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Keep out, Britain is full up.
Or so goes the narrative of immigration in this country all too often. We are a country in flux – our media condemns refugees one day, sheds tears over them the next. Our narrative around immigration is built on falsehoods, stereotypes and anxieties about the diminishing sense of what Britishness means.
Meanwhile, we’re told that we live in a multicultural melting pot, that we’re post-racial. Yet, studies show that throughout the UK, people from BAME groups are much more likely to be in poverty (with an income of less than 60 per cent of the median household income) than white British people (Institute Of Race Relations). It’s a hard time to be an immigrant, or the child of one, or even the grandchild of one.
Unless you have managed to transcend into popular culture, like Mo Farah, Nadya Hussain or the other ‘good immigrants’ out there. It’s a bad time to be a bad immigrant. My conversation with Musa Okwonga about this led to the very generation of this collection. I said I wished there was a book of essays by good immigrants. He reminded of the Chinua Achebe quote, if you don’t like the story, write your own.
The Good Immigrant brings together fifteen emerging British black, Asian and minority ethnic writers, poets, journalists and artists. In these fifteen essays about race and immigration, they paint a picture of what it means to be ‘other’ in a country that wants you, doesn’t want you, doesn’t accept you, needs you for its equality monitoring forms and would prefer you if you won a major reality show competition.
The book will explore why we come here, why we stay, what it means for our identity if we’re mixed race, where our place is in the world if we’re unwelcome in the UK, and what effects this has on the education system. By examining popular culture, family, profession and the arts, we will be looking at diversity and questioning what this concept even means anymore. The essays are poignant, challenging, funny, sad, heartbreaking, polemic, angry, weary, and, most importantly, from an emerging generation of BAME writers.
Contributors to this extraordinary state of the nation collection will include: Musa Okwonga (poet/broadcaster), Chimene Suleyman (poet/columnist), Vinay Patel (playwright), Bim Adewumni (Buzzfeed), Salena Godden (poet/writer), Sabrina Mahfouz (playwright), Kieran Yates (journalist), Coco Khan (journalist), Sarah Sahim (journalist), Reni Eddo Lodge (journalist), Varaidzo (student), Darren Chetty (teacher), Himesh Patel (Tamwar from Eastenders), Nish Kumar (comedian), Miss L from Casting Call Woe (actor), Daniel York Loh (playwright and actor), Vera Chok (actor/writer), Riz Ahmed (actor/rapper), Inua Ellams (poet/playwright) and Wei Ming Kam (writer).
I’m been shouting about the need for more BAME voices for so long on Twitter. I’m glad I can finally do something about it.
This book is now in production. You can still pledge, but you won't get listed as a supporter in the back.
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Approved June 13, 2008
The Music Library Association provides a professional forum for librarians, archivists, and others who support and preserve the world’s musical heritage.
To achieve this mission, we:
- provide leadership for the collection and preservation of music and information about music in libraries and archives;
- develop and deliver programs that promote continuing education and professional development in music librarianship;
- ensure and enhance intellectual access to music for all by contributing to the development and revision of national and international codes, formats, and other standards for the bibliographic control of music;
- ensure and enhance access to music for all by facilitating best practices for housing, preserving, and providing access to music;
- promote legislation that strengthens music library services and universal access to music;
- foster information literacy and lifelong learning by promoting music reference services, library instruction programs, and publications;
- and,collaborate with other groups in the music and technology industries, government, and librarianship, to promote our mission and values.
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A comparison of performance on the Minnesota Paper Form Board Test with performance in art
Cain, Kenneth E.
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The problem involved in this study is to explore the possibilities of the Minnesota Paper Form Board Test to measure "the relative ease and effectiveness which an individual responds to and assimilates experience which has potential significance for present or future development in a work of art." This study will furnish data in order to make proposals concerning the general improvement of evaluation in art education in the Junior high school art curriculum.
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The Springfield-Clark CTC School Board is a policy-making body, meeting once a month. They are responsible for the educational functions of the school district. They formulate operating policies concerning the employment of all personnel, pupil personnel, educational programs, district finance, building programs, instructional materials, and public relations.
School Board members are elected and/or appointed representatives of their communities/local districts and are responsive to the needs and concerns of community members. The School Board meets once a month on the third Monday of the Month (except for January & February which is the second Monday, and June, which is the fourth Monday) at 5:00 p.m. Parents and residents are cordially invited to attend school board meetings.
Springfield-Clark CTC Board of Education pictured above left to right: Back: Mr. Shawn Jackson, Board Vice President (Southeastern Local Schools); Mr. Jamie Callan, Board President, (Springfield City Schools); Mr. Jeff Caivano (Northeastern Local Schools); Dr. John Agle (Clark County Educational Service Center); Mr. Ed Leventhal (Springfield City Schools); Front: Dr. Susan Page (Clark Shawnee Local Schools); Mrs. Corinne Scott (Tecumseh Local Schools); Mrs. Becky Hale (Greenon Local Schools); Mrs. Pamela Mustovich (Northwestern Local Schools)
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Inducted to the Hall of Fame in: 1970
Primary team: Cleveland Indians
Primary position: Shortstop
“This is reaching the top. That’s what we all strive for no matter what profession we’re in. I feel that my life is fulfilled now.” Lou Boudreau on his induction to the Hall of Fame
Lou Boudreau did it all in baseball—he played, managed, and broadcast. He was an excellent defensive shortstop and a punchy hitter. After one game in 1938 and 53 games in 1939, Boudreau became the Indians regular shortstop in 1940, hitting .295, driving in 101 runs, and leading the AL in fielding percentage for the first of ten consecutive seasons.
In 1942, the Indians shocked the baseball world by hiring their 24-year-old shortstop as a player-manager. Boudreau would continue in that role through 1950. In 1946, he devised the “Williams Shift,” sometimes known as the “Boudreau Shift,” placing all of the infielders on the right side of second base and leaving only the left-fielder across the diamond, in an attempt to stop the pull-hitting Ted Williams. Williams obstinately continued to pull the ball, and acknowledged that the shift hurt him. Williams did hit an inside-the-park homer in the game that clinched the 1946 pennant for Boston.
Few players (or managers) ever had a better season than Boudreau did in 1948. “That year, Lou Boudreau was the greatest shortstop and leader I have ever seen,” said Hall-of-Famer Bill McKechnie, a coach with the club. The Indians went 97-58, while Boudreau hit .355 with 106 rbi, a career-high 18 home runs, and struck out only 9 times in 560 at-bats.
The Indians and the Red Sox finished the regular season tied, necessitating a one-game playoff at Fenway Park, in which Boudreau went 4 for 4—homering twice. The Indians went on to beat the Braves in the World Series, and Boudreau picked up the AL Most Valuable Player Award.
Boudreau moved to the Red Sox for the 1951 season, and was a player manager for the club in 1952, his final season as a player. He managed the Sox for two more seasons, before taking over the Kansas City Athletics from 1955-57.
In 1958, he moved to the radio booth for WGN and the Chicago Cubs. In 1960, he was involved in a most unusual “trade,” switching placed with Cubs manager Charlie Grimm. Grimm went up to the radio booth, while Boudreau took over as manager. In 1961, he was back on the airwaves, where he remained with the Cubs until 1988. Boudreau was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1970.
“He had terrific instincts and was a great competitor," said his Hall-of-Fame teammate Bob Feller. “As a player-manager, he became so good that he went as far as calling pitches from shortstop. He was always thinking, always in the game.”
Year Inducted: 1970
Primary Team: Cleveland Indians
Position Played: Shortstop
Birth place: Harvey, Illinois
Birth year: 1917
Died: 2001, Olympia Fields, Illinois
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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 4.99
mathurāra loka saba baḍa baḍa dhanī
bhakti kari' nānā dravya bheṭa deya āni'
mathurāra — of the city of Mathurā; loka — the people; saba — all; baḍa baḍa — very big; dhanī — capitalists; bhakti kari' — out of devotion; nānā dravya — various kinds of things; bheṭa — presents; deya — gave; āni' — bringing.
The people of Mathurā, who are very big capitalists, also brought various presentations and offered them before the Deity in devotional service.
Copyright © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
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At the Midwest Farm Show in La Crosse, Wisconsin yesterday, Greub delivered a presentation on crop circles. He admitted that some crop circles are obviously created by pranksters, including “one group, especially, that’s kind of organized and they go out (creating crop circles) for the sport of it.”According to La Crosse Tribune, Greub became fascinated with crop circles in the late 1970 and early 1980s. But last year was his first time visiting the mysterious circles, when he joined a tour group led by crop circle researcher Barbara Lamb that visited eight circles in England.
Greub will give a repeat performance of his crop circle presentation today at the Midwest Farm Show.
- A Survivor at Roswell: The Truth About the One that Walked Away
- How US Intelligence Community Insiders Got the Senate’s Attention Regarding UFOs
- Pentagon Can’t Keep Their Story Straight on UFOs/UAP
- Belgium’s Flying Triangle Wave
- Somewhere in the Skies: A Young Voice of Truth
- Alleged UFO Crashes in the U.S. other than Roswell: Aurora, Aztec, and Kecksburg
- Brandon Fugal: The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch Season 2 Interview
- The Strange Time-Warp Case of Corporal Armando Valdés
- The Carter Administration’s Attempt to Create a NASA UFO Commission
- Three Alleged International UFO Crashes
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Christopher B. Fishbeck made it known from boyhood that he was determined…
Christopher B. Fishbeck was a simple man with big dreams, he liked to tell friends.
Fishbeck dreamed of orbiting the Earth and running in the Olympics, he wrote on his MySpace page. He hoped to change the world and leave his mark.
That indefatigable nature and unquenchable optimism endeared him to his family and friends.
Born in Anaheim, Fishbeck grew up in Buena Park and from boyhood made it known that he was determined to reach for the stars, either theoretically through his love of physics and astronomy or literally as a pilot or astronaut.
His reading list included titles by Stephen Hawking and Michio Kaku, an American theoretical physicist. He, not his parents, often initiated the family's visits to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, said his mother, Toni Kay.
"He would take us to the IMAX and we saw the Hubble exhibit a couple of times," Kay said. "He loved going to planetariums and observatories. He and his father used to go the Griffith Observatory. He was very interested in outer space."
Fishbeck wasn't single-minded in his pursuits, however. He played Pop Warner football and wrestled. He was funny and liked to tell stories.
But Fishbeck knew it would take discipline and commitment to achieve his goals.
He decided to take on those challenges when he joined the Army in October 2009. Both of his grandfathers had been in the military — one in the Air Force, the other in the Navy — and he wanted to do his part, his mother said.
He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division at Ft. Riley, Kan.
Fishbeck trained as a tactical data specialist who programmed missiles and mortars, a high-security, highly technical job that suited his scientific bent, his mother said.
In November 2010, he deployed to Iraq, where his unit worked with Iraqi security forces as part of Operation New Dawn.
On June 6, militants fired rockets into the American base at Camp Loyalty near Baghdad. Spc. Christopher Fishbeck, 24, was among six U.S. soldiers who died. It was one of the deadliest attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq in two years.
By all accounts, his job instilled Fishbeck with a new sense of direction and motivation, after a few years of unfocused activity.
"It did wonders for him," said his wife, Stephanie Kidder, 24. "He had a sense of purpose and something to be proud of. He looked happy and in shape. He felt like he was making a difference with his job and it was a way to pursue his other plans."
Kidder and Fishbeck had been married only three months at the time of his death. They had attended John F. Kennedy High School in La Palma, hanging out together frequently before they graduated.
Several years later, Kidder was teaching English in Germany when Fishbeck suddenly renewed contact with her shortly after he arrived in Iraq. They kept in touch via Facebook and Skype, and Fishbeck visited Kidder in Frankfurt during a leave in March. Within a week of his arrival, the couple were married on an island in Denmark.
Kidder said she may not have been quite ready at the time, but couldn't resist his enthusiasm.
"He was extreme in whatever he got into," she said. "Whatever he was interested in got all of his attention — it was an adventure for sure."
Fishbeck liked to push boundaries and in high school was the class clown, said Spencer Bachus, who had known him since grade school.
Bachus described his friend as a mischievous prankster who would make outlandish statements to see the shock on others' faces. One Halloween, he dressed up in his sister's cheerleading outfit.
"He was a force of nature," Bachus said. "There was never a dull moment. When I remember him, I just see him smiling. Everybody was happier because of him."
In May, Fishbeck was granted leave to return to California, where his father, Gary, was having open-heart surgery. He spoke to family members about the increasing attacks on his outpost. Two weeks later, he was killed. Fishbeck was buried June 20 at Forest Lawn Memorial-Park, Cypress.
"He was not afraid to do a swan dive into whatever pursuit he had at that moment," his mother said. "He dove into everything wholeheartedly and the family is brokenhearted he's gone."
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A Saudi Arabia citizen, who was suspected to have contracted the Ebola virus after a trip to West Africa, has died, stated the country' health ministry.
The man is suspected to have caught the infection in Sierra Leone. After his return, he had arrived at a hospital in Jeddah, complaining of severe fever and stomach ache.
"A Saudi man suspected of being infected with the Ebola virus passed away at 8:45am on Wednesday at a specialised hospital in Jeddah", read a report on the Saudi health ministry website.
Samples from the deceased have been sent to WHO-affliated centers in the US and Germany to test Ebola virus and confirmation is still awaited, the statement added.
The ministry also stressed that it was trying to trace the travel plans of the deceased, in order to trace all people he might have come in contact with.
Alarmed by the Ebola death toll, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has activated a Level 1 alert, which is the highest level raised for Ebola till date.
CDC chief Tom Frieden made the announcement on Twitter on Wednesday.
— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrFriedenCDC) August 6, 2014
The health official explained that a Level 1 alert is for cases which require cooperation with several agencies for handling an outbreak.
— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrFriedenCDC) August 7, 2014
According to USA Today, this is would be first time since 2009 that the CDC has invoked its highest level alert for a flu outbreak.
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is getting out of hand. According to WHO, the number of people killed by the virus has crossed 900.
Reports also claim that the Nigerian nurse, who contracted Ebola while treating Liberian American Patrick Sawyer, has also succumbed to the disease. Local news source Business Day reported that the death of the nurse in Lagos was announced by the Nigerian Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu.
The nurse was among the several people who had come in contact with Liberian government worker Patrick Sawyer, a former Minnesota resident - who fell sick after arriving in Lagos via air and died on 25 July.
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I am not a scientist. I am a visionary and I look at trends and see patterns. One trend that I see is a move towards more sustainability in the fuels we use to make things happen in the world. We want to heat and cool our buildings, move around our communities, and travel the world. We want to keep our manufacturing and food distribution going and keep the lights on in our cities. We are trending towards fuels that do not use up or destroy natural resources, and fuels that we can use without causing environmental degradation, either by their use, or in the process of their disposal. Everyone is aware of this trend, even those who seemingly oppose it.
A pattern I see is a continued reliance on unsustainable fuels we use to make things happen inside ourselves. We want to create and produce. We want to connect with others, learn and grow. We want to be healthy and happy, and maybe make a difference for someone less fortunate than we are. All too often the fuels – or motivators – we use to accomplish our goals and dreams are both limited, in that we will run out of them eventually, and toxic in their use and in their disposal – in a word they are unsustainable.
As we turn our attention to sustainable fuel sources in the physical world, we can also begin to be aware of the fuels we use in our minds to motivate and inspire us. No one has to do this, and many people won’t. Yet, the advantages of switching to sustainable fuels inwardly are phenomenal. Sustainable inner fuel:
- is, as far as we can tell, limitless; we won’t run out of fuel, no matter how much energy it takes to accomplish our ideals.
- is healthy; it has none of the side effects of more toxic fuel sources in the body.
- is pleasurable; we will enjoy life much more when it is fueled sustainably.
- does not harm others; in fact sustainability, in this case is often contagious and is good for everyone.
Before we go into what inner fuels are sustainable and which are not, let’s look at why this might be important. What does sustainability on the inside have to do with sustainability on the outside?
The fuels we choose inwardly have tremendous impact on our sense of wellbeing. When we choose positive, proactive and sustainable motivators we foster a positive outlook on life and feel better about ourselves and others. We are less stressed out physically, mentally and emotionally. We are more resilient and are able to ride the tides of life without falling apart over small setbacks.
When we are consistent in our choice of positive inner fuel we set a new standard for ourselves. We get comfortable and used to feeling better, so that any discrepancy, any slip back into unsustainable fuel, feels so uncomfortable that it is a loud inner reminder to make a more sustainable choice. As we feel better and better about ourselves, we begin to gently create healthy boundaries and stop leaking our energy to situations that have drained us in the past. We become less tolerant of unsustainability, less accepting of conditions that are toxic, less willing to poison ourselves with stress hormones.
This newfound self-regard translates out into the world and we become less accepting of conditions that will harm our bodies and our planet. We have an overflow of self-respect that turns into respect for others and for all life. When a critical mass of people feel this way, the entrenched social-political policies and economic priorities will crumble. We will look up and wonder how we ever could have been so blind as to become dependent on non-renewable, unsustainable fuel sources.
Each one of us has a choice each moment of each day to choose sustainable fuel for ourselves, or to continue using the fuels that wear away our bodies and our wellbeing.
The unsustainable inner fuel sources that we have become addicted to are: fear, judgment, deadlines, anxiety, competition, bribery and comparison, in short, any motivator that relies on adrenaline to move us forward. So, when we procrastinate to create an artificial time crunch for a project, or when we mentally castigate ourselves for being lazy or not productive enough, or when we take any action based upon what we are afraid will happen if we don’t, we are choosing fuel sources, motivators, that are unsustainable in the long run.
These fuels are unsustainable because, just like fossil fuels, they are finite. Our bodies were designed to go into a fight/flight/freeze reaction when our physical safety was threatened, not to live in that survival mode all day, every day. Adrenal fatigue, mental burn out and emotional numbness will set in after sustained use of these fuels, tanking effectiveness and creating feelings of being out of control and helpless. And, just like nuclear fuels, the by-products of stress in the body create toxic build up that wears on the organs and compromises the immune system. These fuels pollute inwardly just as surely as oil, coal and uranium do in the outer world.
We cannot keep going on like this. So, what are the fuels we can look towards? Sustainable inner fuels are: Purpose, Connection, Service, Joy, and other pro-active values, the values that represent the best part of being human. There is a tremendous difference between doing work because we have to or because we should, and doing work because we feel a calling to it or because we enjoy it.
It is tempting to think that we have to wait until conditions in our lives change before we can access those sustainable fuel sources, but this is falling into the trap of unsustainability. Our greater purpose in life has less to do with what we do in the world than it has to do with how we do it. If we decide to see part of our overall purpose as bringing kindness or joy to the world, we can do that no matter where we find ourselves, and we can do it every day. We will change the world by doing so.
Maybe your Purpose is to be friendly. Maybe you know how to connect with others and help them feel appreciated. Maybe your Joy is about singing, which you can bring everywhere you go. Maybe you like to volunteer with teenagers or anonymously give to those in need. When we choose Purpose, Connection, Service and Joy as our motivators, we impact the global condition. We change the world for the better from the inside out.
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Shimla 20 March:
Governor Acharya Devvrat and Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur have felicitated the people of the State on the occasion of Holi festival.
Acharya Devvrat said that Holi celebrates different hues of the country’s cultural mosaic with all its vibrant colours. He hoped that the festival brings spirit of oneness amongst the people.
In his message, the Chief Minister said the colours of Holi are a symbol of our diverse and multi-cultural heritage which reinforces the message of unity in diversity and helps in promoting equality amongst all human beings.
Jai Ram Thakur expressed hope that this festival would bring prosperity in lives of all the people of the State.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 13, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today expressed its alarm at the recent spate of bombings of churches in Baghdad and Mosul and called on the Iraqi government to provide protection to all of the country"s citizens, especially its vulnerable Christian minority.
The bombings occurred late Saturday evening, Sunday afternoon, Sunday evening, and Monday at six churches throughout Baghdad and one in Mosul. USCIRF sources in Baghdad report that 14 civilians were killed and several more were injured in the weekend bombings. Initial press reports indicate several injuries in today"s attack in Mosul.
"The Iraqi government, which is now fully responsible for security in its cities, must apprehend and punish the perpetrators of this violence and must ensure that civilian property and lives, particularly of its most vulnerable citizens, are protected," said Leonard Leo, USCIRF chair. "The U.S. government should insist that the Iraqi government protect all of its citizens. Christians are one of Iraq"s ancient, indigenous peoples, and their continued presence there is essential to Iraq"s future as a democratic, pluralistic, and rule of law society.”
Iraq"s small Christian community has been particularly vulnerable to violence in Iraq because it does not have militia or tribal structures to protect itself and does not receive adequate official protection. Extremists have in the past used coordinated bombings of Christian churches to threaten and intimidate this community. For example, in January 2008, six churches in Mosul and Baghdad were bombed in coordinated attacks on Epiphany and Orthodox Christmas Eve. Christian leaders, including the Archbishop of Mosul, have also been targeted by kidnappings and killings. Since 2003, many Christians have fled Iraq for other countries. Christian leaders have warned that the result of this flight may be the end of Christianity in Iraq.
The current attacks come at a time when U.S. troops in Iraq are drawing down, and they appear to be part of a renewed effort by insurgents to destabilize the Iraqi government.
USCIRF is an independent, bipartisan U.S. federal government commission. USCIRF Commissioners are appointed by the President and the leadership of both political parties in the Senate and the House of Representatives. USCIRF"s principal responsibilities are to review the facts and circumstances of violations of religious freedom internationally and to make policy recommendations to the President, the Secretary of State and Congress.
To interview a USCIRF Commissioner, contact Tom Carter, Communications Director at email@example.com or (202) 523-3257.
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We’re all aware of how Coronavirus badly affected businesses worldwide. Although it had devastating effects, it taught us important lessons about the importance of hygiene. Just because the pandemic-panic is lessening, we shouldn’t abandon every Covid19 hygiene regulation. Below is a list of PPE equipment that should still remain in the workplace.
At work, most employers encounter many people and are exposed to numerous pathogens which risk their health. No matter which occupation they have, wearing disposable gloves forms a barrier between their hands and unwanted germs. They are especially helpful for retail workers who deal with money because it is one of the most infamous carriers of bacteria. Luckily, EasyGloves have got you covered. They make comfortable, breathable disposable gloves that defend against germs, protecting hands and hygiene!
Since Britain lifted the mandatory use of masks in July, people have been divided on whether they should still wear them. It’s wise to be extra cautious and utilize a mask in highly populated areas, such as cinemas and shopping centers. This protects us and others because not only is there still a small Covid risk, but also germs from many other infectious illnesses that spread in large crowds.
Hygienic Hand Gel
Healthcare workers utilized hand gel before the Covid19 pandemic. But since it wreaked havoc on our world, workplaces everywhere have followed suit. Due to widespread vaccinations, there is a lesser risk of Coronavirus. However, it’s important to remain vigilant and aware of other additional harmful germs. Therefore, it’s wise to maintain the use of hand sanitizer in the workplace because it’s still beneficial. Also, it’s important to remember that it doesn’t kill all germs. Scientists recommend that if you’re able to, you should wash your hands with soap and warm water in combination.
Stay Safe with Disinfectant Spray
During the pandemic, many workplaces were given disinfectant sprays or wipes to clean their desks and tables in the staffroom. Not only did this help to minimize the spread of Covid, but it also eliminated other potentially harmful germs. Before the pandemic, these sprays were only used by cleaners. However, if they are accessible to all staff, then they can ensure that their work environment is hygienic.
Employers may want to consider keeping thermometers in their workplace. Not only do they indicate that a person could have Coronavirus, but they also detect when a member of staff may have another infectious illness, such as Influenza or TB that you wouldn’t want other staff members exposed to. Moreover, it’s a good idea to keep accessible thermometers for employees because sometimes people are reluctant to leave and try to finish their shift. If they’re able to see that they have an unhealthy temperature, it will help them decide when to go home.
For business owners, PPE provision may seem like an unnecessary financial burden when the risks of Coronavirus eventually diminish. However, by continuing to implement the personal protective equipment listed above, high-quality hygiene will always be maintained.
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|Before (above) and After pictures of the lighting retrofit at the Classical School of Wichita's Heartland Gymnasium|
While there are always little glimmers of hope running around, there were no bright shining lights in the Heartland Gymnasium at the Classical School of Wichita. After a lighting retrofit though, the children are no longer playing in the shadows.
In need of a Wichita electrician who’s strong in commercial lighting, the School turned to us for assistance, and after a Lighting & Energy Audit, we developed a plan specifically for the School: replace 15 metal halide high bay fixtures at 400 watts each, and 14 incandescent fixtures at 500 watts each, with 28 new AlbeoTM LED High Bay fixtures – at 95 watts each. That’s right – 95 watts.
What does that mean in dollars and cents? Well, the School now has the potential to save over $20,000 over a 10-year period. That’s a lot of pencils (or tablets, or whatever).
What does that mean to us here at Young Electric? The kids will be safer at playtime.
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April 3, 2013
With the cost of 3D printers more affordable than ever, more creative and useful products can be made at home. Last year Paris-based industrial designer JC Karich impressed us with his 3D printed ear adapter that allows you to plug the buds into the slots and wear the device over your head. This year he has created a new project to further experiment with 3D printing.
JC Karich has posted his new project "low fi high tech headphones" online. It is a research project to "find out a way to create a fully functional pair of audio headphones without any manufactured part". It means except wire, tape, solder and magnets all parts can be 3D printed at home, including 2 ear parts, 2 speaker parts, 1 headband and 2 extension bands.
The most challenging part was to make the right combination of 3D printed elements. For example the ear parts had to be a good acoustic case and should include a holder for the magnet. The speaker itself was printed with a very thin rail where the copper wire could be inserted. says JC Karich.
Once I got that part working, I decided to go further to draw the plug to fit a standard Jack connector. This was a very tricky part because the model was printed very thin and creating the connections only with wire was a real challenge. adds JC Karich.
The head band is 3D printed using a flexible, lighter and spring structured material
Watch the video below a working prototype of the 3D printed headphone. The sound quality is very nice and it is recommended to use a power amplifier when using only portable sources like pods or phones.
(Images credit: JC Karich)
This design is open source that you can download the 3D file on Thingiverse and make a pair of your own.
Posted in 3D Printing Applications
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jc wrote at 4/5/2013 10:46:11 PM:
half by weight? really doubt it
JD90 wrote at 4/3/2013 11:19:05 PM:
"It means except wire, tape, solder and magnets" In other words, half of the item by weight is conventionally manufactured.
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Apple's App Store Tops 15 Billion Downloads, 425,000 Apps
Apple's App Store has passed more than 15 billion downloads, according to the company. Currently, the online storefront holds some 425,000 applications, including 100,000 native iPad applications.
Apple also claims some 200 million devices are running iOS, its mobile operating system.
That represents a considerable bar for rivals such as Hewlett-Packard and Google, which also offer application storefronts. Of those competitors, Android Market perhaps comes closest to matching Apple's capacity, with hundreds of thousands of applications available for mobile devices running Google Android. However, the number of applications for Apple's iPad greatly exceeds those optimized specifically for Android tablets.
With its soon-to-be-released Mac OS X "Lion," Apple will include a baked-in Mac App Store with access to a variety of full-screen applications for the company's laptops and desktops. It is a spiritual descendent of the App Store for iOS devices, and perhaps one of the biggest examples of how Apple's advances in mobile-device software are beginning to influence its entire product line.
Apple's upcoming iOS 5 will offer a host of improvements, many of them seemingly designed as a response to competitors such as Google Android and Research In Motion's BlackBerry franchise. Certainly the "iMessenger" conversation platform is an answer to RIM's BlackBerry Messenger. Of greater importance to some users may be Apple's iCloud service, due to ship this fall, and which will sync content and push it to various devices via the cloud. It is integrated with applications, ensuring automatic updates.
During a June 6 presentation to unveil iOS 5, iCloud and Mac OS X Lion, Apple executives claimed the company had sold more than 200 million iOS devices and occupied some 44 percent of the mobile operating system market.
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3D printing trick: ABS sludge
08 July 2013 at 5:30 pm
One of the most common problems when 3D printing objects, is to make the print stick to the build platform. As the plastic cools, it shrinks a little bit and this makes the corners of large objects pop loose. There's many tricks to solve this, but none as simple as using ABS sludge.
UPDATE: I no longer use ABS sludge. Glue stick on a glass plate is way better and easier. It's the same as using PVA glue dissolved in water, but less messy. Glue sticks come in different strengths and you will easily wash them off the glass with a damp cloth.
Making ABS sludge
One of the most common misconceptions is that using a heated build platform prevents this curling. For PLA it's pretty much true since PLA hardly shrinks when cooled. For ABS, it is very much a problem even if you have a heated bed and it's very easy to remedy. All you need is a dab of ABS sludge in the corners where the print would come loose from the Kapton or Pet tape. The end result is that the print sticks really well and it is thus much harder to remove it from the platform after printing it.
So how do you do you make this magic goo? To make the sludge, you need three things:
- Glass container (a nail polish bottle is convenient)
- ABS in a color that is fairly similar to what you want to print.
Fill the bottle three quarters full of Acetone and then cut small pieces of ABS plastic that you add to the bottle. Shake well, leave it for an hour and then shake again. Repeat until the ABS is fully dissolved. That's all you need to do. I've experimented with various densities and it does not need to be a "thick" sludge to provide the required stickiness.
Now you can start printing and while it prints, you paint the corners of the object. If you don't have a stationary build platform like the Ultimaker has, just print a model with a "skirt", stop the print just as it starts to print the model and then use the skirt as a guide for where to put the sludge. I often let the first perimeter print and then apply sludge to the corners, before the fill is printed. This gives a super-strong foundation. You'll need to experiment, but be careful to not use too much sludge as it'll be next to impossible to remove the printed object. I try to use as little sludge as possible, but some prints require that you use quite a bit, so you'll need to experiment.
I haven't seen this published online, but maybe it's because it is so easy to do once you know it? It's by far the best trick I've learned since I started with 3D printing two years ago. It is also the same trick used by some of the larger 3D printer manufacturers. They call it something fancy (like Magic Glue), but it's usually just transparent ABS dissolved in acetone. The only drawback that I can think of is that colored sludge that is deposited outside of the model's area will remain there. Over time, your build platform will look somewhat messy unless you change the kapton tape.
Other solutions to make prints stick
I have not tried this myself as I find it messy, but many RepRap'ers say that Hairspray will have a similar effect on a heated bed. I'm a little unsure about what happens if you use too much and the bed temperature reaches 100 degrees+ but the flammable bits will probably fume out long before those temperatures. It is however certain that your entire printer will become somewhat sticky over time unless you take the build platform off every time you spray it.
Another trick is to do the first 1-2 layers on a much higher temp (100-110) and then reduce the temp for subsequent layers (70-80 degrees) to prevent the model from "sagging" from the heat. If your prints come loose, many will tell you to use Acetone to clean off the build platform. This works for blue-tape, but if you have a bed that is coated with Kapton- or Pet-tape, don't do that. Plain old soap and water will dissolve any oil-like substances (like finger prints) much better than Acetone.
That said - with ABS sludge, you can even stick down parts that come loose mid-print or support/parts that break, so it's still the best solution I know of.
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Waste streams often contain valuable resources such as metallic species that are not recovered but simply lost instead. The selective recovery of valuable species such as precious metals from industrial aqueous streams, or indeed any aqueous stream, can be economically viable and environmentally attractive, and significantly improve the sustainability of manufacturing or mining processes. It lowers the chemical and energy demand of raw materials and reduces the concentration of harmful metals being discharged into the environment.
However, selectively recovering a certain metallic species from challenging waste streams containing a vast array of other pollutants, such as other metals and organics, is a challenging task. Novel processes and materials are being developed to achieve this task and offer a circular, sustainable and economically appealing approach to valuable metal recovery from aqueous industrial effluents.
Ming Chen, N. P. Hankins: “Interaction Among Branched Polyethylenimine (PEI), Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate (SDS) and Metal Cations During Copper Recovery from Water using Polymer-Surfactant Aggregates”, Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2020, 34, 101170. doi:10.1016/j.jwpe.2020.101170.
Licheng Shen and Nicholas Hankins: “Removal of Metallic Ions at the Parts per Billion Level from Aqueous Solutions Using the Polymer-Surfactant Aggregate Process”, Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2019, 30, 100486.
L.C. Shen, and N.P. Hankins: “Metallic Anion Removal from Dilute Aqueous Solutions Using Polymer-Surfactant Aggregate Process: Effect of Surfactant Chain Length”, Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2017, 20, 243-248.
H. Wu, L. C. Shen, H. Y. Hu, N. P. Hankins, and W. E. Huang: An Efficient Microalgal Biomass Harvesting Method with a High Concentration Ratio Using the Polymer-Surfactant Aggregates Process, Algal Research, 2017, 30, 86-93.
L.C. Shen, A. Lo, X.T. Nguyen, and N.P. Hankins: “Recovery of Heavy Metal Ions and Recycle of Removal Agent in the Polymer–Surfactant Aggregate Process”, Separation and Purification Technology, 2016, 159, 169–176.
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RICHMOND, state capital of Virginia, U.S, and commercial center on the James River; 2001 population of metropolitan region 1,138,000 and within the city itself 192,000; Jewish population, 12,500.
There is evidence of Jews residing in Richmond as early as 1769. Revolutionary war veterans and business partners, Jacob I. Cohen and Isaiah Isaacs, the city's earliest known Jewish residents, were instrumental in the establishment of the state's first Jewish congregation in 1789. Kahal Kadosh Beth Shalome was the sixth and westernmost congregation in the colonies, and one of the six that congratulated George Washington upon his inauguration as first president. The 1790 census shows Richmond with the fourth largest Jewish population, following only New York, Charleston and Philadelphia. The first Jewish burial ground in the state was established on Franklin Street in 1791 and, the first synagogue was dedicated on Mayo Street in 1822.
The early Richmond Jews appear to have integrated easily into the city's life, holding a number of elective and civic positions. Jacob Cohen was elected to the City Council in 1793 and served as a Master of his Masonic Lodge; Samuel Myers became alderman in 1800; Benjamin Wolfe and Joseph Darmstadt were elected to the City Council in 1816; and Solomon Jacobs was elected recorder, the second highest municipal office after that of the mayor, in 1815 and again in 1818. Gustavus A. Myers (1801–1869), known as the most prominent Jew of the city in his day, served on the City Council for nearly 30 years, 12 of which as its president. Judah P. *Benjamin, former U.S. Senator from Louisiana, lived in Richmond while serving as secretary of state for the Confederacy.
In 1841 the German Jewish community broke from Beth Shalome to establish Beth Ahabah, a new synagogue in the Ashkenazic tradition. In 1898 the two congregations merged as Beth Ahabah, which continues as Richmond's largest Reform congregation. A Polish congregation, Keneseth Israel, was organized in 1856, while an influx of Russian Jews beginning in 1880 led to the establishment of the Sir Moses Montefiore Congregation. By the 20th century such ethnic distinctions had faded away and the latter two synagogues joined with the Aitz Chaim Congregation in forming the Orthodox Temple Beth Israel.
Jews played a vital role in reviving the city's economy after the U.S. Civil War (1861–65) left the capital of the Confederacy in shambles. Philip Whitlock, a Confederate veteran, and his tobacco firm, P. Whitlock, helped establish the city as a major tobacco center. Gustavus A. Myers and Edward Cohen established the Merchants and Savings Bank in 1867, and Charles Hutzler and William H. Schwarzschild Sr. founded the Central National Bank in 1911.
