput levels, we have created a genome-wide collection of human 3'UTR luciferase reporters in the highly-optimized LightSwitch Luciferase Assay System. The system also includes synthetic miRNA target reporter constructs for use as positive controls, various endogenous 3'UTR reporter constructs, and a series of standardized experimental protocols.
Here we describe a method for co-transfection of individual 3'UTR-reporter constructs along with a miRNA mimic that is efficient, reproducible, and amenable to high-throughput analysis.
Genetics, Issue 55, MicroRNA, miRNA, mimic, Clone, 3' UTR, Assay, vector, LightSwitch, luciferase, co-transfection, 3'UTR REPORTER, mirna target, microrna target, reporter, GoClone, Reporter construct
Eukaryotic Polyribosome Profile Analysis
Institutions: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
Protein synthesis is a complex cellular process that is regulated at many levels. For example, global translation can be inhibited at the initiation phase or the elongation phase by a variety of cellular stresses such as amino acid starvation or growth factor withdrawal. Alternatively, translation of individual mRNAs can be regulated by mRNA localization or the presence of cognate microRNAs. Studies of protein synthesis frequently utilize polyribosome analysis to shed light on the mechanisms of translation regulation or defects in protein synthesis. In this assay, mRNA/ribosome complexes are isolated from eukaryotic cells. A sucrose density gradient separates mRNAs bound to multiple ribosomes known as polyribosomes from mRNAs bound to a single ribosome or monosome. Fractionation of the gradients allows isolation and quantification of the different ribosomal populations and their associated mRNAs or proteins. Differences in the ratio of polyribosomes to monosomes under defined conditions can be indicative of defects in either translation initiation or elongation/termination. Examination of the mRNAs present in the polyribosome fractions can reveal whether the cohort of individual mRNAs being translated changes with experimental conditions. In addition, ribosome assembly can be monitored by analysis of the small and large ribosomal subunit peaks which are also separated by the gradient. In this video, we present a method for the preparation of crude ribosomal extracts from yeast cells, separation of the extract by sucrose gradient and interpretation of the results. This procedure is readily adaptable to mammalian cells.
Cellular Biology, Issue 40, translation, ribosome, polyribosome, gradient, fractionation
Isolation of Ribosome Bound Nascent Polypeptides in vitro to Identify Translational Pause Sites Along mRNA
Institutions: Cleveland State University.
The rate of translational elongation is non-uniform. mRNA secondary structure, codon usage and mRNA associated proteins may alter ribosome movement on the messagefor review see 1
. However, it's now widely accepted that synonymous codon usage is the primary cause of non-uniform translational elongation rates1
. Synonymous codons are not used with identical frequency. A bias exists in the use of synonymous codons with some codons used more frequently than others2
. Codon bias is organism as well as tissue specific2,3
. Moreover, frequency of codon usage is directly proportional to the concentrations of cognate tRNAs4
. Thus, a frequently used codon will have higher multitude of corresponding tRNAs, which further implies that a frequent codon will be translated faster than an infrequent one. Thus, regions on mRNA enriched in rare codons (potential pause sites) will as a rule slow down ribosome movement on the message and cause accumulation of nascent peptides of the respective sizes5-8
. These pause sites can have functional impact on the protein expression, mRNA stability and protein foldingfor review see 9
. Indeed, it was shown that alleviation of such pause sites can alter ribosome movement on mRNA and subsequently may affect the efficiency of co-translational (in vivo
) protein folding1,7,10,11
. To understand the process of protein folding in vivo
, in the cell, that is ultimately coupled to the process of protein synthesis it is essential to gain comprehensive insights into the impact of codon usage/tRNA content on the movement of ribosomes along mRNA during translational elongation.
Here we describe a simple technique that can be used to locate major translation pause sites for a given mRNA translated in various cell-free systems6-8
. This procedure is based on isolation of nascent polypeptides accumulating on ribosomes during in vitro
translation of a target mRNA. The rationale is that at low-frequency codons, the increase in the residence time of the ribosomes results in increased amounts of nascent peptides of the corresponding sizes. In vitro
transcribed mRNA is used for in vitro
translational reactions in the presence of radioactively labeled amino acids to allow the detection of the nascent chains. In order to isolate ribosome bound nascent polypeptide complexes the translation reaction is layered on top of 30% glycerol solution followed by centrifugation. Nascent polypeptides in polysomal pellet are further treated with ribonuclease A and resolved by SDS PAGE. This technique can be potentially used for any protein and allows analysis of ribosome movement along mRNA and the detection of the major pause sites. Additionally, this protocol can be adapted to study factors and conditions that can alter ribosome movement and thus potentially can also alter the function/conformation of the protein.
Genetics, Issue 65, Molecular Biology, Ribosome, Nascent polypeptide, Co-translational protein folding, Synonymous codon usage, gene regulation
Protein WISDOM: A Workbench for In silico De novo Design of BioMolecules
Institutions: Princeton University.
The aim of de novo
protein design is to find the amino acid sequences that will fold into a desired 3-dimensional structure with improvements in specific properties, such as binding affinity, agonist or antagonist behavior, or stability, relative to the native sequence. Protein design lies at the center of current advances drug design and discovery. Not only does protein design provide predictions for potentially useful drug targets, but it also enhances our understanding of the protein folding process and protein-protein interactions. Experimental methods such as directed evolution have shown success in protein design. However, such methods are restricted by the limited sequence space that can be searched tractably. In contrast, computational design strategies allow for the screening of a much larger set of sequences covering a wide variety of properties and functionality. We have developed a range of computational de novo
protein design methods capable of tackling several important areas of protein design. These include the design of monomeric proteins for increased stability and complexes for increased binding affinity.
To disseminate these methods for broader use we present Protein WISDOM (http://www.proteinwisdom.org), a tool that provides automated methods for a variety of protein design problems. Structural templates are submitted to initialize the design process. The first stage of design is an optimization sequence selection stage that aims at improving stability through minimization of potential energy in the sequence space. Selected sequences are then run through a fold specificity stage and a binding affinity stage. A rank-ordered list of the sequences for each step of the process, along with relevant designed structures, provides the user with a comprehensive quantitative assessment of the design. Here we provide the details of each design method, as well as several notable experimental successes attained through the use of the methods.
Genetics, Issue 77, Molecular Biology, Bioengineering, Biochemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Computational Biology, Genomics, Proteomics, Protein, Protein Binding, Computational Biology, Drug Design, optimization (mathematics), Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins, De novo protein and peptide design, Drug design, In silico sequence selection, Optimization, Fold specificity, Binding affinity, sequencing
Purification and microRNA Profiling of Exosomes Derived from Blood and Culture Media
Institutions: Drexel University College of Medicine.
Stable miRNAs are present in all body fluids and some circulating miRNAs are protected from degradation by sequestration in small vesicles called exosomes. Exosomes can fuse with the plasma membrane resulting in the transfer of RNA and proteins to the target cell. Their biological functions include immune response, antigen presentation, and intracellular communication. Delivery of miRNAs that can regulate gene expression in the recipient cells via blood has opened novel avenues for target intervention. In addition to offering a strategy for delivery of drugs or RNA therapeutic agents, exosomal contents can serve as biomarkers that can aid in diagnosis, determining treatment options and prognosis. Here we will describe the procedure for quantitatively analyzing miRNAs and messenger RNAs (mRNA) from exosomes secreted in blood and cell culture media. Purified exosomes will be characterized using western blot analysis for exosomal markers and PCR for mRNAs of interest. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and immunogold labeling will be used to validate exosomal morphology and integrity. Total RNA will be purified from these exosomes to ensure that we can study both mRNA and miRNA from the same sample. After validating RNA integrity by Bioanalyzer, we will perform a medium throughput quantitative real time PCR (qPCR) to identify the exosomal miRNA using Taqman Low Density Array (TLDA) cards and gene expression studies for transcripts of interest.
These protocols can be used to quantify changes in exosomal miRNAs in patients, rodent models and cell culture media before and after pharmacological intervention. Exosomal contents vary due to the source of origin and the physiological conditions of cells that secrete exosomes. These variations can provide insight on how cells and systems cope with stress or physiological perturbations. Our representative data show variations in miRNAs present in exosomes purified from mouse blood, human blood and human cell culture media.
Here we will describe the procedure for quantitatively analyzing miRNAs and messenger RNAs (mRNA) from exosomes secreted in blood and cell culture media. Purified exosomes will be characterized using western blot analysis for exosomal markers and PCR for mRNAs of interest. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and immunogold labeling will be used to validate exosomal morphology and integrity. Total RNA will be purified from these exosomes to ensure that we can study both mRNA and miRNA from the same sample. After validating RNA integrity by Bioanalyzer, we will perform a medium throughput quantitative real time PCR (qPCR) to identify the exosomal miRNA using Taqman Low Density Array (TLDA) cards and gene expression studies for transcripts of interest.
These protocols can be used to quantify changes in exosomal miRNAs in patients, rodent models and cell culture media before and after pharmacological intervention. Exosomal contents vary due to the source of origin and the physiological conditions of cells that secrete exosomes. These variations can provide insight on how cells and systems cope with stress or physiological perturbations. Our representative data show variations in miRNAs present in exosomes purified from mouse blood, human blood and human cell culture media
Genetics, Issue 76, Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology, Medicine, Biochemistry, Genomics, Pharmacology, Exosomes, RNA, MicroRNAs, Biomarkers, Pharmacological, Exosomes, microRNA, qPCR, PCR, blood, biomarker, TLDA, profiling, sequencing, cell culture
Conducting Miller-Urey Experiments
Institutions: Georgia Institute of Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Institute for Advanced Study, NASA Johnson Space Center, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, University of California at San Diego.
In 1953, Stanley Miller reported the production of biomolecules from simple gaseous starting materials, using an apparatus constructed to simulate the primordial Earth's atmosphere-ocean system. Miller introduced 200 ml of water, 100 mmHg of H2
, 200 mmHg of CH4
, and 200 mmHg of NH3
into the apparatus, then subjected this mixture, under reflux, to an electric discharge for a week, while the water was simultaneously heated. The purpose of this manuscript is to provide the reader with a general experimental protocol that can be used to conduct a Miller-Urey type spark discharge experiment, using a simplified 3 L reaction flask. Since the experiment involves exposing inflammable gases to a high voltage electric discharge, it is worth highlighting important steps that reduce the risk of explosion. The general procedures described in this work can be extrapolated to design and conduct a wide variety of electric discharge experiments simulating primitive planetary environments.
Chemistry, Issue 83, Geosciences (General), Exobiology, Miller-Urey, Prebiotic chemistry, amino acids, spark discharge
Using SecM Arrest Sequence as a Tool to Isolate Ribosome Bound Polypeptides
Institutions: Cleveland State University.
Extensive research has provided ample evidences suggesting that protein folding in the cell is a co-translational process1-5
. However, the exact pathway that polypeptide chain follows during co-translational folding to achieve its functional form is still an enigma. In order to understand this process and to determine the exact conformation of the co-translational folding intermediates, it is essential to develop techniques that allow the isolation of RNCs carrying nascent chains of predetermined sizes to allow their further structural analysis.
SecM (secretion monitor) is a 170 amino acid E. coli
protein that regulates expression of the downstream SecA (secretion driving) ATPase in the secM-secA
. Nakatogawa and Ito originally found that a 17 amino acid long sequence (150-FSTPVWISQAQGIRAG
P-166) in the C-terminal region of the SecM protein is sufficient and necessary to cause stalling of SecM elongation at Gly165, thereby producing peptidyl-glycyl-tRNA stably bound to the ribosomal P-site7-9
. More importantly, it was found that this 17 amino acid long sequence can be fused to the C-terminus of virtually any full-length and/or truncated protein thus allowing the production of RNCs carrying nascent chains of predetermined sizes7
. Thus, when fused or inserted into the target protein, SecM stalling sequence produces arrest of the polypeptide chain elongation and generates stable RNCs both in vivo
in E. coli
cells and in vitro
in a cell-free system. Sucrose gradient centrifugation is further utilized to isolate RNCs.
The isolated RNCs can be used to analyze structural and functional features of the co-translational folding intermediates. Recently, this technique has been successfully used to gain insights into the structure of several ribosome bound nascent chains10,11
. Here we describe the isolation of bovine Gamma-B Crystallin RNCs fused to SecM and generated in an in vitro
Molecular Biology, Issue 64, Ribosome, nascent polypeptides, co-translational protein folding, translational arrest, in vitro translation
Protocols for Implementing an Escherichia coli Based TX-TL Cell-Free Expression System for Synthetic Biology
Institutions: California Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota.
Ideal cell-free expression systems can theoretically emulate an in vivo
cellular environment in a controlled in vitro
This is useful for expressing proteins and genetic circuits in a controlled manner as well as for providing a prototyping environment for synthetic biology.2,3
To achieve the latter goal, cell-free expression systems that preserve endogenous Escherichia coli transcription-translation mechanisms are able to more accurately reflect in vivo
cellular dynamics than those based on T7 RNA polymerase transcription. We describe the preparation and execution of an efficient endogenous E. coli
based transcription-translation (TX-TL) cell-free expression system that can produce equivalent amounts of protein as T7-based systems at a 98% cost reduction to similar commercial systems.4,5
The preparation of buffers and crude cell extract are described, as well as the execution of a three tube TX-TL reaction. The entire protocol takes five days to prepare and yields enough material for up to 3000 single reactions in one preparation. Once prepared, each reaction takes under 8 hr from setup to data collection and analysis. Mechanisms of regulation and transcription exogenous to E. coli
, such as lac/tet repressors and T7 RNA polymerase, can be supplemented.6
Endogenous properties, such as mRNA and DNA degradation rates, can also be adjusted.7
The TX-TL cell-free expression system has been demonstrated for large-scale circuit assembly, exploring biological phenomena, and expression of proteins under both T7- and endogenous promoters.6,8
Accompanying mathematical models are available.9,10
The resulting system has unique applications in synthetic biology as a prototyping environment, or "TX-TL biomolecular breadboard."
Cellular Biology, Issue 79, Bioengineering, Synthetic Biology, Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic, Molecular Biology, control theory, TX-TL, cell-free expression, in vitro, transcription-translation, cell-free protein synthesis, synthetic biology, systems biology, Escherichia coli cell extract, biological circuits, biomolecular breadboard
In Vivo Modeling of the Morbid Human Genome using Danio rerio
Institutions: Duke University Medical Center, Duke University, Duke University Medical Center.
Here, we present methods for the development of assays to query potentially clinically significant nonsynonymous changes using in vivo
complementation in zebrafish. Zebrafish (Danio rerio
) are a useful animal system due to their experimental tractability; embryos are transparent to enable facile viewing, undergo rapid development ex vivo,
and can be genetically manipulated.1
These aspects have allowed for significant advances in the analysis of embryogenesis, molecular processes, and morphogenetic signaling. Taken together, the advantages of this vertebrate model make zebrafish highly amenable to modeling the developmental defects in pediatric disease, and in some cases, adult-onset disorders. Because the zebrafish genome is highly conserved with that of humans (~70% orthologous), it is possible to recapitulate human disease states in zebrafish. This is accomplished either through the injection of mutant human mRNA to induce dominant negative or gain of function alleles, or utilization of morpholino (MO) antisense oligonucleotides to suppress genes to mimic loss of function variants. Through complementation of MO-induced phenotypes with capped human mRNA, our approach enables the interpretation of the deleterious effect of mutations on human protein sequence based on the ability of mutant mRNA to rescue a measurable, physiologically relevant phenotype. Modeling of the human disease alleles occurs through microinjection of zebrafish embryos with MO and/or human mRNA at the 1-4 cell stage, and phenotyping up to seven days post fertilization (dpf). This general strategy can be extended to a wide range of disease phenotypes, as demonstrated in the following protocol. We present our established models for morphogenetic signaling, craniofacial, cardiac, vascular integrity, renal function, and skeletal muscle disorder phenotypes, as well as others.
Molecular Biology, Issue 78, Genetics, Biomedical Engineering, Medicine, Developmental Biology, Biochemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, Bioengineering, Genomics, Medical, zebrafish, in vivo, morpholino, human disease modeling, transcription, PCR, mRNA, DNA, Danio rerio, animal model
Genome-wide Screen for miRNA Targets Using the MISSION Target ID Library
The Target ID Library is designed to assist in discovery and identification of microRNA (miRNA) targets. The Target ID Library is a plasmid-based, genome-wide cDNA library cloned into the 3'UTR downstream from the dual-selection fusion protein, thymidine kinase-zeocin (TKzeo). The first round of selection is for stable transformants, followed with introduction of a miRNA of interest, and finally, selecting for cDNAs containing the miRNA's target. Selected cDNAs are identified by sequencing (see Figure 1-3 for Target ID Library Workflow and details).
To ensure broad coverage of the human transcriptome, Target ID Library cDNAs were generated via oligo-dT priming using a pool of total RNA prepared from multiple human tissues and cell lines. Resulting cDNA range from 0.5 to 4 kb, with an average size of 1.2 kb, and were cloned into the p3΄TKzeo dual-selection plasmid (see Figure 4 for plasmid map). The gene targets represented in the library can be found on the Sigma-Aldrich webpage. Results from Illumina sequencing (Table 3
), show that the library includes 16,922 of the 21,518 unique genes in UCSC RefGene (79%), or 14,000 genes with 10 or more reads (66%).
Genetics, Issue 62, Target ID, miRNA, ncRNA, RNAi, genomics
Profiling of Estrogen-regulated MicroRNAs in Breast Cancer Cells
Institutions: University of Houston.
Estrogen plays vital roles in mammary gland development and breast cancer progression. It mediates its function by binding to and activating the estrogen receptors (ERs), ERα, and ERβ. ERα is frequently upregulated in breast cancer and drives the proliferation of breast cancer cells. The ERs function as transcription factors and regulate gene expression. Whereas ERα's regulation of protein-coding genes is well established, its regulation of noncoding microRNA (miRNA) is less explored. miRNAs play a major role in the post-transcriptional regulation of genes, inhibiting their translation or degrading their mRNA. miRNAs can function as oncogenes or tumor suppressors and are also promising biomarkers. Among the miRNA assays available, microarray and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) have been extensively used to detect and quantify miRNA levels. To identify miRNAs regulated by estrogen signaling in breast cancer, their expression in ERα-positive breast cancer cell lines were compared before and after estrogen-activation using both the µParaflo-microfluidic microarrays and Dual Labeled Probes-low density arrays. Results were validated using specific qPCR assays, applying both Cyanine dye-based and Dual Labeled Probes-based chemistry. Furthermore, a time-point assay was used to identify regulations over time. Advantages of the miRNA assay approach used in this study is that it enables a fast screening of mature miRNA regulations in numerous samples, even with limited sample amounts. The layout, including the specific conditions for cell culture and estrogen treatment, biological and technical replicates, and large-scale screening followed by in-depth confirmations using separate techniques, ensures a robust detection of miRNA regulations, and eliminates false positives and other artifacts. However, mutated or unknown miRNAs, or regulations at the primary and precursor transcript level, will not be detected. The method presented here represents a thorough investigation of estrogen-mediated miRNA regulation.
Medicine, Issue 84, breast cancer, microRNA, estrogen, estrogen receptor, microarray, qPCR
Assessment of Selective mRNA Translation in Mammalian Cells by Polysome Profiling
Institutions: University of Ottawa, Montreal Neurological Institute, University of Ottawa.
Regulation of protein synthesis represents a key control point in cellular response to stress. In particular, discreet RNA regulatory elements were shown to allow to selective translation of specific mRNAs, which typically encode for proteins required for a particular stress response. Identification of these mRNAs, as well as the characterization of regulatory mechanisms responsible for selective translation has been at the forefront of molecular biology for some time. Polysome profiling is a cornerstone method in these studies. The goal of polysome profiling is to capture mRNA translation by immobilizing actively translating ribosomes on different transcripts and separate the resulting polyribosomes by ultracentrifugation on a sucrose gradient, thus allowing for a distinction between highly translated transcripts and poorly translated ones. These can then be further characterized by traditional biochemical and molecular biology methods. Importantly, combining polysome profiling with high throughput genomic approaches allows for a large scale analysis of translational regulation.
Cellular Biology, Issue 92, cellular stress, translation initiation, internal ribosome entry site, polysome, RT-qPCR, gradient
In vivo Interrogation of Central Nervous System Translatome by Polyribosome Fractionation
Institutions: German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ).
Multiple processes are involved in gene expression including transcription, translation and stability of mRNAs and proteins. Each of these steps are tightly regulated, affecting the final dynamics of protein abundance. Various regulatory mechanisms exist at the translation step, rendering mRNA levels alone an unreliable indicator of gene expression. In addition, local regulation of mRNA translation has been particularly implicated in neuronal functions, shifting 'translatomics' to the focus of attention in neurobiology. The presented method can be used to bridge transcriptomics and proteomics.
Here we describe essential modifications to the technique of polyribosome fractionation, which interrogates the translatome based on the association of actively translated mRNAs to multiple ribosomes and their differential sedimentation in sucrose gradients. Traditionally, working with in vivo
samples, particularly of the central nervous system (CNS), has proven challenging due to the restricted amounts of material and the presence of fatty tissue components. In order to address this, the described protocol is specifically optimized for use with minimal amount of CNS material, as demonstrated by the use of single mouse spinal cord and brain. Briefly, CNS tissues are extracted and translating ribosomes are immobilized on mRNAs with cycloheximide. Myelin flotation is then performed to remove lipid rich components. Fractionation is performed on a sucrose gradient where mRNAs are separated according to their ribosomal loading. Isolated fractions are suitable for a range of downstream assays, including new genome wide assay technologies.
Neuroscience, Issue 86, central nervous system, CNS, translation, polyribosome fractionation, RNA, Brain, spinal cord, microarray, next-generation sequencing, gradient, translatome
Isolation of mRNAs Associated with Yeast Mitochondria to Study Mechanisms of Localized Translation
Institutions: Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.
Most of mitochondrial proteins are encoded in the nucleus and need to be imported into the organelle. Import may occur while the protein is synthesized near the mitochondria. Support for this possibility is derived from recent studies, in which many mRNAs encoding mitochondrial proteins were shown to be localized to the mitochondria vicinity. Together with earlier demonstrations of ribosomes’ association with the outer membrane, these results suggest a localized translation process. Such localized translation may improve import efficiency, provide unique regulation sites and minimize cases of ectopic expression. Diverse methods have been used to characterize the factors and elements that mediate localized translation. Standard among these is subcellular fractionation by differential centrifugation. This protocol has the advantage of isolation of mRNAs, ribosomes and proteins in a single procedure. These can then be characterized by various molecular and biochemical methods. Furthermore, transcriptomics and proteomics methods can be applied to the resulting material, thereby allow genome-wide insights. The utilization of yeast as a model organism for such studies has the advantages of speed, costs and simplicity. Furthermore, the advanced genetic tools and available deletion strains facilitate verification of candidate factors.
Biochemistry, Issue 85, mitochondria, mRNA localization, Yeast, S. cerevisiae, microarray, localized translation, biochemical fractionation
MicroRNA Expression Profiles of Human iPS Cells, Retinal Pigment Epithelium Derived From iPS, and Fetal Retinal Pigment Epithelium
Institutions: JBSA Fort Sam Houston.
The objective of this report is to describe the protocols for comparing the microRNA (miRNA) profiles of human induced-pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) derived from human iPS cells (iPS-RPE), and fetal RPE. The protocols include collection of RNA for analysis by microarray, and the analysis of microarray data to identify miRNAs that are differentially expressed among three cell types. The methods for culture of iPS cells and fetal RPE are explained. The protocol used for differentiation of RPE from human iPS is also described. The RNA extraction technique we describe was selected to allow maximal recovery of very small RNA for use in a miRNA microarray. Finally, cellular pathway and network analysis of microarray data is explained. These techniques will facilitate the comparison of the miRNA profiles of three different cell types.
Molecular Biology, Issue 88, microRNA, microarray, human induced-pluripotent stem cells, retinal pigmented epithelium
Visualization of Endoplasmic Reticulum Localized mRNAs in Mammalian Cells
Institutions: University of Toronto.
In eukaryotes, most of the messenger RNAs (mRNAs) that encode secreted and membrane proteins are localized to the surface of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). However, the visualization of these mRNAs can be challenging. This is especially true when only a fraction of the mRNA is ER-associated and their distribution to this organelle is obstructed by non-targeted (i.e.
"free") transcripts. In order to monitor ER-associated mRNAs, we have developed a method in which cells are treated with a short exposure to a digitonin extraction solution that selectively permeabilizes the plasma membrane, and thus removes the cytoplasmic contents, while simultaneously maintaining the integrity of the ER. When this method is coupled with fluorescent in situ
hybridization (FISH), one can clearly visualize ER-bound mRNAs by fluorescent microscopy. Using this protocol the degree of ER-association for either bulk poly(A) transcripts or specific mRNAs can be assessed and even quantified. In the process, one can use this assay to investigate the nature of mRNA-ER interactions.
Cellular Biology, Issue 70, Biochemistry, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Genomics, mRNA localization, RNA, digitonin extraction, cell fractionation, endoplasmic reticulum, secretion, microscopy, imaging, fluorescent in situ hybridization, FISH, cell biology
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Employees in Puerto Rico take home a smaller share of income than anywhere else in the U.S.
But is this despite or because of the many regulations the Puerto Rican government uses to tilt the economic scale in favor of workers?
The island’s government leans to the left and has done all it can to interfere with the free market in Puerto Rico. For instance, in Puerto Rico, the minimum wage is extremely high—77 percent of the median wage. Unlike the mainland U.S., Puerto Rico has European-style labor laws that grant time-and-a-half pay to anyone who works over 8 hours a day and make it difficult to lay workers off.
In Puerto Rico, workers get a smaller slice of the pie than anywhere else in the U.S.
Proponents of these pro-labor policies have been willing to shrink the entire economic pie in order to get a bigger slice for a few.
The problem is that they haven’t achieved even that. In Puerto Rico, workers get a smaller slice of the pie than anywhere else in the U.S.
In the U.S. as a whole, employees in manufacturing earn 61 cents of every net dollar earned. But in Puerto Rico, they earn only 8 cents.
This is because of a policy trap set by Congress.
Congress created tax incentives in the 20th century in order to lure manufacturing to the island. But at the same time, Congress maintained the maritime Jones Act, which makes electricity and shipping prohibitively expensive, making Puerto Rico a bad place to do business.
So the principal industry that invested in Puerto Rico was pharmaceuticals, since stamping out pills uses little electricity and shipping and also requires vanishingly few workers. Pill factories took advantage of the tax credits (which are now defunct) without being badly gouged by the Jones Act.
In order for Puerto Rican manufacturing to diversify, the island needs relief from the Jones Act. The act requires that shipping between U.S. ports can be done only by American-built and American-crewed vessels. Since there are only a handful of ships that qualify, they can—and do—charge monopoly prices.
Even outside manufacturing, the strict Puerto Rican labor laws seem to have hurt workers. In 48 of the 50 states, employees earn a larger share of non-manufacturing income than they do in Puerto Rico (this calculation also excludes agriculture and mining).
The intentions of Puerto Rico’s progressive policymakers, stretching all the way back to the 1940s with Rexford Tugwell, were to elevate workers at the expense of investors. The unintended consequences of their policies have been to shrink Puerto Rico’s economic pie and shrink workers’ slice of that pie as well.
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United States of America, Massachusetts, Essex, Manchester
The Garden at Plum Hill (Manchester, Massachusetts)
Located on 4 acres this flower garden was originally a pig farm. Sometime after 1981, a devastating fire destroyed the house and killed surrounding vegetation. All that remained was the barn. The current owners purchased the property in 1984 and a year later eight trailer loads of loam were brought in and hand-sifted for garden beds and borders that wrap around the property and its natural granite elements. The garden includes a full sun perennial garden, a shade garden, a antique-rose garden, a meadow garden, and a small orchard of miniature fruit trees. The gardens feature flowering shrubs, perennials, bulbs and self-sowing biennials that are harvested regularly during eight months of the year to provide distinctive materials for the owner's floral design business located in the barn. Second generation woodlands lay beyond the developed spaces.
Roses, hydrangeas, peonies, astilbes, lady's mantle, Solomon's seal, catmint, tulips and hosta leaves may be grown for commercial floral arrangements but the gardens are designed to enhance the setting rather than traditional cutting gardens planted in rows. Inside the farmer's stone wall along the road there is a deep border of perennials and flowering shrubs. A curving pea stone driveway is bordered by birches, pines and dogwoods under planted with shade loving perennials. A formal oval rose garden with antique varieties as well as David Austin and other hybrids is protected by a lilac hedge, with boxwood globes and an antique gate at three entrances. More flower borders line the driveway up to the house culminating in a rose covered trellis. There is an herb garden with lavender that is nearly 30 years old, and thorn less blackberries and a fruit orchard nearby that contains apple, plum, peach and pear trees planted in 1986. Another shade garden with hydrangea edging the path leads to the woodlands and a dining terrace.
A sculpture of a goat and birdbaths by Roger DiTarando are placed in the gardens. Another feature is a sculpture of Beatrice by Brizzolesi.
Persons associated with the garden include Nathaniel Hildreth (former owner, before 1854); Albert J. Lucas and Grace A. Lucas (former owners until 1947); Carl and Florence Wentworth Wilson (former owners, 1947-1983); Judson Wilson (former owner, 1982-1983); Architects Development Corporation (former owner, 1983-1984); Brizzolesi (sculptor, circa 1929); Jim Velleco (architect, 1984-1985); Priscilla Randall (landscape architect, designed trellis); Roger DiTarando (sculptor).
The folder includes worksheets, additional photographs and photocopies of articles.
This property is featured in "The Fine Art of Flower Arranging" by Nancy D'Oench, A Garden Club of American Book published by Harry A. Abrams, 2002, pp. 52-55
This property is featured in "A Garden for Cutting" by Margaret Parke, published by Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1993, pp. 64-65, 139
This property is featured in "Gardens Private & Personal" by Nancy D'Oench, A Garden Club of America Book published by Harry A. Abrams, 2008, pp. 68-69, 120
This property is featured in "A Cutting Garden Melody" by Kate Carter Frederick, published in Better Homes and Gardens Garden, Deck & Landscape Planner, Spring 1994, pp. 17-26
This property is featured in "Cutting Edge: A Designer Boldly Arranges a Floral Symphony" by Marilyn Myers Slade, published in Boston Globe Your Home
This property is featured in "The Florists Secret" by Carol Stocker, published in Boston Globe Magazine, August 1999
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The icy Saturn moon Dione appears to have an underground ocean of liquid water, just like two of its more famous neighbors, a new study suggests.
This huge ocean is probably buried about 60 miles (100 kilometers) beneath Dione's icy shell, according to the study. Intriguingly, Dione's putative ocean is likely in contact with the moon's rocky core, team members said.
"The contact between the ocean and the rocky core is crucial," study co-author Attilio Rivoldini, of the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Brussels, said in a statement. "Rock-water interactions provide key nutrients and a source of energy, both being essential ingredients for life."
If the researchers are correct, 700-mile-wide (1,120 kilometers) Dione would be the third Saturn moon known to harbor a subsurface ocean, after giant Titan and geyser-spouting Enceladus.
Astronomers think the Jupiter moons Europa, Callisto and Ganymede also have buried oceans, and recent research indicates Pluto might as well.
The study team, led by Mikael Beuthe of the Royal Observatory of Belgium, modeled the icy shells of Dione and Enceladus using gravity data gathered by NASA's Saturn-orbiting Cassini spacecraft during its various flybys of the satellites.
Similar simulations performed by other researchers in the past have suggested that Dione is sea-free and that Enceladus' ocean is buried deep. But Beuthe and his colleagues added a new wrinkle into their models.
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Get Three Stages Of Birth Process
Pictures. Muscle contractions in the uterus causes the cervix to dilate in preparation for the baby to exit. The first stage of labor begins when you start having contractions.
Birth or parturition is a critical stage in development, representing in mammals a transition from direct maternal support of fetal development, physical expulsion and establishment of the newborns own respiratory, circulatory and digestive systems. The process of prenatal development occurs in three main stages. Average of 12 hrs for first births and 6 hours for subsequent births.
This stage of development is from the time of birth till one month after the child is born.
The placenta is typically delivered in five to 30 minutes, but the process can last as long. Learn more about these stages, the methods to relieve the pain of labor, and complications that can occur during the process in this article. So teachers start playing a big. Each of these stages is distinct taking three months to give way to the other. This stage ends with the delivery of the placenta, usually within a few minutes after the birth of the baby. What are the stages of labour? Every pregnancy is different, and there's wide variation in the length of labor. Birth, process of bringing forth a child from the uterus, or womb.
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Nurse practitioners (NPs) are highly educated professionals who provide clinical care to patients from all walks of life. Possessing a graduate degree, nurse practitioners are advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) with additional education beyond that of registered nurses (RNs) to enable them to provide holistic patient-centered care including diagnosis and management.
Overall employment for nurse practitioners is projected to grow by 52% from 2020 to 2030, far faster than average when compared with other occupations, according to 2021 projections by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
Explore this quickly growing profession, including information about:
- How to become a nurse practitioner with a family nurse practitioner specialty
- Different types of nurse practitioner specialties
- Education requirements for nurse practitioners
- Salary and job outlook for people who pursue this career in nursing leadership
How to Become a Nurse Practitioner
According to the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), nurses must complete at least four steps to begin practice as fully licensed nurse practitioners.
1. Earn a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
As APRNs, nurse practitioners must first enter the profession of nursing by obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or a direct-entry master's in nursing.
Earning a BSN typically involves four years of combined coursework (including prerequisites for entering the BSN program) and clinical rotations. In clinicals, students put their new skills to work in real-life settings.
Graduates with a bachelor’s degree in an unrelated field (e.g., physics, psychology, biology or chemistry) may be eligible for an accelerated second-degree BSN program or direct-entry master's program. Students enter either of these two types of programs after obtaining a prior bachelor's degree and successfully completing required prerequisite science courses (e.g., anatomy or physiology). Students complete these programs in 12-24 months and after obtaining their degree are eligible to sit for the NCLEX-RN to obtain licensure as an RN.
Graduates with an Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) may also return to school to earn their BSN and start down the path to becoming a nurse practitioner.
2. Pass the National Council Licensure Examination
After earning a BSN, the next step toward becoming a nurse practitioner is passing the National Council Licensure Examination- Registered Nurse (NCLEX-RN). This test is a national licensure exam required for state licensure. All states require registered nursing professionals to be licensed to practice.
The NCLEX-RN tests a nursing professional’s knowledge of nursing best practices, laws and ethics. Questions are designed to test a prospective RN’s ability to think critically about clinical situations and dilemmas that may arise between nurses, patients, families and other health care professionals.
To take the NCLEX-RN, prospective RNs must first contact the nursing regulatory body (commonly referred to as the board of nursing) in the U.S. state they wish to practice to receive an Authorization to Test (ATT). After acquiring an ATT from a specific state and passing the NCLEX, a professional officially becomes a licensed RN.
3. Enroll in Graduate School
Because nurse practitioners are required to have an advanced degree, the next step after passing the NCLEX-RN and becoming a licensed RN is to enroll in graduate school to pursue a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) or BSN to Doctor of Nursing Practice (BSN-DNP) program that specializes in a certain focus of advanced practice nursing. Many MSN and BSN-DNP programs offer a specific population focus — for example, the Master of Science in Nursing-Family Nurse Practitioner (MSN-FNP), which concentrates on family-focused health care — so prospective students should reflect on the patient population they’re interested in serving. Graduate programs offer advanced nursing courses such as Advanced Health Assessment and Pharmacology and clinical placements, which help students gain more hands-on experience in clinical settings.
