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Open Data Business Models and Value DisciplinesActive
Open data holds considerable economic and social value beyond the walls of the governments and institutions that share their data. However, there are still many open data-driven organisations that are struggling to comprehend how to generate revenue and survive by adapting to the changes brought on by the ubiquitous growth of open data and ‘Big Data.’ Therefore, data-driven organisations should develop and implement a business model before starting their business.
Open data businesses – an oxymoron or a new business model?, Value Story: This value story from OKI’s Open Data Handbook describes several private sector ventures that use open data.
Integrating user-centered design into open data strategy, OpenFDA: This best practice advocates for ensuring that open data meets the existing needs of users. The case study linked explains the user-centered design process for OpenFDA, a government data portal for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Open Data 500: This resource maps how different companies use open government data, including several EU countries.
How to make a business case for open data, The Open Data Institute: This guide, developed by The Open Data Institute, helps organizations and potentially governments identify how open data aligns with their business model.Go to website
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SAS meals and Menus
At SAS, we provide students with a wide variety of great tasting and creative meal choices prepared with the precise nutrition and quality considerations needed to promote optimal growth, as well as to help minds and bodies to achieve more.
All main school menus are tailored to always offer nutrient-rich options that students of all ages, tastes, and backgrounds love. They include many of the Hoe Brothers' long-time school food favorites, as well as the ongoing performance enhancements made by the school’s nutritionist, Karen Wright.
Our Recipes and Menus
We have developed a collection of over 200 recipes for healthy, child friendly and simply delicious fare. These recipes have all been nutritionally analyzed to meet USDA nutrition standards and are served as part of a balanced meal, which offers a serve of wholegrain bread or cereals, fruit and vegetables, lean protein foods, low fat dairy foods and healthier oils. We also encourage water to be consumed with meals and jugs of water are placed on tables.
There are four menus (preschool, elementary, middle school, and high school) and they work through a four-week menu cycle. They are all closely monitored and are updated in response to dish popularity and feedback received.
- Preschool menus - set menu that includes three main meal choices each served with two vegetables or salad, a fruity dessert, and a drink. We work in lots of variety to help ensure both the fussy and adventurous eaters eat well.
- Elementary menus - set menu that includes four main meal choices, each served with two vegetables or salad, a fruity dessert, and a drink. There are also three snack options to lift children during the day that includes a variety of wholesome home bake cookies, fruit shakes and smoothies, cheese dippers, and fruit yoghurts.
- Children in grades four and five also have the option to choose a meal from the a la carte middle school menu.
- Middle school menus - extensive al a carte menu that includes:
- three Asian and three Western dishes served with their grain and vegetable choices. Each day there is a rainbow of vegetable color with over eight different choices available;
- freshly made sandwiches (fresh and toasted, made with lower GI, grain enriched breads, wraps or rolls);
- at least three to four balanced vegetarian options (look for V on the menu);
- Japanese noodle bar that offers different types of ramen and sushi;
- a daily choice of a pasta, baked potato, or pizza option;
- chef salads and a fresh salad bar;
- quesadillas (either chicken, beef, or vegetarian);
- wholesome home baked snacks and low fat yoghurts;
- smoothies and fresh juices;
- fresh fruit pots and a range of healthy fruit based desserts;
- and healthier drink options including lower sugar juices, water, and low fat milks.
- High school menu - extensive al a carte menu similar to the middle school menus (see above). High school students can also purchase food from Subway, Baja Fresh, and Ha-van gourmet outlets.
“GOOD 2 GO” Kiosk
In the fall, SAS is launching a new GOOD 2 GO fast food kiosk in the high school cafeteria. It will serve quick grab meals and snacks. The food is New York deli style and promises quality and fresh ingredients. The menu includes:
- breakfasts such as artesian bread toasties, muesli cups, protein charged pancakes, and breakfast smoothies;
- lunch items packed with a selection of artesian bread lunch rolls, sandwiches, and salad bento boxes;
- butcher block sub sandwiches made with healthy roasted meats cuts from the school carvery;
- and lots of wholesome snacks, smoothies, fresh juices, and our new monster milk fruit shakes.
Students in the middle school and elementary school are welcome to visit the G2G kiosk to re-fuel for afterschool sports and activities.
Mr. Hoe's Chart Toppers
The Hoe brothers family have been serving up school food out of the SAS kitchens for over 50 years so it's fair to say that Mr. Hoe and his team of hard working cooks and lunch ladies know a thing or two about putting big smiles on the faces in the lunch line.
Mr. Ho still helps out every day in the high school cafeteria. While his brother Mr. Hoe and his wife run the operations in the middle school cafeteria. His nephew, Tan, runs the high school cafeteria and manages catering events to many external organizations in our community such as fairs, brownie camps, and private functions. Mr. Hoe’s son, Hao, whom normally runs the elementary cafeteria but currently on leave studying at the prestigious Cordon Bleu cooking school in Paris.
Mr. Tan is the man you want to know in the cafeteria. Find out more about his life at SAS in this video spotlight.
While students both past and present will give you a long list of their favorite Mr. Hoe’s dishes, here are two dishes that are regular chart toppers.
Beef Kway Teow with Chinese Greens
Kway teow noodles
Or thick rice noodles
Lean beef sliced
(Any Chinese green vegies can be substituted)
Soy sauce (dark)
Chopped or minced
- In hot wok heat the oil and brown the kway teow noodles with 1 tbsp soya sauce and put it on a plate.
- Use the same wok to stir fry the garlic, chye sim, beef, soya sauce, oyster sauce and the bean sprouts until fragrant.
- Add the chicken stock and bring to boil.
- Thicken the sauce with cornstarch. Simmer for 2-3 minutes until the sauce starts to thicken.
- Put the sauce on top of the kway teow and serve.
Chicken breast fillets (skinless)
Peeled and cut into 2cm pieces
Low salt stock
Low fat plain greek or plain yoghurt
Corn starch (check it is GF)
Brown basmati rice
120 -160g cooked rice per serve
- Heat oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in onion, garlic and ginger for 4 minutes or until soft. Stir in cinnamon, garam masala, coriander, paprika, cumin, turmeric and chili for 1 minute or until aromatic. Stir in pumpkin, stock and tomato paste. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low. Partially cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, for ~10 minutes or until pumpkin is just tender. Stir in chicken and simmer for 7 minutes or until just cooked through. Remove from heat.
- Spoon 2 tablespoons of the sauce into a heatproof bowl. Whisk in yoghurt and corn flour until smooth and combined. Slowly stir into the chicken mixture. Stir over low heat for 3 minutes or until the sauce thickens slightly. Serve with the pale version of the brown rice.
The Nutrition Education Opportunity
The task of guiding children toward enjoying balanced nutrition with a positive approach toward healthy eating is not always easy. The statistics show many of our children are likely to face a number of food related health problems and childhood obesity continues to be the number one concern. At the other end of the spectrum, anorexia nervosa and other disordered eating behaviors are becoming more prevalent.
Between these extremes, many children are at risk of common deficiencies such as iron and calcium that can compromise growth and brain development. Other key micro-nutrient deficiencies such as omega 3 fatty acids have been shown to impact on behavior and classroom focus.
In addition to providing healthier school meals, we also see the SAS dining table as an important opportunity to help reinforce to all students the benefits of balance, better food choices, and the experience of new tastes from across the globe. We recognize that the school years are when most eating habits are formed and there is only a small window to optimize growth and development. As such, students of all ages are encouraged with lots of “healthy eating nudges,” whether this is given as positive feedback to choices made, encouragement by teachers and assistants, or by the dedicated team of lunch moms who are on hand in the elementary and middle school cafeterias.
There are also new, improved nutrition information panels on display in the main cafeterias. These panels are designed to help guide students on their average daily food group requirements for wholegrain cereals, protein, fruit, vegetables, and dairy foods. The panels outline the number of servings the dish contributes to these requirements and the ingredients they are provided from and also provide allergen information in red, as well as a traffic light guide on the kcals, protein, fats, carbohydrates (including sugar), and salt content of the dish.
These nutrition information panels have been designed to align with the new USDA Super Tracker resources. The Super Tracker resources are nutrition and fitness program that provide individualized meal plan and activity recommendations for children and adults of all ages. For more information on the Super Tracker program go to: www.supertracker.usda.gov.
The USDA Choose My Plate website is also recommended as a valuable source of healthy eating and activity resources and recipes. To find out more go to: www.ChooseMyPlate.gov
Four individual catering companies at SAS provide meals for all students, faculty and staff. These companies include:
SAS requires Hoe Brothers Catering to incorporate the following into their food service provisions:
- Research and promote healthier food preparation and cooking processes
- Strictly follow all recipes and menus developed and provided
- Purchase approved ingredients only
- Ensure that all members of the catering team receive regular health and hygiene training
Hoe Brothers Catering
Phone: + (65) 6363-6449
Phone: + (65) 6362-9909
Baja Fresh® Mexican Grill
Phone: + (65) 8157- 4136
Phone: + (65) 9755 6383
Food Safety and Feedback
In addition to providing both tasty and healthy meals, ensuring food is safe and complies with stringent quality standards is our number one priority. Richard Hogan is the school’s services contract manager who is in charge of the day to day running of all school food operations. Richard has many years experience in food service and school food operations and has helped to direct SAS school food activities to ensure the food available every day is delicious, fresh, nutritious, and complies with rigorous food safety and quality standards. He is also the first person to contact if you have any questions, feedback, suggestions, or even provide a recipe which may be used in our menus. His email contact is email@example.com
The High School Food Committee
There is an active school food committee, led by the deputy high school principal Mr. Doug Neihart. It shares the opinions of a cross section of our community and is represented by parents, teachers, and the school nutritionist. The committee has helped to steer a progressive menu strategy in the high school and has been proactive in the improvements made to the nutrition and quality of the food now on offer.
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The Unidata netCDF team is happy to announce the availability of netCDF 4.8.0 C library, now with Zarr support (nczarr)!
This release extends the netCDF-c library to provide access to cloud storage (e.g. Amazon S3) by providing a mapping from a subset of the full netCDF Enhanced (aka netCDF–4) data model to a variant of the Zarr data model. The NetCDF variant is called NCZarr. It is possible for other implementations, such as Python Zarr, to read this variant. This implementation can optionally read and write using the pure version 2 Zarr storage format. It also can optionally support the XArray _ARRAY_DIMENSIONS extension to Zarr.
Detailed information including other changes, improvements, and bug fixes included in this release is available in the Release Notes.
Complete information about using this release can be found in the NetCDF Documentation.
Documentation specific to the new Zarr functionality can be found in The NetCDF NCZarr Implementation
Source-code zip and tar.gz archives can be found on Unidata's NetCDF-C GitHub site.
Pre-built Windows binaries for use with Visual Studio) are available from this page.
Other Library Versions
Versions of the C++ and FORTRAN netCDF libraries incorporating the 4.8.0 features are in the works, stay tuned.
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Organization: Save the Children
Closing date: 22 Feb 2017
Save the Children invests in childhood – every day, in times of crisis and for our future. In the United States and around the world, we are dedicated to ensuring every child has the best chance for success. Our pioneering programs give children a healthy start, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. Our advocacy efforts provide a voice for children who cannot speak for themselves. As the leading expert on children, we inspire and achieve lasting impact for millions of the world's most vulnerable girls and boys. By transforming children's lives now, we change the course of their future and ours. We are recruiting a Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor for an anticipated USAID/PEPFAR project providing support to orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) affected by HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe. The Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor (M&E) will be responsible for leading the design and implementation of the program monitoring plan, evaluation framework and management information system to track delivery against outputs, outcomes and impacts. S/he will lead analysis of data collected for the assessment of progress and improvements. S/he will also guide reporting processes amongst technical staff and consolidate program reports, promote learning and knowledge sharing of best practices and lessons learnt and the use of data for programmatic improvement. S/he will support technical staff in M&E functions and will manage any M&E related staff in the project. This is a leadership role and will serve as a key member of the project team. This position is contingent on the issuance of USAID funding and the selection of applicants is subject to USAID approval.
This key project, Getting to ZERO, is a five‐year program aimed to reduce HIV impact, vulnerability and risk, as well as increase high impact HIV services among orphans and vulnerable children and adolescents in targeted communities. The goal for this program is improved health, nutrition, psycho-social well-being and educational outcomes; and reduced abuse of children affected by HIV. The program seeks to advance ownership at the local level of a comprehensive, integrated, community-based AIDS response to mitigate the impact of HIV on orphans and vulnerable children.
Essential Duties, Responsibilities and Impact
The main responsibilities for the Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor include:
Lead the design and implementation of the program monitoring plan
- Design, monitor and analyze program M&E frameworks and data collection systems, including output, outcome and impacts indicators.
- Develop and train relevant staff and partners on data collection tools, additional program assessments, analytic plans and study protocols as necessary.
- Set up and maintain the routine data flow and reporting schedule, providing technical assistance and support to ensure a system for the collection of quality data is maintained and data is used to inform programmatic decisions.
- Ensure that routine monitoring data is shared with implementation team and partners, and facilitate program learning processes to support evidence-based program adaptation.
Guide project reporting process
- Take a leadership role in the completion and timely submission of reports necessary for reporting program activity results.
Promote learning and knowledge sharing of best practices and lessons learned
- Design and execute program assessments and evaluations to learn from program data.
- Initiate and lead dissemination of program data to promote data use and establish processes for the routine analysis and use of data for program improvements.
- Participate in forums to disseminate best practices and lessons learned.
Collaborate with government officials to improve data collection systems and data use
- Facilitate a working relationship with government health and social welfare officials to support improvements in data collection, analysis and data use at multiple levels of the health and social welfare systems.
Support technical staff in M&E functions
- Manage and build capacity of all M&E related staff in program to carry out program monitoring and evaluation activities and assessments.
- Conduct trainings necessary to establish a strong project data collection system among M&E staff and lead trainings for additional program assessments as necessary.
Required Background and Experience, Skills and Behaviors
- Bachelor’s Degree in statistics, mathematics, business, informatics, international relations or other relevant discipline.
- Minimum of seven years’ experience, of which at least three years at a senior level, in designing and implementing monitoring and evaluation activities for complex programs in developing countries. Previous experience on USAID programs and health or social welfare-focused programs preferred.
- Demonstrated experience and understanding of PEPFAR MER Indicators, particularly OVC outcomes indicators.
- Demonstrated ability and skills in analysis and report writing is essential.
- A firm command of M&E issues with respect to improvements in quality improvement and quality assurance with respect to integrated service and support programs.
- Demonstrated experience in setting up and managing M&E systems that track performance as per the objectives of this project (e.g., OVC services, performance against each result area).
- Demonstrated analytical skills to measure the outcomes of the project’s activities, including referral outcomes, and support project supervision.
- Experience developing and refining data collection tools.
- Strong writing and organizational skills for monitoring and reporting on program outcomes and impacts.
- Experience designing, implementing and analyzing research protocols, including both quantitative and qualitative research methods and an understanding of the ethical considerations necessary for research.
- Knowledge of the major evaluation methodologies (e.g., qualitative, quantitative, mixed-method, and impact) and data collection and analysis methodologies.
- Demonstrated experience in developing and implementing monitoring systems and conducting evaluations especially for health programs. Experience working with DHIS 2 platform, as well as working with government counterparts to strengthen national data systems a plus.
- Strong working knowledge of data quality assurance mechanisms.
- Able to work within a tight timeframe, managing M&E team members and meeting deadlines and deliverables to partners and donors.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English (professional level).
- Zimbabwean candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
How to apply:
Qualified candidates should apply directly through our Careers page on our website at: https://chp.tbe.taleo.net/chp01/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=SAVETHECHILDREN&cws=1&rid=47…
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The future, Conan?
Could this be the last generation for the stand-alone video game console? That’s what one of the key players behind the Xbox1 thinks. Sandy Duncan, who was in charge of Xbox in Europe, says that technology will make consoles like the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii obsolete. He makes an interesting point—how different is the Xbox 360 from a hard disk recorder? Like, what’s the recorder missing, a GPU and a faster CPU? Won’t technology improve to the point where we can cram all that goodness into one box and be done with dedicated game systems?
Duncan then brought up another point that made me go hmmm.
In fact in 5 to 10 years I don’t think you’ll have any box at all under your TV, most of this stuff will be “virtualized” as web services by your content provider.
That reminds me of theLinux distro gOS, which relies heavily on Google Apps (and other Web 2.0 applications like Facebook and Meebo) instead of locally installed applications. (Well, it does have local apps, but front-and-center are the Web 2.0 ones.) If all content can be stored on someone else’s servers, à la “World of Warcraft,” why bother producing machines and media that are cater to the old, pre-Web 2.0/broadband everywhere model?
His comments are similar to “God of War” designer David Jaffe’s, who predicted that a single game console would be in the industry’s best interests.
Convergence, when it’s cost effective, is a hard idea to say “no” to, especially if you’re a share holder at a Sony or a Microsoft. Us gamers, who grew up blowing the dust off our cartridges—John and Devin with their Atari 2600, Peter with his “something Atari,” me with my Super NES—may feel slightly different, I’m thinking.
via Next Generation
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Welcome to the Measles Channel
Measles is a highly contagious disease that is caused by a virus. The virus only infects humans, and is commonly spread through coughing and sneezing. Common symptoms of measles include high fever, cough, muscle aches, and, of course, the characteristic rash for which the disease is known. Because there is nothing that can kill the measles virus, treatment focuses on supportive care -- treating the symptoms that result from the illness while the body fights the infection.
Welcome to the Measles Health Channel by eMedTV. This segment of the eMedTV Web site contains a number of articles pertaining to measles, rubella, and the MMR Vaccine. From articles on the causes and transmission of measles and rubella to how the diseases are diagnosed and treated, as well as the typical prognosis, this channel contains the information you need. Articles are also included on means to prevent measles and rubella, namely through vaccines.
Many people begin their eMedTV measles experience by clicking one of the featured links located on this page. You can also start with the health topic section on the left side to find a particular topic of interest. If you do not find the specific rubella, MMR, or measles information that you are looking for in these two locations, use the search box at the top of this page.
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Measles and Rubella Pictures
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- What is Business Aviation?
- Flight Department Administration
- Aircraft Operations
- Professional Development
- News & Publications
- Products & Services
White House Tells House Lawmakers: Commitment to User Fees Continues
May 3, 2012
The White House again recently reiterated its commitment to imposing new user fees on general aviation (GA), in response to a call from 195 Members of Congress to abandon the proposal as “the wrong approach” for GA to pay for its use of the aviation system.
In a letter dated April 10, Jeffrey D. Zients, White House acting director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), claimed the White House’s proposed $100 per flight user fee – included in the Administration’s annual federal spending package, introduced earlier this year – would “generate an estimated $10 billion over 10 years, reducing the deficit and more equitably sharing the cost of aircraft traffic services.”
The OMB’s explanation came in response to a letter to the White House from Reps. Sam Graves (R-6-MO) and John Barrow (D-12-GA), co-chairs of the House General Aviation Caucus, and 193 other Members of Congress.
“The White House’s response to Congress shows an intransigence on user fees that is not supported by reasoned policy and shows a lack of understanding of current aviation taxes,” said National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) President and CEO Ed Bolen. “In fact, studies conducted by government and industry have shown that, through the fuel tax, general aviation pays its fair share for the cost it imposes on the aviation system.
“Equally important, fuel taxes are an effective proxy for general aviation’s use of the system, because the more you fly, the more fuel you burn and the more taxes you pay. Fuel taxes as easy to pay – compliance is near total – and they are efficient for government to collect.
Bolen noted that user fees would require the creation of a new collection bureaucracy, and that the fees would be administratively burdensome on operators.
The letter signed by 195 lawmakers also emphasized that general aviation is a vital industry, making important contributions to the U.S. economy.
“It’s unclear why the Administration would insist on imposing new fees on an industry that’s essential to citizens, companies and communities – especially in a still-challenging economy,” said Bolen. “General aviation contributes $150 billion in economic activity each year, adds to the nation’s balance of trade and generates and over 1 million jobs. The Administration should be championing this industry instead of singling it out for punitive policy proposals like this one.
“NBAA and the rest of the business aviation community thank Congressmen Graves and Barrow and their colleagues for signaling their continued opposition to the Administration’s user fee proposal with their letter to the White House.”
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The expertise of higher education students to help regional development in Southwest Finland
The aim of the SparkUp Portti project is to promote the competitiveness, growth and internationalisation of entrepreneurs and upcoming and already functioning SMEs in Southwest Finland. To reach this goal, the project productises in a new way the multidisciplinary competence of higher education students as part of the regional enterprise services in Southwest Finland, and thus improves the renown and usability of student cooperation among enterprises.
The six higher education institutions in Turku host approx. 40 000 students, which include approx. 4 000 foreign exchange and degree students from approx. 100 different countries. This group of students forms an innovative, multidisciplinary and international competence potential for the development of the City of Turku and the business life in the region.
A central challenge is that entrepreneurs and SMEs don't know the opportunities of student cooperation and cannot thus benefit the competence of students.
The idea of the project is to join students and enterprises together through open assignment search. With multidisciplinary student teams, 40 customer projects will be implemented in the fields of marketing, especially benefiting social media, environmental business and resource efficiency, and in benefiting information technology and systems.
The Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council has granted support for the project from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and it is implemented 1 January 2015 – 31 December 2016. The project is coordinated by Brahea Development at the Brahea Centre at the University of Turku and the cooperation partners are Humak University of Applied Sciences, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Turku Science Park Oy and the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship at Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku.
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Alcoholics Anonymous History In Your Area
Early Alcoholics Anonymous in Baltimore
A brief history of AA in Baltimore; how it started and the problems of growth. This is from a few records and the recollections of some of the old-timers involved. APRIL, 1975
JUNE 16, 1940 Jim B. of Philadelphia had contacted an old friend, Jim R., who had been sober for four years alter a religious recovery at Keswick Colony in New Jersey. Jim R. had been working with two other alcoholics without success, so he was very glad to have “AA” help as outlined by Jim B. Hence, the first “AA” meeting was held at Jim R.’s home on St. Paul St. on June 16, 1940.
JUNE 22, 1940 THE SECOND “AA” meeting was held in the office of a Mr. P. (a lawyer whose brother needed help). Present were: Jim B. (Philadelphia), Jim R., Fred M., Norman B., Mac S., Mr. P. The meetings continued in a board room in the Munsey Building on Fayette St. for about three months.