A number of early Jewish firms were still owned and managed by the same families for over a century after their inception, such as the Thalhimer Brothers department store, established in 1842 and the Binswanger Glass Works. Schwarzschild Jewelers, established in 1897, remains the last of Richmond's carriage trade stores.
Richmond's first public school was founded by the Beth Ahabah Congregation. Sir Moses Jacob *Ezekiel, an internationally known 19th-century sculptor, was born in Richmond and attended the Virginia Military Institute. Gustavus Millhiser (1850–1915) of the Millhiser Bay Company and Richmond Cedar Works was greatly respected in his time. William B. Thalhimer Sr. helped to convince President Franklin D. Roosevelt to legalize the deduction of charitable gifts from income tax returns. He was active on behalf of Richmond's Byrd Airport, group hospitalization, the conservation of wildlife in Virginia, and the settlement of refugees from Germany in the 1930s. Samuel Z. Troy and his wife were also active for refugees. At the end of World War II, a group of Jewish businessmen from Richmond, including Israel November and H.J. Bernstein partnered with friends from Virginia Beach to purchase and retrofit the former Chesapeake Bay ferry boat that became known to the world as the Exodus ship.
In 2006 the Jewish community continued to be heavily concentrated in various branches of manufacturing, merchandising, banking, medicine, law, real estate, and the wholesale and retail trade.
As of 2006 eight congregations continued to function: two reform – Beth Ahabah and Or Ami; three Conservative – Or Atid, Beth El, and Beth Shalom; and three Orthodox – Young Israel, Keneseth Beth Israel, and the Chabad Community Shul.
The social welfare structure of the Jewish community centers around the Jewish Community Federation of Richmond, formed in 1935 to galvanize the Jewish community in raising funds to assist co-religionists seeking refuge from the Nazi regime. In 2006, member agencies include the Beth Sholom Home of Virginia, which has a nursing home, assisted living,
Richmond is the home of two Jewish museums, the Beth Ahabah Museum and Archives that chronicles over 300 years of Richmond Jewish History, and the Virginia Holocaust Museum that teaches tolerance through the experiences of local survivors. Spearheaded by Jay Ipson, the Holocaust Museum recently relocated to a 19th-century tobacco warehouse deeded to the museum by the State of Virginia. In 1997, "Commonwealth and Community: The Jewish Experience in Virginia" opened at the Virginia Historical Society and traveled through the state to The Chrysler Museum in Virginia Beach and Roanoke. Saul Viener and the Jewish Federation of Richmond partnered with the Historical Society to develop the exhibit that remains on view at the Beth Ahabah Museum & Archives. The Jewish Experience is also part of a permanent exhibition on Virginia history at the Virginia Historical Society. In 2001 a Virginia Historical Marker was installed on South 14th street marking the site of the first Beth Shalome synagogue.
Throughout the late 19th and the 20th century Richmond Jews continued to serve in a variety of elected offices and civic positions. William Lovenstein, served in the Richmond Light Infantry Blues during the Civil War and later as president pro tem of the Virginia State Senate. Alfred Moses, Julius Straus, A.H. Kaufman, Clifford Weil, Joseph Wallerstein, Lee A. Whitlock, and Nathan Forb were elected to City Council. Sol L. Bloomberg was a council president. Dr. Edward N. Calisch, the rabbi of Congregation Beth Ahabah from 1891 until 1946, was an important leader in the community. Norman Sisisky was elected as the delegate representing Petersburg in the Virginia General Assembly in 1973 and to nine terms as U.S. Representative for Virginia's Fourth Congressional District. Eric Cantor served as the chief deputy majority whip, U.S. House of Representatives, as the U.S. Representative for Virginia's Seventh Congressional District (2000); and as Henrico County delegate in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1992 to 2000. Michael Schewel served as Virginia's secretary of commerce and trade under Governor Mark Warner.
Jewish-Christian relations in the Richmond area were characterized for many years by the indifferent Christian response to Jewish efforts to establish a meaningful religious dialogue. In the late 1990s, Congregation Beth Ahabah forged new ties with its neighbor St. James Church when it was severely damaged by lightning. St. James held worship services at Beth Ahabah for two years during the restoration, and later partnered to build shared parking facilities for the two congregations.
H.T. Ezekiel and G. Lichtenstein, The History of the Jews of Richmond 1769–1917 (1917); Richmond Jewish Community Council (1955); Through the Years, A Study of the Richmond Jewish Community. Generations, vol. 2, no. 1 (Commemorative Issue, 2005).
[Susan Morgan (2nd ed.)]
Source: Encyclopaedia Judaica. © 2008 The Gale Group. All Rights Reserved.
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Every so often (e.g. while watching Jeopardy!), I get a reality check and remember there are so many classics I haven’t yet read. As with geography, there are whole regions of classics that are entirely unfamiliar to me, or only half-explored. This year I’ve taken a step in the right direction by reading an author brand-new to me, and that author is William Faulkner.
Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury is one of his most beloved novels, and it seemed like a good choice for a newbie. The story describes the decaying fortunes of the Compson family, once prestigious Southern landowners who now live in dwindling esteem in the 1920s. What they have left to their name is essentially a whole lot of problems: a sickly, haughty mother, an aloof father, and four children with varying degrees of affection for each other and their parents. Intermingled with these character sketches is a twisted and troubling drama of hatred, violence, abuse, and racial prejudice. In Faulkner’s signature style, The Sound and the Fury is a stream of the characters’ thoughts, their perceptions of each other and society, and the bitterness that manifests itself in how they react to adversities. As you might imagine, what has such a rough beginning does not end well.
I wanted to like this novel very much, but there was little in it I could really appreciate. Apart from the writing style, which was indeed effective in its “impressionistic” portrayal of people and events, the book left me disappointed. I have nothing against depressing novels – Russian literature, for example – it’s just that I like to either connect to the characters or get a great message from a book.
For more specifics, you can hear me talk a bit more about the characters in my latest podcast episode, First Impressions – William Faulkner. Other than that… have you read anything by Faulkner? If so, let me know which book(s) you recommend. I still have Light in August on my shelf, which I plan to read at some point.
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Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 481, 757-767 (2008/4-3)
Follow-up observations of binary ultra-cool dwarfs.
BOUY H., MARTIN E.L., BRANDNER W., FORVEILLE T., DELFOSSE X., HUELAMO N., BASRI G., GIRARD J., ZAPATERO OSORIO M.-R., STUMPF M., GHEZ A., VALDIVIELSO L., MARCHIS F., BURGASSER A.J. and CRUZ K.
Abstract (from CDS):
Astrometric observations of resolved binaries provide estimates of orbital periods and will eventually lead to measurement of dynamical masses. Only a few very low mass star and brown dwarf masses have been measured to date, and the mass-luminosity relation still needs to be calibrated. We have monitored 14 very low mass multiple systems for several years to confirm their multiplicity and, for those with a short period, derive accurate orbital parameters and dynamical mass estimates. We have used high spatial resolution images obtained at the Paranal, Lick and HST observatories to obtain astrometric and photometric measurements of the multiple systems at several epochs. The targets have periods ranging from 5 to 200 years, and spectral types in the range M7.5-T5.5. All of our 14 multiple systems are confirmed as common proper motion pairs. One system (2MASSW J0920122+351742) is not resolved in our new images, probably because the discovery images were taken near maximum elongation. Six systems have periods short enough to allow dynamical mass measurements within the next 15 to 20 years. We estimate that only 8% of the ultracool dwarfs in the solar neighborhood are binaries with separations large enough to be resolved, and yet periods short enough to derive astrometric orbital fits over a reasonable time frame with current instrumentation. A survey that doubles the number of ultracool dwarfs observed with high angular resolution is called for to discover enough binaries for a first attempt to derive the mass-luminosity relationship for very low-mass stars and brown dwarfs.
stars: low-mass, brown dwarfs - binaries: visual - techniques: high angular resolution
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About the MediLudus
The project focuses on three important characteristics that affect the lives of people suffering from age-related problems:
- Physical Fitness: One of the most common problems for older people is the loss of independence in living due to reduced mobility and general physical fitness. In most cases, the presence of a trained physiotherapist is required to improve the patient’s condition, in collaboration with the treating physician, or a support person who can support the patient in his daily activities on a permanent or temporary basis.
- Intellectual ability: beyond the reduction of cognitive abilities in an elderly, a number of medical conditions can also reduce the extent of a patient’s skills. Here, too, the help of a therapist is often required to help the patient develop new skills or regain what he or she has lost, while specialized help is also required for the cognitive and memory component.
- Social activity: the above problems often have as a side effect and the isolation of the patient, contributing to the lack of motivation for social interaction and the feeling of inactivity. The change in the life habits of the person, but also in his abilities, need the help of a specialized psychologist who will design an intervention scheme for each specific patient, according to his background and characteristics, and a therapist who will support him in his socialization.
The MediLudus project proposes the development of an integrated home medical monitoring system and the provision of incentives and suggestions for improving living conditions for the elderly living alone or without ongoing monitoring and support. This system has two poles: one is related to a local system of decisions and motivation of the patient by providing intangible rewards for individual or repetitive actions that improve his life and encourage compliance with medical instructions, while the second pole with the use of sensors in the home and on the patient (wearable sensors) which constantly provide information about its activities and clinical picture, but also about the conditions prevailing in the home (temperature, air quality, lighting). This system collects data, generates suggestions for improving the quality of life at home, informs the treating physician and the patient’s relatives if any of the medical measurements correspond to any of the risk models selected by the doctor for the patient. specific patient, while at the same time applying individualized mechanisms and gamification rewards, in order to motivate the patient to implement his suggestions, but also to follow the exercise and social activity program that may have been prescribed by the treating physicians. Based on the sensors at home and on the patient, various medical problems or accidents can be covered, such as falls or an unplanned departure from home (which can lead to an accident or endanger the lives of certain patients), while the living conditions that may be related to the system proposals are improved by simple movements (eg opening a window for air supply or temperature change) or the use of simple technological tools (eg calling a relative to enhance the patient’s social interaction). Gaming includes activities related to exercise, social contact, cognitive training or learning games, and the observance of safety rules and good conditions in the home.
- A decision system that enables the treating physician to design an individualized follow-up plan for the user.
- Home medical information monitoring and communication system with doctor and relatives, whenever the system deems it necessary
- Providing personalized advice and incentives / rewards for adhering to what the doctor has prescribed
- Personalized interaction with physical, mental, and social activities to enhance the patient’s respective skills
- Gaming system that enhances the social activity of the user and increase the sense of satisfaction when using the application.
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Wondering how to write a history essay? First of all, it helps to grasp its purpose. Secondly, this essay aims to look at the influences that lead to a historic occasion. Thirdly, it might possibly discover the importance of an individualâs impression on historical past. Narrow down your goal â historical past is very broad, and therefore it’s nearly unimaginable to write about everything on a topic that you could have been allocated.
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Your evidence would be the coronary heart of your history essay. Introduce your totally different items of evidence by directly quoting them, or by summarising them. Then, analyze them in a means that ties again to and helps your thesis assertion.
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Each of the extraordinary portraits made by photographer Annie Leibovitz for her book Women stands on its own. Looked at together, these "photographs of people with nothing more in common than that they are women (and living in America at the end of the 20th century), all--well almost all--fully clothed", writes Susan Sontag in the book's preface, form "an anthology of destinies and disabilities and new possibilities. " Leibovitz, who in her years working for Rolling Stone, Vogue and Vanity Fair magazines has photographed hundreds of celebrities, turns her lens on a wide range of ordinary and extraordinary female subjects: Coal miners, socialites, first ladies, artists, domestic-violence victims, an astronaut, a surgeon, a maid. What she creates is a reflection of contemporary American womanhood that mirrors both women's accomplishments and the challenges they still face individually and as a group. Leibovitz demonstrates her own range as a photographer in this body of work, shooting in the studio and natural settings and working in both black-and-white and colour film. She depicts model Jerry Hall wearing a little black dress, a fur coat, and high heels, staring frankly at the viewer from a velvet chair in a plush red parlour while her naked infant son nurses from her exposed right breast. Schoolteacher Lamis Srour's eyes-- the only part of her face visible behind her heavy black veil--illuminate a dark black-and-white portrait. Leibovitz frames actress Elizabeth Taylor and her dog Sugar by their shocks of snow-white hair. She captures four Kilgore College Rangerettes, a drill team, at the apex of their kicks--white-booted legs pointing up, obscuring their faces and revealing the red underpants beneath their blue miniskirts. There are many more wonderful and unexpected images here, over 200 in all. The delight in discovering them awaits readers. -- Jordana Moskowitz --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Sweet History Stroll Along Neponset in Lower Mills | May 10
On Saturday, May 10 join a DCR Park Ranger and Dorchester Historical Society President Earl Taylor on a scenic stroll in Milton and Dorchester Lower Mills to find out more about the similarities between chocolate and the Neponset River. This event will begin at 1 pm.
Explore former Baker Chocolate Factory site and learn about the sweet history of Lower Mills as part of Historic Preservation Month in Massachusetts. The tour will end at the Baker Chocolate Artists Lofts and attendees will have the chance to learn more about the DCR's Historic Curatorship Program that is for children ages 10 and up. Interested individuals will meet at the public parking lot in Milton Lower Mills, beside Milton Yacht Club at 36 Wharf Street in Milton, parking is limited. Public transportation is encourage via Milton Station of the MBTA Mattapan High Speed Line.
Photo Credit: Andy Ryan
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New York, USA
6 May 1864
THE INDIAN DOCTOR ON THE WAR PATH--HOW TO SETTLE AN OBSTINATE PATIENT.--The readers of the EAGLE have heard of the great Indian Herb Doctor, who advertises to cure all the ills that flesh is heir to, by simple herbs "culled from the dewey lea." Most of them have probably seen an unusually elongated young man, with a mustache that has excited the admiration of young ladies, the envy of young men, and the astonishment of everybody else. Whether this remarkable hirsute appendage is a product of "simple herbs," or somebody's onguent, is a secret only known to the Indian Doctor himself. To add further to these characteristics which distinguish him from ordinary human beings the Doctor wears a butternut-colored suit, the unusual width of his pantaloons being counter balanced by the brevity of his coat tails. A pork-pie cap and a stout yellow cane complete the outfit of this singular personage. He is generally accompanied by a large yellow dog, long and lean, which looks so much like his master that one is supposed to know nearly as much as the other. The Doctor has been seen on horseback, but generally travels on foot, accompanied by his faithful poodle. The Doctor is a mystery; his presence being too awe inspiring to permit anybody to inquire into his history. He is supposed, however, to be as genuine an Indian as most of the Indians exhibited in this latitude. It is given out that he was a great medicine man of the Saltz-an-Sennah tribe, who, instead of placing himself in the Museum of the L. I. Historical Society, as a curiosity, concluded to make a living and bless his fellowmen by practising the healing art.
We append this personal sketch to introduce the Doctor, because he was introduced to the Police Court this morning by our old friend, officer Riggs of the 41st, on the plain charge of kicking a white man downstairs. The aggrieved party was a patient of the Doctor's, named Fenton Scully, who came all the way from 21 Bethune street, New York, attracted by the fame of the medicine man. Mr. Scully, who was not a healthy subject, had been suffering from asthma. The Doctor contracted to cure him by the job for $15. The Doctor gave him plenty of medicine for his money, and he was directed to take it in liberal doses, a wine glass full, say every five minutes, until he was better or worse. Scully's asthma obstinately resisted the deluge and got worse, and he concluded, while he had breath enough left in his body to go and see the Doctor again. He called on him yesterday; and told him the circumstances. The Indian Hippocrates told him that his case was hopeless, and recommended resignation. Mr. Scully then suggested that as the Doctor had not completed his contract he ought to refund some of the money. This was entirely too much for the Doctor's professional equanimity. It was bad enough to have a patient who obstinately refused to be cured; but to ask for his money back was adding insult to injury. He ordered Scully to leave the premises. Scully, like his asthma, was obstinate, and wouldn't go. The Doctor then tried a course of physical treatment on the refractory patient with the most signal success. The prescription read: Patient taken vigorously by the collar; well shaken after taken; sole leather promptly applied to the base of the dorsal vertabrae; result, prompt evacuation--of the premises by the patient.
Mr. Scully did not consider this satisfactory treatment, for a man in delicate health, so he consulted Officer Riggs, who was of the same opinion, and took Scully before Justice Perry, who granted a warrant, which led to the production this morning of the Indian Doctor. Instead of his faithful dog, the Doctor was accompanied by Mr. Parmenter, once a legal luminary in the Police Court, at whose suggestion the examination of the case was postponed until Monday next. On being asked his name, that the case might be properly recorded, the Indian Doctor gave his name as Francis Tumblety.
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These are not the best of times for most investors in stocks. But they don't have to be the worst of times either. Earlier this week, Warren Buffett commented in a CNBC interview that the U.S. is falling on recessionary times. "I would say, by any commonsense definition, we are in a recession," Buffett remarked. With Buffett's conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway
Hindsight is 20/20
Ask yourself the following:
- How many times have you invested in a company only to see the stock drop 10% to 20% or more?
- How many times have you sold because you couldn't "suffer" any additional price declines?
- If you sold, how many times did you witness the stock price go back up to your purchase price, and maybe even higher?
- If you didn't sell, how often have you had the conviction to buy more at a lower price?
Be honest with yourself. The first question is easy. Every investor, including guys like Buffett, has invested in businesses only to see the price decline. Buffett's purchase of The Washington Post Co.
In today's market, it's par for the course to make an investment only to see the value decline. It's very easy to second-guess yourself -- thinking that you moved in too quickly. This thought process is simply the brain looking at the world through a rearview mirror. Thinking about your investment decisions with the benefit of hindsight is often a recipe for disaster.
Most investors -- at one point or another -- have likely surrendered to question two. It's not easy to watch your money vanish, even if it's only on paper. And if taking a loss didn't damage your confidence enough, taking a loss only to witness the price go back up is even worse. Now you really feel dumb.
This shouldn't be. If you have really taken the time to understand the business and make your investments based on fundamental business-oriented reasons, you shouldn't be alarmed by short-term stock price movements. As Buffett remarks, "In the short run the market is a voting machine. In the long run it is a weighing machine." If the market continues to vote against you, then have the conviction to take advantage of sale prices on your favorite businesses.
Don't crave instant gratification
If your analysis is sound and you don't overpay for the business, you will eventually be rewarded. Currently, not many investors are being rewarded, as consumers are keeping tighter control of their spending. The world is a consumer-based economy, so everything suffers when spending is reduced, some sectors more than others, of course.
So, while this might not be the best environment for high-end consumer stocks like Best Buy or Starbucks, if the stock price gets to a point that makes the business a good a investment going forward, seize the opportunity. Just like it doesn't make sense to think that a good business can grow sales by 50% forever; it also doesn't make sense to assume that a great business with good management will forever report declining sales and profits.
All investors make mistakes. Buffett's recent letter to shareholders recounted his worst deal -- Dexter shoes. Part of making mistakes is learning from them and becoming a better investor. Still, you don't' want to make too many mistakes. Too many mistakes will kill you in this business. But if you stick to a simple business-oriented investment philosophy, you'll be able to limit your mistakes.
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Herbbee Honey is 100 % pure Bee Honey. Since ancient times, honey has been used as both a food and a med icine. It’s very high in beneficial plant compounds and offers several health benefits. Honey is particularly healthy when used instead of refined sugar, which is 100% empty calories.
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THE TALE OF THE STAIRS
by Hristo Smirnenski
Dedicated to all who will say:
"It was nothing to do with me!"
"Who are you?" The Devil asked him.
"I am a plebeian by birth and all ragged folk are my brothers. How terrible the world is, how wretched the people are!"
It was a young man who spoke with head erect and clenched fists. He stood at the foot of the Stairs - a high white staircase of rose-flecked marble. He gazed fixedly into the distance where the grey crowds of poverty stirred like the turbid waters of a swollen river. The crowds surged and seethed, raised a forest of thin black arms, thunderous cries of wrath and indignation rent the air and the echo faded slowly and solemnly like distant gun-fire. The crowds grew and grew nearer in clouds of yellow dust, single silhouettes showed more distinctly against the grey horizon. An old man approached, bent low to the ground as if seeking lost youth. A barefoot little girl clutched his ragged clothes and stared at the high Stairs with mild cornflower-blue eyes. Stared and smiled. Then thin grey figures came all in rags, singing a long-drawn funeral chorus. Someone whistled shrilly, somebody else thrusting his hands in his pockets laughed loud and harshly and insanity blazed in his eyes.
"I am a plebeian by birth and all ragged folk are my brothers. How terrible the world is, how wretched the people are! But you there, you at the top there…"
It was a young man who spoke with head erect and fists clenched in manace.
"So you hate those up at the top," the Devil asked, and styly leaned forward towards the young man.
"I shall have my revenge on those nobles and princes. I shall cruelly avenge my brothers - my brothers whose faces are as yellow as sand and who groan more bitterly than the blizzards of December. See their naked bleeding bodies, hear their groans! I shall avenge them. Let me go!"
The Devil smiled: "I am the guardian of those at the top and without a bribe I shall not betray them."
"I have no gold. I have nothing with which to bribe you… I am poor, a youth in rags… But I am willing to give up my life…"
Again the Devil smiled: "O no, I do not ask as much as that. Just give me your hearing."
"My hearing? Gladly… May I never hear anything any more, may I…"
"You still shall hear," the Devil assured him, and made way for him. "Pass!"
The young man set off at a run and had taken three steps in one stride when the hairy hand of the Devil caught him.
"That's enough! Now pause and listen to your brothers groaning below."
The young man paused and listened.
"How strange! Why have they suddenly begun to sing happy songs and to laugh light-heartedly?…" Again he set off at a run.
Again the Devil stopped him. "For you to go three more steps I must have your eyes."
The young man made a gesture of despair. "But then I shall be unable to see my brothers or those I go to punish."
"You still shall see them…" The Devil said. "I will give you different, much better eyes."
The young man rose three more steps and looked back.
"See your brothers' naked bleeding bodies," the Devil prompted him.
"My God, how very strange! When did they manage to don such beautiful clothes? And not bleeding wounds but splendid red roses deck their bodies…"
At every third stair the Devil exacted his little toll. But the young man proceeded, willingly giving everything he had in order to reach his goal and to punish the well-fed nobles and princes. Now one step, just one last step remained and he would be at the top. Then indeed he would avenge his brothers.
"I am a plebeian by birth and all ragged folk…"
"Young man, one last step still remains. Just one more step and you shall have your revenge. But for this last step I always exact a double toll: give me your heart and give me your memory."
The young man protested.
"My heart? No, that is too cruel!"
The Devil gave a deep and masterful laugh: "I am not so cruel as you imagine. In exchange I will give you a heart of gold and a brand-new memory. But if you refuse me, then you shall never avenge your brothers whose faces are the colour of sand and who groan more bitterly than December blizzards."
The young man saw irony in the Devil's green eyes.
"But there will be nobody then more wretched than I. You are taking away all my human nature."
"On the contrary, nobody shall be happier than you. Well, do you agree: just your heart and memory?"
The young man pondered, his face clouded over, beads of sweat ran from the furrowed brow, in anger he tightened his fists and through clenched teeth said: "Very well, then. Take them!"
…And like a swift summer storm of rage and wrath, his dark locks flying in the wind, he crossed the final step. He was now at the very top. And a broad a smile suddenly in his face, his eyes now shone with tranquil joy and his fists relaxed. He looked at the nobles revelling there and looked down to the roaring, cursing, grey ragged crowds below. He gazed, but not a muscle of his face quivered: his face was radiant, happy and content. The crowds he saw below were in holiday attire and their groans were now hymns.
"Who are you?" the Devil asked in a low sly voice.
"I am a prince by birth and the gods are my brothers. How beautiful the world is and how happy are the people!"
On retreat until 17 February.
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A quiet nation largely untouched by the mass tourism that’s propelled its neighbor Thailand into the global spotlight, Myanmar is a country that combines ancient and deep culture with a somewhat repressive current condition. A former dictatorship that’s taking steps towards modern government, Myanmar is currently not a major retirement destination in Southeast Asia.
Despite this, the country certainly has its benefits for visitors. With a low cost of living and a beautiful natural environment, Myanmar offers an enviable lifestyle, particularly for those tired of big city life. However, the nation’s archaic visa and immigration system and restrictive political nature make it a tough place to retire to.
Does Myanmar Offer A Retirement Visa For Foreign Nationals And Expatriates?
Myanmar is largely closed off to foreign visitors, with the sole exception of short-term tourism and highly limited international business. As such, it does not have a retirement visa scheme for foreigners in place. All foreigners planning to ‘retire’ in Myanmar must make use of the standard tourism and business visas.
Tourism visas are valid for 28 days, allowing foreigners to visit the country for just under one month. While inconvenient for retirees and expatriates planning to stay in Myanmar over the long term, this option is ideal for those seeking to fly in and out of Myanmar as their visa validity expires.
The standard Myanmar tourist visa can be extended for an additional 14 days in the country at any immigration office. This brings its total validity to 42 days – far from ideal for expatriates seeking a long-term stay in Myanmar.
A better option for long-term expatriates and retirees aiming to stay in Myanmar is the business visa. Myanmar issues two different types of business visas – standard business visas, which are valid for ten weeks (technically 70 days) from the date of entry, and longer-term business visas that are valid for six months or one year.
The first type of business visa is both easier to apply for and more likely to be given to foreign visitors to Myanmar. Unlike other countries in Southeast Asia, which will hand out business visas without a great deal of research or documentation required, Myanmar requires several documents to prove that you will be doing business.
What Documentation Is Required To Apply For And Receive A Business Visa?
To apply for a business visa, you will need to provide a passport with a validity that exceeds the length of the visa you are applying for. You will also need to provide two passport-sized color photos of yourself. Some Myanmar embassies require all visa applicants to show a ticket proving that they are traveling to and from Myanmar.
You will also need to provide a number of documents proving that you are doing business in Myanmar. These include a letter of invitation from the business with which you will be working, a company registration form or business license that shows your ability to work in Myanmar, and an address and contact point for the business or factory that you will be working with.
Generally speaking the amount of documentation required decreases alongside the length of the visa, so applicants applying for a seventy-day business visa won’t need to provide as much information as those applying for long-term visas. Generally, a letter of invitation from a company and a contact for the government are enough.
For long-term business visas, you will need to provide comprehensive documents that outline your reasons for doing business in Myanmar, as well as the key owners and employees of the company you plan on working with. As with all visas – the more information you can provide, the more likely it is that you will be approved.
How And Where Can One Apply For A Myanmar Tourist Or Business Visa?
Myanmar tourist and business visas can be applied for at all Myanmar embassies. A large number of Myanmar consulates in surrounding countries take a great number of applicants at any one time, and are experienced in working with foreigners to get Myanmar business and tourist visas approved.
Myanmar tourist visas can also be applied for in advance using the Myanmar Visa website. While Myanmar technically offers visa on arrival services for most foreign visitors, the process can be shaky and unreliable. If you are planning on traveling to Myanmar and do not wish to spend time at the airport, it’s best to apply online.
While Myanmar certainly isn’t as open as its neighbors, it is becoming increasingly open to foreign tourism and investment and may soon become a leading retirement destination in Asia. Until then, however, retirees seeking a new life in Myanmar may have to continue to jump through administrative hoops to stay there legally.
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- For other uses, see Pagh.
In the Bajoran faith, the Pagh is the soul of an individual, or the spiritual force present in all life forms.
Members of the Bajoran faith assess the strength of a person's Pagh by grasping a person's ear. Commander Benjamin Sisko became used to having members of the Bajoran clergy grasp his ear to assess his Pagh whenever he met them. However when he met Bareil Antos, Sisko was surprised when the man made no move to grasp his ear. Bareil had not liked the practice ever since the first time his own ear was grasped by an elderly monk who Bariel claimed could probably squeeze the Pagh right out of a person. Bareil also stated that if possible he would've done away with the practice. (DS9 episodes: "Emissary", "In the Hands of the Prophets")
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Editor’s Note: Following my posts about the Ferguson grand jury decision, a few people have asked why I — and many, many others — still say an injustice occurred. This series of posts attempts to offer some answers.
“The process is broken,” said Brown family attorney Benjamin Crump, after the Ferguson grand jury’s decision not to indict Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown. St. Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch “broke” the grand jury process in Ferguson, perverted it, and turned it into a farce.
Failure To Prosecute
Bob McCulloch’s bizarre press conference announcing the Ferguson grand jury decision confirmed the worst fears of activists who petitioned to have him replaced with a special prosecutor. McCulloch disparaged both the victim and certain grand jury witnesses. The prosecutor was particularly peeved that social media made a national story out of a case that he would never have otherwise prosecuted.
Because of McCulloch’s background, and his long history of siding with police,activists believed the prosecutor too biased to handle the case against Darren Wilson. McCulloch comes from a family of police officers. His father Paul McCulloch was a canine officer, mother Anne worked as a clerk in the homicide division, and brother Joseph was a sergeant in Louisiana’s 9th district. In 1964, Paul McCulloch was allegedly shot and killed by Eddie Steve Glenn; a black man who had reportedly abducted a white woman. Twelve-year-old Robert McCulloch watched as Glenn was found guilty and sentenced to death, which the Missouri Supreme Court later reduced to life in prison.
After loosing a leg to cancer as a teenager ended his dreams of joining the police department, McCulloch decided that, “being prosecutor is the next best thing.” When McCulloch ran for county prosecutor, his father’s murder featured prominently in his campaign ads. He won the office in 1991, with significant support from the police union. In 23 years, McCulloch has never prosecuted a police officer for excessive force, though at least a dozen fatal shootings by police officers have happened on his watch.
Ferguson activists still remembered McCulloch’s handling of the “Jack in the Box” shooting in 2000, in which two undercover officers shot and killed two unarmed black men. Officers fired 21 shots at Earl Murray and Ronald Beasley as they sat in Murray’s car. In 2001, the officers told a grand jury that the men drove toward them, causing them to fear being pinned against another car. McCulloch told the public that every witness testified to confirm the officers’ version of events, but journalists reported that only three out of 13 officers testified that the car moved forward. A federal investigation found that the shooting was legal — but that both men were unarmed, and the car had not moved forward. McCulloch later said of Murray and Beasley, “These guys were bums.”
Following the shooting of Michael Brown, McCulloch was criticized for voicing his disapproval of Gov. Jay Nixon’s decision to put the Highway Patrol in charge of keeping the peace in Ferguson. Nixon’s decision to pull the St. Louis County police out of Ferguson came after the department’s paramilitary response to protests sparked further outrage. McCulloch called the governor’s decision “shameful,” and called Nixon out for “denigrat[ing] the men and women of the county police.”
The Michael Brown shooting presented McCulloch with a case he couldn’t ignore. McCulloch wasn’t inclined to prosecute Darren Wilson, nor was he willing to step aside for a special prosecutor who might get an indictment. But, he still had to be seen as doing something. This led to the first of several unusual decisions:
- Refer the case to a grand jury. A prosecutor can bring charges without a grand jury. McCulloch could have filed charges against Wilson himself. Referring the case to a grand jury was the first step towards getting the outcome McCulloch’s background and record strongly suggest he desired.
- Recommend no charges to the grand jury. Upon bringing cases to grand juries, prosecutors usually recommend charges. McCulloch made no recommendations to the Ferguson grand jury regarding possible charges against Wilson; leaving them to consider a wide range of changes, and perhaps signaling that the prosecutor’s office believed no charges were warranted.
These decisions were the first steps in an failure to prosecute, by manipulating the grand jury process to virtually guarantee a decision not to indict.
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Deena C. Bouknight – Contributing Writer
Women like Agnes Zachary Higgins, Eloise Griffin Frank Potts, and Arrah Belle Johnson are not in history books. They and their accomplishments may have been forgotten except for a two-year initiative to establish a Women’s History Walk, spearheaded by Barbara McRae, local historian and vice mayor of the Town of Franklin. The trail opens to the public Saturday, Oct. 27, at an official launch celebration held at 1 p.m. at the town’s gazebo on Main Street. The free and open-to-the-public event includes a “Walk in Her Steps: A Way to Bring History to Life” tours that visit the first nine stops along the trail, a trail booklet, light refreshments, and local musical talent. Someone from the project will be on hand to answer questions at each site.
A few years ago, McRae was reading a book on women’s history that included a chapter on a history walking trail. “Yes! We need one of those,” she thought. What she did not realize, she admits, is that establishing a history walking trail is “a very ambitious, very involved process.”
The Women’s History Trail Leadership Team, charged with planning, researching, and sorting out details – such as the bronze plaques designating each site – includes, besides McRae, Mary Polanski, Marty Greeble, Anne Hyder, Claire Suminski, Susan Ervin, Theresa Ramsey, and Laura Brooks. The project is part of the Folk Heritage Association of Macon County, based in Franklin.
McRae pointed out that Franklin, despite its label as a small town, includes historically significant women who made important contributions to the town and county. Potts was the first woman mayor of the town in the early 1960s. McRae said two of her great granddaughters may attend Saturday’s Women’s History Trail launch. Higgins was a musician, playing piano for silent films; she was also the first woman chosen for jury duty in Macon County in 1947.
Blush, a new women’s boutique on Main Street, was the site of Main Street Milliners, managed by Lilly Moore in the early 1900s. Women’s hats were worn during the 19th and 20th centuries for practical and fashionable reasons. Moore, whose father owned the store, set the tone for hat fashions in Franklin, even designing and making some of the hats for the shop. Through research, the team for Women’s History Trail discovered an early postcard, circa 1908, showing a display of hats in the store’s window. Blush co-owners Brittany Murphy and Erin Moffitt said they plan on Saturday to have vintage hats on display and plenty of varying price point hats to purchase. They are both excited that the site is on the Women’s History Trail.
Perhaps one of the most noteworthy women in Franklin was Johnson, who – ironically – was the first owner of the home where McRae has resided since the 1990s. Johnson, born 1876, was the first female editor of The Franklin Press (from 1939 to 1944) and, according to McRae, spent much of her life’s savings to eventually purchase the newspaper. Coincidentally, McRae is also a past editor of The Franklin Press. Johnson rallied behind local causes associated with World War II. And, she was also one of only three percent of American women at the time to hold a college degree, explained McRae.
“She passed in 1944 in the home,” said McRae, whose home now displays a bronze plaque honoring Johnson. “This was her dream home she had built in 1939.”
Other women being honored on the Women’s History Trail represent education, entrepreneurship, the arts, social work, and much more.
The Leadership Team conveys, “Throughout Macon County’s history, wives, mothers, and daughters maintained homes, farms, businesses, cared for children and the infirmed, provided family income, initiated social reform, inspired creative endeavors, achieved artistic brilliance, and sometimes became heroines. Women’s lives have been filled with rich experiences, and their daily contributions are an invaluable part of our history that has too often been overlooked.”
Added Polanski, co-leader of the project, “Women traditionally stayed in the background and kept their names out of the paper. Written history has largely ignored them, but they made a significant difference to the world they lived in. We want to bring that to light.”
More sites for the Women’s History Trail will be added in the future, with the keystone of the initiative being the yet-to-be-completed life-size sculpture featuring three matriarchal figures: a white woman, an African American woman, and a Cherokee woman whose names are Timoxena Siler Sloan, Sally (last name unknown), and Rebecca Morris. Cashiers-based world-renown figurative sculptor, Wesley Wofford, has been commissioned to convey the three women in a dramatic, realistic, seven-foot bronze sculpture that will be positioned, upon completion, near the Nikwasi Mound in Franklin.