While both an MSN and a BSN-DNP can qualify students to become APRNs, there are differences between the two to consider. An MSN generally takes less time to complete and prepares students with advanced clinical nursing knowledge. A BSN-DNP, on the other hand, requires advanced clinical nursing knowledge in a particular population focus and requires additional coursework that includes leadership principles, health policy, health care delivery systems, quality improvement and evidence-based practices. Students may also choose to pursue a DNP after completing an MSN. Prospective students should research each program’s accreditation and graduate certification rate before applying.
4. Pass the National Nurse Practitioner Certification Board Exam
The last step to becoming a nurse practitioner after successfully earning an MSN or BSN-DNP is to pass a national board certification exam.
There are multiple nationally-recognized organizations, including the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) and the American Nurse Credentialing Center (ANCC), that offer certification exams based on the population focus of the NP role. The individual is only eligible to sit for the examination that their program of study covered.
- The family nurse practitioner certification exam tests pharmacological, professional and clinical aspects of primary care for prenatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult and elderly patients.
- The adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner certification exam tests clinical knowledge of patients 18 years and older.
- The emergency nurse practitioner certification exam tests clinical knowledge of emergency specialty care.
After passing the board exam, graduates may apply for nurse practitioner licensure in their state. It is important to note that NPs must maintain their RN licensure in addition to their APRN licensure.
Nurse practitioners must periodically renew their certification and state licensure, according to the AANP’s overview of NP certifications. This typically involves continuing education credits.
Nurse Practitioner Specialties
Nurse practitioners may diagnose diseases, prescribe medications and manage treatment for patients. However, many specializations are available for nurse practitioners depending on the patient population they focus on.
These NP specialties include the following:
- Family nurse practitioner. This role focuses on primary care for families, which includes patients of all ages.
- Psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. This role focuses on the diagnosis and management of patients experiencing mental health issues. Management includes providing therapeutic interventions such as talk therapy, providing crisis care, treating substance abuse disorders, promoting prevention activities and supporting patients and their families experiencing mental health issues.
- Adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner. This role focuses on the management of patients 18 years and older who are experiencing life-threatening and unstable medical conditions.
- Emergency nurse practitioner. This role focuses on treating injury and illness in patients seeking care in hospital emergency rooms.
Other specialties include:
- Adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner (AGPCNP)
- Neonatal nurse practitioner (NNP)
- Pediatric primary care nurse practitioner (PCPNP)
- Pediatric acute care nurse practitioner (ACPNP)
- Women’s health nurse practitioner (WHNP)
Nurse practitioners have different levels of practice authority, meaning the requirement to work under the supervision of a doctor, depending on their state of practice.
Currently, Nurse practitioners have full practice authority in 26 states, while the other states may require a certain level of collaboration or direction from a physician for specifically designated portions of treatment. Despite this, they still have more authority and autonomy (and often, higher pay) than RNs.
In reduced-practice states, nurse practitioners have limitations on their scope of practice. For example, in Ohio and some other reduced-practice states, NPs maintain collaborative agreements with physicians about prescribing certain medications and other aspects of practice.
Nurse Practitioner Specialty Education Paths
Graduate nurse practitioner students take part in several classroom and clinical experiences when they pursue a nurse practitioner degree. NP programs must include the following:
- Advanced pathophysiology
- Advanced health assessment
- Advanced pharmacology
Specializations allow nurses to focus on their area of care interest. Two popular options are Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP).
MSN-Family Nurse Practitioner Pathway
When students enroll in an online FNP program, such as Walsh University’s online MSN-FNP, they take graduate-level courses in a flexible online format, which can allow them to continue working as RNs while earning their advanced degree.
FNP programs help students develop clinical skills in areas such as pathophysiology, health assessment pharmacology, diagnostic reasoning and care management, focusing on care that covers all members of the family.
Walsh University also offers MSN students the opportunity to add a nurse educator (NE) certificate to their degree at no cost allowing graduates the flexibility to teach nurses after graduation. Some of the benefits that nurse practitioners gain from this certificate include:
- Specialized training in instructional frameworks, learning environments and student management
- Practical experience applying theory in educational settings
- Becoming even more competitive in the nurse practitioner market
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners Pathway
Similar to psychiatrists, nurse practitioners specializing in psychiatric mental health can provide psychosocial treatment to individuals and families, including diagnosing mental health disorders. Depending on the state’s practice authority, psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners may also prescribe medications.
Through the Byers School of Nursing, Walsh University offers PMHNP students an interdisciplinary experience with coursework delivered primarily online.
The PMHNP program at Walsh University emphasizes:
- Crisis care
- Psychiatric patient management
- Primary care delivery systems
- Treatment for substance use disorders
Nurse Practitioner Salary and Job Outlook
The job outlook and average salary for nurse practitioners make this profession an attractive option for RNs with a bachelor’s degree.
The median salary for all nurse anesthetists, nurse midwives and nurse practitioners was $117,670 in 2020, according to the BLS.
The BLS projects around 29,400 job openings for nurse practitioners each year between 2020 and 2030 as a result of the need to replace nurses who change professions or retire.
According to PayScale, FNPs earned a median base salary of $97,664 per year as of February 2022, and psychiatric nurse practitioners earned a median base salary of $112,196 per year.
Launch a Career as a Nurse Practitioner
Nurse practitioners leverage advanced education and clinical experience to provide care to patients and families. As nurses with graduate degrees, nurse practitioners advocate for their patients and tend to earn more than nurses with only a bachelor’s degree.
A supportive graduate degree program can make all the difference in helping a nurse launch a career as a nurse practitioner. RNs with a BSN can explore Walsh University’s online MSN-FNP or BSN to DNP-FNP programs. These online FNP programs offer dedicated one-on-one support to students, and their flexible and affordable program enables students to continue working while they progress toward their degree.
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Pele gets a lift from teammates after Brazil defeated Italy, 4-1, to win… (Associated Press )
SOCCER/FOOTBALL URBAN LEGEND: Pele was paid to tie his shoelaces in the 1970 World Cup Final.
Nowadays, the idea of athletes endorsing sneakers is well ingrained in the public consciousness. Seemingly every draft class in the NBA has at least one player sign an endorsement deal with one of the major sneaker companies in the United States (for instance, Anthony Davis, the first pick of the 2012 NBA Draft, has already signed with Nike).
However, in the early days of the so-called "sneaker wars" between rival shoe companies Adidas and Puma, athlete endorsements were seen as a much bigger risk. As sneakers became a bigger part of the world of athletics in the years following World War II, which athletes wore Adidas and which wore Puma became a major part of the advertising arm of each of the two companies. As time went by, athletes were beginning to play the two companies against each other and the results were financially damaging. In addition, the companies began to spend too much time trying to one up each other.
This was especially evident during the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City where Adidas actually had Puma sneakers confiscated by custom officials! Things had gotten so crazy that in the lead up to the 1970 World Cup in Mexico, the two companies actually decided to come to a sort of "peace treaty" and to avoid the dealings that had marked their relationship for most of the 1960s.
The most notable result of their interactions was the so-called "Pele Pact," where both companies agreed NOT to sign a deal with Pele, the greatest football player in the world at the time. Their feeling was that they would both end up spending so much money on a bidding war that it would not be worth it in the end.
Led by Pele, Brazil's 1970 national team was one of the greatest World Cup teams in the history of the tournament. They played Italy in the final match of the tournament. It was one of the most highly anticipated football matches in years. Right before the opening whistle, Pele asked the referee for a moment to tie his sneakers. All eyes were on Pele as he bent over to tie his sneakers....Puma sneakers. What happened to the "Pele Pact"?
1970 was the last of the four World Cups that Pele played in and the third title that Brazil won in those four tournaments (Pele was injured during both the 1962 and 1966 tournaments. Luckily for Brazil, Pele's teammate Garrincha led the team to a title in Pele's absence). Pele was clearly the most famous football player in the world headed into the 1970 World Cup, so he was mystified by something...why didn't he have an endorsement deal with either Adidas or Puma? Pele instead had to settle for a deal with the small English shoe company Stylo.
Obviously, Pele did not know about the "Pele Pact," but things became interesting when Puma sent a representative to the Brazil team named Hans Henningsen. Henningsen was a reporter who had become quite friendly with the Brazilian team. Pele and Henningsen spent some time together and Pele was irked that Henningsen, who spent time trying to sign all the other Brazilian team members, never tried to sign him. Finally, Henningsen decided that enough was enough and he made a bold decision. He worked out a deal with Pele without approval from Puma!
He offered Pele $25,000 for the 1970 World Cup and $100,000 for the next four years (plus a cut of the sales of Pele brand sneakers). Henningsen brought the offer to Armin Dassler, the head of Puma and Dassler decided that the deal was just too good to pass up. So he agreed to the offer and he and Henningsen delivered the money to Pele. Part of their deal involved Pele intentionally asking for time before the opening of the final match, so that the cameras would all pan down to him tying his Puma brand sneakers. As you might imagine, Adidas was furious and the sneaker wars began again in earnest.
Nowadays, in the United States, companies such as Nike and Reebok have taken the lead in the sneaker wars, but Puma and Adidas continue to be dominant forces in the international shoe market.
The legend is...
Thanks to Barbara Smit's wonderful book, Sneaker Wars: The Enemy Brothers Who Founded Adidas and Puma and the Family Feud That Forever Changed the Business of Sports, for the story of how the "Pele Pact" was destroyed. Her book is really a phenomenal read.
Be sure to check out my Sports Urban Legends Revealed for more sports urban legends! I have archives of all the past urban legends featured on the site in the categories of: Baseball, Football, Basketball, Hockey, the Olympics and Soccer/Football!
Also be sure to check out my Entertainment Urban Legends Revealed for urban legends about the worlds of TV, Movies, Music and more! Feel free (heck, I implore you!) to write in with your suggestions for future installments! My e-mail address is email@example.com. And please buy my new book, "Why Does Batman Carry Shark Repellent?" here. It just came out! Also, you might like to purchase my first book, "Was Superman a Spy? And Other Comic Book Legends Revealed! here.
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Discussion in 'Photography Beginners' Forum' started by mommy22, Mar 27, 2010.
How is this done? I mean the types of pics that are very dark but with a glimmer of a subject.
Got a example of what you mean?
Probably a flash is what you are thinking!
I'm thinking she means 'low-key' photography. Something like this? (Just a random low key photo I found online)
Yep! That's it. How???
Never done it myself, but I am guessing a google search with the term 'low key photography' would get you the results you're looking for. I know it's a technique using off camera strobe, but other than that, I've never really looked into it.
Dark Background, Dark Clothing, Light VERY Close to the subject. We do a lot of it at our portrait studio. The thing that seperates great low key from bad low key is having additional accent lighting for the hair or what is called a rim light.
id like to know this as well--- so im going to hang around and be nose if ya dont mind...lol
Most times it is done with a single light, IE your key light.
There is a difference between Low Key light, and a bad exposure.
Like mentioned above, pulling your light source close to your subject is a great way to start. I use a hot light, or a constant light (Wescott TD5) for this, and put it just out of cameras view.
The light and shadows should give your subject definition, it should isolate it, and make it a bit more dramatic.
Look at the shadows because those will reveal where the light was and if it was modified or not.
Sharp edged shadows means the light source was small and not modified.
Shadows that have no edge and are very soft, were made by large appearing light sources which means modified light.
Bouncing light into a 60 inch umbrella, off a ceiling, off a side wall, or making the light go through a big diffuser panel makes the light source appear to be 60 very big and the shadows wrap around and get very soft.
Fancy & Expensive light setups are not necessary, look at what I used just trying out something new a few weeks ago...
A flashlight from the right, clamped onto the furnace, a black towel as a background and black plastic sheets I had laying around.
And got this...cloned out the wooden stand inside the skull, smoothed out the tape used to hold on the skull crown, and made it B&W. Not "pro" but it's a good start for DIY materials.
Be creative and try things, you'll learn a lot by experimenting!
Wow - so glad I stumbled onto this thread. I'm a fan of low budget creativity. It's a great way to try all sorts of things before investing lots of $
This is one studio flash high to her right, she is about 12 feet from a black wall
which was cropped to this
but she went with this
All one light
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What do newspapers and the Republican party have in common?
According to a new study of college students published by the Panetta Institute at Cal State Monterey Bay, both institutions had better realize that they're in trouble with young people.
The number of students who say the receive most of their information about politics and civic affairs from community newspapers now stands at 8 percent. Back in 2001, 21 percent of students said they kept up on things with the newspaper. Meanwhile, the proportion of students who say they look to Internet web sites stands at 59 percent. Another 12 percent keep up on politics exclusively through social media. And, presumably, that number is growing thanks to the increasing role of social media sites like Facebook.
As for the Republicans, four leading candidates -- including the presumptive candidate, Mitt Romney, have net negative ratings.. Romney, for example, scores at only 21 percent positive compared to 42 percent negative among college students.
President Barack Obama -- despite some significant questions about the economy -- remains popular among the collegiate set. He's at 57 percent positive and 24 percent negative.
Obama's popularity comes despite a profoundly negative view of political leadership in general. Some 47 percent of students say they're satisfied -- but 51 percent are not.
Still, there are ominous signs for Republicans, particularly when it comes to social issues. College students support the idea of gay marriage by a 75-22 percent margin. And as for abortion, the number of pro-choice advocates making up about 67 percent of students.
The survey was done by Hart Research Associates of Washington D.C., which has completed the survey of college students nationwide since 2001. For the complete report, check out the Panetta Institute website.
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This new report by Fred Pearce for Fern shows that Europe’s forests are being invaded in the name of green energy. The report focuses on a number of forests in Europe and the US, that are under threat by this push for bioenergy, which is being fuelled by huge subsidies from the EU and its Member States.
Up in Flames - How biomass burning wrecks Europe’s forests, reveals how forests across Europe are being pillaged and their wood used for energy because of EU policies for promoting renewable electricity and heating with the aim to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
Almost half of wood harvested in the EU is now used for energy, while 60 per cent of the renewable energy is generated by biomass burning for electricity and heating. It supplies about five per cent of EU energy needs. Industry investors say that if the EU’s 2020 renewable energy targets are to be met, Europe will need between seven and 16 million hectares of energy crops.
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It is said that stickers or logo of a company tells the hidden meaning of that company’s name. Sticker designers need to keep in head to present the proper meaning in a hidden way while creating a logo for a company. However, since early decades it has become a ritual to express a company name through the help of sticker. Stickers are not only limited within a singular periphery, but they are also used as a symbol of a political party. The use of stickers in marketing department remains always a favourite. These sellers of stickers online do not charge high, moreover it is cost friendly and express a beautiful presentation of your company. So, why not go for a suitable sticker? Here are some reasons to use stickers for your company.
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Why do we need sign boards and various other names to identify amongst each other? Well, there is a simple tactic amongst everyone to identify the actual fact about what is happening in regards to the universe and the world we live or rotate in; whether we are corporate industries or maybe even just the simple commoner – you are lazily shopping around, we find ourselves attracted too; and well sought to want the simple things and hence, we are often compromised with the fact that there are quite the most effective understandings that a person may have as it can help us later recall those places for a certain need. For instance; when we want to refer it to a friend or maybe another rating which needs to be given – hence, names boards and signs have benefitted us the most to anything else, which has advised us to become better too. Check out here for more neon signs.
How to make businesses work;
There is always going to be an importance when it comes to containing the fact that there are a lot of instances, by which that we have to adhere to the following procedures which is the necessary decisions by which we have to make way and adjust to the terms and conditions of which are by far the most necessary. Here, what I mean, is the – obvious stated fact which in all general terms that there are also various different procedures when it comes to even building up your shop. However, most signs that are made are by the advertisings company. Hence, the shop signage are associated with those who are the sign writers which are incorporated and put together to give a better reputation which would eventually hit the market on point as it is quite generally assumed hard to target such customers and clients alike too.
The creative company names;
What, is the purpose of having a business; expect that if there are not many things that we are not allowed to use a little bit of the problems that have; been to seen, it has allowed us to see that businesses’ develop and become better in the worlds. What, is used is the truth that has happened to many of us is the understanding by which many of us have not realized the fact; the honest option about many other things – is the truth that they have; but why do we need names to come up with? We need names for our companies to help us understand the proper tutelage which we could engage and supply ourselves with a lot of things. Hence, trying to make a lot of money in the future.
In a company’s life or the fight to survival in the highly competitive business world, there are many things a firm has to do. Some of these things are the actions one is supposed to take on a daily basis to run the business. Some of these activities involve laying the foundation and approaching a long term goal step by step. Some of these activities involve making the society aware of the company brand using a variety of methods.
One of the marketing methods of a company brand is taking part in commercial exhibitions and reaching out to the public and even other companies in the business that are interested in getting your services. At such a moment using the most attractive tents or gazebos can actually win you a lot of attention. However, depending on the location of the exhibition you have to attend to the matter in different ways.
Inside a Building
When you are participating for an exhibition that is held within a building you normally do not use tents. You rather use stalls. However, you have to make sure that even the stall you use is very attractive in a way that catches attention of those who visit the place. You can do that by using colorful banners that addresses to your potential customers. With the help of a professional service or some creative individuals working for you, you can make this stall attractive enough to get some good marketing done during the period of the event.
Outside or In an Open Area
Some exhibitions are held outside in the open space. At such a moment, you need to use a good tent to present your company. There are a number of firms that sell gazebos http://www.extreme-marquees.com.au/ or in any other place. However, always make sure that you go to the right supplier to get the tent for your event because the right supplier will be able to even customize the tent to have your brand’s logos and other pictures or words. When you couple such an attractive and standing out tent with all your other promotional materials such as banners and flags, your tent will win a lot of attention that can be very good for your business.
If you follow these ideas and make sure to use the help of the professional services where needed you will be able to present an attractive stall at any exhibition. That will be good marketing for your company not just for today but even for the future.
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|From the International Bipolar Foundation, click to visit our website|
September is National Recovery Month. Sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Recovery Month has been celebrated each September since 1989. This year's theme is "Join the Voices for Recovery: It's Worth It.
September also pays tribute to Worldwide Suicide Prevention.
Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison, succinctly puts into words her thoughts on suicide: "The suffering of the suicidal is private and inexpressible, leaving family members, friends, and colleagues to deal with an almost unfathomable kind of loss, as well as guilt. Suicide carries in its aftermath a level of confusion and devastation that is, for the most part, beyond description".
We at International Bipolar Foundation, hope that you or your loved one will find the courage to reach out for help. You are not alone.
Here is a story I wrote about my personal experiences with suicide:The Sad Little Secret
I was 11 when my grandfather died. I remember my mother showing up at school and me getting excused from classes early. In my young, innocent mind I thought she was quite possibly going to surprise me with an Easter break trip to Florida. read the rest here
To your health,
P.S. Feel free to also contact me at anytime Muffy
Our new mailing address: 8895 Towne Centre Drive, Suite 105-360 San Diego CA 92122
|If you are in a crisis,|
please call: 1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433)
"The Brain Circuitry of Bipolar Disorder: A View from Brain Scanning Research"
Friday, September 28, 9:00am (PST)
Hilary P. Blumberg, M.D.
The focus of Dr. Blumberg's research is the utilization of brain scanning techniques to understand the neural systems that underlie emotional processing, and to investigate abnormalities in these neural systems in mood disorders. I have a particular interest in the cortico-limbic structures that include the amygdala, hippocampus and orbitofrontal cortex. I am especially interested in how genetic, developmental and environmental factors interact to influence the expression of abnormalities in these structures over the lifespan. I use a variety of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) methods to study the brain including structural MRI to look at regional brain volumes, functional MRI to look at regional brain activity, and diffusion tensor MRI to look at the integrity of connections between structures.
Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
|International Bipolar Foundation has been invited back for the 2nd time as an official charity for the 2013 Tri-City Medical Center Carlsbad Marathon & Half.|
Please support us and our team, the Stigma Busters, by raising $15,000 between now and January! The goal of the International Bipolar Foundation is to continue to make a difference in the lives of those affected by bipolar disorder. With the help of donations from supporters such as you we will continue to see the changes and improvements.
| The Power of One! Are You Making a Difference?|
by Pete Earley
Not long after my book, CRAZY: A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness, was published, I was contacted by Muffy Walker, a California mother whose youngest son, Court, had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. She asked if I would lend my name to a fledgling group that she was starting to educate people about bipolar disorder. Muffy seemed earnest and I was impressed by her enthusiasm so I agreed, but I quietly questioned whether much would ever happen.
Wow, was I wrong! The Power of One!
Both the Republican Platform and the Democratic Platform have statements
in them referencing issues of interest to us. The Republican Platform focuses on research issues; the Democratic Platform focuses on the provision of health care to persons with disabilities. The sections of the respective platforms are
reproduced below in the entirety for your review
Both Parties' Platforms Speak to Neuroscience-Related Concerns
Full Section in the Republican Platform:
Supporting Federal Healthcare Research and Development
We support federal investment in healthcare delivery systems and solutions creating innovative means to provide greater, more cost-effective access to high quality healthcare. We also support federal investment in basic and applied biomedical research, especially the neuroscience research that may hold great potential for dealing with diseases and disorders such as Autism, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's. If we are to make significant headway against breast and prostate cancer, diabetes, and other killers, research must consider the special needs of formerly neglected groups. We
call for expanded support for the stem-cell research that now offers the
greatest hope for many afflictions-with adult stem cells, umbilical cord
blood, and cells reprogrammed into pluripotent stem cells-without
the destruction of embryonic human life. We urge a ban on human cloning
and on the creation of or experimentation on human embryos. We support
restoring the Drug Enforcement Administration ban on the use of controlled
substances for physician assisted suicide. We oppose the FDA approval of
Mifeprex, formerly known as RU-486, and similar drugs that terminate
innocent human life after conception.
Full Section in the Democratic Platform:
Americans with Disabilities.
No one should face discrimination based on disability status. President Obama and the Democratic Party will continue to lead efforts to facilitate the access of Americans with disabilities to the middle class, employment
opportunities, and the ability to lead full, productive, and satisfying livers. The administration and the Democratic Party are committed to assisting the approximately 50 million people in the country living with disabilities, assuring their full integration into society.
This administration has committed to hiring 100,000 Americans with
disabilities within the federal government by 2015, and has proposed new
rules to create employment opportunities with federal contractors. We are
committed to expanding access to employment for people with disabilities
and removing barriers to work. The Affordable Care Act is opening access
to health insurance to Americans with disabilities who were previously
excluded because of pre-existing conditions, expanding access to Medicaid,
and helping Medicaid to support home- and community-based services to keep
people in their communities. Further, the President issued an executive
order repealing the restrictions on embryonic stem cell research and
signed into law the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act, the first
piece of comprehensive legislation aimed at improving the lives of
Americans living with paralysis. Democrats are committed to ensuring that
Americans with disabilities can exercise their right to vote and have
access to the polls. We will continue to oppose all efforts to weaken the
landmark Americans with Disabilities Act, and we will vigorously enforce
laws that prevent discrimination. And the President and the Democratic
Party will fiercely oppose the harsh cuts in Medicaid that would
inevitably lead to no or significantly less health care for millions of
Americans with disabilities, workers with disabilities, and families
raising children with autism, Down Syndrome, and other serious
Article: Jewish Spirituality, Depression and Health
Barbara Sloan called my attention to the JPSYCH group that does research on Judaism and Mental Health. They have a number of evidenced based academic articles available on their website at http://www.jpsych.com/.
Their most recent article is Jewish Spirituality, Depression and Health. Are the effects of Jewish spirituality on depression and health a function of belief, practice or both? Is it enough to believe without actually engaging in religious practice? Conversely, can religious practice without faith be of help?
Comment From JPSYCH: We explored these fundamental questions in a scientific manuscript - now in press at the International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. We proposed that core beliefs about God can activate the use of religious behaviors in times of distress, which in turn impact psychological and physical health. Through the use of mediation and moderation analyses, we found support for our proposition to the exclusion of other relationships. These results suggest that both belief and practice are integral to health, but in different ways. Specifically, spiritual beliefs are important in that they facilitate action, but action is the driving force in providing psychological and health benefits. Please visit our Publications page for more information about this study.
Creating Caring Congregations Discussion Questions
As you plan for new fall programs and look at Mental Illness Awareness Week resources, I hope these discussion questions will help people in your congregation assess the needs and direction for a mental health ministry. I have used them at conferences and I have gotten feedback that they are helpful when considering where to begin.
What would you do if you recognized the symptoms of mental illness with a person in your congregation?
What strengths does your congregation have that will help you to develop and implement a mental health ministry?
How can your congregation be welcoming of persons with a mental illness and provide a nurturing community where their spiritual needs can be met?
Who are the persons you can name to take leadership in developing a mental health ministry.
What resources are available in your community for referrals and possible collaborative efforts to educate about mental illness?
What are the first steps? What will you do tomorrow?
Straight Talk About Suicide
Although it's a scary topic, it's important that suicidal thoughts and behavior be talked about and taken seriously. While suicidal thoughts and actions are a part of bipolar disorder for some people, they can be treated before individual thoughts turn into tragic actions.
According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), an estimated three to 20 percent of persons diagnosed and hospitalized with bipolar disorder die by suicide. Yet, 80 to 90 percent of those who have bipolar disorder can be treated effectively with medication and psychotherapy, the AFSP maintains. here
More good news about meditation
August 15, 2012-Feeling lonely has been linked to an increased risk of depression, heart disease and other ills-perhaps because loneliness also is associated with an increase in the activity of inflammation-related genes that can promote a variety of diseases.
Researchers at the University of California-Los Angeles report that a simple meditation program lasting just eight weeks reduced loneliness in a small sample of adults ages 55 and older, and also significantly reduced expression of inflammatory genes. Another recent UCLA study found that a form of yogic meditation involving chanting also reduced inflammatory gene expression, as well as stress levels, among caregivers.
"These studies ... identify simple practices that an individual can harness to improve human health," said Michael Irwin, MD, a psychiatrist and director of UCLA's Norman Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology
August 29, 2012-The emotional upheaval of sending a child off to college may upset your balance. Some ideas for coping with "empty nest syndrome," from experts at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital:
LawLifeline.org is a new resource for law students providing information about a wide range of emotional health issues, including anxiety, depression and stress.
It also offers an anonymous, confidential web-based resource center allowing students to search for information and learn how to go about seeking help if they need it. LawLifeline content covers a wide-range of emotional health topics relevant for law students in their daily lives. In addition, the site features a Self Evaluator, a confidential mental health screening tool created in collaboration with Duke University to assess the issues for which a student may need to seek help. LawLifeline is a project of The Jed Foundation, the nation's leading organization working to promote emotional health and prevent suicide among college students, and The Dave Nee Foundation, which works to fight depression and prevent suicide among law students.
THE BOOK & MOVIE CORNER
Healthy Living with Bipolar Disorder, now available on Kindle
Did you know our book is being translated into several different languages? Meet Anja from Germany, who is translating it into German. Thank you Anja!
Letters to a Steadfast Tree
Kitt Reidy is a Quaker, artist, writer, photographer and a person who lives with bipolar disorder and PTSD. In her book, Letters to a Steadfast Tree, Divinity tells Lucy (the tree at Friends Psychiatric Hospital) how the spiritual journey of a woman became entangled with mental illness. A Kindle copy of this book is available. Kitt has a blog with the same name. She writes, "I feel led to share truths about mental illness, faith, and community through storytelling and artwork. This blog is one platform for sharing my stories."
Of Two Minds
Take your best day and your darkest moment... and multiply by a million.
An enormously empathetic documentary that highlights the diversity and range of experience within the diagnosis of bipolar disorder, "Of Two Minds" roots down into the stigma attached to mental illness, in a very
human, relatable manner. Co-directors Doug Blush and Lisa Klein put an authentic human face on the disease, elucidating its physical and mental tolls without coming across as overly didactic or reductive. This is a movie swollen with natural feeling, and one in which any viewer of uplifting nonfiction can find welcome catharsis.
SADAG Speaking Books recognised as one of 15 most innovative African ideas!
A range of easy-to-use audio books designed to get potentially life-saving health messages out to millions of isolated people struggling with depression and mental health problems.
Speaking Books have now produced 48 titles in 24 different languages and are now used in 20 African countries across the continent. The books now tackle a number of critical healthcare issues outside of suicide prevention such as HIV and Aids, malaria, maternal health and clinical trials. Speaking Books has also expanded to China, India and South America. "The situation we face in rural South Africa is the same in any other African country-low literacy compounded by lack of access to services and affordable healthcare," says Wilson. "This means that patients are often not able to get help for many health problems. We believe that this interactive, durable, high-quality, hardcover book engages the user or patient, and allows them to build self-confidence and skills with a simple action plan" http://www.speakingbooks.com/
SANE eBooks (Australia) Did you know all 17 of the popular SANE Guide series are now available as eBooks? Readable on iPads and other digital devices, they provide easy-to-understand information and tips on a whole range of mental health conditions and related issues, such as healthy living and being a carer. Visit the SANE Bookshop for details.
SHARP: My memoir is a basic 368 pages of a broken man who finds a way to piece his existence back together, with assistance from a lot of broken people, some family, some strangers that became friends in hospitals, and some experts in the field. I filled up my story with each of those faces, and by doing that, a more substantial emotional story was set into motion.
Dear Friend & Advocate|
As the parent of a child with special educational needs, you represent your child's interests. You need to learn about your child's disability, educational needs, and your rights and responsibilities.
Let the Yellow Pages for Kids help you change your child's life for the better.
Summer went fast, didn't it? Kids are anxious about return to school. Parents are too. One parent writes...
Help! School is starting. I want to make sure I have done my homework so this year is better than last year. We can help with your homework.
In this issue of the Special Ed Advocate you'll find information and advice, advocate's tips, and legal resources to help you start the year off right. Have a great school year!
For parents of children with special educational needs, back to school means the start of a new IEP advocacy year.
The stakes are so high. You want to advocate calmly and objectively for your child's educational program.
You must know the steps to take - learning the rules, prioritizing the issues, building your team.
In this issue of the Special Ed Advocate you will learn important tools for effective special education advocacy. Find out what steps to take to ensure that your child receives an appropriate education
Welcome Kristian & Kathleen, our newest bloggers
Hi, my name is Kristian. I am 27 years old and reside in Columbia, Maryland. Living with cerebral palsy and bipolar disorder, I enjoy movies, music, adventures and exploring, cooking, anything creative, spending time with my family, and trying new things. In 2009, I graduated with my B.S degree in Psychology from the University of Maryland, University College with a 3.9 GPA. Everything about life right now can be described as an unexpected, first time experience. I have a background in education, art, health, and human services. I began advocating for people with mental illness after my own diagnosis and becoming involved with DBSA and NAMI-Howard County. That advocacy has turned into a passion to help people with disabilities as whole and underserved populations.
My name is Kathleen K. I have been diagnosed with Schizo Affective, Bipolar One disorders since I was 33. That's about 22 years. I have lived through just about anything and everything. From being experimented with on all kinds of medication, as the Doctors couldn't decide which disorder to treat, to being in Mental Hospitals every three to four months for 11 years. In 2004 a Doctor at a Hospital where I was staying came in and treated me with a very large dosage of Geodan. He put me on 280 mgs of Geodan. At the time I was hearing Voices and Hallucinating. This also had been going on since I was thirty-three. But I never told anyone about the voices till ten years into my illness. After the Doctor put me on the high dosage of Geodan it took about a week to increase it from 80 mgs up to 280. Then all the voices and hallucinations went away. So as of 2004 I started my recovery. I will be blogging more about things in which other people can hopefully relate to in their own lives from my experiences. I have been in recover since 2004. Thank you for reading my bio!
Thanks to your advocacy, the senate voted 37-0 to extend Laura's Law Monday, August 20. Assemblymember Mike Allen's AB 1569 will extend Laura's Law beyond its scheduled "sunset" at the end of this year. Be sure to thank your local legislators for their continued support!
The bill will now go to the governor's desk. Contact Governor Brown and let him know you support the bill - and urge him to sign AB 1569. For facts you can use to explain why we need Assembly Bill 1569, please see "California Must Extend Laura's Law." Be sure to share your personal story. Visit our Laura's Law page for useful tips and information about the law. Contact information is below:
Governor Jerry Brown
c/o State Capitol, Suite 1173
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 445-2841
Fax: (916) 558-3160
Congressional Mental Health Parity Forum
Join us for a Webinar on September 18
The Honorable Patrick J. Kennedy, the Honorable Grace Napolitano and the Honorable Jim Ramstad, will host a Congressional Forum to hear testimony on local, state and federal efforts to equalize mental health and addiction benefits with other health care benefits, referred to as parity.
The hearing will focus on the implementation and enforcement of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act signed into law in 2008. Community members will testify on the barriers that they continue to face in accessing mental health care and addiction treatment through their health insurance -- barriers they do not encounter with other forms of health care coverage. Local providers and experts in the mental health and addiction community will also testify.
The event will be hosted by The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, the largest graduate school devoted exclusively to psychology and related behavioral sciences.
For questions during the event, please email email@example.com. We will post responses after the event. You may also visit parityispersonal.org for more information.
Congressional Mental Health Parity Forum
Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2012, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM PDT
After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar. Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
NEWS FROM NAMI, DBSA, & SAMHSA
9th Annual Inspiration Awards Dinner
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 ▪ 5:30 p.m
Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa and Marina, 1441 Quivira Road, San Diego CA 92109
For reservations and sponsorship information: online: www.namisandiego.org
Say What You Think
We've designed three surveys to give you a voice in determining the resources DBSA provides and the way researchers use patient information.
- Do you care how researchers use children's patient information, among other topics?
- What topics do you think DBSA's bipolar education videos should cover?
- What do you want to see at DBSA's 2013 National Conference?
SAMHSA: SAMHSA showcases behavioral health advocates and community leaders in recovery at 2012 Voice Awards
SAMHSA awards up to $4.6 million in youth suicide prevention grants to tribes through South Dakota
The National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention (Action Alliance) and other leaders from both the public and private sectors will release the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention on Monday, September 10, 2012. The National Strategy for Suicide Prevention, a report of the Surgeon General and the Action Alliance, features community-based approaches to curbing the incidence of suicide, details new ways to identify people at risk for suicide, and outlines national priorities for suicide prevention.
SAVE THE DATE
Schizophrenia & Related Disorders Alliance of America (SRDAA) Conference
Mental Health Telesummit . All you need is a phone or a computer to participate from anywhere in the world.
This event is happening from September 4 - 27, 2012. here
Open Policy Session of the National Advisory Mental Health Council
Thursday, September 13, 2012. You are cordially
invited to attend, as the NAMHC is an excellent opportunity for the mental
health research and advocacy communities to become informed about current
programs and priorities of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).
The Open Policy Session will be held at the Neuroscience Center, 6001
Executive Boulevard, Rockville, Maryland in conference room C/D/E, first
floor Conference Center. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 8:30 am and
conclude by 2:00 p.m.
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation presents
Women's Mental Health Conference: The Art and Science of Caring
Friday, September 14, 2012, Harold Pratt House, 58 East 68th St., New York, NY
Impact Young Adults 2nd Annual Talent Show
September 15, 6-8pm
San Diego, CA
DGBS Annual Conference: Bipolar in an accelerated world
27 to 29 September 2012
September 29 Houston
Staglin Music Festival for Mental Health
September 15,2012 ***********************
Trade Fear for Facts
Sept. 18, 6:00 - 8:00pm, San Diego
2012 National Zarrow Mental Health Symposium & Mental Health America Annual Conference:
September 19 - 21, 212 in Tulsa, Oklahoma
DGBS Annual Conference 2012
September 27-29, 2012 ***********************
FRIENDS OF SEAN HEADLINE ROOTS AND BLUES FESTIVAL IN ATLANTA
Saturday, September 29
2875 Northside Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30305, firstname.lastname@example.org
Didi Hirsch and Living Works Education are pleased to invite you to apply for our ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) T4T!