OCTOBER 1, 1940 They moved to a basement room in the Altamount Hotel. The wives and “AA” girls would furnish coffee and sandwiches after the meeting where the custom of social fellowship was continued. During this period new members arrived and some of those were: Henry M. (October 27), Anita H. (November 13), Bill S., A. C. E., Bill B., Ray N., Hal H., C. E.. Paul K. As World War II approached, the Hotel Altamount was being used for draftees and the “AA” quarters were needed so it became necessary to find a new location.
MARCH, 1941 — 857 N. Eutaw St. It was at this location that the small Baltimore group found an old mail-order house in a somewhat dilapidated condition. With but $6.00 in the treasury, four members of the group signed a two-year lease at $45.00 per month and the group pitched in to make a meeting place. A couple of sobering-up painters and some amateur carpenters removed shelving and painted walls. An employer (who was so tickled that one of his men got sober) gave fifty chairs. So, “AA” was in business with a good meeting place.
February 16, 1941 –(Attraction rather than Promotion) Baltimore Sunday Sun article and picture of “AA” Group (from the rear by Harrison Johnston. Article attached.
October 25, 1941 — Baltimore News American article by Louis Azrael. Article attached.
April, 1941 — Saturday Evening Post — Jack Alexander.
As one can see here we have publicity on both a local and national basis and the debt owed by sober drunks to the media in incalculable. The old timers in the Baltimore group say that as each bit of news came out, the phones would start ringing and the “AA’s” were like firemen — always ready to go. The group grew, about 50 members in October, 1941 .They had no traditions and as they say, they tried everything. Sometimes they asked the judge to “lock him up until he got sober. The Salvation Army would provide a bed at times. Members sometimes helped the newcomers find a job. They tried buying meal tickets, but this didn’t work because the drunks would sell the tickets for booze and on and on. But, the “AA” message of hope and survival was carried on.
“THE GIRLS” The wives of “AA” as well as the “AA” girls started the Saturday Night SC social. This was a feed and social time and the drunks had something to do on Saturday night. They liked it and Baltimore “AA” pays tribute to these ladies who gave of their love, understanding, and time to help make alcoholics feel wanted and worthwhile.
BILL’S VISITS AND HELP FROM WASHINGTON AND PHILADELPHIA A A’S Sometime in the “early forties” Bill W. visited Henry M. and by arrangement talked with several groups of doctors and shared his experiences with them, and this helped. He also was the principle speaker at the meeting attended by Louis Azrael of the Baltimore News American, A A’S from Washington and Philadelphia came to Baltimore many times to help the new group to grow and mature.
GASOLINE SHORTAGE World War II Rationing As the war years went on, the 857 Group felt the effects of gas rationing and some of the suburban members began to think about another group. So after much alcoholic thinking the second group was started.
TOWSON — APRIL 12, 1945 The first meeting was held in the study of an Episcopal Clergyman in Towson with seven people in attendance. Shortly thereafter, a room was rented above a store on York Road in Towson. In June of 1945 they held their first public “AA” meeting. Attending were a judge, probation officer, two clergymen and a doctor. Late in 1945, the group found new quarters in a basement room in an apartment building. It was felt that more room was needed as well as to get away from the noise of streetcars and traffic that had bothered them at the old location. The new location was at 212 Washington Ave., Towson, Md. just a block from the Police Station. This group has remained here since and will be 30 years old in April, 1975. For many years the Towson group has averaged 40 members and from it have grown many other groups as members leave to help start “AA” in other locations.
INTERGROUP OFFICE An Intergroup Office was started August, 1945. This was located in the “Bromo-Seltzer Tower” in downtown Baltimore and drew many comments from the press and radio. As “AA” grew in the Baltimore area so did the Intergroup Council until today where we find over six hundred “AA” meetings each week and approximately 12,000 members.
Reprinted from The Baltimore Sunday Sun, February 16. 1941 John Barleycorns Victims Seek Strength In Unity — Harrison Johnston The story of “Alcoholics Anonymous,” which now includes a Baltimore group, is the story, in the words of one of its members, of a “bunch of drunks trying to help one another stop drinking.
This may sound like the scenario for a Mack Sennett comedy, but it isn’t. For members of “Alcoholics Anonymous,” and thousands like them, escape from under the thumb of alcohol is the most important and difficult of life’s problems. And medicine, while it has finally come to recognize alcoholism as a disease rather than a moral delinquency, has yet to devise a permanent cure, or even an effective preventive.
Last year, for example, almost seventeen per cent of the total first admissions to Maryland hospitals were because of alcoholism. Every year some 56,000 persons are added to the vast number of chronic alcoholics in the United States, variously estimated as high as 900,000. Every year in this country fifteen of every 100,000 persons dies while confined in institutions because of chronic alcoholism. Medicine has so far been hard put to lower these figures; at best its “cures,” in the opinion of most informed specialists, are merely periodic “refreshers” which enable a man to keep his job.
Where Group Comes In This failure on the part of medicine has become the starting point for “Alcoholics Anonymous,” a sort of psycho-religious movement with faith in divine assistance and the practice of public confession and group contact between continuing and reformed delinquents — in this case, continuing and reformed (or “dry”) alcoholics.
“Alcoholics Anonymous” meet regularly as a group twice a week – once in a semi-formal “business” meeting, once in a completely informal and spontaneous social gathering — without benefit of alcohol. They base their hopes of success on a mystical belief in aid from without themselves (all else having failed), from God, “as we understand Him,” and on constant association with other alcoholics who can understand and help them and whom they in turn can understand and try to help. They may thereby draw upon the companionship of other alcoholics, men and women like themselves with whom they alone are psychologically able to discuss their difficulties, and try to lose themselves in the rehabilitation of others even less controlled than they, a proven form of uplift characteristic of all group organizations, the church itself not least among them.
From out this mixture, without any recourse whatsoever to medicine, “Alcoholics Anonymous” claims complete success — with no relapses – with about fifty per cent of its members (always supposing them to be sincere in their efforts to stop; and eventual success — after occasional relapses — with an additional twenty-five per cent.
Founded by New Yorker “Alcoholics Anonymous” was founded five years ago by a New York broker who had lost two fortunes largely because of alcoholism. After money and medicine failed to effect a “cure,” the financier, a widely read man, thought to seek aid from the omnipotent, whatever or whoever that might be, and formulated twelve “suggested steps” for the turning over of the alcoholics’ problem to God. These still serve the “Alcoholics Anonymous” as a Sort of creed. With a handful of other alcoholics he then established in New York the first group of “Alcoholics Anonymous.”
With the publication shortly afterward of a book of case histories of alcoholics, also called “Alcoholics Anonymous,” on which a mid-Western physician collaborated with the New York broker, the movement began to spread. Today it includes some 2,000 members and fifty groups, located as far south as Texas, as far west as San Francisco. Growth in the mid-West, under the motivation of the collaborating physician, has been especially rapid and the Cleveland group is the largest in the country. The New York group, which might logically be expected to be the largest. is kept down by existence of surrounding, smaller groups, in the Oranges and on Long Island.
40 In Baltimore Group The Baltimore group was founded only eight months ago, in June, 1940, and now numbers about forty members, of whom five are women. It may be contacted through Box 155 at the Baltimore Post Office. Most of its members are married, most of them are middle-aged. One is a youngster of 22. On the whole, they are a well-groomed, not unprosperous looking lot, few of whom display noticeable scars of battle.
The founding fathers of the Baltimore group were three, one of whom shortly fell by the way. One of the founders and one of the men who have joined since had been “dry” for fairly long- periods prior to entering “Alcoholics Anonymous”; all of the others came in as very active alcoholics, as they themselves are the first to admit.
Not all of them, of course, here or elsewhere, are sincere. As one doctor who has worked very closely and enthusiastically with the local group points out, there are some false-faces among them. The groups in two distant cities, for example, were originally founded by a sharper who hoped to chisel his way to a small fortune and a woman neurotic who simply desired to bask in the reflected publicity.
Time Still Short Not all of them have been able to walk the extremely narrow and difficult path laid out for them without an occasional false step. but as far as the members themselves know (and they know pretty well by virtue of constant individual and family contacts) slips have been relatively few. Over the Christmas holidays only three of the then thirty-five members succumbed to !he old lure. Since June only four members altogether, two men and two women. are known to have slipped, and some of them only once.
In the case of the Baltimore group, of course, such a record is discounted by the fact that most of its members have belonged only four or five months or less, a period guaranteed, for example, by most of the profession al “cures.” At the same time, the members feel they can take legitimate pride in their record over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. New Year’s Eve, incidentally, most of them spent in a group at a member’s house in Mount Washington with intoxicants nowhere to be found. And they say they enjoyed it.
Members come to “Alcoholics Anonymous” in a number of different ways. A few are sent by their ministers, others are brought in by friends and old drinking companions who are already members. A number have been referred by several doctors interested in the movement, including the head of one of the professional “cures” and Dr. George H. Preston, of the State Health Department, with whom Alcoholics Anonymous has an informal working agreement. He recommends alcoholics to them and they in turn are privileged to send alcoholics to one of the State hospitals to have them “defogged,” their systems cleared of alcohol.
Several have come directly from the State institutions at Cambridge and Spring Grove. One was in jail for striking his father with a bottle. His wife asked the “Alcoholics Anonymous” to go see him. Another, a girl, was tricked into at tending her first meeting by being told she was going on a bind date.
Finding Jobs A Problem When alcoholics join “Alcoholics Anonymous” they are frequently out of a job. Getting them back to work is one of the first, end most important, things the group attempts to do. Today, “early every member has a job, Some ten of them have obtained them directly as the result of efforts of other members. Four of these are doing clerical work at national defense establishments, one at a salary of over $300 a month. Another, the young man who was in jail when “Alcoholics Anonymous” first contacted him, is doing steel work.
Among the others, a number have improved upon positions to which they were barely able to hold on heretofore. One has had two step-ups; another who went to the office every day expecting to be fired has had a raise and offers of four other positions in three weeks, and has gained twenty pounds in the process. Another has got back his old job –that of a whisky salesman — and it isn’t bothering him, at least not much.
The ”formal” Wednesday evening meetings are held in the clubroom of an uptown hotel. There are no dues, no initiation fees. A hat is passed at each meeting and each member contributes as he can afford; new members often out of a job and broke, some times can afford nothing and that’s just the way “Alcoholics Anonymous” want it to be. The organization of groups throughout the country is a loose one. The foundation in New York is financed by a small endowment and the sale of the book.
The meetings are formal only to the extent of having a chairman -chosen by rotation each week — and a permanent secretary. Otherwise their atmosphere is one of pleasant. almost light-hearted fellowship. Wives, husbands, friends, even interested strangers are welcome, for despite !he name “Anonymous” one of the basic principles of the movement is that its members have nothing to hide. Admission of their difficulties is a first requisite. Some of the Baltimore group even objected to having the accompanying photograph taken from the rear — for fear it might encourage people to believe they were afraid to have their identity known.
Little Embarrassment Nothing could be farther from the truth. Except and quite naturally, among the very new members, there is no embarrassment. At each meeting several members tell the group, and whoever else may be present, about their difficulties with alcohol and what “Alcoholics Anonymous” is meaning for them. This, of course, is a sort of spiritual catharsis and is basic in the psycho-religious idea upon which the movement is based.
There is no softening of terminology, no shelter behind pleasant euphemisms. One member describes the group as “not bad looking for a bunch of drunks,” and as a matter of fact they are not. Such words and phrases as “bender,” “debauch, “”in the gutter’ ‘”gin mill” and “horrible drunk” sprinkle their talks and conversation. Sometimes one almost feels they are carrying this sort of thing to an extreme.
One of the Baltimore group’s unsolved problems is what to do with alcoholics who wander in from out of town. Other cities with larger and older groups have clubhouses for just this purpose, or arrangements with such organizations as the Salvation Army. The Baltimore group hopes to be able, eventually, to do the same.
“Alcoholics Anonymous” are not prohibitionists. They simply admit an allergy. For those who can control their drinking, they think it is all right. But for themselves and others like them, no.
Reprint from The Baltimore News American. October 25. 1941
THE EX-DRUNKARDS LEAD THE DRUNKARDS — Louis Azrael ” I’m a drunkard,” said the middle-aged, dignified gentleman who has a responsible place in a big business organization. Then he corrected himself. “At least, I was until recently.
In that correction lies a fascinating story. He told me part of it and, as a result, I attended a few nights ago, one of the weekly meeting of “Alcoholics Anonymous.”
Except for myself, every other man in the room (and some of the women) knew pink elephant from purple giraffes, knew roaring sprees and jittery hangovers from personal experience. Most of them had, at one time or another, taken ineffectual “cures.” The business or professional careers of many had been ruined or seriously injured by drink.
Also present at the meeting were the wives, and in one case, the mother, of some of the men.
Testimony You’d never have suspected anything like that, to look at the gathering. There were no ragged, bleary-eyed bums. There were serious, friendly, well-dressed, alert looking people. Some of them bore names which are well known in Baltimore.
And they merely talked. A young man arose and, to my astonishment, I recognized him as one who when I first knew him, was one of the outstanding members of a Johns Hopkins University graduating class.
In simple, straightforward language, he told how his mother and his wife (both of whom were present) had used every device they knew to break his addiction to alcohol; how his business career had been ruined, and how he had come across “Alcoholics Anonymous.” He hasn’t had a drink in four months. He is re-establishing his business successfully.
He talked with none of the evangelical fervor of a revivalist. He indulged in no mock heroics. He talked like a friendly person who knew something which could be helpful to others.
Some of the others, with whom I spoke later, had been off liquor for a year or more. The chief speaker of the evening was a New York broker named William G. Wilson, who founded “Alcoholics Anonymous” six years ago. He too spoke in the same fashion.
Group Help What is their secret? It is, as they explained it to me, amazingly simple; amazingly sensible. Six years ago several souses reached the depths of alcoholic degradation. Sanitariums hadn’t helped them. Psychiatrists hadn’t helped them. So, in a sober period. they decided to help each other.
One of the things that psychiatrists usually recommend to drunkards is to find some hobby; to get some new interest which will occupy their minds and energies. Well, these men adopted a new interest. They became interested in helping drunkards.
It was a hobby with a special fascination for them. They knew, better than any other persons could, how much they accomplished for those they helped. Because they knew the problems, the mental tricks, the rationalizations that drunkards use, they were able to give help which others couldn’t give.
Furthermore, they could appeal to drunkards where doctors, physicians or clergymen couldn’t. After they sat around with a drunkard for a while, exchanged stories about sprees and jamborees, about efforts to stop drinking, etc, there was a mutuality of interest which other types of persons couldn’t achieve.
And the important thing is that whether these men helped the other drunkards or not, they were helping themselves. They had because of what they were trying to do, an incentive to stay sober. And their minds, and their spare time, were taken up with an activity which was overpoweringly interesting and important to them.
It Works From that group, “Alcoholics Anonymous” developed until it now includes about 1,500 persons in about twenty cities. The Baltimore group is only a few months old.
The plan is much more elaborate then I have indicated. Through experience, they have worked out a definite technique. They try to have men, when seeking to rid themselves of alcoholic habits place reliance in a Superior Being though it doesn’t matter what they call Him or how they approach Him. They try to teach victims to be honest with themselves and with others. In fact, Wilson and some others have written a long book about their experiences and solutions.
They get together every week just to be sociable and to talk things out. Any one of them knows that, when the craving for drink assails him, he can phone a member of the group, who will be glad to come to him immediately and try to help him.
There are no dues. There are no officers.
What I saw when I attended the meeting was merely a group of persons who had been through, or were still going through, a horrible experience and were trying to help each other.
And they’re succeeding. At least two thirds of those who have joined them, they told me, no longer take a drink.
Reprint from The Baltimore Sun
Alcoholics Are Worth Saving — Editorial June 4, 1974, A large part of the problem undoubtedly is that most of us are able casually to dismiss the alcoholic as a skid-row character, a ne’er-do-well who is scarcely worth saving. Such misconceptions can be dispelled quickly by attending a few meetings of recovered alcoholics in various programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous. Many of the members of these programs tell frightening stories of their descent into degradation through alcohol — and heartening, inspiring stories of their recovery once they made the decision to stop drinking. As it turns out, many of these recovered alcoholics – although by no means all —had become skid-row bums of the stereotyped variety. But what is startling is that so many of them had been among the most respected members of society before they made the descent.
A Los Angeles man who had been an eye surgeon before his drinking became debilitating told how he spent years huddled in doorways in filthy, worn clothes attempting to cadge a few coins from passersby so he could buy a bottle of wine — and then he described how he made the decision he could no longer drink and survive, and laboriously made his climb back to his former position.
Among recovered alcoholics in the Baltimore-Washington area are artists, successful businessmen, editors high government officials, at least one United States Senator, many lawyers and thousands of respectable workingmen. One universal characteristic of the recovered drunks is that they are well-dressed, clean and responsible. Whether their stations be high or low, they are useful members of society.
This, then, is the overwhelming practical message of Miss Rohzon’s articles: To let alcoholism programs slip into neglect is to consign untold numbers of potentially useful citizens to continued degradation and, often, death and insanity; while to maintain effective programs hr to rescue them and, eventually, to convert them into taxpaying citizens. The practical message happens to coincide with the humane one.
Copyright © All Rights Reserved 1999-2006 Baltimore Intergroup Council of Alcoholics Anonymous
— http://www.baltimoreintergroupaa.org/ —
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Researchers have linked a rare genetic mutation found mostly in Black Americans and other people of African descent to an earlier onset of heart failure and a higher risk of hospitalization. The findings suggest that earlier screening for the mutation could lead to faster treatment and improved outcomes for heart failure in this vulnerable group, the researchers said.
The genetic variant studied in the current research had long ago been linked to a higher risk of heart failure in people of African ancestry. Known as TTR V142I, the gene can cause a condition called transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy, which is potentially fatal because protein builds up inside the heart. However, little was known about the impact of the mutation on important clinical-related factors such as heart structure, heart function, hospitalization rates, and blood biomarkers.
To learn more, the researchers studied TTR V142I in a group of middle-aged participants from the 20-year-long Jackson Heart Study, the largest and longest investigation of cardiovascular disease in Black Americans. Of the 2,960 participants selected from the study, about 119 (4%) had the genetic mutation, but none had heart failure at the start. Between 2005 and 2016, the researchers observed 258 heart failure events.
They found that patients who carried the genetic mutation were at significantly higher risk of developing heart failure, compared to those without the mutation. These patients also developed heart failure nearly four years earlier and had a higher number of heart failure hospitalizations. Researchers said they found no significant difference in death rates between the two groups during this study period.
“Identification of genetic susceptibility to amyloid cardiomyopathy is an important advance related to heart failure, especially given its disproportionate effect on older and multiethnic populations,” said Patrice Desvigne-Nickens, M.D., a medical officer in the Heart Failure and Arrhythmia Branch in NHLBI’s Division of Cardiovascular Sciences.
The results of the study, which was largely supported by the NHLBI, appeared in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Heart Failure.
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T: -Good morning, dear children and guests!
P: -Good morning, dear teacher! Good morning, dear guests!
II Warming-up activity:
T: -Today the theme of our lesson is «London». As you know London is the capital of England and we shall see a lot of places of interest of this town in our lesson. We shall speak about Big Ben, Westminster Abbey famous parks and squares, visit different countries and travel to the picturesque banks of the river Thames. By the end of this lesson you’ll be able to tell about these places of interest and make up dialogues for your home-task. So at first let us remind some facts and watch video slides connecting with the capital of Great Britain.
P: -There was Big Ben, the House of Parliament, the London Eye, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Nelson Column, Tower Bridge. I saw London traffic, Piccadilly Circus, London guard, Westminster Abbey.
III Introducing the subject:
— 1 new vocabulary:
T: -So, children, as you know, London is a big city and you can see many cars, buses, heavy traffic there. There is the underground in London too. But do you know the meaning of the words? For example such words as: cart, open top bus, traffic, the underground.
Cart-it is a bus with a horse.
Open top bus-it is a bus without a roof.
Traffic-it means that there are many cars, buses, trolley-buses on the roads.
Underground-it is a train which moves under the ground.
I hope when you meet these words in the text you will know their meaning.
-2 speaking about London:
T: -Ok, pupils. You have reminded some places of interest of London and now let’s revise some facts about London. Answer my questions:
1 What is the capital of England?
P: -The capital of England is London.
2 What is the population of London?
P: -The population of London is about 8 million people.
- What river does London stand on?
P: -London stands on the river Thames.
- What places of interest of London do you know?
P: -I know a lot of places of interest. But the most famous ones are: Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, the Tower Bridge, the Houses of Parliament, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Regent’s Park, Trafalgar Square, the National Gallery, Buckingham Palace and others.
5Where is the home of the queen of Britain?
P: -Buckingham Palace is the home place of the queen of Britain.
6What is Big Ben?
P: -Big Ben is a famous clock.
7What is Westminster Abbey?
P: -It’s a church where the kings and the queens of England are burried.
8 What can you see from the Tower Bridge?
P: -From the Tower Bridge we can see the Tower of London.
9Where is a famous zoo?
P: -It’s in Regent’s Park.
- Do you like London?
P: -Yes, I do. I like London.
T: -Very well, children. Maybe these questions were too easy for you, so I shall give you a London-quiz and you must choose the correct answer. One of you we’ll read the task and the second one will give a correct answer. So, let’s start.
1 From Tower Bridge you can see…
- Paul’s Cathedral.
- The London Zoo.
- The Tower of London.
2 The Queen lives in…
- The Tower of London.
- Buckingham Palace.
- Westminster Abbey.
3 Westminster Abbey is a famous…
- Royal church.
4 In Regent’s Park there is the biggest … in the world.
5 The Tower of London is a … now.
6 There is … … in the centre of London.
- Piccadilly Circus.
- Trafalgar Square.
- Regent’s Park.
7 There are … streets in London.
- One million.
- Ten thousand.
8 They change the Guard at …
- The National Gallery.
- Buckingham Palace.
- Big Ben.
— 4reading and speaking from the book: Role – play.
-So, nice. You spoke rather well. And now let’s check your home-task. At home you’ve listened to the text and now we’ll check your reading and comprehension. After reading you’ll have to put questions on the text to your classmate one by one. (text)
My parents and I are from London and my grandparents are from London, too. We’re all Londoners.