The Women’s History Trail Team will launch another segment of the Trail in the near future. “Though the initial sites cluster in Franklin, we expect it to expand to other sites in the county because there are so many great stories to be told,” Polanski said.
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Most nurses are bound to experience moral distress. It happens when they know what ethical action to take but are unable to take it. It sometimes occurs when a nurse watches a dying patient go through treatment that ultimately won’t heal them, or when a conflict arises between clinicians providing care for a patient.
So what should nurses do to maintain integrity in the midst of moral distress?
- Be in tune with your body
- Notice your emotions
- Identify your assumptions and biases
Check out the article for more.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: DANIELLE KRESS
As Media Relations Coordinator/Writer, Danielle connects media with the faculty and students of the school of nursing. She writes press releases, magazine articles, blog posts, and more.
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August 28, 2007
Toyota, Sony Team Together in Robotics
TOKYO -- Toyota and Sony, two of Japan's biggest technology names, are getting together in robotics, both sides said Monday, to develop an innovative, intelligent, single-seat vehicle.
But don't expect Toyota Motor to resurrect Sony's now defunct Aibo dog robot "” as some devoted robot fans may be hoping.Sony's technology for Aibo and the childlike Qrio is still being kept in-house at the Japanese electronics and entertainment company, said Sony spokesman Tomio Takizawa.
The technology sale, including key patents, from Sony to Toyota completed earlier this year applies to the next-generation "transporter," both sides said. Financial details of the deal are not being disclosed.
Seven Sony researchers are temporarily working in Toyota's partner robot research unit to help relay the technology to Toyota, Toyota spokeswoman Kayo Doi said.
Toyota has shown a futuristic-looking single-seat vehicle called i-swing at various events. The automaker, on track to beat General Motors as the world's biggest as soon as this year, has also shown humanoids that can walk and play a trumpet.
Also Monday, Toyota is introducing as a guide at its showroom at headquarters TPR-Robina, a womanlike robot-on-wheels it has developed.
The robot can dodge obstacles, sign its name, carry on simple conversations in Japanese and deliver preprogrammed information in an electronic voice, according to the manufacturer of Camry, Lexus and Corolla cars.
Sony decided to kill its Aibo business last year as part of a major restructuring program at a time it had been losing money in its core electronics operations.
The decision disappointed many robot fans. Although Sony sold just 150,000 of the toy poodle-sized machines since they were first introduced in 1999, some owners were emotionally attached to their mechanical pets.
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Known as the City of Lakes for its natural and artificial lakes
Ruled by the wives of the Nawabs for over a hundred years
The Bhojtal or Bada Talab is the largest man-made lake in India
THE TAJ-UL-MASAJID IS ONE OF THE LARGEST MOSQUES IN INDIA
The Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalay documents the lives of over 450 of India’s Adivasi tribes
What's in a name?
The Begums of Bhopal
Split by a pair of lakes, Bhopal is two cities within a city. Two starkly contrasting cityscapes.
Towards the North you have the old city, a fascinating area of mosques, serpentine alleys, chowks, milling crowds, exotic havelis and crowded bazaars.
South of the two lakes is the new Bhopal. Modern, with wide roads, upmarket shopping complexes, and plush hotels and restaurants nestled comfortably in the Arera and Shamla Hills, which overlook the lakes and the old city beyond. The central district is known as New Market.
Both Bhopals enamour you in their own way and vie to bring out the child within you.
Where incredible facts, legends and stories come to life
Palash Residency offers comfortable accommodation and personalised services. The place is perfectly suited for a business traveller. It offers contemporary facilities in a serene ambience.
|Rooms & suites||INR 3590 onwards|
|Bhopal airport: 12 km||
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Hotel Lake View Ashok
Hotel Lake View Ashok is a three star property that overlooks the splendid upper lake of the city. It provides a mixed view of contemporary city alongside the city of Nawabs with enshrined monuments, providing the epilogue of the Nawabi era.
|Rooms & suites||INR 5300 onwards|
|Bhopal airport: 11 km||(0755) 2660090-93|
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Jehan Numa Palace
A regal 19th century residence, the Jehan Numa Palace in Bhopal is a rare fusion of contemporary comfort and care. Set on the slope of Shamla Hill, the Jehan Numa Place is a stunning white structure that combines British Colonial, Italian Renaissance and Classical Greek architecture. Splashes of colourful bougainvillea, the champa, the palm and the flowering creepers are everywhere.
|Rooms & suites||INR 5000 onwards|
|Bhopal airport: 15 km||(0755) 2661100, 4235100|
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Since its inception in 1992, Hotel Nisarga has established an enviable reputation for refreshing hospitality and personalized service. Its prime location and excellent business services make Hotel Nisarga the favorite among business travellers. The hotel staff is singularly committed to provide a touch of excellence to its guests.
|Rooms & suites||INR 2000 onwards|
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How to get here?
Reaching by Air
Bhopal airport, about 13 km northwest of the city center, is well connected to cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune and Raipur. Taxis are available from the airport to reach the city center.
Reaching by Rail
Bhopal is on the Delhi-Chennai main line. Major trains going from Mumbai to Delhi via Itarsi and Jhansi also go through Bhopal. Local buses and auto-rickshaws are available to reach the city center.
Reaching by Road
Regular state run and private bus services connect Bhopal with Indore, Mandu, Ujjain, Khajuraho, Pachmarhi, Gwalior, Sanchi, Jabalpur and Shivpuri.
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Green tea can be regarded as a storehouse of benefits for the skin. It contains a great deal ofantioxidants which are effective against free radicals. These free radicals, which are formed when the skin is exposed to the UV rays of the sun, are accountable for premature aging.
Green tea has also been found extremely effective in safeguarding the skin against sunburn and tanning when applied locally.
The antioxidants found in green tea are also responsible in combatingskin cancer by blocking the cancer causing harmful enzyme, junk.
This wondrous natural component is also responsible for aging of the cells.. are biologically energized by the polyphenol compounds in , which in turn, synthesize the DNA and prevent premature
On occasions of skin inflammation,as a great soother. It has also been found out that green tea shows notable improvements among cases of psoriasis and rosacea, accompanied by inflammation.
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Join Bill Weinman for an in-depth discussion in this video Installing PostgreSQL on a PC, part of PostgreSQL 9 with PHP Essential Training.
In this movie, I'll be installing Postgres 9.1 on this machine running Windows 7.…I've downloaded Postgres already from this web site, but here's how you do it.…You go to www.postgresql.org/download, and you'll notice a link down here for Windows.…You click on that and you'll click on Download the one click installer.…Now this will take you to another web site run by EnterpriseDB.…These are the folks that package up the one-click installers for Postgres.…
And you'll select the appropriate one of these Windows versions.…I have selected the Widows x86-64, and that's right here on my Desktop, and I'm…going to install it from there.…Now before you install Postgres, it's really important that you turn off any…antivirus software that might be running.…I have actually experienced installing Postgres with antivirus software running…and having that installation not work.…So you need to turn off your antivirus software before you run this installation.…
Also, you need to run the installer in administrator mode, and that means that…
- Installing PostgreSQL
- Understanding database architecture
- Inserting, updating, and deleting data in a table
- Creating a database library
- Indexing ID fields
- Storing numbers, text, and Boolean values
- Reading data
- Using casts to force type
- Using mathematical functions
- Concatenating strings
- Working with date and time functions and operators
- Defining CRUD
- Using PHP to insert, read, update, and delete rows in a database
Skill Level Beginner
PHP with MySQL Beyond the Basicswith Kevin Skoglund10h 26m Intermediate
1. Quick Start
2. Creating a Database
3. Data Types
4. Storing and Reading Data
5. SQL Expressions
6. Mathematical Functions and Operators
Using math functions3m 2s
7. String Functions and Operators
8. Date and Time Functions and Operators
9. PHP Interfaces
10. Web Applications
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Get the full picture with helpful context on websites
When you think about how you can stay safe online, you might immediately think of protecting your data, updating your passwords, or having control over your personal information. But another important part of online safety is being confident in the information you find.
Information quality — in other words, surfacing relevant information from reliable sources — is a key principle of Google Search, and it’s one we relentlessly invest in. We also give you tools to evaluate for yourself the reliability of the information you come across.
Helpful context on websites
One of the tools we launched last year, About this Result, has now been used more than 1.6 billion times. This tool is available in English on individual Search results, helping you to see important context about a website before you even visit it. More languages will be available for this tool later this year.
But we want to ensure you have the tools to evaluate information wherever you are online — not just on the search results page, but also if you’ve already picked a webpage to visit. So we’re making this helpful context more accessible as you explore the web.
Soon, when you’re viewing a web page on the Google App, you'll be able to see a tab with information about the source with just a tap — including a brief description, what they say about themselves and what others on the web say about them.
Imagine you’re researching conservation efforts, and find yourself on an unfamiliar website of a rainforest protection organization. Before you decide to donate, you’d like to understand if it’s an organization you feel confident you should support. With this update, you’ll be able to find helpful context about a source while you’re already on a website.
You’ll be able to see context like this on any website — coming soon to the Google App on iOS and Android.
We hope this will not only give you more context and peace of mind when you search, but also help you explore with confidence.
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November 9, 2012
The Good Old Days: Pedro Martinez
The greatest pitchers of the previous generation were dominant on a historical level, and the peak performance of Pedro Martinez might have been the greatest spectacle that the game has ever witnessed. He may have lacked the longevity of Roger Clemens, the consistency of Greg Maddux, or the biological advantages of Randy Johnson, but Pedro introduced the world to an unrivaled combination of intensity, precision, and power that baffled major-league hitters for over a decade.
Martinez lacked the size of his legendary counterparts, but efficient mechanics and incredible athleticism allowed him to get more out of his sub-six-foot frame than pitchers half a foot taller. His effectiveness was enabled by exceptional command of an explosive array of pitches, and he required ideal efficiency to maximize the impact of his pitching career. One need look no further than Pedro's brother, Ramon Martinez, to conceptualize the difference between raw genetic gifts and athletically-trained ability.
Pedro was signed by the Dodgers as a 16-year-old in June of 1988, with visions that the young Dominican would one day join his older brother at Chavez Ravine. Ramon was a 20-year-old rookie at the time, and he would spend the next 10 years playing in front of thousands of traffic-beating fans in Los Angeles, though he lacked the consistency to keep runners off the bases. Ramon won 20 games in his first full season in the rotation, but heavy workloads taxed his developing arm throughout his 20s, which combined with inefficient mechanics to set the stage for future arm problems. At 6' 4”, Ramon had the prototypical height that baseball men seek on the mound, but the 160-pounder's lack of balance and functional strength foreshadowed a career that was cut short by injuries.
The Dodgers would trade Pedro following the 1993 season, flipping him to the Montreal Expos for second baseman Delino DeShields in November.
North of the border, Pedro toiled in relative obscurity during his initial MLB exposure, but his nine-inning perfect game in 1995 put him on the national radar, and an epic performance in the 1997 season earned him the National League Cy Young Award, grabbing America's attention. The Expos could no longer keep such an incredible talent hidden under the dome of Olympic Stadium, and in November of '97, nearly four years to the day that he was dealt away from LA, Martinez was traded to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for a young Carl Pavano and pitcher Tony Armas, allowing Pedro to flee Canada for greener pastures (and walls).
Pedro became an instant sensation upon his arrival in Beantown, and he would merit serious Cy Young consideration in six of his seven seasons with the Red Sox, taking the prize in both 1999 and 2000 to place on the mantle next to his NL hardware. His ability to repeat his high-energy delivery was Pedro's calling card, allowing him to locate his electric heater, his deceptive changeup, or his knee-buckling breaking ball wherever the catcher set up a target. The right-hander suffered from right shoulder stiffness that limited him to 116 innings in 2001, but Pedro returned the following year to spark another run of Cy-worthy seasons.
A pivotal moment in Pedro's career came during the 2003 postseason, with the Sox in a bitter battle with the rival Yankees and Boston's 85-year World Series drought hanging in the balance. Game Seven was on the line, with runners on second and third and the Red Sox leading by two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning. Martinez had thrown 118 pitches, with Yankee backstop Jorge Posada striding to the plate, and the television crew flashed a stat that detailed Pedro’s struggles once he was extended past the century-pitch mark. Manager Grady Little discussed the situation with his ace and opted to leave Pedro in the game, and even though the right-hander coaxed Posada to loft a lazy fly ball to shallow center, the fact that the baseball fell between three fielders to plate the moving runners would incite a maelstrom of hate from the Boston faithful. Posada's Texas-Leaguer tied the game, and the Yanks would eventually go on to win in extra innings, forever etching the moment into the nightmares of Grady Little.
The issue of fatigue was a central theme in the career of Pedro Martinez, and the Little issue of Game Seven blew up to epic proportions. New metrics for injury analysis such as Pitcher Abuse Points (which appeared several years before the Grady Little game) continued to gain currency for highlighting the risks associated with pitcher workload, with the underlying concept that pitchers grow more vulnerable to injury as they become fatigued. The PAP system used the same threshold of 100 pitches as a baseline for assessing this risk, and though the system was very effective for the purpose of making generalizations about the population of pitchers, it often broke down due to the physical differences that exist from pitcher to pitcher. BP injury expert Will Carroll referred to “fatigue curves” to describe the reality that pitchers tire at different rates, and a blatant example of this distinction is the comparison of Pedro to a tireless workhorse like Randy Johnson.
Pedro battled detractors throughout much his career, as judgments about his size and stamina followed a man who played with a massive chip on his shoulder. My memory banks have zero mental GIFs of a player charging the mound against Randy Johnson, yet Pedro seemed to be in an altercation with an opposing hitter at least once a month. Martinez earned a reputation as a headhunter who wouldn’t hesitate to establish his dominance of the plate, and when the Yankees and Red Sox faced off in Game Three of the '03 ALCS (five days prior to the flare heard 'round the world), Pedro ended up in a brawl with 72-year-old Don Zimmer.
The teams would meet again in the ALCS the following season, and this time around the Red Sox would advance to the World Series in historic fashion. Pedro's overall postseason performance left much to be desired, following his most difficult season in a major-league uniform, but he would step up to the challenge of the World Series to help Boston secure its legendary championship of 2004. Martinez was overshadowed by Curt Schilling and his bloody sock in Boston’s run to the title, and Pedro's sudden transformation from hero to mortal may have hastened his departure from the team. Pedro signed a $53 million contract with the New York Mets in the wake of his first championship ring, but the injury bug would limit him to fewer than 500 innings through the life of the deal.
Pedro’s 2005 season was solid, improving on the disaster of '04 though it fell short of the dominance that was characteristic of vintage Martinez, but he made 31 starts and pitched as many innings as he had in any season since 1997-8. The next three seasons involved a litany of ailments, starting with leg problems that flared up in the second half of 2006, followed by surgery after the season to repair a torn rotator cuff in his throwing arm. Pedro was shelved for most of the '07 season as he recovered from surgery, and his final year as a Met was shortened due to leg and shoulder woes before his contract mercifully expired. Martinez finished his career with the Phillies, and his final outing came against none other than the Yankees in Game Six of the 2009 World Series. New York would have the last laugh, beating Pedro for the second time of the series to seal the trophy.
The shoulder woes combined with age-related physical decline to rob Pedro of his velocity in his last few seasons, with a fastball that averaged under 90 miles per hour on the radar gun and an increasing reliance on his off-speed stuff. What was once a power curveball morphed into a slow hammer that wouldn't get pulled over on most California freeways. Martinez survived on his unwavering pitch command and late-biting movement, with increasing reliance on his defense to assist in the generation of outs. The lack of velocity may have contributed to Pedro's late-career spike in homers allowed, as batters had little difficulty squaring up the heat.
Mechanics Report Card
Pedro's strong combination of momentum and posture more than compensated for his lack of height, extending his release point to exaggerate the late break of his pitches. Randy Johnson breaks the scale, but Pedro's grade for release-point extension would rank even higher if it were based on personal efficiency rather than absolute distance. Like Johnson, Martinez relied on a low arm slot that approached sidearm, a technique that favored strong posture and further helped to extend his pitch release. The most impressive element of Pedro's delivery was his impeccable consistency, with the ability to repeat the same timing and sequencing on each delivery, for every type of pitch, for the duration of his career. Whether his fastball was clicking at 97 mph or 87 mph, Pedro could always locate in or out of the zone.
It will surprise some to view the above grades in light of Pedro's injury troubles, but the injury equation extends far beyond pitching mechanics to include elements of workload, conditioning, and genetics. Pedro's outstanding command and upper-tier velocity were direct results of his mechanical efficiency, but his ability to avoid the trainer's table depended on how well his body responded to the kinetic toll, and Pedro's fatigue curve left him vulnerable to overuse under otherwise acceptable workloads.
Martinez was a pitcher with a high-energy delivery and a slight frame whose dynamite effectiveness induced a heavy workload. The fact that Pedro's arm broke down under these conditions is not an indictment of him or his mechanics, but a reflection of his personal reality with respect to maintenance and fatigue. Pedro was an extreme competitor who would put his body on the line in the name of victory, and even knowing what we know, I am sure that he would have convinced me to let him stay in against Posada if I had been in Little's shoes.
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Disney History: Leasing the Treehouse Villas at Disney World
Since their construction in 1975, The Treehouse Villas at Walt Disney World have fascinated guests and visitors. Nestled in the trees, the villas offer a tantalizing view from the boats plying the Sassagoula. But not many people know that the Treehouse Villas were part of the original design for EPCOTCenter.
Check out my video on the original plans for Leasing the Treehouse Villas
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The Treehouse Villas have seen many changes throughout the years, including being used for students from the International Program for parts of the 1990s and early 2000s. They reopened in 2009 as part of the Disney Vacation Club at Saratoga Springs Resort.
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Speaking of the signs
Many years ago, our youngest reached his third birthday without speaking a word. Experts weighed in and medical assessments were done. The prognoses ranged from the concerning to the breathtakingly frightening. After much failed effort to help him find his voice, a young, creative speech pathologist suggested that we attempt to teach him sign language.
Almost immediately, our other son, who is four-and-a-half years older than his brother and who deeply desired to “speak” with him, went to the family computer. In the hunt-and-peck style that is a hallmark of a 7-year-old, he prodded the device into displaying a modicum of simple gestures that we could, in a sincere if amateurish way, attempt to share with the fledgling communicator.
To our great delight, the toddler took to signing, well, like a duck takes to water. He immediately learned word and symbol after word and symbol. Also immediately he found that humor and goodwill lived in his tiny fingers and that his Dad generated delight with mistaken gestures, often urging him to “play with his food and eat all of his toys.” Each day brought new understanding of the power of language to communicate, entertain and connect. With his brother at his side, they would roll with laughter over an intentionally misdirected sign. As parents, we were overjoyed that our little boy’s limitation proved mechanical and not cognitive; and we committed to live our lives exactly the same only slightly differently.
With continued work and the passage of time, the youngster eventually started forming simple sounds to pair with his signs. Ultimately, his brain forged a path to his mouth and the spoken words came. No one knows why, and now I’m not sure I care. But I did learn to listen to my kids. What they say matters. It connects us. And, I cherish it.
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This is an online tool to calculate the Distance and Driving Directions between two addresses, places, cities, villages, towns or airports in Oyo (Nigeria).
This distance and driving directions will also be displayed on google map labeled as Distance Map and Driving Directions Oyo (Nigeria).
The distance between cities of Oyo (Nigeria) is calculated in kilometers(kms), miles and nautical miles. Distance in miles gives you the mileage between cities by this Oyo (Nigeria) mileage calculator.
Oyo (Nigeria) Distance Chart (Distance Table):
For your quick reference, below is a Distance Chart
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of distances between some of the major cities in Oyo (Nigeria).
The distance between cities in Oyo (Nigeria) distance chart below is straight line distance (may be called as flying or air distance) between the two locations in Oyo (Nigeria) calculated based on their latitudes and longitudes. This distance may be very much different from the actual travel distance.]
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A new report on Illinois’ finances by the State Budget Crisis Task Force includes a few predictable findings -- the public pension system is underfunded, the Medicaid gap is growing -- but it also attacks the state’s income tax system, calling it out of step with the economic realities of the 21st Century.
When Illinois wrote a flat tax into its 1970 Constitution, the United States was a much more middle-class country. Income inequality was at a historic low, especially in industrial states with heavy manufacturing bases and large union membership. That, of course, has changed in the last 42 years. Chicago has lost all its steel mills, for one thing. If you look at this chart, you’ll see that the income of the average American has remained constant, while the income of the top 1 percent of Americans has tripled. But because Illinois has a flat tax, we can’t capture as much of those gains as we could if we were able to increase rates on high earners.
The State Budget Crisis Task Force is headed by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker and former New York lieutenant governor Richard Ravitch. Other members include former Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady, former Secretary of State George Shultz, and Alice Rivlin, who was director of the Office of Management and Budget. Here’s what it has to say about Illinois’s flat tax:
Illinois has a broad personal income tax base and a simple flat rate structure. Taxable income in Illinois is very similar to federal adjusted gross income (AGI) except that Illinois excludes all retirement income, which could be a significant source of revenue: over $1 billion in 2010. Retirement income is rising as a share of all income, which means that Illinois’ personal income tax base is gradually eroding.
Because Illinois has a flat tax rate with an exemption of only $2,050 per capita, the system has a roughly proportional burden across different income groups. This lack of progressivity in the personal income tax system, combined with the nationwide trend toward rapid growth of income among high-income individuals, has meant that income tax revenue has grown somewhat more slowly in Illinois than in states with a progressive tax system. However, Illinois’ flat income tax rate also means that personal income tax revenues are less volatile than they would be under a more progressive rate structure.
You can read the entire report here.
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Learning new things and understanding scientific connections? A really effective way to do that is by playing and experimenting, which is exactly what the “Experience generates knowledge” event aims to do from 3 October 2020 at the Mercedes-Benz Museum. For the exhibition, you need a free daily admission ticket, available at the box office desk.
From the balance bike and the ball games to the knowledge twister: The interactive exhibition consisting of a total of six stations and covering 240 square metres of space has been designed by experimenta Heilbronn exclusively for the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart. The guest exhibition is also a showcase for the Science Centre to demonstrate the many opportunities offered by the knowledge and discoveries that shape its world.
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Complying with the New FHWA Regulation on High Visibility Garments Webinar
On September 4, 2008, over 1,500 viewers logged on live to gain insight to the new Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) regulation that takes effect November 24, 2008. During this hour long session Speakers Hari Kalla, MUTCD Team Leader for FHWA’s Office of Operations and Janice Bradley, Technical Director of the International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA) gave crucial information for understanding this new standard that requires the use of high visibility clothing (as defined by the ANSI/ISEA 107 standard) when working in the right-of-way on federal-aid highways. If you were unable to attend or would like to review the presentation and video, these are now available online for viewing at any time.
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Record Types: Clearinghouse Webinars
Topics: High Visibility Clothing
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Multiple Sclerosis (MS) was once a rare disease that mainly affected Scandinavians or people who otherwise didn’t get much sunlight. But that has all changed. Its prevalence is accelerating wildly and sunlight is much less relevant than what you shove in your gob. If you’d rather not get MS then it is vital you avoid consuming the Omega-6 fats found in most processed foods.
Our central nervous system is our electrical wiring. If our brain wants to tell our fingers to move, an electrical signal is sent along the nervous system and the fingers move. Just like electrical cables nerve cells have an insulating cover (called myelin). Electrical signals travel much faster (and are much more certain to get to the destination) in insulated nerves than in non-insulated nerves.
Seventy percent of the insulation is fat and a fair chunk of that is polyunsaturated fat. Unfortunately this means that the insulation is prone to damage from oxidation. But not to worry, we have a perfectly good repair system. The cells which make myelin (called oligodendrocytes for those who want to get all technical) are very handy at continuously patching up any damage.
MS is disease caused by our immune system attacking and destroying the myelin insulation. This damage disrupts the ability of parts of the nervous system to communicate and it results in an array of symptoms which range from fatigue, physical incoordination, spasms, partial blindness as well as learning and memory problems (depending on which part of the nervous system is damaged).
Unfortunately people with MS can’t completely repair the damage being inflicted by their immune system and over time the cumulative damage means that the symptoms become progressively worse.
According to the World Health Organisation the biggest risk factors for MS are living in a place with little sunlight or a place exposed to processed food (the Western Diet). In the 1950s the biggest risk factor by a country mile was latitude, but as processed food has infiltrated the diet of more and more countries, those countries have caught up to the rates in countries with low sunlight exposure. In Iran for example the incidence rate quadrupled in just the two decades between 1989 and 2008. But there is (and always has been) plenty of sunlight there.
In countries exposed to the Western Diet for most of the last five decades (such as Australia), the number of new cases of the disease recorded per year (after adjusting for population increases) has also quadrupled. Make no mistake MS is an epidemic on the march.
Our immune system attacks parts of the body largely because the component (T regulatory cells or just TRegs) which is supposed to stop that happening becomes disabled. One of the most efficient ways to disable TRegs is to consume too much omega-6 fat.
The Western Diet is stuffed to the brim with Omega-6 fat courtesy of the steady replacement of animal fats with seed oils (such as canola, sunflower soybean etc). So every time you eat processed food or tuck into fried food you are taking on a massive dollop of omega-6 fat.
For example if you were drop a serving (20g) of Praise Mayonnaise onto your bacon and egg sarnie you would be consuming around 5 grams of Omega-6 fat (just from the mayo). That’s about three times what your body needs for the day (and that’s before we take into account the margarine, the bread, the grain fed bacon, the factory farmed egg or anything else you eat that day).
Sunshine (or, at least its ability to make us make Vitamin D) is a partial remedy to this problem because Vitamin D boosts the numbers of TRegs. This gives us a fighting chance at stopping our own immune system in its tracks. And that is why, before the advent of a seed oil filled diet, the exposure to sunlight, more or less determined your likelihood of having MS.
We aren’t born with a completely myelinated nervous system. It takes us about 20 years to finish the job. This means that when people move from a place with low rates of MS to places of high rates of MS (or the other way round), their age when they move is an important factor. If they are over 15 when they move they will have the same risk of developing MS as the place where they were born. If they are 10 or younger it will be the same as the place where they move to.
It’s likely that this strange age-related phenomenon is because of another characteristic of our seed oil filled diets. Overconsumption of omega-6 fats causes the body to enter a state called oxidative stress. This is where the highly reactive omega-6 fats overcome our anti-oxidant defences. Oxidative stress is known to be lethal to the cells which produce our nerve insulation.
It is therefore probable that constant exposure to omega-6 fats while a child is growing those very cells, will result in insulation which is not up to spec. And a weakened insulation makes them much more susceptible to the immune system attacks which will almost inevitably happen if they stay on that diet.
MS is a truly horrendous disease that is striking more people, younger. It is clear that the cause is the massive increase in the use of seed (vegetable) oils in our food. MS was once a disease that struck only susceptible people who were not exposed to enough sunlight. Seed oils are now ensuring it is something that all of us must fear.
If you have MS, I’m sorry. If you can stop eating seed oils (and get some Sun), it may help with symptoms. If you don’t have MS, stop eating seed oils (and get some Sun) and you will dramatically reduce your chances of getting it. If you have children, don’t let them anywhere near seed oils, ever, but especially not before they’re 20.
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Medical care prices and overall health spending typically outpace growth in the rest of the economy. Health costs represent a growing share of gross domestic product, and many American families have seen the costs of health services and premiums grow faster than their wages. However, in recent months, prices for many consumer goods and services have increased faster than usual, with overall inflation at a 4-decade high.
In this brief, we use Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data, including the consumer price index (CPI) and producer price index (PPI) to analyze prices for medical care compared to other common goods and services.
Using the CPI, we show that in April 2022, overall prices grew by 8.3% from the previous year, while prices for medical care increased by only 3.2%. This is unusual, as health prices historically outpace prices in the rest of the economy. However, the relatively high rate of inflation seen in the rest of the economy may eventually translate to higher prices for medical care. This may lead to steeper premium increases in the coming years.
Medical care prices have generally grown faster than overall consumer prices
First, we look at consumer price index for all urban consumers (CPI-U), which measures the U.S city average change in prices consumers pay for goods and services. The BLS medical care price index measures price changes for medical services, drugs, and equipment. For medical care, CPI measures total price changes, including both the costs consumers pay out-of-pocket and those insurers (public and private payers) pay to providers and pharmacies. While CPI measures total price changes, the index weights spending to match consumers’ out-of-pocket costs, including consumers’ spending at the point of care and on health insurance premiums. For example, physician and hospital services are 48% of the medical care index.
Since 2000, the price of medical care, including services provided as well as insurance, drugs, and medical equipment, has risen faster than prices in the overall economy. Medical prices have grown 109.2% since 2000. In contrast, prices for all consumer goods and services rose by 68.8% in the same period.
In April 2022, prices rose 8.3% across the economy from the previous year, compared to 3.2% for medical care
While medical care costs have grown faster, they have also grown more consistently year-over-year than prices in the overall economy, which can be more volatile (particularly for food and energy). Between 2001 and 2022, prices for medical care increased between 1.5% and 4.8% each year. Overall prices saw more volatility though generally increased below prices for medical care, until recently.
Since the year 2000, there have only been five years when price growth in the general economy outpaced growth in medical care prices, and the difference was less than 1 percentage point in three of those years.
In April 2022, however, prices rose by 8.3% across the economy from the previous year, compared to 3.2% growth in prices for medical care.
Medical care prices increased slower than prices for other consumer goods and services in the past year
While medical care prices increased by 3.2% between April of 2021 and April 2022, the prices of many other consumer goods increased by significantly more.
Overall price growth was at 8.3%, and core inflation (excluding food and energy) was at 6.2%. Many essential goods and services saw larger increases. Food prices grew by 9.4% and electricity costs grew by 11.0%. Many other household expenses, such as rent, clothing, and child care have also seen larger price increases in the past year than medical care. By far the fastest-growing essential household expense has been gasoline—prices for which have increased by 43.6% since April 2021.
Hospital and nursing home prices increased faster than those for other types of medical care in the past year, though far less than overall inflation
While no individual medical component increased in prices more than the general inflation, some medical categories saw larger price increases than others. Prices for hospital services – both inpatient (3.7%) and outpatient (3.3%) – as well as for nursing homes (3.6%) rose faster than overall medical care prices (3.2%). Prescription drugs and physician services had lower price increases (1.7% and 1.2%, respectively). (The prescription drug price index is based on a certain basket of prescription drugs and therefore does not immediately reflect the introduction of new, high-priced drugs.)
Rising average employee wages and continued staff shortages in the wake of the pandemic may put upward pressure on operating costs.
Consumer prices have risen faster than producer prices for health services
Another measure of inflation, the producer price index (PPI), represents inflation from the producers’ perspective in both the public and private sector. The PPI for health services includes medical services that are paid for by third parties such as employers or the federal government.
PPI considers changes in industry output costs with a focus on the actual transaction prices. CPI, by contrast, assumes consumers buy a similar bundle of goods and services and does not account for trade-offs consumers may be making in response to price changes.
Since June 2009, the CPI-U for medical care services has risen by 49%, while the PPI for health care services has increased by 31%. Services included in this chart include hospital, physician, and other professional and facility care costs. While drugs and medical equipment are included in previous CPI-U charts in this analysis, this chart measures CPI-U of medical care services specifically and excludes drugs and medical equipment in both PPI and CPI-U measures.
Prices paid by private insurance generally outpace those paid by public programs
Generally, prices paid by private insurance are higher and rise more quickly than prices paid by public payers. Private insurance PPI has risen by 19.5% since June of 2014, while the Medicare PPI increased 13.0% and the Medicaid PPI increased 10.9% in the same period. During the public health emergency in 2020 and 2021, Medicare boosted provider reimbursement for COVID-19 treatment by 20%, which is at least part of the reason for the increase in the Medicare PPI in 2020.
Typically, medical inflation outpaces inflation in the rest of the economy. But in 2022, medical prices are growing at a similar rate as in past years, while prices in some other parts of the economy are growing much more rapidly than in the past. Health worker wage increases may put upward pressure on medical prices unless hospitals can find ways to operate with fewer staff.
Health prices are generally set in advance, administratively or via private insurance contracting, so there may be a delay in observable price increases. Some commercial rates are negotiated throughout the year, but many are tied to the plan or calendar year. Because public payer prices are set by the federal and state governments on an annual basis, there may be a lag in observable changes in health sector prices paid by public payers. Medicare uses indexing measures to update payment rates annually, reflecting increases in operating costs and wage growth among other factors. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently proposed a 3.2% increase in 2023 Medicare inpatient hospital payment rates. The agency estimates the payment rate increase will result in $1.6 billion increase in payments to hospitals. The American Hospital Association has stated this increase is not sufficient, given overall inflation. At this point in 2022, inflation elsewhere in the economy does not appear to have flowed through to medical prices. It is yet to be seen whether or to what extent rising prices in the rest of the economy may eventually affect health prices.
The Peterson Center on Healthcare and KFF are partnering to monitor how well the U.S. healthcare system is performing in terms of quality and cost.
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When you install a McAfee product on your computer, McAfee may disable Windows Defender, making it impossible to run both programs at once. However, McAfee only disables the program to free up system resources. Running both programs can still be beneficial, especially if you have at least 2GB of RAM. Windows Defender focuses more on spyware, so it may detect some bad files in your system that McAfee may not find. Adjust the Windows Defender service options to fix the problem.
Launch your McAfee program. Click the Start button and type "services.msc" in the search box. Press the "Enter" key to see the various Windows Services that you can customize.
Double-click the "Windows Defender" item to check its properties. Set the "Startup type" to "Automatic."
Click the "Start" link in the "Windows Defender Properties" window to launch Windows Defender. Restart your computer and both McAfee and Windows Defender should be running on startup.
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Let’s talk about teenagers. Let’s talk about teenagers and their emotions, and teenagers and falling in love, and teenagers feeling things like no one else feels things. I’ve been thinking a lot about youth recently (this is probably because I’m in my 20s, and when you get into your 20s and you have more responsibility and more fear, you can really almost literally feel your youth slipping away). And I’ve figured out when youth is over FOR REAL: it’s when every single pop star on the planet is younger than you. THAT’S WHEN, BB. We should all be able to eternally idolize pop stars and, at this point, I can’t even say I was a senior when Lorde was a freshman. I had already graduated from a four-year university when Lorde was a freshman in high school (!). I had a full time job, and healthcare, and bills to pay, when Lorde was a freshman in high school. HOW ANNOYING.
But back to teenagers. Teenagers are naturally, instinctually, and unknowingly vulnerable and fearless. That’s why everything is so emotional, so END OF THE WORLD INTENSE, because it really legitimately feels that way. When you’re a teenager, you are never thinking more than two days ahead. You live presently (until college application time rolls around then you live anxiously). Teenagers are so open to feelings and they don’t live their lives protecting themselves because they don’t know they have to. Life is so scary and so painful because everything is unguarded. So when you get hurt, it cuts deep. Do you remember? Do you remember going about your life and then all of a sudden you’re IN LOVE. Or you HATE SOMEONE. Or you’re DEPRESSED. And it just hits you. Fully. Totally. All at once. It’s nuts!