This training is made possible through a CalMHSA Suicide Prevention Initiative grant. Candidates who are accepted into the training will have the cost of the training (approximately $3,000) waived and can receive up to $500 towards travel for the T4T.
The training will take place October 22-26, 2012, at the Embassy Suites Hotel at 9801 Airport Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, 90045. email@example.com
*************************Join thousands of tea lovers across the country on 10 October
to help the 1 in 4 people experiencing mental health problems every year.
Holding a Tea & Talk event is as simple as getting together a group of friends, family or colleagues, putting the kettle on and inviting them to make a donation to the Mental Health Foundation. It's a piece of cake!
A good cup of tea and a chat can be really beneficial for your wellbeing and we've got lots of fun ideas and mouth-watering recipes to help you host a tea party to remember.Get your free Tea & Talk pack now
**************************Understanding Social Security & SSI Benefits
Saturday, October 13, 2012 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 Noon
The Arc of San Diego 9575 Aero Drive, San Diego, CA 92123 SNTF (619) 201-2672
**************************Mental Health First Aid Training
October 12 & 13. San Diego, CA.
(619) 688 4236 firstname.lastname@example.org
************************** Mental Health Conference 2012
16 October 2012, London
JanJan Hutchinson will be speaking at the Mental Health Conference 2012 in Central London. For further information about the conference themes visit the Govknow website here: www.govknow.com
Rebecca's Dream: A Date to Dream"
Saturday, October 20, 2012. The Society for Arts, 1112 N. Milwaukee Av., Chicago, IL
SPECIAL NEEDS TRUST SEMINAR
Saturday, October 20, 2012 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.San Diego
Promoting physical health in secure psychiatric care
November 13, 2012, London, UK
more info here: http://www.centrevents.co.uk/secure.html
4th Annual Family & Youth Conference
Stigma Discrimination and Disparities in Children Services
February 13-15, 2013, San Diego, CA
DBSA 2013 National Conference
June 15-17, 2013, Miami, FL
About the International Bipolar Foundation
International Bipolar Foundation is a not for profit organization based in San Diego whose mission is to eliminate Bipolar Disorder through the advancement of research; to promote care and support services; and to erase associated stigma through public education.
Visit us online for more information: www.internationalbipolarfoundation.org
11622 El Camino Real, Suite 100 San Diego, CA 92130
p: (858) 764-2496 f: (858) 764-2491
8895 Towne Centre Drive, Suite 105-360 San Diego, CA 92122We have a new Community Page on FaceBook.
Please join us on Facebook and "Like" us and help us spread the word.
A Word About Funding
Please note that International Bipolar Foundation does not represent any pharmaceutical company or give any speeches for a pharmaceutical company nor does our site receive advertising dollars from any company.
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Next month will be the tenth anniversary of the spring break party that triggered the Duke lacrosse case. That incident probably remains the highest-profile false rape claim in recent U.S. history—rivaled only by the claim against University of Virginia fraternity members leveled, and then retracted, by Rolling Stone.
That both of these false accusations occurred on a campus should come as no surprise. A general disinterest in due process for accused students combined with a one-sided intellectual atmosphere on questions related to gender make universities poorly suited to evaluate sexual assault allegations. The lacrosse case, moreover, added race and class to the mix.
From the standpoint of a faculty dominated by the race/class/gender trinity, the purported facts proved too tempting to resist: wealthy, white males accused of brutally attacking a poor, African-American female. And so dozens of Duke professors abandoned the academy’s traditional fealty to due process to embrace the version of events offered by Durham’s unethical (and subsequently disbarred) district attorney, Mike Nifong.
In their most prominent action, eighty-eight Duke faculty members signed a public statement affirming that something “happened” to Crystal Mangum. They actually boasted of their closed-mindedness by promising to continue their crusade regardless of “what the police say or the court decides.”
And after high-profile protests that had urged the castration of the lacrosse captains and blanketed the campus with “wanted” posters containing 43 of the lacrosse players’ photos, the Duke faculty members had a message for the protesters: “Thank you for not waiting and for making yourselves heard.”
Why was it so important for the protesters not to have waited until the facts were known? Not a single member of the Group of 88 has ever explained.
But perhaps the most chilling line in the Group of 88 statement was also its most banal—a notice at the bottom of the page, listing the 15 Duke academic departments and programs that chose to “sign onto this ad.” That such a wide swath of the Duke academic community officially affiliated with an inflammatory statement sent a powerful message in spring 2006.
It turned out that, with the exception of the African-American Studies Program, none of the academic departments had formally taken a vote to endorse affiliating with the statement. Yet this breach of standard academic protocol appears to have had no consequences at Duke.
An unwillingness to engage in any critical self-reflection is the foremost legacy of how the academy responded to the lacrosse case, at Duke and beyond.
Duke spent tens of millions of dollars in settlement costs and legal fees for the lawsuits filed by the lacrosse players. (Some of that money unsuccessfully attempted to force me to reveal confidential e-mail exchanges with my sources.) It’s easy to see why Duke was so eager to settle the lawsuits before all discovery material became public. Early filings in the case attached a handful of administrators’ e-mails, including an April 2006 missive from president Richard Brodhead, musing that the movie Primal Fear might be an appropriate lens through which to view the case.
In that film, a character played by Ed Norton convinces his lawyers he was wrongfully accused, only to accidentally confess his guilt in the closing scene. One can only imagine what the full archive of Brodhead’s 2006 e-mails would have revealed.
Since the ending of the lacrosse case, Duke’s trustees have conferred on Brodhead two new five-year terms as president.
Faculty hiring patterns similarly have displayed the institution’s unwillingness to consider why so many Duke professors so poorly served their students in 2006-7. The Group of 88, and other anti-lacrosse faculty members, were not evenly distributed on campus. Their number included virtually no economics or STEM professors. Even within the humanities and social science departments from which the vast majority of their number came, most focused on scholarship related to race, class, and gender—sometimes all three.
And as the case to which they had attached their public reputations collapsed, Group members clung to their preconceived beliefs, unwilling or unable to process the new information showing that Crystal Mangum’s accusations were false.
Imagine the campus aftermath if an unscrupulous local prosecutor used racially inflammatory rhetoric and targeted black Duke students, all in an effort to rally the local white vote to put him over the top in a looming election. And what if dozens of Duke professors provided his cause aid and comfort?
In that or virtually any other context, so many professors taking such an indefensible position—and at the expense of their own students—would have triggered policy changes. At the very least, it would have generated some hard questions, such as whether the university was doing enough to encourage intellectual diversity among its faculty, and whether its faculty hiring patterns, intentionally or unintentionally, were excluding scholars whose views challenged the majority.
At Duke, however, questions like that have never been asked. Brodhead promoted Group members to academic deans, and in 2012 named one of the Group’s most prominent members, political science professor Paula McClain, dean of Duke Graduate School and vice provost for graduate education.
In an Orwellian commentary accompanying the announcement, Brodhead hailed McClain as an “outstanding university citizen” and praised “her concern for the well-being of individual students.”
Nor has Duke in any way reconsidered the hiring policies that yielded its groupthink-dominated faculty. The most recent document dealing with faculty hiring policies, the May 2015 report of the “Task Force on Diversity,” urged that the university double down on its preexisting hiring patterns.
Citing a supposed “widespread belief” that Duke—an institution obsessed with (certain types of) diversity for the past two decades—“does not have a clearly expressed vision of and sustained commitment to diversity and inclusion” the report arrived at its preordained conclusions. It recommended that Duke hire new bureaucrats devoted to pursuing (certain types of) diversity, and reorient its hiring policies to “significantly expand the allotment of faculty lines” devoted to “hiring women and underrepresented minorities.”
This is a continuation of the same hiring priorities that Duke has pursued since the mid-1990s.
Asking why so many Duke professors uncritically accepted the musings of an almost comically non-credible accuser and then acted on those musings by publicly denouncing their own students would have required exploring the unintended consequences of Duke’s diversity obsession. It would have meant looking at how Duke’s policies created one-sided campus debates on key issues.
Neither the Brodhead administration nor any meaningful segment of the Duke faculty had an interest in such an examination.
The decade since the lacrosse case, and especially the last five years, has featured increasingly apocalyptic rhetoric about a nationwide campus rape “epidemic” (to quote White House advisor Valerie Jarrett) characterized by college environments that are said to be hostile to sexual assault accusers.
Tell that to anyone who experienced the Duke lacrosse case.
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Increased sustainable product opportunities for building insulation panel manufacturers using new low lambda product
As keynote speaker at the recent Middle East Foam and Polyurethane Expo and Conference (MEFPU) held in Dubai. Ilhan Kurt, Head of Research and Development at Dubai-based system house, Pearl Polyurethane Systems, shared his insights and technical product details with the capacity audience of industry experts, focusing on the company’s new ground-breaking low lambda insulation product for continuous metal sandwich panels released earlier this year as part of Pearl’s growing EcoPearl product range.
Significantly, the new low lambda product formulation can be delivered to clients around the world as a two-component solution, meaning many insulation panel manufacturers can utilise existing production lines to produce this new low lambda product variation, avoiding the need for additional investment in new or upgraded equipment. Depending on the customer’s production line configuration, this low lambda product can also be formulated and delivered in three or four component options, meaning conversion to this new product can be undertaken extremely easily.
Preliminary market research conducted by Pearl has shown that customers around the world are increasingly demanding zero-emission and more environmentally friendly insulation products. This new Pearl product means sandwich panel manufacturers can diversify their product range by adding new low lambda insulation solutions instantly, enabling them to bid for projects with highest thermal energy conversation requirements. Introducing this best-in-class product can lead to increased market share by satisfying the needs of these highly environmentally conscious clients, commented Mr. Kurt speaking on behalf of Pearl Polyurethane Systems.
As the first independent system house globally to develop low lambda cores for continuous metal sandwich panel products, Pearl’s R&D team won the Innovative Insulation Project of the Year 2021 award for its R&D initiative.
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Monday, October 10, 2016
3D Earthquake Mapping
Engineers and architects can learn a lot about how to make buildings and other structures more earthquake proof by studying the devastation caused by earthquakes. However in the immediate aftermath of a disastrous earthquake rescue efforts and then clean-up & restoration projects obviously are of far more importance. This gives engineers a very short time-span in which to study how buildings have fared during a major earthquake.
Scientists at Brigham Young University are therefore working on how drones can be quickly deployed to capture aerial imagery of earthquake hit locations. Using structure from motion (SfM) computer vision, this drone footage can be used to create 3d maps. The completed 3d maps can then bu used by civil engineers to study the impact of an earthquake on ancient and modern infrastructure.
After a 6.2 magnitude quake hit central Italy earlier this year Brigham Young University deployed their drones to capture video footage of the damage caused to towns and villages in the area. They are now creating 3d models from this footage, You can view the completed 3d map of earthquake devastated Pescara del Tronto.
You can also read more about this important mapping project and find links to the preliminary report of the project's findings on the Brigham Young University website.
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- 1 Can I bring a tripod on the plane?
- 2 How would you transport a camera and a tripod safely to a shoot?
- 3 Can I leave camera on tripod?
- 4 How do you carry a tripod on a hike?
- 5 How do you carry a tripod and scope?
- 6 Can I bring my ring light on a plane?
- 7 Is selfie stick allowed in hand carry?
- 8 Does a tripod count as a personal item?
- 9 How do you carry a camera without it looking like a tourist?
- 10 How do you carry a camera while hiking?
- 11 Do I need a camera strap?
Can I bring a tripod on the plane?
The good news is that the TSA doesn’t give a damn about your tripod. Tripods are listed on their website as approved for both carry-on and checked bags.
How would you transport a camera and a tripod safely to a shoot?
Doing it effectively is a simple four-step process:
- Lower the tripod, level the camera, and pan it so the lens is pointing towards one of the legs.
- Extend that same leg slightly outwards about 6 – 8 inches.
- Tilt the camera down towards the leg so it is level again.
- Place your shoulder underneath the camera and lift.
Can I leave camera on tripod?
Unlikely. But you could end up stripping threads, damaging your camera mount, or weakening the tripod head locking mechanisms so that they are not as effective as they once were. Yes professional photographers, especially sports photographers, can be see carrying their gear in this way.
How do you carry a tripod on a hike?
7 Ways to Carry Your Tripod Hiking
- Use Tripod Straps. The first stop for most people looking to carry a tripod is a tripod strap.
- Attach it to you Pack. You can avoid carrying the tripod separately by attaching it to your pack.
- Get a Traveler Tripod.
- Use a Mono Pod.
- Consider a Mini Tripod.
- Tripod Bags.
- DIY Route.
How do you carry a tripod and scope?
The simplest way to carry a scope is to mount it on a tripod and carry it over the shoulder. This means the scope must be put down to use the binoculars. For most birders, this is not enough of a problem to warrant other measures. Others have seen a need, and filled it.
Can I bring my ring light on a plane?
Luckily it is light and compact enough qualify as a carry-on bag. It’s also easy to carry a long with a camera bag if you are taking public transit or walking.
Is selfie stick allowed in hand carry?
So yes, you can bring a selfie stick on a plane in either your carry on bags or checked bags. Selfies sticks are not prohibited in general.
Does a tripod count as a personal item?
Does a tripod count as a personal item? If the tripod is less than the allowed carry on size, it can be considered a personal item if the airline allows personal items.
How do you carry a camera without it looking like a tourist?
Instead, take a messenger bag or backpack and keep your camera in there when you’re not using it. When you see a photo opportunity pull it out, take your pictures, then when you’re done put it away. You don’t need to hide it after every single photo, but if you’re walking around it’s best not to have it on display.
How do you carry a camera while hiking?
Best Ways to Carry a Camera While Hiking
- Use a Dry Bag.
- Wear a Camera Strap.
- Get a Waist Bag.
- Use a Shoulder Harness.
- Wear a Camera Backup.
- Attach the Camera to Your Bag.
Do I need a camera strap?
Do you need a new camera strap? You don’t NEED a new camera strap to be a great photographer. The one that came with your camera is perfectly serviceable. But a different style of strap can make shooting more comfortable, fit your shooting need better or simply make a fashion statement.
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During our travels around the world, we have seen these peculiar domes pop up like mushrooms in the most amazing places. Restaurants, Lounges, Bars and Concert venues, on Roof Tops, in the Rain Forests and in the middle of historic Cities, providing the most picturesque backdrops for gathering events. We decided to bring these home and share them with you.
Four Season Accomodations
It all Starts with A Great Design
Geodesic domes were conceived by a German engineer in 1925. An American architect and systems theorist, Richard Buckminster Fuller – “Bucky” modernized and popularized them in U.S. in 1951. The U.S. Marine Corps utilized geodesic domes for many purposes.
A geodesic dome is a sphere-like frame structure that is made up of triangles. The triangles create a framework that is structurally very strong. The design also provides great interior space because it doesn’t need columns or other interior supports. Geodesic domes are the strongest, lightest, and most efficient buildings yet devised.
The structural members between two points in a geodesic dome are called struts. These struts are either in compression or tension when a load is applied to the dome. There are no bending stresses in the struts. This is very similar to a truss, which also uses triangles to form its structure.
For our Restaurant clients:
•We know that SARS-Co-V2 virus is spread via aerosolized respiratory droplets which are the main concern for transmission risk.
•Geodesic domes have a small surface area when compared to regular large tents which makes it easy to air out after every use.
•Complete air exchange takes place when the large door and windows are open.
•In addition, HEPA filters are constantly cleaning the air inside making it safe for guests and employees to be in the tent.
•After every meal the domes will be aired out and disinfected with industry leading electrostatic spray disinfectants. This process usually takes 10 minutes and addresses any potential virus or bacteria particles that landed on any of the surfaces.
•Due to this small surface area of the domes the heaters will warm up guests with radiant heat (same way the sun heats) warming up objects quickly once the doors and windows are closed.
•Total turnaround process is under 30 minutes, allowing you to delight your guests in our domes with completely fresh environment.
•All of this is what differentiates our domes from traditional tents.
What is missing from your outdoor experience today?
Once we have solved for the safety and warmth concerns, the consensus says – “Atmosphere”.
That is where we come in.
We let you focus on what you do best and we take care of the rest.
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SHRINE TO BREXIT
Up some steps, sitting at the top of a lonely island lump, is a Shrine to Brexit. A roof canopy made from the hair of Boris Johnson is held up by four doric columns with a Union Jack protruding from the top. At the altar underneath sits the central propaganda slogan: Take Back Control.
Brexit became a quasi-religious movement whereby Brexiteers dogmatically believed in its delivery despite the overwhelming evidence indicating the economic harm leaving the largest trading bloc in the world would cause. Before the deal was settled a matter of days ago and the transition period came to an end, support to remain part of the EU far outweighed the support to leave (according to all major national polls), yet we still drove towards a hard Brexit under the leadership of Boris and his Tory government. A belief in something that was so divisive and so maligned, that was campaigned on a sea of false promises and lies.
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Editor’s note: For the next 11 weeks the Scroll will feature an exclusive story about an issue on campus that many of our fellow students may be struggling with.
It can be as easy as a subconscious click of a mouse or a mindless touch of an LCD screen—how did you get onto that social media site again?
Many social media users seem to operate on autopilot when it comes to adding to the online social buzz. And let’s face it: talking about ourselves can be highly stimulating.
A March 2012 study at Harvard University determined that self-disclosure available through social media offers the brain rewards similar to those received from food and sex.
Is it any wonder that we can’t seem to stop the narcissistic chatter? Or stop checking to see who’s responding?
Harvard researchers found that people spend between 30 and 40 percent of their conversations talking about themselves. And with the rise of social media across the globe, the audience for those conversations is growing exponentially.
Social media allows users to inform hundreds of followers at once about an dated relationship status or to complain about the latest three inches of snow. With a captive audience like that, validation can be as close as one red notification box.
“We are getting artificial reinforcement for it,” said Colton Miller, a psychologist at the BYU-Idaho counseling center. “If someone likes what we post … or retweets one of our tweets, we think ‘Oh my gosh! I said something so important they must like me.’”
Though our brain receives these interactions as rewards, Miller said we must use caution because of their artificial nature.
Facebook reports that the average user has more than 100 Facebook friends. And for 84 percent of all 1 billion active users, that number is higher than their non-cyber friend count.
Some BYU-I students are no exception.
The average social media-ite may spend about 98 minutes per month on Pinterest and seven hours per month on Facebook, according to www.mashable.com. Some college students said they fit the norm.
Take Rebecca Bori, a sophomore studying nursing, for example. Bori unabashedley shared her love for social media, but said she is losing the battle of blocking social media from her busy student life.
“It’s ser distracting because I want to see what everyone is doing and what people are saying,” she said.
Bori said the temptation is often too great, especially while doing homework on her computer with a tab that easily connects her to Facebook.
While yielding to temptation can happen as fast as repinning a meme of the grumpy cat, Bori, and many other students are creating their own ways to resist.
Some methods of moderation include planning specific times to check social media, or limiting visits to once a day.
Let’s face it. Most people aren’t by definition addicted to social media. But the pull to check and re-check who’s talking about us can be tantalizing.
“Where does [social media] become a concern? When it interferes with daily living and social relationships. When it becomes a priority over the people in your life,” Miller said.
Perhaps somewhere in those 405 minutes spent a month scrolling down the Facebook home page, students can find some time for moderation.
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How To Keep Your Desk Clean All Year Long
January 11 is National Clean Your Desk Day! Use these tips to not only get a clean desk, but keep it clean as well.
Why is it important to live and work in a clean space?
Clutter Creates Chaos. When your living and work spaces are cluttered, you can be distracted by the chaos around you. A clutter-free environment allows you to better focus on your work and can improve your productivity.
Start by sorting your papers and projects into three piles:
- In Progress
- Completed and Keep
- Completed and Trash (Secure Recycle)
For the pile “In Progress”:
Keep organized trays on your desk to store the papers and projects currently in progress so you can easily find and access them when needed. It looks much better when your boss stops in your office to ask you a question, and you know right away where to find the information, instead of shuffling through everything on your desk while they wait for you.
For the pile “Completed and Keep”:
These should be filed away in a filing cabinet or by using hanging folders in your desk drawers. Make sure everything is labeled so you can easily find it if you ever need to, but when you don't they are kept out of the way.
For the pile “Completed and Trash”:
Always recycle when it’s an option, but don’t be afraid to get rid of unnecessary paperwork. No need to keep excess clutter around.
Once your space is organized and clear of clutter, wipe it down and dust everything using microfiber cloths for a clean and healthier work space. Then, at the end of every work day, put everything away either in the tray or filed away so you come in the next day with a clean and clutter free work space that will allow you to be better focused, relaxed, and more productive.
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Texas Rep. Michael McCaul, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, says he is concerned that federal officials had not previously acted on information that one of the suspects believed to be involved in the Boston Marathon bombings had extremist ties.
McCaul, joined by New York Rep. Peter King, wrote a letter to the Department of Homeland Security, Department of National Intelligence, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation asking why Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the elder of two suspected bombers, had been questioned by officials several years ago and yet was released. The letter points out Tsarnaev,who was killed during an attempted flight that resulted in an altercation with police last week, as the fifth person since 2001 to participate in a terrorist attack despite being investigated by the FBI, including an individual identified as a potential threat to the Central Intelligence Agency.
“Five of these six intelligence failures have taken place since 2009. They raise the most serious questions about the efficacy of federal counterterrorism efforts,” the lawmakers’ letter said.
McCaul appeared Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” where he told host Candy Crowley a Russian intelligence service contacted the FBI identifying Tsarnaev, having potential ties to extremism several years ago. The FBI interviewed Tsarnaev in 2011 but let him go. McCaul said Tsarnaev then went back to Russia to visit his father for six months. McCaul said there’s suspicion that the Tsarnaev may have been trained by extremists during his visit to Chechnya. Tsarnaev began posting YouTube videos displaying jihadist rhetoric soon after his return and the pressure cooker device the suspected bombers used is a similar device used by al Qaeda.
“I’m very concerned that six months was very important,” McCaul said.
Though Chechen rebels’ main beef is with Russia, who refuses to grant the republic in southern Russia to become its own country, however these rebels have ties with al Qaeda and have fought with the terrorist group, McCaul said.
He said as chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee he hoped to review how officials handled the incident and “see what went wrong and how we can prevent that in the future.” One big question, he said, is why a “customs flag” for travel wasn’t placed on Tsarnaev after he’d been investigated by police.
“There were concerns about this individual and yet when he travels abroad, again to a very dangerous part of the world, nothing seems to be done,” he said,
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Tomorrow the temperature is expected to fall 25 degrees below zero. It is going to be a very cold day. And the night will be even colder. There are various organizations such as Busby Centre, Salvation Army, Barrie Shelter and Ryan’s Hope among others helping and protecting vulnerable people during the extreme weather.
“We give them what we can, you know, like free sleeping bags and, and hot paws,” said Christine Nayler, who co-founded Ryan’s Hope with her husband in memory of their son. “Every time I leave them, I’m like, I don’t know, if I’m going to see them tomorrow, they might not make it through the night, because of the extreme cold.”
Ryan lived with a bipolar disorder and used drugs to cope with it as he did not receive enough support from the Canadian healthcare system. “He passed a toxic drug poisoning, rather than an overdose.” Nayler wants to set the record because overdose would mean that “he chose to take too much, which is not the case.”
“Busby center was a huge support for Ryan” as he struggled with his mental illness However, he was still helping others during his difficult times. “His house was a supervised consumption site. And he had a slogan that nobody dies on his watch,” Nayler said.
It is an emotional rollercoaster for Nayler to see other people struggling with drug use issues and sometimes she feels like giving up. “It’s heartbreaking. And I go home and I cry, and I pray and I think my faith really helps a lot.”
She is also a strong supporter of the supervised consumption site that was approved by the Barrie City Council last year and is waiting for an approval from the provincial government. “I mean, drug use is happening. In barre already. It’s just not happening in a safe environment for people.” She thinks there is a lot of stigma around drug usage.
She asks people in power “to come out on the street and actually talk to the people that are unsheltered and see the reality of living on the street before they get to make these decisions.”
She doesn’t even want them to talk to her or other front line workers “it’s not the same as talking to somebody that has to spend a whole night on the sheet wondering if they’re going to freeze to death.”
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This study explores the interaction between professional imprinting and age in the context of industry-science collaboration. Specifically, we examine the impact of localized and personal peer effects on academics' involvement with industry and how these effects are moderated by the career age of the scientist. We suggest that both localized and personal peer effects drive industry involvement but that the effects from such imprinting are more pronounced for younger researchers, suggesting that professional imprinting takes place in the early stages of a scientist's academic career. Based on a sample of 330 German academics in the field of biotechnology and publication data from the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), we find that scientists with industry-oriented co-authors are more likely to be involved with industry (personal peer effect). Moreover, we find that the scientist's involvement increases with the orientation of the scientist's department towards industry (localized peer effect). Only the latter effect turns out to be moderated by scientist's age. While personal peer effects are independent of the scientist's age, localized peer effects emerge for younger researchers.
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ISTANBUL - Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently repeated something he said back in 2011: archeological digs, or “pots and pans” (çanak çömlek) as he put it, are delaying the Marmaray rail project under the Bosphorus.
For starters, let's not forget that the archeological digs, which started at Yenikapı in 2004, have thus far led to the discovery of a total of 35 sunken vessels and an inventory of 38,000 historic artifacts. The oldest wooden tools on earth from the Neolithic age were unearthed on these digs. Above all, it was determined that the founders of the European civilizations passed through Istanbul, confirming that the history of the city goes back 8,500 years.
Moreover, it is not true that the digs delay Marmaray. The construction site was handed over by the archeologists in 2009 but the train line could not be finished since then. Still, it’s the digs that take the blame.
Digging the Marmaray tunnel - Photo: Muhammed Enes Okullu
Marmaray, a co-project of the Transportation Ministry and the Metropolitan Municipality of Istanbul, is Turkey’s biggest mass rail project ever. The archeological digs started in 2004 when historic findings were discovered during the construction of the stations at the locations of Üsküdar, Sirkeci and Yenikapı. The archeologists turned over Üsküdar in 2007, Yenikapı in 2009 and Sirkeci in 2010 to the related directorate of the Transportation Ministry.
A first from the Middle Ages
The works in Yenikapı, the greatest archeological dig in the history of Istanbul, started three meters above sea level, within an area of 58,000 square meters. The archeologists unearthed the Harbor of Eleutherios, the greatest port of the early Byzantine era, between one to 6.3 meters below sea level. A total of 35 sunken vessels (13 at the Marmaray digging side and 22 at the subway digging site) dating from the 5th to the 11th centuries were discovered. A galley from the Middle Ages was found -- a first in the world. There is no other archeological site anywhere in the world that houses so many sunken vessels preserved in earth.
Items from the Neolithic age were found buried in mud under the Harbor of Eleutherios, approximately 6.3 meters below today’s sea level. The presence of human graves at this level excited the archeologists and turned the eyes of the world to Yenikapı. Finding the first 8,500-year-old human grave changed the very history of Istanbul, extending it 4,500 years further back than previously believed. Wood was used in those graves -- which is rare for the Neolithic age. Wooden tools such as arrows, bows and canoe oars found there were the oldest ever discovered.
The digs that lasted nine years produced an inventory of 38,000 items from the Neolithic age to our day, enlightening the history of the city. There are also 40,000 cases worth of “pots and pans.” The sea embankments stratified between the Harbor and the Neolithic level also presented very important findings to understand the changes the Sea of Marmara went through over the past 10,000 years.
Oil lamps found at the Harbor of Eleutherios - Photo: Gryffindor
Oldest foot prints
So far, 390 footprints belonging to the oldest inhabitants of Istanbul from the Neolithic age were also discovered during the diggings. The archeologists said: “The ground is muddy since there was a river bed. [The footprints] later dried and were preserved like molds. They were covered up with river sand a short time later either by the river overflowing or a sudden flood. We are uncovering the footprints one by one by brushing the sand.”
The foot sizes range from 35 to 42 and it is presumed that the people wore sandals or shoes made of leather. Archeologists believe the place may have been a ceremonial gathering location since there are many footprints in layers, above each other.
Again, we should all remember that there is no other location in the world to house this many footprints that old.
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Human Anatomy, Physiology, and Medicine. Anything human!
BS and al, perhaps you can answer this question for Sabrina
OK, that’s a fair question. Let’s look at what is considered as proof in objective scientific analysis. In logical and scientific analysis, a known object of study is observed and measured for data which define a set characteristics, which in turn support a conclusion. There are many sets of observation which are considered valid. Not all data sets are composed of visible data.
An example of this is atomic observation. No one has seen an atom. Yet we know it exists because of its behavioral characteristics. We know how atoms behave, and therefore draw conclusions based upon their behavior. If one group of atoms behave in one manner, and another group behaves in another manner, we can then categorize them by their behavioral characteristics. We can’t see atoms, but we know from the data characteristics that they display what they are, and how they will effect our environment.
Tam Tam can be evaluated in the same manner. Once again here is a set of known data that defines the conclusions that I have made about Tam Tam.
1) Tam Tam composed an elaborate thesis, but failed to validate it with requested data for over a year. A logical conclusion is that he may be lying, and therefore has no data to support his thesis.
2) Tam Tam operated a very expensive, high bandwidth, web site with no visible means of paying the bill. When questioned about this, Tam Tam stated that he has received funding from investors in the “French Nose & Co.” investment company which does not exist. A logical conclusion is that Tam Tam is once again lying, and that he is making money to pay his bill from some other source.
3) Tam Tam’s web site used a very professional, and expensive video presentation to capture a target audience, and led them to believe that he had identified the source of their problem, but did not disclose what the source was. The web page then invited the audience to create a “user login” where it is assumed that the audience will gain greater site privileges, and be given more information. After submitting the personal information, the audience finds that there are no more privileges or information beyond that which has already been given on the first and only page. A logical conclusion is that Tam Tam is using the video presentation to lure people to submit personal information, which he compiles and sells to data mining companies at a profit.
Now there is your data which is acceptable by scientific methodology. These three simple sets of data lead to a conclusion that Tam Tam is nothing more than a common spammer based upon behavioral characteristics. To reach a different conclusion, you would have to include different data. Tam Tam has been asked to provide data which would offset the balance of data displayed here, but has refused to do so.
Now I have answered your question by basing my conclusion upon scientific methodology.
Now I have a question for you, and will continue to ask this same question of you until you provide a valid answer that is also based upon scientific methodology.
Sabrina, what data can you provide that will indicate that Tam Tam is a valid microbiological researcher who has discovered that the source of the morgellons infection is a man made bacterium, that forms intelligent proteins within us, and is assembling insect parts within our bodies?
We will each go one question at a time here, and will not proceed to the next question until each has submitted a valid, objective answer. This is the biology-online.org scientific forum, not the USA Today entertainment forum.
Have any of you greedy little spammer scum ever wondered if someone has killed themselves because they thought they had insects growing inside them, and didn't want to infect their family?
Chew on that one for a little while you arrogant trash.
A fair question indeed Frank.
And still you have no proof to support your accusations?
Have we forgotten about the spy-ware now? Ok! Better focus
attention on something you CAN prove yeah?
You have a half-baked theory about misuse of personal information
provided by those signing up to his site but still this notion is devoid
of any facts and glossed over with 'better watch out' scare mongering.
Produce a shred of credible evidence and people will listen to you.
Make a point without the f*** off attitude and people may tolerate you.
People are willing to listen to TamTam because he has always been
consistent, never offered a cure, never asked for money and remained
dignified in the face of serious opposition. You've had an easy ride in
Frank, we're not going to kick you when you're down.
Bow out or chill out.
Take it easy Frank.
No I'm not going to take it easy. It's quite easy to see what has happened here. The Tam alias Sabrina was the one who started this thread to begin with. I suppose you thought that this would be a good little draw to your data mining page. I suppose you were right. I suppose it worked for a while didn't it?
No I'm not going to take it easy. I'm not going to let kids who already are fatigued and have sores on them go to bed at night thinking that they have insects growing inside them so some greedy stinking freaks can sit at their station all day and scam people.
No way trash. The word is out. All it;s going to take is one lawyer with a subpoena to take this whole thing down. I'm just wondering if your clients can also he held liable.
Sleep well tonight scum.
Weak, Frankie boy, very weak. I expected much much more and at the very least a challenge!
If more than one question is beyond your aptitude, I can be patient with you. Thanks for your last post, I'll read it soon, promise.
You are helping to further this cause how?
Looks like a stall tactic to me guys. Why does this guy want all of our attention and right now? Giving him our attention takes away from our focus. Any body know this creeps story? Has he shared anything really personal that is the slightest bit believable? I have yet to see it if he has.
Somebody please enlighten me on exactly what Tam was posting about before we were so rudely interrupted, please. This is the exact point where we need to resume.
Thanks for the link South, pretty discusting. I wonder how many people they inform before they use that type of wound dressing on them?
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Exponentially better than A/B testing. Multiworld Testing (MWT) is the capability to test and optimize over K policies (context-based decision rules) using an amount of data and computation that scales logarithmically in K, without necessarily knowing these policies before or during data collection. MWT can answer exponentially more detailed questions compared to traditional A/B testing. The underlying machine learning methodology draws on research on “contextual bandits” and “counterfactual evaluation”.
A system for interactive learning. We implement MWT as a machine learning system for making context-based decisions. The system supports the full cycle from exploration to logging to training policies to deploying them in production. Built as a cloud service, the system is widely applicable, modular, and easy to use. We currently offer two versions of the system: MWT Decision Service (self-hosted) and Custom Decision Service (multitenant). This is an ongoing project, released internally in Jun’15 and announced externally in Jul’16. Custom Decision Service in public preview since May’17, as a part of Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services. A version of the system is already deployed very successfully with MSN.
A typical example. Suppose one wants to optimize clicks on suggested news stories. To discover what works, one needs to explore over the possible news stories. Further, if the suggested news story can be chosen depending on the visitor’s profile, then one needs to explore over the possible “policies” that map profiles to news stories (and there are exponentially more “policies” than news stories!). Traditional machine learning fails at this because it does not explore. Whereas the Decision Service can explore continuously, and optimize decisions using this exploration data.
Team. We are a diverse group of researchers working on all aspects of MWT, spanning algorithms, machine learning, systems, and economics, and covering the entire range from theory to experiments to practical deployments. Most of us are located at Microsoft Research NYC. We can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.org.
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Panelists during the “Higher Education: Collateral Damage in the Budget Battle” presentation explained the impact of the budget impasse on higher education and the need for raising both income and sale taxes to ensure funding.
Richard Wandling, chair of the political science department, said Illinois needs to seek out ways to broaden its sales tax as well as transition into a progressive income tax structure.
Currently Illinois sales tax applies to general merchandise and products, but this does not include common services like hair styling or lawn care.
Ralph Martire, executive director for the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, said out of 45 states, Illinois has the most narrow-based tax and excludes services that make up approximately 72 percent of our economy.
“If we do that, we will not necessarily become ‘Taxachusetts’; matter of fact, our neighbors already tax services more than we do,” Martire said.
Revenue from increasing sales tax can provide Illinois about $1.5 billion, which will grow with the economy, but this alone will not provide enough funding for higher education. Income tax has to be restructured as well, Martire said.
However, the Illinois Constitution prevents the graduated income tax structure that allows the amount of taxes taken from a person’s check to match the amount of the check. Currently, Illinois has a flat-rate income tax system that mandates every resident pay the same tax amount.