Here are two photos of Piccadilly Circus. The black and white photo was my great-grandfather’s photo. It shows Piccadilly Circus in 1905. There weren’t colour photos in those days.
In 1905 there were a lot of buildings and you can see them in the colour photo, too. But there wasn’t much traffic because there weren’t many cars. In 1905 there were horses and carts and open top buses. I’m sure the people in them were cold.
Can you see the lady with the white hat in the old photo? She was my great-grandmother. She was a cook. My great-grandfather was a baker and his shop was near Piccadilly Circus, but it isn’t there today. Now my favourite computer shop is there.
-Bohdan, imagine you are Mark and you wrote this text. Pupils, your task is to put questions on the text to Mark.
P: -Where are your parents from?
-My parents are from London.
P: -What is on the black and white photo?
-It is Piccadilly Circus in 1905.
P: -What can you see on that photo?
-I can see a lot of buildings.
P: -What is Piccadilly Circus?
-It is a meeting of six streets.
P: -What is on the color photo?
-It is Piccadilly Circus nowadays.
P: -Are there much traffic now?
-Yes, there are. There are many cars, buses, lorries.
P: -Were there much traffic in 1905?
-No, there wasn’t. There were horses, open top buses, and carts.
P: -What was your great-grandmother?
-She was a cook.
P: -What was your great-grandfather?
-He was a baker and his shop was near Piccadilly Circus.
P: -What is there now?
-It is a computer shop there now.
T: -OK, and now do ex3 p80. Tick V true. Cross X false.
- Mark’s grandparents are Londoners.
- London has got a lot of old buildings.
- There was a lot of traffic in 1905.
- Mark’s great-grandfather was in the 1905 photo.
- Mark’s great-grandparents were from London.
- Mark’s grandfather was a baker.
T: -While reading to the text maybe you noticed some differences in using some words concerning past and present events. For example, look here at the blackboard. There are two sentences. 1 There was little traffic in Piccadilly Circus in those days. 2 There is much traffic now. Can you see the difference? What is it?
P: -We have was in the first sentence and we have is in the second sentence. Was changed into is.
T: -Yes, you are right. These are grammar rules. While speaking we do a lot of mistakes, mistakes in pronunciation or grammar. So we must know grammar perfectly to avoid these mistakes and speak correctly. Today at our lesson we are going to repeat the usage of the verb «to be» in Past Simple in structures there was and there were. Tell me, please, who knows when do we put «was» and «were»?
P: -I, he, she, it- we put «was» –and- you, we, they- we put «were»
T: -What about negative forms?
P: -We add not to was and were.
T: -Well, children! I shall give you two pictures and your task is to say what there was in the first picture at 3 o’clock and what there was not at 5 o’clock.
For example: At 3 o’clock yesterday there was a bus but at 5 o’clock there wasn’t a bus.
Now your own examples, please.
T: — We repeated grammar rules and now let’s listen to the text. While listening to the text you have to fill in the gaps with «was»/»were». This is ex 5 p81 in your books. So, listen to the tape-recorder and do the exercise.
Mark: What are you doing for your History project?
Jenny: I’m writing my history. Look at this photo of me in primary school. It was my first class.
Mark: Oh yes, you were in a different school to me.
Jenny: Yes, I was in Scotland for the first two years of primary school.
Mark: Who were your best friends?
Jenny: Sue and Stella. They’re twins. Sue is next to me in the photo and Stella’s between Julie and Peter.
Mark: Who were clever pupils?
Jenny: Anna and George. Anna’s behind me in the photo and George is in front.
Mark: Were you a clever pupil?
Jenny: No, I wasn’t.
Mark: Were there any naughty pupils?
Jenny: No, there weren’t. We were all good.
-Are you ready? Let’s check up it. Read it in pairs.
T: While travelling around the town you may be tired. So the best way out is to travel by bus and just look at the window. So let’s have a break.
»The wheels on the bus»
The wheels on the bus go round, round, round,
Round, round, round
The wheels on the bus go round, round, round,
All day long.
The children on the bus go wriggle, wriggle, wriggle…
The mummies on the bus go «Don’t do that»…
The daddies on the bus go read, read, read…
The babies on the bus go «Wah, wah, wah»…
T: -let’s start work again. Now I shall switch on the TV and you’ll watch the film. There are some facts about London and your task is to understand: — What is Mark interested in and why does he like to paint London?
P: — Mark is interested in painting.
P: -He likes to paint London because London is a very nice city and it’s always different.
Pupils do the tasks on printed copies of the film
T: -So, pupils, as you see, we know much about London and its sightseeing. Your home task was to make projects connecting with the theme of our lesson. Do you want to present them? Who will be the first?
P: -Big Ben.
Big Ben is one of London’s best-known landmarks and looks most spectacular at night when the clock faces are illuminated. The name Big Ben actually refers not to the clock tower itself, but to the thirteen ton bell hung within. The bell was named after the first commissioner of works, Sir Benjamin Hall. Big Ben is the name of the 14 ton bell that chimes. It’s the largest four-faces chiming clock and the third-tallest free-standing clock tower in the world.
P: -Trafalgar Square.
Trafalgar Square is the largest square in London and has been a central meeting place since the middle ages. In the centre of the square is the tall Nelson’s Column which was built to commemorate the victory of Admiral Nelson over French. Trafalgar Square has many statues and two fontains. The square is surrounded by many great buildings.
P: -London Eye.
The London Eye is very popular tourist attraction. The 135 meter tall structure was built as part of London’s millennium celebrations. The structure was designed by the architects David Marks and Julia Barfield. Eye-capsules contain 25 passengers. Each egg-shaped capsule is 8 meters long and weighs 500 kg.
P: Buckingham Palace.
Buckingham Palace is one of several palaces owned by the British Royal family. The original building was constructed as a country house in 1705 by the duke of Buckingham. It is a London home of the Queen. When the flag is flying on the top she is at home. The Guard changes every day at 11.30 a.m. It is one of the tourists greatest attraction.
P: Tower of London.
The Tower of London was built at the beginning of the 11th century near the river Thames and consists of almost 20 towers in total. The Tower of London is a big castle with a lot of buildings inside it. It was a fortress, a royal palace and later a prison. It is a museum now.
London is a capital of Britain. About eight million people live there. London stands on the river Thames. There are lots of places of interest in London. From Tower Bridge you can see the Tower of London. It is a museum now. Big Ben is a famous clock in London. You can see many churches in the city. Westminster Abbey is one of the oldest royal churches. London’s parks and squares are really beautiful. There are about 10 thousands streets in London with a lot of shops and cafes, cinemas and theatres, galleries and museums. Big red buses run up and down the streets. The oldest metro in the world, called Tube, is in London, too. London is a very nice city.
XI Summing-up like a game (if time)
Let’s give some characteristic of London but do it in a form of a game. You have to add a word one after another beginning with the same words. ( London is nice, large, famous, beautiful, green…).
Very nice children. You’ve worked very hard today and everything was all right. You showed good knowledge of English and your marks for today’s lesson are:…
XII Home task.
Now look at the blackboard. Your home task for the next lesson is to make up dialogues about London. Stand up. The lesson is over. Thank you very much. Good bye, dear children.
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In nature and in regenerative ranching, there are four ecosystem processes at work – the energy flow, water cycle, nutrient cycle and community dynamics. In an effective ecosystem, all four ecosystem processes are simultaneously highly functional. If any one of the four is disrupted or impaired in any way, the ecosystem itself is not highly functional.
In “Want to Optimize the Energy Flow on Your Ranch? Maintain Abundant Plant Leaves,” Mike Porter describes how energy flow (called a cycle by some, but it’s a unidirectional flow) transforms and transports the sun’s energy through plants via photosynthesis. From there, energy and nutrients flow throughout the food chain as carbohydrates for plants and soil microbes, forages for animals and ultimately protein for humans. Whenever plants are present and green and growing, the energy flow is occurring.
Is the energy flow broken on my ranch?
The energy flow in an ecosystem is not a given; it can be impaired or even break. A broken energy flow is different than an energy flow that is functioning, but not at its highest capability – what we call an impaired energy flow. There is a continuum from a broken energy flow to impaired to a highly functional energy flow.
With this discussion, our objective is to determine if energy flow is limiting the functionality of the four ecosystem processes under our management. We will look at four scenarios of broken and impaired energy flows in grazing land situations.
Bare ground could mean the energy flow is broken
Since the energy flow is driven by photosynthesis, actively growing plant leaves must be present. In a truly broken energy flow, such as in a plowed field, there are no or few plants actively growing. This means the water cycle, nutrient cycle and community dynamics are also broken. This also can occur in more arid environments where bare soil is more common, especially in over-grazed areas.
Excess old growth could mean the energy flow is broken
Another type of broken energy flow is when there are excess old, decadent plant residues that occupy the space where active growing plants could exist. An example of this is a pasture that has not been grazed, hayed or burned for years. Previous years’ growth remains erect, oxidized of nutrient content, blocking sunlight from reaching new leaves, and limiting opportunities for new growth due to structure and shading. This condition is usually found in regions with favorable moisture conditions although old decadent growth can accumulate in arid regions with short growing seasons and over-extended recovery periods.
Pastures that have been hayed or burned could have a broken energy flow
Hay fields are another situation where the energy flow can be disrupted for at least short but regular intervals. Every time hay is harvested and more than 50% of the leaf area is removed from the plants (which is usually every time), the energy flow is broken as a result and remains broken until the leaves grow back and begin photosynthesizing and building carbohydrates.
The same can be said about a prescribed burn. It removes existing actively growing plants in addition to the senesced plant material used as the fuel. Both situations are intentional but are intended to be a temporary condition.
Grazed pastures can have a broken energy flow
Any time the actively growing leaves in a pasture are grazed to the point where more than 50% of the leaf material is removed, the energy flow could be the most impaired ecosystem process. It may be impaired, but it’s not broken unless it becomes a continual condition of over-grazing.
It is also possible to have an impaired energy flow in lightly stocked, continuous grazing-and-rest rotational grazing situations where there are plants that are both over- and under-grazed in the same pasture. In these scenarios, there are plants that are never allowed to grow and maintain enough leaf to have a highly functional energy flow. There are also plants that accumulate excess old, decadent plant material because they were ungrazed and avoided thereafter, thus limiting new growth and photosynthesis.
How can I fix a broken energy flow on my ranch?
As we look at the four scenarios above, there are remedies for each one. The answers below are not the only possibilities for better energy flow in each scenario, but are some of the most obvious.
How to cover bare ground
In the case of bare ground, the solution is to establish plants as quickly as possible or allow nature to revegetate the area over time. As many learned in biology class, nature abhors a vacuum. Therefore, in extreme conditions such as a plowed field, if one does not establish a plant community, nature will begin the process with low successional plants (usually annual forbs and grasses) that come up as volunteers with a little soil moisture.
The key is to seed or encourage plant cover and then plan subsequent grazing at the proper timing, intensity, frequency, and duration to keep actively growing plant leaves present for as long as possible during the year. This is easier in more favorable moisture environments than in arid landscapes.
How to remove excess old growth
There are a couple of solutions that immediately come to mind when excess old growth is present. First, begin by grazing it using high stock densities. Ideally, use a class of livestock that can utilize some of the plant material while trampling the bulk of it. Mature, dry cows can be very effective in this situation when applied at high stock densities (100,000 pounds of live weight or greater per acre), but some supplementation may be required to meet nutrient requirements. The goal is to trample the old material, reducing the canopy and providing additional mulch to the soil.
Alternatively, a timely prescribed burn can remove the old, decadent growth if a proper burn plan can be effectively performed. Ideally, conduct the prescribed burn in later winter with good soil moisture conditions so that the burned area does not remain bare for long. Mowing is another effective option to remove old material if burning and high stock density grazing are not options. Regardless of the option used, proper grazing management should be used once adequate regrowth of plants has occurred.
How to recover from haying and burning
While intentional, haying and burning can break or impair the energy flow. Repeated haying will adversely affect the other ecosystem processes. If haying is needed, it should be rotated over multiple areas over the course of time if possible. Preferably, use haying rarely if grazing is possible. Occasional removal of some excess plant material in order to fill short-term forage gaps in a grazing operation is not detrimental to the energy flow, if managed well.
Prescribed burns that managers plan to address landscape management issues are often needed, and they can provide other benefits to community dynamics and wildlife habitat. The key is to minimize the burn’s impact to energy flow. The key is usually timing the burn such that the ecosystem can respond favorably, recover with plant growth and begin photosynthesis again. Once adequate regrowth occurs, follow with proper grazing management.
How to fix overgrazed pastures
Overgrazed pasture conditions limit photosynthesis, thus limiting the potential of the other three ecosystem processes. The first correction is likely to reduce the stocking rate and begin a rest-recovery of pastures using a rotational grazing approach.
Grass plants for cattle grazing need to be allowed to recover enough to reach full-flush conditions at some time during the growing season. Next, timely grazing that takes less than 50% of the leaf material during the grazing period allows plants to retain enough photosynthetic material to actively recover without slowing root growth. It also stimulates the plant to produce new, more photosynthetically efficient leaves. However, plants must be deferred from grazing long enough for recovery to occur.
Whenever plants are present and green and growing, the energy flow is occurring.
In the condition where there are overgrazed and undergrazed plants in the same pasture, the easiest means to improve the grazing and the energy flow is to create more pastures or paddocks. Subdivide the existing pastures and increase stock density in each grazing area. With higher stock densities, grazing becomes more uniform within a pasture.
Anything we can do to help the sun reach more photosynthesizing plants will help keep the energy flow moving, transferring more of the sun’s energy into living creatures. Using high stock density as part of an adaptive multi-paddock, or AMP, grazing program can be beneficial by not removing too much of the plant’s leaf area (solar panels) and allowing for adequate plant recovery.
Managing the timing (adapting to season of use), frequency (allowing for full recovery), intensity (maintain adequate leaf residual for rapid recovery), and duration (remove grazing animals before plants begin to regrow) of grazing is elemental to AMP grazing. When performed well, all these practices are complementary to improving the energy flow on grazing lands.
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Reducing postnatal depression, anxiety and stress using an infant sleep intervention
- Correspondence to Dr Brian Symon; email@example.com
- Received 13 June 2012
- Accepted 15 August 2012
- Published 13 September 2012
Objective To examine the psychological well-being of mothers following participation in a behavioural modification programme previously shown to improve infant sleep.
Design, setting and participants A 45 min consultation with either a general practitioner (GP) or trained nurse providing verbal and written information describing sleep physiology in infants and strategies to improve infant sleep. Eighty mothers of infants 6−12 months of age with established infant sleep problems at a single general practice, Adelaide, South Australia.
Main outcome measures The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale 21 (DASS21) immediately prior to the first consultation and again at follow-up approximately 3 weeks later. The number of infant nocturnal awakenings requiring parental support was also reported by mothers on both occasions.
Results All measures of maternal well-being and infant nocturnal awakenings improved significantly. The mean number of maximum nocturnal awakenings decreased from 5.0 to 0.5 (mean difference 4.4, 95% CI 3.4 to 5.5). All measures of DASS21 improved significantly. The mean total DASS21 decreased from 29.1 to 14.9 (mean decrease 14.2, 95% CI 10.2 to 18.2); mean depression decreased from 7.9 to 2.8 (mean difference 5.2, 95% CI 3.7 to 6.7); mean anxiety decreased from 4.6 to 2.6 (mean difference 2.0, 95% CI 0.7 to 3.2); mean stress decreased from 16.6 to 9.5 (mean difference 7.0, 95% CI 5.1 to 9.0). The proportion of mothers assessed as having any degree of depression decreased by 85% from 26/80 (32.5%) to 4/80 (5%).
Conclusions The number of nocturnal awakenings requiring parental support among infants aged 6−12 months significantly decreased following a single consultation on infant sleep physiology and teaching behavioural strategies to improve sleep. Significant improvements in maternal stress, anxiety and depression were also observed.
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial License, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non commercial and is otherwise in compliance with the license. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ and http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/legalcode.
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1. Son of Esau by Aholibamah; mentioned as a "duke" () of the land of Edom (Gen. xxxvi. 5, 14, 18; I Chron. i. 35). 2. Son of Eliphaz, Esau's son by Adah; also mentioned as a "duke" of Edom (Gen. xxxvi. 16). 3. Son of Hebron of the tribe of Judah (I Chron. ii. 43).4. Biblical Data:
Son of Izhar, of the family of Kohath, and great-grandson of Levi (Ex. vi. 22; in I Chron. vi. 7 he is mentioned as a son of Kohath, but verse 22, following, also mentions him as the son of Izhar the son of Kohath). During the journey of the Israelites in the wilderness, Korah, with Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, On, son of Peleth, and two hundred and fifty other "men of renown," rebelled against the leadership of Moses and Aaron (Num. xvi. 1-3). Moses ordered Korah and his company to appear in the Tabernacle on the following day, each bearing a censer filled with lighted incense, and the Lord would decide who were the rightful leaders of the people (xvi. 4-17). Korah and his company obeyed, and went to the Tabernacle with their lighted censers, followed by the whole congregation. The congregation was commanded to separate itself from Korah and his band, and when this order was carried out "the earth opened her mouth," and the arch conspirators "and all that appertained to them went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them," while a fire from the Lord consumed their two hundred and fifty attendants (xvi. 18-35). Korah's children, however, did not die with their father (xxvi. 11). The censers of the conspirators were made into broad plates to cover the altar, as a warning to future conspirators (xvii. 1-5, Hebr.). After Korah's destruction the people murmured against Moses for having caused it, and a plague was sent by the Lord to destroy them. This plague killed 14,700 men before its ravages were stopped by an atonement offered for the people by Aaron (xvii. 6-15, Hebr.).
From Korah were descended the Korahites, or Korhites, first mentioned in Ex. vi. 24, and reappearing as Levites in Num. xxvi. 58 and I Chron. ix. 31. Several Psalms (xlii., xliv.-xlix., lxxxiv., lxxxv., lxxxvii., lxxviii.) are headed "for the sons of Korah," and the Korahites appear again as singers before Jehoshaphat fought the Moabites and Ammonites (II Chron. xx. 19). Several Korahite warriors joined David while he was at Ziklag (I Chron. xii. 6). Korahites are mentioned also as porters at, and gate-keepers of, the Tabernacle (I Chron. ix. 19, xxvi. 1, 19).
The name "Korah" () is explained by the Rabbis as meaning "baldness." It was given to Korah on account of the gap or blank which he made in Israel by his revolt (Sanh. 109b). Korah is represented as the possessor of extraordinary wealth, he having discovered one of the treasures which Joseph had hidden in Egypt. The keys of Korah's treasuries alone formed a load for three hundred mules (Pes. 119a; Sanh. 110a). He and Haman were the two richest men in the world, and both perished on account of their rapacity, and because their riches were not the gift of Heaven (Num. R. xxii. 7; comp. Ex. R. li. 1). On the other hand, Korah is represented as a wise man, chief of his family and as one of the Kohathites who carried the Ark of the Covenant on their shoulders (Tan., ed. Buber, Ḳoraḥ, Supplement, 5; Num. R. xviii. 2).Cause of Revolt.
The chief cause of Korah's revolt was, according to the Rabbis, the nomination of Elizaphan, son of Uzziel, as prince over the Kohathites (Num. iii. 30), Korah arguing thus: "Kohath had four sons [Ex. vi. 18]. The two sons of Amram, Kohath's eldest son, took for themselves the kingdom and the priesthood. Now, as I am the son of Kohath's second son, I ought to be made prince over the Kohathites, whereas Moses gave that office to Elizaphan, the son of Kohath's youngest son" (Num. R. xviii. 1; Tan., Ḳoraḥ, 3). Korah plied Moses with the following questions: "Does a ṭallit made entirely of blue wool need fringes?" To Moses' affirmative answer Korah objected: "The blue color of the ṭallit does not make it ritually correct, yet according to thy statement four blue threads do so" (Num. xv. 38). "Does a house filled with the books of the Law need a mezuzah?" Moses replied that it did; whereupon Korah said: "The presence of the whole Torah, which contains 175 chapters, does not make a house fit for habitation, yet thou sayest that one chapter thereof does so. It is not from God that thou hast received these commandments; thou hast inventedthem thyself." He then assembled 250 men, chiefs of the Sanhedrin, and, having clad them in ṭallitot of blue wool, but without fringes, prepared for them a banquet. Aaron's sons came for the priestly share, but Korah and his people refused to give the prescribed portions to them, saying that it was not God but Moses who commanded those things. Moses, having been informed of these proceedings, went to the house of Korah to effect a reconciliation, but the latter and his 250 followers rose up against him (Num. R. xviii. 2; Tan. l.c.; comp. Targ. pseudo-Jonathan to Num. xvi. 2).
Korah consulted his wife also, who encouraged him in the revolt, saying: "See what Moses has done. He has proclaimed himself king; he has made his brother high priest, and his brother's sons priests; still more, he has made thee shave all thy hair [comp. Num. viii. 7] in order to disfigure thee." Korah answered: "But he has done the same to his own sons." His wife replied: "Moses hated thee so much that he was ready to do evil to his own children provided the same evil would overtake thee" (Midr. Agadah to Num. xvi. 8; Yalḳ., Num. 750; comp. Num. R. l.c.; Tan. l.c.; Sanh. 110a).Korah's Parable.
Korah incited all the people against Moses, arguing that it was impossible to endure the laws instituted by the latter. He told them the following parable: "A widow, the mother of two young daughters, had a field. When she came to plow it, Moses told her not to plow it with an ox and an ass together (Deut. xxii. 10); when she came to sow it, Moses told her not to sow it with mingled seeds (Lev. xix. 19). At the time of harvest she had to leave unreaped the parts of the field prescribed by the Law, while from the harvested grain she had to give the priest the share due to him. The woman sold the field and with the proceeds bought two sheep. But the first-born of these she was obliged to give to Aaron the priest; and at the time of shearing he required the first of the fleece also (Deut. xviii. 4). The widow said: 'I can not bear this man's demands any longer. It will be better for me to slaughter the sheep and eat them.' But Aaron came for the shoulder, the two cheeks, and the maw (ib. verse 3). The widow then vehemently cried out: 'If thou persistest in thy demand, I declare them devoted to the Lord.' Aaron replied: 'In that case the whole belongs to me' (Num. xviii. 14), whereupon he took away the meat, leaving the widow and her two daughters wholly unprovided for" (Num. R. xviii. 2-3; Tan., Ḳoraḥ, 4-6).