If any adult human walked around like every teenager walks around, you’d have them hospitalized for having no filter and for being a maniac and for being too susceptible to emotional pain. But there has to be something to it, right? If there wasn’t, everyone wouldn’t be so obsessed with trying to capture it in film and in books and in articles (like me right now). It’s the openness of teenagers, their rawness and willingness to just do exactly what they feel like without thinking about consequences that we all miss, that we all admire, and that we’re all too scared to do and to be. DOES THAT JUST SOUND LIKE RECKLESSNESS? MAYBE IT IS RECKLESSNESS.
Most teens can afford to be reckless because they’re actually really safe. There’s this safety net of youth (you can’t really go to prison), of family (your mom is in the next room), of context within your social life (you know everyone’s entire life story) that makes everything seem okay, and doable, and worthy of risk. It’s the same reason why people like scary movies. Because you like to feel scared when you know you’re actually safe. You’re in a theater, you’re with your boyfriend, or your girlfriend, or your best friend, and the scene might make you flinch, but you know where you are. There’s no real risk. The exorcist isn’t going to jump out of the screen and get you.
I “fell in love” with someone in high school who I never even kissed…I put fell in love in quotes just there because, looking back at it, I’m not really sure I can honestly qualify that experience as “in love”. We were sort of strangers. As an adult, it seems psychotic that I felt that way. But that’s the grownup in me talking (I am really mature). As a 15 year old, you couldn’t TELL ME NOTHIN! I was in love and that was it. It didn’t matter that we never said anything real to each other. That we just sort of talked in circles about nothing. It didn’t matter that what we thought was deep and real and important wasn’t actually anything deep or real or important.
Could you imagine being so sure of everything now? No questions. No doubt. Just an assured belief that you were right, your parents were wrong, and no one, IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, has ever felt the way you’re feeling right now.
So how did we change? Did experience make us cynical? Are we too scared to trust our gut now? Too embarrassed? Too proud? Too self-conscious? Did technology do us wrong? Did we grow out of talking on the phone, the one thing that brought me (and everyone else I know) the truest romance I’ll ever experience? Teenagers fall in love on the phone. It was true for me, it was true for my friends, it’s true for my siblings, and it was true for Hazel and Augustus in The Fault In Our Stars (that’s really all the analysis this theory needs). And now a story.
This Gandhi situation is a really real thing that happened and it’s so mortifying but so worth the story that I don’t care. I know you all have some too (plz, share them below). I would sit on the phone for hours at a time and listen to someone read me very broad, out-of-context quotes from philosophers and peacemakers. They weren’t deeply hidden philosophers or writers either, they were the famous ones. Gandhi. Mandela. The CLASSICS, HELLO! This happened night after night after night. I didn’t have my own line (I wish!) but I did have my own phone, so I felt like I was talking in my own private world. I was not. I was talking in my parents private world. I discovered my “private world” was NOT private at all when I walked into the kitchen once and found my parents collapsed on the floor crying because they were laughing so hard at me. The reason they were laughing? My mom tried to make a call when I was on the line and overheard some of this quote-and-response phone call. Can you imagine?
“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.” (Gandhi)
“Wow. He was so brave, you know? What an honest thing to say. I LOVE YOU!”
MY PARENTS OVERHEARD THIS. And they still love me, how sick is that?!? I had to ignore their hate because THEY WERE BEING MURDERERS OF LOVE. They were being typical adults who wanted to squander my grandiose ideas about romance. Just kidding. They were being adults who had a sense of humor, and I was a teenager who thought that nothing about what just happened was funny. That was my life. That was my LOVE. How dare they mock me!
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The two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae, is a ubiquitous polyphagous arthropod herbivore that feeds on a remarkably broad array of species, with more than 150 of economic value. It is a major pest of greenhouse crops, especially in Solanaceae and Cucurbitaceae (e.g., tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, cucumbers, zucchini) and greenhouse ornamentals (e.g., roses, chrysanthemum, carnations), annual field crops (such as maize, cotton, soybean, and sugar beet), and in perennial cultures (alfalfa, strawberries, grapes, citruses, and plums)1,2. In addition to the extreme polyphagy that makes it an important agricultural pest, T. urticae has a tendency to develop resistance to a wide array of insecticides and acaricides that are used for its control3-7.
T. urticae is an excellent experimental organism, as it has a rapid life cycle (7 days at 27 °C) and can be easily maintained at high density in the laboratory. Methods to assay gene expression (including in situ hybridization and antibody staining) and to inactivate expression of spider mite endogenous genes using RNA interference have been developed8-10. Recently, the whole genome sequence of T. urticae has been reported, creating an opportunity to develop this pest herbivore as a model organism with equivalent genomic resources that already exist in some of its host plants (Arabidopsis thaliana and the tomato Solanum lycopersicum)11. Together, these model organisms could provide insights into molecular bases of plant-pest interactions.
Here, an efficient method for quick and easy collection of a large number of adult female mites, their application on an experimental plant host, and the assessment of the plant damage due to spider mite feeding are described. The presented protocol enables fast and efficient collection of hundreds of individuals at any developmental stage (eggs, larvae, nymphs, adult males, and females) that can be used for subsequent experimental application.
24 Related JoVE Articles!
Establishing Fungal Entomopathogens as Endophytes: Towards Endophytic Biological Control
Institutions: International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali, Colombia , United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, USA.
is a fungal entomopathogen with the ability to colonize plants endophytically. As an endophyte, B. bassiana
may play a role in protecting plants from herbivory and disease. This protocol demonstrates two inoculation methods to establish B. bassiana
endophytically in the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris
), in preparation for subsequent evaluations of endophytic biological control. Plants are grown from surface-sterilized seeds for two weeks before receiving a B. bassiana
treatment of 108
conidia/ml (or water) applied either as a foliar spray or a soil drench. Two weeks later, the plants are harvested and their leaves, stems and roots are sampled to evaluate endophytic fungal colonization. For this, samples are individually surface sterilized, cut into multiple sections, and incubated in potato dextrose agar media for 20 days. The media is inspected every 2-3 days to observe fungal growth associated with plant sections and record the occurrence of B. bassiana
to estimate the extent of its endophytic colonization. Analyses of inoculation success compare the occurrence of B. bassiana
within a given plant part (i.e.
leaves, stems or roots) across treatments and controls. In addition to the inoculation method, the specific outcome of the experiment may depend on the target crop species or variety, the fungal entomopathogen species strain or isolate used, and the plant's growing conditions.
Bioengineering, Issue 74, Plant Biology, Microbiology, Infection, Environmental Sciences, Molecular Biology, Mycology, Entomology, Botany, Pathology, Agriculture, Pest Control, Fungi, Entomopathogen, Endophyte, Pest, Pathogen, Phaseolus vulgaris, Beauveria bassiana, Sustainable Agriculture, hemocytometer, inoculation, fungus
Simultaneously Capturing Real-time Images in Two Emission Channels Using a Dual Camera Emission Splitting System: Applications to Cell Adhesion
Institutions: Ohio University, Ohio University.
Multi-color immunofluorescence microscopy to detect specific molecules in the cell membrane can be coupled with parallel plate flow chamber assays to investigate mechanisms governing cell adhesion under dynamic flow conditions. For instance, cancer cells labeled with multiple fluorophores can be perfused over a potentially reactive substrate to model mechanisms of cancer metastasis. However, multi-channel single camera systems and color cameras exhibit shortcomings in image acquisition for real-time live cell analysis. To overcome these limitations, we used a dual camera emission splitting system to simultaneously capture real-time image sequences of fluorescently labeled cells in the flow chamber. Dual camera emission splitting systems filter defined wavelength ranges into two monochrome CCD cameras, thereby simultaneously capturing two spatially identical but fluorophore-specific images. Subsequently, psuedocolored one-channel images are combined into a single real-time merged sequence that can reveal multiple target molecules on cells moving rapidly across a region of interest.
Bioengineering, Issue 79, Cellular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, Biophysics, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Biological Markers, Antigens, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Cell Physiological Processes, Cell Adhesion, Cell Physiological Phenomena, Colocalization, cell rolling, two-color fluorescence, cell, imaging
Polymalic Acid-based Nano Biopolymers for Targeting of Multiple Tumor Markers: An Opportunity for Personalized Medicine?
Institutions: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Tumors with similar grade and morphology often respond differently to the same treatment because of variations in molecular profiling. To account for this diversity, personalized medicine is developed for silencing malignancy associated genes. Nano drugs fit these needs by targeting tumor and delivering antisense oligonucleotides for silencing of genes. As drugs for the treatment are often administered repeatedly, absence of toxicity and negligible immune response are desirable. In the example presented here, a nano medicine is synthesized from the biodegradable, non-toxic and non-immunogenic platform polymalic acid by controlled chemical ligation of antisense oligonucleotides and tumor targeting molecules. The synthesis and treatment is exemplified for human Her2-positive breast cancer using an experimental mouse model. The case can be translated towards synthesis and treatment of other tumors.
Chemistry, Issue 88, Cancer treatment, personalized medicine, polymalic acid, nanodrug, biopolymer, targeting, host compatibility, biodegradability
A Microplate Assay to Assess Chemical Effects on RBL-2H3 Mast Cell Degranulation: Effects of Triclosan without Use of an Organic Solvent
Institutions: University of Maine, Orono, University of Maine, Orono.
Mast cells play important roles in allergic disease and immune defense against parasites. Once activated (e.g.
by an allergen), they degranulate, a process that results in the exocytosis of allergic mediators. Modulation of mast cell degranulation by drugs and toxicants may have positive or adverse effects on human health. Mast cell function has been dissected in detail with the use of rat basophilic leukemia mast cells (RBL-2H3), a widely accepted model of human mucosal mast cells3-5
. Mast cell granule component and the allergic mediator β-hexosaminidase, which is released linearly in tandem with histamine from mast cells6
, can easily and reliably be measured through reaction with a fluorogenic substrate, yielding measurable fluorescence intensity in a microplate assay that is amenable to high-throughput studies1
. Originally published by Naal et al.1
, we have adapted this degranulation assay for the screening of drugs and toxicants and demonstrate its use here.
Triclosan is a broad-spectrum antibacterial agent that is present in many consumer products and has been found to be a therapeutic aid in human allergic skin disease7-11
, although the mechanism for this effect is unknown. Here we demonstrate an assay for the effect of triclosan on mast cell degranulation. We recently showed that triclosan strongly affects mast cell function2
. In an effort to avoid use of an organic solvent, triclosan is dissolved directly into aqueous buffer with heat and stirring, and resultant concentration is confirmed using UV-Vis spectrophotometry (using ε280
= 4,200 L/M/cm)12
. This protocol has the potential to be used with a variety of chemicals to determine their effects on mast cell degranulation, and more broadly, their allergic potential.
Immunology, Issue 81, mast cell, basophil, degranulation, RBL-2H3, triclosan, irgasan, antibacterial, β-hexosaminidase, allergy, Asthma, toxicants, ionophore, antigen, fluorescence, microplate, UV-Vis
Identification of Metabolically Active Bacteria in the Gut of the Generalist Spodoptera littoralis via DNA Stable Isotope Probing Using 13C-Glucose
Institutions: Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology.
Guts of most insects are inhabited by complex communities of symbiotic nonpathogenic bacteria. Within such microbial communities it is possible to identify commensal or mutualistic bacteria species. The latter ones, have been observed to serve multiple functions to the insect, i.e.
helping in insect reproduction1
, boosting the immune response2
, pheromone production3
, as well as nutrition, including the synthesis of essential amino acids4,
Due to the importance of these associations, many efforts have been made to characterize the communities down to the individual members. However, most of these efforts were either based on cultivation methods or relied on the generation of 16S rRNA gene fragments which were sequenced for final identification. Unfortunately, these approaches only identified the bacterial species present in the gut and provided no information on the metabolic activity of the microorganisms.
To characterize the metabolically active bacterial species in the gut of an insect, we used stable isotope probing (SIP) in vivo
C-glucose as a universal substrate. This is a promising culture-free technique that allows the linkage of microbial phylogenies to their particular metabolic activity. This is possible by tracking stable, isotope labeled atoms from substrates into microbial biomarkers, such as DNA and RNA5
. The incorporation of 13
C isotopes into DNA increases the density of the labeled DNA compared to the unlabeled (12
C) one. In the end, the 13
C-labeled DNA or RNA is separated by density-gradient ultracentrifugation from the 12
C-unlabeled similar one6
. Subsequent molecular analysis of the separated nucleic acid isotopomers provides the connection between metabolic activity and identity of the species.
Here, we present the protocol used to characterize the metabolically active bacteria in the gut of a generalist insect (our model system), Spodoptera littoralis
). The phylogenetic analysis of the DNA was done using pyrosequencing, which allowed high resolution and precision in the identification of insect gut bacterial community. As main substrate, 13
C-labeled glucose was used in the experiments. The substrate was fed to the insects using an artificial diet.
Microbiology, Issue 81, Insects, Sequence Analysis, Genetics, Microbial, Bacteria, Lepidoptera, Spodoptera littoralis, stable-isotope-probing (SIP), pyro-sequencing, 13C-glucose, gut, microbiota, bacteria
The Cell-based L-Glutathione Protection Assays to Study Endocytosis and Recycling of Plasma Membrane Proteins
Institutions: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Membrane trafficking involves transport of proteins from the plasma membrane to the cell interior (i.e.
endocytosis) followed by trafficking to lysosomes for degradation or to the plasma membrane for recycling. The cell based L-glutathione protection assays can be used to study endocytosis and recycling of protein receptors, channels, transporters, and adhesion molecules localized at the cell surface. The endocytic assay requires labeling of cell surface proteins with a cell membrane impermeable biotin containing a disulfide bond and the N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) ester at 4 ºC - a temperature at which membrane trafficking does not occur. Endocytosis of biotinylated plasma membrane proteins is induced by incubation at 37 ºC. Next, the temperature is decreased again to 4 ºC to stop endocytic trafficking and the disulfide bond in biotin covalently attached to proteins that have remained at the plasma membrane is reduced with L-glutathione. At this point, only proteins that were endocytosed remain protected from L-glutathione and thus remain biotinylated. After cell lysis, biotinylated proteins are isolated with streptavidin agarose, eluted from agarose, and the biotinylated protein of interest is detected by western blotting. During the recycling assay, after biotinylation cells are incubated at 37 °C to load endocytic vesicles with biotinylated proteins and the disulfide bond in biotin covalently attached to proteins remaining at the plasma membrane is reduced with L-glutathione at 4 ºC as in the endocytic assay. Next, cells are incubated again at 37 °C to allow biotinylated proteins from endocytic vesicles to recycle to the plasma membrane. Cells are then incubated at 4 ºC, and the disulfide bond in biotin attached to proteins that recycled to the plasma membranes is reduced with L-glutathione. The biotinylated proteins protected from L-glutathione are those that did not recycle to the plasma membrane.
Basic Protocol, Issue 82, Endocytosis, recycling, plasma membrane, cell surface, EZLink, Sulfo-NHS-SS-Biotin, L-Glutathione, GSH, thiol group, disulfide bond, epithelial cells, cell polarization
Automated, Quantitative Cognitive/Behavioral Screening of Mice: For Genetics, Pharmacology, Animal Cognition and Undergraduate Instruction
Institutions: Rutgers University, Koç University, New York University, Fairfield University.
We describe a high-throughput, high-volume, fully automated, live-in 24/7 behavioral testing system for assessing the effects of genetic and pharmacological manipulations on basic mechanisms of cognition and learning in mice. A standard polypropylene mouse housing tub is connected through an acrylic tube to a standard commercial mouse test box. The test box has 3 hoppers, 2 of which are connected to pellet feeders. All are internally illuminable with an LED and monitored for head entries by infrared (IR) beams. Mice live in the environment, which eliminates handling during screening. They obtain their food during two or more daily feeding periods by performing in operant (instrumental) and Pavlovian (classical) protocols, for which we have written protocol-control software and quasi-real-time data analysis and graphing software. The data analysis and graphing routines are written in a MATLAB-based language created to simplify greatly the analysis of large time-stamped behavioral and physiological event records and to preserve a full data trail from raw data through all intermediate analyses to the published graphs and statistics within a single data structure. The data-analysis code harvests the data several times a day and subjects it to statistical and graphical analyses, which are automatically stored in the "cloud" and on in-lab computers. Thus, the progress of individual mice is visualized and quantified daily. The data-analysis code talks to the protocol-control code, permitting the automated advance from protocol to protocol of individual subjects. The behavioral protocols implemented are matching, autoshaping, timed hopper-switching, risk assessment in timed hopper-switching, impulsivity measurement, and the circadian anticipation of food availability. Open-source protocol-control and data-analysis code makes the addition of new protocols simple. Eight test environments fit in a 48 in x 24 in x 78 in cabinet; two such cabinets (16 environments) may be controlled by one computer.
Behavior, Issue 84, genetics, cognitive mechanisms, behavioral screening, learning, memory, timing
A Proboscis Extension Response Protocol for Investigating Behavioral Plasticity in Insects: Application to Basic, Biomedical, and Agricultural Research
Institutions: Arizona State University.
Insects modify their responses to stimuli through experience of associating those stimuli with events important for survival (e.g.
, food, mates, threats). There are several behavioral mechanisms through which an insect learns salient associations and relates them to these events. It is important to understand this behavioral plasticity for programs aimed toward assisting insects that are beneficial for agriculture. This understanding can also be used for discovering solutions to biomedical and agricultural problems created by insects that act as disease vectors and pests. The Proboscis Extension Response (PER) conditioning protocol was developed for honey bees (Apis mellifera
) over 50 years ago to study how they perceive and learn about floral odors, which signal the nectar and pollen resources a colony needs for survival. The PER procedure provides a robust and easy-to-employ framework for studying several different ecologically relevant mechanisms of behavioral plasticity. It is easily adaptable for use with several other insect species and other behavioral reflexes. These protocols can be readily employed in conjunction with various means for monitoring neural activity in the CNS via electrophysiology or bioimaging, or for manipulating targeted neuromodulatory pathways. It is a robust assay for rapidly detecting sub-lethal effects on behavior caused by environmental stressors, toxins or pesticides.
We show how the PER protocol is straightforward to implement using two procedures. One is suitable as a laboratory exercise for students or for quick assays of the effect of an experimental treatment. The other provides more thorough control of variables, which is important for studies of behavioral conditioning. We show how several measures for the behavioral response ranging from binary yes/no to more continuous variable like latency and duration of proboscis extension can be used to test hypotheses. And, we discuss some pitfalls that researchers commonly encounter when they use the procedure for the first time.
Neuroscience, Issue 91, PER, conditioning, honey bee, olfaction, olfactory processing, learning, memory, toxin assay
Characterization of Complex Systems Using the Design of Experiments Approach: Transient Protein Expression in Tobacco as a Case Study
Institutions: RWTH Aachen University, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft.
Plants provide multiple benefits for the production of biopharmaceuticals including low costs, scalability, and safety. Transient expression offers the additional advantage of short development and production times, but expression levels can vary significantly between batches thus giving rise to regulatory concerns in the context of good manufacturing practice. We used a design of experiments (DoE) approach to determine the impact of major factors such as regulatory elements in the expression construct, plant growth and development parameters, and the incubation conditions during expression, on the variability of expression between batches. We tested plants expressing a model anti-HIV monoclonal antibody (2G12) and a fluorescent marker protein (DsRed). We discuss the rationale for selecting certain properties of the model and identify its potential limitations. The general approach can easily be transferred to other problems because the principles of the model are broadly applicable: knowledge-based parameter selection, complexity reduction by splitting the initial problem into smaller modules, software-guided setup of optimal experiment combinations and step-wise design augmentation. Therefore, the methodology is not only useful for characterizing protein expression in plants but also for the investigation of other complex systems lacking a mechanistic description. The predictive equations describing the interconnectivity between parameters can be used to establish mechanistic models for other complex systems.
Bioengineering, Issue 83, design of experiments (DoE), transient protein expression, plant-derived biopharmaceuticals, promoter, 5'UTR, fluorescent reporter protein, model building, incubation conditions, monoclonal antibody
An Affordable HIV-1 Drug Resistance Monitoring Method for Resource Limited Settings
Institutions: University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, Jembi Health Systems, University of Amsterdam, Stanford Medical School.
HIV-1 drug resistance has the potential to seriously compromise the effectiveness and impact of antiretroviral therapy (ART). As ART programs in sub-Saharan Africa continue to expand, individuals on ART should be closely monitored for the emergence of drug resistance. Surveillance of transmitted drug resistance to track transmission of viral strains already resistant to ART is also critical. Unfortunately, drug resistance testing is still not readily accessible in resource limited settings, because genotyping is expensive and requires sophisticated laboratory and data management infrastructure. An open access genotypic drug resistance monitoring method to manage individuals and assess transmitted drug resistance is described. The method uses free open source software for the interpretation of drug resistance patterns and the generation of individual patient reports. The genotyping protocol has an amplification rate of greater than 95% for plasma samples with a viral load >1,000 HIV-1 RNA copies/ml. The sensitivity decreases significantly for viral loads <1,000 HIV-1 RNA copies/ml. The method described here was validated against a method of HIV-1 drug resistance testing approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Viroseq genotyping method. Limitations of the method described here include the fact that it is not automated and that it also failed to amplify the circulating recombinant form CRF02_AG from a validation panel of samples, although it amplified subtypes A and B from the same panel.
Medicine, Issue 85, Biomedical Technology, HIV-1, HIV Infections, Viremia, Nucleic Acids, genetics, antiretroviral therapy, drug resistance, genotyping, affordable
The Insect Galleria mellonella as a Powerful Infection Model to Investigate Bacterial Pathogenesis
Institutions: INRA, Micalis UMR1319, France.
The study of bacterial virulence often requires a suitable animal model. Mammalian models of infection are costly and may raise ethical issues. The use of insects as infection models provides a valuable alternative. Compared to other non-vertebrate model hosts such as nematodes, insects have a relatively advanced system of antimicrobial defenses and are thus more likely to produce information relevant to the mammalian infection process. Like mammals, insects possess a complex innate immune system1
. Cells in the hemolymph are capable of phagocytosing or encapsulating microbial invaders, and humoral responses include the inducible production of lysozyme and small antibacterial peptides2,3
. In addition, analogies are found between the epithelial cells of insect larval midguts and intestinal cells of mammalian digestive systems. Finally, several basic components essential for the bacterial infection process such as cell adhesion, resistance to antimicrobial peptides, tissue degradation and adaptation to oxidative stress are likely to be important in both insects and mammals1
. Thus, insects are polyvalent tools for the identification and characterization of microbial virulence factors involved in mammalian infections.
Larvae of the greater wax moth Galleria mellonella
have been shown to provide a useful insight into the pathogenesis of a wide range of microbial infections including mammalian fungal (Fusarium oxysporum
, Aspergillus fumigatus
, Candida albicans
) and bacterial pathogens, such as Staphylococcus aureus
, Proteus vulgaris
, Serratia marcescens Pseudomonas aeruginosa
, Listeria monocytogenes
or Enterococcus faecalis4-7
. Regardless of the bacterial species, results obtained with Galleria
larvae infected by direct injection through the cuticle consistently correlate with those of similar mammalian studies: bacterial strains that are attenuated in mammalian models demonstrate lower virulence in Galleria
, and strains causing severe human infections are also highly virulent in the Galleria
. Oral infection of Galleria
is much less used and additional compounds, like specific toxins, are needed to reach mortality.
larvae present several technical advantages: they are relatively large (last instar larvae before pupation are about 2 cm long and weight 250 mg), thus enabling the injection of defined doses of bacteria; they can be reared at various temperatures (20 °C to 30 °C) and infection studies can be conducted between 15 °C to above 37 °C12,13
, allowing experiments that mimic a mammalian environment. In addition, insect rearing is easy and relatively cheap. Infection of the larvae allows monitoring bacterial virulence by several means, including calculation of LD5014
, measurement of bacterial survival15,16
and examination of the infection process17
. Here, we describe the rearing of the insects, covering all life stages of G. mellonella
. We provide a detailed protocol of infection by two routes of inoculation: oral and intra haemocoelic. The bacterial model used in this protocol is Bacillus cereus
, a Gram positive pathogen implicated in gastrointestinal as well as in other severe local or systemic opportunistic infections18,19
Infection, Issue 70, Microbiology, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Bacteriology, Entomology, Bacteria, Galleria mellonella, greater wax moth, insect larvae, intra haemocoelic injection, ingestion, animal model, host pathogen interactions
Transmitting Plant Viruses Using Whiteflies
Institutions: University of Florida .
Whiteflies, Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae, Bemisia tabaci
, a complex of morphologically indistinquishable species5
, are vectors of many plant viruses. Several genera of these whitefly-transmitted plant viruses (Begomovirus, Carlavirus, Crinivirus, Ipomovirus, Torradovirus
) include several hundred species of emerging and economically significant pathogens of important food and fiber crops (reviewed by9,10,16
). These viruses do not replicate in their vector but nevertheless are moved readily from plant to plant by the adult whitefly by various means (reviewed by2,6,7,9,10,11,17
). For most of these viruses whitefly feeding is required for acquisition and inoculation, while for others only probing is required. Many of these viruses are unable or cannot be easily transmitted by other means. Therefore maintenance of virus cultures, biological and molecular characterization (identification of host range and symptoms)3,13
, require that the viruses be transmitted to experimental hosts using the whitefly vector. In addition the development of new approaches to management, such as evaluation of new chemicals14
, new cultural approaches1,4,19
, or the selection and development of resistant cultivars7,8,18
, requires the use of whiteflies for virus transmission. The use of whitefly transmission of plant viruses for the selection and development of resistant cultivars in breeding programs is particularly challenging7
. Effective selection and screening for resistance employs large numbers of plants and there is a need for 100% of the plants to be inoculated in order to find the few genotypes which possess resistance genes. These studies use very large numbers of viruliferous whiteflies, often several times per year.
Whitefly maintenance described here can generate hundreds or thousands of adult whiteflies on plants each week, year round, without the contamination of other plant viruses. Plants free of both whiteflies and virus must be produced to introduce into the whitefly colony each week. Whitefly cultures must be kept free of whitefly pathogens, parasites, and parasitoids that can reduce whitefly populations and/or reduce the transmission efficiency of the virus. Colonies produced in the manner described can be quickly scaled to increase or decrease population numbers as needed, and can be adjusted to accommodate the feeding preferences of the whitefly based on the plant host of the virus.
There are two basic types of whitefly colonies that can be maintained: a nonviruliferous and a viruliferous whitefly colony. The nonviruliferous colony is composed of whiteflies reared on virus-free plants and allows the weekly availability of whiteflies which can be used to transmit viruses from different cultures. The viruliferous whitefly colony, composed of whiteflies reared on virus-infected plants, allows weekly availability of whiteflies which have acquired the virus thus omitting one step in the virus transmission process.
Plant Biology, Issue 81, Virology, Molecular Biology, Botany, Pathology, Infection, Plant viruses, Bemisia tabaci, Whiteflies, whitefly, insect transmission, Begomovirus, Carlavirus, Crinivirus, Ipomovirus, host pathogen interaction, virus, insect, plant
Local and Global Methods of Assessing Thermal Nociception in Drosophila Larvae
Institutions: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Houston-Downtown, University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
In this article, we demonstrate assays to study thermal nociception in Drosophila
larvae. One assay involves spatially-restricted (local) stimulation of thermal nociceptors1,2
while the second involves a wholesale (global) activation of most or all such neurons3
. Together, these techniques allow visualization and quantification of the behavioral functions of Drosophila
nociceptive sensory neurons.
larva is an established model system to study thermal nociception, a sensory response to potentially harmful temperatures that is evolutionarily conserved across species1,2
. The advantages of Drosophila
for such studies are the relative simplicity of its nervous system and the sophistication of the genetic techniques that can be used to dissect the molecular basis of the underlying biology4-6
, as in all metazoans, the response to noxious thermal stimuli generally involves a "nocifensive" aversive withdrawal to the presented stimulus7
. Such stimuli are detected through free nerve endings or nociceptors and the amplitude of the organismal response depends on the number of nociceptors receiving the noxious stimulus8
. In Drosophila
, it is the class IV dendritic arborization sensory neurons that detect noxious thermal and mechanical stimuli9
in addition to their recently discovered role as photoreceptors10
. These neurons, which have been very well studied at the developmental level, arborize over the barrier epidermal sheet and make contacts with nearly all epidermal cells11,12
. The single axon of each class IV neuron projects into the ventral nerve cord of the central nervous system11
where they may connect to second-order neurons that project to the brain.
Under baseline conditions, nociceptive sensory neurons will not fire until a relatively high threshold is reached. The assays described here allow the investigator to quantify baseline behavioral responses or, presumably, the sensitization that ensues following tissue damage. Each assay provokes distinct but related locomotory behavioral responses to noxious thermal stimuli and permits the researcher to visualize and quantify various aspects of thermal nociception in Drosophila
larvae. The assays can be applied to larvae of desired genotypes or to larvae raised under different environmental conditions that might impact nociception. Since thermal nociception is conserved across species, the findings gleaned from genetic dissection in Drosophila
will likely inform our understanding of thermal nociception in other species, including vertebrates.
Neuroscience, Issue 63, Drosophila sensory neurons, thermal nociception, nociceptive sensitization, tissue damage, fly behavioral response, dendritic arborization neurons, allodynia, hyperalgesia, behavioral assay
Mass Production of Genetically Modified Aedes aegypti for Field Releases in Brazil
Institutions: Oxitec Ltd, Universidade de São Paulo, Universidade de São Paulo, Moscamed Brasil, University of Oxford, Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Entomologia Molecular (INCT-EM).
New techniques and methods are being sought to try to win the battle against mosquitoes. Recent advances in molecular techniques have led to the development of new and innovative methods of mosquito control based around the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT)1-3
. A control method known as RIDL (Release of Insects carrying a Dominant Lethal)4
, is based around SIT, but uses genetic methods to remove the need for radiation-sterilization5-8
. A RIDL strain of Ae. aegypti
was successfully tested in the field in Grand Cayman9,10
; further field use is planned or in progress in other countries around the world.
Mass rearing of insects has been established in several insect species and to levels of billions a week. However, in mosquitoes, rearing has generally been performed on a much smaller scale, with most large scale rearing being performed in the 1970s and 80s. For a RIDL program it is desirable to release as few females as possible as they bite and transmit disease. In a mass rearing program there are several stages to produce the males to be released: egg production, rearing eggs until pupation, and then sorting males from females before release. These males are then used for a RIDL control program, released as either pupae or adults11,12
To suppress a mosquito population using RIDL a large number of high quality male adults need to be reared13,14
. The following describes the methods for the mass rearing of OX513A, a RIDL strain of Ae. aegypti 8,
for release and covers the techniques required for the production of eggs and mass rearing RIDL males for a control program.
Basic Protocol, Issue 83, Aedes aegypti, mass rearing, population suppression, transgenic, insect, mosquito, dengue
Agrobacterium-Mediated Virus-Induced Gene Silencing Assay In Cotton
Institutions: Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University.
Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum
) is one of the most important crops worldwide. Considerable efforts have been made on molecular breeding of new varieties. The large-scale gene functional analysis in cotton has been lagged behind most of the modern plant species, likely due to its large size of genome, gene duplication and polyploidy, long growth cycle and recalcitrance to genetic transformation1
. To facilitate high throughput functional genetic/genomic study in cotton, we attempt to develop rapid and efficient transient assays to assess cotton gene functions.
Virus-Induced Gene Silencing (VIGS) is a powerful technique that was developed based on the host Post-Transcriptional Gene Silencing (PTGS) to repress viral proliferation2,3
. Agrobacterium-mediated VIGS has been successfully applied in a wide range of dicots species such as Solanaceae, Arabidopsis
and legume species, and monocots species including barley, wheat and maize, for various functional genomic studies3,4
. As this rapid and efficient approach avoids plant transformation and overcomes functional redundancy, it is particularly attractive and suitable for functional genomic study in crop species like cotton not amenable for transformation.
In this study, we report the detailed protocol of Agrobacterium-mediated VIGS system in cotton. Among the several viral VIGS vectors, the tobacco rattle virus (TRV) invades a wide range of hosts and is able to spread vigorously throughout the entire plant yet produce mild symptoms on the hosts5. To monitor the silencing efficiency, GrCLA1, a homolog gene of Arabidopsis Cloroplastos alterados 1
) in cotton, has been cloned and inserted into the VIGS binary vector pYL156. CLA1
gene is involved in chloroplast development6
, and previous studies have shown that loss-of-function of AtCLA1
resulted in an albino phenotype on true leaves7
, providing an excellent visual marker for silencing efficiency. At approximately two weeks post Agrobacterium
infiltration, the albino phenotype started to appear on the true leaves, with 100% silencing efficiency in all replicated experiments. The silencing of endogenous gene expression was also confirmed by RT-PCR analysis. Significantly, silencing could potently occur in all the cultivars we tested, including various commercially grown varieties in Texas. This rapid and efficient Agrobacterium-mediated VIGS assay provides a very powerful tool for rapid large-scale analysis of gene functions at genome-wide level in cotton.
Plant Biology, Issue 54, Agrobacterium, Cotton, Functional Genomics, Virus-Induced Gene Silencing
Bioassays for Monitoring Insecticide Resistance
Institutions: University of Missouri, Delta Research Center, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center.
Pest resistance to pesticides is an increasing problem because pesticides are an integral part of high-yielding production agriculture. When few products are labeled for an individual pest within a particular crop system, chemical control options are limited. Therefore, the same product(s) are used repeatedly and continual selection pressure is placed on the target pest. There are both financial and environmental costs associated with the development of resistant populations. The cost of pesticide resistance has been estimated at approximately $ 1.5 billion annually in the United States. This paper will describe protocols, currently used to monitor arthropod (specifically insects) populations for the development of resistance. The adult vial test is used to measure the toxicity to contact insecticides and a modification of this test is used for plant-systemic insecticides. In these bioassays, insects are exposed to technical grade insecticide and responses (mortality) recorded at a specific post-exposure interval. The mortality data are subjected to Log Dose probit analysis to generate estimates of a lethal concentration that provides mortality to 50% (LC50
) of the target populations and a series of confidence limits (CL's) as estimates of data variability. When these data are collected for a range of insecticide-susceptible populations, the LC50
can be used as baseline data for future monitoring purposes. After populations have been exposed to products, the results can be compared to a previously determined LC50
using the same methodology.
Microbiology, Issue 46, Resistance monitoring, Insecticide Resistance, Pesticide Resistance, glass-vial bioassay
Protocol for Mosquito Rearing (A. gambiae)
Institutions: Johns Hopkins University.
This protocol describes mosquito rearing in the insectary. The insectary rooms are maintained at 28°C and ~80% humidity, with a 12 hr. day/night cycle. For this procedure, you'll need mosquito cages, 10% sterile sucrose solution, paper towels, beaker, whatman filter paper, glass feeders, human blood and serum, water bath, parafilm, distilled water, clean plastic trays, mosquito food (described below), mosquito net to cover the trays, vacuum, and a collection chamber to collect adults.
Cellular Biology, Issue 5, mosquito, malaria, infectious disease
Dissection of Imaginal Discs from 3rd Instar Drosophila Larvae
Institutions: University of California, Irvine (UCI).
Developmental Biology, Issue 2, Drosophila, Imaginal Disks, Dissection Technique
Choice and No-Choice Assays for Testing the Resistance of A. thaliana to Chewing Insects
Institutions: Cornell University.