English professor Fern Kory said raising taxes will have substantial benefits for the quality of our education, which should not be a cause of fear or resistance.
“If we are going to change the conversation in this area, we need to talk with our neighbors and engage with people in a way that it makes sense to them,” Kory said. “The other side has done a great job in making people scared to death of taxes and really truly believing that cutting is the only solution.”
John Miller, president of the University Professionals of Illinois local 4100, said residents should not just focus on state legislatures, but also talk with local officials and neighbors where their influence can make a quicker and larger impact.
“What we need to do is educate our neighbors, not just ourselves; we are talking to the choir often times. We also have to start standing up and doing some serious actions that will lead towards a massive amount of public pressure to end this,” Miller said. “This ends only when the public says enough.”
The need for revenue is the result of the Illinois legislatures in 2015 not passing a comprehensive budget for higher education funding and providing a stop-gap budget that only provides partial funding.
“You really have to wonder why state officials would turn their backs on something so crucial to their economic competitiveness as higher education,” Martire said.
Every year the Illinois Board of Higher Education has the responsibility to both the governor and general assembly to give a suggested appropriation for investing in all areas of higher education, Martire said.
“From 2008 to 2017, not once has the state provided the exact amount of funding suggested by the IBHE,” Martire said.
According to a chart that was shown during the presentation, Illinois has become an outlier due to the lack of funding and consistent cuts. The year-to-year cuts starting fiscal year 2015 to fiscal year 2016 total 1.3 billion or 67.8 percent.
“That is an outrageous year-to-year cut which can’t have any impact other than harming the capacity of higher educational institutions across our state,” Martire said. “I’m talking everything from community colleges to the university system to not only educate students, who want to better their lives but to frankly just keep the lights on.”
When looking at a wider time range, the percentage of cuts to higher education is even larger.
“From 2000 to 2017 Illinois has opted to cut funding almost 80 percent,” Martire said. “We have become one the worst states in America for investing in our future.”
The combination of low enrollment, low state appropriations and the elimination of both educational personal and academic programs have affected the quality of the education, Miller said.
“There really is no reason to believe the state of Illinois is going to do anything to enhance its investment in higher education in the next few years unless we change tax policy to raise more revenue,” Martire said.
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The training of a medical physicist must be broad. To participate successfully in this interdisciplinary profession, he or she must be thoroughly competent in physical and mathematical science, must understand biological and physiological systems, and must be able to understand and speak the language of physicians. The Department of Radiology and the Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology together offer a program that provides aspiring medical physicists with the knowledge required to succeed in their future profession.
The University of Chicago academic year consists of four quarters. A full-time graduate program includes three courses each quarter. Graduate students in medical physics normally begin the program in the Fall Quarter and are in residence throughout the academic year.
Students working toward a graduate degree in medical physics normally will be expected to have completed training equivalent to that required for a Bachelor's degree in physics prior to admission.
The medical physicist working at the Ph.D. level in the interdisciplinary area of physics and medicine must thoroughly understand basic physical phenomena, must have sufficient knowledge of biological systems to be able to apply physical concepts and principles, and must be able to communicate his or her ideas to others. The University of Chicago - with outstanding departments of physical, mathematical, and biological sciences and with a medical school intensely motivated toward research - offers a particularly favorable climate for the student who seeks this training. The candidate for the Ph.D. may elect to do his or her research in the Department of Radiology, in the Department of Radiation & Cellular Oncology, or in any other department in which physical phenomena have a direct application to medicine, including areas such as audiology, cardiology, neurology, and opthalmology. The Ph.D. degree is expected to take five or six years of work, during which time the following requirements must be met:
- Satisfactory completion of the course requirements with an average grade of "B" or higher and no grade lower than "C".
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Course requirements for Ph.D. students in the Graduate Program in Medical Physics include passage of at least 13 quarter courses with a "B" average and with no grade lower than "C". These must include the twelve (12) basic required courses and one (1) elective course. The elective course must be approved by the student's GPMP advisor. First year students are expected to complete 4 research rotations during their first 4 quarters, enabling them to be registered as a full-time student and giving them exposure to different topics in medical physics.
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September 1966 Naval Aviation News Magazine
SEPTEMBER 1966 35
Captain Cecil E. Harris
Captain Paul Jayson
!zeta Winter Robb
John D. Burlage, J01
Commander Walter Zebrowski
Dorothy L. Bennefeld
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'The functional organizations—the Navy's Bureaus, now Systems Commands—accumulate and preserve essential technical know-how, which in due time will be applicable to new problems and new situations. Projects come and go as warfare systems come and go. But basic fields of engineering are permanent. . . . In the shifting patterns of Navy Management, there are two things that are fixed: the functional organizations will continue as the main base of technical competence, and Project Management will be applied in a carefully controlled, well thought out, deliberate manner.'
—Rear Admiral Ralph L. Shifley, USN, Vice Chief of Naval Material
SHIFTING MANAGEMENT PATTERNS
FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION SEPTEMBER 1966
IN THIS ISSUE
Historical Homecoming 6
Fuel Storage Strikes 10
Up, Up . 14
Jet V/STOL at Sea 19
Merlin's Magic? 22
USS Enterprise's arrival at a new home port after her first combat tour off Vietnam had special significance for everyone concerned—and especially for crew members' wives and families.
Navy pilots team with their the Force counterparts to attack fuel facilities in North Vietnam.
. . . and away go the members of fhe Navy tomphis Flying Club, who have discovered that a good, inexpensive way to get from here to (here is fo go by air.
A story and this issue's "center spread" detail the use oftohe tripartite XV-6A for V/STOL concept evaluations.
No, lust work being performed by men assigned fo the Weapons System Test Division at NATC Patuxent River.
On front cover, Plane Captain Bruce R. Lynch, AN, assists !Jig. John J. Jegers, VA-93, just before a launch from USS Ranger (CVA-61) on a strike into Vietnam. . . . Above, VF-5I Crusaders fly over Subic Bay for landing at Cubi Point. Photograph of USS Shangri La (back cover) was taken by D. L. Boyd, PHI.
Issuance of this periodical approved in accordance with Department of the Navy Publications and Printing Regulations, NAVEXOS P-35
Published monthly by Chief of Naval Operations and the Naval Air Systems Command to disseminate data on aircraft training and operations, space technology, missile, rocket and other ordnance developments, aeronautical safety, aircraft design, power plants, aircraft recognition, technical maintenance and overhaul procedures. Send mail to Naval Aviation News, Op-05A5, Navy Department, Washington, D.C. 20360, located at 4703 Munitions Bldg.; telephone Oxford 62252 or 61755. Annual subscription rate is $2.50 check or money order ($1.00 additional for foreign mailing) made payable and sent to Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. 20402. Single copy Is $.25.
NAVAL AVIATION NEWS
ENTERPRISE CREW MEMBERS AT FLIGHT DECK PARADE AS THEIR CARRIER STEAMS UNDER THE GOLDEN GATE
ENTERPRISE HOME FROM COMBAT ZONE
HISTORY had been made aplenty when the Navy's only nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise, steamed into a new home port, NAS ALAMEDA, Calif., to end her first Far East cruise and her first combat tour off Vietnam.
It was quite a homecoming.
• Cheering crowds lined San Francisco's famous Golden Gate Bridge to watch the huge carrier move under the span; the top of the ship's mast cleared the bridge by only a few feet.
• VIP's, both military and civilian, were much in evidence.
• The mayors of San Francisco, Oakland and Alameda officially proclaimed an "Enterprise Day."
By John D. Burlage, 101, and Leon E. Rhoades, J03
• Dependents by the hundreds, who couldn't have cared less about proclamations, VIP's or curious spectators, were on the pier to catch their first glimpses of husbands and fathers in eight months. Many of them moved to Alameda from the carrier's former home port, Norfolk, after the CVAN deployed to WestPac from the East Coast.
In a day marked by honors, Enterprise also earned the somewhat dubious distinction of being the first nuclear-powered warship ever to cause an automobile traffic jam. Cars were backed up for 12 miles as drivers on the Golden Gate slowed to watch the arrival.
Their actions were as understandable as they were illegal; Enterprise was something well worth tying up traffic to see.
CVAN-65 crew members got an inkling of the welcome that was in store for them even before their ship entered San Francisco Bay.
A fairly conventional approach was taken by the San Francisco Marine Exchange, which erected a 125-foot banner on the Golden Gate. "Welcome Home Big E," it declared. The use of banners was not limited to bridges; another one, which also welcomed the ship to her new home, was trailed behind one of the Alameda-based aircraft that staged a flyover during the Bay transit, and there was a third on one of the brows that would be used to link Enterprise to the NAS ALAMEDA pier to which she would moor.
Not so conventional a welcome, but one equally as appreciated, was the effort made by the Sari Francisco Junior Chamber of Commerce. Its members arranged to have 5,000 fortune cookies flown to the ship to be passed out to crew members. Inside were messages marking the occasion.
Although it's a relatively short haul from the Golden Gate to Alameda (a statement with which impatient carrier crewmen may disagree) , Enterprise picked up plenty of company along the way. A flotilla of small craft—fireboats, cabin cruisers and tugs among them—escorted the carrier from the bridge to her new home port. The Big E's arrival even brought out the Army: The Sixth Army Band, embarked in a Navy tug, provided appropriate musk.
Amdng the hundreds who watched the carrier approach the Alameda pier from the pier itself were Vice Admirals Thomas F. Connolly (Commander Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet) and Lawson P. Ramage (Commander First Fleet) ; Rear Admirals John McNay Taylor (Commander Western Sea Frontier) , John E. Clark (Commandant, 12th Naval District) and officers and enlisted men sought their families. Somewhere in the midst of it all, a short ceremony was held. Then the magic words—"Liberty Call!"—were passed over the 1MC, and crewmen headed for home and the pleasant task of getting re-acquainted with their families.
Local observers said later the enthusiasm generated by Bay Area residents for Enterprise's arrival rivaled that given the cruiser USS San Francisco in WW II.
Thomas J Walker III (Commander Carrier Division Three) • and Captains Edgar E. Stebbins (Commander Fleet Air Alameda) and Duncan A. Campbell (Commanding Officer, NAS ALAMEDA) .
Civilians present included Mayor William S. Godfrey of Alameda, Vice-Mayor Fred Maggiora of Oakland, James V. Grealish, President of the Navy League's 12th Region, and Dr. Michael May of the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Livermore, California.
They watched as straining tugboats got their huge charge alongside the pier. The brows were dropped in place. Pandemonium reigned for a time as dependents stormed the ship and Enterprise nam fighting when, on March 22, 1965, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announced that the Big E and the rest of the Navy's nuclear task force would be transferred to the Pacific Fleet.
"The first two of the four ships to be transferred will be the . . . Enterprise and the guided missile frigate USS Bainbridge (DLGN25) ," a Department of Defense news release said. "The guided missile cruiser Long Beach (CGN-9) and the newest nuclear powered surface ship, the guided missile frigate USS Truxton (DLGN-35), now being fitted out, will be transferred in 1966 on a date yet to be determined."
The announcement came not quite three years after the Big E joined the Second Fleet in the Atlantic June 25, 1962. That was the first regular assignment of the world's largest warship to one of the Navy's four striking fleets.
Behind Enterprise, however, was a variety of operations held since she was launched Sept. 24, 1960— including builder's and pre-acceptance trials in which the ship easily outran her destroyer escorts and broke all existing records for heavy combatant ships.
Ahead lay operations with the Second Fleet, several deployments to the Mediterranean, participation in the Cuban Crisis late in 1963 and Operation Sea Orbit. This last was the now-famous around-the-world cruise in which Enterprise, Long Beach and Bainbridge steamed 30,565 miles without refueling or replenishing.
Enterprise's crew wasted no time in winning awards for their carrier. After FY 1963 competition, the Big E became the first aircraft carrier commissioned only a year to win the Atlantic Fleet Battle Efficiency Pennant. Later, the Chief of Naval Operations selected CVAN-65 as men putting in 14 and 16 hours a crack during at-sea periods that can, and do, last 50 days.
The work was hot, hard and unrelenting aboard Enterprise, but that was also not especially significant: Navy men aboard carriers steaming off Vietnam before Enterprise deployed were well versed in the hard work department and there are men serving aboard CVA's assigned to CVW-9 flew 118 sorties against the Viet Cong. On Dec. 3, they flew enough to break the existing record of 131, and on Dec. 11 the tally climbed to 177.
AWAITING Big E's arrival in Alameda are, from left, VAdm. Connolly, Dr. May, RAdm. Walker, RAdm. Taylor, and VAdm. Ramage. SPECTATORS, most of them dependents of crew members, watch as tugboats berth Enterprise to Alameda pier for the first time.
It was quite a homecoming. It had been quite a cruise.
THOSE WHO TAKE an interest in such things were already saying it was just a matter of time before Enterprise got involved in the Viet-
Before their carrier left the Seventh Fleet six months later, Enterprise pilots made 13,020 sorties against enemy targets.
It was the first strikes, however, that prompted Rear Admiral Henry L. Miller, then Commander Carrier Division Three in Enterprise, to send a message to the Secretary of the Navy, the Chief of Naval Operations and other officials. It said:
"I have the distinct honor and pleasure to announce to you that . . . the first nuclear-powered task group in your Pacific Fleet and the United States Navy engaged the enemy in South Vietnam. The USS Enterprise, with all-jet Air Wing Nine delivering the punch, struck hard against Viet Cong installations in the Third and Fourth Corps areas. Enterprise was ably supported by the nuclear destroyer USS Bainbridge . . . and the conventionally-powered destroyers Barry (DD-933) and Roberts (DD-823) of DesRon 24. Enterprise's memorable performance today testtifies that she is worthy of the heritage left by her illustrious predecessor, CV-6."
The days passed, and Enterprise crewmen continued to assault the record books with claims of their own. The Big E teamed with the unrep ship USS Sacramento (AOE1) on June 2, 1966, in an ammunition transfer, for instance, and the claim was made that the 241 tons transferred in 55 minutes by cargo lines and helicopter were a new record; earlier, in February, Sacramento had moved 654 tons to Enterprise in a single day.
During the six months of the cruise, Enterprise fliers dropped more than 8,000 tons of ordnance on targets that included military facilities, transportation networks, military storage areas and barges and junks carrying supplies to the Viet Cong.
And, would you believe it, Enterprise crewmen even kept a polish on the "showboat" image their ship earned — for better or for worse — during Sea Orbit? More than 700 official visitors toured the ship, both at sea and during rare in-port periods; they included President Ferdinand Marcos of the Republic of the Philippines and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek of the Republic of China.
WITH San Francisco in the background, Enterprise steams toward her new home port,
Alameda, Calif., after an eight-month West Pacific cruise that started in Norfolk, Va.
the most outstanding aviation ship in the Atlantic and the carrier became the possessor of the Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award.
All of that, however, was only a preview. On Oct. 26, 1965, Enterprise steamed out of Norfolk, bound for the real thing.
THE FIRST combat sorties were flown off the USS Enterprise December 2, 1965.
For the first time, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was seeing combat; that, in itself, was history. History does riot mean much to on the line today who are working just as hard under more adverse conditions.
As a matter of fact, Enterprise had a lot going for her—and the real significance lies in the fact that her crew knew it. Her Commanding Officer, rear admiral-selectee Captain James L. Holloway III, put it in words when he said, "With this ship, if we don't do better than anybody else in the Fleet, we ought to be fired."
Nobody was fired, because the men of Enterprise did right well.
On that first day, Big E pilots SIDEBOYS stand by to welcome first group of dependents to come aboard Enterprise.
THE VIEW from the carrier of the Alameda pier shows crowd awaiting ship's arrival.
It wasn't exactly a fun cruise.
There were light moments, however. Entertainers gave of their time to help break the tedium when they brought shows aboard. Martha Raye brought a small combo and got large laughs. Danny Kaye and Vikki Carr earned the crew's admiration and applause by performing at 8 a.m. in 90-degree heat. Pianist "Big Tiny" Little had his show aboard. Billy Casper and Archie Moore re presented the world of sports. Those whose duties kept them from the live performances got the chance to see video-taped replays on the ship's TV sets.
Mostly, though, it was work, eat, and sleep—and stand by for the horn to sound "Flight Quarters!"
And often, especially for the flight deck personnel, it seemed to be just work, eat and work. The strikes continued.
Then, suddenly, they stopped. Enterprise's baptism of fire was over. She was bound for a new home, for a short stay at the Alameda pier, and then for a few weeks at the Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard.
To men who have put in a lot of long hours, and who mostly want to get back home, messages of congratulations can be a lot of nice words to be read and forgotten. Enterprise received her share, but some of the words deserve to be remembered:
"It is a great pleasure to extend to you my personal congratulations for a job 'well done," said Admiral Roy L. Johnson, Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet. "Enterprise represents an important link between the traditions of the past and our Navy of the future. Your accomplishments, during the first combat deployment of a nuclear-powered major warship in history, have contributed even further to the legend of the Big E. More important, your performance has set new precedents and new standards in which each of us in the Pacific Fleet may take great pride."
Vice Admiral John J. Hyland, Commander Seventh Fleet, had these words of praise for Enterprise, her air wing personnel and members of her crew:
"As you depart for home you have my complete admiration for an outstanding all-around performance. Your duty on the line was marked by [al top-quality as well as record-setting number of sorties which helped to bring out one facet of the superiority of nuclear-powered ships.
"Your hospitality to countless visitors and the most exceptional impression you invariably made on them also contributed toward their understanding of why nuclear power is a good investment for Ethel United States. . . ."
THE WARMTH of this welcome of a crewman can be appreciated by everybody.
It had been quite a cruise.
SOME FACTS ABOUT THE ENTERPRISE CRUISE
Total combat sorties 13,020
Highest number of combat sorties in single day (12-11-65) 177
Highest total number of sorties in single day (12-11-65) 211
Total number of arrested landings 18,142
Total tonnage of ordnance delivered 8,966
Total number of days spent "on the line" 130
Total days at sea, 10-26-65 to 6-21-66 201
Total days in port, 10-26-65 to 6-21-66 37
Largest number of consecutive days at sea 50
Total number of helicopter rescues 6
Number of times Enterprise refueled destroyers 66
Number of movies shown aboard the Big E 2,375
Operations performed by CVAN-65 medical staff 200
Total number of APC's consumed 121,000
SEPTEMBER 1966 9
AT SEA WITH THE CARRIERS
OPERATING with the Seventh Fleet as a light attack carrier, the CVS Intrepid works up a wake as an A-4 Skyhawk is catapulted.
ABOARD RANGER, Admiral Roy L. Johnson, CinCPacFlt, is greeted by Captain W. M. Harnish, skipper of the Seventh Fleet carrier.
Ranger is scheduled to start a $16 million overhaul at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash., in October, according to an announcement by the 13th Naval District. Work is expected to take six months, a shipyard spokesman said. The carrier's home port will be changed, from Alameda, Calif., to Bremerton because of the lengthy stay.
An F-4 Priantorn II piloted by Lt. Tom Rodger, VF-143, shot down a North Vietnamese aircraft with a Sparrow air-to-air missile after two enemy planes were picked up by radar aboard the guided missile frigate USS Coontz.
Two Phantoms were scrambled off Ranger for what was thought to be the first night air-to-air encounter of the Vietnamese conflict after the sighting by Coontz as the ship operated in the northern Gulf of Tonkin. /Flying as RIO in Lt. Rodger's r--,k 'during the attack was Ens. David Vermilyea.
Combat operations continued thick, and fast off Ranger, as these indicate: ndicate: The Seventh Fleet attack aircraft carriers Ranger and Hancock launched 35 missions against military targets in North Vietnam yesterday. Navy pilots flying A-1 Sky-raiders, A-4 Skyhawks, F-4 Phantoms and F-8 Crusaders, attack and fighter aircraft, concentrated on military barracks, storage areas and transportation routes. . . ."
"Three surface-to-air (SAM) missiles were fired at two flights from the USS Ranger and USS Hancock, and Navy pilots also flew through some of the heaviest flak ever reported, as attacks were launched against 46 targets on 40 missions over North Vietnam yesterday. All three SAM's exploded without damage to the Navy aircraft. At one SAM site, Ranger pilots reported a large orange explosion, and estimated it to be either a missile malfunction or detonation. . . ."
E-1 B TRACER, piloted by Ltjg. Frank Davis, makes Kearsarge's 104,000th arrestment.
MARINE Capt. R. E. Gleason made a damp landing when his helicopter's engine tailed.
ABOARD deployed Constellation, crewman Leroy Arrington watches aircraft launch.
The 85,000th arrested landing aboard CVA-61 was observed by the carrier's new C.O., Captain W. M. Harnish, when Ltjg. Anthony C. Moore and Lt. Robert V. Carton brought their VF-148 Phantom aboard. Soon after, No. 86,000 was made by LCdr. Eugene P. Lund and Lt. Eugene J. Partyka, VF-142, also in a Phantom
The skipper of VA-55 aboard Ranger, who landed his A-4E Sky-hawk aboard the carrier even though he was wounded and could not use his right arm, has been awarded the Silver Star Medal. Commander Milton J. Chewning was flying his 111th combat sortie when the explosion of a single burst of antiaircraft fire hurled shrapnel into his arm.
- Intrepid's flight deck was quiet for' the first time in 31 days, and her crew was taking advantage of the lull. After exactly a month of sustained combat operations off Vietnam, men who were helping to launch and recover aircraft the day before were lounging on the flight deck in swimming, trunks and enjoying the hot sun.
After being outfitted for light attack duties during overhaul, Intrepid steamed from home port, Norfolk, Va., to the waters off Vietnam. In the ensuing weeks, her pilots flew more than 2,400 aerial sorties and dropped some 2,700 tons of bombs on the enemy.
Constellation, with CVW-15 embarked, has returned to the waters off Vietnam after an absence of more than 16 months. Commanded by Captain William D. Houser, Connie is flagship for Rear Admiral James R. Reedy, Commander Attack Carrier Striking Force. Before she departed home port, San Diego, the CVA completed an eight-month, $19 million overhaul at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
"Nineteen North Vietnamese PT-boat crewmen were picked up after their craft were sunk by the combined rockets, cannon and bomb attacks of aircraft from the attack carriers Constellation and Hancock," reported George Marshall, JOGS, in a Seventh Fleet detachment news release.
The action started, Chief Marshall continued, when the boats were spotted "dosing fast" by radar operators in two Constellation carrier combat patrol fighters. Word was passed by Ltjg. Gerry Goerlitz and Ltjg. Bob Robinson to the pilots, LCdr. Sven Nelson and Lt. Fred Miller, who alerted a destroyer squadron operating in the northern Gulf of Tonkin.
CORAL SEA'S new navigator is Cdr. Donald Wyand, former attack squadron commander.
In turn, ComDesRon 17, Captain E. L. Fox, called for attack aircraft from Constellation and Hancock. The two carriers immediately launched ready planes and diverted A-4's, F-4B'S, F-B'S and A-6A Intruders from other missions. Less than an hour later, the planes had taken the three boats under attack and sunk them. Survivors were pulled from the water by destroyer sailors.
Units involved, besides the carriers, included Coontz and the destroyers Rogers and Gurke, VA's 65, 153 and 155 and VF's 151 and 161.
AMPHIBIOUS ready group for Seventh Fleet includes Princeton, Pickaway and Alamo.
COMMANDER Harold L. Marr steps from his F-8 Crusader after shooting down MIG-17.
Those who keep track of such things may recall that, on August 4, 1964, Constellation-launched aircraft struck at Communist PT boats that were attacking two American destroyers—the Maddox and the C. Turner Joy. The next day, Connie aircraft participated in the first responsive strikes on PT boat bases in North Vietnam.
Connie's 43,000th arrested landing was made by LCdr. Kenneth J. Corica, VF-151, in an F-4B.
CORAL SEA (CVA-43)
"It's a demanding and challenging assignment that contrasts markedly with my past year's assignment as an attack squadron commanding officer in combat."
That's how Commander Donald McKay Wyand described his new job as Coral Sea's navigator. He was due to have the job of guiding the carrier across the Pacific to the South China Sea, where just 14 months before he flew his 161st combat mission over Vietnam.
Navy officials announced recently that the first U.S. Navy ship to bear the name of an American killed in action in Vietnam will be named after a Coral Sea pilot. The ship, a destroyer escort, will be named after Lt. William M. Roark, who was killed April 7, 1965, during an armed reconnaissance mission.
Coral Sea and the ASW carrier USS Bennington were among 43 ships participating in Belaying Pin, North and South Vietnam. Carrier pilots flew 9,223 strike sorties and an additional 1,485 ground support missions.
Foremost among those strikes was one against the Uong Bi power plant that served the Hanoi-Haiphong area. Originally put out of commission in December, the plant was restored and operating in April when two Kitty Hawk Intruders made a surprise night attack. Their bombs sent showers of sparks and raging fires into the air and elimi ing down another MIG-17 during a dogfight some 30 miles northwest of Haiphong.
Ten days later another VF-211 pilot, Lt. J. G. Vampatella, also shot down a mic-17 with a Sidewinder, despite the fact that his F-8 was damaged by ground fire.
While Yorktown was participating in the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization's maritime exercise the second major First Fleet exercise of 1966.
HOMEWARD bound from seven-month deployment to the Mediterranean, Navy's newest carrier, USS Americo, steams for Norfolk. KING BAUDOUIN of Belgium congratulates CVW-3 operations officer, LCdr. Jack Finney, for performance in Brussels Air Show.
KITTY HAWK (CVA-63)
There were figures aplenty to mark the end of Kitty Hawk's eight-month deployment to WestPac.
With their ship in home port, CVA-63 sailors figured out that the carrier steamed 66,270.6 miles during 180 days at sea since she left CONUS October 19, 1965. It took, the Chief Engineer reported, 21,323,207 gallons of fuel and 49,375,568 propeller revolutions to complete those miles.
Kitty Hawk's Weapons Department was issued 10,731.04 tons of ordnance for the ship's squadrons to deliver on enemy targets in both nated much of the North Vietnamese capital's power supply.
Also credited to Kitty Hawk aircraft were strikes against the Hai Duong railroad and highway bridge that linked Hanoi and Haiphong, the Vinh Son highway bridge, the Hon Gay army barracks, and emplacements in the Hu Gia and Nape passes.
Commander Harold L. Marr, C.O. of VF-211, destroyed the 13th Communist MIG to be downed in the Vietnam fighting when he launched a Sidewinder missile against the aircraft from his F-8 Crusader. He was also credited with damaging and possibly shoot-
Sea Imp in the Gulf of Siam, Lt. J. M. Herring, VS-25, made the ship's 113,000th arrested landing in an s-2 Tracker.
Captain Martin G. O'Neill relieved Captain Robert N. Miller as Tico's C.O. during a change-of command ceremony in San Diego.
Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr., is Princeton's new skipper. He relieved Captain T. J. Gallagher, Jr., while the LPH was in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam.
Marine Capt. Richard E. Gleason, HMM-364, was hoisted aboard a rescue helicopter from Princeton seconds after his own UH-34D Seahorse had engine failure and ditched in the South China Sea.
America was back in. home port, Norfolk, after a seven-month cruise to the Mediterranean in which the ship steamed more than 42,000 miles and pilots of embarked CVW6 flew 15,725 hours.
In detailing the events that took place during the cruise, Mike Cleveland, J03, told of a previously unreported event. It seems that, in Istanbul, Lt. Gayle V. Collins and Edward D. Clark, ET1, were called upon to help a German merchant ship whose radar had broken down. The ship's master, in a letter to the U.S. consul describing what happened, said, "Remembering our membership in NATO, I contacted my 'colleague,' the commanding admiral (aboard America), and requested assistance."
The master said he didn't really expect any help from Rear Admiral James O. Cobb, ComCarDiv Two, so the arrival on board of the two America crewmen was a distinct surprise. Then, in his letter, he gave a beautifully-worded description of what happened next:
"They admired our 'museum-ripe radar,' prepared for work, drank one bottle Berliner Kindl each and furied for two hours from the radar mast down to the engine, from the engine to the bridge and thence back to the radar mast. On termination of their work they showed me a tiptop and absolute clear radar picture.
"Asking how I could make good for that, they replied, 'We hope for a thanks.' "
F. D. ROOSEVELT (CVA-42)
Shipyard workers at the Boston Naval Shipyard were getting some well-deserved back-pats after they successfully drydocked FDR, the largest warship ever to enter the South Boston Annex docking facility. The ship, a report said, had six inches of clearance, port and starboard, at the drydock sill.
FDR left the Boston yard for home port, Mayport, Fla., after rudder repairs were completed.
Aircraft from FDR and USS Independence were among units that participated in Beach Time, a major Second Fleet exercise in the Atlantic and the Caribbean.
Vice Admiral R. C. Needham, Navy Inspector General, flew aboard Forrestal while the carrier was in dry dock at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Va. Accompanying him on the inspection tour was Vice Admiral Charles T. Booth III, ComNavAirLant. Forrestal was undergoing a $20 million overhaul when the admirals arrived.
A more complete rundown of the yard period is on the next page.
Essex arrived at home port, Quonset Point, R. I., after a five-month, $6 million overhaul at the Boston Naval Shipyard. The CVS also underwent extensive modifications designed to give her a modern and sophisticated communications system.
Independence left home port, Norfolk, for her fourth Mediterranean cruise with the Sixth Fleet, a deployment that was expected to last seven months. Aircraft of Carrier Air Wing 7 were embarked.
DEPENDENTS say their goodbyes as Independence gets underway for Med cruise.
Lex sailors continued to make efforts to keep the record for the most arrested landings in the Navy aboard their CVS as they brought aboard Ens. Jon H. Friedman, VT-4 student pilot, in a T-2A Buckeye for No. 156,000.
Pilots of HS-9 logged their 19,-000th accident-free hour aboard Randolph while the carrier was undergoing around-the-clock ASW training in the Norwegian Sea.
It may not be a "first," as claimed by a Saratoga news release, but a night replenishment by helicopter between CVA-60 and the supply ship USS Sylvania in the Mediterranean has won great favor with the crews of both ships.
"Both Saratoga and Sylvania have recommended to higher naval authority that this system be instituted to create more time for daylight operations," the Sara news release said. Sylvania's helicopter hauled more than 92.5 tons of provisions to the carrier, and the aircraft's crew reported that the new white-lighting system (NANEws, August 1966, p. 3) used aboard the CVA caused no problems.
Lt. C. W. Galbreath, VA-34, made Sara's 109,000th arrested landing in an A-4C Skyhawk.
Senior officials from the Navy and Defense Departments boarded Wasp at sea to observe ASW operations in the Atlantic.
Under Secretary of the Navy Robert H. B. Baldwin arrived in a c-iA Trader from NAS QUONSET POINT, R.I. In his party were H. A. Beaumont, Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy for Manpower, and Dr. George Sebastyen, Deputy Director of Research and Engineering in the office of the Secretary of Defense.
Greeting the visitors were Rear Admiral Edward C. Outlaw, Atlantic Fleet HUK Force Commander, and Vice Admiral Charles E. Weakley, ComASWForLant.
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1 Department of Policy Analysis, National Environmental Research Institute, Aarhus University, Aarhus University2 Department of Environmental Science - Enviromental social science, Department of Environmental Science, Science and Technology, Aarhus University3 Department of Environmental Science - Enviromental social science, Department of Environmental Science, Science and Technology, Aarhus University
Use of experts in media reports about the environment is not confined to its information function. Voices of expertise also serve a ritual function in societal communication by enacting collective sentiments and common world views cast around consensus as well as conflict. This article presents theoretical discussions and examples from a case study of Danish television news coverage of the environment supporting such an understanding of expertise in broadcast media. And adds to the discussion of expertise a discussion of the opposing category of lay knowledge.
International Journal of Sustainability Communication, 2008, Vol 2, p. 22-44
formidling af ekspertise; ritual; miljø og medier; communication of expertise; environment and media
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Here is a set of simple steps that might help young earners minimise their taxes and take control of their financial life.
This post is based on a request from one of my students who started out on an IT job some months ago.
Tax planning - a set of actions designed to save tax – is how most young earners get interested personal finance.
Unfortunately, most of them screw up their financial life right at the start, by buying utterly unsuitable products all in the name of ‘tax saving investments’!
To plan, one must recognise that taxes saving instruments share some common traits:
Instruments that offer ‘pure’ insurance for a fee
- Term life insurance on a contract that runs for a few years with yearly renewals
- Health insurance typically on yearly contract and renewals
Instruments that offer a ‘return’
- They have a lock-in period of a few years – 3 for ELSS mutual funds, 15 in the case of PPF and few years to decades in the case of insurance plans (ULIP, money-back, endowments, pension plan, child plan etc.).
- Most of them require you to pay for a certain number of years- 15 in the case of PPF and few years to decades in the case of insurance plans.
(A) Choose pure insurance products first!
(B) Among instruments that offer a ‘return’, choose one with minimum lock-period with no obligation to make future payments.
Tax planning Cheat sheet
The following is independent of tax section (80C/80D) sub-limits!
Section 80 C:
1. Account for EPF contributions – the obvious and automatic choice.
2. Buy pure term life insurance - Guideline (A)
Surprised! Don’t be. Get term insurance for as high an amount as possible for about 25-30 years. Online policies are quite cheap irrespective of the insurer for young earners.
So get as high a cover as they would offer and name your parents as nominees (even if they are financially independent!). Later you can change it to your spouse or kids.
Here are some things to do after you get a term plan!
3. Lump sum investment in a ELSS mutual fund - Guideline (B)
At 3 years, they offer the lowest lock- period. There is no obligation for you to invest the next financial year, provided you don’t setup a SIP (don’t!)
Get yourself an online account from an AMC and invest –a few times a year on market dips.
You can use this step-by-step guide to select a ‘good’ ELSS fund
Section 80 D
4. Individual health insurance cover for self and parents - Guideline (A)
Does not matter if your employer offers one. Just buy one for yourself and your parents for as high a cover as you can afford. Increase the sum insured each year by as much as possible.
5. Identify a good charity and sponsor them. Yes, you can save tax too but that is not important.
That is it! Simple steps to ensure you don’t get your financial life in a tangle.
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- list your financial goals,
- tag your ELSS investments to one of your long-term goals
- minimise your expenses
- invest as much as you can in equity instruments
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There appears to be a degree of uncertainty about the legal position concerning the extension of Article 50. Confusion seems to have arisen thanks to a combination of the way in which the European Council structured its decision to grant an extension and failure to understand the distinction and relationship between relevant provisions of European Union and UK law. In this post, I attempt to set out the legal position.
In recent weeks, a great deal of attention has focussed, unsurprisingly, on the UK Parliament. We have, for instance, heard a lot about Parliament ‘ruling out’ certain options, most notably a no-deal Brexit. There have also been repeated references in the media and by politicians to the UK leaving the EU on 29 March 2019 because that date ‘is written into UK law’. (The UK law in question is the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. We will come to that later.) All of this, however, misses the fundamental point: namely, that the UK’s membership of the EU turns not upon what domestic law says, but upon the position in international law — specifically, the EU Treaties.
The UK has been a member of the EU for the last half-century or so because it agreed to be a member, that agreement being recorded in and its terms set out in the EU Treaties. Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) sets out the process by which a Member State may leave the Union. As is well know, that process was triggered by the UK roughly two years ago. At this stage in the process, it is Article 50(3) that is crucial:
The Treaties shall cease to apply to the State in question from the date of entry into force of the withdrawal agreement or, failing that, two years after the notification referred to in paragraph 2, unless the European Council, in agreement with the Member State concerned, unanimously decides to extend this period.