The question how it was possible for a wise man like Korah to be so imprudent as to rebel is explained by the fact that he was deceived through his own prophetical capacity. He had foreseen that the prophet Samuel would be his descendant, and therefore concluded that he himself would escape punishment. But he was mistaken; for, while his sons escaped, he perished (Num. R. xviii. 7; Tan., Ḳoraḥ, 12).Destruction of Korah.
At the time of Korah's engulfment, the earth became like a funnel, and everything that belonged to him, even linen that was at the launderer's and needles that had been borrowed by persons living at a distance from Korah, rolled till it fell into the chasm (Yer. Sanh. x. 1; Num. R. l.c.). According to the Rabbis, Korah himself underwent the double punishment of being burned and buried alive (Num. R. l.c. 14; Tan., Ḳoraḥ, 23). He and his followers continued to sink till Hannah prayed for them (Gen. R. xcviii. 3); and through her prayer, the Rabbis declare, Korah will ascend to paradise (Ab. R. N. xxxvi.; Num. R. xviii. 11; comp. Sanh. 109b). Rabbah bar bar Ḥana narrates that while he was traveling in the desert, an Arab showed him the place of Korah's engulfment. There was at the spot a slit in the ground into which he introduced some wool soaked in water. The wool became parched. On placing his ear to the slit, he heard voices cry: "Moses and his Torah are true; and we are liars" (B. B. 74a; comp. Tan., ed. Buber, Ḳoraḥ, Supplement).
Korah in the chief narrative concerning him (Num. xvi.) is associated with Dathan and Abiram in leading a revolt against Moses and Aaron. A close examination of the chapter shows that two independent narratives—one in which Dathan and Abiram figure and one in which Korah alone appears—have been woven together. In verses 12-15, 27b-32 Moses speaks with Dathan and Abiram, while in the rest of the passage he speaks with Korah alone. Then, as the narrative now stands, Korah and his followers are killed twice, once in xvi. 32b-33 and again in verse 35. The Deuteronomist (Deut. xi. 6) knew only the story as related of Dathan and Abiram. This form of the tale comes from JE.
The story of Korah thus separated originally related a contest between a band of Israelites and Moses and Aaron over the right of the Levites to exercise the priestly office. This narrative belongs to P. A still later writer, by inserting "the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi" in verse 1, and by adding verses 8-11, made the contest appear as one between a band of Levites and the house of Aaron over the priesthood.
Wellhausen ("Composition des Hexateuchs," p. 108) points out that Korah in I Chron. ii. 43 is a Judahite clan, and Bacon ("Triple Tradition of the Exodus," pp. 194 et seq.) has argued strongly for the view that the original P narrative is based on a Judahite story of J.
- Kuenen, Hexateuch, pp. 95 et seq., 334;
- Bacon, Triple Tradition of the Exodus, pp. 191 et seq.;
- J. Estlin Carpenter and G. Harford Battersby, Hexateuch, ii. 212 et seq.
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I’ve put together a collection of four handouts to help jump-start students on projects with the Raspberry Pi. None of them is a project in and of itself, they’re all starting point. For example, the Infrared Receiver handout shows how to receive information from an infrared remote control, then how to turn an LED on and off using the remote’s power button. Students are then expected to extend the material in the handout to complete a project of their own design. The collection is here: https://ccse.kennesaw.edu/outreach/raspberrypi/handouts.php
Within the limits of the resources I have available, I’d be happy to produce more handouts if requested.
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“Samsung was such an annoyance for us at Apple, that they were stealing our technology and copying our innovation in shoddy versions with bigger screens.. We weren’t happy with that!”
This was the answer of Apple Vice President, Greg Josuyak, when he was asked in a documentary film published in the Wall Street Journal, about his opinion of the competition that the American company faced with the beginning of the emergence of smartphones, but what is the truth of this statement, and did the Korean company rise thanks to Apple’s innovations already?
Apple vs. Samsung .. In the world of smart phones, and before the spread of Chinese phones and their emergence now, there was no doubt that Apple and Samsung dominated this market; They plowed it lengthwise and crosswise, giving no opportunity for any competitor to share the cake with them. It started with the first iPhone phones , which was released in 2007, and since that time, the competition between Americans and Koreans has flared up, so each company has tried to eliminate the other, which led to entering into an economic and political battle that reached international courts!
Despite the partnerships and interests that were – and still are – between the two companies, this did not prevent one of them from accusing the other of stealing its patents, and this accusation is what resulted in what Vanity Fair described as the great war of phones that continued for many years in international courts as well as We mentioned, and the reason lies in the mutual accusations of theft and the desire of each party to monopolize control of the market, so how did this conflict begin, and who stole from whom?
The first Apple phones and the beginning of the mobile revolution
January 9, 2007 was a special and timeless date for Apple; On that day, the Macworld conference took place and Steve Jobs came out in his blue jeans and classic black T-shirt to present us with a premature technological masterpiece. With a touch screen, a camera of ahead of its time, and many other features, the first iPhone in history was introduced!
Although it wasn’t the first device in history to come with a touch screen, as IBM released a touch screen device called the “IBM Simon” in the 1990s, the iPhone was unlike anything consumers had experienced before. The idea of giving up buttons was somewhat silly to many, and even companies thought it was a silly move; It is difficult for the masses to get used to this sudden change!
Indeed, the device was not a huge success at first, and sales that made other giants laugh at the time; With Nokia making hundreds of millions in profits, the first Apple device didn’t rise to anything. The phones of the giant companies were achieving millions of sales since the first month, while the first iPhone phone needed about two and a half months to sell only one million copies, and by the end of 2007 (the year in which the device was released), phone sales did not exceed one and a half million copies, but did not achieve this. Basically the number. (If we compare Apple with competitors at the time, we find that Samsung in the same year achieved sales of an estimated 1.5 million, while Nokia exceeded 400 million dollars!)
Samsung is the main hero behind the success of the iPhone!
iPhone sales remained modest and did not predict any danger to competitors until late 2008. At that time, sales began to rise little by little and competitors began to sense the danger. Everyone turned to this valuable phone, which makes its owner feel distinguished and proud; This is because it already was. No phone was made in the market to compete with the iPhone yet, and everyone started looking to buy it, to the point where Apple itself couldn’t keep up with the skyrocketing sales, and the phone was often out of the market.
The strange thing is that all this success would not have happened without Samsung, yes my dear, Apple’s direct competitor and archenemy, which – if you didn’t know – was making processors for iPhones, and is the main supplier of the current OLED screens for phonesCamelEven today.
About a year before the first iPhone was due to be released, the most important piece of any phone – the processor – wasn’t ready yet. This led to great tension within Apple, and forced them to rush to Samsung, which was manufacturing the iPod electronic chips, and within only 6 weeks, the miracle occurred and the “Prototype” prototype, which usually takes months, was prepared from the iPhone processors (Samsung). 32-bit RISC ARM), and this in turn led to the release of the iPhone on time, achieving the successes we talked about.
Apple vs. Samsung: The Beginning of the Conflict
When Samsung released its first smartphone in 2010, which was the first of the “S” series, Steve Jobs was furious, and Walter Isaacson (author of Steve Jobs) said he wanted to start a “thermonuclear” war on the Android system that Samsung relied on in its devices . Jobs believed that the 2009 Samsung Galaxy phone and its Android operating system were a copycat of Apple’s innovations, so he saw no other choice but to sue Samsung immediately.
In fact, Steve Jobs had the right to view it as public theft, because he laid the foundations for using a smartphone, such as the ability to swipe on the screen, the idea of a keyboard that supports automatic correction, and the gestures we use until today to zoom in and out all first appeared on Steve’s phone Jobs first!
But before resorting to the courts and the judiciary, and on the basis of “live and salt” between the two companies, Steve Jobs and Tim Cook (current Apple CEO) offered Samsung President Ji Lee a settlement that required Samsung to pay $30 on each smartphone sold, and $40 On every tablet in order to enjoy Apple’s patents, but the South Korean giant did not agree.
“We’ve been making mobile phones since antiquity, we have our own patents, and some of them may be infringed by Apple.”
Samsung President Jay Y. Lee responded to Steve Jobs’ accusations of stealing his innovations.
Hence the war fuse between Apple against Samsung, and in 2011, the war began, and the company raisedCamelIn April of that year, several cases in several countries against Samsung, accusing the Korean company of stealing the iPhone design, violating a number of patents related to touch screens, and designing the interface of the system, and the company demanded $ 2.5 billion in compensation for the profits that it would makeCamelWere it not for the presence of Samsung devices that stole their innovations and ideas. Of course, Samsung returned from afar, and it also raised several cases in the United States, South Korea, Germany, Britain, and other countries on theCamelShe argued that the latter had stolen its communications and data transmission technologies.
Apple won the case, and the court awarded it about one billion and fifty million dollars, but Samsung appealed the ruling and the cat-and-mouse struggle continued; Sometimes it was in the interest of the cuffCamelAt other times, it is in the interest of Samsung.CamelSamsung is accused of stealing from her, and Samsung is accusedCamelTheft of patents related to wireless networks, and even the design of the iPhone was originally stolen from Sony!
These issues continued for many years, and were classified as one of the most closely related issues in the technical field, but with time the technologies that the two companies disputed became prevalent among everyone, which made Apple change its goals from trying to ban the sale of Samsung phones from the market, to collecting it for the largest amount of compensation. possible from Samsung.
Apple vs Samsung: Peace is good
After a war of technological attrition that lasted for about 7 years, both sides knew that there was no other loser. In June 2018, Chinese companies were shaking the market with their new devices, and consumers no longer flock to Samsung and Apple, who knew that the conflict was pointless, and that the only beneficiary of these issues were the competing companies. Indeed, both of them reached a settlement whose details were not announced, and now nothing new or old is returned and everything is fine between the two companies, or at least this is what is announced.
Analysts found that Apple could make more money if it walked away from the courts and its bloody battle with Samsung and focused on introducing new competing products, and although Apple managed to win the most cases, it failed to restrain its Korean competitor from the market.
It is true that Samsung is no longer the main manufacturer of Apple processors, which is now the Taiwanese company TSMC, but we must not forget the size of the partnership represented in the manufacture of OLED screens and other common interests between the two companies.
Apple vs. Samsung: Did Samsung Steal Identity?Camel?
The question here is limited to the things that matter to us as users; Such as icons and visible designs, and this is because it is easy to know or notice the similarity and comparison between the two companies’ devices. On the design point, we can say that Samsung quoted the original iPhone design, and designed its phone, which was released in 2009, and this was not only the starting point, but the Korean company continued to quote from its counterpart until the emergence of the fashion of the back of the glass phone that Apple started pioneering with the iPhone 6s To find it later on the Samsung Galaxy S6, if you put the two phones next to each other, you may not be able to tell them apart!
Also, Samsung can be accused of quoting the shape of the icons, at least this is what angered Steve Jobs at the time, in addition to the features that Apple provided in its operating system, which Samsung later tried to imitate, such as the Siri voice assistant and its competitor “S Voice” from Samsung, and even the general idea In the way the user interface is designed in the operating system, and divided into separate applications that are exited by the home button, we can attribute it to the first iPhone.
Steve Jobs’ real battle was with Android, not Samsung
Documenting his autobiography, Steve Jobs stated that he wanted to destroy Android, that he was willing to spend all of Apple’s money and even his last breath if that was what it took to do so, that Android was nothing but a “stolen product”, and that he would sue more than one smartphone manufacturer that uses This system, including the phrase Samsung of course!
In fact, the relationship between Google and Apple was good at first, and the search giant was an important factor in the success of the first iPhone, as Google products such as Maps and the search engine were introduced on the first version of iOS. But relations between the two companies began to deteriorate when Google decided to launch the first version of its famous Android system, in November 2007, 10 months after the launch of the first iPhone.
Hence, enmity began to arise between the two companies, as Steve Jobs saw that Android is nothing but a copycat of iOS and that the similarity between the two systems could not be purely a coincidence. Apple’s blow to Google came a few years later when it refused a number of Google apps from its Play Store. Then I started filing lawsuits, as Steve Jobs promised, and the first victim was Motorola, and then Samsung won the largest share of other cases against Apple.
Do you know?
Samsung has been banned from selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia and Germany due to a combination of patent infringement and “look and feel” similarities with iPads.
This does not mean that Apple is innocent. We can accuse Apple of quoting the “S pen” stylus that Samsung was known for in the Galaxy Note series, and came out to its fans with its famous Apple Pencil for iPad devices. Also, the Qi wireless charging standard, which first appeared with Samsung phones, specifically the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge in 2015, and then we saw it in the iPhone 8 in 2017.
The witness here is that what is hidden is greater, and that these quotes may not necessarily be theft, but we rule by precedence, and what can be quoted, and what is most important for us – and for companies before us – to be distinguished from others to be able to compete and be unique in this intense technological battle, may be Samsung borrowed some features from Apple, but the Koreans were later able to form their own identity!
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The basic form of the Jet Towel was invented back in 1993 – by Mitsubishi Electric. It has systematically evolved since its earliest beginnings. Today the Jet Towel represents a benchmark, the well thought-out overall performance of which cannot fail to impress users.
Dry hands in seconds
Conventional roller towels and paper towels soon reach their limits in places where lots of people need to wash their hands. A much more modern alternative is the Mitsubishi Electric Jet Towel. It innovatively meets the most exacting hygiene, convenience and sustainability requirements especially in areas with a high footfall.
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Offshore wealth is now at 8.5 trillion dollars – a rise of 6.1 percent – and is expected to reach 11.2 trillion dollars by 2017.
According to the Boston Consulting Group the top three destinations for this money are Switzerland, Singapore and Hong Kong; who together have only managed to muster a total of one Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) out of the 800 currently in force.
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Is there a correlation between this fact and the increasing popularity of these countries among High Net Worth and Ultra High Net Worth Individuals?
Besides the fact that they, along with their competitors in the rest of the offshore world offer discretion; and a broad, specialised and diversified suite of private banking services and expertise; these countries have a large and growing network of double taxation agreements.
They know that tax treaties are integral to providing asset solutions to the rich and mobile. TIEAs, on the other hand, add nothing to the profile of these destination countries for offshore wealth. Instead they know that in the marketplace TIEAs serve only to dilute their business brand.
This is especially so since the global standard on tax information exchange, contained in TIEAs, is reflected in their tax treaties, most of which, over the past five years, have been systematically updated in line with the OECD standard.
Why else would they have secured a passing grade in their OECD Phase 1 Assessments which determines whether a country has the requisite number and type of agreements demonstrating their commitment to the international standard.
Search OECD Reports here: http://eoi-tax.org/jurisdictions/CH#agreements
The moral of this story is:
OFCS need to stop diverting their national wealth, which is after all the collective wealth of their people on TIEAs that were never expected to provide the definitive solution to lack of access to confidential taxpayer information.
OFCs need to stop blindly fuelling the work programme of the OECD especially when these plans seem only to gain momentum, even among its own membership, under threat of sanction by the G-20.
By now, OFCs ought to have recognised that, in the past five years since the TIEA programme was re-launched, precious little has changed; and what was before has only been reinforced. Indeed the OECD itself has said it is still too early to gauge the success or otherwise of these agreements and now has its eyes firmly fixed on populating its own multilateral convention on information exchange and the global FATCA+ agenda.
Most importantly, however, OFCs need to note that with the rise in HNW and UHN individuals projected to come from the Asia-Pacific region and not the West, it is unlikely that they will gain any part of this new market if they continue to focus their attention and resources on trying to measure up to shifting OECD standards and not minding their own business.
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An old-fashioned incandescent lamp make good ballast resistors and dummy loads for a variety of devices. A 100W bulb starts at about 10Ù when cold and works its way up to about 150Ù, so they even adapt well to a wide range of voltages. Plus, they are cheap, available in a several values, and generally do not explode on failure.So make yourself a little box to hold a pair of light bulbs wired to standard 5-way binding posts.
Find the essential electrical partsas the autho found the small porcelain light bulb sockets at Home Depot, and picked up the standard 5-way binding posts from Radio Shack.
For the box, cut the slots out with scroll saw. To make these square cuts, start by cutting two slots straight in, keeping the blade on the waste side of the line. After cutting to the final depth, back the blade straight out. Once both slots have been made, put the piece back into the blade at an angle, cutting through the waste piece while turning, reaching the bottom about half-way between the two slots. At this point, be blade should be facing in the right direction to finish half the cut, resulting in a nice sharp corner. Then just make another cut, starting from where the last cut began, but in the opposite direction, making another sharp corner.
No old-time woodworking project is complete without a touch of brass. The shiny yellow metal complements stained hardwood nicely. This was one of the most complicated parts of the project, and not even strictly necessary, but it looks good.
For Surface Preparation apply some wood filler to the surface, and scraped the excess off with a putty knife, and then left that to dry overnight.The next day, sand the surface smooth with a bit of 220 grit hand sandpaper.
The last step remaining is to assemble all the parts and for the purposes of demonstration, connect the bulbs in series and then to 120VAC for applying power.
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Court: Rights don't have to be read to prisoners
Investigators don't have to read Miranda rights to inmates during jailhouse interrogations about crimes unrelated to their current incarceration
By Jesse J. Holland
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Tuesday investigators don't have to read Miranda rights to inmates during jailhouse interrogations about crimes unrelated to their current incarceration.
The high court, on a 6-3 vote, overturned a federal appeals court decision throwing out prison inmate Randall Lee Fields' conviction, saying Fields was not in "custody" as defined by Miranda and therefore did not have to have his rights read to him.
"Imprisonment alone is not enough to create a custodial situation within the meaning of Miranda," Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the court's majority opinion.
Three justices, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor, dissented and said the court's decision would limit the rights of prisoners.
"Today, for people already in prison, the court finds it adequate for the police to say: `You are free to terminate this interrogation and return to your cell,'" Ginsburg said in her dissent. "Such a statement is no substitute for one ensuring that an individual is aware of his rights."
Miranda rights come from a 1966 decision that involved police questioning of Ernesto Miranda in a rape and kidnapping case in Phoenix. It required officers to tell suspects they have the right to remain silent and to have a lawyer represent them, even if they can't afford one.
Previous court rulings have required Miranda warnings before police interrogations for people who are in custody, which is defined as when a reasonable person would think he cannot end the questioning and leave.
Fields was serving a 45-day sentence in prison on disorderly conduct charges when a jail guard and sheriff's deputies from Lenawee County, Mich., removed him from his cell and took him to a conference room. The deputies, after telling him several times he was free to leave at any time, then questioned him for seven hours about allegations that he had sexually assaulted a minor. Fields eventually confessed and was charged and convicted of criminal sexual assault.
Fields was then sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison but appealed the use of his confession, saying that he was never given his Miranda rights on the sexual assault charges.
On appeal, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati threw out his confession and conviction, ruling that it is required that police read inmates their Miranda rights anytime they are isolated from the rest of the inmates in situations where they would be likely to incriminate themselves.
The Supreme Court overturned that ruling.
"Not all restraints on freedom of movement amount to custody for purposes of Miranda," Alito said.
Questioning an inmate doesn't bring the "shock" of arrest that free people experience and the coercive pressure that follows, Alito said. There is also no hope for a quick release if the inmate talks to police, like there would be for a free person, and there is also no chance of a lighter sentence or any type of reprisal for not talking because the person is already in prison, Alito said.
"Thus, service of a term of imprisonment, without more, is not enough to constitute Miranda custody," Alito said.
The majority looked to the wrong question in making its decision, Ginsburg said.
"I would ask, as Miranda puts it, whether Fields was subjected to `incommunicado interrogation ... in a police dominated atmosphere,' whether he was placed, against his will, in an inherently stressful situation, and whether his `freedom of action (was) curtailed in any significant way,'" Ginsburg said. "Those should be the key questions, and to each I would answer, `Yes.'"
The case is Howes v. Fields, 10-680.
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"Understanding the mechanism by which RF genes suppress the male sterile phenotype and restore fertility to plants is critical for continued improvements in hybrid technology," said Manfredo J. Seufferheld, U of I assistant professor of crop sciences.
To reach this goal, Seufferheld teamed up with post-doctoral researchers Simeon O. Kotchoni and Emma W. Gachomo of Purdue University, and Jose C. Jimenez-Lopez of the Estacion Experimental del Zaidin, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC) in Granada, Spain, to develop a simplified genetic-based nomenclature that automatically catalogues the entire RF gene products into families and subfamilies.
"Up to now, there has been no unified nomenclature for naming the RF proteins," Seufferheld said. "As the systematic sequencing of new plant species has increased in recent years, naming has been simply arbitrary. We have had 'chaos' in the databases. The RF information in the databases could not be adequately handled in the context of comparative functional genomics."
This new tool will help plant breeders and scientists make decisions more quickly. Breeders can now easily match sterility in plants to male restorer mechanisms. Ultimately, growers may benefit sooner from new developments in plant breeding since breeders will be able to generate new hybrids at a faster pace, Jimenez-Lopez said.
"Genomic sequencing, coupled with protein modeling, allowed us to begin dismantling this complexity that has held us back in the field of science," Kotchoni said. "Now we can easily compare unknown gene functions to known and well characterized genes in order to determine their functions and family hood."
With many teams of researchers competing to finish this task first, Kotchoni said it has been an honor to have this model accepted as the new standard for RF protein nomenclature. This system has been developed as a building block for plant genomics.
"The nomenclature, which is designed to include new RF genes as they become available in the future, is not based on one species or another, but rather on the function of the gene itself," Seufferheld said. "This allows scientists to work with a wide range of plants and take a gene with known function(s) from one plant and transfer it into another plant to restore male fertility."
Corn growers only need to look back to the southern corn leaf blight epidemic in 1972 to see the importance of this scientific development.
In 1972, Texas-Cytoplasm Male Sterility (T-CMS) corn was heavily used in hybrid seed production because it eliminated the costly practice of hand detasseling. Nearly 85 percent of the U.S. corn crop was produced using T-CMS, which was highly susceptible to Helminthosporium maydis, the fungus that causes southern corn leaf blight.
Since then, understanding the function of RF genes in higher plants has been a priority of many researchers. "The first male sterility restorer ever characterized in plants was maize ALDH," Kotchoni said. "When this gene is altered, it causes male sterility."
Seufferheld said this will also be a great tool for studying plant evolution.