Larvae of the small white cabbage butterfly are a pest in agricultural settings. This caterpillar species feeds from plants in the cabbage family, which include many crops such as cabbage, broccoli, Brussel sprouts etc. Rearing of the insects takes place on cabbage plants in the greenhouse. At least two cages are needed for the rearing of Pieris rapae. One for the larvae and the other to contain the adults, the butterflies. In order to investigate the role of plant hormones and toxic plant chemicals in resistance to this insect pest, we demonstrate two experiments. First, determination of the role of jasmonic acid (JA - a plant hormone often indicated in resistance to insects) in resistance to the chewing insect Pieris rapae. Caterpillar growth can be compared on wild-type and mutant plants impaired in production of JA. This experiment is considered "No Choice", because larvae are forced to subsist on a single plant which synthesizes or is deficient in JA. Second, we demonstrate an experiment that investigates the role of glucosinolates, which are used as oviposition (egg-laying) signals. Here, we use WT and mutant Arabidopsis impaired in glucosinolate production in a "Choice" experiment in which female butterflies are allowed to choose to lay their eggs on plants of either genotype. This video demonstrates the experimental setup for both assays as well as representative results.
Plant Biology, Issue 15, Annual Review, Plant Resistance, Herbivory, Arabidopsis thaliana, Pieris rapae, Caterpillars, Butterflies, Jasmonic Acid, Glucosinolates
Testing Nicotine Tolerance in Aphids Using an Artificial Diet Experiment
Institutions: Cornell University.
Plants may upregulate the production of many different seconday metabolites in response to insect feeding. One of these metabolites, nicotine, is well know to have insecticidal properties. One response of tobacco plants to herbivory, or being gnawed upon by insects, is to increase the production of this neurotoxic alkaloid. Here, we will demonstrate how to set up an experiment to address this question of whether a tobacco-adapted strain of the green peach aphid, Myzus persicae, can tolerate higher levels of nicotine than the a strain of this insect that does not infest tobacco in the field.
Plant Biology, Issue 15, Annual Review, Nicotine, Aphids, Plant Feeding Resistance, Tobacco
Protocols for Oral Infection of Lepidopteran Larvae with Baculovirus
Institutions: Iowa State University.
Baculoviruses are widely used both as protein expression vectors and as insect pest control agents. This video shows how lepidopteran larvae can be infected with polyhedra by droplet feeding and diet plug-based bioassays. This accompanying Springer Protocols section provides an overview of the baculovirus lifecycle and use of baculoviruses as insecticidal agents, including discussion of the pros and cons for use of baculoviruses as insecticides, and progress made in genetic enhancement of baculoviruses for improved insecticidal efficacy.
Plant Biology, Issue 19, Springer Protocols, Baculovirus insecticides, recombinant baculovirus, insect pest management
Protocols for Microapplicator-assisted Infection of Lepidopteran Larvae with Baculovirus
Institutions: Iowa State University.
Baculoviruses are widely used both as protein expression vectors and as insect pest control agents. . This video shows how lepidopteran larvae can be infected with microapplicator techniques in the gut with baculovirus polyhedra and in the hemolymph with budded virus. This accompanying Springer Protocols section provides an overview of the baculovirus lifecycle and use of baculoviruses as insecticidal agents. Formulation and application of baculoviruses for pest control purposes are described elsewhere.
Plant Biology, Issue 18, Springer Protocols, Baculovirus insecticides, recombinant baculovirus, insect pest management
Characterizing Herbivore Resistance Mechanisms: Spittlebugs on Brachiaria spp. as an Example
Plants can resist herbivore damage through three broad mechanisms: antixenosis, antibiosis and tolerance1
. Antixenosis is the degree to which the plant is avoided when the herbivore is able to select other plants2
. Antibiosis is the degree to which the plant affects the fitness of the herbivore feeding on it1
.Tolerance is the degree to which the plant can withstand or repair damage caused by the herbivore, without compromising the herbivore's growth and reproduction1
. The durability of herbivore resistance in an agricultural setting depends to a great extent on the resistance mechanism favored during crop breeding efforts3
We demonstrate a no-choice experiment designed to estimate the relative contributions of antibiosis and tolerance to spittlebug resistance in Brachiaria
spp. Several species of African grasses of the genus Brachiaria
are valuable forage and pasture plants in the Neotropics, but they can be severely challenged by several native species of spittlebugs (Hemiptera: Cercopidae)4
.To assess their resistance to spittlebugs, plants are vegetatively-propagated by stem cuttings and allowed to grow for approximately one month, allowing the growth of superficial roots on which spittlebugs can feed. At that point, each test plant is individually challenged with six spittlebug eggs near hatching. Infestations are allowed to progress for one month before evaluating plant damage and insect survival. Scoring plant damage provides an estimate of tolerance while scoring insect survival provides an estimate of antibiosis. This protocol has facilitated our plant breeding objective to enhance spittlebug resistance in commercial brachiariagrases5
Plant Biology, Issue 52, host plant resistance, antibiosis, antixenosis, tolerance, Brachiaria, spittlebugs
Dissection of Larval CNS in Drosophila Melanogaster
Institutions: Princeton University.
The central nervous system (CNS) of Drosophila larvae is complex and poorly understood. One way to investigate the CNS is to use immunohistochemistry to examine the expression of various novel and marker proteins. Staining of whole larvae is impractical because the tough cuticle prevents antibodies from penetrating inside the body cavity. In order to stain these tissues it is necessary to dissect the animal prior to fixing and staining. In this article we demonstrate how to dissect Drosophila larvae without damaging the CNS. Begin by tearing the larva in half with a pair of fine forceps, and then turn the cuticle "inside-out" to expose the CNS. If the dissection is performed carefully the CNS will remain attached to the cuticle. We usually keep the CNS attached to the cuticle throughout the fixation and staining steps, and only completely remove the CNS from the cuticle just prior to mounting the samples on glass slides. We also show some representative images of a larval CNS stained with Eve, a transcription factor expressed in a subset of neurons in the CNS. The article concludes with a discussion of some of the practical uses of this technique and the potential difficulties that may arise.
Developmental Biology, Issue 1, Drosophila, fly, CNS, larvae
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In order to be able to develop and test techniques in improving spoken dialog systems, a baseline system was built. CMU has significant experience in building spoken dialog systems. Since we want to have significant control of the dialog system, completely off-the-shelf systems supporting VoiceXML-like directed dialog would be too restrictive. We therefore chose to build on the RavenClaw system. This system is in turn built upon the MIT Galaxy architecture and uses the CMU Sphinx speech recognizer and the Festival Speech Synthesis System .
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THE main function of the tonsils is to trap germs (bacteria and viruses) which you may breathe in. Proteins called antibodies produced in the immune cells from the tonsils help to kill these germs and help to prevent throat and lung infections. The tonsils, more often get inflamed in the process secondary to infection caused by these germs and that inflammatory process is called tonsillitis. In this article, the winter highlights the basics of tonsillitis and its management thereof.
The main causes of tonsillitis include streptococcal bacteria, viruses such as influenza, infectious mononucleosis, diphtheria and herpangina. Individuals with tonsillitis tend to present with sore throat, dysphagia (difficulty in swallowing), headache, earache, fever, vomiting (especially in children), halitosis (bad breath) to mention a few.
The management plan for tonsillitis is twofold. The first is referred to as a conservative approach and the second is the surgical intervention/approach. The conservative approach involves providing pain relief and lowering the temperature with paracetamol. We often recommend gargling with salt water or diluted chlorhexidine and if available a local antibiotic or pain relief sprays. Antibiotics are often prescribed as well to help fight the infection. These antibiotics are of a wide variety in the market and their prescriptions may vary from Doctor to Doctor.
There are few indications for a surgical intervention (tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy) such as adenotonsillar hyperplasia with difficulty breathing when asleep, failure to thrive or grow especially for children, bleeding tonsillitis or a possible malignant disease. In general, when they are re-occurring say about 3-4 times a year and they are affecting your quality of life, it is advisable to have them removed. The most effective recommended home remedy for tonsillitis is to gargle with warm salt water. The warm water will have a soothing effect and the salt will help kill the virus or bacteria. Salt also helps reduce inflammation, giving you an instant relief. Mix one teaspoon of table salt in a cup of warm water and gargle. Lemon’s antiviral, antibiotic and anti-inflammatory properties take care of infection and the inflammation whereas its high vitamin C content improves the body’s resistance to infection. In a glass of lukewarm water, add the juice from the lemon, a pinch of salt and one teaspoon of honey. Drink it slowly, twice daily for few days. Alternatively, you can sprinkle a little salt and pepper on a slice of lemon and suck on the lemon slice. It is recommended to do this remedy two to three times a day for several days.
Cinnamon can be used for treating tonsillitis as well. Being rich in antimicrobial properties, cinnamon inhibits the growth of bacteria and other micro-organisms in the tonsils and helps reduce swelling, pain and inflammation. For the remedy, add one teaspoon of cinnamon powder to a glass of hot water. Mix in two teaspoons of honey. Sip on the mixture slowly while still warm. It is suggested that the mixture is consumed two or three times a day for one week.
It is very important that one gets the right diagnosis. Based on what we discussed above if you suspect that you or your child have tonsillitis, it’s best you visit your doctor for a proper ear, nose and throat examination. If possible, your doctor can refer you to an ENT (ear, nose and throat) specialist.
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Insights into the world of school marketing and communications, presented by Brad Entwistle and Andrew Sculthorpe.
Brad and Scully discuss how school marketing is a love affair with customers – your parents and community. In addition, they examine how age and life stage no longer hold the same relevance and it’s time to rewrite the marketing rules; and 64 online writing tools for writers, bloggers and authors. This episode’s commonly asked school marketing question looks at how to use storytelling to engage your community. This week’s school marketing example is Brighton Grammar’s wonderful website communication point, Understanding Boys. The rants and raves segment looks at why every election goes negative in the end.
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Monday, May 18, 2009
Short-Term Equilibrium Points in the Market: Tracking Volume at Price
If you click on the Market Delta chart above, showing preopening trade in the ES futures, you'll see a common short-term phenomenon. As a market moves higher or lower, it eventually draws in participants from longer time frames, who perceive the new prices as divergences from value. Thus, rising prices will attract selling from longer time frame participants and falling prices will tend to bring in buyers. That is how markets eventually establish equilibrium.
As we moved steadily higher in premarket trading, we attracted significant new volume between 890 and 891, with volume drying up as we probed above 891 (red arrows). Very often that surge in volume, which we can view within the bars of the chart, marks the appearance of the longer time frame trader and sets up a short-term point of resistance or support. At those junctures, it's not at all unusual to enter a period of short-term consolidation or equilibrium.
Clearly, how the market deals with that 890/891 area as we move toward the open will speak volumes regarding the sustainability of the rally. Taking out that level with above average volume would suggest the emergence of fresh buying; failure to attract volume near that area would indicate a drying up of buying interest.
Reading volume at price and how it evolves over the day tells a great deal about who is winning the battle of bulls and bears.
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Spring book titles for young readers
Book publishers often release a lot new titles in the spring and fall, so the staff members at Carlsbad Public Library are in the midst of adding to our collection. Here are some of the new offerings for younger readers available at the library now:
“P Is for Pterodactyl: The Worst Alphabet Book Ever,” by Raj Haldar and Chris Carpenter, pokes fun at some of the funny and challenging words we encounter in English. Along with the titular “pterodactyl” you will find ewes, wrens, a tsunami, and knights, among other wacky word spellings tumbling across the book’s pages, as illustrated by Maria Tina Beddia. A glossary at the end of the book assists readers with pronunciations and definitions. This would make a fun family bedtime book to share.
Kids who are new readers need books with accessible vocabulary, and if it’s a funny story, too, so much the better. Sergio Ruzzier’s new series, Fox + Chick, is about a pair of animals encountering adventure, arguing over what to have for lunch, and just being friends. The layout of the books is in panels, and reminds me of reading the Sunday color comics, with word bubbles for the characters and sound effects highlighted, such as “slurp,” “thud,” and “crash.” Kids who enjoy Mo Willem’s Elephant and Piggie series will warm right up to Fox and his fluffy yellow buddy, Chick.
Sometimes there are certain conversations parents and kids need to have, although parents don’t always know where to start. I’m not talking birds and bees . . . I’m talking Internet safety. Child psychologist Dr. Jillian Roberts and illustrator Jane Heinrichs have partnered up to create “On the Internet: Our First Talk About Online Safety.” With age-appropriate discussions about topics like using good judgement, respecting boundaries, and privacy, this book enlightens not only children but also parents about how to establish a safe and healthy Internet usage in your home.
For young readers curious about the military, award-winning author Michael P. Spradlin has released two biographical titles about soldiers serving their country in his Medal of Honor series. ““Afghanistan: A Firefight in the Mountains of Wanat” features Ryan Pitts, whose bravery and resourcefulness even while wounded saved many of his fellow soldiers’ lives during fierce fighting. Jack Montgomery is the featured soldier in “World War II: Gallantry at Anzio.” Spradlin includes factual information to give young readers the background they need to understand and appreciate what it means to receive the Medal of Honor. Kids interested in military history, adventure, or exciting non-fiction reading will really enjoy these titles.
There are so many great new books available I can’t begin to cover them all. Stop by the children’s department with your young reader and check out our selection in person, or visit our online catalog at https://www.cityofcarlsbadnm.com/departments/carlsbad-public-library. If you are new to the area, you’ll be happy to know library cards are free!
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I suspected a bottle of wine in a local store was being offered at a good price. My investigations show that competitors sell the wine for double the price. Should I tell the store?
Buy as much as you like. The shop will understand the laws of supply and demand and your actions are likely to cause the price to be readjusted. You could even sell some of the wine yourself and offset the cost.
Paul Rodriguez, via e-mail
I am on a gap year and teaching in a school abroad. I am the same age as some of my
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This article sets the stage to learn about conflict escalation by playing a game. The game is called The Dollar Auction, and the rules are as follows. You are the auctioneer. In any group, either social or at work, propose the following. You will auction a $1 bill to the highest bidder. The highest bidder will win $1 less the amount of the bid. If the high bid is 15 cents, you will pay out 85 cents ($1 minus the bid). The catch is that the second highest bidder must pay you his or her bid as well. So if the second bidder was 12 cents, the bidder pays you 12 cents.
People typically start this game by calling out a small amount of money because they figure they have little to lose. They think to themselves, “If I can win a buck for 10 or 15 cents, I’m pretty smart.” The problem is that everyone else in the game has the same logic. Consequently, several people start to bid. Eventually, the bids will approach $1 and two things happen. First, the number of players typically decreases until there are two bidders. Second, the motivation of the remaining two bidders changes from a desire to maximize returns to one of minimizing losses. Thus, the question transforms from “How much can I win?” to “How do I keep from losing?” Guess what? At this point, the auction often goes above $1.
Why doesn’t someone quit when the expected reward is less than the known expense of continuing the game? First, the players have expended time and effort in an expectation of an easy gain. They have made an “investment” that they are loathe to relinquish. Second, each party secretly hopes the other bidder will quit, leaving victory to the remaining player. Of course, both parties reason this way, and neither one quits.
As the bidding exceeds $1, another transformation occurs. Now, a certain fatalistic attitude typically sets in so that each party makes certain the other will lose just as much. “I may go down in flames, but I’m taking you with me.” This reaction seems to stem from a fear of looking weak or foolish for quitting and letting the other guy win. The bidders are now concerned with threats to their personal image. The auction has changed from an “investment” to “a matter of principle.”
If you play this game, I would be interested in knowing how much the dollar ultimately was sold for. I have heard of auctions going as high as $5 or $6, and in one case where the auction was for $100, the final bid was $3,000. Perhaps your players will show some restraint, but perhaps not.
The Dollar Auction game is a great example of conflict escalation processes. Notice how the goals change as the game, which is a metaphor for conflict, progresses. Very often conflicts start with one set of goals. At an intermediate stage, the goals shift to something quite different. If the genesis of the conflict was to gain something, the first transformation will be to minimize loss. Thus, the conflict will escalate as this new goal takes hold. Since the transformation is unconscious, logic provides a rationalization rather than a reasoned before-the-fact decision. As parties become aware of the destructive nature of the escalation, a second transformation occurs. Now the conflict is centered on identity-preserving one’s own face and, if possible, destroying the other’s face. One can only back down now by admitting defeat. There seems to be an implicit message that the winner is stronger, better, and more capable. We react against this, again unconsciously, because succumbing to another in this way constitutes a primal threat to our ability to survive in the group.
When I was trying business cases, I saw this phenomenon time after time but did not understand it. I suppose I became entrapped in it as well. As a peacemaker, I now recognize the symptoms and understand the causes. Once in this cycle, people have an extraordinarily difficult time breaking out. That is when mediation and peacemaking can be very effective.
How do you know if you or your colleagues are caught in the cycle? Listen for expressions like “I don’t care about the money. It’s the principle of the thing;” “We’ve got a lot invested in this, but it should be over in a few more months.” “I don’t care what it costs, XYZ is not going to win this one!” These phrases and others like them reveal how conflict goals have changed to escalation. This phenomenon is not limited to litigation. For those of you engaged in bidding wars for companies, think about whether your original business objectives became transformed to preventing loss and then to preserving your self or corporate image. The competition in a contested merger or acquisition has led many acquiring companies into a deal that made no sense whatsoever. How often have you heard of an intense, competitive auction for a company, only to hear of the quiet divestment two or three years later?
The point I make is that conflict escalation is often caused by unconscious transformations triggered by the deepening conflict. Being aware of this propensity can help you avoid bad decisions and help you get out before the cost becomes excessive.
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What is School ERP Software?
A school ERP software is a set of programs, specially designed to manage all the administrative tasks of a school in an effective manner. Also known as school management ERP software, school ERP software handles all those tedious tasks which earlier had to be taken care of by a specific person with the use of pen and paper.
School ERP software acts as a central dashboard where all the stakeholders- principals, management, teachers, and parents can access any important information, anytime. With this software, teachers can spend more time on teaching and student progress, parents can stay updated with their ward’s performance, the management can easily manage all the intricate and time-taking administrative tasks, and principals can monitor and manage every single action being performed inside and out of the school premises.
This area is a powerful central database area that seamlessly knits together all modules on the CampusCare school records management system. It is designed to be powerful and its flexibility enables administrators to customize what information they track and manage for student and staff. Save your staff hours on time-consuming data entry and student record keeping.
This is effective and efficient area that provides you admission system, specify your fee system and auto-generation/reconciliation of fee reports, examination system to analyse the performance of students, the affordable school library module to manage your library simpler ever before, route assigning and maintaining school buses becomes a very simple task by using transport module.
This communication area plays a vital role in a student-school-parent relationship. Deployed in many reputed schools in India, CampusCare school communication portals are safe and personalised spaces built for principals, teachers, parents and school management to find everything they need. They help declutter the desks as well as the school website. By driving parents to the CampusCare communication portals, other sections of the school website can focus on engaging prospective parents, potential students, alumni, among others.
This area deal with the complexities of fund accounting and financial reporting. This suits for a particular school or group of schools. Has everything a school needs to operate efficiently, including financial report, trial balance, ledgers, balance sheet and all general accounting features.
This module enables a student to be registered on a school database along with all the necessary details such as Aadhar cards, Date of Birth Certificate, Parents detail etc. This enables a school to allow admission from any corner of the world. A parent can fill out the necessary details of the child and automatically a form will be submitted to school admin, who can then sort out the selection of the student accordingly.
Time-Saving - Registration of a new student in any school is a time-consuming process as it requires the allotment of the dedicated resource from school. This tedious process is taken care by CampusCare through an automated process.
Global Access - Usually talent in school is restricted to a local or a subsidiary area, however, Entab's online school management software helps a school to overcome this situation because a school can accept registration from any corner of the world.
Eco - friendly - CampusCare helps a school go green since thousands of bundles of paper don't go to waste by automating the entire process.
This is one of the most important modules in CampusCare which acts as a brain for the entire School ERP nervous system. All the modules are interlinked with the student information system which enables a school to fetch any type of information with just one click. Any report such as fees due, attendance, etc. can be generated with the help of the student information system by just one click in our school management software.
Hassle Free Information - CampusCare enables a school to generate various types of the report regarding a student in just one click. A school no longer has to search for different records since every information regarding a student is reflected in this module in our school ERP software.
Session Wise Division - Every student's information can be viewed session wise which is maintained on our servers. Now, a school doesn't have to maintain a dedicated record room for any student since all that is taken care by our school management software.
It helps a school in collecting fees through an online process and helps in maintaining a proper database of each and every transaction. Regular notifications are sent to parents in terms of due fees, late payment, etc. in our school management software. This module is directly integrated with financial accounting which enables a school to keep a vigilant track of its funds. Also, this enables a school to accept school fees through an online medium which is directly transferred to its bank account.
Online Payment: A person can deposit the fees through an online portal and no longer need to visit the school physically.
No Late Fees: Our school management software prevents the chance of late fee and thus, prevents you from any penalties which may be levied on.
Check Defaulters of Unpaid School Fees: Our school software enables a school manager and a principal to check for any defaulters who have not paid any school fees.
Reconciliation: CampusCare online school ERP software enables a school admin to check for payments which have been received and which are yet to be received. In other words, it enables a school to reconcile the revenue generated in an academic year whether it is on a monthly, quarterly or yearly basis.
As the name suggests, our exam & result module enables a school to generate beautiful report cards by just clicking a single button. These report cards are generated in accordance with the boards' guidelines. These report cards can be viewed by the parents on their mobile thus, reducing the need for an unnecessary visit to the school. Moreover, the school, teacher, principal and parent can generate a detail analysis report produced by our exclusive school management software which helps them to determine the key performance areas from those areas which need some work.
Ease Of Use: A school can generate beautiful report cards with just a single click.
Analysis: With the help of this module a school can perform detailed analysis of a student based on his/her past performance since the time he has joined the school and can devise a calculative strategy to understand a student's KPAs (Key Performance Areas).
Reliability: The biggest benefit of having an exam and result module of our school erp software is that a school no longer has to depend on any third party vendor to print a report card thus, preventing loss of data.
This exclusive module of our school management software helps in effectively manage thousands of books, videos, textbooks, newspapers, magazines, school album, etc. in a library through an automated process. We follow ISBN criteria which is accordance with the global standards thus, now a school doesn't have to worry about the location of a particular book.
Availability: A parent, school, teachers, student, etc. can easily go through the database and check whether a particular book is available or not by just mentioning either the name of the book or the author's name.
No Delay: Our school library software helps a school to prevent any unnecessary delay while issuing a book.
Easy to use a module, helps in storing all the available details of any staff member of the school. It can be easily accessed by a person who has the authority to view the files.
Up to date: Our online school ERP software enables a school to vigilantly maintain updated records of school staff.
Online Access: The school database can be accessed from anywhere by a person who has the authority.
Security: Our excellent servers provide excellent security to any database provided by the school.
This module helps in maintaining the salary of non-teaching as well as teaching staff of the school. Further, our school management software helps in generating accurate income tax reports (FORM 16) for tax filing purposes. Also, it provides ECR report which helps in maintaining accurate data for the amount transferred in the provident fund which can be uploaded on the EPFO website.
Easy Handling: Salary Reports can be generated by a single click.
Accurate Maintenance: Data is maintained accurately
Ease of Access/Portability: Data can be accessed on the go.
Our cloud-based school ERP software helps in maintaining all the finances of the school effortlessly. Being one of the best school management software in India, we have been blessed to work with financial experts and schools to provide one of the best financial solutions designed for the schools.
Transparency: Our school management software is a complete transparent solution since income and expenditure are accounted automatically thus, leaving no room for any manipulation.
Accuracy: CampusCare school ERP solution is absolutely accurate since everything is taken care of through an automatic process.
Never lose track of your inventory with our school management software. Our recognized school ERP helps to maintain a record for each and every item that is present in the school. It helps keep track of item and the best part is it can be accessed from anywhere as long as you have the permission to do so.
Accountability: Since every item is accounted for our inventory management module leave no room for error/misplacement.
Organized: Every item is compiled in a systematic manner and can be viewed easily by a person who has the authority to do so.
Our school management software enables a school to track the movement of students by installing a transport module. They can now accurately track the live position which helps them to provide added security and safety for the students. It also allows a school to send live updates parents on their mobile which can help them in tracking their child.
Accurate: Our school ERP software helps to accurately track students/child/wards in school.
Our cloud-based school management system enables a school to digitally store and take attendance. Also, a parent is immediately notified if the child is absent from the school. Moreover, a parent can apply for a leave for their child without any hassle. In other words, our reputed school management software enables a school to automatically notify the parent when the child does not attend the school.
Safety & Security: A parent, as well as school, doesn't have to worry about the immediate whereabouts of the student. From the first entry inside the school, an immediate notification would be sent to the child's parent.
Organized Record: A systematic and organized data log is maintained by our school management software which can be accessed by principal, teacher and parents.
Using the principal communication portal, the principal or head of the school can check the overview of the school's overall activities - classroom content, student information, calendars. They can instantly reach out to parents, teachers, and school management. Since it is a centralised and secure platform, there is no need to manage multiple usernames and passwords.
The ERP system works as an input of information and portals are considered as the output of that information. On the principal portal, principals can see the attendance, strength of the school, category-wise fee collection as well as the payrolls of the employed staff. They can also send out individual or bulk messages directly to teachers and parents.
The management portal lets the principal or anyone from the school management who has been granted access to have quick access to the details including student information, fees, news, attendance, parents' login history, and library transactions in a graphical representation. It streamlines administrative tasks and eliminates unnecessary paperwork, making schools much more efficient.
Using the management portal, the school staff can view category-wise fee collection, annual reports, and batch-wise dropouts. They can quickly obtain the mark sheets, transfer certificates and other essential documents of current students as well as of alumni.
The teacher portal, a virtual tool used by teachers to build camaraderie with parents, is linked with our online school ERP. It is specially designed to cater to the specific needs of the schools associated with various Indian boards of education including IB, ICSE, CBSE, and IGCSE.
The communication portal lets teachers post photos and event information which helps them connect with parents. Teachers can access student information, faculty and staff directory, among others.
The highlight of the portal is its SMS and notification facility which bridges the teacher-parent communication gap. Teachers can directly send remarks, assignments and any other important piece of information to parents without meeting them in person. It makes communication much faster, efficient, and hassle-free.
The teacher portal lets teachers mark attendance, enter subject-wise test scores, and maintain mark sheets. Its library management tool allows the faculty to search and reserve books for themselves.
Most features of the teacher portal are available on the Entab’s mobile apps (compatible with both Android and iOS platforms). Teachers can log in with their unique user ID and view their lesson plans, schedules, upcoming events, progress reports as well as attendance of a student.
Designed to work with our online school ERP, the Entab’s parent portal centralises all the school-parent interaction and serves as a single point of reference for parents. It enables parents to monitor their child’s everyday activities and keep up with schools as well as teachers. It comes with features such as school event tracking, student attendance module, assignment status & submission, disciplinary remarks, parent diary, fee management, examination & result, among others.
Parents can log in with their user id to view the academic calendar and send messages to teachers and the principal anytime regarding any concerns. Along with filing leaves online, they can see the class time table and timely report cards of their ward and track their progress.
Integrated with school ERP software, the portal maintains a complete profile of each student. It facilitates parents to pay school fee online. The best feature is that it accepts payment via debit/credit card and net banking. The parent communication portal is linked with the school management app for parents which notifies parents for any due fee and previous fee deposit details.
Parents can search for books in the library as well as check the status of the library transaction. Using the parent portal, they can reserve the books for their wards. Our parent communication saves parents time by providing all information on a single platform.
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During the age of the Great Cattle Drives, the practice of branding made it easy to identify the owners of cattle. Branding allowed herds to be combined and help fight against rustlers.
A man approaches with a glowing iron, fresh from the fire, and clasps this, hissing and seething, upon the shrinking hide. A malodorous cloud of smoke arises from the burning hair. The iron cuts quite through the hair and full into the hide, so the mark shall never grow over again with hair. A piteous bawl arises from the little animal– a protest half drowned by the rush of mingled sounds about. Meantime, a third man trims out with a sharp knife the required slice, if any, which is to be taken from the ear or dewlap to complete the registered mark of the owner. In a moment that calf is released and shoved to one side to rejoin its mother, who mutters at its injuries and licks it soothingly. The calf stands with legs spread wide apart, sick and dizzy, and dispose to move, and shorn for many days of much of its riskiness.
Mother and calf alike are hustled out of the way. The tally man count out, “Bar Y, one calf.” Another calf is by this time coming skating up to the fire, and again the iron is hissing. Meantime the hubbub and the turmoil increase, until all seems again lost a chaos. Taught ropes across the ground in many directions. The cutting ponies pant and sweat, rear and plunge. The garb of the cow puncher now is one of white alkali, which hangs gray in his eyebrows and mustache. Steers bellow and run to and fro.
Cows charge on their persecutors amid confusion and great laughings. Fleet yearlings and young cows break away and run for the open, pursued by cowboys who care not how or where they ride. The dust and the lowings and bellowing and runnings wax until all seems hopeless. Yet all the time the irons are busy; all the time the calves are sliding up to the fire; all the time the voice of the tally man is chanting, and all the time the lines of the figures are growing longer on his grimy pages.
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Energy storage plays a big role in the evolution of renewable energy and will continue to do so as these energies continue to grow. However, the importance of energy storage has been underestimated for many years. Research analyst Alex Eller at Navigant Research said “We’re only seeing the very beginnings of what the energy storage market is going to look like. Important issues surrounding how energy storage participates in electricity markets [haven’t] even begun to take shape in most places.” (Renewable Energy World). Matt Roberts, executive director of the Energy Storage Association, also commented that storage facilities have shown to be safe, reliable, and cost-effective and are ready to help make major shifts in renewable energy systems.
Global energy storage is expected to boom in 2017 and the market is expected to grow by 47% compared to the already record breaking year in 2016. Analysts expect this surge to continue in the years onward with a compound growth rate of 60% through the year 2020.
Pumped hydropower continues to be the leading source of energy storage and occupies about 96% of the current market share. Although, a growing number of alternative solutions are being tried, tested, and installed in commercial settings while even more are in the blueprint and various levels of research stages. Lithium-ion variety battery storage and microgrids for pv storage are expected to become big players in the market in the next years and take away some of this market share from hyrdopower.
Declining costs in renewable energy are creating more production and more research in these fields. With the growing number of solutions being created and implemented all over the world, the need to store these energies for later consumption/use becomes inherent. The benefits for countries, regions, states, and even individuals are endless when storage of natural energy becomes prevalent. It is great to see researchers and analysts working so hard to make such a great contribution to society come to fruition.
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The Ultimate Whey Protein Guide
In this guide you will find out all the details about Whey Protein.
What is it, what are the different types available, their benefits and much more.
We've tried to cover all the relevant topics about this supplement so you can understand why it's so popular.
In the end, if you still have any doubts, just use the comments area.
So let's get started.
What is Whey Protein?
It is a milk protein, more precisely from whey and is obtained during the cheese making process.
Whey proteins make up about 20% of the animal milk protein content, with the rest of the proteins being casein fractions (~80%).
The production of whey protein can be done through various filtration methods (microfiltration, ultrafiltration, etc.) depending on the desired protein content.
Once filtered, the protein is spray-dried to produce its desired powder form, after which it may undergo additional modifications by the manufacturers, such as flavoring, coloring, etc.
It is a complete protein source, which means that it contains all 9 essential amino acids, has a high biological value and a high concentration of BCAA?s.
What are the different types of Whey Protein?
Concentrated Whey Protein
This is the cheapest and most common way.
It is produced by ultrafiltration of whey and normally offers protein concentrations between 70 and 80%, thus also bringing some carbohydrates (lactose) and fats.
Since the concentration of this protein is around 70-80%, it means that for every 100g we have an average of 70 to 80 grams of pure protein, which is a very good value.
In addition, it has a high amount of BCAA's and other essential amino acids and is quickly absorbed.
Isolated Whey Protein
The isolated form is basically an evolution of the concentrated version.
It can be produced using various filtration techniques and achieves protein values in the range of 85-95%, which is excellent.
In addition, due to greater filtration, the values of fat and carbohydrates are very low, reaching zero, eliminating lactose.
For example, in a protein with a concentration of 95%, we have 95g of high quality protein for every 100g.
Hydrolyzed Whey Protein
This is the latest production technique for this type of supplement.
It is produced through the enzymatic hydrolysis of concentrated and/or isolated Whey.
With this technique the protein is absorbed faster, as the peptide bonds are separated and digestion facilitated.
This is usually the most expensive way.
What are the benefits of Whey Protein?
Proteins are an essential macronutrient and play a crucial role in muscle development and maintenance, as well as many other physiological processes.
Simply put, amino acids are the building blocks of protein and proteins are the building blocks of muscle.
Furthermore, amino acids play an important role in maintaining a healthy immune system, cardiovascular function and brain metabolism.
Supplementing with protein brings many benefits, which come essentially from the biological function of essential amino acids.
Whey protein is a complete protein, with a high amount of L-Leucine, essential to stimulate protein synthesis, among other EAA?S.
Some of the reasons for using this type of supplement:
- Stimulates protein synthesis(3)(6)
- It is quickly absorbed/digested
- It's easy and convenient to use.
- Increases the anabolic response to resistance training(3)(2)
- It can work as an anti-catabolic during prolonged aerobic activities(2)
- Strengthens the immune system(5)
- Promotes fat loss(4)
- Helps maintain lean body mass(3)(4)
- Help with recovery (1)(2)
How does it compare to other types of protein?
The most popular way to determine the quality of a protein is through biological value.
The biological value of a protein refers to a practical measure that assesses the degree to which it is possible for us to use that protein.
Basically, the greater the biological value of a protein, the more effective it will be to use.
- Concentrated and isolated whey - Between 100 to 159
- whole egg? 100
- Milk ? 91
- Egg white ? 88
- Cottage cheese ? 84
- Tuna ? 83
- Chicken ? 79
- peanuts? 68
- Oat ? 58
How and when to take Whey Protein?
The best time to take this supplement is undoubtedly before and after training, however, it can be used throughout the day when a quality protein source is required.
Example: Add protein to snack.
There is no universal value for the amount to be taken per day, as it always depends from person to person and should be used as a way to meet daily protein requirements.
An article that addresses this topic in more detail is the The best times to take Whey.
What are the side effects of Whey Protein?
This supplement is usually well tolerated, however, in special cases it may occur:
- Intestinal bloating/discomfort
- Allergic Reactions
These problems usually arise when there is a food allergy (lactose) or when protein intake is too high.
If you experience intestinal discomfort with a concentrated Whey, try a whey isolate or supplement with added digestive enzymes to facilitate digestion.
How to choose a good Whey Protein supplement?
To choose a good Whey Protein supplement, the first step is always to look at the product label, analyzing the ingredients and nutritional value.
The supplement must have at least between 70 to 80% of protein, that is, between 70g to 80g of protein per 100g, and the ideal should be around 80% in the case of concentrate and 90% in the case of isolated.
If it is a mixture of several proteins, it should contain between 75% and 85% of protein.
Protein sources should always be concentrated, isolated or hydrolyzed Whey.
You can have just one of them or a mix, depending on what you're buying.
Another important point is to analyze the additions made by the mark and the aminogram.
If you see additions like glycine or taurine on the label, it's usually a bad product.
In the aminogram you should also look at the amounts of BCAA?s (Leucine, Isoleucine and Valine).