As is clear from this provision, the key issue is whether the EU Treaties continue to apply to the UK. For as long as they do, it is bound by them in international law; when the Treaties cease to apply, the UK ceases to be a Member State (albeit that transitional arrangements may apply, as they would if the Government’s deal were to be approved). This means that what UK law says is irrelevant to the question of EU membership. As such, neither a resolution passed by the House of Commons ‘ruling out’ a no-deal Brexit nor changing ‘exit day’ in domestic law can prevent the UK’s departure from the EU. That process is governed by EU law and, in particular, Article 50 TEU.
It is for this reason that last week’s European Council meeting was so crucial, and its decision to extend Article 50 vital. That decision is now recorded in the Official Journal of the European Union in European Council Decision (EU) 2019/476. The decision caters for two eventualities:
In the event that the Withdrawal Agreement is approved by the House of Commons by 29 March 2019 at the latest, the period provided for in Article 50(3) TEU is extended until 22 May 2019.
In the event that the Withdrawal Agreement is not approved by the House of Commons by 29 March 2019 at the latest, the period provided for in Article 50(3) TEU is extended until 12 April 2019. In that event, the United Kingdom will indicate a way forward before 12 April 2019, for consideration by the European Council.
This means that the window for approving the Withdrawal Agreement closes on 29 March if the Government wishes to benefit from the extension of the Article 50 period to 22 May. If the deal is not passed by the House of Commons by 29 March, then the UK will leave the EU with no deal on 12 April unless, by then, the European Council has agreed to a further extension or unless the UK has unilaterally revoked its notification under Article 50 (which it is entitled to do under EU law) so as to abort the Brexit process.
What, then, of UK law, and of the fact that ‘exit day’ is ‘written into’ domestic law? What, in particular, does this mean in terms of the role of the UK Parliament? This question is placed in sharp relief by an article in the Spectator’s Steerpike column today, which says that the magazine has been
passed a leaked briefing note from inside Number 10 which suggests the government would be able to brush Parliament aside and delay Brexit by Prime Ministerial edict. It is a confidential briefing note, offering answers to questions. The document asks if Theresa May has the ability to extend the Brexit deadline unilaterally, or if she first has to seek parliament’s approval, noting that Speaker John Bercow has said that the agreement of the House is necessary for any extension. But the briefing concludes that since MPs voted for the government to seek an extension on 14 March, that now: ‘Making the request and agreeing it with the EU is a matter for the government.’ Under this interpretation, Theresa May could declare – contrary to what she has been saying for the last two years and what everyone (including the Speaker) understood to be the law – that she does not need to consult parliament if she wants to agree an extension with the EU.
In unpacking this, it is important to keep two things distinct. First, there is the question of approaching the European Council for a(n) (further) extension. Second, and distinctly, there is the question of dealing with the domestic legal consequences of an extension. As far as approaching the European Council is concerned, it is clear that that is a matter for the Government. While it is strongly arguable that revoking Article 50 would require an Act of Parliament, the same does not go for extending Article 50. There is therefore little room for doubt that the Prime Minister acted lawfully by asking the European Council for an extension last week without having been authorised to do so by statute. In this sense, it is true that (as the Spectator puts it) the Prime Minister ‘does not need to consult Parliament’ about an extension.
The second and distinct point, however, concerns the domestic legal implications of successfully obtaining an extension, as the Prime Minister did last week. As a matter of EU law, the UK will not now leave the EU on 29 March; it will either leave on 12 April or 22 May, or on such other date as the UK and the European Council might unanimously agree. The problem, however, is that as things presently stand, ‘exit day’ is defined in the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018 as 29 March 2019. Among other things, that Act provides that, on exit day, the European Communities Act 1972 — which gives effect to EU law in the UK, thereby enabling the UK to meet its legal obligations as a Member State — is to be repealed. Moreover, a great deal of secondary legislation has been made under the 2018 Act in order to adapt domestic law with effect from exit day, in order to ensure that domestic law can function adequately post-exit.
Although ‘exit day’ is defined by the 2018 Act, the Act enables Ministers to amend the definition of exit day, provided that the House of Commons and the House of Lords approve such an amendment. It is therefore likely that the Government will bring forward a statutory instrument very shortly providing for exit day to redefined in line with the European Council’s decision. This does not seem consistent with the view, expressed in the Spectator article, that the Prime Minister ‘does not need to consult Parliament’ in respect of extending Article 50.
It is true that, as a matter of EU law, consultation with Parliament is not needed before Article 50 can be extended. But it is necessary, if chaos is to be avoided, that domestic law should align with any extension. If the definition of ‘exit day’ were not to be redefined so as to reflect the extension, then one difficulty is that secondary legislation made under the 2018 Act would enter into force on 29 March, with the result that there would be two parallel sets of regulations in place — those deriving directly from EU law, and those made under the 2018 Act which would diverge from EU law. Faced with such a situation, a court would apply EU law in place of inconsistent domestic law, in line with the principle — which continues to apply while the UK is a Member State, including during an extension to the Article 50 period — that EU law takes priority over incompatible domestic law. But the existence of conflicting rules would nevertheless cause immense confusion.
A further apparent difficulty is that, as noted above, section 1 of the 2018 Act repeals the European Communities Act 1972 on exit day. This might appear to suggest that if exit day is not redefined, the 1972 Act will be repealed on 29 March, thus placing the UK in breach of its obligation under the EU Treaties to give domestic effect EU law. In fact, however, the Government has not yet brought section 1 of the 2018 Act into force. This means that even if exit day was not redefined, 29 March could come and go, and the 1972 Act would remain in place.
Where does this leave us? Following last week’s European Council decision, the EU Treaties will continue to apply to the UK after 29 March. They will continue to apply until 12 April (if the Withdrawal Agreement is not endorsed by the House of Commons by 29 March) or until 22 May (if the Withdrawal Agreement is approved by 29 March). This will be so whether or not the UK Parliament changes the definition of ‘exit day’ in the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018. The Prime Minister acted lawfully by asking the European Council for an Article 50 extension, even though no Act of Parliament explicitly authorises her to do so, and it would be equally lawful for the Prime Minister to request a further extension.
What does this mean in terms of Parliament’s role over the coming days? Parliament should — even though it will not affect the Article 50 extension as a matter of EU law — align the definition of exit day in the 2018 Act with the decision reached by the European Council last week. If it does not do so, individuals will be faced with competing legal rules from 29 March — i.e. those deriving from still-relevant EU law and domestic rules made in the anticipation of Brexit occurring on 29 March. Such a situation would place individuals in an intolerable position and would create enormous confusion, even though ultimate the legal position — that the EU rules would take priority — is clear. It follows that it Parliament fails to approve the statutory instrument that the Government is likely to lay before it this week, so as to redefine ‘exit day’, this will not alter the (new) departure date of 12 April or 22 May, albeit that it would risk chaos in domestic law.
Parliament’s role is also clearly crucial in terms of deciding whether to approve the Withdrawal Agreement, since this will determine whether the Article 50 period runs until 12 April or 22 May. If Parliament does not approve the Withdrawal Agreement by 29 March, then it seems that it will have the further crucial role of shaping what it is that the Government puts to the European Council prior to 12 April, albeit that, as we have seen, the Government does not require parliamentary authorisation to seek a further extension should it be minded to do so. Finally, if the question of revoking the UK’s notification under Article 50 continues to rise up the political agenda, Parliament’s role will be critical, since it is relatively clear that this could only be accomplished by means of an Act of Parliament.
The UK’s membership of the European Union is determined by law — in particular, by the EU Treaties. One of the things that Brexiteers appear to dislike most about EU membership is the fact that the EU is a rules-based international order that limits domestic freedom of action, up to and including the enactment of primary legislation. Extricating the UK from the EU legal order and re-establishing ‘true’ parliamentary sovereignty is an article of faith for many Leavers. However, as Brexit (most likely still) looms, it remains the case that until the UK leaves, it continues to be a part of the EU legal order. Just as membership occurs on terms set by that legal order, so does departure. It is for this reason that the duration of any extension under Article 50 is a matter of EU law, not domestic law. And it is for this reason that whatever domestic law says about ‘exit day’, the UK will leave the EU in accordance with last week’s European Council decision, unless a further extension is agreed, or unless Parliament approves the Withdrawal Agreement or legislates to revoke Article 50. If the UK wishes to ‘take back control’, then so be it. But it can only do so in accordance with the law — in particular, and primarily, EU law.
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The Historic centre of Sheki with the Khan’s Palace is an 18th-century trade town known for its sericulture.
Sheki was the capital of the short-lived Shaki Khanate. The Palace of Shaki Khans was a summer residence of the Khans, and it still remains one of the most visible landmarks of Shaki. It was designed by a Persian architect in 1797.
The traditional residential houses were built with spacious attics to accommodate silkworm breeding. They also feature gardens with mulberry trees.
Map of ShekiLoad map
Visit April 2016
This is a site probably few have heard of – I also did not know about it until I started preparing for my trip to Azerbaijan and stumbled upon this (then) TWHS. Sheki has been an independent country between 1743 and 1813, after it wriggled itself free from Persia. It lies in the far north of Azerbaijan, just below the snow-capped peaks of the Greater Caucasus and the border with Russia. The nomination Sheki, the Khan’s Palace covers more than the palace alone: the town’s trade and industry neighborhoods and vernacular architecture are included as well.
Sheki was a main center of silk production in the Caucasus. It was an important stop on the trade route between “the Dagestan Mountain Traders and the main East-West Caucasus Route”, according to my Trailblazer Guide to Azerbaijan. During my trip I stayed for 2 nights in one of the two large former caravanserais in the old town: the 18th century Yuxari Caravanserai. Its grounds are nicely renovated, although the rooms are a bit damp and mouldy. But I did enjoy sitting in the little alcove in front of my room in the evenings.
The houses in the old part of Sheki town are all built in a similar style: their walls are a mix of brick and cobblestones, plus wooden windows. It’s a nice and quiet place to walk around, although unfortunately there’s not much you can enter.
The undoubted highlight of Sheki is the 18th-century summer palace of the Khan. It was constructed in 1762, so it dates from exactly the period that Sheki was an independent state. The palace and related buildings are located above the city in a walled enclave. The palace facade is quite stunning: it consists partly of wood and partly of stone decorations. It is located in a little garden with two old plane trees in front of it.
Inside you’re not allowed to take pictures, but it is even nicer than the exterior. The wooden windows are inlaid with pieces of colored glass, adding a magical sun light to the rooms. The palace is not that big, it has 6 different rooms. It was only used for business purposes, the khan’s family lived elsewhere. The main areas such as the reception hall and throne room are fully covered in murals. Most of it is figurative, but there are also hunting scenes and lively images of the victory of the army of Sheki on Persia (including heads on sticks).
The grounds further contain a museum that seems not to have been refreshed since the communist era. It’s nice enough for a short visit though, it has some archaeological findings and Lenin memorabilia. Another building is set up as a shop for artisans who make the specific wooden windows with stained glass, called shebeke. A young man shows how it is made: tiny pieces of wood and glass are put together like a jigsaw puzzle (without glue or a single nail).
In hindsight, the Sheki Palace was the most memorable monument that I visited in Azerbaijan. It has a very distinct architectural style that I haven’t seen anywhere else in the world. Also it has been well-kept. It provides an eye into the past of what is now the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Site visited October 2014. While the majority of tourists in Azerbaijan may not go outside the area of Baku, Sheki is an excellent reason to go there. It is a good place to see the other side of this country as opposite of Baku: traditional architecture and small town feeling in a beautiful setting on foothills of Caucasus Mountains. And the icing on the cake is the exquisite Khan’s Palace. That was also in my mind when I headed to Sheki.
At nine in the evening I hopped on a Sheki bound night train at the Baku railway station. The trip would last 10 hours. I had a bed in a four bed sleeper cabin. In the cabin were also a local father with a child and a granny. They were very friendly and in the beginning of the trip we had a cup of tea and biscuits together. They could speak only few words of English but still we could communicate with each other. At seven in the next morning the train left me alone in the darkness at Sheki railway station which is 15 kilometres away from the city. I waited at the station almost an hour for a taxi to show up.
From the centre of the city I walked along the main thoroughfare of the old city towards the Khan’s Palace. The city was just waking up. It was very quiet and you could see hardly anyone on the streets. Finally I reached the Khan's Palace which is surrounded by crumbling walls of Sheki Fortress. This 18th century palace is many times referred as 'little gem' and that is really true. The building is small, beautiful and nicely restored. It has abundant and detailed decoration both outside and inside.
It is possible to visit inside the palace only with guided tour which takes some 20 minutes. Photography is not allowed inside and you have to put plastic covers on your shoes for not to damage the wooden floors. While the exterior of the palace is nice with coloured geometric patterns, the interior is simply stunning. The centrepiece of this two-storied building is the big glass mosaic window which is assembled from pieces of wood and coloured Venetian glass. Each of the six rooms have their own style of decoration. The miniature paintings with exceptionally bright colours are especially admirable: pomegranate trees, birds and flowers. Maybe the most interesting single motive is the painting of ancient battle scene. Otherwise there are lots of floral and geometric ornamentations. I think ’perfect’ and ’complete’ are the right words to describe this beautiful little building. You can compare it to some of the finest palaces in Iran but in a smaller scale and in this strange rural setting.
Old city of Sheki is also included in the nomination. While I found it quite nice I don't know how authentic and consistent it is. Some buildings have been recently restored and some of them seemed a bit overrestored. Basically all the important buildings are located along one street which heads towards the Khan's Palace. There are some nice traditional houses, brick mosques, bath houses and two caravanserais, one of which is nowadays a nice hotel and restaurant.
Highly recommended side trip from Sheki is the village of Kish with its Albanian church. Taxi from central Sheki to Kish takes about 20 minutes. Kish is very nice traditional village with narrow winding alleys and stone houses. While I found the village itself quite interesting, the Albanian church of Kish is the usual reason to go there. While it looked a bit like Armenian church it is said to be Caucasian Albanian.
In Azerbaijan there are not many places that you can call lovely or idyllic. There is grandiose and luxurious Baku, ugly and smelly oilfields, some dull and dusty plains. To my experience Sheki is the nearest thing to idyllic in Azerbaijan. For me the trip to Sheki gave another perspective to this country. Is this nomination enough for inscription? For Khan's Palace for sure, but is it enough. For the old city, I'm not that sure. At least I hope that Sheki with Khan’s Palace could make it because it is maybe the best option among Azerbaijan's current tentative list.
2019 Advisory Body overruled
ICOMOS had recommended Not to Inscribe, overturned by amendment lead by Kuwait
2017 Advisory Body overruled
ICOMOS recommended Not to inscribe
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|The role of difluprednate ophthalmic emulsion in clinical practice.|
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|The mainstay in the treatment of ocular inflammation, either post-surgical or endogenous, is the use of steroids. While these agents effectively address inflammation, they are not without their risks, including ocular hypertension and acceleration of cataract formation. The most notorious culprits are the strong steroids, such as prednisolone acetate and betamethasone. This review aims to cover the biochemistry and drug development of difluprednate, a novel synthetic strong steroid emulsion. In vivo pharmacokinetics as well as ocular distribution and metabolism are discussed, followed by a comprehensive summary of phase I, II, and III clinical trials evaluating safety and efficacy in patients suffering from postoperative inflammation or anterior uveitis. The objective is to provide an increased familiarity with this newly approved medication as a welcome addition to the ophthalmologist's armamentarium.|
|Karim N Jamal; David G Callanan|
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|Type: Journal Article Date: 2009-06-29|
|Title: Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) Volume: 3 ISSN: 1177-5467 ISO Abbreviation: Clin Ophthalmol Publication Date: 2009|
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Journal ID (nlm-ta): Clin Ophthalmol
Journal ID (publisher-id): Clinical Ophthalmology
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? 2009 Jamal and Callanan, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd.
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|The role of difluprednate ophthalmic emulsion in clinical practice|
|Karim N Jamal12|
|David G Callanan1|
1Texas Retina Associates, Arlington, Texas, USA;
2Current affiliation: Retinal Consultants of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
|Correspondence: Correspondence: David Callanan, 1001 North Waldrop Drive, Suite 512, Arlington, TX 76012, USA, Tel +1 (817) 261-9625, Fax +1 (817) 261-9586, Email
Surgical technique in all fields of ophthalmology has evolved considerably over the years, from the transition to clear corneal incisions by anterior segment surgeons to the adoption of small-gauge minimally invasive pars plana vitrectomies by vitreoretinal specialists. Despite such technical advances, however, surgical manipulation of anterior segment structures triggers the release of arachidonic acid from cell membranes, leading to the production of prostaglandins and leukotrienes. These inflammatory mediators, in turn, lead to cellular reaction and protein leakage. Although often self-limited, untreated inflammation can lead to complications such as pain/discomfort, photophobia, corneal edema, synechiae, glaucoma, and cystoid macular edema.1,2
In the immediate postoperative period, topical corticosteroids are employed to suppress the production of inflammatory mediators, offering local treatment without the risk of systemic adverse effects. By inhibiting the release of arachidonic acid from cell membrane phospholipids, corticosteroids prevent the formation of both leukotrienes and prostaglandins, disrupting the inflammatory cascade.3 These agents are continued until the anterior chamber (AC) reaction has resolved and the blood?aqueous barrier has been reestablished.4
Just as ophthalmologists have enjoyed advances in surgical technique and technology, patient expectations of their results have grown proportionately. Currently, the most widely prescribed strong topical corticosteroid in the US is prednisolone acetate 1%. While it controls inflammation effectively, it has not been shown to consistently address postoperative pain and discomfort in a large clinical trial.5 In June 2008 difluprednate ophthalmic emulsion 0.05% (Durezol?; Sirion Therapeutics, Tampa, FL) was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of inflammation and pain associated with ocular surgery ? the first strong ophthalmic steroid approved by the FDA since 1973. Difluprednate is the first ophthalmic steroid developed in the past 35 years with high potency, a favorable safety profile, and the ability to reduce postoperative pain.
Difluprednate (difluoroprednisolone butyrate acetate, or DFBA) is a synthetic difluorinated prednisolone derivative (Figure 1). Originally developed for dermatologic applications, the molecule derives its potency from fluorination at the C6 and C9 positions.6 Its anti-inflammatory activity is further augmented by replacing the 17-hydroxyl group with butyrate, while its lipophilicity ? and hence corneal penetration ? is enhanced by substituting the 21-hydroxyl group with acetate.7 Given the paucity of strong ophthalmic steroids available, difluprednate was formulated as a topical ophthalmic preparation.
Developing new ophthalmic treatments, however, involves numerous challenges. Many drugs are poorly soluble in water, for example. While this difficulty can be overcome by using surfactants, organic solvents, or a vehicle with pH outside physiological range, 8?11 such modifications can lead to ocular irritation and limit use in clinical practice.
Ophthalmic suspensions (such as prednisolone acetate) can have potential problems such as flocculation, caking, and poor redispersibility, all of which can lead to dosing errors during administration.12,13 Dose uniformity also depends on drug homogeneity, and suspensions have a large range of particle size, which can affect bioavailability. In addition, they must be shaken to suspend the medicine in the aqeous phase, otherwise the active drug settles at the bottom of the bottle thereby altering the dose delivered. Yet another obstacle is that particle variance precludes ophthalmic suspensions from undergoing a filtration technique of sterilization.7
One elegant solution to these problems is to create an oil-in-water lipid emulsion. This allows drugs that are poorly water soluble to dissolve in the oil phase (which does not have uniformity problems), undergo sterile filtration, and provide better ocular bioavailability.7 As mentioned above, lipid emulsions also require the addition of surfactants, and both high concentrations of these agents and the use of ionic varieties can lead to ocular toxicity.14 Selecting the appropriate oil and its concentration is also critical, since an emulsion?s thermodynamic stability changes with the proportions of drug, surfactant, and oil; high oil concentrations, for example, can lead to blurred vision.15,16
The difluprednate emulsion formulation began by suspending DFBA in a variety of oils (castor, cottonseed, medium-chain fatty acid triglyceride, oleic, olive, peanut, and soybean).7 As castor oil showed the highest solubility, it was selected as the lipid phase. Next, various concentrations of polysorbate 80, a nonionic emulsifying surfactant with a good safety profile for ophthalmic use, were added to determine the optimal proportion of drug, oil, and surfactant to avoid blurred vision and ocular surface toxicity. After several experiments, the final proportions were selected, with a resulting combination that was thermodynamically stable across a variety of storage conditions.
Once instilled, difluprednate emulsion is rapidly deacetylated in the aqueous humor to difluoroprednisolone butyrate (DFB), the drug?s active metabolite, which has a similar corticosteroid activity profile.17 Endogenous tissue esterases then metabolize DFB to the inert metabolite hydroxyfluoroprednisolone butyrate (HFB), which limits systemic exposure to the active compound.18
Due to low drug concentrations and the possibility of contaminant proteins in aqueous humor, Yasueda et al 19 used a combination of semi-micro high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and column switching to detect in vivo ocular absorption of DFBA in a rabbit model. Using various concentrations of DFBA emulsion, the group found that DFBA could not be detected in aqueous humor samples at any concentration, whereas DFB was readily detected, indicating that the DFBA acetyl group was hydrolyzed quickly. They also reported that further DFB hydrolysis does not occur within the first hour after drop instillation.
In comparing the in vivo penetration of 0.05% difluprednate emulsion to suspension, Yamaguchi et al7 found that within 30 minutes of instillation the emulsion had a 7.4-fold-higher corneal DFB concentration than did the suspension. The emulsion also showed a 5.7- and 3.1-fold higher aqueous humor concentration at 1 and 3 hours, respectively, compared with suspension.
To further evaluate the absorption, distribution, and metabolism of 0.05% DFBA emulsion, Tajika et al 18 instilled a single drop of medication in both eyes of albino rabbits, and measured the concentrations of DFBA and DFB in ocular tissues and blood at several time points using the HPLC method. Because of the rapid deacetylation of DFBA to DFB, DFBA concentrations were undetectable in nearly all tissue samples, while DFB was found to accumulate throughout the anterior segment structures. DFB levels in the posterior segment and blood were undetectable at all time points.
In a separate study examining DFBA excretion, radio-labeled difluprednate was instilled in the right eyes of pigmented rabbits.18 After a single dose, radioactivity was detected in both anterior and posterior ocular structures, but not in the blood. At 24 hours postinstillation, 78.5% of radioactivity had been excreted, and 99.5% had been eliminated by 168 hours (7 days). Radioactivity levels did not increase markedly with an increased number of doses. Following 28 doses given over 7 days, concentrations distributed in the anterior segment were 1.5 times higher when compared to a single dose. There remained little accumulation in the blood, however, highlighting the rapid metabolism of DFB into inert products.
Investigating the ocular and systemic safety of difluprednate emulsion, Sakaki et al20 compared the effects of difluprednate 0.01% to 0.05% in rabbits as well as difluprednate 0.05% to betamethasone sodium phosphate 0.1% in beagles. Betamethasone is a strong corticosteroid widely used in Europe, Canada, and Japan to treat ocular inflammation, and, on a molecular basis, is six times more potent than prednisolone.3
After four-times-daily (qid) dosing for 1 month, extensive evaluations were performed, including ophthalmic examination, hematology, blood chemistries, and organ histopathology. Physiological changes in the difluprednate group were slightly less severe than those seen in the betamethasone group, suggesting quick metabolism and therefore weak systemic exposure to DFBA. Overall, no significant ocular or systemic toxicities uncharacteristic of steroid use were noted in any group.
In a rabbit model, Inoue et al21 tested the effect of formulation and particle size on ocular bioavailability. Fifty microliters (?L) of difluprednate 0.05% emulsion was instilled in the right eyes, while 50 ?L of the suspension form was administered to the left eyes. Using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry, they found aqueous humor concentrations of difluprednate emulsion 0.05% to be higher at all time points following instillation than the suspension formulation. Further, the emulsion gave a 1.4-fold higher maximal concentration, providing 40% more bioavailability. Instilling emulsions with particle sizes between 90.3 and 129.3 nanometers (nm) (standard particle size 110 nm) gave similar aqueous concentrations at 1 hour post-instillation, indicating that difluprednate transfer was not affected by particle size.
A rabbit model was created both to assess the dose response of DFBA in postoperative inflammation and compare the effect of difluprednate 0.05% to betamethasone 0.1%.22 A laser flare cell meter was used to quantify AC protein leakage at several time points following surgical paracentesis and instillation of difluprednate 0.002%, 0.01%, or 0.05%; betamethasone 0.1%, or normal saline. Difluprednate concentrations ?0.01% showed a statistically significant inhibition of inflammation compared to saline, with the anti-inflammatory response proceeding in a dose-dependent manner (P < 0.01 for difluprednate 0.01%; P < 0.001 for difluprednate 0.05%). Difluprednate 0.05% was also found to have an inhibitory effect equivalent to that of betamethasone 0.1% (P < 0.001 for each drug when compared to saline, no significant difference when compared to each other using the t test).
To evaluate anti-inflammatory effects, difluprednate 0.002%, 0.01%, and 0.05% were compared to betamethasone 0.1% in experimental melanin protein-induced uveitis in rats, bovine serum albumin?induced uveitis in rabbits, and endotoxin-induced uveits in rats.23 Difluprednate suppressed uveitis in all three models in a dose-dependent manner, and difluprednate 0.05% showed statistically superior anti-inflammatory activity compared to betamethasone 0.1% (P < 0.01 in all models).
In 1999 a phase I study assessed the safety and tolerability of 3 concentrations of difluprednate ophthalmic emulsion given as a single instillation to otherwise healthy volunteers.24 In this randomized placebo-controlled single-masked trial, 18 patients were assigned in a 1:1:1 ratio to receive a single instillation of vehicle in one eye, and either difluprednate 0.002%, 0.01%, or 0.05% in the fellow eye. Ocular examinations were conducted at several time points up to 24 hours post-installation, along with assessments of several ocular surface parameters and ERG testing. Subjective symptoms and tolerability were rated using a questionnaire. At the end of the 24-hour period, medical and ophthalmologic examinations were performed along with extensive blood work. All adverse effects (AEs) were mild, transient, and not necessarily related to drop instillation, demonstrating that a single installation of difluprednate at any of the concentrations tested was safe and well tolerated.
A second phase I study evaluated the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of 2 difluprednate concentrations administered qid for 7 days in healthy male volunteers.25 In this placebo-controlled, double-masked study, 12 subjects were assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive 2 drops of placebo in 1 eye and 2 drops of either difluprednate 0.01% or 0.05% in the contralateral eye. Ophthalmic examinations, symptom questionnaires, physical examinations, and blood work were all conducted in a manner similar to that described above. Drug pharmacokinetics were determined by measuring serum drug concentration at several time points during the week. The results of this study demonstrated that topical difluprednate at either concentration was well tolerated and exhibited little systemic effect. No difluprednate was detected in any blood sample, with a detection limit of 50 ng/mL. Once again, AEs were mild in intensity and transient in nature. There were three instances of elevated intraocular pressure (IOP), but none exceeded the normal range.
Next, a phase 2A study assessed the efficacy and safety of difluprednate emulsion 0.002% or 0.05% administered qid for 7 days following cataract surgery.26 Because of strict eligibility requirements, this randomized, double-masked, parallel-group comparative study enrolled only 6 patients, precluding a direct comparison of the two concentrations. Efficacy was determined by quantifying AC cells and flare, while safety was assessed by ophthalmic examination, a subjective evaluation, and blood work. The results of this study indicated that both concentrations of difluprednate were effective and well tolerated for the treatment of postoperative inflammation. All AEs were mild or moderate in severity and transient in nature.
A multicenter randomized parallel-group active-control phase 2B clinical study compared the efficacy and safety of difluprednate 0.05% to betamethasone 0.1% for the treatment of postoperative inflammation.27 Twenty-four patients with AC cell scores ?2 (10 to 20 cells per high-powered field), were randomized to receive either difluprednate 0.05% or betamethasone 0.1% qid for 14 days. Efficacy and safety were measured in a manner similar to that described above. There were no statistically significant differences between the treatment groups in mean AC cell count, mean AC flare, or mean total symptoms on days 3, 7, or 14. In both arms, most measures were significantly improved from baseline on days 7 and 14. There were no serious AEs during the study period, and only one patient in the difluprednate group experienced mild IOP elevation, which resolved following treatment with a topical antiglaucoma medication. This study showed that treatment with difluprednate 0.05% was at least as effective as betamethasone 0.1% in reducing postoperative inflammation, and that its safety profile was acceptable.
A phase 3 multicenter randomized double-masked parallel-group comparative noninferiority trial conducted in Japan assessed the safety and efficacy of 0.05% difluprednate to 0.1% betamethasone for the treatment of postoperative inflammation following cataract or vitreous surgery.28 One hundred eighty-two patients with AC cell scores of 2 or higher (10+ cells per high-powered field) were randomized to receive one of the medications qid for 14 days. The primary endpoint used to compare the two treatments was change from baseline in AC cell score on day 14. Secondary endpoints included changes in cell score at interim time points, as well as changes from baseline in AC flare, total signs, and total symptom score.
At the completion of the study period, postoperative inflammation was similarly reduced in both groups, verifying the study?s noninferiority hypothesis (P < 0.01). Analysis of secondary endpoints revealed no differences between difluprednate and betamethasone in either AC flare or total sign score ? except for day 7 when the difluprednate arm showed a statistically significant improvement in total sign score, including hyperemia, chemosis, and keratic precipitates. The difluprednate group also showed a statistically significant improvement compared to the betamethasone group in subjective symptoms, including pain, photophobia, foreign body sensation, and blurred vision at all time points after the initiation of therapy. A few patients in each group experienced elevated IOP, all of which resolved spontaneously or with the addition of a topical agent. This study verified that difluprednate was at least as effective as betamethasone in treating postoperative inflammation, and that it had a favorable safety profile.
Two identical Phase 3 multicenter randomized repeated-dose double-masked parallel-group placebo-controlled trials were conducted at 26 sites in the United States to assess the safety and efficacy of difluprednate emulsion. Four hundred thirty-eight patients with AC cell scores of grade 2 or higher (>10 cells per high-powered field) following ocular surgery29 were randomized to one of four treatment arms: difluprednate twice daily (bid) (n = 111), difluprednate qid (n = 107), or placebo dosed two or four times daily (n = 110 each). Patients were instructed to use the medication at the assigned frequency; if their inflammation had responded satisfactorily at day 15, they entered a tapering schedule. Outcome measures were AC cell grade, AC flare score, and a quantitative evaluation of pain, discomfort, and photophobia.
As early as day 3 there was a mean decrease in AC cell grade, from an initial baseline of approximately 2.4, to 1.0 in the difluprednate bid group and 0.8 in the difluprednate qid group, compared to 0.4 in the placebo groups. This correlated with an 87% reduction in AC cell count in the difluprednate groups versus only a 30% reduction in the placebo groups. These responses were sustained throughout the study. The proportion of patients achieving an AC cell grade of 0 (defined as ?1 cell per high-powered field) rose over time, reaching 77% in the difluprednate twice-daily group and 81% in the difluprednate four-times-daily group, compared to 25% in the placebo group by day 29 (P < 0.0001).
The proportion of patients with a clinical response (defined as ?5 AC cells and no flare) was noted as early as day 3, with significant differences observed by day 8. At 1 week after surgery, 46.4% of patients in the difluprednate bid (twice daily dosing) group and 42.1% in the difluprednate qid group had achieved a clinical response (Figure 2), compared with 18.9% in the placebo group (P < 0.0001). This trend continued to increase, and by day 29, 79.1% and 82.2% of patients in the difluprednate bid and qid groups, respectively, had a clinical response versus 39.4% in the placebo group (P < 0.0001).
Difluprednate also reduced pain as early as day 3, with 38.2% of the bid patients (P = 0.0125) and 45.3% of the four-times-daily patients (P < 0.0001) claiming to be pain and discomfort free, versus 24.8% of patients in the placebo group. On day 3, patients randomized to difluprednate had a substantial reduction in photophobia from baseline (P = 0.0041 in the bid group, P < 0.0001 in the qid group), while scores for placebo-treated patients worsened. The trends established by the difluprednate groups continued throughout the study.
The mean IOP remained within the normal range in all treatment groups, with only 3 patients in each difluprednate group and 2 patients in the placebo groups experiencing a clinically significant IOP rise (defined as ?10 mm Hg from baseline and ?21 mm Hg overall). Elevated IOP was effectively controlled with topical medication. No serious ocular AEs were reported in any treatment group, while systemic events were typical for the geriatric study population, giving no indication that difluprednate had caused target organ toxicity.
This multicenter randomized trial once again demonstated the safety and efficacy of difluprednate emulsion. More important, however, was the finding that the signs and symptoms seen following ocular surgery were effectively treated with twice-daily dosing. Less frequent dosing may engender better patient compliance and reduce total steroid exposure.
In a phase 3 noninferiority study conducted in Japan, difluprednate 0.05% was compared to betamethasone 0.1% in patients with endogenous anterior uveitis.30 One hundred thirty-six patients with AC cell scores of 2 to 3 (10 to 49 cells per high-powered field) were randomized 1:1 to receive either drug qid for 14 days. Of the 136 patients, 127 completed the trial and were included in the efficacy analyses. The primary endpoint was change in AC cell score from baseline to day 14. AC flare and ocular signs and symptoms were also evaluated.
At day 14 improvement in AC cell scores were comparable between both treatments, corroborating the study?s noninferiority hypothesis. However, difluprednate produced a substantially more rapid improvement: By day 7 more patients in the difluprednate group had AC cell scores of 1 or lower (P = 0.0298) (Figure 3). Similar findings were noted when examining secondary efficacy measures such as AC flare score (P < 0.05) and total sign score (P = 0.0355). The incidence of elevated IOP was equal between the two groups, and resolved with or without medical treatment. None of the patients in the difluprednate arm withdrew from the study due to symptom aggravation, compared to 3 patients in the betamethasone group.
The safety and efficiacy of difluprednate ophthalmic emulsion 0.05% was further evaluated in an open-label phase 3 trial of 19 patients with severe refractory endogenous anterior uveitis (?50 cells per high-powered field in the anterior chamber).31 These patients had not responded to previous treatment with betamethasone 0.1%, even when given at a frequency greater than the recommended qid dosing specified on its label; most had been dosed between 8 and 12 times per day. The primary efficacy measure was the change in AC cell score from baseline to day 14. AC flare score as well as total signs and total symptoms were also quantified at several time points.
Difluprednate 0.05% dosed qid demonstrated a statistically significant improvement in mean AC cell score from baseline [4.0 ? 0.0 (mean ? standard deviation)] to day 14 (1.3 ? 0.8) (P < 0.0001) in the 18 patients who completed the study (Figure 4). Significant improvements from baseline were also observed on day 3 (P < 0.0001) and day 7 (P < 0.0001). In 13 of the 18 patients (72.2%), the AC cell score had improved to 1 or less by day 14, with 2 patients reaching 0 (Figure 5). Significant improvement from baseline in AC flare, total sign and total symptom scores were noted at days 3, 7, and 14 (P ? 0.0002 at all measures). In all patients, difluprednate was well tolerated, with only 2 participants experiencing IOP elevation, both controlled with topical beta blocker.
Most recently, a multicenter randomized double-masked trial compared the efficacy and safety of difluprednate 0.05% dosed qid to prednisolone acetate 1% dosed 8 times daily.32 Ninety patients with endogenous anterior uveitis were randomized into 2 treatment arms to receive study medications at the above doses for 14 days, followed by 2 weeks of tapering at half the dose, and then 2 weeks of follow-up. The primary endpoint was the change in AC cell score from baseline.