"We can follow how plants became domesticated," Seufferheld said. "It is easier now because we have all the structures of the RF proteins organized and can look at the evolution of these proteins in a systematic manner. If we just look at the sequence of the gene, part of the phylogenetic scene has been lost through evolution. However, the structure of protein provides more information that can go well into the past."
This public gene database will allow scientists to search using the old or new names of RF proteins, Seufferheld said.
"A new and unified nomenclature for male fertility restorer (RF) proteins in higher plants," was published in the December 2010 edition of PLoS ONE. (Ref: PLoS ONE 5 (12): e15906) Researchers included Simeon O. Kotchoni, Jose C. Jimenez-Lopez, Emma W. Gachomo and Manfredo J. Seufferheld.
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Plus de cent candidatures au concours e-santé de la BAD
On 19 May, the African Development Bank (AfDB) announced the launch of its eHealth award, which recognizes the best Authentic African ICT solutions in health. Since then, with the registration for the award now closed, 116 African health professionals, academics, NGOs and innovators have submitted their ideas and ongoing projects.
Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for 49 percent of maternal deaths, half of under-five child mortality deaths, and 67 percent of HIV/AIDS cases. While there has been overall progress towards the Millennium Development Goals on Health in the last decade, it has been varied and unequal. The use of information and communication technologies in the health sector, known as eHealth, is an appealing solution to addressing many of the health challenges faced in Africa. However interventions have largely remained small in scale and there is a lack of evidence-based knowledge on effectiveness, sustainability and best practices in eHealth.
The eHealth Award aims to document what is being done in the field of e- and m-health in Africa, encourage the production and sharing of evidence on eHealth solutions and and provide added value through the sharing of lessons learnt in e- and m-health.
The criteria and focus of the award is centered on using ICT to increase access to health services, particularly for the poor and marginalized, using ICT to increase the utilization of essential health services and/or the evaluation of eHealth solutions to improve efficiency in the delivery of health services.
Those candidates shortlisted for the prize will have until the end of October to produce a project report of their eHealth solution. Short-listed candidates and winners will be announced on the AfDB website.
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Alpha Ltd. - 100% Equity Company - is following the payout ratio of 40% throughout the last many years. The financial managers of company are now considering whether they should diminish the payout ratio to 20% (for dividend purpose) and use the remaining 20% for stock repurchase for next year. It would like you to analyze the impact of change in policy on its stock prices after taking into the following facts.
(i) Before tax required rate of return by equity shareholders is 15%
(ii) Current year EPS was Rs. 10 and the company has just paid dividend of Rs. 4 per share.
(iii) Historical growth rate of EPS and dividend were 9%
problem 1: Evaluate the current market price of stock before initiating such policy change.
problem 2: What will be the impact of above policy change on stock price? Evaluate the expected market price which will prevail after the announcement of policy change.
problem 3: Assume the company has decided not to declare neither any dividend nor any stock repurchase. It retains all profits and re-invests in projects that offer 15% return. What will be impact of such change in dividend policy on stock price if dividends are taxed at 30% and capital gains are taxed at 10%?
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Lessons and thoughts on GameStop
I started writing about taxes and new government initiatives in Bermuda, but something distracted me in the markets … GameStop (Ticker: GME). A lot has been written on this saga, and there is much to learn from this. I cannot help but ramble out a few points to consider.
In short (sorry about the pun), GameStop and a handful of heavily shorted stocks succumbed to what is known as a short squeeze. Shorting a stock is when you borrow shares and sell them on the open market in the hopes to rebuy them at a lower price. A short squeeze is when there is a rush to buy back heavily shorted shares to "cover" this position. Theoretically, shorting a stock leaves you potentially exposed to an infinite loss as stocks can only go down to zero but can go up for ever. Redditors and WallStreetBets readers coordinated a full-on assault against Wall Street and various hedge funds in an "anarcho-capitalist" push by heavily buying stock and out of the money calls to force short sellers to cover. The result was an epic rally in heavily shorted companies and enormous volatility. Emboldened by their success, a growing number of homebound day traders have jumped on the bandwagon.
Some points to consider
1. Anything can happen in the markets
Crude oil prices can go negative, and stocks that are going out of business can rally 1000 per cent. The efficient market hypothesis melts in extreme cases. However, investors may be concerned or appalled by this, but they should not necessarily be "surprised." History is replete with countless stories of bubbles, crashes, and anomalies. Read Edward Chancellor's excellent book Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation, and you soon see market anomalies have been around since ancient Rome. We will justify all of this with a rational explanation but always after the fact. People who speculate might not want to "miss out," and they often do things they do not understand. The solution is education for the latter. The former, greed, cannot be regulated away. In markets, certainty is not an option. Without risk, however, there can be no return.
2. Risk management should consider market structure
A simple rule for risk management is that you never want an investment that can get you carried out on your shield even if you feel 100 per cent convinced you are right. GME's short interest on the available float was over 160 per cent (this is possible as shares get lent out many times, but we will save the debate on naked short selling for another time). The problem is that when everyone is packed into the theatre with one door and someone yells fire, the stampede creates a massive squeeze at the exit. The fact that this was such a popular short was a warning sign, regardless of whether it was a correct bet or not. Leverage and liquidity are market factors and fundamentals. Risk is not just a game of valuation or solvency.
3. Liberalism and free markets
Markets need to clear. We can debate if this incident is a real market or one heavily manipulated. Still, one thing I disagree with is the closing of markets or one-way restrictions on trading. In the great financial crisis, short selling was banned, and now individual brokers have restricted buying in some stocks like GME. This is not a free market. The initial idea for the restriction on buying was to protect people, but then they noted there were safeguard market-related issues relating to ensuring settlement that Robinhood had to overcome to resume proper market function.
Indeed, one could interpret this disruption as a flaw in Robinhood's business model, which ironically ended up restricting its retail-dominated client base. The very same client base that drove the eye-watering price surges in the first place. Nonetheless, outside of the need to ensure markets' clearing function, halts should be viewed with disdain. I do not think we can protect everyone, nor should we, for most cases.
Market rules and regulations need to be enforced but people need to make mistakes and fail – that is part of a free market and economy. Banning one side of a trade is market manipulation under the guise of regulation to save people. I simply do not believe that a certain group of people, whether they be brokers or regulators, should have the right to dictate the free and voluntary nature of trading. We are building a world where so many groups are now trying to "bubble wrap" everything. It is getting to the point that we are trying to outlaw creative destruction and the evolution of markets and economies.
When people enter trades, they do so, assuming the game will not change hour by hour or day by day. Changing the rules is worse, in my opinion, than letting a market ultimately clear freely. Many will disagree on this point and tilt towards paternalism with the suggestion that in some cases, things are just wrong. To those with that view, however, I would suggest wrong to whom, and whose idea of wrong is correct? We do not want others hurting others, but we also need to make sure people learn from their mistakes and have the freedom to do what they want with their money. Part of this revolt by the retail investors vs Wall Street is the anger over prior bailouts in the great financial crisis. Does Wall Street need a bailout again? Do we ban bubbles and crashes? I worry about where this leads when it comes to freedoms.
Nathan Kowalski CPA, CA, CFA, CIM, FCSI is the Chief Financial Officer of Anchor Investment Management Ltd. and can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.org
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92 THE BOOK OF CHRISTMAS.
Say not 'tis an unlovely time !
Turn to the wide, white waste thy view;
Turn to the silent hills that rise,
In their cold beauty to the skies ;
And to those skies intensely blue.
* * » *
Walk now among the forest trees,—
Saidst thou that they were stripped and bare ?
Each heavy bough is bending down
With snowy leaves and flowers—the crown
Which Winter regally doth wear.
'Tis well—thy summer garden ne'er Was lovelier, with its birds and flowers, Than is this silent place of snow, With feathery branches drooping low, Wreathing around thee shadowy bowers!"
While on the subject of the natural beauties of this season, we must introduce our readers to some admirable verses, which have been furnished to us by our friend Mr. Stoddart, the author of that fine poem the " Death-Wake,"—and in which its peculiar aspects are described with a very graphic pen.—
A WINTER LANDSCAPE.
" The dew-lark sitteth on the ice, beside the reedless rill; The leaf of the hawthorn flutters on the solitary hill; The wild lake weareth on its heart a cold and changed look, And meets, at the lip of its moon-lit marge, the spiritual brook.
Idly basks the silver swan, near to the isle of trees,
And to its proud breast come and kiss the billow and the breeze;
They wash the eider, as they play about the bird of grace,
And boom, in the same slow mood, away, to the moveless mountain-base.
The chieftain-deer, amid the pines, his antlered forehead shows, And scarcely are the mosses bent where that stately one arose ; His step is as the pressure of a light, beloved hand, And he looketh like a poet's dream, in some enchanted land!
A voice of Winter, on the last wild gust of Autumn borne,
Is hurried from the hills afar, like the windings of a horn:
And solemnly and heavily the silver birches groan,
And the old aah waves his wizard hand, to the dim, mysterious tone.
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Please note this blog is no longer active. This post was last updated 6 years, 11 months ago and may contain out of date prices, opening times, links and information. Go to www.visitlondon.com for the lastest visitor information for London.
As Valentine’s Day comes around again, the issue of giving ethical, eco-friendly flowers to your friends and loved ones rears its complicated head.
Yes, getting a bouquet is a lovely part of Valentine’s Day. But all too often, there’s a worry that those very flowers have done more harm than good before arriving to adorn your living room.
Today, Cat Deely was in London’s original flower market, Covent Garden, looking like a modern-day Eliza Doolittle, helping launch FLOWE(RED), a new online flower service from (RED). Ethically sourced flowers? You bet. And all the profits from the sale of the bouquets (which cost between £20 and £65) go towards saving lives in Africa.
As Cat says, “FLOWE(RED) is a truly inspiring new service from (RED). I can now purchase stunning flowers for someone I care about, or as a treat for myself, in the knowledge that the profits reach those who need it the most. It costs as little as 20p a day to buy the vital medication needed to keep someone who is HIV positive in Africa alive. Thanks to (RED), just one bouquet of flowers can now make a real difference and help save lives.”
Order online at www.flowered.com. Give a good gift this Valentine’s Day.
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The rose she had offered was truly an enchanted rose, which would bloom until his 21st year.
If he could learn to love another, and earn her love in return,
By the time the last petal fell, then the spell would be broken.
If not, he would be doomed to remain a beast for all time.
As the years passed, he fell into despair, and lost all hope.
For who could ever learn to love a Beast?
~The Prologue from Beauty and the Beast
Twenty-one is a special birthday. The Beast had to learn to love Belle before his twenty-first birthday.
In any case, I have a custom of hosting a Masquerade Ball on my birthday. I have done so for the past three years.
And now it is time for Masquerade 2009...because I am 21.
The rules are very simple: All you have to do is imagine. Dress yourself in silk and leather, velvet and crystal, capes or plastic, whatever you desire. Choose a moniker or handle that is different from your regular one (so as an anonymous commenter, but with a clever title- this is your chance to be a lord or lady), tell me what your costume is and please explain the gift you wish to offer me. It can be anything, from the brush of a butterfly's wings against my skin to the smile of a child to a rope of Swarovski crystals. I, of course, have decided to host this ball within my elaborate castle, which is decorated in the gothic style. The windows are all made of stained glass and golden torches line the brackets on the walls, which are made of stone. My castle is set in the midst of an enchanted forest; swan boats convey us across the moat and inside the place where only joy can enter.
Of course, you must come back tomorrow for the Unmasking. Traditionally, I try to guess who you are (if you are a frequent commenter) and otherwise you shall have to help me. Thank you!
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April 19, 2016
Winning Over Worry
Always give thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ (Ephesians 5:20, NCV).
Friend to Friend
When we lived in South Florida, the grass in our yard grew year round. So did the weeds. We soon learned that the best way to deal with weeds was simply to take really good care of the grass. When the grass was healthy, it was thick and lush – leaving little room for weeds to grow.
When our hearts and lives are filled with praise, worry is a weed that will die from lack of attention. When we choose to continually give God thanks, there will be little room in our hearts for fear.
Because praise acknowledges the very character of God, while thanksgiving recognizes the work of His hand. Together, praise and thanksgiving are powerful weapons against worry and formidable tools to strengthen our faith.
I know what you are thinking. Sometimes it is just plain hard to praise God because of the grueling circumstances we are facing. Honestly, it is hard to find something to celebrate.
The problem is that we don’t understand the true meaning of praise.
Praise comes from a Latin word that means “value” or “worth.” To praise God means to celebrate His worth, His value and His presence. “Sing to God, sing praise to His name, extol Him who rides on the clouds—His name is the Lord—and rejoice before Him” (Psalm 68:4).
Praise and thanksgiving pleases God. Psalm 147:1 “How good it is to sing praise to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise Him!”
Praise and thanksgiving encourage obedience. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 “Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” Did you catch the truth that it is His will for us to praise Him? Obedience to Him always promotes peace and eliminates worry.
Praise and thanksgiving enhance our awareness of His presence. Psalm 22:3 “But You are holy, enthroned in the praises of Israel.” When we praise God, we enthrone Him in our lives. We make that fearful circumstance His dwelling place. That’s right! We invite Jesus to join us in our mess. And do you know that He always accepts that invitation of praise?
Praise and thanksgiving produce trust. Psalm 42:11 asks, “Why am I so sad? Why am I so upset? I should put my hope in God and keep praising Him, my Savior and my God.” The psalmist is telling his own soul to stop the pity party, put his hope in God and keep praising Him – no matter what!
Thanksgiving is a deposit on the future.
Praise is trusting Him for what He will do and then expecting Him to do it, understanding that today’s stumbling blocks are tomorrow’s stepping-stones.
Praise frees God to work because when we praise Him, we are choosing to trust Him, despite the circumstances.
The story is told of a young man who was sitting on a park bench reading his Bible. Suddenly he began to shout. “Praise the Lord! What a miracle!” An older, very distinguished man walking by stopped and asked what he was so excited about. The young man replied, “I was just reading how God parted the Red Sea and the whole nation of Israel walked across on dry ground.” The older man sneered, “Don’t you know? That wasn’t a real sea at all. It was just a few inches of water.” He then turned in irritation and walked away, leaving the young man confused and discouraged. But in a few minutes the young man began to shout again. The unbeliever returned asking, “What are you shouting about now?” “I just read how God drowned the whole Egyptian army in just a few inches of water!”
Don’t let anyone keep you from praising God.
Don’t let any circumstance deny you the joy of giving thanks.
Praise is not optional in a life that wins over worry and doubt. Praise is a demonstration of trust and the acceptance of a circumstance without insisting that God change it. When we choose to praise God, we choose to trust Him. And when we choose to trust God, we will win over worry.
Father, I am helpless. I am desperate for You, Lord. I need Your strength and power to sustain me. Everything seems to be falling apart. I want to be a woman of faith and stand strong when trouble bombards my life, but I can’t do it alone. I am afraid and seem to worry about everything. Today, I turn to You and celebrate the truth that You will turn to me and be my refuge.
In Jesus’ Name,
Now It’s Your Turn
When did God take something bad in your life and bring good out of it? Describe that experience. Remember the truth that God is the same yesterday, today and forever and what He did in your past … He can do today and tomorrow. He is faithful – even when we are faithless.
Read and memorize Psalm 59:16. Choose to sing a new song of praise – no matter what happens today. Record this verse on an index card and keep it with you. When fear and doubt come, meet them with this powerful promise from God.
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Originally published Tuesday, 19 April 2016.
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Another bad week for the climateers. Of course, you could write this headline every week for the last five years, but we want to keep Power Line readers up to date on the highlights of recent developments.
First up, keep in mind that this June, the world’s leaders will re-assemble in Rio for the 20th anniversary of the UN’s first Earth Summit, to reappraise what progress we’ve made since the Kyoto process was set in motion. The real agenda will be whether there’s any way to breath new life into the expiring corpse of the UN climate process at all. In 1992, President George H.W. Bush relented to the pressure to attend and sign onto the UN flimflam. It will be curious to see whether President Obama attends, and signs onto the sequel. I predict he will not. And after one day of mild kvetching, enviros will give him a hall pass on it.
By the way, I always like to point out that the 1992 Earth Summit enacted two major international efforts: the Framework Convention on Climate Change (better known as the “Kyoto process”), and the Framework Convention on Biodiversity. My own opinion is that while the enviros overestimate the biodiversity problem (as they do virtually every environmental problem), risks to biodiversity are in fact the most significant global environmental problem, much more than climate change. But fossil fuel use, the Original Sin for modern environmentalism, is not much implicated in the species extinction problem, so the UN biodiversity project, and the issue itself, gets much less attention.
I’m in the habit of asking environmental reporters, when they call me for comment on the Kyoto protocol and related climate meetings, how many stories they’ve ever written about the UN Framework Convention on Biodiversity. The answer is usually asymptotically close to zero. Some environmental reporters tell me they’re unfamiliar with it at all, at which point I reply that “You’re not an environmental reporter; you’re a climate reporter.” It’s a good way of not getting quoted in a story, which is fine with me.
Anyway, one thing to keep in mind as the global green establishment gathers in June to present the cognitively dissonant spectacle of simultaneous back-patting and doom-mongering is that almost no signatory to the Kyoto Protocol has lived up to the comparatively mild emissions reductions targets set out for this year way back in 1998. Those that claim to have done so have one big thing in common: they mostly cheated. Who says so? The Washington Post’s environmental writer Bradford Plumer. The underlying analysis on which this story has based is from my pals out at the Breakthrough Institute in Oakland. And it turns out that the nations that did the best in genuine reductions in carbon emissions intensity are France and Sweden, because they turned heavily to . . . nuclear power. Oops. That sure doesn’t fit the narrative.
Meanwhile, in other climate-related news, it appears many glaciers in Asia are like middle-aged middle-class American men: they’re gaining mass. And Richard Lindzen has posted a spirited rebuttal to the critique of his climate presentation that I mentioned here a while ago. And China, Tom Friedman’s solar power juggernaut, is having second thoughts, as are some environmentalists here in the U.S.
And just for dessert, The Telegraph‘s Christopher Booker delivers a thorough and much deserved beat down on Nature magazine for its relentless climate alarmism.
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These three articles by Rabbi Betzalel became very well known, not only at that time but were published over and over for many later generations. These books were reprinted, especially the book, The Sacrifice of The Sabbath in which he dealt with the sanctity of Shabbat and the consequences in cases where one did not observe Shabbat.
By the way, it is important to observe that about the destructions of the year 1638. Shmuel Feibush tells us in his book, The Ninth of June. In his words, The enemy went from Pinsk to Kobrin and he killed almost all of the 200 inhabitants of the Jewish homes.
At that time that Rabbi Betzalel the Kobriner became famous across the land and around the countryside. He was known as the magnificent, learned and just Rabbi. Meanwhile in Kobrin itself was a head Rabbi by the name of Arye Leib, the learned and outstanding Rabbi from Kobrin. He was also known as the Rabbi in the state of Lithuania. He was descended from the family of Binkvitzer and from the family of Gzatzek, may they rest in peace. This detail was known to us from the writings of his son, Rabbi Eliyahu, who wrote the book The Letter of Elivahu, which was published in the year 1705 in Hamburg, Germany. He mentions that his father passed away, may he rest in peace.
Close to that time in that era we find another author from Kobrin who excelled
in religious poetry writing. He wrote a book titled The New Arrangement,
which contains lamentations and penetential prayers for the supplement to the
prayers for Yom Kippur. The book includes the deportations that took place in
Tzizmir (Sandomir) in 1688 and the book.was published in Frankfurt on the Oder
the following year, in 1689.
We are especially privileged to mention the two lamentation prayers:
One of the native Kobriners was Eliyahu, the son of the Kobriner Maggid Rabbi Arye Leib mentioned above, who worked in Flogian in Zamot, Lithuania. That Rabbi Eliyahu wrote a book titled, Eliyahu's Letter (Hamburg, 1715). It's a wonderful work about the ethics of the fathers. This paper contains articles and commentaries about the ethics of our fathers in order to open one's eyes and hearts to observe the greatness of the creator.
At that time when Rabbi Eliyahu the learned and the magnificent wrote his paper, He was a scholar young in years but mature in wisdom. He was already obligated to wander in the countryside because of the outrageous war which took place in our country. (The reference is probably to the North War in the year 1700, which continued for some years, causing much suffering to the Jews of white Russia and the region of Kobrin. See the introduction of Rabbi Yosef Yakov to his book Refeh Yosef about the great suffering that he went through when he lived in a town not far from Kobrin.) God meant well by giving us plague and hunger, but as I wandered the countryside in those horrible times, suffering, I looked up to God and wondered where help was going to come from.
It seems that because of all this Rabbi Eliyahu left Kobrin and went to the north of Lithuania and settled in Plongian. In this region of Kidan in the state of Zamot with his brother he settled in the midst of the Torah tent. However, he did not find peace for his tired soul there either and he wrote, Things happened and I wandered to the small state of Poland. I preached in some sacred communities and the Rabbis and their students liked me and they favored me with goods. May God repay them for that.
We witnessed that the Rabbi loved his writing which was a first commentary on
The Ethics of the Fathers. They found it interesting and concurred with what
he wrote. They were reiterated at the sacred convention in Biaritshov at the
meeting of the mighty leaders of the sacred people, officers of the L'vov
leadership. Everyone praised the author who stayed and preached in their
From Poland he went as far as the harbor city of Hamburg, Germany. There he met a native of Zamot, the very famous Rabbi Yecheskel Katzenelenbogen, the author of Knesset Yecheskel, who previously had been the head of the Rabbinical court in Kidan in Zamot and knew him from those days, from the year 1712 where the author visited him in Kidan and gave his blessings to his book.
Flongian, the city where he resided, belonged to a region of Kidan, (a major city in Zamot). In Hamburg he was given a place to live as well as some money in order to be able to publish his work in the Hebrew publishing house in the year 1705. In the introduction to his book he thanks those kind and wonderful rabbis of the sacred city of Hamburg. In this article he also brings out some new ideas about the Torah, things he learned from his learned and sacred father, the Rabbi Arie Leib from Kobrin.
Over 235 years ago, Rabbi Akiva Bar Moshe Hacohen from Brisk was the head of the Rabbinical court of Kobrin. In the year 1716, in the Hebrew month of Kislev, the Rabbi Eliezer Ben Yitzchak Yitzik passed through Kobrin. He used to reside in Pinsk. He was accompanied by his father, Rabbi Yitzchak Yitzik, our great Rabbi and teacher, may he rest in peace, with his essay titled, Keren Chemed, a Beautiful Vineyard, which contains wonderful sermons about all the weekly portions from the Torah (it was printed in Diharenport in the year 1720) and he was given the blessing for that book by his father in law, the great luminary, the rabbi and the head of the Rabbinical court in Kobrin, the sacred Akiva Bar Moshe HaCohen from Brisk. Brisk was located near Kobrin.