A good Whey Protein brings at least between 17g to 18g of BCAA's in the case of the concentrate, and 20-22g in the case of the isolate.
Furthermore, a good Whey Protein has low amounts of carbohydrates (5-10g/100g) and fats (4-8g/100g).
Here is our list of Best Whey Protein Supplements from the market.
Does Whey get fat? Does Whey lose weight?
To gain weight, there needs to be a caloric excess, that is, we eat more calories per day than we consume, so it doesn't just depend on Whey.
A Whey Protein Shake has about 100 calories, making it very difficult for someone to get fat from these shakes.
For this to eventually happen, your diet would have to be very high in calories already, and your Whey would have increased even more, yet it wouldn't make a very significant contribution to your weight gain.
That said, using Whey Protein to gain muscle mass is a good idea, as it will help to increase the protein content of the diet and its quality.
For those looking to lose weight, this supplement can be a good ally to maintain lean mass while eliminating fat.
What is the best Whey Protein supplement?
The best supplement is the one with the highest amount of quality protein, with the least amount of carbohydrates and fats.
Meetings on here our Top 10 Whey Supplements.
What is the worst Whey Protein supplement?
Products with a high amount of carbohydrates and low amounts of protein should be avoided.
Protein sources should be whey protein and not wheat and company proteins.
Techniques such as aminospiking are also not welcome. (See review 100% Whey Prime).
I'm lactose intolerant, can I use Whey Protein?
Yes, however you should use an isolated whey as its lactose content is very low or nil.
Concentrated Whey or Isolated Whey?
Concentrated Whey is the most economical whey supplement and is usually well tolerated.
Depending on the concentration of the powder, it is a excellent option for those who don't want to spend a lot of money and have a quality protein supplement.
As for disadvantages, it has a slightly lower bioavailability compared to isolated and a lower protein concentration.
It also has a little lactose and if you're intolerant it's not a good idea.
As for Whey Isolate, it has a very high bioavailability, is even easier to digest, is very low in fat/carbohydrates and has a very high protein concentration (+90%).
You can find our article here Isolated vs Concentrated Whey, is it worth the isolated?
Do I use water or milk to mix my shake?
You can use either water or milk, however, before and after training it is ideal to use water as milk will slow down protein digestion.
Also, don't forget that milk has a significant amount of sugar and some fat.
Should I use whey protein on non-training days?
It just depends on your diet.
If you can reach your daily protein values without resorting to Whey Protein, you don't necessarily need to use this supplement on non-training days.
If you can't get the daily protein you need, you can use it to get it even on days you don't train.
Whey Protein supplementation is very famous, and for obvious reasons.
It is an economical source of protein, with an excellent amino acid profile and very practical, making it very easy to reach the necessary daily protein values.
While it doesn't work miracles, its benefits are obvious, and if you're looking for your first supplement, a good Whey Protein is probably your best bet.
If you have any questions, use the comments area below!
(1) https://jissn.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1550-2783-5-S1-P6 (two) https://europepmc.org/article/med/20048505 (3) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23343671/ (4) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18371214/ (5) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25530736/ (6) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24257722/
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Configuring Remote Servers
Remote servers are supported in SQL Server for backward compatibility only. New applications should use linked servers instead. For more information, see Linking Servers.
A remote server configuration allows for a client connected to one instance of SQL Server to execute a stored procedure on another instance of SQL Server without establishing a separate connection. Instead, the server to which the client is connected accepts the client request and sends the request to the remote server on behalf of the client. The remote server processes the request and returns any results to the original server. This server in turn passes those results to the client. When you set up a remote server configuration, you should also consider how to establish security. For more information about security for remote servers, see Security for Remote Servers.
If you want to set up a server configuration to execute stored procedures on another server and do not have existing remote server configurations, use linked servers instead of remote servers. Both stored procedures and distributed queries are allowed against linked servers; however, only stored procedures are allowed against remote servers.
Remote servers are set up in pairs. To set up a pair of remote servers, configure both servers to recognize each other as remote servers.
Most of the time, you should not have to set configuration options for remote servers. SQL Server Set sets the defaults on both the local and remote computers to allow for remote server connections.
For remote server access to work, the remote access configuration option must be set to 1 on both the local and remote computers. (This is the default setting.) remote access controls logins from remote servers. You can reset this configuration option by using either the Transact-SQL sp_configure stored procedure or SQL Server Management Studio. To set the option in SQL Server Management Studio, on the Server Properties Connections page, use Allow remote connections to this server. To reach the Server Properties Connections page, in Object Explorer, right-click the server name, and then click Properties. On the Server Properties page, click the Connections page.
From the local server, you can disable a remote server configuration to prevent access to that local server by users on the remote server with which it is paired.
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Yard Landscape Design Ideas to Change Your Backyard There are many methods to landscape your yard, but there are some things you have to think of before you begin. Read more about this website. The most vital consider transforming your backyard is the design of the paving. Learn more about this homepage. It needs to match the exterior of your home. View more about this page. Think about adding a sunken seating location and also an outdoor patio table. Check here for more info. To make an outdoor patio extra appealing, you can use recycled wood pallets or a glass of wine barrels. Discover more about this link. For bigger backyards, you can additionally utilize a separate eating area, and even create an industrial-styled patio area. Check it out! this site. A fantastic yard landscape design suggestion for a tight budget is blending different kinds of plants as well as flowers. Read here for more info. It will be an impressive addition, as well as it will not take much time to install. Click here for more updates. One of the most reliable method to blend the various types of plants and also blossoms is to combine at the very least 20 different varieties. View here for more details. You don’t need to invest a lot of cash; you can acquire only twenty buck plants and integrate them to make a distinct look for your lawn. Read more about this website. As soon as you’ve selected a style, it’s time to select your plants. Learn more about this homepage. Relying on your budget, you can select a variety of flowering plants, bushes, and also trees. View more about this page. Other than flowers, you can additionally include a birdbath for a little investment of $20 to $100. Check here for more info. You can additionally mount an exterior lamp, which will certainly not need way too much upkeep, yet will certainly bring the outdoors right into the residence. You can likewise include a fish pond. Discover more about this link. Unlike a fountain, a koi fish pond has many advantages. Check it out! this site. It includes a touch of elegance to your yard. Read here for more info. Its Asian-inspired water fountain makes it look extra excellent. Click here for more updates. The fish pond can also act as a meditative area for you and your family. View here for more details. There are lots of other backyard landscaping suggestions you can make use of to beautify your lawn. Read more about this website. One of the most prominent yard landscaping concepts is terracing. Learn more about this homepage. This can be a visual selection or a need. View more about this page. A terracing job will provide your yard a more vibrant appearance and will add rate of interest. Check here for more info. You can additionally use different sort of gravel and rock to offer your yard an extra attractive look. Discover more about this link. The resulting result will be a relaxing as well as enjoyable space that you can appreciate with your household. Check it out! this site. You can likewise include different layouts right into your backyard. Read here for more info. If you’re looking for a straightforward and affordable yard landscaping suggestion, think about adding some yard rocks. Click here for more updates. Squashed stone can be an inexpensive alternative to yards, but it can include a lot of appearance to your garden. View here for more details. There are several other products you can incorporate into your backyard. Read more about this website. You can even include recycled whelk shells to conceal the dark soil under your Acer palmatum. Learn more about this page. These are all inexpensive as well as effective choices for changing the appearance of your backyard. View more about this page.
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Bakersfield College | Data Conference: October 31, 2013
Bakersfield College hosted a KCCD Data Summit on Thursday, October 31, from 8:30 am to 3 pm.
When available, archives will be posted to this page.
For more information regarding this conference, please visit: www.bakersfieldcollege.edu/conference
Opening Remarks – Manny Mourtzanos
Data, Technology & Student Success in 2016 – Sonya Christian
Unveiling BC’s Score Card – Janet Fulks and Data Coaches
A CULTURE OF INQUIRY & ACTION: A Catalyst for Improving Student Outcomes
– Rob Johnstone & Patrick Perry
Come ready for an interactive, engaging exploration that will access your subject matter expertise as we collectively explore important student success issues and start brainstorming how to continue to move forward on improving student outcomes.
Getting Familiar with the Data at the State Chancellor’s Office
– Patrick Perry
The CCC Chancellor’s Office collects student unit records from all 112 CCC campuses and “value-adds” to this data in a variety of ways, while making much of it available to your campus. This session will outline the many sources and uses of Chancellor’s Office data that can be used locally to track student progress and outcomes through such tools as the Data Mart, Data On Demand, Referential Files, Scorecard, and Salary Surfer.
Panel Reflection and Reaction
Moderator: Michael McNellis
Following the Panel Reflection & Reaction, our keynote speakers, Patrick Perry & Rob Johnstone, will give closing remarks.
First Generation Students: What does the data tell us?
- Tina Tuttle
New data for the KCCD on parental education combined with a poverty indicator offer some striking new insight into our students. This presentation will highlight first-time information about socioeconomics of KCCD students and how this may be affecting students pathways toward their goals. We’ll examine socio economics, demographics, impact on GPA and how this influences “first generation” behaviors.
Moving Forward – Wrap Up, Highlights and Next Steps
– Manny Mourtzanos
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Authors: Ravi Madapati,
ICMR (IBS Center for Management Research).
- Kohlberg, Kravis, and Roberts1
Henry Kravis (Kravis), the man who was once touted as King Henry, was under pressure in early 2003. The company that he had cofounded in 1976, Kohlberg, Kravis & Roberts (KKR), along with his cousin George Roberts (Roberts) and mentor Jerome Kohlberg (Kohlberg) was at the crossroads. While Kohlberg had left the firm long back, Kravis and Roberts at 60 were approaching the end of their careers. The Leveraged Buyout (LBO) business in which the company specialized had been in a slump since the late 1990s. Competition from other firms had significantly eroded KKR's market share. Kravis wondered what KKR needed to do under the circumstances.
Performance of LBO funds declined from an annualized return of 35% in 1989 to 20% in the first quarter of 2000. In the same period, venture-capital returns soared to over 50% from 5%2. This made investors skeptical about investing in LBO fund. Oregon Investment Council (OIC) and Washington State Pension Funds (WSPF) had been the foremost investors in KKR's takeover ventures during the period 1986 to 2002.
The Oregon Treasury had committed $2.34 bn of retirees' pension money in various KKR takeovers. By and large, the pension fund had been handsomely rewarded. The state had invested an additional $800 mn in KKR's latest fund in 1996, as it believed the company's illfated takeover of RJR Nabisco in 1989 was an exception and that most of its deals earned annual returns of 20% or more. The state's most prominent KKR deal, the 1981 buyout of Fred Meyer Inc., had fetched returns of nearly 22% annually.
WSPF and OIC had decided to pull out of a deal to invest up to $1 bn in a direct stake in KKR. WSPF did so because of fears about the liquidity of the investment. The fund needed the flexibility to sell assets to meet potential withdrawals. OIC had pulled out taking a cue from WSPF's decision. The $30 bn Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management System decided against investing in the KKR Millennium Fund after putting money into KKR's previous funds. The $ 8.5 bn Montana Board of Investments, an investor in KKR funds since 1987, also complained that KKR had held its stakes for too long. It would be pulling out of the next fund.
Some early forays in the 1990s were among KKR's most successful ventures. It made $ 2.25 bn on a $280 mn investment in the Bank of New England and $1.97 bn on a $300 mn investment in insurer American Re Corp. In 1996, KKR raised a record $6 bn. The firm averaged two investments a year from 1987 to 1994. It tripled its pace from 1995 to 1999. From early 2000, KKR found the deals drying up. After making two investments in 2000, KKR did not close a single new deal in 2001. Instead it pumped $ 475 mn into existing holdings. Before its $ 225 mn April 2002 buyout of Covanta Energy Group, KKR's most recent US buyout had been in November 2000: The $1.2 bn purchase of chemical company Rockwood Specialties. In July 2002, KKR agreed to Europe's biggest-ever buyout, the $ 5.1 bn purchase of electrical products maker Legrand SA from Schneider Electric SA. That same week, KKR bought seven industrial businesses from Siemens AG for $ 1.7 bn. KKR had made only one new investment in the US in the period early 2002 till fall 2002. In September 2002 KKR bought BCE Inc.'s Canadian yellow pages business for $ 1.8 bn.
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November 27, 2012
Police in Helsinki seized the laptop of a young girl during a search of her family’s home last week, according to her father. The alleged offense? Using the popular BitTorrent website The Pirate Bay to download a single album.
Last year, 9-year-old Julietta came across a torrent on The Pirate Bay after searching on Google for Finnish pop star Chisu’s latest album. The download failed to work, and she and her father went and bought the album together shortly afterwards. Unbeknownst to them, Finland’s Copyright Information and Anti-Piracy Centre (known as CIAPC, as well as its Finnish acronym, TTVK) had already taken notice.
The events are related by the girl’s father, Aki Wequ Nylund, in a public Facebook post. (Though Google Translate’s Finnish is not very good, an account of the translated story was posted at copyright and BitTorrent news blog TorrentFreak.)
This spring, a letter arrived from the TTVK alleging that the Nylund’s account had been linked to a copyright infringement. The letter gave the option to pay a settlement of €600 and sign a non-disclosure agreement — a common tactic used by copyright holders that removes the need for formal charges.
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I experienced the satisfaction of browsing a handful of faculties in Memphis previous week with Darryl Williams, Teneicesia White and Joaquin Hernandez, such as Feel Memphis Academy, which makes use of our Examining Reconsidered English Curriculum. Among the the quite a few highlights were some of the excellent lesson preparing moves teachers utilised to get prepared to teach (and adapt!) the models.
For illustration we beloved the way fourth quality teacher Starr Garrett (working with our fifth quality Esperanza Soaring Device) altered a accountable independent browse to a FASE (or, as we applied to get in touch with it, Control the Recreation [CTG] read.)
One of the finest means to make a challenging text come to everyday living for students–but to keep the challenging text–is to study it with them, the instructor studying some and modeling expressive fluency and learners practicing acquiring the very same. Excellent move by Starr here!
We also loved the way Starr geared up in progress for locations of prospective misunderstanding. She had, in TLAC parlance, predicted mistake.
Listed here she’s predicted that two phrases academics are deeply acquainted with–literal and metaphorical meanings–might be unclear to learners so she scripted in quick and precise child-helpful definitions, just like you’d do with vocabulary. (In scenario you simply cannot examine it the issue asks learners to annotate for literal and metaphorical motives why Pam Munoz Ryan could have titled her chapter “Peaches.” Starr’s notes say, for literal, “We’re genuinely chatting about peaches,” and for metaphorical, “comparing peaches to something else.”
Upstairs, Starr’s colleague Dominique Clark was applying our A Raisin in the Solar device. It involved a nonfiction passage about submit-WWII economic domestic financial ailments. As she prepped she did quite a few insightful things.
Initially, she as well predicted a word that is obvious to grownups but might not be to college students: “veteran.” She jotted a fast, exact child-pleasant definition into her packet.
Then as you can see, she prepared diligently for ways that learners may not completely grasp the article’s which means presented that some would most likely lack background understanding. She wrote out a handful of “back pocket questions” (BPQs) that she could use in scenario they were perplexed. Obtaining considered of them in advance permitted her to make them exact and useful. “Seeing that the economic system was in terrific affliction immediately after the war, how do you suppose veterans will be dealt with again house?” she wrote.
Afterwards, she paraphrased a difficult passage–“it unquestionably aided veterans to improved themselves…”–with a gloss she would use with students: “veterans received possibilities to make themselves improved and offer for their people.”
Tons of times when we clearly show video clip of a good lesson the assumption is that all of the get the job done is completed in the moment by a wonderful teacher. These illustrations from Starr and Dominique’s school rooms demonstrate how essential preparation–asking: How will I provide this lesson? and What will be demanding for college students?–is for accomplishment!
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The detention of Harry Wu, who has testified before the US Senate against the Chinese government, comes at a time when relations between Peking and Washington are under stress. The US last night called on China to release Mr Wu.
China withdrew its ambassador from Washington two weeks ago in protest at a private visit to the United States earlier this month by President Lee Teng-hui of Taiwan, whose claims to sovereignty China scornfully rejects.
Last week, the White House said that it was considering imposing economic sanctions on China after the CIA claimed in a report that China had been selling missile technology to Iran and Pakistan, possibly in contravention of international arms-trade accords.
A State Department official said yesterday that under a consular agreement, China is supposed to inform the US within 48 hours of the detention of an American citizen.
But while Mr Wu had been detained on 19 June, the US Embassy in Peking had only been notified on 23 June.
A spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said that Mr Wu, who had spent 25 years in Chinese labour camps before emigrating to the US, had been detained as he tried to enter China from Kazakhstan.
While Mr Wu had a US passport and a valid Chinese visa, he had been detained because of illegal trips that he had made into China last year, the spokesman said. Mr Wu told a US Senate hearing in May that the Chinese authorities regularly removed body parts from prisoners who had been executed and then sold them for up to $30,000 (pounds 18,000) apiece.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said yesterday that Mr Wu was being put up in a hotel for free and was undergoing a medical check-up.Reuse content
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Parkinsons disease is a common and often debilitating disorder, with a growing prevalence accompanying global population aging. aspects of cognitive performance may decline after DBS, namely when the therapeutic target is the widely used subthalamic nucleus. These are important pieces of information for patients, their families, and health care professionals. This manuscript reviews these aspects and their clinical implications. (GPi). The ventral intermediate (VIM) nucleus of the thalamus was the first electrically stimulated region for the treatment of R788 PD (Benabid et al., 1987), but it is now targeted in uncommon and much selected circumstances, as tremor is apparently the only clinical feature improving significantly with the procedure (Walter and Vitek, 2004; Moro and Lang, 2006; Pahwa et al., 2006). The choice of brain target for DBS should probably be carried out according to each patients characteristics, as we will further detail in the text. Cognitive impairment plays an important role in PD patients who are potential candidates for DBS, as this may be a limiting factor during patient selection. Also, evidence has been accumulating regarding changes in cognitive performance after DBS, and both physicians and patients should be well aware of this prior to the procedure. This review will approach these matters, and the implications for clinical management. Methods The authors conducted a PubMed search for papers published between 1990 and August 2011. Keywords used were PD, cognition, cognitive drop, and DBS. Relevant personal references were selected and yet another manual guide R788 search was completed on the guide list in retrieved manuscripts; content had been included for evaluation only if the study enrolled at least 15 topics going through DBS, except where proof was very much scarcer in support of smaller series had been available. The ultimate reference point list was created based R788 on importance towards the topics protected within this critique. Data had been extracted from relevant resources and the written text was devised regarding to a predefined framework. Cognitive Position as an integral Factor for Individual Selection for DBS in PD Accurate PD individual selection is normally paramount in DBS. It has been R788 recognized in the trusted core assessment plan for operative interventional therapies in PD (CAPSIT-PD) process, a landmark record within this field (Defer et al., 1999). Individual cognitive position is normally very important when contemplating DBS being a potential therapy for PD, as sufferers exhibiting significant cognitive drop aren’t considered good applicants for the task (Pillon, 2002; Lang et al., 2006; Moro and Lang, 2006; Okun et al., 2007; Rodriguez et al., 2007; Bronstein et al., 2011). That is due to many reasons, with ethical imperatives at heart being a background for clinical thinking and action generally. First, it should be guaranteed that the task is normally likely to help the sufferers (beneficence) rather than damage them (non-maleficence). Furthermore, effective and safer therapies ought to be attempted before proceeding with DBS completely, and benefits ought to be smartly balanced against dangers (proportionality and subsidiarity; Clausen, 2010; Schermer, 2011). Such equilibrium might sometimes end up being tough to perceive when contemplating particular healing interventions, such as for example DBS, which really is a publicly glorified involvement frequently, and commonly known as a final holiday resort (Bell et al., 2011). Another essential issue is normally that of autonomy, and therefore the patient should be able to determine openly and in a completely informed way whether he/she wants to Rabbit Polyclonal to ACOT2. move forward with the treatment (Clausen, 2010; Schermer, 2011). This concept implies that the sufferer will need to have a cognitive position which makes him/her in a position to understand the info distributed by the clinicians, and perform every relevant decisions in this respect. These essential moral imperatives ought to be actively safeguarded with the united team involved with patient care all the time. Alternatively, cognitive position is normally essential from a useful perspective also, as sufferers must be capable.
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Hi, our house was built in 2009. We have a fluorescent light and a light fixture in the kitchen. In the last couple weeks when I have the fluorescent light on, then turn on the light fixture the circuit would occasionally trip immediately. Today I had both lights on successfully and about 10 minutes later the circuit tripped without touching the switch for either. Also when I turn the switch on for the light fixture I hear a electrical crackling sound kind of like when you have a switch half on and half off. I haven't had a problem prior to a couple weeks ago. I wonder if something is wrong with either the light fixture or the switch?
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“For a viewer, it really is an extraordinary opportunity to see the journey of Black imagery by Black artists from the past and into the present.”
A group exhibition of contemporary icons and today’s emerging prodigies in Black American Art, curated by Tim Francis, is on view until Sept. 21, at Arthur Roger Gallery, 432 Julia Street.
An opening reception was held in early August.
Francis, who has served on the boards of the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, and the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, makes his curatorial debut with Black Beauty.
Arthur Roger shared with The Tribune that the idea for the exhibition sprang from conversations with his friend Tim Francis about doing something in the art arena that spoke to what was happening in the political and social Black Lives Matters movement.
“What better way to do that than to celebrate Black artists,” Roger says.
Black Beauty features the work of iconic Black artists that broke down barriers in the art world, such as Romare Bearden, David Driskell, and Frederick Brown, as well as works by a new generation of artists.
“We were able to get (the estates of the late iconic artists) to agree to the exhibition; and from there, things just fell into place,” Roger says, adding that a great deal of effort and hard work have gone into the putting Black Beauty together.
Despite it being his friend’s first time actually curating a show, Rogers says he was impressed by Francis debut effort.
“It came together very well,” he says.
Still, there was just one hiccup. The exhibition was planned as New Orleans was beginning to slowly reopen. Fall dates for Jazz Fest and the French Quarter Fest had been announced, and Roger had hoped the exhibition would help usher in a slow, but steady return to normalcy.
“To be really frank, we thought we would be putting COVID behind us and have this blockbuster exhibition; then we were hit in the face with the Delta variant and new restrictions,” says Roger.
Still, the show must go on.
“We still hope we can bring a lot of people into the gallery,” says Roger. “For a viewer, it really is an extraordinary opportunity to see the journey of Black imagery by Black artists from the past and into the present.”
Arthur Roger Gallery is open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
An important patron of the arts both locally and nationally, Francis is dedicated to enriching the New Orleans art community, particularly as it relates to racial consciousness and curates Black Beauty with a powerful vision and aesthetic sensibility focused on highlighting the brilliance of contemporary Black artists.
The exhibition comprised of Black artists whose work shares “a relationship to the African-American condition that celebrates humanity in all of its diversity, eccentricities, and social and moral quandaries.”
In addition to Bearden, Driskell and Brown, Black Beauty features work by burgeoning artists Rashaad Newsome, Brandan “B-Mike” Odums, Shoshanna Weinberger, Fahamu Pecou, Brent McKeever, and Lezley Saar.
While the artists represent cities across the country, including New York and Atlanta, two of theme have strong ties to New Orleans, says Rogers. Of course, there is Odums, who is widely known for his murals across the city and for the educational and artistic endeavors at Studio Be. And while Newsome, a multi-media artist whose works highlight and celebrate the Black and queer experience, now lives in Los Angeles and New York, the award-winning artist was born in New Orleans, earning his bachelor’s in fine arts from Tulane University.
Exploring the Beauty
Lezley Saar and Shoshanna Weinberger explore the ambiguities of biracial identity. The author Nella Larson serves as a source of inspiration for both artists, unpacking biracial female identity in her acclaimed book Passing. Both artists use collage as a powerful force in their work. Weinberger’s use of collage stems from her desire to further render her figures as specimens, unnatural in their assemblage, while Saar’s collage stems from her female artistic lineage, learning to make art organically through found objects and helping her find her artistic voice.
Brent McKeever and Rashaad Newsome address the marginalization and erasure of Black Queer men through their work. McKeever’s Untitled portrait of a young transgender person is a reflection of the artist’s closeted childhood where he felt unable to express himself as a queer person of color. The photograph also serves as a commentary on the lack of acceptance of LGBTQ persons within the Black community. Newsome also explores this lack of acceptance through his LGBTQ ballroom-inspired It Do Take Nerve 1 & 2.
Brandan “B-Mike” Odums and Fahamu Pecou reinvigorate the art of portraiture, empowering a community and celebrating Black identity while promoting a social justice agenda.. Odums transforms the back gallery space into an extension of his studio. He tagged the walls with spray paint and hang a mural-sized unstretched canvas portrait. The floor is adorned with rugs, resource material, his favorite records, paintbrushes and spray paint cans while tabletops display books by Black artists and authors. Pecou’s portraits reframe contemporary Black culture and upend expected ethnographic representations. Dressed in contemporary street clothes, the attractive figures (many of the men are self-portraits) interact with objects that reference history, stereotypes, and recent events, illustrating the complexity of Black identity.
A catalog accompanies the exhibition and features a critical essay by noted art historian Richard J. Powell.
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The Land Before Us: A Geological History of Albertaby Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Andrew Nikiforuk (Editor), Dennis Budgen
The past is very much part of Alberta's present. From Devonian pools plumbed by today's oil industry to Cenozoic rangelands bordering the Rockies, the livelihood of many Albertans is touched directly by the ancient past. Lavishly illustrated and lovingly produced, this book quarries the fossil record to reveal its depth and richness and to connect it to the present. Drawing on the Royal Tyrrell Museum's fossil collections and its world-renowned scientists, this is a wide-ranging, accessible natural history book that speaks not only of Earth but of ourselves.
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Critical Literacies and Graphic Novels for English-Language Learners: Teaching Maus
by Christian W. Chun
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Graphic novels can be used in the secondary school classroom as part of a multiliteracies approach to help develop critical literacies of English-language learner (ELL) students. One particular graphic novel, Maus, is discussed as a possible teaching resource. Intellectually substantive graphic novels that foreground racism and immigrant otherness often resonate with ELL students. These texts' multimodalities along with their engaging content reflecting the diverse identities present in many classrooms work in tandem to help deepen the students' reading engagement. For ELL students, their increased engagement via graphic novels can facilitate their entry and apprenticeship into important social networks that amplify opportunities for academic success in mainstream classes. Reporting from a collaborated pilot study of teaching Maus in an ELL high school class, I conclude by examining how it can be used to develop and draw on students' multiliteracies practices.
Chun, C.W. (2009, October). Critical Literacies and Graphic Novels for English-Language Learners: Teaching Maus. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 53(2), 144–153. doi: 10.1598/JAAL.53.2.5
Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Unit
Spark the engagement of English-language learners or reluctant readers with the graphic novel Maus. The visual information provided by the genre serves as a support for reading and critical engagement.
Grades 6 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Unit
Students develop their reading, writing, research, and technology skills using graphic novels. As a final activity, students create their own graphic novels using comic software.
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Literacy Instruction for Learners with Moderate to Severe Intellectual Disabilities: A Chance for Growth in Reading through Adapted Materials and Evidence-Based Strategies
AuthorMolina, Leslie A.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of adapted materials paired with evidence-based strategies during literacy instruction for high school students with moderate to severe disabilities. Historically, students with severe disabilities have been denied consistent and quality literacy instruction in the educational setting. If reading instruction was provided, it traditionally centered on sight words used throughout a student’s daily life (Browder Ahlgrim-Delzell, Spooner, Mims, & Baker, 2009). No Child Left Behind (NCLB) (2002) and the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (2004) mandated that students with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities participate in school accountability through large-scale assessments for annual yearly progress (AYP). Those alternate assessments no longer target daily living skills and functional activities, but instead focus intensely on academic alternate state standards, aligned with the general education state standards/Common Core State Standards for core subjects (English Language Arts and math) that are assessed at designated grade levels (Mims, Hudson, & Browder, 2012). This study focuses on literacy instruction using adapted materials that incorporate photo/line drawing support delivered through systematic instruction to enhance the literacy skills of high school aged students with moderate to severe disabilities. Key Words: Literacy, reading instruction, vocabulary instruction, functional academics, shared reading, comprehension, constant time delay, adapted materials, photo/line drawing support, moderate to severe disabilities, significant disabilities, high school
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The United Kingdom doesn’t have nearly enough pageantry. This might be hard to believe on the eve of a Royal Jubilee which will likely see an awful lot of pageantry indeed, but it is true nonetheless.
Yes, we can still put on a splendid show when we have the mind. The state opening of Parliament is a grand occasion, and the Trooping of the Colour always popular. But neither of those is really a national event, is it? The Platinum Jubilee, on the other hand, certainly will be – which means we’re going to be subject to an awful lot of very tedious grumbling by people ostentatiously disapproving or uninterested. One need not look far on Twitter to find people describing the ‘horror’ of their neighbours preparing harmless street parties.
Slightly more serious commentators, such as George Monbiot, lift their hats to Her Majesty but attack the pomp and circumstance of the whole occasion. ‘Pomp and pageantry are the enemies of reason’, he thunders.
Does he really think this? It would be curious to see what his views on, say, Pride marches are. For they are very much pomp and pageantry too, simply with a different aesthetic and constituency.
Similarly, such sentiments strongly suggest their authors are not really all that familiar with actual republics. France holds great military parades. Germany, for some reason, still stages torchlit marches with its own troops.
Ritual is not something one can just get rid of from human society. Even revolutions which launch committed assaults on traditional festivals and ceremonies have to replace them with something else, because they recognise that shared experiences are essential building blocks of a community or nation.
Which is why it is problematic that the UK is so short on national ritual.
The monarchy, at present, does nearly all the heavy lifting. That’s why it would be so ridiculous to pare back and modernise it – the outward performance is the point of the institution. Events such as jubilees provide a gentle series of shared points of national memory.
But beyond that, it gets rather arid. The UK is apparently one of only two countries in the world (the other being Denmark, another ancient monarchy) with no official national day. We do have Armed Forces Day, but the military has been pared back time and again in recent decades and has a much smaller footprint across the nation than it used to.
Other than that, the only other institutions which seem regularly to serve as focus points for British national feeling are the BBC, the NHS (which is not truly national) and Team GB (which some Northern Irish athletes can’t even compete in). Outside the Olympics, we usually don’t even field a national sports team.
Given that serious structural disadvantage, one might have expected successive British governments to do what they can to make the most of what we have, and try to create more opportunities for national celebration. But with the exception of the occasional, half-hearted suggestion of setting up a national day, they have signally failed to do so.
So, we should not be too quick to crow at the likes of Monbiot, Gary Lineker, or anybody else extolling their disdain or hostility to grand ceremonies. For whilst they are undoubtedly in for a bit of a miserable weekend, the sad truth is that their attitude has broadly prevailed. Events like the Jubilee are the exception which proves their dreary rule.
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In recent years the phrase ‘indigo-children’ has become a buzz-word for those youngsters whose intellectual potential significantly surpasses that of most adult scientists. While many remain skeptical towards the idea of the ‘genius youth’, one can hardly ignore the growing number of teenagers endowed with exceptional and often unprecedented talents in various spheres of science and humanities.
The recent innovation exhibition for the young adults of pre-university age organized by Bauman Moscow State Technical University (MSTU) presented Russian scientists with an opportunity to ‘witness the miracle’ and get to see the creations of gifted children. Leading experts were positively shocked by such exhibits as energy-efficient home suitable for severe climate conditions of Siberia and a robot rover constructed on the basis of Tolchin’s inertioid.
Bauman MSTU has long become a synonym for technological innovation and change. Ever since its foundation in 1763 by the order of Russian Empress Catherine II the institution has become the home of greatest scientific minds. The walls of this most renowned Russian technical university have witnessed the inventions of such revolutionary apparatuses as the very first oil cracking machine and a swash plate, which subsequently allowed building helicopters with extraordinary steadiness and controllability characteristics. However, never before has the university contemplated that remarkable scientific breakthroughs can be made by young adults who are yet to receive higher education.
Every year the university organizes ‘Step to the Future’ – an innovation exhibition for pre-university teenagers to uncover the potential of the Russian youth and motivate the most gifted youngsters to pursue a career in technology. Over the years, the university professors and leading experts who oversee the exhibition have already become used to creative and unusual technological solutions proposed by the Russian youth. Nonetheless, the exhibits of December 2012 have come as a shock even to those scientists who were accustomed to ‘usual unusualnesses’ of the exposition.
Eleventh grade student Anya Shvetsova from the city of Noginsk, Moscow Region, has captured the audience with her robot rover. Her exhibition stand is always crowded with Russian leading scientists who marvel at Anya’s creation and try to figure out how it works. Noisily creeping on the floor, the machine is reminiscent of either a UFO or a silver bowl. When Anya toggles the switches on her hand-made console the plate immediately changes the course and starts crawling across the floor in the opposite direction.
The girl calls her invention “an autonomous landing vehicle” and suggests that should her idea be realized under the sponsorship of the Russian Space Agency the robot rover will be able to land even on Venus. When asked about the technical characteristics of the machine, Anya habitually answers that “the apparatus’ main engine is constructed on the basis of Tolchin’s inertioid”. In plain language, it means that the vehicle’s propulsion depends on the movement of two asymmetrical tooth-wheels that are put in motion by electricity or solar energy. While the mechanism seems to be quite straightforward, the way how the rotation of the two tooth-gears drives the whole apparatus remains a mystery even for the most renowned experts.
When asked about her plans and future projects Anya sets her standards very high. In the very near future the girl aims to teach her robot to surmount ramps with the gradient of more than 15 degrees and to change the material of the rover in order to make it heat-resistant. Anya also hopes to make her rover work up to 12 times longer than all other existing landing vehicles, which is a very audacious plan.
Three years younger than Anya, Danil Bibnev from Usolye-Sibirskoe town, Irkutsk region, has presented the public with a similarly ambitious invention. In just two years Danil has constructed a house which is suitable for severe weather conditions of Siberia – its highly efficient heating system is able to conserve heat for the whole duration of long and extremely cold Siberian winters. The key component of Danil’s design is the vortex heater which is remarkable for its ability to spend less amount of energy on heating the water than the amount of energy subsequently derived from water’s heat. While the house is fully operational, modern scientists find it difficult to understand how the vortex heater works since its logic undermines the fundamental law of thermodynamics. This law, which is usually referred to as the energy conservation rule, dictates that the total amount of energy in an isolated system remains constant over time. Thus, Danil’s use of the vortex heater in his energy-efficient house has a potential to be become a cardinal breakthrough in modern physics.
Another innovative element in Danil’s project is the use of ‘matrioshka principle’ which he used while deciding how and where to place heating pipes. Positioning the pipes along the building’s pedestal, the boy placed the hot water pipes in empty pipes with greater diameter so that the heat from water transferred to the air thereby creating a hot air cushion.
Danil dreams to continue his education in Bauman MSTU. While the family does not have sufficient funds to sponsor Danil’s higher education, the boy hopes that he will get a governmental grant. These grants – often called the ‘indigo-grants’ – are due to be realized in two years, exactly when Danil graduates from school.