At day 14, the mean cell grade reduction was 2.1 in the difluprednate arm, compared to 1.9 in the prednisolone acetate group, confirming the noninferiority of difluprednate qid to prednisolone 8 times daily (Figure 6). Several additional efficacy endpoints were achieved, but because this was a noninferiority study, the trial was not powered to reveal statistically significant differences between the two treatments. A greater proportion of patients receiving difluprednate had an AC cell score of 0 (69%) than those using prednisolone (62%). Difluprednate also demonstrated an advantage in pain relief from baseline (Figure 7), a greater mean reduction in total symptom score, and a greater reduction in total sign score.
No patients in the difluprednate arm withdrew from the study, while 12.5% of patients using prednisolone were withdrawn for lack of efficacy or adverse effects (P = 0.01). Three patients in the difluprednate treatment group and 2 in the prednisolone group experienced increased IOP. The findings of this trial, along with the consistent numerical advantage of difluprednate across all endpoints, demonstrate its potency and efficacy in treating anterior uveitis.
It has long been known that topical corticosteroids ? especially strong steroids such as dexamethasone ? can lead to an IOP increase. Ocular hypertension often occurs as early as 1 week after repeat dosing,33 an effect that can be much more pronounced in glaucomatous eyes.34 IOP elevation over long periods is associated with optic nerve damage, leading to visual field defects and possible reduction in acuity. Other well documented effects of topical steroids include formation of posterior subcapsular cataracts and a predisposition to secondary ocular infections.
Extensive clinical testing has demonstrated that difluprednate 0.05% emulsion causes an elevation in IOP in a small minority of patients. This increase resolved in all patients after stopping the medication or with topical pressure-lowering drops. Compared with betamethasone dosed at equal frequency, the incidence of IOP elevation was essentially equal between the two groups,27,28,30 indicating an acceptable safety level.
Benzalkonium chloride (BAK) is a quaternary ammonium detergent35,36 used as a preservative in many ophthalmic products. BAK is known to break down cell walls by emulsifying membrane lipids,37 which disrupts the tear film causing immunoallergic reactions,38 and creates direct toxicity to corneal and conjunctival epithelial cells. Difluprednate ophthalmic emulsion does not contain BAK, and instead uses sorbic acid as a preservative. Sorbic acid causes little damage and irritation to the ocular surface and is recommended for use in sensitive eyes.39
Data from phase 1 trials of single- and repeated-dose difluprednate show that ocular adverse events were mild and transient. Safety data from other studies indicate difluprednate is well tolerated following ocular surgery and in the treatment of anterior uveitis.
Patient expectations of surgical results and postoperative comfort have advanced with evolving surgical techniques and instrumentation. Despite this, no strong steroids have been approved by the FDA for the treatment of ocular inflammation since 1973. Technological improvments in pharmaceutical development now permit the creation of potent topical steroids with better bioavailability and rapid local metabolism, both of which minimize systemic exposure. Although weaker steroids and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may have a better safety profile, many patients will require the strongest available steroid to control their inflammation.
In the United States, postsurgical inflammation is treated prophylactically with prednisolone acetate; in other countries, betamethasone sodium phosphate is the standard of care. If left untreated, chronic inflammation can lead to further complications, such as pain and discomfort, cystoid macular edema, elevated IOP, synechiae, or keratopathy.40 Glucocorticoid gene activation assays have shown betamethasone to be intrinsically stronger than prednisolone,41 making betamethasone a reference drug when evaluating new corticosteroids for the treatment of ocular inflammation.42
In an animal model, difluprednate was found to have higher anti-inflammatory activity than betamethasone.23 Clinical trials have shown that difluprednate is at least comparable to betamethasone in treating postoperative inflammation.28 Further, unlike current-generation topical steroids, difluprednate is the first topical steroid indicated for the treatment of both postoperative inflammation and pain.
Difluprednate has also shown promising results in the treatment of anterior uveitis. Uveitis is the third leading cause of blindness in the United States, and is estimated to be responsible for 30,000 new cases of legal blindness each year.43 Uveitis may cause up to 15% of all cases of blindness.44
In patients with moderate anterior uveitis, difluprednate yielded a significantly faster improvement than betamethasone, suggesting that it has a quicker and more potent anti-inflammatory effect.30 Difluprednate has also been shown to reduce inflammation in cases of severe recalcitrant uveitis that had failed to respond to previous betamethasone therapy,31 and has also produced similar anti-inflammatory results compared with prednisolone dosed at twice the frequency.32
The potency and limited systemic absorption of difluprednate make it an attractive option when treating chronic diseases such as uveitis. In March 2009, the FDA accepted for review a New Drug Application for difluprednate to treat endogenous anterior uveitis filed by Sirion Therapeutics.
Although currently approved for qid dosing, data analysis revealed that difluprednate bid treated postoperative inflammation and discomfort effectively, even outperforming the qid group at some time points. From the patient?s perspective, less frequent dosing may lead to better compliance.45 For the physician, twice-daily dosing allows flexibility when creating therapeutic regimens. The lower dosing reduces the risks of steroid exposure and permits the confident creation of patient-specific drop schedules, taking into account past medical and ocular histories, such as glaucoma.
In summary, difluprednate 0.05% ophthalmic emulsion is a potent new topical steroid that exhibits enhanced penetration, better bioavailability, rapid local metabolism, and strong efficacy with low incidence of adverse effects. It is the first strong ophthalmic steroid to be developed in over 30 years, and is effective in treating both postoperative inflammation and anterior uveitis.
The authors have no financial involvement, financial interests, or financial conflicts with Sirion Therapeutics or with difluprednate ophthalmic emulsion.
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Keywords: difluprednate, steroid, emulsion, ophthalmic surgery.
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Hybrid Train Market Size Assumed to Reach 8,152 Units By 2026
Aim to reduce traffic congestion, growing demand for energy efficient transport mode will drive the market at a high CAGR during the forecast period.
Market Size by Volume – 5,389 units in 2018, Market Growth- CAGR of 5.3%, Market trends- The need to control the rising levels of pollution and noise in the environment; Emission less transportation, APAC expected to register the highest market share
The hybrid train market was valued at 5,389 (by units) in 2018 and is expected to reach 8,152 units by the year 2026, at a CAGR of 5.3% CAGR during the forecast period (from 2018-2026). The hybrid train market is heavily influenced by driving factors such as public transport as a means of reducing traffic congestions, growing demand for energy-efficient transport and increasing demand for comfort and safety boosts the market growth. However, the refurbishment of existing trains and the capital-intensive nature of passengers is impacting negatively on the growth of this market in the current market scenario.
A hybrid train can be defined as a railcar, locomotive, or train which uses an onboard rechargeable energy storage system, placed between the traction transmission system and the power source connected to the wheels.
Hybrid trains are useful owing to the reduction of NOx emission, less fuel consumption, noise level. Due to these advantages, the market is likely to grow over the forecast period. Rising demand for public transport in order to reduce traffic congestion along with energy-efficient transport are major aspects influencing the positive growth of the hybrid trains market. Further, commuters’ demand for public transportation is a more reliable and environmentally friendly option. Also, hybrid train technology is a highly cost-effective substitute for the existing public transits.
The Asia Pacific region is considered to be the quickest developing market for hybrid trains. The Asia Pacific region includes rising economies, for example, India, China, and Japan. The Asia Pacific region is the largest market for the rail business. Infrastructural advancements and industrialization in the developing economies have unlocked new ways, making a few prospects for OEMs. The usage of new advancements and the foundation of new government guidelines are driving the market in this region. The market development in the region can be attributed to the rising demand for the energy-efficient transportation system. China’s rapidly developing economy is boosting the extension of cutting-edge innovation train system to enhance the transport frameworks in the country. India’s increasing population has made it basic for the country to upgrade its basic transportation structure and infrastructure.
However, high maintenance costs and repair expenses may hinder the growth of the market over the forecast period. Nevertheless, hybrid trains are emitting less carbon, and due to which demand is high and is likely to boost the hybrid trains market in the future.
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Further key findings from the report suggest-
- The Hybrid train offers efficient and cost-effective transportation of passengers as well as freight
- Few cities are deploying new rail infrastructure projects with the aim of and providing an affordable means of transportation and reducing road congestion at an intra-city as well as the intercity level
- By propulsion type, Electro diesel holds a significant share in the market. It consists of a combination of electric power and diesel engine. Electro diesel propulsion is more efficient than the conventional diesel propulsion. Further, diesel-electric propulsion trains are ~40% less polluting than the conventional trains
- By application, the freight segment is anticipated to be the fastest-growing segment of the market.
- Freight transport is a critical pillar of the economy as it is a major transporting medium. It is safer and cheaper than any other mode of transports
- In 2017, the freight transported by rail between the US, Mexico, and Canada held for ~$16 billion. Introducing innovative technologies in freight is also a critical parameter to control carbon emission
- Two luxury trains have been announced for 2017: one is the “TRAIN SUITE ShikiShima” comprising bi-mode vehicles in combination with an overhead contact line and diesel engine from JR East, and another is the “TWILIGHT EXPRESS Mizukaze” which is a diesel battery hybrid vehicle from West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
- Asia Pacific holds the largest share of the market, followed by the European region. Factors such as increasing demand for ecofriendly trains to reduce pollution and the rising demand for energy-efficient trains that use alternative fuel are propelling the growth of the hybrid train market
- In 2018, the world’s first hydrogen-powered train began its operation in Germany. This train was developed by Alstom (French multinational company operating worldwide in rail transport markets)
- Many companies like CRRC, Bombardier, Alstom, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Siemens AG, General Electric, Hyundai Rotem, Hitachi, Construcciones Y Auxiliar De Ferrocarriles (CAF), Cummins and others are active in the marketplace
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Hybrid Train Market by Propulsion Type (Revenue, USD Million; 2016–2026)
- Battery Operated
- Solar Powered
Hybrid Train Market by Application Type (Revenue, USD Million; 2016–2026)
Hybrid Train Market by Operating Speed (Revenue, USD Million; 2016–2026)
- Below 100 km/hr
- 100-200 km/hr
- Above 200 km/hr
Hybrid Train Market by Region (Revenue, USD Million; 2016–2026)
- North America
- Asia Pacific
- Middle East and Africa
- Latin America
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Berghahn begins by looking at how the violence perpetrated in Europe's colonial empires boomeranged into Europe, contributing to the millions of casualties on the battlefields of World War I. Next he considers the civil wars of the 1920s and the renewed rise of militarism and violence in the wake of the Great Crash of 1929. The second wave of even more massive violence crested in total war from 1939 to 1945 that killed more civilians than soldiers, and this time included the industrialized murder of millions of innocent men, women, and children in the Holocaust. However, as Berghahn concludes, the alternative vision of organizing a modern industrial society on a civilian basis--in which people peacefully consume mass-produced goods rather than being 'consumed' by mass-produced weapons--had never disappeared. With the United States emerging as the hegemonic power of the West, it was this model that finally prevailed in Western Europe after 1945 and after the end of the Cold War in Eastern Europe as well.
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ALTAR OF SACRIFICE arises from the dismantling produced in the performance of IN MEMORY, conducted in Animal Gallery, December 2002. While the curators of the exhibition “Handle With Care” invited the artists to relocate the stones which had formed this installation to the Museum of Contemporary Art, they chose to develop a new work of art: a sacrificial performance of each of these fifty gravestones, which destroyed them completely. In the days before the opening of the exhibition, dressed in their ceremonial robes, they beat a mallet in unison and broke the tombstones into pieces while chanting the names and dates inscribed on them. The remains of this action were exposed during the show as corpses of an existence on their way to oblivion. In a hall which preceded the exhibition, a destructive performance video was shown; it’s sound and visual intensity alluded to a war documentary. If MEMORIAL was once a reflection of the gallery, referencing it’s history and formal characteristics, the acto of reclocating ALTAR OF SACRIFICE five years later in a museum, added to these reflections and the contradictions between a private commercial space and one institutional, state non-profit.
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Finn Church Aid celebrated its 70-year history: “Investing in education in the poorest countries is an investment in global wellbeing”
Finn Church Aid (FCA) has become a globally valued expert in education and peace work. At the end of September, the 70 years of FCA’s aid work were celebrated in Helsinki.
FCA’s anniversary year culminated in the #courage2017 seminar held in Helsinki on 27 September. Among the speakers were Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipilä, Archbishop of Finland Kari Mäkinen, the UN Under-Secretary General and Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng, and Alice P. Albright, the Director of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), which is the world’s most important funder of education in developing countries.
“It is admirable, that despite the risks, Finn Church Aid has decided to work in the world’s most fragile countries”, Prime Minister Sipilä said in his speech.
The Prime Minister commended FCA’s practical work in peace mediation and in the fight against violent extremist groups, as well as its courage to open-mindedly try out new methods and partnerships.
“My office receives some of its greatest support from civil society actors like Finn Church Aid”, said UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng.
Partnership with Finn Church Aid, and the Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers working in connection with it, has led to concrete results.
“At the heart of all religions is the belief in our common humanity and respect for others. Together we have succeeded in placing a discussion about the positive power of religion at the heart of the work of the United Nations”, Dieng said.
The importance of education was a recurring theme in the event’s speeches. According to the latest estimates, there are 264 million out-of-school children and youth in the world.
“Hundreds of millions of young people are being left behind. They will never acquire the skills they need to break out of poverty or to compete in an increasingly globalised world. The countries they live in are deprived of their input in the building of economically stable and sustainable societies. As a result, we are all less well off”, said GPE’s Director Alice P. Albright. GPE is working to improve education in developing countries.
Albright reminded the audience that we live in an increasingly interconnected world, and inequality of opportunity leads to discontent and conflict, which in turn can spill over national borders. It is the responsibility of everyone – whether from traditional donor countries, emerging economies, developing countries, foundations, civil society or the private sector – to invest in education.
New direction and a wider reach
Ten years ago, Finn Church Aid completely changed its direction. Where earlier FCA had focused on funding the work carried out by its partner organisations it now decided to specialise in peace work, education and improving livelihoods. It also began sending its own relief workers abroad and set up country offices to manage the implementation of its own projects.
“We wanted to take a bigger responsibility for the results of our work. On a global scale we are a small organisation and it is not sensible for us to seek out projects in areas that already have a large number of actors in them. Our work has its biggest impact in the world’s most fragile countries”, says FCA Director Jouni Hemberg.
In ten year, FCA’s income has doubled, partly as a result of international funding. FCA currently employs 350 people, which is nearly ten times more than a decade ago. Last year, 132,500 children and youth received access to education as a result of FCA’s work.
Among the guests at the anniversary event were representatives from FCA’s Finnish and foreign partners, the Finnish government, the Finnish church, other civil society organisations, the media and parishes.
Deaconess Heidi Karvonen from Oulu has been FCA’s contact point in her parish for 20 years.
“International charity work is important for me and I have always wanted to bring FCA’s work forward in my parish. Initially, disaster relief was closest to my heart, but now I feel most strongly about peace work, about how conflict and human suffering could be avoided. At the event today, we’ve heard a lot of emphasis put on the importance of education as the foundation for peace work”, Karvonen says.
The Archbishop spoke of how after the Second World War, churches understood that they were part of a reality in which people’s basic security had been shaken. Talk of a loving God rang hollow when people were not fed, clothed or cared for. The foundation of the churches’ work was the principle of mutual dependence and reciprocity. God’s world is one; its hope and despair are common to us all.
“This courage is needed now as Finn Church Aid works around the world from Central Africa to South Sudan, from Syria to Nepal and Europe. The vulnerable must be protected, the hopeless must be afforded hope, peace must be brought to places of violence.”
The theme for FCA’s anniversary is #courage2017.
In the 70 years worship preceding the seminar, the World Council of Churches General Secretary Olav Fykse Tveit thanked FCA for its contribution in the ecumenical movement. In his sermon Tveit said: ”We live in a world that is getting divided, polarized, focusing on the differences and the dividing forces between us as human beings and between us and nature. We need the courage to live with a vision for unity.”
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- By Caitlin Doran
Pretty Parasites With Dr. Pritt, part 2: Scalp explorers
Parasites can be pretty: pretty cute, pretty awesome and sometimes pretty creepy. This article is part two of a five-part series featuring some of Dr. Bobbi Pritt's "freaky favorites," ranked from 1 (not too scary) to 5 (bad-news bugs).
Freaky factor 2/5: Sure, they crawl around on your head sucking your blood, but they’re somewhat easy to get rid of. Plus, they’re pretty cool to look at.
Lice are tiny insects, smaller than a grain of rice and barely visible without a microscope. Unlike most parasites, they live on the outside of the body — usually on people’s heads. They spend their entire lives there, feeding on blood, mating and laying eggs called nits.
Lice are well-adapted for living on our scalps. They have special crablike claws that help them hold onto strands of hair. When lice lay eggs, the nits stick to hair using glue that makes them difficult to remove.
Lice are common worldwide and usually infect children, especially in schools and other crowded places.
People can have good hygiene and still get lice. They’re spread through close personal contact and by sharing belongings, such as hats and combs.
Signs of lice include intense itching or a tickling feeling in your hair. You also may be able to see adult lice or eggs, although eggs sometimes can look like dandruff, as shown in this image. To get rid of lice, use a medicated shampoo, and carefully comb your hair to remove eggs and adult lice.
- Pretty Parasites With Dr. Pritt, part 1: The skinny on Ascaris worms
- Pretty Parasites With Dr. Pritt, part 3: ‘Beaver fever’ creature feature
- Pretty Parasites With Dr. Pritt, part 4: Love bugs
- Pretty Parasites With Dr. Pritt, part 5: Bad-news bugs
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Yves Goergen wrote:
> (Damn I hate those lists that don't come with a Reply-To to the list!
> On 13.11.2007 17:39 CE(S)T, Baron Schwartz wrote:
>> Yves Goergen wrote:
>>> Row level locking can only lock rows that exist. Creating new rows (that
>>> would have an influence on my MAX value) are still possible and thus row
>>> level locking is not what I need. I really need locking an entire table
>>> for every other read or write access.
>> InnoDB can also lock the gap, which will prevent new rows that would
>> have been returned by the SELECT. The manual has more info on this in
>> the section on consistent reads in InnoDB. FOR UPDATE will do what you
> I've read about that "gap" but it sounded like "the place [somewhere]
> before a record where one could insert a new record into". Not sure what
> that should be. I'm not aware of the InnoDB internals. I know that
> usually (?) when a new record is stored, it is written to where is
> enough space for it, linked from a free pointer index. If one is locked,
> another one might be used. Order doesn't matter in relational databases.
Are you thinking that your theoretical knowledge of relational databases
must hold the answer to your questions about MySQL?
I suggest you read the entire manual section on InnoDB and experiment.
Set aside a day for it; there's a lot to learn there.
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New United Soybean Board websites features information on sustainable farming for consumers
(PRWEB) May 24, 2010 -- American farmers like never before use sustainable farming methods to meet a growing global food demand, and a new online resource from the farmers who lead the United Soybean Board offers Web surfers a look at how they do it.
The new website, which can be found here, will feature news and information aimed at consumers on the topics important to farmers and non-farmers alike: sustainability in farming, maintaining and expanding global food supply, animal agriculture and biotechnology.
“We hope consumers will use this site as a resource for clear, straightforward information on how American farmers produce the most abundant and affordable food on earth,” says Vanessa Kummer, a farmer from Colfax, N.D. “With critical issues out there like sustainable agriculture and food security, and keeping up with expanding global food needs, U.S. farmers are at the center of some of the most pressing challenges facing society today.”
U.S. farmers also have an important voice in the responsible stewardship of animal agriculture, and the role that biotech crops will play in our future, two additional topics of focus of the new site.
About the United Soybean Board
The United Soybean Board (USB) represents a group of volunteer farmer-leaders administering a U.S. soy research and promotion program known most commonly as the “soybean checkoff.” Through the soybean checkoff, U.S. soybean farmers invest a portion of their sales in research and promotion to provide food, feed, fuel and fiber to the world. By building demand for such things as soy biodiesel, soybean meal, soybean oil, soy exports and more, USB and the soybean checkoff help provide profit opportunities for all U.S. soybean farmers.
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Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/ConsumerSite/USB/prweb4033074.htm.
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This course is designed to provide an engaging and personally relevant overview of the discipline of Abnormal Psychology. You will examine the cognitive and behavioral patterns which impair personal effectiveness and adjustment. Students will provide much of the substantive content and teaching presence in this course. Additional content has been curated from "The Noba Project (http://nobaproject.com/)" and "Abnormal Psychology: An e-text! (http://abnormalpsych.wikispaces.com/).
Anthropology, Archaeology, Cultural Geography, Economics, Ethnic Studies, Linguistics, Political Science, Psychology, Social Work, Sociology and Women's Studies.
Abnormal Psychology is an Open Education Resource written by Alexis Bridley, Ph.D. and Lee W. Daffin Jr., Ph.D. through Washington State University. The book tackles the difficult topic of mental disorders in 15 modules. This journey starts by discussing what abnormal behavior is by attempting to understand what normal behavior is. Models of abnormal psychology and clinical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment are then discussed. With these three modules completed, the authors next explore several classes of mental disorders in 5 blocks. Block 1 covers mood, trauma and stressor related, and dissociative disorders. Block 2 covers anxiety, somatic symptom, and obsessive-compulsive disorders. Block 3 covers eating and substance-related and addictive disorders. Block 4 tackles schizophrenia spectrum and personality disorders. Finally, Block 5 investigates neurocognitive disorders and then ends with a discussion of contemporary issues in psychopathology. Disorders are covered by discussing their clinical presentation and DSM Criteria, epidemiology, comorbidity, etiology, and treatment options.
A workshop and facilitation guide to support B.C. post-secondary institutions to prevent and respond to sexual violence and misconduct. Accountability and Repairing Relationships is a series of four 90-minute workshops for individuals who have been informed that they have caused harm in the context of sexual violence. Designed for one-on-one or small group facilitation, learners are guided through information and reflection activities that help them recognize the harm they have caused, learn how to be accountable, and develop the skills needed to build better relationships and support a safe and healthy campus. (The slide deck that accompanies this resource can be downloaded from the Introduction).
A workshop and facilitation guide to support B.C. post-secondary institutions to prevent and respond to sexual violence and misconduct. Active Bystander Intervention is a 90-minute workshop for all members of the campus community: students, faculty, administrators, and staff. This training helps learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to recognize and intervene in an incident of sexual violence as well as discuss strategies for creating a safer campus community. Uses the 4D’s (Direct, Distract, Delegate, Delay) Active Bystander Intervention Model. (The slide deck that accompanies this resource can be downloaded from the Introduction.)
Welcome to this adult development course. This is the study of how and why people change or remain the same over time. Although this course is often offered in psychology, this is a very interdisciplinary course. Psychologists, nutritionists, sociologists, anthropologists, educators, and health care professionals all contribute to our knowledge of the life span. We will look at how we change physically over time from emerging and early adulthood through aging and death. We will examine cognitive change, or how our ability to think and remember changes over time. We will consider how our concerns and psychological state are influenced by age and finally, how our social relationships change throughout life.
This is a free textbook written for introductory undergraduate courses in American politics and government, covering the creation and principles of the Constitution, the fundamentals of American public opinion and political behavior, and the basic functions of the three branches of government.
This Pressbook is a textbook for American Government courses. This course is taught using a mastery approach. It was designed to give you the best opportunity for success. Your instructor will guide you through the process, but below are some important things to keep in mind as you begin.
American Government is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the single-semester American government course. This title includes innovative features designed to enhance student learning, including Insider Perspective features and a Get Connected Module that shows students how they can get engaged in the political process. The book provides an important opportunity for students to learn the core concepts of American government and understand how those concepts apply to their lives and the world around them. American Government includes updated information on the 2016 presidential election.
This text is a comprehensive introduction to the vital subject of American government and politics. Governments decide who gets what, when, how (See Harold D. Lasswell, Politics: Who Gets What, When, How, [New York: McGraw-Hill, 1936]); they make policies and pass laws that are binding on all a society’s members; they decide about taxation and spending, benefits and costs, even life and death.Governments possess power—the ability to gain compliance and to get people under their jurisdiction to obey them—and they may exercise their power by using the police and military to enforce their decisions. However, power need not involve the exercise of force or compulsion; people often obey because they think it is in their interest to do so, they have no reason to disobey, or they fear punishment. Above all, people obey their government because it has authority; its power is seen by people as rightfully held, as legitimate. People can grant their government legitimacy because they have been socialized to do so; because there are processes, such as elections, that enable them to choose and change their rulers; and because they believe that their governing institutions operate justly.Politics is the process by which leaders are selected and policy decisions are made and executed. It involves people and groups, both inside and outside of government, engaged in deliberation and debate, disagreement and conflict, cooperation and consensus, and power struggles.In covering American government and politics, this text introduces the intricacies of the Constitution, the complexities of federalism, the meanings of civil liberties, and the conflicts over civil rights;explains how people are socialized to politics, acquire and express opinions, and participate in political life; describes interest groups, political parties, and elections—the intermediaries that link people to government and politics; details the branches of government and how they operate; and shows how policies are made and affect people’s lives.
The American LGBTQ Rights Movement: An Introduction is a peer-reviewed chronological survey of the LGBTQ fight for equal rights from the turn of the 20th century to the early 21st century. Illustrated with historical photographs, the book beautifully reveals the heroic people and key events that shaped the American LGBTQ rights movement. The book includes personal narratives to capture the lived experience from each era, as well as details of essential organizations, texts, and court cases that defined LGBTQ activism and advocacy.
This book provides an introduction to the study of meaning in human language, from a linguistic perspective. It covers a fairly broad range of topics, including lexical semantics, compositional semantics, and pragmatics. The chapters are organized into six units: (1) Foundational concepts; (2) Word meanings; (3) Implicature (including indirect speech acts); (4) Compositional semantics; (5) Modals, conditionals, and causation; (6) Tense & aspect.
This is a free textbook teaching introductory statistics for undergraduates in Psychology. This textbook is part of a larger OER course package for teaching undergraduate statistics in Psychology, including this textbook, a lab manual, and a course website. All of the materials are free and copiable, with source code maintained in Github repositories.
This presentation offers an overview of the developing concept of The Anthropocene -- a term coined to describe our current geological epoch, in which human impact on the planet will leave a permanent trace.
Written as events unfolded, this edited collection of articles offers insightful and diverse perspectives on the Arab uprising, and expands to consider related political unrest outside the predominantly Arab world.
Anthropology is the study of all humans in all times in all places. But it is so much more than that. “Anthropology requires strength, valor, and courage,” Nancy Scheper-Hughes noted. “Pierre Bourdieu called anthropology a combat sport, an extreme sport as well as a tough and rigorous discipline. … It teaches students not to be afraid of getting one’s hands dirty, to get down in the dirt, and to commit yourself, body and mind. Susan Sontag called anthropology a “heroic” profession.” What is the payoff for this heroic journey? You will find ideas that can carry you across rivers of doubt and over mountains of fear to find the the light and life of places forgotten. Real anthropology cannot be contained in a book. You have to go out and feel the world’s jagged edges, wipe its dust from your brow, and at times, leave your blood in its soil. In this unique book, Dr. Michael Wesch shares many of his own adventures of being an anthropologist and what the science of human beings can tell us about the art of being human. This special first draft edition is a loose framework for more and more complete future chapters and writings. It serves as a companion to anth101.com, a free and open resource for instructors of cultural anthropology.
The U.S. political system suffers from endemic design flaws and is notable for the way that a small subset of Americans—whose interests often don’t align with those of the vast majority of the population—wields disproportionate power. Absent organized and persistent action on the part of ordinary Americans, the system tends to serve the already powerful. That’s why this text is called Attenuated Democracy. To attenuate something is to make it weak or thin. Democracy in America has been thin from the beginning and continues to be so despite some notable progress in voting rights. As political scientists Benjamin Page and Martin Gilens wrote, “The essence of democracy is not just having reasonably satisfactory policies; the essence of democracy is popular control of government, with each citizen having an equal voice.” (1) Since this is likely to be your only college-level course on the American political system, it is important to point out the structural weaknesses of our system and the thin nature of our democracy. Whenever you get the chance—in the voting booth, in your job, perhaps if you hold elected office—I encourage you to do something about America’s attenuated democracy.
Despite psychology being one of the most popular undergraduate programs, students often report not knowing how training in psychology relates to careers. With chapters written by experts across Australia, this book explores just some of the many ways that students can apply their training in psychological science across a variety of careers and sectors.
This book is a broad introduction to Australian politics and public policy. This field of study is important for Australians to understand the exercise of political power, their history and the scope for change. It is also important for analysts outside Australia looking for comparative cases. Within this volume are diverse topics and perspectives, demonstrating that the study of Australian politics and policy is not ‘fixed’. Rather, it is a contested field of academic scholarship. Indeed, the volume’s editors do not all agree on the content of this introduction!
This open access textbook was developed as an upper division undergraduate textbook for theories of personality. Its intended audience are students from Portland State University enrolled in Psychology 432 Personality course. The chapters are shorter than some personality textbooks and in this particular course Psy 432 the textbook is combined with other readings including scientific articles on personality.
This text is an informal beginner’s guide to the basics of statistics needed to conduct tests of statistical significance for simple experimental, quasi-experimental, and correlational research designs. Many free and open textbooks exist for more theoretical and traditional versions of introductory statistics, with more standard notation. This one is designed to be consistent with the approachable way I aim to teach the use of statistical analysis tools to students of psychology and the social sciences. The text is very informal and conversational, because it spawned from my written-out scripts to record brief video lessons.
The book is supported by discussion of relevant theory and research in cultural sociology.Beyond Race: Cultural Influences on Human Social Life has stressed learner-centered teaching with the instructor taking on the role of a facilitator of learning. As such, it is expected the instructor will serve as the mediator between the content of this book and learners’ understanding of material on multiple and higher levels. This book does not offer a set of rules in teaching cultural sociology, but rather suggests content and applications to consider and modify as needed by the ever-changing dynamics of instructors and learners.
Readers of this book will find information on how to apply their knowledge of psycho-educational assessments to a specialized population – children with multiple, severe disabilities. The specialized assessment skills presented include adaptations for motor, communication, visual, and hearing impairments. Thus, much of the information in this book will also be applicable to children who have specific (singular) impairments in one of these areas. This book provides many suggestions for further education on the topics presented. If you are reading a print version of this book, you may wish to access the electronic version of the book in order to have a direct link to online resources, videos, and articles. You can find the book (available for free) at the following website: https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/jengle/.
During recent years the phenomenon of Boko Haram has dominated policy debates among academics and policymakers interested in African and Nigerian politics. Yet, many issues about the sect remain unclear and contested. This collection of articles on Boko Haram by selected experts is essential reading for those interested in Nigeria, and the broader issues of state building, terrorism, humanitarian emergencies, conflict resolution and intrastate violence.
This catalog contains educational content originally curated by Boundless. In collaboration with the Boundless team, Lumen Learning imported these OER courses to the Lumen Platform, to ensure they remain freely available to the education community after Boundless ceased operations. Lumen maintains the Boundless content in the same condition it was provided to us. Courses may contain issues with formatting, accessibility, and the degree to which content remains current, accurate, and complete.
Brehe’s Grammar Anatomy makes grammar accessible to general and specialist readers alike. This book provides an in-depth look at beginner grammar terms and concepts, providing clear examples with limited technical jargon. Whether for academic or personal use, Brehe’s Grammar Anatomy is the perfect addition to any resource library.
This is the first edition of the open text book Building a Competitive Investment Climate on First Nation Lands. This textbook is for students who are First Nation and tribal government employees or students who would like to work for or with First Nation and tribal governments. The purpose of this textbook is to help interested First Nation and tribal governments build a competitive investment climate. Work began on this text book in early 2012 with a generous grant from the Donner Canadian Foundation. Financial support was also provided by the First Nations Tax Commission and the Tulo Centre.
The events of the Arab Spring, beginning in December 2010, saw renewed hope for Arab Civil Society. However, the fall of authoritarian regimes did not always seem to benefit Civil Society – whilst Political Islamic movements often took advantage. In Syria, Iraq, and beyond, groups like the Islamic State are declaring Caliphates in the territories they seize in an attempt to fulfil the Political Islam ideal of a ‘global Islamic Caliphate’ encompassing the Muslim world. This collection of articles aims to address common questions about Political Islam, as well as to provide an assessment of the Islamic State/ISIS/ISIL and finally challenge common understandings on the issue of Islam and democracy.
This book by senior undergraduate and graduate student in the Department of History at the University of Regina describes how Canadian Prime Ministers articulated their vision of Canada from 1935 to 2015 through their Speeches from the Throne and in their Leaders' Day speeches. It demonstrates that each of Canada's Prime Ministers had a vision for the country and articulated that vision in their speeches and through their words.
Capacity to Connect: Supporting Students’ Mental Health and Wellness includes a facilitator’s guide with handouts and a PowerPoint presentation. This adaptable training resource covers foundational mental health and wellness knowledge for post-secondary faculty and staff and ways to support students in distress. It can be used for two-hour online or in-person training or for self-study.
This free online (OER) textbook demonstrates the work and impact of community psychologists and allies by showcasing actual projects conducted in partnership with communities. The book displays cases in a dynamic and interactive format that will ignite students' desire and passion to study and become future community psychologists or those whose heart beats with the beloved community. You can find community psychologists and allies partnering with communities to change racist policies, end health disparities, create alternate settings for youth, foster community-based models to heal trauma, evaluate programs, and much more!
This is the full course content for a course on Child Development. It contains 14 modules: Introduction to Child Development, Foundations of Growth, Research Strategies, Theories (Part I), Theories (Part II), Language Development, Infancy, Prenatal Development, Early Childhood, Middle Childhood, Adolescence, Intelligence and Facilitating Complex Thinking, Frameworks for Maturation, Early Adulthood.
The origin of this book is in conversations I had over the years with several colleagues in the field of Sinology (the study of history, literature and culture of traditional China). The course title did not only attract the attention of the students, but also of people who would like to teach this material, and asked me for the syllabus and even suggested I write a textbook. What meets the eye at first is a set of chapters written by the students who took the course in Spring 2019. The students are not experts at China, they do not know Chinese and thus had to rely on English-language materials available to them through our library and my personal collection. Many are at the start of their journey of learning to write for their college-level peers.
Ce livre propose les portraits de 31 femmes de différents pays et de différentes époques qui ont un point commun : elles se sont engagées à un moment de leur vie pour transformer la société dans laquelle elles vivaient, dans l’espoir de la rendre plus vivable, plus juste, plus équitable, plus libre.
Comment s’engager dans des actions en faveur de la vie et du bien commun en cette période marquée par des problèmes d’envergure planétaire tels que le réchauffement climatique, la pollution accrue, l’acidification des océans ou les menaces sur la biodiversité? Des gouvernements tentent tant bien que mal de s’entendre pour agir.
The purpose of this collection is to present Samuel P. Huntington’s ‘Clash of Civilizations’ thesis, and to appraise its validity and shortcomings 25 years after the publication of his landmark article.The notion of a ‘clash of civilizations’ is examined from a multidisciplinary perspective. First, the volume examines Huntington’s contribution from a theoretical perspective, focusing on his ideas about politics and the concept of civilization. Second, the individual articles also consider Huntington’s thesis in the light of recent events, including the conflict in Ukraine, the rise of ISIS, China–India relations, the electoral success of far-right movements in Europe, the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean and the activity of the International Criminal Court in Africa. In sum, this book offers a vibrant and multifaceted conversation among established and emerging scholars on one of the most important paradigms for the understanding of international politics.