Over 210 years ago Rabbi Nachum was the head of the Rabbinical court of Kobrin. This fact is known from the history written by the famous Rabbi Yakov Krantz. He was also known as the Maggid from Dubna.
Rabbi Yakov Krantz was born in Zitel (region of Slonim) in the year 1740. His father was Rabbi Zev and his mother was the daughter of Rabbi Nachum, the head of the Rabbinical court of Kobrin. We do not know any additional details about this Kobriner Rabbi.
From the book, Fathers are Glory to Their Sons (Warsaw, 1927) by A.L.
Lipschitz, that contains the story of the distinguished Jewish families who
were descendants of the pure stock of the Rabbi Shaul Wahal from Brisk in
Lithuania, we learn about a certain rabbi by the name of Rabbi Eliyahu who
resided in Kobrin and was the head of the Rabbinical court there. This Rabbi
Eliyahu was the son-in-law of Rabbi Nachman, the head of the Rabbinical court
of Brisk in Lithuania (previously Zamoshetz), who was related to the Sirkin
family who were descendants of the pure stock of the genius Rabbi Yoel Sorkish,
the new head of the Rabbinical court of Brisk in Lithuania, Krakow and other
communities. The son-in-law of that Rabbi Eliyahu, the head of the Rabbinical
court from Kobrin, was Rabbi Yakli, one of the important and close-knit members
of the the family of the genius Rabbi Eliyahu from Vilna, who was the son of
Rabbi Leibale, the son-in-law of Kalman Pinsk, who was the son-in-law of the
learned Rabbi Eliyahu.
In 1809, the head of the Rabbinical court in Kobrin was Shlomo Baharav Abraham Mintz. This Rabbi gave his approval, on the 10th day of the Hebrew month of Adar in the year 1809, to the book, The Renovations of our Teacher and Rabbi Schiff, which was edited, interpreted and published by Rabbi Mordechai Mardish from Paritzek, 1810. The approval of the book by the head of the Rabbinical court of Kobrin is found among the other approvals by the great ones of Poland, Galicia, Volin and Lithuania.
It seems that this is same Rabbi Shlomo, who became the head of the Rabbinical court of Slonim and gave his sanction to the book The Wars of the Levites on the 18th day of the Hebrew month of Sivan in the year 1818, when he was already in Slonim. The book, The Wars of the Levites contains revisions of some trachtates of the Babylonian Talmud. The renowned and learned Rabbi Shimshon Yoel Halevi from the house of Shapira, the author of some books, interpreted and updated The Wars of the Levites. That book was printed by the Karitz Publishing House in 1823.
About the approval of the book by this Rabbi Shlomo it states: The head of the Rabbinical court of the sacred town Slonim, we find his sanction of Rabbi Shlomo's book The Eternal Covenant when he was already the head of the Rabbinical court of Slonim (Vilna) 1820. His sanction was referred to by Rabbi Yitzchak Ashkenazi (the brother of the righteous and the renowned Rabbi Moshe Levi from Avia). We find names of other famous luminaries of those days in Lithuania as for example, Rabbi Abraham Abeli, the head of the Rabbinical court of Vilna, the two brothers, Rabbi Shaul Katzenellenbogen from Vilna, Rabbi Arye Leib, the head of the Rabbinical court of Brisk from Lithuania, and Rabbi Moshe Zev, the author of The View of the Testament (whose father was the head of the Rabbinical court of Bialistock), head of the Rabbinical court of Tiktin. All of these approvals emphasize the importance of Rabbi Shlomo Mintz in the Rabbinical world, according to the words of the Rabbis and the author of Eternal Estate by Sh. Yaonin (which contains the markings of the cemetery of Warsaw).
The sons of Rabbi Shlomo Mintz, the head of the Rabbinical court of Kobrin and
Slonim, were: the Rabbi Neta, the head of the Rabbinical court of Tiktin, the
Rabbi Abraham Lev, the head of the Rabbinical court of Pasvel of Lithuania, and
Rabbi Yitzchak Tzvi, who was known as Rabbi Isaac Hirsch, a great Rabbi and
Hassid, who died in the city of Warsaw on the 10th day of the Hebrew
month of Adar, 1872.
About a certain Rabbi head of the Rabbinical court of Kobrin who lived approximately 150 years ago the great genius Rabbi Moshe Epshtein, the head of the Rabbinical court of Kobrin in the state of Lithuania, his great grandson Moshe Epshtein, the head of the Rabbinical court of Zamoshetz tells us in his introduction to his book The House of Moshe (about the book Shulchan Aruch by Aven Azer Zolkiv, 1848): the father of the author, Rabbi Moshe Epshtein, 'the genius Rabbi Shlomo, the head of the Rabbinical court of Lantashna', who died in 1837, was the son of the luminary Rabbi Yakov, may he rest in peace, who was the head of the Rabbinical court of the sacred city of Lamza, and that Rabbi Yakov is the son of the head of the Rabbinical court of Kobrin, Rabbi Moshe, who was the son-in-law of the genius and sacred author of Ner Tamid, a book about the Kritote Trachtate, and was a grandson of the genius Rabbi Zalman Mirlish, the head of the Rabbinical court of the sacred city of Hamburg.
According to the book, The Family Tree of our Fathers (Krakow, 1803) by Shmuel Zinvil Kahana, who was the father of Rabbi Moshe Epshtein, the head of the Rabbinical court of Kobrin, Rabbi Yakov HaLevi Epshtein, the Rabbi of Slotzek, who was the son of Rabbi Yitzchak Epshtein in Slotzek and the grandson of Rabbi Abraham Epshtein, the head of the Rabbinical court of Rovno in Volin. Regarding the origins of the Epshtein family, see the book, Blessed Source by Rabbi Baruch Halevi Epstein from Pinsk.
From the book, Ohalei Shem, The Tents of God, by Sh. N. Gottlieb from Pinsk from 1912, we know that the righteous Rabbi Shmarya was the head of the Rabbinical court of Kobrin and Lubashev and his family name was Vingraten. This Rabbi Isaac was proclaimed as Rabbi of many communities in the region of Kobrin and Pinsk. He was from the origins of the great Rabbi Yechiel Michael from Zlatshevo and from the Rabbi Mordechai the great Rabbi from Naschitz. His son was the righteous Rabbi Abraham Aba Yosef the Rabbi of Dianevo and Lovashevo. The son of Abraham Yosef was Rabbi Yitzchak from Liobashev. And Rabbi Yitzchak Liobashev is the father of the righteous Rabbi Yakov Lev Liobashev.
His son held the place of the righteous Rabbi Arye Leib. Rabbi Yitzchak Aharon
Vingraten lived in Kobrin after the First World War. (The Liobashev community
was destroyed during the war.) He took care of the Kobrin community and he
supervised the religious school there. Rabbi Yitzchak Aharon was the son-in-law
of the righteous Rabbi Nachumke (Epshtein), the great Rabbi of Kobrin and
Rabbi Shmarya, the head of the Rabbinical court of Kobrin and Liobashev. He was the son of the righteous Abraham Aba Josef from Saraka (Besarabia). One of the great students of the preacher from Mazaritsh, the son of the Rabbi Shmarya, the preacher of Karetz, was also Rabbi Shmarya, the Kobriner son-in-law of Rabbi David Halevi, the preacher from Stefan, the son-in-law of the righteous Rabbi Michael from Zlatshov. His sons were Rabbi Yechiel Michael, the great Rabbi from Liobashev, may he rest in peace, in Yanov, (the son-in-law of the genius Chaim Bar Peretz HaCohen, the head of the Rabbinical court of Pinsk, who passed away in Safat in the year 1821) and Rabbi Abraham Aba Josef, the head of the Rabbinical court of Yanov. Abraham Aba was son of the sacred Rabbi Chaim Yitzchak, the head of the Rabbinical court of Yanova. Rabbi Yitzchak had a son who was the righteous Rabbi Yakov Leib from Liobashev and another son, Rabbi Aba, who took his place in Yanov.
The righteous Rabbi Menachem Nachum from the family of Rabbi Yuda Leib Epshtein, was born on Pesach in 1846, in the town of Visaki, Lithuania (region of Brisk). He died on the first day of the Hebrew month of Av, 1918 in Bialystock. At first he was a Kotzkian Hassid and later became one of the righteous students of the righteous and great Rabbi of Slonim, Rabbi Abraham, the author of The Fundamentals of Work. He began to attend his classes when both resided in Kobrin where Rabbi Menachem Nachum lived after his marriage and became an adversary to the righteous.
After the death of Abraham in 1884, many of the Slonim righteous appointed Rabbi Nachum as their great Rabbi and they established a special religious school that continued to exist throughout all of Kobrin's Jewish history. In the year 1895 after the big fire in Kobrin, Rabbi Menachem Nachum went to Bialystock. He gathered a group of Hassidim there who were under his subordination and he excelled in his righteousness, his learning and his sacred work. Even the house owners the opponents in Bialystock admired him very much. They respected and accepted his advice and wisdom lovingly.
When he died all the townspeople attended his funeral. His descendants were:
Among his sons-in-law, one has to especially note the Rabbi Aharon Halevi Teitelbaum, a well known communal religious worker and one of the presidents of the war committee that was known for its work for the New York Yeshivas, and the Rabbi Rafael Hacohen Kook, the head of the Rabbinical court of Tzfat, who was the nephew of the famous and genius Rabbi Abraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook. The third child was Malka Dvora, the wife of the genius and righteous Rabbi Meir Shalom, a descendent of Dov Shatzadrovitzki, who served as a publisher and an official Rabbi in Bialystock for 30 years. From the year 1918 and thereafter he took the place of his father-in-law, Rabbi Nachumke, in the Rabbinical position. He was very learned in Talmud studies and for a few years he lectured on Gemara in the Beit Midrash in the religious school of the Guiding People's Association in Bialystock.
The famous Rabbi Meir Shalom, who was known as The Bialistok Meirke, each year visited the Hassidim of his father-in-law, Rabbi Nachumke, in Kobrin, the town in which he resided when he stood on the threshold of his father-in-law. Rabbi Meir passed away on the second day of the Hebrew month of Cheshvan, 1940, in Bialistok. He was given a funeral which was attended by many people. The fourth child was Miriam, the wife of the sacred Rabbi Yitzchak Aharon Vingraten from Lobashevo. His son Abraham Aba Vingraten became the head of the Rabbinical court of Lobashevo during the lifetime of his father, the grandson of the righteous Rabbi Menachem Nachum, the Rabbi Shmuel Shatzdrovitzki, related to Rabbi Meir Shalom, the great Rabbi of Bialistok and Kobrin now lives in Tel Aviv.
Rabbi Nachumke during his early days in Kobrin isolated himself in a room in an upper floor of one of the houses in the neighborhood called Zamuchovitz. He dealt with the visible and the invisible and studied tirelessly and wrote some wonderful revisions to the Torah. He was very knowledgeable in the Poskim. (A Rabbinical authority or scholar who arbitrates in disputes in Halachic questions, Halacha meaning the legal part of Jewish traditional literature.)
It is important to note that among the Hassidim of Rabbi Nachumke in Kobrin
were two honorable Rabbis, Rabbi Alter Palivoski (a relative of the first
Kobriner and great Rabbi Moshe), and Rabbi Shmuel Zavel Auerbach. The second
was one of the teachers of Kobrin, an expert on arbitration according to the
Torah laws and an administrator of the orthodox in the official religious
community who was chosen in the year 1928.
For the Hassidim of Rabbi Nachumke, there were special one-room schools, in Kobrin, Brisk, Bialistok, Horodok, Warsaw, and Lodz.
The Magid from Kamnitz, Rabbi Chaim Zondel Makabi, was born in a village next to Kobrin in the year 1856. In the book, The Sayings of Life, which was published in Tel Aviv in 1929, he tells the story of the Magid from Kamnitz. His parents were poor and simple folk, but honest and orthodox. Still in his childhood, Chaim Zondel was recognized as an unusual sensitive and clever boy. Nobody ever harmed him or did any wrong to him. Still in the Cheder when he saw that somebody wronged another person he would scold him. Even then he was known for his fight for honesty and decency and he already had the future characteristics of a national preacher. When he began to attend the cheder he already showed signs of a genius who devoted himself to the Torah. Even years later, when he started studying the Talmud, he brought out the beauty of the Tanach and the rest of the prophets.
Still in his youth, he behaved as a religious and older person. He prayed with fervor and with the enthusiasm of a Hassid. He also behaved as as if he experienced the injustices of the world and the bitter taste of life in the Diaspora. He used to recite the prayer And He is Compassionate while crying and with great sadness. The verses, Have mercy God and do not let your people be put to shame, or the verse, Observe dear God how infuriated we are among the Goyim he chanted in such a sad manner that the listeners shed tears from their eyes. The sensitive soul of Chaim Zondel was able to absorb the sorrow and sadness of the Jewish people. He used to feel that sorrow in his young innocent heart even though he did not have much experience in life and the word Diaspora was strange for him.
He loved listening to the Magidim, the preachers, when they visited Kobrin. He
listened to every word that they said, respected the Magidim as if they were
God and he admired their talents. He especially liked the modern preachers, who
by using their sharp brains stimulated the belief and the security of their
listeners. He also liked when the preachers spoke about the splendid past of
the Hebrew people and future of the Jews, and when the Messiah and the
redemption of Israel will come. While listening to all this, Chaim Zondel
became very excited, even more than when listening to dry ethical statements.
Until the age of 12 Chaim Zondel studied in the city of Kobrin and he excelled in his studies. Already then he was well versed in the Tanach and the Talmud, and he knew very well the order of the Nezikim, the fourth divisions of the Mishnah. Afterwards he moved to Brisk and continued his studies in the local Yeshiva. With much consistency he studied for three years there. He made a good name for himself as well in the new place. He became famous and especially became close to the Rabbis and the learned people in Brisk. When he reached the age of 16, he married the daughter of Rabbi Mordochai Belcher, the head of the very prominent family in Projani (region of Horodna). He was an influential person with the Paritz, a rich local estate owner. The rest of the story with reference to this national preacher Rabbi about his life and his work for Chibatzion among the Russian Jews, as well as a preacher in London in 1846, until the day of his death in 1916, the reader will find in the book mentioned above, which contains articles of interest. Here we just mentioned items from the era when he was educated in Kobrin which reflects the life of the Jews in Kobrin about 85 years ago.
The Son of Rabbi Moshe Shavit
(The Grandson of The Great Rabbi From Padova)
Already at the age of 14 he was a Rabbi in Mishtit (in the region of Slonim) and then in Vishniovi. In the year 1849 he became a Rabbi in Shoventziani and later in Yakbeshtat in Korland (Latvia) and from 1817 in Kobrin.
He died while he was the head of the Rabbinical court of Kobrin in 1874 on the 18th day in the Hebrew month of Heshvan in Kobrin and his place of rest is in Kobrin next to the grave of the great Kobriner Rabbi Moshe. His name and his memory remain engraved in the hearts of all the Kobriners. He will be remembered as a paragon and an example of a very decent person. Also, he will be remembered as the genius of his generation and very knowledgeable in the Talmud world. He was admired by all the segments of the community and especially because of his fondness for the Hassidic movement which was established in great numbers in Kobrin and was popular because of the righteous Rabbi Moshe.
According to the Hassidic tradition, Rabbi Merim hailed from the town the new
Mosh (located near Barnovishti). He was the grandson of Rabbi Moshe Hadayan
when the head of the Rabbinical court was Rabbi Yechiel who also gravitated
toward the Hassidic movement and because of him the segment of the Hassidim,
the Baal Shem Tov, was established and spread in that area. Rabbi Meir Merim
was connected to the great Rabbi Moshe from Kobrin and after he passed away he
visited the Rabbi Abraham from Slonim like most of the Kobrin Hassidim. Rabbi
Meir Merim was the father-in-law of the great rabbi and teacher, Rabbi Abraham
In the book, Light of the Righteous, the author, Chaim Klainman, from Brisk of Lithuania, recalls some stories about the great righteousness of Rabbi Meir Merim.
The author of the book calls him the great genius, the splendid and the bright one, who with his wisdom lights the country and its people. He is humble and every rabbi and genius will attest and vouch for him. He wrote a wonderful book by the name Nir. In merciful kindness he helped the poor and the humble. The people of Kobrin will attest to his deep devotion to God.
A story is told about him in the book titled Nir. He arranged the marriage of his young son with a close relative of the great Rabbi and teacher Rabbi Yitzchak from Nashchiz. The marriage contract was written at the home of the great Rabbi from Nashchiz. They wrote in the text the genius and righteous referring to the Rabbi Meir Merim. While the great Rabbi and teacher was reading the text in front of the invitees he reached the place where Rabbi Merim was mentioned and he said, Yes, yes and continued reading the marriage contract.
Rabbi Shub, the eldest of the Kobrin Rabbis in Jerusalem relates more details about Rabbi Meir Merim. Rabbi Meir Merim hated greediness and had modest requirements for himself. He resided on Ratner Street in a two room apartment barely furnished. When he became the head of the Rabbinical court in Kobrin he suggested that everyone pitch in enough equally to pay his salary so he would not be tempted to favor anybody above others.
When his book, Nir, was shown to Rabbi Izel Charif in Slonim, the Rabbi looked at it and commented, I am capable of writing a book like this, but as far as being righteous as Rabbi Merim, that I cannot do.
After the death of Rabbi Meir Merim, his chair in the Kobrin Rabbinate did not remain empty very long. Rabbi Elinka Schick the head of the Rabbinical court of the new Zager agreed to come to Kobrin to become the head of the Rabbinical court there. To make the Rabbi's family happy, it was arranged that his son, Aharon Yehoshua Shafit, who knew Russian reading.and conversing, would become the community Rabbi. When complications arose between him and the Russian authorities he went to live in Israel and settled in Tzfat. His father-in-law, a lawyer from Panovka, took his place and remained in this position until the First World War.
The book, Evel Kaved (The Great Sorrow), by Rabbi
Shmuel, related to Rabbi Binyamin, the head of the Rabbinical court of Stviftzi
and later a publisher in Jerusalem, contained lamentations about the death of
the great Rabbi Merim from Kobrin, may he rest in peace.
In the lamentation booklet by Rabbi Moshe Nechemia Kahana, the head of the Etz Chaim Yeshiva (the tree of life) in Jerusalem, he also notes the passing away of the genius Rabbi Merim, may he rest in peace, the head of the Rabbinical court in Kobrin and who was known for his wisdom and righteousness.
The son of Rabbi Meir Merim, Rabbi Aharon Yehoshua Shafit, was affiliated with the Slonim Hassidim and helped them always to influence the Jewish organizations to assign his people to various tasks. His second son, Betzalel Chaim Shafit, was. the head of the Rabbinical court of Viazim and published his father's book, HaNir (The Light on Jerusalem).
One has to note Rabbi Merim's nephew, his sister's son, the famous Rabbi Abraham Aharon Yudalevitch, who was born in Novhardok, and was the Rabbi in the towns Salov, Koznitza, Komstantinov, Torov, Kapolia, Manchester in England, and later in America in Wayne. In his youth he studied Torah with his uncle in Kobrin. He wrote The House of a Father about the four parts of the Shulchan Aruch, Tapuche Zahav (oranges), and more stories about other subjects of the Torah.
The famous professor and Talmudic scholar, Levi Ginzburg, in his introduction to his book, Interpretations and Revisions of the Yerushalmi (New York, 1901), writes about the three most important compositions that were written by the wise men of Lithuania in the course of the last 150 years: "The book, The Talmud Haverushalmi, is among the ones who brought the forgotten Torah to its stage of life. Without them we would have forgotten the Eretz Israeli Talmud, if not for them and the book, Light on the Yerushalmi, written by Rabbi Meir Merim, whose value is incredible also from the scientific point of view.
Professor Levi Ginzburg writes about the Nir by Rabbi Merim from Kobrin, about the first three parts. It is an example to the reviewer of the book, Briya. And the hesitation of the author proves not only his humbleness but also his cleverness, and any attempts to correct or to review the book diminishes the quality of the book.
And Shaul Liberman in his introduction, The Yerushalmi In Its
Simplicity writes about the book, The Nir, the following:
The interpretations of Rabbi Meir Merim, may he rest in peace, which
until now were published only on the first three weekly portions from the
Torah, are profound and are straight to the point. However, since his
interpretations allow different meanings and the author does not point out
which is the correct one, the book is difficult to comprehend.
The genius and righteous Rabbi Eliyau Shmuel Yehuda Ginsburg was the head of the Rabbinical court of Amstivovi, Lona, Bretsin, the new Lida Zager, and in the end of his life, the head of the Rabbinical court of Kobrin, where he passed away in 1830. The family name Shmuel Yehuda Ginsburg proves his prominence since the Yehuda Levi Ginsburg family traces its breeding from the father of the officer and Rabbi Shaul Vahal from Brisk (who the Agada tells us was a king of Poland for a day), who was the genius Rabbi Shmuel Yehuda Katzelboigen. The story of his parents is told briefly by Rabbi Eliyau Shmuel Yehuda Ginsburg who was known by all as Rabbi Elinka. In his introduction to his book titled The Eye of Jacob he writes about himself: The son of the sacred Binyanmin Shmuel Yehuda Ginsburg who was related to the righteous Arie Yehuda Leib, the head of the Rabbinical court of Vashlishok (a region of Vilna), Yom Tov Lipman Ginzburg, the head of the Rabbinical Court of Kobrin and Prozin, who was related to the famous genius Chanoch Hanich Ginzburg, the head of the Rabbinical Court of Shiklov. He continues further, And on my mother's side I hail from the grandson of the righteous convert Moshe Aharon Garden, the head of the Rabbinical Court of Vashilishok, the son in law of the righteous Rabbi Eliezer, the author of The Fields Bush (was a Rabbi in Kloiz, Karlin and one of the opponents of the Chassidut movement in Pinsk - Karlin, during the era of the Rabbi Levi Yitzchak, the Barditzhovek, while he was the head of the Rabbinical court of Pinsk), the grandson of a great luminary Rabbi known in the Torah wisdom. In the introduction to his book he writes that when he was 12 weeks old he became an orphan. (His father and his close uncle died). Rabbi Pinchas was good to his family as well as to his adopted father, David Ben Pinchas from Blatrimetz (in the Vilna region) who had educated him (he was the grandson of the author of The Seed of Jacob, which deals with the book of Tehilim).