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Germany and Iran
Henry Jackson Society Event in the House of Commons, London, January 19, 2012
Let me please start with Fanny Englard, an active survivor of the Holocaust and a friend of mine. She grew up in Germany/Cologne and lives now south of Tel Aviv. Fanny wrote in a letter:
“As a twenty-year-old, on 8 May 1945 I was liberated from hell and tried to find my family, but without success. Eventually I had to accept that my father had lost his life in the Warsaw Ghetto, while my mother and ten-year-old brother had been poisoned in the gas chambers at Belzec along with my grandmother, aunts and cousins. Two brothers, aged 15 and 13, had been shot in Belarussia not far from Minsk and buried in shallow graves in 1942, but in 1943 the corpses had been dug up and burned – their ashes scattered to the four winds. In May 1947 I came to Israel and married in order to create a new family as a replacement for the murdered one that had fallen victim to Jew-hatred.”
I know the photos and the faces of Fanny’s murdered siblings and parents and I want to contrast her personal letter with the bare numbers and the monstrous language of the Wannsee-protocol which talks about “the complete clearing up of the problem” and continues: “this final solution of the European Jewish question concerns about 11 million Jews, distributed among the various countries.”
However, the Final Solution was not limited to Europe.
In 1941, the 700.000 Jews of the Middle East attracted Hitler’s attention as well. As Hitler envisaged it, after the assault on the Soviet Union, the Wehrmacht would also occupy the Caucasus and so open the way to the Middle East. Then Iran, Iraq and Egypt would be conquered and the British Empire destroyed from the south. Pro-German movements would prepare for the German invasions of that countries. Part of this scenario was the killing of the Jews.
At the end of November 1941 – in the run-up to the Wannsee-Conference – Hitler received Hajj Amin el-Husseini, the Grand Mufti and leader of the Palestinians. On this occasion Hitler stated that, after the defeat of the Soviet Union, “the hour of liberation” would arrive for the Arab world. “The German goal would then be the annihilation of the Jews … living in the Arab region.” These were’t mere words.
By summer 1942 the Nazis had drawn up concrete plans to murder the Jews of the Yishuv. They expected their genocidal endeavor to be substantially assisted by Arab collaborators.
Therefore, the SS Einsatzkommando for Palestine, which was set up in Athens by the summer of 1942 in order to direct this genocide was staffed by only 17 Germans – waiting there for Rommel to clear the way to Palestine. And indeed, as Rommel’s Afrikakorps pushed eastwards during the summer of 1942, the Germans registered growing pro-nazi sentiment all across the Middle East.
“There is no reason to claim that the anti-Semitic potential of Lithuanian, Latvian or Ukrainian nationalists should have been stronger than that of Arabs expecting the German Wehrmacht”, emphasize the German historians Mallmann and Cüppers.
Persia was a more difficult place. You may recall that the name Iran means “Country of Aryans”. Thus, a long-lasting controversy among German racist ideologues sprang up over whether Persian Jews were “racially” Persian and should therefore be categorised as “non-Semites” or even “Aryans”.
Adolf Eichmann brought this debate to an abrupt end on December 8, 1942. It is clear from Eichmann’s letter that he intended to show no mercy to the native Iranian Jews, who numbered around 60,000. “In the light of the above remarks”, he concludes his letter to the Foreign Office, “no grounds exist for recognising the equal status of the Jews with Iranians as recognised in Iran in the countries within Germany’s sphere of control.”
His euphemistically formulated advice could lead to only one conclusion: as soon as Iran came under German control, the Jews of Iran too would be deported to death camps and murdered.
Let me summarize my first remark. The Wannsee protocol dealt with the „European Jewish question“. Adolf Hitler, however, wanted to kill the Jews of the Middle East as well. Pro-German Muslims were designated to do the dirty work. But there was a problem which brings me to my second point.
It was understood that German-style antisemitism would have little resonance in the Middle East.
“The level of education of the broad masses is not advanced enough for the understanding of the race theory”, complained a leading German Nazis in Egypt in 1933. “An understanding of the Jewish threat has not yet been awakened here.” Later, the German embassy in Tehran submitted the same complaint to Berlin. “The broad masses lack a feeling for the race idea”, explained a member of the embassy in January 1942. Thus, he recommended to lay “all the emphasis on the religious motif in our propaganda in the Islamic world. This is the only way to win over the Orientals.”
But how exactly could Nazi Germany of all countries conduct a religious propaganda campaign? The German ambassador at Tehran, Erwin Ettel had an idea.
“The way to directly connect up with Shiite ideas is through the treatment of the Jewish question, which the Muslim perceives in religious terms and which, precisely for this reason, makes him susceptible to National Socialism on religious grounds”, Ettel recommended to the German Foreign Office. “A way to foster this development would be to highlight Muhammad’s struggle against the Jews in the old days and that of the Führer in modern times. By, additionally, identifying the British and the Jews, an exceptionally effective anti-English propaganda campaign can be conducted among the Shiite people.”
The Nazi’s anti-Jewish incitement within the Islamic world built on the traditional, Islamically-prescribed exclusion of the Jews. It was radicalised by Nazi propaganda, the crucial medium for which was a short-wave radio channel that, since 1939, broadcast Goebbels’ antisemitism from Germany to the Middle East.
This radio channel disseminated the Nazi ideology in a multitude of languages to many parts of the world. The Orient Department, with 80 employees, was its largest foreign-language department, catering to Arabs, Turks, Persians and Indians.
We know from many contemporary reports that, at a time when people mainly listened to the radio in town squares or in bazaars and coffee houses, the Nazi broadcast was very popular. “Even if we do broadcast in Persian”, wrote Reader Bullard, the British Ambassador in Tehran, in 1940, “we cannot hope to rival the Germans in interest, as their more violent, abusive style, with exaggerated claims … appeals to the Persian public.”
Let me summarize my second point: Radio programs in Muslim languages – broadcast between 1939 and 1945 several times a day – served not only the purpose of preparing the arrival of the German army but also of inciting the hatred of Jews. One example: In July 1942, on the eve of Rommels expected invasion of Cairo – only six month after the Wannsee conference – the Axis radio addressed the Egyptian people as follows: “Kill the Jews, burn their property, destroy their stores, annihilate these base supporters of British imperialism. Your sole hope of salvation lies in annihilating the Jews before they annihilate you.” This brings me to my last remark.
The Nazi radio ceased operation in April 1945. But it was only after that date that its frequencies of hate really began to reverberate in the Arab world. I cannot go into details today but if you study this issue you will find a striking similarity between the Jew-hatred of the Nazis’ Arab propaganda and the Jew-hatred of Islamists today.
At the end of 1941, Hans Frank, a leading Nazi official, declared : “We must annihilate the Jews wherever we meet them and whenever it is at all possible.” In 1944, the Mufti of Jerusalem repeated this message via the Nazi transmitter: „Kill the Jews whereever you find them. This pleases God, history and religion.” In 1946, after the war, the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hassan al-Banna, praised the Mufti as follows: „O Amin! What a great, stubborn, terrific, wonderful man you are! …Germany and Hitler are gone, but Amin Al-Hussaini will continue the struggle.” My last quote is from 2009: “Oh Allah, take this oppressive, Jewish, Zionist band of people. Oh Allah, count their numbers, and kill them, down to the very last one.” This appeal stems from a former friend of a former mayor of this city –Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the most prominent member of the Muslim Brotherhood today.
It was the Wannsee Conference which “counted” the Jews’ number in order “to kill them, down to the very last one”, indeed.
This conference decided on a crime which was and will remain unparalleled. The echo of Wannsee, however, still exists and also the willingness to propagate and to prepare for a new Holocaust.
Our remembrance of the Wannsee Conference would lose much of its value if it did not also serve to sharpen our attention with regards to the contemporary threats to the Jews and the Jewish State of Israel. I would therefore like to end my statement with Fanny Englard’s words:
“Here in Israel, many Holocaust survivors created new families to replace those that were murdered. However, we did not create these new families in order to sacrifice them in the wars repeatedly inflicted on us by the Jew-hatred of the Mufti of Jerusalem and Hitler’s Islamist heirs… This Jew-hatred compels us to engage in a fight for life; this is not a war to kill others, but a fight for life to secure a safe future for the new families. Did we survive and found a new family in order to sacrifice them to the same Jew-hatred again?”
Protocol of the Wannsee conference, p. 5 and 10.
Jeffrey Herf, Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World, New Haven (Yale University Press) p.7.
Klaus Gensicke, Der Mufti von Jerusalem und die Nationalsozialisten, Darmstadt (Wissenschasftliche Buchgesellschaft) 2007, p. 61.
Klaus-Michael Mallmann and Martin Cüppers, Halbmond und Hakenkreuz. Das Dritte Reich, die Araber und Palästina, Darmstadt (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft) 2006, p. 164.
Politisches Archiv des Auswärtigen Amts, Eichmann an das Auswärtige Amt, Betrifft: Juden iranischer Staatsangehörigkeit, Berlin, den 8. Dezember 1942, R 99422, Inland II A-B Juden im Iran 41-44.
Gudrin Krämer, Minderheit, Millet, Nation? Die Juden in Ägypten 1914-1952, Wiesbaden (Verlag Otto Harrassowitz) 1982, p. 278.
Quoted in: Matthias Küntzel, Die Deutschen und der Iran. Geschichte und Gegenwart einer verhängnisvollen Freundschaft [Germany and Iran. Past and Present of a Fateful Friendship], Berlin (wjs-Verlag) 2009, p. 54.
Matthias Küntzel, op.cit., p. 54.
Reader Bullard, Letters from Tehran, London/New York 1991, p. 28.
Jeffrey Herf, op. cit., p. 126.
Ian Kershaw, Hitler 1936-1945, Stuttgart (Deutsche Verlagsanstalt), p. 652,
Jeffrey Herf, op. cit., p. 213.
Herf, op. cit., p. 244.
Paul Berman, The Flight of the Intellectuals, New York (Melville House) 2010, p. 92.
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By Uduak Amimo
BBC News, Addis Ababa
Ethiopia is a country under construction.
Mr Meles is the African Union's spokesperson for climate change
Drive out of the main Bole International airport in the capital, Addis Ababa, and you are immediately confronted by building works all the way down to the central Meskel square.
Leave the capital and your journey will no doubt be slowed down by road works.
It is all part of an ambitious program to industrialise the Horn of Africa's most stable country over the next five years.
And that ambition belongs to the Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and his governing coalition, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF).
Mr Meles has led the country for 19 years, after abandoning his medical studies at the Addis Ababa University to help overthrow the communist government of Mengistu Haile Mariam.
In interviews with international media organisations last year, he said he wanted to step down and serve the party in a different capacity.
Intolerance and disregard
But a congress of the EPRDF decided he could not go just yet, he had to stay on and help groom a successor.
Led EPRDF rebels who ousted Mengistu Haile Mariam in 1991
Married to a former liberation fighter
Seen as pro-Western
Criticises foreign interference
African Union's spokesperson on climate change
Speaking to foreign journalists during one of his monthly news conferences, Mr Meles, 55, said he would respect the party's decision.
Ethiopia's prime minister returned to his books in the 1990s, obtaining an MBA from a British university and another masters in economics from a Dutch university almost 10 years later.
Since taking over the country's reins, Mr Meles has steadily reduced Ethiopia's reliance on foreign aid, but this still accounts for about 30% of the budget.
And despite a number of low-level insurgencies in the country, Ethiopia has remained the most stable country in the Horn of Africa.
But critics of Mr Meles say that his academic achievements and oratory blind Western donors to, what they say is, an intolerance for dissent, a disregard for civil liberties and a culture of political repression.
His responses to media questioning of these issues reveal a sharp wit and an even sharper tongue.
But they also reveal a frustration with the image of Ethiopia and Africa in Western media.
When asked whether he would yield to international pressure to release jailed opposition leader Birtukan Mideksa, he parried with a question about the US handling of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.
Critics of Mr Meles complain that he disregards civil liberties
His frustration with foreign interference was the reason for the recent Charities and Civil Societies Law which limits external financing for local organisations and the areas they can work in.
The opposition say the law was designed to cut off their funding from the diaspora.
His government argues that the new anti-terror law was adopted wholesale from Western countries, but local journalists counter that the expanded definition of terrorism curtails their reporting.
Mr Meles has emerged as a strong champion for Africa, representing the continent at a number of G8 meetings, Tony Blair's Commission for Africa and in December 2009, the climate change negotiations in Denmark.
The African Union, which is based in Addis Ababa, has since retained him as its spokesman on climate change.
And on a continent overshadowed by the strong personality and deep pockets of his Libyan counterpart, Muammar Gaddafi, diplomats say Ethiopia's prime minister holds his own.
He believes that African reliance on Western aid must stop and has argued forcefully for more trade on a level playing field.
Mr Meles is married to a former fighter in the liberation struggle, Azeb Mesfin, and they have three children.
When asked by a local journalist whether he would like to see his eldest child, a daughter, follow his footsteps into politics, his advice to her and other Ethiopian children was: "If you have the fire, go for it. If you do not, stay as far away from it as you possibly can, for your own health."
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216 pages, 11 color plates. 30 b/w photos, 93 b/w illustrations, 1 table
Spherical trigonometry was at the heart of astronomy and ocean-going navigation for two millennia. The discipline was a mainstay of mathematics education for centuries, and it was a standard subject in high schools until the 1950s. Today, however, it is rarely taught. Heavenly Mathematics traces the rich history of this forgotten art, revealing how the cultures of classical Greece, medieval Islam, and the modern West used spherical trigonometry to chart the heavens and the Earth. Glen Van Brummelen explores this exquisite branch of mathematics and its role in ancient astronomy, geography, and cartography; Islamic religious rituals; celestial navigation; polyhedra; stereographic projection; and more. He conveys the sheer beauty of spherical trigonometry, providing readers with a new appreciation for its elegant proofs and often surprising conclusions.
Heavenly Mathematics is illustrated throughout with stunning historical photographs and informative drawings and diagrams that have been used to teach the subject in the past. This unique compendium also features easy-to-use appendixes as well as exercises at the end of each chapter that originally appeared in textbooks from the eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries.
"This beautifully written book on an unusual topic, with its wealth of historical information about astronomy, navigation, and mathematics, is greatly to be welcomed."
- Robin Wilson, president of the British Society for the History of Mathematics, author of Four Colors Suffice: How the Map Problem Was Solved
"Written by the leading expert on the subject, this engaging book provides an in-depth historical introduction to spherical trigonometry. Heavenly Mathematics breathes new and interesting life into a topic that has been slumbering for far too long."
- June Barrow-Green, associate editor of The Princeton Companion to Mathematics
"Heavenly Mathematics is a very good book. It offers an interesting, accessible, and entertaining introduction to spherical trigonometry, which used to be a standard school topic but is now rarely studied. Interesting stories, engaging illustrations, and practical examples come together to enhance the reader's pleasure and understanding."
- Fernando Q. Gouvêa, Colby College
"Van Brummelen provides not only a wonderful historical treatment of spherical trigonometry but also a modern one that shows how the ancient and medieval methods were replaced by newer and simpler means of problem solving. Many students will find this a fascinating and worthwhile subject."
- Victor J. Katz, editor of The Mathematics of Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, India, and Islam
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Glen Van Brummelen is coordinator of mathematics and the physical sciences at Quest University Canada and president of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics. His books include The Mathematics of the Heavens and the Earth: The Early History of Trigonometry (Princeton) and Mathematics and the Historian's Craft.
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I continually find myself involved in an internal argument–how can I respect and appreciate Great Britain’s contributions to the world without despising the way the Empire was actually run? While the catalogue of sins across their colonies is infamous, nowhere was their cold calculation of empire’s management more appalling than their treatment of Ireland.
As Coogan demonstrates, the potato famine presented a golden opportunity for absentee landlords to rid their land of their least important asset–the people who actually created the wealth that gave landlords status. The spectrum of methods landlords used to accomplish this depopulation ranged from ‘merciful’ to monstrous. The end results were the same: the Irish were pushed from the homes they’d built, the work that gave their lives structure, the cottage industries that added to their meager income, the churches where they worshipped, and the graveyards where their history lay.
The famine opportunity was also a chance to put in place theories by Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus, Jeremy Bentham, and Edmund Burke. From drawing room discussions, British policy makers took the idea that markets seek their own level, that poor people should just stop reproducing, that selfishness is a virtue, and that interfering in business is a crime against God. Working behind the scenes as advisors to parliamentary ministers and wealthy landowners (often the same people), they managed to implement a system that deprived the peasantry of even life’s basic necessities.
Of course, they never went to Ireland to see people dead and dying along the roadsides, or working under brutal and humiliating conditions in the workhouses, or rendered homeless by the destruction of their cottages. Those who did–especially the Society of Friends–pleaded with all levels of government and with the English population as a whole for some form of assistance. Contributions also flooded in from around the world, including $170 from the Choctaw Indians in the United States, but the scale of the disaster was so great that even the Quakers gave up their efforts when it became apparent that only funding for food, housing, and work from a willing government could end it.
Tim Pat Coogan points an especially damning finger at Sir Charles Trevelyan, a bureaucrat working for the Home Secretary and Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel. His virulent anti-Catholic and anti-Irish bent combined with his adherence to Smith and Bentham enabled him to block relief supplies and use his position to steer public opinion onto his course. Under his instruction, others created workhouse and roadbuilding schemes so onerous that even those clinging to the last strand at the ends of their ropes didn’t qualify. At every turn, he frustrated even basic humanitarian acts and promoted the most monstrous of the depopulation schemes.
The end result of the famine was right in line with Trevelyan’s goals and those of whom he served. The generally accepted numbers show that between 1841 and 1852, the Irish population declined from 8.1 million to around 6.2 million. Whether from death or emigration, Ireland lost an enormous part of its population in a short period. While historians in the past have been somewhat passive in tracking causes, Tim Pat Coogan does not hesitate to search out and indict the people he places at the heart of a deliberate genocide.
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The Ombudsman's final decision:
Summary: Mrs X complains the Council is failing to secure the provision in her son’s Education, Health and Care plan. We found the Council at fault for its continued failure to provide Mrs X’s son with the specialist educational provision which is appropriate for his needs. The Council’s failings have caused Mrs X distress and unnecessary time and trouble. The Council has agreed to our recommendations to remedy the injustice.
- The complainant, Mrs X, complains the Council failed to ensure provision as specified in her son’s Education, Health and Care Plan (EHC plan) was put in place. She also complains the Council failed to act on her request to identify an alternative placement. Mrs X says the Council’s failures have resulted in her son, Y, missing out on provision and the family have been caused uncertainty and distress.
The Ombudsman’s role and powers
- We investigate complaints about ‘maladministration’ and ‘service failure’. In this statement, I have used the word fault to refer to these. We must also consider whether any fault has had an adverse impact on the person making the complaint. I refer to this as ‘injustice’. If there has been fault which has caused an injustice, we may suggest a remedy. (Local Government Act 1974, sections 26(1) and 26A(1), as amended)
- The law says we cannot normally investigate a complaint when someone can appeal to a tribunal. However, we may decide to investigate if we consider it would be unreasonable to expect the person to appeal. (Local Government Act 1974, section 26(6)(a), as amended)
- The First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability) considers appeals against council decisions regarding special educational needs. We refer to it as the SEND Tribunal in this decision statement.
- We cannot investigate complaints about what happens in schools. (Local Government Act 1974, Schedule 5, paragraph 5(b), as amended)
- If we are satisfied with a council’s actions or proposed actions, we can complete our investigation and issue a decision statement. (Local Government Act 1974, section 30(1B) and 34H(i), as amended)
- Under the information sharing agreement between the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman and the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted), we will share this decision with Ofsted.
How I considered this complaint
- I considered Mrs X’s complaint and the information she provided.
- I considered the information I received from the Council in response to my enquiries.
- Mrs X and the Council were given the opportunity to comment on draft of this decision. I considered Mrs X’s and the Council’s comments I received before making this final decision.
What I found
What should have happened
Children with special educational needs
- A child with special educational needs may have an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan. This sets out the child’s needs and what arrangements should be made to meet them. The EHC plan is set out in sections. We cannot direct changes to the sections about education or name a different school. Only the SEND Tribunal can do this.
- Councils are responsible for making sure that arrangements specified in the EHC plan are put in place (Children and Families Act 2014, section 42). We can look at complaints about this, such as where support set out in the EHC plan has not been provided, or where there have been delays in the process.
- Parents have a right of appeal to the SEND Tribunal if they disagree with the special educational provision or the school named in their child’s EHC plan.
- The Coronavirus Act 2020 temporarily amended the absolute duty to make the special educational provision in an EHC plan, to a duty to use ‘reasonable endeavours’. This change was applicable from 1 May to 31 July 2020.
Council’s duty to provide alternative education
- The Council has a legal duty to make arrangements and to provide full-time and suitable education at school or otherwise than at school, as specified by Section 19 of the Education Act 1996. This states “each local authority shall make arrangements for the provision of suitable education at school or otherwise than at school. This applies to children of compulsory school age who, by reason of illness, exclusion from school or otherwise, may not for any period receive suitable education unless such arrangements are made for them.”
- The provision should generally be full-time unless it is not in the child’s best interests because of their physical or mental health.
- The guidance also says that there may be cases where the child can still attend school with some support, or the school has arranged to deliver suitable education. The guidance states that: “We would not expect the local authority to become involved in such arrangements unless it had reason to think that the education being provided to the child was not suitable or, while otherwise suitable, was not full-time or for the number of hours the child could benefit from without adversely affecting their health. This might be the case where, for example, the child can attend school but only intermittently.”
- The courts have ruled that what is ‘suitable education’ is a matter for the Council to decide. Whether an alternative placement is ‘suitable’ is not based on the parent or child’s view but upon objective consideration of whether the education is reasonably possible or reasonably practicable for the child to access.
- In R (R) v Kent County Council EWHC 2135 (Admin) the Court stated that, “..the question is not whether the parents or [the child] have reasonable objections to attending the school, the focus of the court’s attention is not upon the parental objections or the child’s objections, but upon the objective consideration of whether the education offered is reasonably possible or reasonably practicable to be accessed by the child in question…”.
- Councils should ensure an annual review of the child’s EHC plan is carried out within 12 months of the issue of the original plan or the completion of the last annual review. The purpose of the annual review is to consider whether the special educational provision and educational placement is still appropriate.
- The annual review is not complete until the council has decided to either: maintain the plan; cease the plan; or amend the plan.
- Within four weeks of a review meeting, a council must notify the child’s parents of its decision to maintain, amend or discontinue the EHC plan. (Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014, Section 20 (10)).
- When a council decides to amend the EHC plan, the final Plan should be sent as soon as practicable and within eight weeks of the date when the council sent the parents the EHC plan and proposed amendments (Statutory guidance: Special educational needs and disability code of practice: 0 to 25 year (January 2015, as amended), paragraphs 9.196 and 9.197) (the SEND Code of Practice).
- The specific timescales set out in the SEND Code of Practice for completing annual reviews were temporarily removed during COVID-19. They were replaced with the requirement for councils to complete such reviews ‘as soon as reasonably practicable’. This was applicable from 1 May to 25 September 2020.
Education otherwise than at school (EOTAS)
- If school or college is not appropriate for the child or young person with an EHC plan (for either all or part of their education), councils can arrange for any special educational provision which the child or young person requires to be delivered somewhere other than in a school or college. This is often known as ‘education otherwise than at school’ (EOTAS). The Council is responsible for securing and funding this provision. EOTAS will be named in the EHCP in Part F (s61 of the Children & Families Act). There is a right of appeal to the SEND Tribunal about any decision to name (or not name) EOTAS in the EHC plan.
- I have set out a summary of key events. It Is not meant to show everything that happened.
- Mrs X’s son, Y, has a diagnosis of autism and has severe learning disabilities. Y has an EHC plan maintained by the Council.
- Y’s EHC plan was finalised in June 2020 and it supported Y to attend an independent special school, School A. However, Y stopped attending soon after School A reopened after the summer break in September 2020. Mrs X says she did not send Y to school as she felt it was not meeting his needs.
- A Social Worker from the Council was aware of the difficulties Y was having since 19 September 2020. The Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Officer (SENDO) was notified of the difficulties in October 2020 and began working with Y, Mrs X and School A to put together a plan of reintegration.
- On 20 October 2020 a reintegration plan and part time timetable was agreed. The plan was for Y to attend School A on Mondays after the October half term. In the interim, the school was to provide work to Y in core subjects.
- The term resumed on 3 November 2020. Mrs X contacted the Council on 7 November 2020 to say she would not be sending Y to school as she did not feel the arrangements that had been agreed would work.
- Mrs X requested the Council to consider EOTAS and for a named school to deliver this. But the Council felt that as School A had stated it could meet Y’s identified needs, it should continue to develop a bespoke educational package to reintegrate Y.
- On 6 January 2021, Mrs X agreed for a bespoke package with reintegration to be developed.
- In March 2021, School A advised the Council there was a delay in developing the bespoke package due to staff absence.
- The Council held an annual review of Y’s EHC plan on 27 April 2021. It decided School A would commission the National Teaching and Advisory Service (NT&AS) to provide tuition and eventual reintegration. Mrs X expressed a preference for School B which is in a different local authority area. The Council’s SENDO agreed to consult with the relevant Council regarding a place for Y at School B.
- On 12 May 2021, NT&AS began providing Y with 2 hours of home tuition twice a week.
- In June 2021, School B said it was unable to offer a home tuition package because it did not have the staffing capacity. It was also unable to offer a school place as it was at capacity.
- In July 2021, the home tuition Y received was increased to three sessions a week.
- In September 2021, home tuition was increased again to five sessions a week. On 9 September 2021, the Council advised Mrs X that a package of EOTAS had been agreed for Y.
- In December 2021, with the support of an independent charity, Mrs X was able to secure some provision for Y at School C.
- On 3 March 2022, Y began attending School C one afternoon a week.
- The Council updated Y’s EHC Plan in April 2022 and named EOTAS in section I of the plan.
- Although Y is in receipt of home tuition and attends a school one afternoon a week, he is still not in receipt of all the provision as set out in Section F of his EHC plan.
- Councils are not required to provide exactly what parents request, but where a council has been unable to find a suitable school placement within a reasonable timeframe, they have a duty to provide appropriate alternative education. We can also consider whether the Council has failed to make purposeful efforts to identify a school place.
- Y remained on roll at School A but irrespective of Mrs X’s reasons for not sending Y to school, the Council should have either enforced attendance or provided suitable alternative provision. The Council did neither. This is fault. The Council says School A maintained that it was able to meet Y’s needs but at the same time it was aware School A was failing to send work home for Y and he was therefore not in receipt of any provision.
- On the evidence provided, I am satisfied the Council knew Y was not receiving a suitable education and SEN provision from 13 October 2020. It did not start consulting with other schools until after 19 May 2021. Between January 2021 and January 2022, there appears to be very little involvement from the Council in identifying and providing suitable provision to Y. For this reason, I am not satisfied the Council had any specific strategy as to how to move the case forward. The information the Council has provided me with shows Y’s case was allowed to drift when it should have been monitored and regularly reviewed. This is fault.
- While I appreciate the Council secured some home tuition, it did not provide Y with all the provision he should have received as per his EHC plan. The Council remains responsible to ensure Y receives suitable education and appropriate SEN provision. From the information the Council has provided me with, I cannot say the Council has done all it reasonably could to source the appropriate provision and school place. Y is now attending School C one afternoon a week and receives a package of home tuition four days a week but he is still not receiving suitable education in accordance with his EHC plan. This is also fault.
- The Council advised Mrs X in September 2021 that EOTAS had been agreed and Y’s EHC plan would be updated accordingly. However, Y’s updated EHC plan was not received by Mrs X until 25 April 2022. There is no statutory timeframe for how long a Council can take to do the amendments, the Code simply says this should happen ‘without delay’. From the information I have received from the Council, I cannot see any good reason why the amended plan could not have been issued to Mrs X sooner.
- Mrs X says she asked the Council to consult with School C but it failed to do so. I have seen no evidence the Council approached School C. It is not possible for me to say with a sufficient degree of certainty that Y would have secured a school placement any sooner, during the period I have investigated, had the faults I have identified not occurred. For this reason, I cannot recommend the Council should be held accountable for its inability to secure a school place sooner. However, I am satisfied that Mrs X suffered distress and frustration as a result of periods of apparent inactivity and the Council could have done more to secure provision sooner.
- To remedy the injustice caused, the Council has agreed, that within four weeks of this final decision, it will:
- Apologise to Mrs X and Y for the faults identified in this final decision;
- Pay Mrs X £400 for the time and trouble in bringing this complaint and for the distress and frustration caused by the faults identified;
- Pay Mrs X £4600 to be used for the benefit of Y’s education (£2500 for the period of January 2021 to May 2021 where Y received no provision and £2100 for the period of June 2021 to February 2022 where Y received some provision).
- Develop a strategy in the form of an action plan for the outstanding provision in Y’s EHC plan. The Council will provide the Ombudsman and Mrs X evidence of this plan.
- Review how it monitors EHC provision is in place and evidence how it will ensure it does not repeat the faults identified in this case.
- Remind staff through appropriate training of the Council’s non-delegable duty to secure the SEN provision set out in Section F of a child’s EHC plan.
The Council is at fault for failing to provide Y with the provision in his EHC plan. The Council has agreed to the Ombudsman’s recommendations to remedy the injustice caused by the faults. Therefore, I have completed my investigation and closed this complaint.
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This story now
IN Travel & Adventure ON 27 Jun, 2016
Our CEO was on a hectic tour which asked hours and hours on a plane and that's when something struck him and it was about the doorway in airplanes. Airlines always use the left side for boarding and deboarding of passengers. But what are the reasons that decide which side is for what purpose? Why not the other end for the passengers? Why is it always left?
There must be some reason behind it. It can be a historical or technical reason. Here we bring you all the reasons that might answer this curious and logical question.
One speculation goes all the way back to the ships which had steering oar on the right side of boats because of which the ships were parked with the dock on the left so that the rudder of the ship does not get jammed between the ship and dock. Thus ships used their left side to embark and disembark off the passengers, so most airplanes and jetways were also designed this way.
This reason goes way back in time when men used to carry swords and travel on horses. The theory goes that since most of the men were right-handed and carried the sword on their left side of hip, they used to mount the horse from the left side so that the sword does not get in the way. And thus the tradition continued.
The Biplane from World War I had the stirrup on the left side, thus pilots used to mount their planes from the left side.
This is what history tells us about this curious question, now let's look at what might be the technical reasons for it.
Without it being a hazard to passenger, the pilot can keep the right side of engine running as a source of power and air.
Since fueling is carried out on the right side of the plane. So for safety reasons, passengers movement are kept to the left side of the plane.
Since the hold doors are on the right side of the plane, the baggage, the fuel and catering take place on right side of the plane. So it would get pretty crowded if passengers are also boarded and deboarded from the side.
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Total War and Historical Change : Europe, 1914-1955 Paperback
Edited by Professor Clive Emsley, Wendy Simpson
What do we mean by social and cultural change? What is the nature of total war? How do wars come to happen? What are the consequences of war? In exploring these four key themes, this collection provides a major resource for the study of twentieth century European history and exemplifies different historical methods and approaches.
The authors are drawn from a range of disciplines including those of economics, literature and the arts as well as military, social and political history, and together they raise some of the most significant problems and debates in the study of history.
The essays range from standard seminal works by Stanley Hoffmann, Arno J.
Mayer and Charles Maier to more recent contributions by Richard Bessell, Mark Harrison, and Hew Strachan.
This is an important reader for all students of modern European history.
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 320 pages, index
- Publisher: Open University Press
- Publication Date: 01/01/2001
- Category: European history
- ISBN: 9780335207930
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Rudra Vaisnava Sampradaya:
The proof that there is no more returning to the material existence is confirmed by Lord Krishna by the evidence that all the denizens of all the material worlds from the highest being the abode of Brahma the architect of creation in Brahmaloka down to the lowest in the subterranean planetary system in Pataloka; all are subjected to samsara the perpetual cycle of birth and death. Thus all the material worlds are subject to destruction and rebirth is inevitable to those who have taken birth in any planetary system and have not achieved atma tattva or realisation of the soul. Brahma who designed and constructed material creation certainly achieves moksa or liberation during his lifetime and those souls who have achieved Brahmaloka through meditation by which gradual emancipation is the result and who have gained spiritual knowledge and realised atma tattva then they attain moksa along with Brahma at the time of universal dissolution. But the devotees of Lord Krishna have no need to go to Brahmaloka after attaining Him because wherever they may be there is never any rebirth for they go directly to the eternal spiritual worlds is association with Him.
Brahma Vaisnava Sampradaya:
Starting with Brahma the designer and architect of creation who resides on the crest of Mt. Meru in Brahmaloka which is the highest material planet all living entities are subjected to samsara or the perpetual cycle of birth and death. Therefore it is stated in the Narayana Kalpa that: In all cases concerning the material worlds from the highest Brahmaloka down through the heavenly planets to the worlds of humans there is no possibility of attaining the Supreme Lord without moksa or liberation.
Now begins the summation.
Liberation from samsara and attaining the Supreme Lord Krishna is only possible through bhakti or exclusive loving devotion to Him exclusively. Those whose goal is to enjoy in the heavenly planets which is free from disease, decrepitude and old age will reach those worlds and enjoy; but they will take birth in a womb again for attainment of the Supreme Lord was not their goal; but the devotees of Lord Krishna whose only goal is Him attain moksa.
Sri Vaisnava Sampradaya:
All the worlds throughout the Brahmanda or the levels of material creation from the topmost Brahmaloka down to lowest Pataloka are appointed realms where beings may taste as much as they are able material happiness in the form of wealth, power, dominion, etc. But these material realms are impermanent and perishable. Inasmuch as the very realms where such activities of enjoyment are unstable and transitory then it can be understood that the happiness and pleasures experienced there are fleeting and temporary and some time come to an end. This is inevitable. To the contrary those who perform bhakti or loving devotion to Lord Krishna who is omniscient and omnipotent and whom the complete cosmic manifestation of creation and dissolution is emanating from Him as mere sport. He who is the most compassionate, the most merciful, the most enduring being eternal; once His devotees attain Him there is no question of rebirth being reincarnated again in a womb in the material existence. By Lord Krishna's grace they directly attain the eternal spiritual worlds in His association. The next three verses will be a dissertation on the great cycles of created beings as willed by the Supreme Lord which periodically regulates the appearance and disappearance of all regions in the material existence beginning with the realm of Brahma the designer and architect of creation.
Kumara Vaisnava Sampradaya:
Those who are not endowed with bhakti or loving devotion to the Supreme Lord Krishna if they manage to reach the heavenly worlds of the highest material planet of Brahmaloka and others, because they have to reap the reactions of their various actions they are reborn again into the world of mortals. Lord Krishna specifically mentions the highest material realm of Brahmaloka emphasising that the denizens and residents of these regions enjoy the pleasures and delights found there and thus from there downwards through the 14 levels of material creation all are subjected to reincarnation and samsara the perpetual cycle of birth and death. Yet one whose goal is the Supreme Lord Krishna who is the source of the entire cosmic manifestation, upon attaining Him automatically are awarded moksa or liberation for ever more and never again subjected to samsara. The use of the particle tu meaning but emphasises the fact that there is a great difference between the devotees of the Supreme Lord Krishna and the votaries of other gods.
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Gov. Rick Snyder recently appointed two new members to the five-person Michigan Liquor Control Commission, and the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs announced the creation of a new committee to review existing wine, beer and liquor market rules. Both bodies should place consumer interests ahead of state government interests and those of the 60-plus beer and wine wholesalers and distributors who dot the state with their territorial monopolies.