There are a few major themes that come up over and over again during the course of classical sociological theory’s development. All three classical theorists were writing at a time when sociology was a new and emerging discipline. This new discipline was called forth by momentous social changes taking place in European (and American) society during this time period. These changes were related to the rise of capitalism, industrialization, and new political representation for the majority of people (or, at least, a desire for such by many). Calls for socialism emerged as a response to recognition of new social divisions. Each of the three theorists you will read here weighed in on these historical changes, theorizing the contours and dynamics of this new “modern” society.
This reader is an Open Educational Resource, meant to accompany a graduate or higher-level undergraduate university course in climate change resilience, adaptation, and/or planning. While the material is geared toward students in urban and regional planning, it may also be of interest to students of urban studies, public health, geography, political science, sociology, risk management, and others.
The Middle East’s geographical and strategic uniqueness has made every great power in history to seek to advance its interests in the region. Yet, the region constitutes the greatest single reserve of oil in the world, which has made it a regular source of foreign interference in the post-World War II era. In addition to its geographical and strategic uniqueness, the Middle East is the birthplace and spiritual center of the world’s three most important monotheistic religions. Due to its geopolitical importance, any inter- and intra-state conflict in the Middle East has the potential not only for destabilizing the region as a whole or upsetting the regional balance of power but also affecting global stability. After employing the Regional Security Complex Theory (RSCT) in order to define and delimit the region of the Middle East, the chapters of this book address the question of regional order, examine how regionalism and globalism feature in Middle Eastern integration processes, explore regional bids for hegemony, and investigate the approaches and policies of major international actors.
A workshop and facilitation guide to support B.C. post-secondary institutions to prevent and respond to sexual violence and misconduct. Consent & Sexual Violence is a 90 minute workshop for all members of the campus community: students, faculty, administrators, and staff. This training explores different understandings of consent, including the legal definition. Learners have the opportunity to develop skills related to asking for and giving consent in all relationships as well as discuss strategies for creating a “culture of consent” in campus communities. (The slide deck that accompanies this resource can be downloaded from the Introduction).
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The arduino’s great features like powering via the USB port, serial programming, and easy-to-access headers make it indispensable while developing your project. However, there are times when you may want to make your project more permanent without sacrificing your arduino.
It’s actually quite easy to create a somewhat-less-feature-rich version of an arduino on a prototyping board that you can safely leave embedded in your projects. You could also develop and etch your own PCB for this but due to the simple design, it is just as easy to create on a perf board or a prototyping board.
The diagram below shows the basic connections needed to get the Atmega328 operational. If you don’t need in-system programming capabilities, your project may be OK to just use these.
There are numerous great resources on the web for basic connections needed for a standalone arduino.
You may have noticed that on Arduino boards there is a 6 pin header labelled “ICSP”. This is the In-Circuit System Programming header. This is wired to the following pins on the Atmega328P:
It is not required, but it is suggested to create a 6 pin header to match the Arduino’s. This will make programming connections easier and universal between programmers.
The Arduino boot loader is described here fully, but it is essentially a small program that has been loaded on to the microcontroller. It allows you to upload code without using any additional hardware.
The Arduino IDE makes burning the boot loader easy. It’s as simple as selecting it in the Tools menu. This works in Linux as well as Windows. Prior to burning, you’ll want to make sure you have the correct board chosen. This is also in the tools menu (Tools -> Board).
One of the main purposes of the bootloader is to allow you to program your microcontroller via the serial port. This convenience is nice when you have a built-in serial chip like in the Arduino board. However, if space is at a premium in your project, you can still program the microcontroller in-circuit without having to add the hardware necessary for serial communication.
If you already have an AVR programmer like the AVR-ISP mkII, then burning the bootloader is as simple as connecting to the header on your project and selecting the following from the Arduino menu:
Tools -> Burn Bootloader
Once this is complete, you essentially have your embedded arduino ready for action! The next step is to upload a sketch. Again, if you have an AVR programmer, this is as simple as the following:
File -> Upload Using Programmer
If you don’t have a programmer, never fear…you can use your Arduino board as one! This excellent tutorial walks you through the steps. Note that the wiring is essentially the same as connecting the ISP headers between the arduino and the target (embedded) arduino.
Thanks and Happy Building!
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This subsection introduces terminology related to hard disks. If you already know the terms and concepts, you can skip this subsection.
See Figure 5-1 for a schematic picture of the important parts in a hard disk. A hard disk consists of one or more circular aluminum platters\ , of which either or both surfaces are coated with a magnetic substance used for recording the data. For each surface, there is a read-write head that examines or alters the recorded data. The platters rotate on a common axis; typical rotation speed is 5400 or 7200 rotations per minute, although high-performance hard disks have higher speeds and older disks may have lower speeds. The heads move along the radius of the platters; this movement combined with the rotation of the platters allows the head to access all parts of the surfaces.
The processor (CPU) and the actual disk communicate through a disk controller . This relieves the rest of the computer from knowing how to use the drive, since the controllers for different types of disks can be made to use the same interface towards the rest of the computer. Therefore, the computer can say just ``hey disk, give me what I want'', instead of a long and complex series of electric signals to move the head to the proper location and waiting for the correct position to come under the head and doing all the other unpleasant stuff necessary. (In reality, the interface to the controller is still complex, but much less so than it would otherwise be.) The controller may also do other things, such as caching, or automatic bad sector replacement.
The above is usually all one needs to understand about the hardware. There are also other things, such as the motor that rotates the platters and moves the heads, and the electronics that control the operation of the mechanical parts, but they are mostly not relevant for understanding the working principles of a hard disk.
The surfaces are usually divided into concentric rings, called tracks, and these in turn are divided into sectors. This division is used to specify locations on the hard disk and to allocate disk space to files. To find a given place on the hard disk, one might say ``surface 3, track 5, sector 7''. Usually the number of sectors is the same for all tracks, but some hard disks put more sectors in outer tracks (all sectors are of the same physical size, so more of them fit in the longer outer tracks). Typically, a sector will hold 512 bytes of data. The disk itself can't handle smaller amounts of data than one sector.
Each surface is divided into tracks (and sectors) in the same way. This means that when the head for one surface is on a track, the heads for the other surfaces are also on the corresponding tracks. All the corresponding tracks taken together are called a cylinder. It takes time to move the heads from one track (cylinder) to another, so by placing the data that is often accessed together (say, a file) so that it is within one cylinder, it is not necessary to move the heads to read all of it. This improves performance. It is not always possible to place files like this; files that are stored in several places on the disk are called fragmented.
The number of surfaces (or heads, which is the same thing), cylinders, and sectors vary a lot; the specification of the number of each is called the geometry of a hard disk. The geometry is usually stored in a special, battery-powered memory location called the CMOS RAM , from where the operating system can fetch it during bootup or driver initialization.
Unfortunately, the BIOS has a design limitation, which makes it impossible to specify a track number that is larger than 1024 in the CMOS RAM, which is too little for a large hard disk. To overcome this, the hard disk controller lies about the geometry, and translates the addresses given by the computer into something that fits reality. For example, a hard disk might have 8 heads, 2048 tracks, and 35 sectors per track. Its controller could lie to the computer and claim that it has 16 heads, 1024 tracks, and 35 sectors per track, thus not exceeding the limit on tracks, and translates the address that the computer gives it by halving the head number, and doubling the track number. The mathematics can be more complicated in reality, because the numbers are not as nice as here (but again, the details are not relevant for understanding the principle). This translation distorts the operating system's view of how the disk is organized, thus making it impractical to use the all-data-on-one-cylinder trick to boost performance.
The translation is only a problem for IDE disks. SCSI disks use a sequential sector number (i.e., the controller translates a sequential sector number to a head, cylinder, and sector triplet), and a completely different method for the CPU to talk with the controller, so they are insulated from the problem. Note, however, that the computer might not know the real geometry of an SCSI disk either.
Since Linux often will not know the real geometry of a disk, its filesystems don't even try to keep files within a single cylinder. Instead, it tries to assign sequentially numbered sectors to files, which almost always gives similar performance. The issue is further complicated by on-controller caches, and automatic prefetches done by the controller.
Each hard disk is represented by a separate device file. There can (usually) be only two or four IDE hard disks. These are known as /dev/hda, /dev/hdb, /dev/hdc, and /dev/hdd, respectively. SCSI hard disks are known as /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, and so on. Similar naming conventions exist for other hard disk types; see Chapter 4 for more information. Note that the device files for the hard disks give access to the entire disk, with no regard to partitions (which will be discussed below), and it's easy to mess up the partitions or the data in them if you aren't careful. The disks' device files are usually used only to get access to the master boot record (which will also be discussed below).
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Workers' compensation is the system used to provide wage replacement, medical, and rehabilitation benefits to workers who suffer a work-related injury. The State of Michigan does not ordinarily pay workers' compensation benefits. Most employers in Michigan purchase an insurance policy from a private insurance company or they are authorized to be self-insured.
If you are injured on the job, report the injury to your employer immediately. Medical benefits should be provided from the day of injury. During the first 28 days of treatment, your employer has the right to choose the doctor. After that, you are free to change doctors providing that you notify your employer and insurance company, preferably in writing. You do not need authorization from the insurance company or your employer to be medically treated, as long as the treatment is reasonable and necessary, and your claim is not in dispute.
There is a seven-day waiting period to be eligible for wage-loss benefits. If your wage loss lasts longer than seven consecutive days (including weekends and holidays), you are entitled to benefits starting on the eighth day. If your wage loss continues for 14 days or longer, you are entitled to payment for that first week of disability. Weekly benefits are roughly 80 percent of your after-tax wages.
If your employer will not file a claim for you, you may file form WC-117 with the Agency. If your claim is disputed by the insurance company or self-insured employer, you may need to file a form WC-104A, Application for Mediation or Hearing.
If you have questions or need help, call 888-396-5041 or email the Agency at firstname.lastname@example.org.
WC-117 - Employee's Report of Claim (fill-in form): File this form if your employer will not report the claim for you.
WC-104A - Application for Mediation or Hearing (fill-in form): File this form if your claim has been disputed and you wish to request a hearing.
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Although this is the second day of June, near the summit of the 1100-metre high Trafelberg, gusts of wind blow umbrellas inside out and a sharp rain is scudding into the faces of the few hardy people who’ve ventured outside.
Among them is Alfred Kramer, an Austrian electronics engineer, who is explaining the function of dozens of molehill like mounds of gravel, linked by spokes of tubes to raised hubs, within a security fenced enclosure.
There are, at a variety of mostly isolated locations on earth, more than 40 sites using similar equipment, as puzzling to the uninitiated as Prince Henry the Navigator’s compass rose, with which the infrasound arrays at first glance look alike, must have appeared in the fifteenth century.
This complex is in Austria, not 90 minutes from the heart of its capital Vienna, in a range of limestone hills that extend south of the city, near the bucolic village of Muggendorf.
And as Kramer is explaining, to a news crew from the Austrian national broadcaster ORF, the strange pipe arrays are test beds for a relatively obscure technology that is part of a global system to detect nuclear explosions.
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To provide extended capabilities, SimWalk pursues the strategy of offering interfaces to other software in the transport simulation ecosystem. Currently interfaces exist with the rail network simulation software OpenTrack and the large scale microsimulation software MATsim.
The railway simulation tool OpenTrack is a well-established railway planning software and it is used by railways, the railway supply industry, consultancies and universities in different countries. OpenTrack allows to model, simulate and analyze among others the following types of rail systems: High speed rail, heavy rail, intercity rail, metro, underground, light rail and trams.
Railway systems are complex infrastructures where effective operation and reliability depend on the smooth interconnection between system parts. Partnering with and integrating OpenTrack.
Open White Paper here: SimWalk & OpenTrack
MATSim provides a framework to implement large-scale agent-based transport simulations. The framework consists of several modules which can be combined or used stand-alone. Modules can be replaced by own implementations to test single aspects of your own work. Currently, MATSim offers a framework for demand-modeling, agent-based mobility-simulation (traffic flow simulation), re-planning, a controller to iteratively run simulations as well as methods to analyze the output generated by the modules.
Dynamic and unimpeded passenger flows in public stations are a key aspect of reliable public transport infrastructure. For clients who want to model larger areas, up to urban scale simulations, SimWalk now co-operates with Senozon, the service provider for MATSim.
Open White Paper here: SimWalk & MATsim
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Database development is often called software developing or application developing. Mobile software development is the procedure or behave where an app is formulated tailored for mobile phone devices, which include cell phones, company mobiles or simply cellular touchscreen smart phones. Recently, there are plenty of cell phone database integration companies around in the marketplace which provide distinctive services for a fee or promises to provide a certain amount of progression time no cost. While there are many development available options nowadays, these three stick out as some of the most well-liked:
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — State officials have confirmed that a strain of E. coli that sickened nine children has been matched to animal waste collected at an East Tennessee dairy farm that sells raw milk.
The Tennessee Department of Health issued a statement on Thursday following an on-site inspection of McBee Dairy Farm, laboratory analysis and interviews with close to 90 households that purchased milk from the farm.
Five of the nine children required hospitalization and three developed a severe kidney problem.
The farm was shut down for about a week during the inspections, but has since resumed operation.
State officials say the illnesses highlight the risks associated with drinking unpasteurized or raw milk.
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In America, paying down debt is a rite of passage. Most of us at one point or another have felt the suffocating effects of too much debt. Deleveraging can be a long and complicated process, but it’s necessary if we want to achieve personal financial success. Not all debt is bad, but here are a couple of indicators that point towards a possible credit issue:
- Continual revolving balances on credit cards. Maintaining a credit card balance creates unnecessary interest expenses and can drag you away from your intended financial goals.
- Credit score below your target. Your credit score improves when you demonstrate the ability to effectively pay down debt. If your FICO score is below 720, you should take a serious look at your credit balances.
In my experience, financially fit people keep personal debt to a minimum. Ideally, we only incur debt when we have the money to pay cash but it makes good financial sense to use credit instead. For example:
- Borrowing against appreciating assets like a home or commercial property. When an asset we borrow against increases in value, our wealth accelerates. Conversely, the opposite is true when we incur debt on depreciating assets!
- Borrowing at rates below investment returns. For example, you expect to make 6% in your investment account and the bank is offering 1.99% to finance a new vehicle. Instead of cashing out of your investments, you should consider the low interest rate car loan.
Whenever I make recommendations on debt for a client, there is some important information on each credit item that must be compiled:
- Interest Rate – This is the rate of interest your creditor is charging.
- Payoff or Loan Balance – This is the total current amount you owe this creditor.
- Minimum Payment Due – Usually there is a minimum payment due each month.
- Months Remaining – How many more months of minimum payments it will take to extinguish the debt.
Once all of this information is compiled, the factors can be compared to each other to prioritize payoff. It’s important to concentrate on the the highest priority payoff first, and work down to the lower priority credit items.
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Compiling all of the pertinent information on your credit balances and getting an analysis done can be the difference maker between making significant progress or letting another year slip by. Just about everyone has found themselves staring at too much debt at some point. If I can provide some help to you or someone you know, please click or share the link to my analysis form.
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Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel are powerful standard software packages for creating reports. Because of their popularity, some LabVIEW users programmed LabVIEW ActiveX applications to dynamically control these document packages for generating reports from LabVIEW. The complexity of the ActiveX interface of those packages, however, makes the development of custom applications difficult. With the LabVIEW Report Generation Toolkit, you no longer have to learn the complex object models of Microsoft Word and Excel to generate a report. The toolkit offers a set of flexible and easy-to-use functions (VIs) to control these software packages. In addition, the toolkit integrates the new Word and Excel report formats into the existing LabVIEW Report Generation VIs. If you've used those VIs before, you already know how to use the new functionality.
We integrated the LabVIEW Report Generation Toolkit into the LabVIEW Functions»Report Generation palette. When you install the toolkit, the installer replaces LabVIEW Report Generation VIs with a new version that works with Microsoft Word and Excel formats as well as the standard and HTML formats. The toolkit also includes two new subpalettes that give you access to lower-level Word and Excel-specific functionality.
The high-level VIs from the report generation palette have the same names and connector panes as the existing LabVIEW 6i report generation VIs, which means that if you have developed applications with the LabVIEW 6i report generation VIs, you can load and run them with the report generation toolkit for Microsoft Office with no or little modifications and take advantage of the Word and Excel report types without rewriting your application.
2. Choosing Your Report FormatWith four reports types from which to choose, how do you know which report type to use?
First, you have to use a format that is compatible with the method you plan to use to publish your reports. If you want to print your reports, you can choose between standard, Word, and Excel types. If you want to send your reports programmatically via e-mail, you must use Word or Excel. The following table summarizes the relationship between the report types and the distribution methods.
Also, make sure that the computer you use to read the reports you generated can do so with the appropriate software installed. In addition, if you plan to distribute your report generation application, you need to take into account the applications installed on the target machine. If the target computer does not have Internet Explorer or Microsoft Office, then you can only use the standard report type in your distributed application.
Finally, you need to check the level of formatting that you want to apply to your report. The Standard and HTML report types do not provide nearly as many formatting options as the Word and Excel report types do.
3. Basic Report Generation Operations
You can use all four report types to perform the following operations:
· Insert text
· Insert tables
· Insert front panel images, control images, pictures from files
· Insert hyperlink
· Specify various layout parameters (margin, orientation, font, headers, footer)
Every report generation program is based on the same model. New Report.vi must be called to specify the report type (standard, HTML, Word, or Excel), and you can then populate the report with data using the VIs from the report generation function palette. Once you have completed the report, you can print, save, or e-mail it. You must close all the references at the end of the program with the Dispose Report VI. The following VI, for example, creates a new Word document with the New Report.vi, inserts a title, a table, a picture from a file with Append Text to Report.vi, Append Table to Report.vi and Append Image to Report.vi, and prints the resulting report with Print Report.vi. All the references are then discarded with Dispose Report.vi.
4. Advanced Report Generation Operations
The Word/Excel report format is much more advanced than standard and HTML. With it, you can also insert text, table, pictures, and links, but it offers much more formatting functionalities.
5. Advanced Formatting
With Word and Excel types, you can set a large variety of formatting attributes, such as font, paragraph indentation (Word), shading, and borders. You can also format tables, merge cells of tables together, and control the row and column dimensions of tables. In other words, use these two types to format your report exactly the way you want and help you produce professional looking reports.
Generating complex and highly formatted reports is a time-consuming process. The best way to increase productivity is to create a report template containing components that are common to all reports and placeholders for the data. After you save this template, you can generate reports by opening the report template, inserting data into the placeholders, and displaying, printing, or saving the resulting report.
Both Word and Excel provide ways to insert placeholders into documents and worksheets and save reusable templates. In Word, the easiest way to define placeholders is to use bookmarks. In Excel, the easiest way to define placeholders is to use named ranges.
The VIs that can perform insertion tasks all include the Microsoft Office parameters cluster, with which you specify the bookmark or named range from which the insertion must be performed.
7. Microsoft Graph
The Word and Excel-specific VIs palettes contain subpalettes giving access to functions to insert and format Microsoft Graphs into Word and Excel reports. You need to make sure the Microsoft Graph application is installed before you can use these functions (Microsoft Graph is on the Microsoft Office CD).
The Microsoft Graph application handles a large variety of graph types -- Bar, Column, XY, Line -- and each type is available in numerous styles.
Microsoft Graph is useful if you want to plot a relatively small amount of data. You have to be aware that when you insert a Microsoft Graph into the document, the data becomes part of the report (each graph has a data sheet associated with it which contains the data plotted on the graph). Do not use Microsoft Graph to plot a waveform with one million sample points. If you want to plot a large amount of data, use a LabVIEW graph to display the data on a front panel, and the Append Control Image to Report.vi to insert the graph picture into your report.
Microsoft graphs have a very large number of attributes. The toolkit does not expose all of them. If you need to format the graph in a very specific way, you can create a template, insert an empty Microsoft Graph in the template and format the graph as needed. You can then call Word Update Graph.vi or Excel Update Graph.vi to send data into the template during the report generation process.
8. Designing Your Own Functions
The report generation toolkit also contains functions that you can use to execute Visual Basic Applications (VBA) macros from LabVIEW. You can use this feature to customize the toolkit. If you need to implement a functionality that is not part of the toolkit, you can write it as VBA macro and call the VBA macro from LabVIEW. You can import the code containing the macro manually in your template, or import it dynamically into the document or spreadsheet.
LabVIEW Report Generation Toolkit for Microsoft Office
Creating a Report in Microsoft Excel Using the LabVIEW Report Generation Toolkit: Introduction
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Video app TikTok took phones by storm. The feds will see if it’s a security risk
The U.S. government has launched a national security review of the popular music-video app TikTok, which is owned by China’s ByteDance Inc., according to a person familiar with the investigation.
Beijing-based ByteDance bought Musical.ly two years ago for almost $1 billion to merge it with TikTok. Musical.ly, based in Shanghai and Los Angeles and a fast-growing hit in the U.S. at the time, was seen as a way for the Chinese company to expand abroad and capitalize on an increasing appetite for short video. TikTok has since become wildly popular, one of the few Chinese internet companies to catch on in the U.S., and is one of the most-downloaded apps.
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., which reviews deals by foreign acquirers for potential national security risks, has begun to review the purchase amid increasing concern about TikTok’s growing influence.
U.S. lawmakers have been calling for a national security review in recent weeks, referring to TikTok as a “potential counterintelligence threat we cannot ignore.”
TikTok, has been downloaded more than 110 million times in the U.S. and its growing popularity creates “national security risks,” Sens. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) wrote in a letter last week to the U.S. Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire. Their concerns include the safety of data on the platform, potential censorship and possible foreign influence campaigns in the U.S., they said.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) also wrote to the Treasury Department, which chairs CFIUS, earlier last month to review ByteDance’s purchase of Musical.ly.
“I remain deeply concerned that any platform or application that has Chinese ownership or direct links to China, such as TikTok, can be used as a tool by the Chinese Communist Party to extend its authoritarian censorship of information outside China’s borders and amass data on millions of unsuspecting users,“ Rubio said in a statement Friday. “I welcome today’s news that an investigation has reportedly been opened.”
Reuters earlier reported the CIFIUS review.
A TikTok representative in the U.S. said in a statement that while the company “cannot comment on ongoing regulatory processes, TikTok has made clear that we have no higher priority than earning the trust of users and regulators in the U.S. Part of that effort includes working with Congress and we are committed to doing so.”
The Treasury Department didn’t respond to a request for comment.
CFIUS is talking with TikTok about measures it could take to avoid divesting the Musical.ly assets it acquired, Reuters reported.
TikTok, an app known for teenage twerking and singing Gummi Bears, has been growing more popular among U.S. teens as tensions rise between the U.S. and China over trade and technology. TikTok has been installed by about 564 million users this year and has been installed 1.45 billion times since launching. New U.S. users grew 11% to 3 million in July, according to Sensor Tower, up from 2.7 million a year earlier. The app has become a rival to Facebook and Instagram.
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg even sounded the alarm on TikTok during a speech at Georgetown University in Washington in mid-October. Zuckerberg said that while WhatsApp, the encrypted messaging app his company owns, is used around the world by protesters and others who need free speech protections, TikTok doesn’t offer that.
“On TikTok, the Chinese app growing quickly around the world, mentions of these protests are censored, even in the U.S.,” he said, alluding to the protests happening in Hong Kong. “Is that the internet we want?”
Cheng writes for Bloomberg.
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Margaret Atwood wrote “A word after a word after a word is power.”
I am blind in this world. I do not know what direction in which I face. I do not know what I believe. I do not know who I am. Then I begin to write.
A word after a word after a word, each one slides off my pen and drips onto the page, drip, drip, drip. A word after a word after a word. And it, whatever it may be, begins to make sense to me. There it is. A story. My story.
They say that artists have themes, issues, motifs that they keep returning to. There is one story buried so deep within our bones that we are compelled to tell it in an effort to draw it to the surface. We must tell it and re-tell it again and again, until finally, it will leave us.
I do not want to be a single story.
I Google myself. I see the story that is there. It is a good story. An interesting one. A story that creates an easy box within which to place me. This is who she is. This is what she is. The lid on the box is taped shut and I am fine for a while. I hold my breath.
I don’t want to be my story, not that story anyway. And yet it is there. It is part of me, part of my tapestry, black thread woven through the colour. Sometimes I dream about it. I am in a sweet store and I eat and I eat and I eat. I look in the mirror and I am fat. Fat does not just mean fat, of course. Fat means disgust, fat means rejection. Fat means loneliness.
Everyone knows that.
“Tell us, Louise, how much of your book is inspired by your struggle with an eating disorder?”
“Tell us, Louise, what do you think caused it in the first place?”
“Is your next book going to be about eating disorders?”
“What message do you have for young women who are struggling with eating disorders?”
I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry. I am sorry for your pain, I am sorry for what you are going through. I want to say that you will be OK, that you will make it out alive, that you will definitely recover. But we both know that may not be the case.
Tell us your story.
I don’t want to bore you. I have told this story again and again. It’s what the interviewers want to hear. It’s an easy hook that will grab the reader’s attention. And I want their attention because I believe my book is important. I have pushed away all of the cultural conditioning that tells me that as a woman, my story is somehow trivial, somehow inconsequential. I want this story to be told. (I believe it is worthy of being told.) I want this story to be heard. (I believe that it is worthy of being heard.)
I think of that time and it is as if it happened to someone else, like a tale your mother told you of when she was young and you have heard it so many times that you almost feel it belongs to you. I pass that hospital on the bus sometimes, and I make myself remember.
I am 21 years of age. I try and sleep. My roommate, another Louise, is crying. She sobs and she sobs and I move my duvet into the bathroom so that I don’t have to listen to her. (I should comfort her.) (There is not room enough in me to help me, my pain fills me up, I am stuffed with it.)
I look at myself in the mirror. I am so young. This should not be my life.
The night nurses come in regularly to shine a torch in my face to see if I am still alive.
I continue to breathe, in and out, in and out. One breath after another. My lungs will not give up. My body refuses to wither away. I live and I live and I live.
There are other girls there. They are whittled skinny and red-knuckled. We grasp cups of steaming-hot tea in our hands. We drink it black. We sit at our own table in the dining hall and we watch each other, waiting to see who will eat the most, the fastest. Waiting to see who is the weakest.
We form a coven of sorts, but it is poisoned. It is rotting from the inside out. But I have told you this story before.
I will tell you a different one.
My friends are shocked, they are worried. They talk in whispers and they look at me with creased foreheads. They band together. They form a protective circle.
They know that I do not like to talk on the phone so they text incessantly, cheerful messages full of inconsequential nothings. I am forbidden from using my laptop so the letters and cards begin to arrive. One friend, who is living in Barcelona, writes to me at least twice a week, long, long letters, five or six A4 pages each. She writes on the front and the back. She tells me her stories, she tells me she loves me, she tells me she misses me.
The care packages come. Viviscal tablets because my hair had fallen out in clumps, a huge duvet cover because I had complained of constantly feeling cold. They send their favourite books of all time with notes about why they loved them and that they hoped I would love them too. They burned CDs with songs that we listened to before nights out at college. Collages of photographs to put on my wall, posters to make the sterile room look more like my own.
And they visit. They visit every day. A cousin comes three times a week, often staying so late that she gets locked in and has to be left out by a security guard. A neighbour from home illegally downloads episodes of Desperate Housewives so that we can watch them together. My housemates make up a schedule to make sure that no day passes where I might be alone.
I am never alone.
My room is full of laughter and noise. They tell me stories, but these stories are fun. Boys they have kissed and cocktails they have drank and clubs they have danced in. They hold me up when I am afraid that I will fall down. They hold my hand. They ask me my dreams and they tell me I can make them come true. I thank them, over and over, for their support and they tell me that I am worth it and I begin to believe them.
They say that women compete, that we bitch about one another. They say that we are too eager to tear our sisters down. They say that women watch each other, teeth bared, ready for the moment that they can devour one another. And I have seen that happen, I know that can be the truth.
But women can also lift each other up. Women can cheer each other on. Women can form a bond out of deep, mutual understanding of what it is to be female in this world, the artifice and struggle that can engender. Women can listen to you and love you and want you to succeed, to thrive, to be happy.
These are the women that I know. The women I know are kindness and light. They are love and beauty.
They are my coven.
Louise O’Neill is an award-winning YA novelist. Her latest book, ‘Only Ever Yours’ is out now.
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The Cuyahoga County sin tax has been in place since 1990 and may be up for renewal in the near future. This tax on cigarettes, alcohol, and other “sinful” endeavors, is used to fund entertainment venues like the Q and Progressive Field. But does it make sense to discourage one hedonistic practice, while encouraging another? While drinking alcohol and smoking are certainly more harmful to your body than attending a baseball game, the latter is not exactly virtuous. Entertainment, by its nature, is a rather self-indulgent activity. Sporting events encourage people to spend money on overpriced food and souvenirs that they may not be able to afford. And while they’re often a nice diversion, they really contribute nothing positive to society. It is not right to use taxes on socially unbeneficial habits to support an activity that is also socially unbeneficial. Rather, I believe that “sin taxes” should be used to create a fund of “virtue credits”.
As a natural contrast with sin credits, which tax socially harmful activities, virtue credits would reward individuals for doing good, positive things that benefit society. For instance, they might provide a monetary incentive for people to install solar panels, plant community gardens or start summer camps for inner-city youth. The money could be awarded either in a grantlike fashion, in which projects must apply for money, or by funding a few select programs. This would be a much more appropriate use of the sin tax, whose supposed purpose is to discourage certain harmful behaviors. Rather than simply using this tax as an excuse to fund projects that politicians want to bring to town, no matter how socially beneficial they are, the money would be used to encourage virtuous activity, while at the same time discouraging vicious ones. As we have it, we discourage one vicious behavior, only to provide people with another.
Steven Aviram, Shaker Heights
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Like any other business, there are advantages and disadvantages to accepting credit cards. We have included both so you’ll be able to make an knowledgeable resolution on if your corporation should sign up for merchant services. Regardless of the price you incur, you will see that the benefits outweigh the negatives.
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4. Security: Dealing with money needs more security, as the risk involved is high. Dealing with heavy quantity can lead to troubles and there’s also the possibility of staff giving out the mistaken change amount.
5. More selections: The more payment options you offer to the shoppers, the more you decrease the probability of dropping the sale.
The limited cons
1. Value: Accepting credit cards involves price similar to every different cost the enterprise incurs. A great approach is taking it as a price of doing business.
2. Fraud: Degree of internet fraud or risk is feasible to some extent. However, such possibilities are extremely rare.
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Which businesses are categorized as high risk?
When the credit card business realizes that a explicit enterprise is high risk, they conclude that the business model poses higher level of risk as compared to the traditional business. It is very important be sure that the payment processing account is well established and doing business will carry profits to the enterprise as well as the merchant service providing company.
Here, the processing firm has to handle the risk and reward, the merchant needs to be totally geared up to do business without going by way of over inflated charges. As understood, with any service, few corporations charge unfair fees and provide incompatible services; hence, it is vital to go for the perfect business company. High risk is concerned in corporations that are:
1. Involved in morally ambiguous industries
2. Process card-not current transactions
3. Sell products and providers to worldwide countries
4. Use risky sales strategies
5. Transacts high common dollar quantity
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Brussels technocrats will attempt their most ambitious power grab yet in 2022 at the final scheduled meeting of European commissioners before the summer break: the right to impose mandatory gas rationing on the 27 member countries of the bloc.
Governments from Portugal to Poland are being asked to sign over their right to energy sovereignty in six days while their citizens suffer and die in record-breaking heat. Due to the emergency protocols being used, no country will be able to veto the plan, and the European Parliament will have no say in the matter.
Such extraordinary actions highlight how close European nations have come to going beyond the bounds of viability as a result of their support for Ukraine in the face of Russian invasion forces. The EU's dispute with Russia over gas is going to put the bloc's resolve to the absolute limit, given that inflation in the region has already risen sharply, partly due to market disruption brought on by the war. The economic blow may just be getting started.
The plan for an EU-wide alert system, which would enable Brussels to impose mandatory reductions in gas consumption from August to May, is detailed in various documents. In the event that it appears that the bloc will not have enough gas supplies to get through the winter, the cuts could "be triggered at any moment"
According to the proposal, nations must also update their national emergency plans by the end of September to include voluntary measures to reduce gas use.
The size of the possible gas consumption reductions has not yet been determined. The expectation is for a final agreement to be in the range of 10 to 15%, but two diplomats claim that a reduction of between 5 and 20 percent is being floated.
By July 26, when the EU's energy ministers are expected to approve the new regulations, Europeans may awaken to find that they are no longer permitted to blast the air conditioning or, as the weather cools in the coming months, turn up the heat excessively.
Businesses classified as "nonessential" could be paid to shut down voluntarily or, in the worst case scenario, be placed first in line for a gas cut, according to Commission documents. These businesses include local bakeries in some municipalities, such as Munich.
All of this is suggested in the name of the EU's solidarity campaign with Ukraine.
After a full-scale invasion of his eastern neighbor by Russian President Vladimir Putin for five months, a war economy with all of its repercussions is about to sweep across Europe.
By voluntarily reducing Russian gas consumption in the EU by two-thirds this year, Brussels aimed to voluntarily deny the Kremlin billions in natural gas sales revenue in an effort to halt the advance of Putin's armies.
That failed, and the EU nations made it clear that they were not willing to impose sanctions on gas even though an oil embargo is scheduled to begin in December.
Probably too late now: Moscow has already made three times as much money from oil and gas sales in one winter since the invasion, according to data from the International Energy Agency (IEA) released on Monday. As a result, it is able to continue cutting deliveries to Europe to the west.
Putin has eagerly embraced Europe's propensity for Russian energy, making gas his most effective economic tool. So far, Russia's Gazprom has reduced or stopped supplying gas to 12 countries. Brussels is currently attempting to regain control by limiting Europe's gas storage stock consumption as much as it can.
Coal plants are restarting across the EU, factories are switching to burning fuel oil, and a suspension of climate policy on emissions control is in the works as leaders' attempts to find alternate supplies from the Middle East have largely failed.
The gas pipeline Nord Stream, which runs from Russia to Germany, is scheduled to partially resume deliveries on Thursday following a 10-day break. The most likely scenario, according to national leaders in France, Germany, and Spain, is that Nord Stream remains offline. Russian gas flows through other routes into Europe are also expected to stop soon.
According to the Wall Street Journal, European Budget Commissioner Johannes Hahn told reporters in Singapore on Tuesday, "We’re working on the assumption that it doesn’t return to operation."
The long-term outlook will be grim if Hahn is correct. If Moscow stops supplying natural gas, estimates from the Commission predict a 1.5 percent drop in GDP for the entire bloc.
To withstand such a blow when temperatures drop, "the extra gas that needs to be saved over the next three months is [on] the order of 12 billion cubic meters — enough to fill about 130 [liquefied natural gas] tankers," said IEA Director Fatih Birol.
However, some of the most vocal proponents of sanctioning Russia are already wailing in protest at the Commission's most recent proposal. In some parts of Eastern Europe, it is unpopular to tighten the purse strings at home in order to support gas-guzzling neighbors like Germany.
One of the few capitals, Berlin, has ratified so-called "solidarity agreements," which commit neighboring nations to sharing extra gas during emergencies. The Commission has urged nations to sign more, but some are reluctant to do so for fear that, if there are not enough, these voluntary agreements will be forced upon them with legally binding domestic budget cuts.
According to Polish Climate Minister Anna Moskwa, whose nation now faces the looming possibility of a domestic coal shortage as a result of sanctions on Russian imports, "We are against imposing mandatory reduction targets," According to Commission records, Poland does not have any solidarity agreements with its neighbors, but Moskwa was adamant that "the solidarity mechanism must not lead to a reduction in the energy security of any member state."