Rabbi Eliyahu Shmuel Yehuda Ginsburg married the daughter of Rabbi Jacob from
Valkovisk, a community filled with learned people and great writers. Many
famous people hailed from it. He said, I grew up among very learned
people and the one who brought me close to all the learned people was the late
genius Rabbi Biniamin, who later became the head of the Rabbinical court of
Horodna (and from there he moved to Lomza, the father of the luminary Rabbi
Yehoshua Yehuda Leib Diskin, the head of the Rabbinical court of Lomza,
Mozritesh, Shaklov, Kovna, and Brisk of Lithuania; at the end of his days he
was the head of the Rabbinical court of Jerusalem and the leader of the
luminary Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan, the head of the Rabbinical court of Kovna and
the leader of other luminaries as well.) When he was a young lad, Rabbi
Eliyou Shmuel Yehuda Ginsburg was accepted as the head of the Rabbinical court
in Amstivovi in the region of Volkovitz. Later was the head of the Rabbinical
court in Luna (in the area of Grodna).
Its leaders were famous and religiously observant. Later he moved to Dratshin, that famous city of the Jewish world, all of whose Rabbis were very famous throughout the world. (Also the famous Rabbi Eliyahu, when he wrote his life story, said: "When I was accepted as a Rabbi in the sacred city of Lida, the famous community with its learned and God-fearing people." As he grew old, he became the Rabbi of the sacred city of Zager in Zamot. The city was sacred and the people godfearing, loving, righteous, and learned.
About the coming of Rabbi Elinka Shmuel Yehuda Ginsburg to New Zager we find correspondence in the paper Hamaqid from 1863 (45). He tells of the previous rabbi, Rabbi Tzemach Zaks, who acted as the head of the Rabbinical court for 40 years and who died. Now they accepted the new rabbi, the luminary genius and righteous Rabbi Eliyahu Yehuda Ginsburg from Lida. A special delegation came to him to Davins from Zager and handed him the Rabbinate position. Among them were the learned Rabbi Shimon Horovitz (who was appointed to be a rabbi later and a publisher in Liepzig, Germany. He also authored books about the Torah and the wisdom of Israel. He also wrote a book about the Machzor, the prayer book, named Vitari.)
The late Moshe Liyashiv hailed from the famous wise men of Zager, whose representative was Chaim Zev, and the great grandfather of the known Jewish author of the book, The Owner of Thoughts. He was born in Kovna. In 1889, Rabbi Eliyahu Shmuel Yehuda Ginsburg published his paper, The Eye of Eliyahu, which is an interpretation of the book, The Eye of Jacob, and had the privilege of being famous as the paper which is easily comprehended by anyone, regardless of his title or wisdom. This paper covers and answers questions on all aspects of the Torah.
We see his great modesty in his introduction. He states as follows: My
new interpretations really are based on what I saw in the Bavli (Babylonian)
and in the Yerushalmi interpretation, etc. What we see between the lines
is a clarity of expression with a subtle simple summary of the subject. About
the righteousness of Rabbi Shmuel Yehuda Ginsburg and his life based on the
Torah we find proofs in the book, Zmirot David, the Songs of David,
(Vilna, 1879) by the Rabbi Shlomo Bar Meir Meirovitz Dovager who knew Rabbi
Eliyahu personally. Among other things he writes that the deceased was a
righteouos luminary, was a great preacher, a wonderful host and studious. From
a different source, we are made aware of his firmness against the
kidnappers (during the era of the Cantonist). Although he took his
life in his hands while behaving so bravely during the Cantonist (the
kidnappers), he did not keep quiet. He called on everyone to speak against the
cruel kidnappings of Jewish children who were inducted into the army and forced
to become Christians.
In the book, The Source of Baruch, authored by Rabbi Baruch Epstein from Pinsk, who also wrote the book, Torah Tmima, the Innocence of the Torah (Part 2 from the year 1883) we find an interesting story about Rabbi Elinka Shmuel Yehuda Ginsburg, about the Cantonist. Once he called openly to lament the Cantonism situation and he based his speach on the book of Isaiah, chapter 42, which states, I have called thee in righteousness to bring out the prisoners from the dungeons and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. I am the Lord. That is my name.
In 1874, Rabbi Eliyahuu Shmuel Yehuda Ginsburg was installed as head of the Rabbinical court in Kobrin. A notice about this was written in the paper, Hamaqid, from 1874 (22), with these words: This serves to announce to everyone that the luminary Rabbi known throughout all Jewish communities, the learned and genius Rabbi Eliyahu Shmuel Yehuda Ginsburg, the author of the book, Eliyahu's Eve, and other important books, the head of the Rabbinical court of the new Zager, came to Kobrin to stay. Everyone unanimously chose him to become a Rabbi and a teacher and to fill the vacant position of the great Rabbi Merim, may he rest in peace, who was the head of the Rabbinical court of Kobrin. This position was filled suddenly by Rabbi Elinka, who was on a trip to Brisk in Lithuania for the purpose of selling his book, Elivahu's Eye. Since the position of chief Rabbi of Kobrin was vacant, he agreed to accept the position and became the head of the Rabbinical court of Kobrin. When they heard about it in Zagar, the honorable and rich tried to get him back by sending him a telegram, but he stayed in Kobrin. The reason for his accepting the position was not that Kobrin was a bigger town than Zager but because he found a God-fearing community in Kobrin more than in Zager, which was located near Korlandi. He was in Kobrin for only six months but his presence made a long lasting impression. He preached on Saturdays all the day until summer.
Everyone came to hear him. Rabbi Elinka was known not only for his
righteousness but also for his cleverness and even the non-Jews came to him for
his advice and his litigation. In any kind of litigation he imposed his
firmness on the lowest and most powerful, and they stood humbled in his
presence. The Kobrin community was not fortunate enough to have this
distinguished person stay very long. Approximately six months after his
arrival, while preaching the Hadaran, he suddenly fell and died. His death
caused an uproar among the Jewish communities throughout the world and he was
mourned everywhere. The luminary Rabbi Yehoshua Yehuda Leib Diskin, the head of
the Rabbinical court of Brisk, came to his funeral and suggested that the
Kobrin community hire his son in his place. The Kobrin community agreed that
after the Shiva, the seven days of mourning, the son declined the position.
Instead he agreed to accept the position of a righteous teacher only.
Some people say that during the genius Rabbi Leib's stay in Kobrin the butchers of the city asked him to appeal and endorse the Uma Hasrucha Ledofen, which was approved by the previous Rabbi. His reply was that he will look into it but he never gave them a final reply. Because of that the law remained in its validity. Only when Rabbi Chaim Birlin became the head of the Rabbinical court of Kobrin he ordered to release them from the above-mentioned law, as was customary in Volozin from where he came. In Volozin the law was lifted by the genius and the author of the Lion's Roar while he was the community rabbi. The book, Heavy Mourning, by Rabbi Shmuel from the family of The Rabbi Binyanmin family, the head of the Rabbinical court of Stoifti, contains a eulogy on the genius and famous Rabbi Eliyahu Shmuel Yehuda Ginzburg, the head of the Rabbinical Court of Kobrin for his righteousness. Even the Hebrew papers dedicated the columns to writing about the death of this great man and especially the religous paper, Halevanon, (1874 to 1875). That paper went all out emphasizing the greatness of the man.
In addition, to his book, Eliyahu's Eye, his son Rabbi Pinchas
Shmuel Yehuda Ginsburg published a book called Derech Avot, (Father's
Way), a new interpretation of the book, Avot, printed in Warsaw
in 1884, which, like his previous books, became very famous. It was printed twice more
in the course of the years. The second printing was in Philadelphia in the USA
in 1895. It was published by his grandson, the author and Rabbi Chanoch,
hailing from the family of Shmuel Yehuda Ginsburg and the very famous Rabbis in
America, among them Rabbi Yachov Yosef Charif, the Rabbi of New York, Dov Ariea
Ben Abraham Hacohen Lowental. The Rabbis in Philadelphia all gave their
permission to print the book the second time. All were admirers of his. One has
to emphasize that his custom was to teach the people a few chapters of the
book, Pirkei Avot, every Saturday. Rabbi Eliyahu Shmuel Ginzburg
also wrote an introduction for his father-in-law's (through a second marriage)
book, Ethics and Knowledge. The book includes rules and
explanations of the Book of Rambam. His father-in-law was a publisher in Vilna.
The book was published in 1888. Rabbi Zalman Zeev hailed from the family of
Rabbi Yechezkel Fiben.
About Rabbi Eliyahu Shmuel Ginsburg and his revolt against the kidnappers we find in the book, From Generation to Generation, by M. Lipson, Book 2, from 1937. This story is a saga about Rabbi Eliyahu, who happened to be in Horodna when he heard that the community house was filled with Jewish babies, the ones that were kidnapped to be converted and to be inducted to the army later on. He took an axe and went to the congregation square and started screaming loudly, 'Jews, our Brothers, Jews, our Brothers. Why are you silent? Come and let's save Jewish souls.' When people saw Rabbi Eliyahu with an axe in his hand, they ran immediately taking axes and following him. They gathered around the Jewish community, opened the doors and the bolt, and freed the children. At the same time, Rabbi Eliyahu gathered the community in the congregation and talked to the people and made them promise not to help or collaborate with the kidnappers.
The son of Rabbi Eliyau, Rabbi Pinchas, declined the position his father held to become the head of the Rabbinical court of the community of Kobrin and was appointed as a publisher and a litigator. He remained in this position for the rest of his life, approximately 28 years. Rabbi Pinchas, who was known as Rabbi Pineli, was a righteous man. He was not interested in a Rabbinical career. He used to sit at the Beth Hamidrash Ratner in his steady place where he prayed and taught students and answered questions regarding religion and litigation. Despite his humbleness and refusal to involve himself in public affairs, this famous person was known as the generation's righteous Rabbi, not only in Kobrin, but throughout all the Jewish communities in Lithuania.
The famous author, Shmuel Yakov Yatzkin, published an obituary which honored Rabbi Pineli. He wrote, Rabbi Pineli from Kobrin also passed away. He was a righteous man. The son of Rabbi Eliyahu from Zager who was the author of the Eye of Eliyahu and the Eye of Jacob, he was innocent and learned. He was not world wise or a very learned man, just a righteous one. He did not study the book More Nevuchin, nor was he a scholar. He studied the Torah because of Mitzvah, not for acquiring wisdom. He performed the Mitzvah, as the saying goes, 'And you will study the Torah day and night.' He was not even the head of the Rabbinical court in Kobrin but he was loved by everyone. He was not greedy. He lived humbly. The Rabbis that came after him were not as pure as he was. The quality of the Rabbis declined in our generation and in many instances ones who should have been at the top were at the bottom. Rabbi Pineli is one of a kind in his generation with his kindness, sacredness and purity.
Rabbi Yomtov Lipman who was a Rabbi in Kovel was the son of the righteous Rabbi
Pineli from Kobrin. Rabbi Yomtov Lipman studied in the Vilna Yeshiva and
accepted the rabbinical graduation to become a rabbi from Rabbi Yacov Yazaf, a
publisher in Vilna, and from Rabbi Hillel Livshitz, the head of the Rabbinical
court of Sovlak and Lublin. He married the daughter of Rabbi Moshe Zakim, the
head of the Rabbinical court of Kavel and took the place of his father-in-law
in 1873 in that town.
The son-in-law of Rabbi Pinchas from Kobrin was Rabbi Moshe Goldshmidt, the head of the Rabbinical courts of Kobrin, Kshirsek and later the head of the Rabbinical court of Kovel in Vollin. When he first resided in Kobrin he helped his father-in-law, Rabbi Pinchas Shmuel Yehuda Ginzberg regarding teaching and litigation in the city.
Rabbi Noach Chaim, who hailed from the family of Moshe Halevi Levin, was born in Kobrin in 1838. He was a diligent student and did well in his studies when he was young. He was a devoted reader. His father arranged his marriage to the daughter of Rabbi Moshe, the great teacher, a Rabbi from Kobrin. When Rabbi Meir Merim arrived to Kobrin in the year 1857 to become the head of the Rabbinical court he met Rabbi Noach Chaim and he made him his confidant and in the year 1870 he added him to the Rabbinical court as a publisher in a permanent position. Rabbi Noach Chaim authored a number of theological books. These books became famous and helpful in understanding the Torah throughout all of the Jewish communities.
His theological book was Biniyan Yerushalaim, The Building of Jerusalem, printed in 1874, which includes all the Hagadot, the legends of the Yerushalmi Talmud, which were not written in the book, The Eye of Jacob. The second book is called The Scroll of Esther, which includes an interpretation of Yeshua Gadola,(A Great Salvation). It includes a chapter of a very famous book, The Forests of Honey, by the genius Rabbi Yehonatan Ivshitz from the year 1864. The third book, Megilat Yechusim, is a geneology scroll which incudes the story of the great Rabbi and teacher from Prague (The Maharal). It details all the wonderful stories about this wonderful Rabbi. The fourth book was Asara Maamarot, Ten Articles. It tells of the book, Maase Torah, by the author and genius from Vilna. The fifth book, Masechet Avot, the Book of Fathers, which has a collection of the writing of the Bavli and Yerushalmi by the learned authors who passed away (Vilna, 1866, Warsaw, 1868).
This book was endorsed by the greatest rabbis of that generation, for instance,
Rabbi Yosef Shaul Natanzon, the head of the Rabbinical court of L'vov, Rabbi
Hirsh Orenshtein, the head of the Rabbinical court of Brisk of Lithuania, Rabbi
Betzalel Hacohen from Vilna, Rabbi Elizer Moshe, the head of the Rabbinical
court of Pinsk, Rabbi David Mekutzek, Rabbi Yakov Ariea from Radzimin, Rabbi
Yitzchak from Nashciz, Rabbi Gershon Hanich from Izbitzia, Rabbi Yacov David
from Mashimov, Menachem Mendel from Varki, Rabbi Leib Ager from Lublin, Rabbi
Asher from Stolin, and Rabbi Abraham from Slonim. One has to add that there is
also the endorsement of the head of the Rabbinical court of the lower house
from Kobrin, Rabbi Merim, from the year 1866. The author reminded us favorably
of his good friend, the Rabbi, and Master Meir Merim, the head of the
Rabbinical court of the sacred town of Kobrin, commented and lamented on the
late learned rabbis, may they rest in peace.
The Brita Kinyan Torah - The External Mishha
The Teachings of the Tanaim
Outside of the Mishna book there is a chapter which is a guide and a study
section to the learned ones. It explains the quality of the Torah through
collections of the Shas, the Talmud, and the Midrash, the legends (Warsaw
1872). Brita, the external books outside of the Mishna, Maase
Torah, which pertains to our sacred Rabbi Yehuda Hanasi, with
commentaries by Rabbi Eliyahu from Vilna who collected thousands of legends
from all writers, including from the ones in the the written law (the Bible),
and from the oral law (the Talmud), from the book, the Zohar, and
from numerous other sources. He edited and rearranged it alphabetically. His
son Rabbi Abraham edits more of that type of material to the book, Kneset
Israel, (the Assembly of Israel) (Warsaw, 1884-1888), which contains the
story of King David according to the Talmud, the legends, the book of psalms,
and various commentaries. Derech Tzadikim (The Righteous Way) is a
book which deals with the well being of the kingdom, (Warsaw, 1888). Oneg
Shabbat (The Enjoyment of Shabbat) is a collection of commentaries and legends
concerning the Sabbath (Warsaw, 1895). Hoveret Hashabbat Hashniya (The Booklet
of the Second Sabbath) (Warsaw, 1900) concerns itself with the quality of the
Sabbath, written by the learned Abraham Eban Ezra. It includes an edict to the
Warsaw community with reference to the observance of the Sabbath. In addition
he wrote the book, Lehavot Ash (Towns of Fire), which contains the
dimensions of the Torah and the different commentaries within the Bible's
verses. Or Yeraukot (Green Light) deals with the story of the
teacher Rabbi Akivah (who wrote it in the end of his days). In addition there
is the book, Refu'at Nefesh (Mental Cure). One has to note that
this Kobrin author and publisher published the book, Yam Shel
Shlomo(The Sea of Shlomo), which contains the first four chapters of the
Ketubot Tractate which till then were in an off hand written state.
Head of the Rabbinical Court in Kobrin
Rabbi Shaul was born in Vilna in the year 1828. His father was the famous Rabbi
Meir Halevi from the family of Epshtein. He was raised in the town of Kopishak
(a region of Kovna), the place where his father served as a Rabbi between the
Later his father returned to Vilna, he was appointed as a rabbinical judge, a litigator and a publisher in the suburb by the name of Shnipishok and he was known till the end of his life as a Rabbi Meir Shnipishker. About the greatness in the Talmudic studies of this Rabbi Shnipishker we read in the book, Ear Vilna (The Town of Vilna), by the author, Noach Magid Shtinshnider. It is worth mentioning that the Epshtein-Halevi family is very noble. A number of famous geniuses are among them. Rabbi Shnipishker belonged to the Grodna town branch since he was the son of the grandson of the famous Rabbi Arie Leib Epshtein from Grodna, the author of the book, Sefer Hapardes (The Book of the Grove).
In Vilna the young Rabbi Shaul Katzenellenbogen mingled with the famous learned Rabbis. He was a diligent student and already then he was recognized as a young student with an incredible future. In the year 1845 he married the daughter of a noble man in Grodna. When the young Rabbi Shaul was preaching his first Talmudic preaching in front of great learned men, everyone was amazed by his knowledge of the Torah. Especially impressed was Rabbi Eliezer Landau. He kissed him on his head and told him before all those assembled there, Blessed be the person who brought you up.
In the year 1858 he was a grown-up and an excellent rabbi, also a righteous one. Rabbi Shaul was accepted as the head of the Rabbinical court in Kosoba (region of Slonim). When he left Grodna, those who studied Torah there said that the walls of the house of learning literally shed tears about his leaving them since he was a real Torah person. In addition to his learned ways, he was also loved by everyone since he was a very righteous man. He was 24 years old when he became the head of the Rabbinical court in Kosoba and led his community with talent, patience, kindness, and firmness. He accepted and befriended everyone. He was compassionate and helpful. Also he turned everyone to the Torah and the love of God. He became famous all over his community, including far away places, and not only because of his wisdom, but also because of his special personality. He had a special talent to impact people with his goodness. He was also aware of the world's affairs. It was no wonder that many communities wanted him to be the Rabbi. Among them Lochavitch, Krinak, and even the New Zager community (when Rabbi Elinka Shik left there to become the head of the Rabbinical court in Kobrin.)
Rabbi Shaul did not want to leave his post in Kosoba. He was very happy there.
In 1882 Rabbi Shaul was honored with his post as the head Rabbi of Kobrin. He
was chosen by both the Chassidim and by the Opponents as well. When the Kosoba
community found out that their Rabbi has a great opportunity to become the head
Rabbi of Kobrin, they begged him not to leave them.
In the meantime, he stayed in Brisk, in Lithuania, for some business mediation matters between the local rich men and the Rabbi Zvi Horkov and his partners. When the Kobrin folks learned that he was in Brisk they went there to ask him to accept the appointment as the head Rabbi in Kobrin. So he did not return to Kosoba from Brisk but went directly to Kobrin.
In Kobrin, as well, he became a very popular Rabbi and they loved him and listened to him. They treated him with respect during all the ten years he served in Kobrin as the head of the Rabbinical court. His task was not an easy one since the Kobrin community was quite divided. He saw to it that nobody was alienated. He was a real leader with the knowledge of all that was happening in Kobrin. He lifted the spirit of the poor and miserable. He not only made them trust in God for help but actually helped them in their sorrow. He worked especially hard in the Cheroke area in Kobrin so that the poor could borrow money without interest. He was a righteous man. He helped the widows and the orphans during his term in Kobrin. He was asked to become the head Rabbi in other communities, among them the very important Mishbiz community. But the Kobrin community never let him go. They realized they would not be able to find another able Rabbi like him and he was also happy in Kobrin and would not leave to begin all over somewhere else.
When he became old he was quite sick but he never neglected his job. People used to come to his home every Shabbat for services whenever he could not leave his home on Ratner Street. Some of the Hassidim used to also come to him on Saturdays. His preaching satisfied everyone, opponents and supporters. Only during the Yomim Hanoraim (the days of awe) would he go to the big Yeshiva and there he prayed the traditional prayers. He was removed from everyday matters. He truly believed that by suffering pain and living in poverty he helped the world and himself. When he was very sick and about to die, he traveled to Warsaw to be operated on and treated by special doctors. Although he was critically ill he went to the congregation on Yom Kippur and he even fasted.
Rabbi Shaul died in Warsaw in 1891. He was only 64 years old. The Jews in
Warsaw paid him their last respects. Thousands went to his funeral. All the
members of the Lithuanian (Shois) organization from Nalbeki Street were there.
They carried him on their shoulders up to the cemetery. When it was learned
that the head of the Rabbinical court of Kobrin, Rabbi Shaul Katzenellenlbogen
(he changed his name from Epshtein to Katzenellenbogen for personal reasons),
had passed away, he was mourned by many major cities like Kovna, Brisk, Minsk,
Mir, Mazritch, Rasyani, and others. They sent their condolences to the Kobrin
A very interesting letter was sent by the great Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spector. He wrote, "How sad and terrible for our people that this great Rabbi has died. We cry and mourn him deeply. Israel should mourn this loss." Rabbi Shaul did not leave any books. His papers were lost during the big fire in Kosoba in 1870 and late in his life, being very busy, he neglected to take care of his writings. Only a few of his sermons and some of his talks were printed in a book titled, Eamrei Noam (Word of Graciousness), by Rabbi Abraham Meir Halevi, who was his son (his family name was Ashkenazi) and who was the father-in-law of the luminary Rabbi Gershon Tanchum Poznika, a publisher and a Torah great in the city of Minsk.