For the uninitiated, Michigan is one of 18 so-called “control” states in which the government is the initial buyer of all of the hard liquor consumed in the state. This state then tacks on a 65 percent markup, plus several taxes. The markup becomes a mandated minimum price, below which stores are prohibited from selling their wares.
In contrast, the state does not initially purchase all the beer and wine consumed here. Instead, it forces brewers, vintners or their national distributors to enter into exclusive contracts with a particular wholesaler/distributor, who then has a regional monopoly on that producer’s product. This almost certainly forces the state’s beer and wine drinkers to pay more.
How much more? An April New York Times guest editorial by wine writer David White suggested that consumers may pay 18 percent to 25 percent more as a result of wholesaler activities.
Given what may be an opportunity to reform alcohol-related regulations in the Great Lake State, the Mackinac Center has some questions for the new advisory committee and LCC commissioners:
- Why did the Liquor Control Commission (and to a degree the Michigan Legislature) largely ignore reform recommendations made by its own “Customer Advisory Committee” report on liquor licensing in 2005?
This committee recommended 10 substantial reforms designed to reduce the time it took for the LCC to decide licensing matters, but the ideas were not fully embraced. The committee had hoped to see the licensing process reduced to 90 days and to “strive to further reduce that licensing time to 60 days or less.” This was at least the third such streamlining attempt since 1979, according to the report. LARA’s new commission should start their investigation by reading the 2005 advisory committee’s report.
- Why does the state feel compelled to retain its role as primary state liquor wholesaler almost eight decades after the end of Prohibition?
Only 18 states today act as liquor wholesaler. The old “health and safety” rationales are belied by growing evidence that at worst there is no statistically significant safety difference between liquor control states and free or “license” states.
- Why is the state in the price control business?
Michigan imposes a minimum shelf price for hard liquor that limits potential savings for consumers and the state economy as a whole. If the goal is to discourage consumption by jacking up prices, then the state should apply a straightforward excise tax and otherwise let competition reward sellers who provide better value. If the goal is just to inhibit competition, then it should end the practice.
- Why does the state limit price changes that can be made to beer and wine?
By law, monopoly beer wholesalers who want to cut prices in their territory must jump through regulatory hoops and then wait 180 days. Wholesalers must also seek permission to change wine prices outside of a system of regular quarterly price updates submitted to the LCC. These examples of regulatory overkill impose additional costs on consumers.
- Why does the state limit wine shipments directly to consumers?
In 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled as unconstitutional state laws that allowed in-state delivery of wine directly from wineries to consumers but prohibited the same commercial activities from out-of-state suppliers. Michigan ultimately amended its Liquor Control Code in 2009 to permit out-of-state shipments, but only through state-approved suppliers, thus limiting purchase options for adult consumers.
With the state set for what could be its fourth major review of Liquor Control Commission policies and procedures since 1979, it is high time someone looked at this system from the perspective of the individual consumer. For too long Michigan government has interfered to an unnecessary degree in the choices of grown adults and the legal products many choose to consume. This could be an unprecedented opportunity to normalize relations between the state — and those who benefit from its regulatory privileges — and Michigan consumers.
Michael LaFaive is director of the Morey Fiscal Policy Initiative at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a research and educational institute headquartered in Midland, Mich. Permission to reprint in whole or in part is hereby granted, provided that the author and the Center are properly cited.
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That was a question on the minds of U.S. attendees at last month’s American Helicopter Society International annual gathering in Montreal.
What provoked the question? The U.S. Navy’s launch of a rotorcraft center of excellence, based at NAS Patuxent River, Md. It is headed by the Naval Air Systems’ Douglas Isleib (see the VH-71 item), who is one of just two full-time employees assigned to it. He billed the role of the center, called for by the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) panel recommendations for streamlining U.S. defense operations, as identifying common requirements for rotorcraft systems, soup to nuts, and coordinating efforts to satisfy them. He added that there is no reason that its efforts should not cover the needs and efforts of services other than the Navy and Marine Corps.
But others see the new center as a bid for control of military rotorcraft R&D funding. The former Marine deputy commandant for aviation, Gen. Michael Hough, for instance, said at AHS in Montreal that the center should take the lead in securing and steering science and technology funding for rotorcraft efforts. While the BRAC also called for establishing a rotorcraft center of excellence under the Army at Fort Rucker, Ala., Hough said "you don’t need two."
The move has some in Army aviation worried that the center of gravity for U.S. rotorcraft research could shift to the Navy. Several factors feed that concern.
Top advocates of Army aviation are retiring, among them Gen. Richard Cody (Army vice chief of staff), Brig. Gen. Stephen Mundt (director of aviation on the Army staff), Brig. Gen. Virgil Packett (commander of Fort Rucker and the Aviation Warfighting Center there) and Paul Bogosian (program executive for Army aviation). Add to that the fact that the Army has been starving rotorcraft research. Last year, for example, it went along with NASA’s move to cut from three to two the number of university R&D centers they fund.
That may not have been a wise move. The losing school was the University of Maryland. The leader of the majority Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives is Steny Hoyer. A key funder of research efforts in the Senate for years has been Barbara Mikulski. Both Hoyer and Mikulski are from Maryland, and both have voiced support for the Navy center.
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Adolph Hitler was a German political and military leader. He was one of the twentieth century's most powerful dictators. Hitler changed Germany into a fully militarized society and provoked World War òò in 1939. He made anti-Semitism a major part of his propaganda and policies. He built the Nazi Party into a mass movement. His goal was to conquer the entire world, and for a while he dominated most of Europe and much of North Africa. He caused the murder of millions of Jews, Sinti, and Roma (Gypsies), Slavic people, and many others who he considered to be inferior.
I chose Adolph Hitler because he was a leader of his time, and promoted his evil ideologies on to others. His ideologies were immoral and unreal. I think he wanted to become a leader, but had no reason to lead so he came up with this ridiculous ideology. Hitler was a funny looking-man.
At five feet nine inches tall, with wide hips, short legs, a comb-over hairstyle, and a Charlie Chaplin toothbrush mustache, he looked more like a comic figure, than a man who had supreme authority over the lives of millions.
Adolph Hitler is a leader because he had a vision, followers, and the right persona. Hitler's vision was to create a world of anti-Semitism and eliminate everyone whom were different from him. His main goal was to conquer the world. His personality was horrible. His overpowering personality, furious rages, and unending quirks drove people away. Not to forget his stiff, unyielding persona.
He enjoyed playing evil practical jokes. Hitler would pretend that he was angry with one of his subordinates just to see their frightened reaction. In other words, he used his power as a form of amusement for himself. He was also very arrogant. When he made fatal decisions, during the war, he rejected those that pointed out his flaws in his maneuvers and refused to change his mind. He would ultimately lead himself to destruction. His followers were more scared of him then they respected him. They weren't told why they should obey, they were just told to obey. If they didn't, they would be considered to be an enemy. Therefore, they would be punished. His soldiers didn't even know themselves what they were really getting into. Although, they were joining voluntarily, they would be under pressure to join. There was no employment and it showed that they might be against Hitler. Majority of these soldiers was teenagers who knew nothing about politics. Hitler was leader because of his power and personality.
Hitler changed society because he had spread death as no person has done in modern history. "Have no pity! Act brutally! He told his soldiers. He ordered tens of thousands of those who opposed him to be executes, and hundreds of thousands to be thrown into prison. Hitler prosecuted mostly Jews; he ordered them to be removed and killed in countries he controlled.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s announcement that he’s pulling the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord (all times EDT):
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is dodging the question of whether the president believes climate change is real and a threat to the U.S.
Pruitt spoke at a White House briefing the day after President Donald Trump said the U.S. will abandon the Paris climate accord.
Asked about Trump’s views on climate change, Pruitt says they were focused on “one singular issue” – whether the Paris deal would be good or bad for the country.
He says Trump concluded it would put the nation at an economic disadvantage.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says she believes the climate is changing but is refusing to discuss the implications of President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from a major climate pact.
Asked during a visit to a charter school on Friday whether she believes in climate change, DeVos said, “Certainly, the climate changes, yes.”
But she wouldn’t answer a question about whether climate change was caused by human activity and its impact.
She said, “I think we are going to continue to be a part of that conversation as he is committed to doing.”
DeVos on Thursday issued a statement backing Trump’s decision as it rolls back “the unrealistic and overreaching regulatory actions” of the Obama administration.
The decision has been met with criticism from environmentalists around the world.
A scientist who played a key role in international talks leading to the Paris accord says that pulling out the agreement will prove a significant loss to Americans who face rising sea levels, crop pests and more frequent heat waves.
Environmental scientist Joseph Alcamo, who directs a University of Sussex program, says that leaving the accord has to be “one of the most foolish and short-sighted decisions in American history.”
He says “Trump may be able to withdraw from the agreement, but he can’t withdraw from the atmosphere.”
India’s prime minister says “Paris or no Paris” his country will be a responsible nation with regard to climate.
Modi declined to give a direct reply on whether India, a major emerging economy, would stick with the Paris Climate agreement following President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the accord. He was addressing the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday during his official visit to Russia.
Modi said he was asked a similar question during his visit to Germany earlier this week, before the US decision was announced.
At the time, Modi said, he had replied “Paris or no Paris, it is our conviction that we have no right to snatch from our future generation their right to have a clean and beautiful earth.” His remarks were reported by the Press Trust of India news agency.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says he believes the United States will keep reducing greenhouse gas emissions despite pulling out of the Paris climate change pact.
It’s the first public comment on the decision from Tillerson, who had urged President Donald Trump not to abandon the deal.
Tillerson is downplaying the significance of Trump’s decision to withdraw from the global agreement. He says it was a “policy decision” and that he hopes “people can keep it in perspective.”
Tillerson says the U.S. has “a terrific record” in curbing greenhouse gas emissions. He says it’s something the U.S. can be proud of. Tillerson points out those reductions took place even before the Paris agreement went into effect.
Tillerson spoke as he met Friday with Brazil’s foreign minister.
A top European Union official says the EU and China believe that President Donald Trump made a mistake by pulling the United States out of a landmark international climate agreement.
Standing alongside Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, EU Council President Donald Tusk said Friday that “We are convinced that yesterday’s decision by the United States to leave the Paris agreement is a big mistake.”
Brussels and Beijing are reaffirming their commitment to the agreement and laying out steps for achieving some of its goals.
The U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate deal is being met with despair in parts of Africa that are suffering from severe drought.
Sididi Ould Batna in Mali says he has lost a dozen of his cattle and now the food crisis is affecting families as well.
He says he would tell President Donald Trump that the misery is caused by climate change, “and if he doesn’t pay attention the United States will be touched one day by these problems, too.”
Vegetable seller Fanta Coulibaly in Mali’s capital, Bamako, blames climate change for the lack of rain.
She says the Paris agreement has given her hope, “and I ask Trump to think of us.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to assuage concerns caused by President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord, calling for a constructive dialogue on efforts needed to curb global warming.
Speaking Friday at an economic forum in St. Petersburg, Putin avoided criticizing Trump for the move that has caused international opprobrium.
He underlined the importance of the Paris climate accord, but noted that it’s a framework agreement offering a broad room for maneuver for each signatory nation.
Putin also said that Trump’s promise to negotiate new conditions for the U.S. leaves hope for reaching a compromise before the Paris deal is set to take effect in 2021. Putin added that U.S. participation is essential for the success of global efforts.
Vice President Mike Pence says President Donald Trump’s decision to abandon the climate change pact is “refreshing.”
In an interview with Fox News’ “Fox & Friends,” Pence says the climate deal would have burdened taxpayers and he doesn’t understand why Democrats have made the issue a priority.
Pence says the Paris deal “was a transfer of wealth from the most powerful economy in the world to other countries around the planet.”
Democrats say jobs lost at polluting companies could be offset by new jobs in green technology. Scientists contend that Trump’s decision could result in emissions of up to 3 billion tons of additional carbon dioxide a year – enough to melt ice sheets faster, raise seas higher and trigger more extreme weather.
African nations are protesting the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement as the world’s poorest continent seeks financial help in combating global warming.
South Africa’s government calls the U.S. pullout “an abdication of global responsibility.”
The statement Friday by one of Africa’s largest economies says the decision damages the rule of law and “trust between nations.”
South Africa says the U.S. has a “moral obligation” to support poorer countries in the global effort against climate change.
India has kept mum on whether the U.S. decision to pull out of the Paris climate treaty will affect its energy policy, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has offered no reaction to Trump’s decision.
But on Thursday while visiting Moscow, Modi signed a joint declaration with President Vladimir Putin committing India and Russia to working on global challenges like climate change, environmental protection and clean energy through scientific discoveries.
And earlier in the week in Berlin, Modi said it would be a “crime” to spoil the environment for future generations.
British opposition politicians are accusing Prime Minister Theresa May of failing to stand up to the U.S. over its withdrawal from the Paris climate accord.
May’s office says she spoke to President Donald Trump after his announcement and “expressed her disappointment with the decision.” Downing Street says May “stressed that the U.K. remained committed to the Paris Agreement.”
But Britain did not sign a joint statement by the leaders of Germany, France and Italy saying they regretted Trump’s decision and stressing that the accord cannot be renegotiated.
Downing Street would not say whether May had been asked to sign it.
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn accuses May of “subservience to Donald Trump.”
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says not signing the declaration was an “appalling abdication of leadership.”
The Paris mayor says she’s finally found one person who doesn’t like her famed city: Donald Trump.
Mayor Anne Hidalgo responded to the U.S. president’s comments that he’s pulling out of the Paris climate agreement because he was elected to represent the people of Pittsburgh, not Paris.
Speaking to reporters Friday, she said, “He doesn’t like Paris. He must be the only person on the planet who doesn’t like Paris.”
In seriousness, she added that his comments were “not up to the level of what one would expect from a president of a great nation that we love.”
She insists that fighting climate change can create jobs, and calls Trump “a representative of a world gone by, a world that is looking back in the rear view mirror and does not see what is happening today.”
Germany’s environment minister says “there will be no new deal with the United States” on climate change.
Barbara Hendricks reiterated the position Germany, France and Italy declared in a statement Thursday after President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord.
Hendricks told reporters Friday in Berlin that other countries will fill the leadership void left by the United States but none will be expected to make up the shortfall in emissions reductions caused by Washington’s exit.
She adds that the global climate will “survive” Trump’s maximum presidential term of eight years.
Senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway says the decision by the Trump administration to get out of the Paris climate change accords is about “fairness” to American workers and businesses.
Asked in a nationally broadcast interview whether President Donald Trump believes in the concept of global warming, Conway demurred, telling her interviewer to ask him.
“The president believes in a clean environment,” she said in an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends” Friday.
“Why should we frontload so much of the economic burden in this agreement?” Conway said.
A Japanese government official says Japan has decided not to join Germany, France and Italy in expressing regret over the decision by President Donald Trump’s to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord.
The official, who declined to be identified by name or affiliation and requested anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak publicly about the decision, said that Japan chose to issue its own statement, not as part of the group. He declined to give a reason or confirm if any of the three countries had invited Japan to sign a joint statement.
The prime minister’s office said Japan shares the importance of the accord with those countries.
Japan’s Foreign Ministry in a statement earlier Friday said the U.S. withdrawal decision was “regrettable” but hoped to explore ways to cooperate with Washington to address the climate change issues.
–By Mari Yamaguchi in Tokyo.
A top atmospheric scientist at the U.N.’s weather agency says the “worst-case scenario” caused by the planned U.S. pullout from the Paris climate deal would be a further 0.3-degree Celsius (0.5 Fahrenheit) rise in global temperatures by 2100.
Deon Terblanche of the World Meteorological Organization says many factors affect temperatures, so an additional 0.3-percent increase from the possible U.S. pullout is “probably not what will happen.”
He said Friday that the organization hasn’t run any new scientific models following U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement that U.S. would pull out of the Paris accord.
The 2015 Paris agreement aims to prevent the Earth from heating up by any more than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century, compared to before the start of the industrial age.
U.S. taxpayers aren’t the only ones pitching in to a global fund to help poor countries cope with rising seas and fight climate change.
President Donald Trump wants to stop contributing to the U.N.-managed Green Climate Fund, claiming that “nobody else is even close” to the $1 billion the U.S. has paid so far.
Yet other governments with smaller economies than the U.S. have invested significant amounts too.
The fund now has $694 million from Japan, $515 million from Britain, $460 million from Sweden and $420 million from Germany, in addition to contributions from dozens of other countries.
And per capita, some countries are promising much more than the U.S.
The U.S. pledges so far – including the $1 billion already paid and $2 billion promised by the Obama administration – add up to $9 per American, compared to $60 pledged from every Swede and $50 pledged from each Norwegian.
That’s according to figures from the Seoul-based fund, meant to channel money to help poor countries fight and handle climate change.
A former U.N. special envoy on climate change says the U.S. decision to pull out of the Paris climate deal renders the country “a rogue state on the international stage.”
Mary Robinson spoke as part of a group of global leaders known as The Elders.
In their statement released Friday, former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan calls climate change “the great existentialist threat of our time” and that the U.S. withdrawal weakens the Paris accord.
However, he said it does not “trigger its demise.”
In the statement, The Elders also call on U.S. states and businesses to take action where the federal government has withdrawn. They also say the U.S. pullout weakens developing nations’ trust in developed countries over who will fund the billions of dollars needed to combat climate change worldwide.
The price of oil has fallen sharply as investors bet that President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement will increase the country’s oil and gas production.
The international benchmark for crude oil was down 3 percent, or $1.49 a barrel, at $49.14 on Friday.
Analysts at German bank Commerzbank said in light of Trump’s decision that it now expects the U.S. to expand its oil production “even more sharply.” U.S. oil production has been increasing in recent months since the price of crude came off lows last year.
The increase in U.S. production is neutralizing the efforts of the OPEC cartel and other major oil-producing nations, like Russia, which are limiting their output in the hope of supporting prices.
Dozens of Greenpeace supporters gathered at the gates of the United States embassy in the Spanish capital to protest President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement.
Protesters said that Trump was becoming a “global threat” and “harming the planet” in signs they held Friday morning at the entrance of the embassy in central Madrid.
Greenpeace’s director in Spain Mario Rodriguez said Thursday’s announcement will require U.S. civil society and companies – as well as the rest of the world – to work harder to fight global warming.
“The battle against climate change is irreversible,” Rodriguez said. “Resistance will be maintained because the United States is much more than just the White House and Trump.”
U.N. Environment chief Erik Solheim says the decision by President Donald Trump to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord “in no way brings an end to this unstoppable effort.”
China, India, the European Union and others are already showing strong leadership, he added.
“A single political decision will not derail this unparalleled effort,” Solheim said in a statement.
In a separate joint statement, the African Union and the European Union reaffirmed their commitment to the Paris accord and noted the “strong solidarity with those most vulnerable to climate change.”
A number of African countries have expressed alarm at rising sea levels and changing weather patterns that have the potential to further disrupt the agriculture that so many on the world’s poorest continent rely on to survive.
The leader of the country to next hold the rotating presidency of the European Union says the “very bad, very negative” decision of President Donald Trump to pull the United States out of the global climate agreement will force the 28-nation bloc to take a stronger lead on the issue.
Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas said in an interview with The Associated Press that the Paris accord “was, and still is a very important goal to achieve.”
He stressed all EU nations are sticking together to make the deal work and expressed his doubts that any country around the world would follow Trump’s lead. “I hope that the number is zero,” Ratas said.
Estonia will take over the rotating six-month presidency from Malta at the end of the month.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the decision by President Donald Trump to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord “can’t and won’t stop all those of us who feel obliged to protect the planet.”
Merkel said Friday that the announcement by Trump was “extremely regrettable and that’s putting it very mildly.”
But she told reporters in a brief statement that “it’s now necessary to look forward after last night’s announcement by the U.S. administration.”
Merkel says Germany and others “will combine our forces more resolutely than ever … to address and tackle big challenges for humanity such as climate change.”
She adds that “we need this Paris agreement to preserve creation. Nothing can and will stop us from doing so.”
President Donald Trump says the U.S. could try to re-enter the international climate agreement sealed in Paris if the deal were more favorable to Americans.
Trump indicated that wasn’t a priority as he explained why he was pulling the U.S. out of the Paris accord in the first place. In a Rose Garden announcement Thursday, the president framed the decision as one made in the best interest of his country.
Many U.S. allies are expressing alarm over the U.S. abandoning the chief effort to slow the planet’s warming. The leaders of France, Germany and Italy joined to “note with regret” the Trump decision and express doubts about any change in the accord.
Several of Trump’s top aides also opposed the action, including his daughter Ivanka Trump.
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The Muppets Take Michigan- YAY!
The Jim Henson Exhibition: Imagination Unlimited is coming to the Henry Ford Museum. Get a look behind the scenes and see how your favorite Muppets come to life.
It's time to play the music. It's time to light the lights. It's time to meet the Muppets...in Michigan. The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation in Dearborn will host a special Jim Henson exhibit for three months this summer. Jim Henson was the beloved creator of the Muppets we all grew up with: Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo and countless others. Before Statler and Waldorf were trolling the performers from the balcony each week on the television show, Jim Henson's company created Big Bird, Oscar and other friendly non-human residents of Sesame Street. Laster, Jim Henson's Creature Shop would create the denizens of the films The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth and the Doozers, Gorgs and other citizens of Fraggle Rock.
Quick aside: The name "muppet" is not a portmanteau of "marionette" and "puppet." Jim Henson had told the story that way, but later recanted, admitting they just made the word up.
This interactive Muppet exhibit showcases 100+ artifacts, with 25 original puppets, film and television clips with behind-the-scenes footage, character sketches, storyboards, costumes and photographs from a number of different projects and an interactive puppeteering experience. If you never seem to get to the East side of the state, mark down September 17, 2021, when the traveling exhibit comes to Grand Rapids Art Museum.
- The Jim Henson Exhibition: Imagination Unlimited
- Henry Ford Museum of America Innovation | Dearborn
- June 5- September 6, 2021 | 9:30-6 daily
- Tickets: $25 | FREE for members
10 Old Fisher Price Toys That Are a Blast From The Past
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As most English-speaking children know, you can temporarily confuse your friends by moving the consonant(s) from the beginning of a word to the end and adding the sound "ay." And once they too figure out how to speak Pig Latin, you can move on to more elaborate language games, such as Gibberish, Aigy Paigy, or Ubbi Dubbi, which involve inserting a syllable like itherg, aig, ob, or ub between the vowel and its preceding consonants in every syllable.
All of these language games manipulate sounds in a similar way. Take the word blink. Each of these language games splits the consonants that come before the vowel and the vowel plus everything after (bl+ink), never one of several consonants pre- or post-vowel (b+link or blin+k), or consonants+vowel versus post-vowel consonants (bli+nk).
This distinction is so important for describing language that linguists have names for these two positions: The pre-vowel consonants (such as the bl in blink) are called the onset, and the vowel plus following consonants together (such as the ink in blink) are called the rhyme, also spelled rime in this context.
The sounds that get sent to the end of the word in Pig Latin are the onset: Spring in Pig Latin is ing-spray, not ring-spay or pring-say. And the split where the itherg or aig or ub gets added in Gibberish and Aigy Paigy and Ubbi Dubbi is between the onset and the rhyme: spr-itherg-ing or spr-aig-ing or spr-ub-ing.
What else can onsets and rhymes tell us?
As the name suggests, the rhyme is also the part of the word that, well, rhymes. So you might get a poem rhyming "moon" and "June," but you don't get poems that rhyme "moon" and "mood." (We do have other names for matching sounds, such as alliteration, assonance, and consonance, but they all refer to the individual sounds, not to groups of them, as "rhyme" does.)
Another interesting feature of rhymes is that the presence or absence of consonants in a rhyme can affect the vowel in a way that the presence of absence of consonants in an onset doesn't. For example, the vowel in seat can also occur in monosyllabic words without an onset (eat) or without a following consonant (see).
However, while the vowel in sit is still fine without an onset (it), there is no possible English word like sih that sounds like sit without the /t/. The same goes for the vowels in bait versus bet (bay, ate, and et sound like English words, but beh doesn't), in cot versus cat (caw is fine but cah isn't), in cooed versus could (coo but not cuh).
You might have learned in school that the vowels in seat, bait, bot, cooed, and boat are "long" vowels, while the vowels in sit, bet, cat, and could are "short" vowels, without learning that the distinction is for this reason. But the important point is that vowels show this contrast (at least in single-syllable words) based on whether there's a consonant in the rhyme, and never based on whether there's a consonant in the onset. This is another way in which the vowel and subsequent consonants have a closer relationship than the vowel and preceding consonants.
The importance of rhymes isn't just limited to English. For example, word games like Gibberish where a syllable is inserted between the onset and the rhyme are found in a wide variety of languages, from Afrikaans to French to Turkish. Many languages also have rhyming and other linguistic features that pay attention to whether there's a consonant in the rhyme, such as deciding which syllable is stressed.
Even pre-literate children are sensitive to this distinction. I once asked a 3-year-old cousin what sound the word "special" started with, just to see what would happen. After a moment's deliberation, she replied "sp." It was a pretty good answer, and underlines the linguistic lesson of Pig Latin: Onsets and rhymes just make a certain kind of intuitive sense.
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I know enough about the culture of Hip-Hop that most of the names of the rappers I hear about use stage names, and it’s usually difficult to find any acts that use the name that was given to them when they were born. Why they don’t use the names their mothers gave them, I won’t know. However, some rappers, like Snoop Lion, can’t seem to hang on to even ONE fake stage name! No need to be greedy Mr. Lion!
Of course, I’m addressing the wrong person as Snoop Lion has decided to change his name ANOTHER time. Previously, according to his Wikipedia page, he was called Snoop Dogg. While spelled incorrectly, it was the name that most people know him by, and the one most people still call him by, regardless of his name changes. This time around, Snoop Lion has gone completely bonkers and changed his name to Snoopzilla!
Snoopzilla? I mean, at least, with dog and lion, he kept his name grounded in reality with names of real animals. Combining his name with Godzilla? Well, that’s a bit overboard. What’s next? Snoop Dragon? Snoop Kong? If he wants to change it again, why not change it to Snoop Flowchart. Oooooh! Snoop Flowchart. You know, that has quite a nice ring to it. Take my advice, Mr. Zilla!
What’s with all the name changes, Snoop [insert new animal]? Sound off in the comments below!
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By Stanford Matthews
Blog @ MoreWhat.com
Nixon’s legacy included the milestone of opening dialogue
with China and historic visits by the West to the mysterious and
isolated region of the world. Carter’s often criticized
administration had what appeared as a Middle East peace effort that
came closer than any other at resolving the conflicts. Reagan
convinced the Soviet Union to ‘tear down this wall’. Much about
President Bush these days points to the near obsession of American
Presidents to push for their legacy in the fading hours of their
Presidency. Beyond victory in the war in Iraq, President Bush’s
latest call for Middle East peace talks presents among other things,
his search for a legacy.
Along with most in the international community, as indicated below, the
US and EU want nothing to do with Hamas while a few voices are heard
urging dialogue with the generally perceived Middle East outlaws.
No relationship in the search for Middle East peace may be more of a
gamble than the involvement of both President Bush and former British
Prime Minister Tony Blair. In general, the intentions of both men
may be to recover some success for their respective legacies after the
controversy and criticism over the war in Iraq and perhaps Afghanistan.
US, EU shun Hamas as Blair takes over as Middle East peace envoy
Compiled by Daily Star staff
Friday, July 20, 2007
The Quartet of Middle East mediators met for the first time with Tony
Blair as special envoy on Thursday at a meeting Washington hopes will
breathe some life into the stagnant Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
In Cairo, Foreign Minister Ahmad Abou al-Gheit said Thursday that a
Mideast peace conference called for by US President George W. Bush will
likely be held in September on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly
meeting in New York.
Understandably, some in the Middle East are wary or even
suspicious of Tony Blair’s involvement. Of all the people on the
planet likely to have a role to play in the search for Middle East
peace, Tony Blair probably has the best chance of providing a sense of
genuine sincerity and honesty to the task at hand. But the
baggage of his history with President Bush and some indications he
bears his own separate agenda on solving this never ending crisis may
sabotage his ability to assist before it really begins.
Blair hampered in Middle East role
BEN LYNFIELD IN JERUSALEM
Ms Rice deftly defended the limiting of the scope of Mr Blair’s job,
despite EU foreign ministers arguing that it should be expanded. The
American backed brief says “yes” to Palestinian institution building
and economy, but “no” to a role in peace negotiations.
Indeed, if Mr Blair entertains the idea of gradually expanding his own
mandate, and dreams about jump starting peace talks, he may find that
Ms Rice is a no less formidable obstacle than the Israelis and
Among Palestinians, Mr Blair’s impending arrival is being greeted with
a mixture of skepticism and anticipation.
But Palestinian politicians outside of Fatah, and even some Israelis,
say such a policy is doomed to failure because it excludes the group
chosen by the majority of Palestinians in the 2006 elections.
may be viewed as a wild card in this entire scenario. His power
or influence over any part of the conflict may be suspect and the call
for elections just one more attempt by a weak player to muster
Abbas plans to call early elections, isolate Hamas
AP, RAMALLAH, WEST BANK
Friday, Jul 20, 2007
In a speech on Wednesday, Abbas asked the Palestine Central Council, a
Palestinian Liberation Organization decision-making body, to endorse
his call for elections that aides said would be designed to freeze
Hamas out of the political arena.
Abbas’ aides said they expected the election by the end of the year or
early next year. His announcement came as the US and other
international mediators were moving swiftly to try to revive Mideast
no one should overlook the complications provided by the most suspected
opposition to any peace in the region, none other than the President of
Iran. A meeting between Iran, Syria and Hamas is nothing more
than a strategy session of those opposing peace efforts in the Middle
Iran’s Ahmadinejad in Syria for talks with Assad, Hamas
19/07/2007 11:04 DAMASCUS, July 19 (AFP)
The fact that Ahmadinejad’s visit — his second to Damascus since
becoming president in 2005 — comes so soon after Assad’s re-election
will be seen as a clear sign of the value of the relationship to both
The strength of their ties is viewed with the deepest suspicion in
Washington, which blames Tehran and Damascus for much of the
instability dogging the Middle East region.
classic mixture of opposing agendas by all involved in Middle East
‘relations’ are no more an optimistic forecast for resolving problems
now than at any time in the past. No one should be hopeful this
early in the recent moves to hold talks on peace in the Middle East or
anywhere else on the planet.
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It was in July this year that the Supreme Court reluctantly told Tini Owens that despite being in what she described as a wretchedly unhappy marriage she wasn’t entitled to a divorce until 2020. Why? Because the law states that being in an unhappy marriage is not in itself a sufficient reason to divorce. In the absence of any agreement by her husband, she would need to be separated five years before divorcing. However, following a consultation launched this week by the Justice Secretary David Gauke, this could all change, and it undoubtedly should.
The law as it currently stands is only ground for divorce in England and Wales is the irretrievable breakdown of the marriage. This must be proved by one of five “facts”. Three of those rely on periods of continuous separation of at least two years, and in order to start divorce proceedings immediately, fault must be alleged by way of either adultery or behaviour. In 2015, 60% of divorces in England and Wales were granted on those two “facts”.
The Government proposes that while the ground for divorce should remain the irretrievable breakdown of the marriage, it would be no longer necessary for any of the five facts to be proved. All that would be necessary would be to give notice to the court of one’s intention to divorce, stating that their belief that the marriage had broken down, following which there would be a minimum time frame before the divorce could be finalised. It also proposes that the ability to challenge the divorce be removed.
These reforms are long overdue. The law is outdated, unfair and in many cases unwanted. As a divorce lawyer, I have lost count of the number of separated clients who are shocked to find out that if they don’t want to wait at least two years before they divorce that they will need to blame their ex or be take the blame themselves. For many, this doesn’t reflect the real reason for the breakdown of their marriage. Others just want to be able to move forward with their lives, not dwell on what went wrong and why.
Worse, the law can often make the process more hostile and acrimonious. In 2017, the Nuffield Foundation published the ‘Finding Fault’ research report which called for reforms to divorce laws. Their research found that 62% of petitioners and 78% of respondents said that using fault had made the process more bitter, with 21% of fault-based respondents saying that it was harder to agree the arrangements for the children, and 31% thought it had made sorting out the finances harder.
This matters. There is an overwhelming amount of evidence of the damage that parental conflict can do to children. Studies have shown that children show signs of emotional and behavioural distress when exposed to ongoing acrimony between parents, which can manifest itself through anxiety, depression and anti-social behaviour. It can also negatively effect their development. Given that the breakdown of a relationship is already a difficult time for families, it is shocking that the law still restricts attempts to minimise the impact of that, and could actively make it worse.
While some opponents to reform have argued that it would make divorce easier, the ‘Finding Fault’ study found that there was no evidence that fault prevents or slows down the decision to divorce. In fact, There was some evidence that it may actually shorten the time from break up to filing the divorce petition, and that fault was more likely to be associated with shorter marriages.
Given that the divorce rate in England and Wales is 42%, one could take the view that retaining fault based divorce hasn’t made divorce less likely, just more unpleasant. It also fails to treat separating couples as adults capable of making their own decisions, yet I have never spoken to any client seeking a divorce who has made the decision rashly or lightly. In this context, insisting on its retention suggests an unpleasant moral dimension of seeking to punish those who separate.
We’ve been here before, of course. It was over two decades ago, in 1996, when Parliament passed a law introducing no-fault divorce, but this was never implemented due to concerns about the process. Since then, there have been many and repeated calls for change. The family lawyer group Resolution have been campaigning for no fault divorce for years. However, following the damning ‘Finding Fault’ study and the widely publicised case of Mrs Owens, it feels there is a now real momentum for change.
The Government’s consultation closes in December 2018. For the sake of Tini Owens and many others like her, it is vital that the Government doesn’t lose its nerve. This must be the beginning of the end of the blame game.
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Welcome to Greetham, Rutland
Welcome to Greetham, Rutland.
Greetham is a rural village situated in the north of Rutland, England's smallest county. It is some six miles from Oakham, the county seat and very close to Rutland Water which is internationally recognised as a globally important wetland site. The village is a mixture of stone cottages, several thatched cottages, converted barns and modern detached houses. It has a population of 650.
Despite its small size, it has a very active community with a warm and friendly atmosphere. In addition to three excellent pubs, village shop, a premier golf course nearby and a thriving community centre.
Each week, there is a "Meet'em in Greetham Cafe" cafe in the Community Centre at 10am on Thursday. All welcome. Click this link to see more.
Fusion - New group for girls
See Whats On - 19th January 2017
A new teenage girls group, age 12-18, called Fusion, will be launched on 19th January starting 7-8.30pm at greetham community centre.
Fusion will be an opportunity for girls to create their own space for fun, creativity, and friendship to ultimately fill girls with self-confidence, self awareness and self esteem. It aims to involve the whole of our community, bringing together girls from around the Cottesmore diocese.
Fusion will be facilitated by Ruth Douglas and Julie Bertuzzi to allow girls freedom to express themselves in a safe place, initially on a monthly basis.
If you can spread the word to any teenage girls you think would be interested that would be great.
Fusion will be advertised through posters and flyers around the diocese, and in the local newsletters, with contact details for any girls interested in building their own teenage girl space, from scratch.
Greetham Website News
To receive the latest news from greethamrutland.com by email, just enter your address into the box below and hit "Subscribe".
Click for weather forecast
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