Hungary has already made progress. The announcement by Viktor Orbán's administration that gas exports will be prohibited starting in August under new energy emergency plans drew a stern rebuke from Kadri Simson, the European Energy Commissioner.
"Individual national restrictions affecting gas cross-border flows are unwarranted and can only exacerbate problems in the current gas market situation," according to Simson.
Governments in Spain and Portugal are already partially subsidizing the price of the gas used to generate electricity, while France imports as much cheap energy as it can. Spanish skeptics point out that, given the limited gas connections between the two nations, saving gas at home will not do much to assist their French neighbors.
A think tank's associate director, Georg Riekeles, said, "We are in a situation where one needs to decide in the best possible way how to allocate resources. It’s very difficult to completely socialize or mutualize the cost of the crisis when the choices that are conditioning [the current situation] have been national."
The imposition of fuel rationing on EU nations would be unthinkable in normal circumstances, but given the winter risks, "we cannot exclude any option," an EU diplomat said.
According to another diplomat's blunter statement, "We don't like it at all."
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Woman missing for days is found after she spelled out SOS with rocks
"S.O.S" spelled out with rocks saved a woman missing in a national park for days, according to the National Park Service.
Mary Joanna Gomez, 56, was found alive and safe in Sequoia National Park after her disappearance sparked a major search operation, a news release said.
Gomez was in California's Bay Area from Mississippi on assignment as a traveling nurse. On Oct. 23, her day off, she visited Kings Canyon National Park, and the next day she texted her daughter pictures of the scenery, the release said.
But she missed her shift Friday, prompting her family to report her missing to the San Francisco Police Department.
A search began, with park officials placing her in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park on Saturday morning, according to the release. Search teams, search dogs and aircraft took part in the effort.
Then on Monday, a California Air National Guard aircraft spotted the message spelled out with rocks on the ground. Teams on foot were able to track down Gomez about three and a half miles from her vehicle over steep and rocky terrain.
She was "cold, thirsty and hungry, but in otherwise good health," the release said.
She's in contact with her family again and will be reunited shortly.
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Trio of galaxies spotted reshaping universe around them as they emerge from ‘COSMIC DARK AGE' (VIDEO)
Researchers believe they have found the farthest galaxy group ever seen by mankind, and we are witnessing it emerge from a so-called ‘cosmic dark age’ as it reshapes the universe around it.
The trio of galaxies, named EGS77, dates back to when the universe was just 680 million years old.
In the immediate aftermath of the Big Bang, the universe was a thick, cloudy soup dense with hydrogen atoms and almost entirely bereft of light.
After 500 million years, the epoch of deionization began, in which ever-expanding galaxies began to burn away the fog, splitting the hydrogen atoms into bubbles of plasma, thus allowing light to travel across the cosmos. Think of ice melting on top of a lake in the spring, as NASA so eloquently put it.
This trio, located some 13 billion light-years away, is just now leaving the darkness, encased by three overlapping bubbles of cosmic plasma which are only now deionizing their corner of the universe (clearing away the fog) and letting the light in (and out), thus ending the cosmic dark age.
“EGS77 is the first galaxy group caught in the act of clearing out this cosmic fog,” study co-author James Rhoads of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center said.
Astronomers think they’ve spotted these plasma bubbles expanding for the first time, reshaping the universe around them and giving us an, albeit distant, glance into the cosmic past, showcasing some of the earliest light ever observed.
“EGS77 has formed a large bubble that allows its light to travel to Earth,” study co-author Vithal Tilvi, a researcher at Arizona State University, explained. “Eventually, bubbles like these grew around all galaxies and filled intergalactic space, reionizing the universe and clearing the way for light to travel across the cosmos.”Also on rt.com Famous photogenic black hole spotted spitting out matter at nearly the SPEED OF LIGHT
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But seriously: technology is indeed an important driver of current change! The disaggregation of the legal service provision process has resulted in numerous part services which are characterised by a high degree of standardisation. Standardisation is a prerequisite for automation, and automation is achieved by the use of technology. The enormous increase in computing power in the last few decades has produced systems which are capable of searching, categorising and making available huge amounts of data according to specified criteria in next to no time. This serves to explain all the systems used to conduct document research, as well as the powerful search engines with which we now conduct our legal researches. But document assembly and document management, too, are already terms which have managed to sneak from the future into the present, thanks to the necessary hardware. A nice overview of what is currently feasible can be found in a book by my old friend Markus Hartung from the Bucerius Law School in Hamburg (Legal Tech, die Digitalisierung des Rechtsmarktes, 2018).
What, though, should we think about technologies which bear names such as blockchain, smart contracts, machine learning, deep learning or artificial intelligence? Are these technologies about to be launched on the market? Where can we buy the necessary tools? How are they used? What benefits do they have?
But let’s slow down! It may be fascinating to think about whether technology is able to help us arrive at intelligent legal solutions which are superior to human legal work in terms of process efficiency and perhaps also in terms of quality. And – I’d like to be perfectly frank about this – I do credit these technologies with the potential for revolutionising our work. However, we won’t be there for quite a while yet. Actually, intelligent systems such as IBM’s Watson have a few disadvantages: they are expensive and are therefore beyond the range of “normal” law firms and legal departments. They are not ready to use but often generically designed, which means that they first have to be extensively configured for use in a legal environment. In addition, if these systems are indeed intended to learn, they must first be fed with vast amounts of data, which will then enable the desired intelligent interlinkages, which in turn means that their use in small, proprietary legal markets will become difficult in the first place. And this does not complete the enumeration of the current problem situation by any manner of means.
But then, those who are laughing now are laughing prematurely! It is only a question of time until these high-end technologies are available in a user- and application-friendly form. We are probably talking about three to five years in this case. Also, there are specific solutions on the market today, which make use of advanced technologies but only claim to be able to substitute very specific, individual partial processes of our work. And last but not least: the prices for these technologies will begin to tumble as soon as providers arrive on the market who no longer want to sell legal tech as overall solutions but as customised legal-tech-as-a-service.
To cut a long story short: technology is one of the major drivers of transformation in the market for legal services, but its great hour is yet to come.
This article is part of the series «Major Trends in the Legal Market». Learn more in the other articles:
- Digitisation in the Law Firm Business – Hype or Here to Stay?
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I’d like to both agree (on one view) and take issue with Susan Stamper-Brown’s Guest Commentary of Aug. 3 (“The Futility of Gun Control”). I find several of her views to be very closed-minded and illogical, as I do those of many people who advocate no attempt at sensible gun control.
First of all, we do have gun controls right now. They just haven’t prevented mass-murders such as Columbine, Virginia Tech and Aurora. In my mind, that means that a rational and sensible public should look at what we might do to address that deficiency.
Second, before we go any further, let me state the following:
• I am not a gun control “activist.” I’m just a citizen interested in making our world a better and more safe place in which to live.
• My view of the Second Amendment is that it was wise and correct for its time, and still is (with modification in implementation for the changes in weaponry over the years). When it was written, the most deadly weapon an individual could carry could be shot roughly three times in a minute by a marksman expert at re-loading. It was also a time in which military states imposed their will over “rebel” colonies by military might. In those days, that was much more of a concern in the USA than the actions of a lone individual of questionable mental stability. Our Founding Fathers wisely divided our military into multiple branches to reduce the potential for military oppression. They did not take into account the multiple-round weaponry available to individuals today.
• It is illogical, if you think about it, to reject any reconsideration of “weapon control” at the same time as our government steadfastly is pursuing a goal of preventing nuclear weapons capabilities in other countries. It’s a matter of scale (i.e. how many people can be killed with this weapon?). So, as guns and other individually operated weapons increase in their potential to kill, we ought to think about who should be allowed to possess them.
Back to the Second Amendment: Grenades, IEDs, chemical weapons, etc., were not addressed, but certainly could be used by citizens as a defense against an overbearing government or a potential home invasion. Yet, those devices are not allowed to be possessed by ordinary citizens. So, what’s the difference? It’s probably the combination of what was explicitly inked in the Second Amendment (the weapons of that time), and the financial clout of the NRA.
My view is that “gun control” should involve increased scrutiny and background checks as a weapon’s potential to kill increases. For example, if you want to buy a rapid-fire, large ammunition volume “assault rifle” or large clip handgun, you need to “pass” a higher level of scrutiny than if you want to buy a non-concealable, single-shot rifle used to hunt.
If you are undergoing mental counseling for violent tendencies, for example, you are not permitted to buy an AK 7. And, some weapons may be restricted to that “well-regulated militia” (National Guard?) and simply not be allowed to be sold over-the-counter. Sorry, gun dealers, but it isn’t just about your profits. It’s about safer schools, malls and movie theaters for all of us.
My one area of agreement with Stamper-Brown is that it is people behind the trigger that we need to be most concerned about. But, I’m also concerned about the people who gain financially from guns sales and who really don’t care about balancing their financial gain with societal safety interests. One broad statistic that Stamper-Brown did not mention is that gun-based homicide rates in Europe (where guns are much less available) are roughly 1/4 or less than in the USA and that the average of 35 other higher/middle-income countries is 1/8 that of the USA. Availability is not the only factor, to be sure, but it’s impossible to deny the correlation.
I reject the premise that gun control is futile just because what we have right now has not prevented multiple tragic incidents. I don’t suffer from the illusion that all mass-murders can be prevented, but I am willing to consider what we might do, as a society, to make destructive weapons less likely to end up in the wrong hands.
I believe that this issue is worth continued examination and that we, as a society, can do better than live with the status quo and intransigent (and/or profit-motivated) gun rights views.
• Bob Beane is an economics graduate of the College of Wooster and an MBA accounting graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He is also a bicycling advocate and has been a resident of Ahwatukee since 1992.
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Throughout my days of being out in the community talking with people about fostering I have found that there are many misconceptions about who can foster, writes Cheryl Keller, assistant team manager in the Family Placement Team at Swindon Borough Council (pictured).
There is no such thing as a typical foster carer. They come from all different backgrounds. But they all have one thing in common – they care about children and want to help them through a difficult time in their lives. They also need to have a spare room.
Foster carers can be single, married or in same-sex partnerships. Some have children of their own living at home, some don’t. Foster carers must be at least twenty one years old and there is no upper age limit as long as they are fit enough to look after a child.
We have a range of fostering options available including short-term, permanent and respite. We run two speciality schemes:
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Foster Carers are provided with ongoing training and an allowance and there is someone available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to call and talk with.
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In this week’s news roundup for IT leaders, we bring you the latest in the ongoing debate about the impact of artificial intelligence on the future of jobs.
Each month, through our partnership with Harvard Business Review, we refresh our Business Library for CIOs with five new HBR articles we believe CIOs and IT leaders would benefit from reading. These curated pieces are available now through the end of January.
“Platform businesses that bring together producers and consumers, as Uber and Airbnb do, are gobbling up market share and transforming competition. Traditional businesses that fail to create platforms and to learn the new rules of strategy will struggle,” write the authors of this Harvard Business Review article. Learn the three key shifts involved in moving from pipeline to platform, the power of network effects, and how platforms change strategy.
“Many successful platform businesses — think Airbnb, Uber, and YouTube — ignore laws and regulations that appear to preclude their approach … This rule flouting is a phenomenon we call ‘spontaneous private deregulation,’ and it is not new. Innovation has often rendered laws and regulations obsolete.” write the authors of this Harvard Business Review article. In this article, you’ll learn “how to compete with platforms that ignore the rules.”
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“The future is shaped by nonlinear changes and chance events. How can you prepare your organization to respond?” That’s the question author Vijay Govindarajan sets out to answer in this Harvard Business Review article. He goes on to write: “Companies have to recognize the weak signals that herald important changes to the business and identify the opportunities they present. In this article, you’ll learn how to use weak signals to spur innovation.
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There’s a shift underway in large organizations, one that puts design much closer to the center of the enterprise. But the shift isn’t about aesthetics. It’s about applying the principles of design to the way people work. This new approach is in large part a response to the increasing complexity of modern technology and modern business. In this article, Jon Kolko, founder and director of Austin Center for Design, explains how a set of principles collectively known as design thinking — empathy with users, a discipline of prototyping, and tolerance for failure chief among them — can be the best tool for developing a responsive, flexible organizational culture.
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Surviving the IT talent crisis has become a critical component in a company's ability to compete and succeed in the digital economy. CIOs must collaborate with HR leaders to overhaul legacy approaches to finding, attracting and retaining IT talent that is capable of keeping up with the demands of digital transformation, according to new research by Harvard Business Review Analytic Services.
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I was thinking about time today. Driving home from work, with the sun still up, I thought about the end of Daylight Savings Time--which now comes a week or two later than it used to. It just doesn't seem right that it doesn't get dark on Halloween until around 7 p.m., well after trick-or-treaters are out and about.
The change in when Daylight Savings Time starts and stops--a change that was enacted into law a few years ago--was supposed to help save energy. How? It seems to me that unless you're one of the three people in the US who goes to sleep at 7 p.m. and wakes at 7 a.m., you're using energy, and whether you use it in the morning before the sun comes up, or at night after the sun goes down doesn't really matter, does it? After all, the number of hours of sunlight in a day doesn't depend on what the hands on a clock say. Did someone really think this through? I don't like it.
And February. What's the thinking behind 28 days? Why not borrow a day from January's 31 days and another day from March's 31 days and give them to February, so all three months have 30 days (except in leap year, when February would have 31 days). There'd still be the same number of days in a year; they'd just be distributed a little better. Who came up with that calendar?
When I grow up, I want to be the person who decides time. You know what I'd do? I'd give January, February, and March 30 days each and do away with Daylight Savings Time altogether. Instead, I'd make hours 65 minutes long on Saturdays and Sundays, and 55 minutes long on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Then, just to even out the number of minutes between weekends and weekdays, I'd declare all leftover minutes "happy hour"--kind of neutral territory, you know? Good plan, huh? Vote for me!
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I’ve recently been reading the book Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That’s Transforming Education by Sir Ken Robinson and Lou Aronica. While I don’t typically enjoy reading books about education and its foibles and failures, and what each person decides should be done about it, this book has got me thinking about how we approach education.
One of the points we touched on yesterday was how learning is often so compartmentalized, and one area of this is traditional testing. I was at a conference recently in Texas, at which Jamie Casap spoke (Chief Education Evangelist for Google). He said, imagine if I were to go to work, and my task was to create a procedure manual [or any other project]. Now, I go and I create it all by myself, I do not ask for anyone to review this document or to share their thoughts on its creation, and after a week or so of crafting this beautiful project, I submit it to my boss. He would ask me–who did you ask to help you on this? Who collaborated with you? He assumes that value is added by those who are contributing to a given project. What would he (or she) say when I reply that I did it all myself? And yet, that’s what we ask students to do. Working at my current position in higher education, we are dealing with lockdown browsers and other attempts to eliminate cheating on testing in e-learning. But I think that defeats the purpose of what learning should look like. Because that’s not how things work in the real world. Shouldn’t learning simulate as closely as possible the challenges and tasks we will face in our future jobs and lives?
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International Berlin’s “Language Spaces” in Conversation and Literature
Guest Post by Jake Schneider
Each year, the International Literaturpreis is awarded in Berlin to the best international book published in German translation. The associated blog, EPITEXT, covers topics related to international literature. Our Editor in Chief Jake Schneider contributed a guest post about “language spaces” in Berlin. Here is an excerpt from the article:
When I moved from New Jersey to Berlin five and a half years ago, on the pretext of translating a book of German poems, I found myself in a new Sprachraum, or “language space.” This unfamiliar German notion—of a language wedded to its territory—struck me as odd coming from the Anglosphere, an arbitrary zone that had wafted around the world behind invading red uniforms and Coca-Cola cans. But like many international newcomers to the capital, I later realized I was living not in the “German Sprachraum,” but in an entirely different language landscape specific to Berlin.
The geography of German probably molded that monolith of language space. German is a chain of dialects that span Europe from the southern Baltic to the southern Alps, from Wallonia to the Danube. This is an old, self-contained map. Martin Luther did his part to standardize the formal language across those many dialects. Since then, whatever isolated pockets, colonies, and outposts of German once existed—in places as startling as Estonia, Serbia, Brazil, Texas, and Namibia—were either expelled during the brutally violent population exchanges of the twentieth century or dissolved by local assimilation, and in both cases mostly forgotten. Now, from the vantage point of German-speaking Europe, it looks like a language naturally belongs where it lives.
In the German Sprachraum, we all sit by default under a shared thatched rooftop. The common acronym for German-speaking Europe is DACH, meaning roof: short for Deutschland, Austria, and Switzerland’s Confederatio Helvetica (a mix of German, English, and Latin right there). Besides leaving out Luxembourg, Lichtenstein, and German-speaking corners of Italy and Belgium, the roof obscures small and endangered languages under its formidable shadow—Sorbian, Frisian, Jutlandic, Western Yiddish, Sinte Romani—not to mention the huge living diversity of German dialects.
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The unprecedented purge following Morsi's ouster is only the tip of the iceberg.
Originally published by the Gatestone Institute.
On July 4th, the day after the Egyptian military liberated the nation of Muslim Brotherhood rule, Christian Copts were immediately scapegoated and targeted. All Islamist leaders—from Brotherhood supreme leader Muhammad Badi, to Egyptian-born al-Qaeda leader Ayman Zawahiri, to top Sunni cleric Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi—made it a point to single out Egypt’s Copts as being especially instrumental in the ousting of former Islamist president Morsi, ushering in a month of pogroms against the nation’s Christian minority.
Among other things in July, unprecedented numbers of Christian churches were attacked, plundered, desecrated, and torched. According to one Egyptian human rights lawyer, "82 churches, many of which were from the 5th century, were attacked by pro-Morsi supporters in just two days." Al-Qaeda’s flag was raised above some churches; anti-Christian graffiti littered the sides of other churches and Coptic homes. Due to extreme anti-Christian sentiment, many churches ceased holding worship services until recently. Dozens of Coptic homes and businesses were also attacked, looted, and torched.
In the Sinai, a young Coptic priest was shot dead in front of his church, while the body of Magdy Lam‘i Habib, a Copt, was found mutilated and beheaded. Four other Christians were slaughtered by Muslims in Luxor province. Whole towns and villages have been emptied of Copts, including more than 100 Christian families from El Arish in the terror-infested Sinai.
Due to the many death threats to Coptic Pope Tawadros II, for a time he left the papal residence at St. Mark Cathedral—which was earlier savagely attacked, when Morsi was still president—and temporarily ceased holding services.
The rest of July’s roundup of Muslim persecution of Christians around the world includes (but is not limited to) the following accounts, listed by theme and country in alphabetical order, not according to severity:
Attacks on Christian Worship: Churches and Monasteries
Guinea: During a mob-led frenzy, Christians and their churches were savagely attacked in the Muslim-majority nation, with some 95 Christians slain and 130 wounded. In Nzérékoré, five churches as well as the homes of pastors were attacked by Muslim mobs. One priest recounted the violence: “The two Catholic and Protestant churches have all been ransacked and burned… Almost all the houses and shops belonging to Christians or people affiliated with Christians, have not escaped the fury of the attackers.” Similarly, the Catholic area, including the quarters of the nuns, was looted before being torched. In Moribadou, the violence lasted three days and saw some 10 churches destroyed.
Indonesia: According to the Annual Report published by IndonesianChristian.org, a Protestant organization monitoring the nation’s Christian community, the pressures against Christian communities in Aceh "have become intolerable. Within a year, with non-existent legal pretexts, 17 house churches have been closed: these also include Catholic chapels. The Islamization of the province continues, just as promised by the governor Abdullah.” The forced closure of places of worship and threats against Protestant congregations, says the text, "increase unabated… The behavior of local authorities is a potential threat to the tolerant atmosphere we see deteriorating over time." Behind this upsurge is the aforementioned current governor of Aceh, Zaini Abdullah, who earlier spent years in exile in Sweden for his Islamist and separatist activities. During his election campaign, the Islamic politician frequently said that "he would not hesitate to apply the Koranic laws in the province." Months after his victory and his words have become reality.
Nigeria: Members or supporters of the Islamic organization Boko Haram set off four bombs planted near three Protestant churches in Kano city, killing at least 45 people. Local Christians were meeting for Bible study at Christ Salvation Pentecostal Church when one explosion hit, and 39 bodies were recovered in the area; Christians were also meeting at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church when another bomb went off; and an explosion apparently targeting Peniel Baptist Church failed to affect the building.
PA Territories: Nuns of the Greek-Orthodox monastery in Bethany sent a letter to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urging him and other PA leaders to respond to the escalation of attacks on the Christian house, including the throwing of stones, broken glass, theft and looting of the monastery property. "Someone wants to send us away,” wrote Sister Ibraxia to Abbas, "but we will not flee.” Added to complications, and as increasingly happens to other monasteries—such as a 5th century monastery in Turkey—a local Muslim family has, according to local Christians, “arbitrarily” claimed the monastery’s land.
Attacks on Christian Freedom: Apostasy, Blasphemy, Proselytism
Pakistan: Asia Bibi, a Christian mother languishing on death row since June 2009 for allegedly blaspheming Islam’s prophet Muhammad, may have to wait another two more years before the appeal against her blasphemy conviction is heard. In November 2010 she was sentenced to death. The chairman of the Human Liberation Commission in Pakistan has been lobbying the country’s chief justice for Asia’s appeal to be heard as soon as possible but has received no response. Also, a Christian couple was arrested for allegedly sending blasphemous text messages to a Muslim cleric in Gojra, where a week before a young Christian man was sentenced to life in prison on the same charge. Shafqat Masih, 43, and his wife Shagufta, 40, who have four children between the ages of 5 and 11, were taken into custody on a complaint by Muslim cleric Rana Muhammad Ejaz, who alleged that he had received blasphemous text messages from Masih. Gojra City police registered a case under Section 295-C of Pakistan’s widely condemned blasphemy laws for allegedly defaming Islam’s prophet, Muhammad. Conviction is punishable by death or life in prison, which is 25 years in Pakistan.
Iran: Mostafa Bordbar, a Muslim convert to Christianity who, along with several other Christians, was arrested in December 2012 while celebrating Christmas, was tried in Tehran’s Revolutionary Court. He is one of several Christian prisoners currently being held in ward 350 of Evin prison for their faith. According to Mohabat News, the court registered the charges against him as "illegal gathering and participating in a house church.” If found guilty, he can be sentenced to anywhere from two to 10 years in prison. Five years earlier, he was arrested for converting to Christianity and participating in a house church. His interrogator at the time charged him with "apostasy,” a charge which still remains on his record.
Sudan: Apparently responding to the vitality of the Christian church, Ammar Saleh, the head of the Islamic Centre for Preaching and Comparative Studies, chastised the government for not taking decisive action against Christians operating “boldly” and thus leading to the apostasy of many Muslim converts to Christianity. According to International Christian Concern (ICC), Saleh “argued that anyone who believes there’s growth in Sudan’s Islamic faithful is ‘living on Mars,’ drawing attention to increasing proselytization and an exodus of Muslims to Christianity… He also stated that the government’s efforts to curb the rise of Christianity were timid as compared to efforts of missionaries to lead people to Christ.” Meanwhile, according to ICC “Churches are being forced to close down, foreign workers are being kicked out of the country and Christians are constantly pressurized by the government and society in all kinds of ways, so much so that the recent increase in Christian persecution in Sudan moved the country from being ranked 16th on the 2012 Open Doors World watch List to 12th in 2013.”
Dhimmitude: A Climate of Hate and Contempt
Iraq: Kidnapped on May 27, the body of Salem Dawood Coca, a Christian, was found inside the truck he was driving when abducted. According to AINA News, “The truck was booby trapped with explosives, and it is believed that he was forced to carry out a suicide bombing, but refused to do so. The kidnappers had contacted Mr. Coca's family but had not demanded a ransom and described him as a ‘Christian infidel.’” Mr. Coca leaves behind a wife and several children.
Kurdistan: A Muslim ambulance driver refused to transport the deceased body of a Christian woman from the hospital to the church, citing that it was forbidden in Islam. According to Asia News, “The body of the Assyrian woman, who died last Sunday at Zarkari hospital in Erbil, had to be brought to the town of Ankawa, but the Muslim ambulance driver refused to drive to the church because it is "haram" (forbidden) in Islam.” In traditional Muslim theology, being near the deceased body of an infidel is dangerous, as the torture reserved for them could spread.
Nigeria: Growing numbers of Christian girls in Muslim-majority areas, where the Islamic group, Boko Haram holds sway, are being abducted, kept in the homes of Muslim leaders and forced to renounce their faith. According to Professor Daniel Babayi, secretary of the Northern Christian Association of Nigeria, the issue is getting worse: “Christian girls below the age of 18 are forcefully abducted and made to denounce their faith… They have been kept in the houses of emirs or imams. When we report to the police, they tell you there is nothing they can do. The police have become very helpless. In some instances, they are part of the conspiracy.” Last year, Boko Haram had declared that it would begin doing precisely this—kidnap Christian women—as a way “to strike fear into the Christians of the power of Islam.”
Pakistan: Farhad Masih, a 16-year-old Christian boy, was arrested and beaten on the accusation that he was involved with a Muslim girl (which is forbidden in Islam). A Muslim mob also tried to burn and loot his family’s house. Local Muslim leaders have made several draconian stipulations, including that the boy must either convert to Islam or die. The same thing happened earlier in April 2013, when three Christian youth were arrested, tortured, and killed by Pakistani police for allegedly having “love affairs” with Muslim girls.
Syria: According to the Assyrian International News Agency, the “Assyrian village of Tel Hormizd was attacked on Saturday, July 27 at about midnight. Fifty Arab Muslims on motorcycles entered the village and began a shooting rampage. According to residents, the Muslims fired indiscriminately, wounding two Assyrians, one of whom is still in hospital.” Also, al-Qaeda linked rebel fighters abducted Fr. Paolo Dall’Oglio, a prominent Italian Jesuit priest, most likely for ransom or beheading. Ironically, Fr. Paolo had reportedly championed the uprising against Bashar al-Assad.
July saw several atrocities during the jihad on Nigeria’s Christians, including:
• At least 28 were killed in a series of explosions throughout a Christian neighborhood in the Muslim-majority northern city of Kano. The attacks happened in the evening while people were out “to enjoy the area’s nightlife.” The same neighborhood had been targeted in the past by Boko Haram. The group has been responsible for the killing of more than 2,000 people; and although several nations have designated the group as a terrorist organization, the Obama government refuses to do so, even as several American policymakers push for the designation.
• At least 30 Christian men, women and children were slain in three villages in southern Plateau state on June 27 by Islamic extremists suspected to be from outside of Nigeria who raided the villages massacring all in sight. Initially a Muslim spokesman for the military’s Special Task Force said the Christian residents of Magama, Bolgong and Karkashi were attacked by Fulani herdsmen “in apparent retaliation for cattle theft.” Later, however, the military said that many of the culprits were not even Nigerian. “The number of Christians killed may be as high as 70, as corpses of Christians killed while fleeing these attacked villages still litter the bushes,” said a witness. “The Muslim attackers chased their Christian victims on motorcycles and were killing them as they tried to escape. So many dead bodies have been recovered from the bush, and we believe that more may still be found…. So far, we have recorded over 100 houses that have been burnt down by the rampaging Muslim Fulani attackers in these villages.”
• According to Christian Today, Boko Haram “has repeatedly attacked Christian communities and churches, most recently killing 40 at a boarding school in Yobe state on 6 July. A dormitory was set alight in the attack and those fleeing gunned down. A dormitory was set aflame while the children were sleeping; those trying to escape were gunned down. A month earlier, 16 other students were shot dead in attacks on a secondary school in Yobe and another school in Borno. True to its name, “Boko Haram,” or “Western Education is a Sin,” the group recently asserted, “Teachers who teach western education? We will kill them! We will kill them in front of their students, and tell the students to henceforth study the Quran.”
• Islamic gunmen raided Dinu village in southern plateau state, a Christian village, on an early Sunday morning, before church services, as increasingly happens, and slaughtered six Christians, a month after Muslim Fulani herdsmen shot another Christian to death in a nearby village and destroyed the churches of four villages.
About this Series
Because the persecution of Christians in the Islamic world is on its way to reaching pandemic proportions, “Muslim Persecution of Christians” was developed to collate some—by no means all—of the instances of persecution that surface each month. It serves two purposes:
1) To document that which the mainstream media does not: the habitual, if not chronic, Muslim persecution of Christians.
2) To show that such persecution is not "random," but systematic and interrelated—that it is rooted in a worldview inspired by Sharia.
Accordingly, whatever the anecdote of persecution, it typically fits under a specific theme, including hatred for churches and other Christian symbols; sexual abuse of Christian women; forced conversions to Islam; apostasy and blasphemy laws that criminalize and punish with death those who "offend" Islam; theft and plunder in lieu of jizya (financial tribute expected from non-Muslims); overall expectations for Christians to behave like dhimmis, or second-class, "tolerated" citizens; and simple violence and murder. Sometimes it is a combination.
Because these accounts of persecution span different ethnicities, languages, and locales—from Morocco in the West, to India in the East, and throughout the West wherever there are Muslims—it should be clear that one thing alone binds them: Islam—whether the strict application of Islamic Sharia law, or the supremacist culture born of it.
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Canadian Criminal Procedure and Practice/Pre-Trial Matters/Peace Bonds
A Peace Bond is a form of recognizance that a judge can order at the request of either Crown or Defence, or on the Court's own motion. The Peace Bond lasts for up to 12 months and may include conditions such as requiring the accused to "keeping the peace"; to refrain from contact or communication with a named party; not to possess any weapons or ammunition.
The Peace Bond can be ordered at any point before or during the trial.
The peace bond traces back to the English common law as a form of "preventative justice". It "empowers justices to place a person under bond where it appears the person may be a threat to peace, regardless of the fact the person has committed no offence."
The common law peace bond still exists. It is not a criminal punishment that is extinguished by s. 9 of the Criminal Code and is affirmed by section 8(2)
- Stevenson v. Saskatchewan (Minister of Justice), 61 Sask.R.91 (Q.B.)
see also Mackenzie v. Martin, 1954 CanLII 10 (SCC), S.C.R. 361 at p.370
- 8.(2) The criminal law of England that was in force in a province immediately before April 1, 1955 continues in force in the province except as altered, varied, modified or affected by this Act or any other Act of the Parliament of Canada.
Sureties to Keep the Peace
Where injury or damage feared
810. (1) An information may be laid before a justice by or on behalf of any person who fears on reasonable grounds that another person will cause personal injury to him or her or to his or her spouse or common-law partner or child or will damage his or her property.
Duty of justice
(2) A justice who receives an information under subsection (1) shall cause the parties to appear before him or before a summary conviction court having jurisdiction in the same territorial division.
(3) The justice or the summary conviction court before which the parties appear may, if satisfied by the evidence adduced that the person on whose behalf the information was laid has reasonable grounds for his or her fears, (a) order that the defendant enter into a recognizance, with or without sureties, to keep the peace and be of good behaviour for any period that does not exceed twelve months, and comply with such other reasonable conditions prescribed in the recognizance, including the conditions set out in subsections (3.1) and (3.2), as the court considers desirable for securing the good conduct of the defendant; or (b) commit the defendant to prison for a term not exceeding twelve months if he or she fails or refuses to enter into the recognizance.
(3.1) Before making an order under subsection (3), the justice or the summary conviction court shall consider whether it is desirable, in the interests of the safety of the defendant or of any other person, to include as a condition of the recognizance that the defendant be prohibited from possessing any firearm, cross-bow, prohibited weapon, restricted weapon, prohibited device, ammunition, prohibited ammunition or explosive substance, or all such things, for any period specified in the recognizance and, where the justice or summary conviction court decides that it is so desirable, the justice or summary conviction court shall add such a condition to the recognizance.
(3.11) Where the justice or summary conviction court adds a condition described in subsection (3.1) to a recognizance order, the justice or summary conviction court shall specify in the order the manner and method by which (a) the things referred to in that subsection that are in the possession of the accused shall be surrendered, disposed of, detained, stored or dealt with; and (b) the authorizations, licences and registration certificates held by the person shall be surrendered.
(3.12) Where the justice or summary conviction court does not add a condition described in subsection (3.1) to a recognizance order, the justice or summary conviction court shall include in the record a statement of the reasons for not adding the condition.
(3.2) Before making an order under subsection (3), the justice or the summary conviction court shall consider whether it is desirable, in the interests of the safety of the informant, of the person on whose behalf the information was laid or of that person’s spouse or common-law partner or child, as the case may be, to add either or both of the following conditions to the recognizance, namely, a condition
- (a) prohibiting the defendant from being at, or within a distance specified in the recognizance from, a place specified in the recognizance where the person on whose behalf the information was laid or that person’s spouse or common-law partner or child, as the case may be, is regularly found; and
- (b) prohibiting the defendant from communicating, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, with the person on whose behalf the information was laid or that person’s spouse or common-law partner or child, as the case may be.
(4) A recognizance and committal to prison in default of recognizance under subsection (3) may be in Forms 32 and 23, respectively.
Modification of recognizance
(4.1) The justice or the summary conviction court may, on application of the informant or the defendant, vary the conditions fixed in the recognizance.
(5) The provisions of this Part apply, with such modifications as the circumstances require, to proceedings under this section.
A provincial court judge has a common law power to impose a 810 peace bond upon an accused post-trial. However, notice must be given to allow for an opportunity to either call evidence or make submissions. Further, there must be a factual basis to conclude that there is a future risk of a breach of the peace.
- R. v. Wells, 2012 ABQB 77
A breach of a peace bond order cannot amount to a breach of undertaking under s. 145(3).
- R . v. Simancek, O.J. No. 1342 (O.C.A.)
- R. v. Siemens, 2012 ABPC 116 gives a detailed summary of the history of the peacebond
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Most toe fractures heal without surgery. There are many ways to help your toe “rest” so it can heal. You may wear a toe splint or your doctor may “buddy tape” two of your toes together to provide support and stability. You may need to wear a rigid walking shoe to protect the toe.
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The first prototype Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle, outfitted with a 30mm cannon, was delivered to the Army Thursday.
The upgraded Stryker vehicle will be known as the Dragoon, the name of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment. The prototype also features a new fully-integrated commander’s station, upgraded driveline componentry and hull modifications, according to a press release from Program Executive Office Ground Combat Systems.
“It’s important to realize the genesis of this event,” said Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Daniel B. Allyn, speaking at the General Dynamics Land Systems Maneuver Collaboration Center in Sterling Heights, Michigan.
Following the 2015 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Army leaders in Europe “identified a capability gap that threatened our forces in theater,” Allyn explained. “The Russians, it turns out, had upgraded and fielded significant capabilities while we were engaged in Iraq and Afghanistan.”
Army leaders recognized that existing Stryker weaponry placed U.S. forces at “unacceptable risk,” he said.
The Urgent Operational Needs statement submitted in March 2015 resulted in a directed Stryker lethality requirement, one that included an accelerated acquisition effort to integrate the 30mm canon on the vehicles, he said.
Fielding to the 2nd Cavalry Regiment in Europe will begin in May 2018, which represents “a near-record time from concept to delivery,” according to Allyn.
“This is an example of what is possible when government, military and industry leaders unite as one team,” he continued, describing the collaboration between General Dynamics Land Systems and PEO GCS.
The goal, he noted, was to offer forces on the ground the best equipment and protection possible.
“It’s all about the people on the ground, serving and sacrificing on our behalf, each and every day, around the globe,” he said.
According to PEO GCS, the Army has provided programmatic direction to initiate the first two elements of the Stryker Fleet Lethality strategy: providing an under-armor Javelin capability for the Stryker and improving the capabilities of the Stryker Anti-Tank Guided Missile vehicle to better locate and engage targets via networked fires.
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