Rabbi Gershon Tanchum Poznika was the author of the book Ealana Dechavai (The Tree of My Life). He was also known as a very knowledgeable rabbi of the Torah and as a great educator. He was known previously as the author of the paper, Mincha Belula (Mixed Tribute) (Vilna, 1888), which contains deep philosophical words in reference to the Shas (the books of the Mishna and the Talmud). He wrote that paper when he was a young lad. That paper was published with the blessings of his father, his father-in-law, and with the blessings of many known Rabbis such as Rabbi Shlomo Hacohen, a publisher in Vilna, and Rabbi Yosef Roizin, the head of the Rabbinical court of Slonim, who praised him and declared him as a luminary of the Torah. All this attracted the attention of rabbis and students and it gave him the inspiration to write and publish his second paper, titled, Eamrei Noam (Word of Graciousness) (Vilna, 1888), dealing with Drasha and Halacha. By then he had already been a Rabbi for five years in the town of Snov, which is close by to the town of Nishviz. Later on he became the head of the Rabbinical court of Leavisk.
One has to note two of his sons, Rabbi Mordochai Leib Ashkenazi from Minsk and Binyamin, who was the director of the Yeshiva students in Ponibazesh, named for the kind hearted Gutz from Moscow. Like their father, his sons were also handsome, noble, and possessed extraordinary good manners. The eldest son of Rabbi Shaul, the head of the Rabbinical court of Kobrin was Binyamin Easer Halevi Katzenellenbogen, the head of the Rabbinical court of Virzena, which was close by'to Stoiftzi. He was born in 1845 in Horodna. When he was only 13 years of age he renewed some thoughts about the Torah and he corresponded about Torah matters with the Rabbi of Soltz, who was, in those days, Rabbi Yerucham Yudah Leib Perelman, later the head of the Rabbinical court of Prozina and Mara of Atra in Minsk.
One has to mention Rabbi Binyimin's two sons, Rabbi Abraham Chaim and Rabbi
Sholom Yaacov. Rabbi Abraham Chaim continued the tradition of his ancestors and
he became a Rabbi. He excelled in knowledge of the Torah and as a preacher and
possessed excellent manners.
After the death of his father in 1897 he took his place in the community of Savirzena. Later he became a Rabbi in Talatshih (the Mohilov region). From there he moved to Smolbetesh (after which the Rabbi Abranski, the rabbi of that community, became the head of the Rabbinical court of Slotzek and later the head of the Rabbinical court of London). After Smolbetesh, Rabbi Abraham Chaim Katzenellenbogen was a Rabbi in Niazin and Certiv. He was one of the few famous Rabbis who held a post under the Soviet authorities. Rabbi Abraham Chaim Katz was the father-in-law of the luminary Rabbi Eliyahu Baruch Kamei, the head of the Rabbinical court of Tivta in the old and the famous yeshiva called Mir.
In the autobiography titled, Kochvei Boker (Morning Stars), (published by Hotzat Am Oved in 1950), the first minister of culture and education in Israel, Zalman Shazar, wrote about the young son of Rabbi Shaul. Shazar tells us about Yaacov Shalom Katzenellenbogen, what a great impact had that Rabbi from the town of Sivirizna on him. Rabbi Yaacov also published his poems in the paper, Hador (The Generation). In his book, Shazar told us how influential Katzenellenbogen was on him while he was in the town of Sivirizna. Yaacov Shalom, who used to be a Yeshiva Bocher, a Yeshiva man, belonged to the group of the Musarnikim, the moral people of Rabbi Yozel in Novhardok. Yaacov Shalom published his poems in Hador, by David Frishman. He was also known by the name of Yishak. Later he published his books and articles in the The Flag, the London publication by Yitzchak Sovalki. He later drowned in a lake in Switzerland while he was still a young man. He was eulogized by Frishman himself. His story, A Winter Night, was reprinted in a new edition after his death, edited by Y. Ch. Brenner, printed and published by the association of Hebrew Speakers in London.
Mr. Shazar describes the story of Yishak, the grandson of Rabbi Shaul from Kobrin, as the first swallow of the first novel in the modern Hebrew world.
Rabbi Shaul's son-in-law, Rabbi Shmaryahu Yosef, hailing from the family of Rabbi Shimshon Karlitz, continued the Rabbinical tradition of his father-in-law. He was born in 1852 a great grandson of Rabbi Shimson, the head of the Rabbinical court of Slonim, and later he also was the head of the Rabbinical court of Slonim Kingsberg, substituting for his uncle, the author of the Pardes (The Grove), who was his brother-in-law. In 1883 Rabbi Yosef took the place of his father-in-law, who left for Kobrin. In that town he was a head Rabbi until his death in 1922.
After the death of Rabbi Shaul, his son-in-law published a pamphlet by the name
of Givat Shaul (Shaul's Hill) (Warsaw, 1892), with the help of his
third son, Rabbi Mordechai Yonathan, which contains The Story of
It also contains a eulogy about the great Rabbi Shaul hailing form the family of Epshtein, the head of the Rabbinical court of Kobrin. His fourth son, the Rabbi Chaim Leib, like his brother Mordechai Yonathan lived in Rovna.
In this pamphlet (which I have used as a source for writing about Rabbi Shaul, the head of the Rabbinical court of Kobrin) the Rabbi from Kosova recommends that the Kobrin community accept his brother-in-law, the Rabbi Binyiam Easer Halevi, the son of the writer, as the head of the Rabbinical court. He also quotes the eulogy letter of Rabbi Yitzach Elchannan which is sent to the Kobrin community. The luminary from Kovna writes at the end, And our sorrow is great but our consolation is that he left his son, the great Rabbi of the sacred city of Shvarzana, since he is famous and capable of being the head of your community, since I know his son and of his talents and qualificatins to become your leader. Also many other Rabbis recommended him to become the head of the Rabbinical court of Kobrin.
The Rabbi Shmarayahu Yosef was blessed with famous sons in the rabbinate and in the Torah world. First one has to note the greatest of them, the famous luminary Rabbi Aharon Yishaya Karlitz from Vilna, who resides now in Bnei Brak, in Israel, who is famous for his valuable prayer booklet by the name of Chazon Eash (The Men's Prophecy).
The second son of Rabbi Shmarayahu Yosef was the Rabbi Meir Karlitz (the son-in-law of the luminary Rabbi Shlomo Hacohen, the publisher from Vilna) the head of the Rabbinical court of Lachvich, who resides in Israel. He belonged for many years previously to the Mizrahi in Vilna. He moved to the Agudat Israel group and now is serving as the Rabbi and the director of Poalei Agudat Israel in Israel. The third son was a Talmudic scholar by the name of Rabbi Moshe who was a publisher in Vilna and an editor of Kneset Israel (The Assembly of Israel), a monthly Talmudic magazine of the association of the Rabbis in Pbland and Lithuania and its yeshivas. He was murdered by the Nazis in the Vilna ghetto in 1941. The fourth son, Rabbi Zundel, was a Rabbi in Karlitz Korsova and the head of the Rabbinical court in Tiktin. He was also murderd in his hometown by the Nazis, may they be cursed forever.
The second son-in-law of Rabbi Shaul was Rabbi Moshe Lieberman, a resident of
the town Motila, the son of Rabbi Barock Lieberman, a resident of Pinsk
(son-in-law of Rabbi Yonna Tennenbaum, the father of the genius Rabbi Malchiel
Tzvi Halevi Tennenbaum, the head of the Rabbinical town of Lunza, the author of
Rabbinical Responsa, divided into five chapters and named
Divrei Malchiel, (The Words of Malchiel). In 1898 he had a son by
the name of Shaul.
The grandson was a researcher in Jewish studies who was also a Rabbi and a professor by the name of Professor Shaul Lieberman. From the first marriage of his son-in-law, the genius Rabbi Eliezer Rabinovitch from Minsk, and from a second marriage the son-in-law of the Rabbi Shaul Lieberman, who had previously been the president of the Talmudic institute named Harry Fishel in Jerusalem and now a teacher of Talmud and Midrash literature in the Solomon Schechter seminary of Rabbis in New York. In his well-known book, The Simple Jerusalemite, he notes two Kobrin personalities, Rabbi Meir Merim, the head of the Rabbinical court in Kobrin, who contributed a lot with their papers about the book, The Jerusalemite. The third son-in-law of Rabbi Shaul, Rabbi Chaim, hailed from the family of Shor, the great grandfather of the Rabbi Eliyahu Yakov Dov, the head of the Rabbinical court of Zofran, the author of the book, Metiyot Chaim (The Plantings of Life), which deals with the four parts of the Shulchan Aruch and contains questions and answers through debates about the Torah laws. The book culminates with a long chapter by the name of Nefesh Chaya (A Living Soul) dedicated to and about his mother, Chaya, the daughter of Rabbi Shaul, the head of the Rabbinical court of Kobrin.
Rabbi Shaul founded a charitable society in Kobrin. After his death the leaders
and the charitable people of the town of Kobrin, Shmuel Solovietzik, Aharon
Leib Vladavski, Leib Zaliaznik took over the society. They gave it a new name
and called it Shaul's Deed for the founder, Rabbi Shaul, the head
of the Rabbinical court. With reference to the death of Aharon Leib Vladavski
in 1866 we found an interesting column in the Hamelitz from 1903
(42) . The person that signed that column, by the name of A Good
Person, says there: One of the pillars of Kobrin has died. His name
was Rabbi A. L. Vladavski. He founded an old people's home and built a new
hospital. He was a religious person, a learned one, and an all around fine man.
Every writer that came to our home town was invited to his home. Every person
in need was welcomed to his home. Also he had answers to difficult questions
Although Rabbi Elchana recommended that Kobrin should hire Rabbi Shaul's son as
a replacement for his father, the recommendation did not materialize. In the
paper, Hamelitz, from 1892 (154), a reader writes about his
feelings concerning this matter with these words: In the town of Brisk,
where its chief Rabbi Yosef Bar, may he rest in peace, passed away, the town's
people selected his learned son, Rabbi Chaim, to be the chief Rabbi there.
However, the Kobrin people did not do the same thing.
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by Mary Waddell
ONE day Nina ran across the field, crawled through -an' old rail fence, andhad a great time playing in the border of the forest. After a while shefelt tired and sat down by a little tree near the fence.Just then a,rabbit hopped by and disappeared through the underbrush. Resting herhead on her knees, -Nina sang- softly to herself:
'The raccoon had a busy tail,
The possum's tall was bare,
The rabbit didn't have any tail at all
Just a little bunch of hair,
Just a little-bunch-of-'
SuddenlyMr. and Mrs. Rabbit, and Jack and Bunny Rabbit and several of theirfriends appeared before her.-Mr. Rabbit too ok off his hat and bowed,and Mrs. Rabbit bowed also. Bunny's's curiosity-led him nearer: thanthe others, but be was ready for flight at any moment. They all lookedso funny that Nina laughed.
"Why how do you do, Mr. Rabbit, and Mrs. Rabbit, and Jack andBunny all the rest," she said. "I am very glad to see you I am sure;but pray tell me why I am ho honored by this visit?"
Mr. Rabbit bowed again and said: "We chanced to be passingby on the other side of the fence when we heard you singing about ourtails. Jack and Bunny urged us to stop and explain to you how we happento have 'just a little bunch of hair' instead of a bushy tail like theracoon, or a long slick cl-one like the 'possum."
"Indeed, I shall be very glad to know. I have often wonder about it-but won't you all sit down while you talk?
"Oh,-no, thank you," replied Mrs. Rabbit. "I'm afraid we'd muss ourclothes. The grass is getting damp and-Jack! Ho many times must I tellyou to stop that sniffing! You should break yourself of such a badhabit."
"Well," said Mr. Rabbit, as he took a bite from acabbage leaf he carried in his pocket, "it was many, many years agothat all rabbits had longer tails than the 'possum, and a mor bushy onethan the racoon. One of my ancestors met with very serious and painfulaccident one day. He- was hopping along through the fields when hislong bushy tail collected s many burs from the plants growing there,that it became ver heavy and cumbersome, indeed. He was just trying tothin of some plan to get rid of the burs when all at once a fierce docame bouncing toward him. My noble ancestor ran as fast he could; butwhat chance for escape had he with that heavy tail dragging alongbehind him? the dog kept getting closer and closer till at last itgrabbed the tail at no great distance from the body. The rabbit,however, did not wait. It was ver painful of course; but when he lookedback and saw the do with a part of the tail in his mouth and the reststuck tight t the fur on his face, he just hopped for joy. The weightbeing gone he was able to escape with ease.
"When all the other rabbits found how fast myancestors could travel, they were filled with envy. They began at on tohold conventions to discuss ways by which they might r move theirtails."
"Why couldn't they get the dog to bite theirs off, too asked Nina.
"Mydear girl," said Mrs. Rabbit, while Jack and Bunny snickered, "such athing- was impossible. That dog choked t death on the burs, and allother dogs refused to attempt it. they could not get beyond the tail,they gave up the chase."
"Go on," urged Bunny. "Tell her what they didnext." "Well," continued Mr. Rabbit, "they tried all kinds of thing Onefellow left his tail sticking out in the cold at night, hoping it wouldfreeze off; but it only fluffed the more when war weather came. I cannot tell you all the things they did, b some got all the hair off, andothers made theirs sore. At last however, one wise rabbit thought ofsoaking his in a jar of whisky."
"What did that do?" asked Nina.
"Why,the whisky burnt up all that could be kept in the vessel. just a littlenext to the body was left. That is why the little bunch of hair isstill there!"
"Did you all fix your tails that way?"
"O,no indeed! That was a long, long time ago; but it became the style andwas done so much that after a while all rabbits ceased to have tails.It was a good thing any way for-"
"O my! Where am I? Oh! My neck hurts. I thinkI've been asleep." jumping up, Nina ran home as fast as she could totell her mother about her strange dream. "Why do you suppose I dreamedabout burning tails off with whisky, Mother?" she asked.
"Perhaps it was because I had been reading to you about the effects of alcohol on the body."
"O,I remember now. Our bodies are made of little bits of things calledcells. Every time any one drinks whisky, the alcohol in it burns someof them up and they stay burned always."
"Yes; and the more cells there are destroyed,the weaker the body becomes. It is very easy then to take some disease.In your dream, only that part of the rabbit's tail that was coveredwith whisky was burned; but alcohol on the inside goes through allparts of the body."
"Mother, why don't our country make people quit drinking?"
"There is a law against it, Nina; but the law will do no good unless people are compelled to obey it."
"If I learn to respect and obey you, it will be easier to obey the laws of the country, won't it, Mother?
"Yes, dear. To be a good child or citizen is a great thing. I hope-Nina, what are you laughing at?"
"I beg your pardon, Mother, I was listening to you, but Ijust happened to think about how funny the rabbits looked.
Published by the Licoln-Lee Legion, Westerville Ohio
Copyright, 1922. The American Issue Publishing Co.
A hard copy of this story can be found at the Anti-Saloon League Museum: ID Number: Story.
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1. Let me pass over the river and rest under the shade of the trees.General T.J. "Stonewall" Jackson&md;wounded by his own men, he died shortly after.
2. I am not come hither to deny my Lord and Master. Anne Askew&md;July 16, 1545&md;burned at the stake after torture on the rack, at the age of 25
3. "Our God is the God from whom cometh salvation: God is the Lord by whom we escape death." - Martin Luther
4. "Live in Christ, live in Christ, and the flesh need not fear death." - John Knox
5. "Thou, Lord, bruisest me; but I am abundantly satisfied, since it is from Thy hand." - John Calvin
6. John Wesley, just before he died in his 88th year, sat up, looked at his loved ones weeping at his bedside, and said, "Best of all, God is with us. Farewell, Farewell!"
7. "I shall be satisfied with Thy likeness&md;satisfied, satisfied!" - Charles Wesley
8. I have only a little longer of earthly darkness, and then the sunshine of the Father's throne. God is love. Good night, good night. - Ira Sankey (who lived in Brooklyn the last years of his life and after years of blindness died in 1908).
9. Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man; we shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out ... Father of heaven, receive my soul! - Hugh Latimer&md;October 16, 1555&md;burned at the stake for the gospel.
10. Lord, however Thou dispose of me, continue and go on to do good for them. Pardon Thy foolish people! Forgive their sins and do not forsake them, but love and bless them. Give them consistency of judgment, one heart, and mutual love; and go on to deliver them, and with the work of reformation; and make the name of Christ glorious in the world. Teach those who look too much on Thy instruments, to depend more upon Thyself...And pardon the folly of this short prayer. And give me rest for Jesus Christ's sake, to whom, with Thee and Thy Holy Spirit, be all honor and glory, now and forever! Amen. - Oliver Cromwell&md;September 3, 1658&md;before died as a result of a fever
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Gregory Corso and Allen Ginsberg in conversation continuing from here
GC: We’re taking the whole world thing, right? Look, the French didn’t do shit, did they? – maybe in a way they did..
AG Alright, go ahead.
GC: Yves Bonnefoy.
AG: Bonnefoy. And who’s the lady we read with that died recently? that (Henri) Michaux liked, the North African, North African..
GC: I don’t know.
AG: …rich girl..
GC: Poet? I would know a rich North African girl..
AG: …rich, rich lady from North Africa
GC: Did I meet her? Did I know her?
AG: You may have. We read with her at the American Center once
GC: That’s right, that’s right..
AG: …with jazz, what’s her name..?
GC: I don’t know.
AG: Joyce Mansour
GC: Ok – But, ok so, (the world..)
AG: And (Jean Jacques) Lebel is an activist.
GC Ay, with that guy, man! He was once with the Happenings.
AG: I hear he’s real rich now.
GC: Yeah he’s..well, his family..his family owned (and) made.. his family made armaments, remember?
AG: Was that was it was?
GC: Yes, how do you think they knew DuChamp and all that? and (got) invited to those parties? They made all their money buying their paintings. They made armaments. They were the ones who made..
AG: I thought he was an art dealer – Robert Lebel
GC: He could have been that too, but the family’s armaments. So he’s rich, what? by his family’s money? or by his own?
AG: Well, his father, I think.
GC: Yeah by his family, not on his own. I’ll tell you why I didn’t like that guy, I’ll tell you why I didn’t like Lebel.. He had this Happening once right?…
GC: …with Ferlinghetti of all people! (and he fell right for it – Ferlinghetti with Happenings, he was so great). They let out little live turtles and little chicks on an audience and everybody said, “Hey, look at that!” – “Well, what happened afterwards when it was over, what happened to the turtles and the chickens ?” – “Oh, they were stepped on then” – I said, “great! beautiful, you asshole!” (He liked to tease with all that, please!, creepy…)
A: Well, he translated our poetry.
GC: I should love him because he translated our poetry?
AG: He works hard.
GC: He worked hard!
AG: And he also gave me a copy of Artaud’s “To Be Done With The Judgement of God” from Radiodiffusion Française
GC: That’s good.
AG: …which we gave to the Living Theater back in the early ‘Sixties…
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why a second identification exactly the same as the existing identification was added two hours later.
Please use the "I agree" button, and Comments for any additional notes.
The photographed cowslip, incidentally, is probably of sown origin. The local council has seen fit to supplement the native populations along roadsides with plants that are genetically not the same.
....I thought it might be helpful to others to confirm that I think that the flower is a Cowslip.
I also thought it might be helpful to others if I supply information such as when it flowers, its habitat, and similar species.
From the wise old owl!
Which is what the "I agree" symbol is for.
Again I point out http://www.ispot.org.uk/help-etiquette
"Don't use "Add a revision" to repeat an identification that has already been made (if you want to expand on an existing identification that is best done in the comments for the observation)."
Not one of the greatest annoyances in life, but redundant repeats of identifications do get people's backs up and there has been much debate in the forums.
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The people of Morococha situated on a Peruvian hill called Toromocho aren't much to speak of. Morococha is a shanty town for its 5,000 inhabitants or at least it was until Chinalco, the Aluminum Corporation of China, got a 35-year deal to mine the hell out of their mountain.
Chinalco, a "SOE" or state owned enterprise of the Communist Chinese government, figures it can get $50-billion worth of copper, silver and molybdenum out of Toromocho but the people of Morococha have to scram.
Despite a huge effort by the Chinese to build a new town six miles
down the road, locals are sceptical. Last month, police ejected dozens
of residents from a roadblock on Peru's central highway, which passes the town.
this move has created is fights and divisions," said Aina Calderón, a
67-year-old lifelong Morococha resident. "The company doesn't respect
that some of us don't want to leave."
Razing a 4,000-metre
mountain or building a town from scratch: it's hard to say which is the
more remarkable feat about this endeavour, which better epitomises the
good and bad aspects of the booming world. The Chinese mining giant Chinalco
will start scraping the landscape next year, having bought the land for
$860m and invested $2.2bn in the mine. The old town will be swallowed
up by the opencast mine's crater, from which will be extracted 1m tonnes
of copper, 10,000 tonnes of molybdenum and 4m ounces of silver every
year for 35 years.
To its credit, Chinalco has built what sounds like a well thought out town for the people of Morococha.
Company officials say it is the most planned town in Peru. Carhuacoto
has street lighting, green areas, a modern sewage system and a
state-of-the-art waste-water treatment plant. It has a canal built to
prevent the town being flooded if a nearby dyke collapses in an
earthquake. It also has a police station, a health clinic, spacious,
well-equipped primary and secondary schools and, rather amazingly, seven
churches, to cater for faiths ranging from Roman Catholicism to
Jehovah's Witnesses. The only thing it lacks, so far, is people.
Still, an $860-million return on $50-billion in mineral resources does sound pretty cheap. Yet for the villagers their opposition seems based more on their demand for jobs than on relocation.
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Report delivered on Kashmir trip
Andrew Thagard | Wednesday, March 24, 2004
A trip to Kashmir by two Notre Dame professors and members of the Kroc Institute to study and promote the peacemaking process was a positive experience, said Dan Philpott, director of undergraduate studies at the Kroc and assistant professor of political science.Philpott traveled to Kashmir on behalf of the International Center for Religion and Diplomacy, a Washington, D.C.-based non-governmental organization. His colleague, Cynthia Mahmood, director of graduate studies at the Kroc and an associate professor of anthropology, visited the region as an observer to further her research on peace and conflict resolution.”It exceeded our expectations,” Philpott said. “It was very positive.”The trip included a three-day seminar led by senior ICRD vice president Brian Cox in Islamabad on the Pakistani side of Kashmir, along with meetings with politicians, militants and religious leaders in Delhi.Seventy-two people attended the seminar, which included a series of 10 lectures and culminated in a reconciliation service, Philpott said.”We had about 12 or 13 people come forward to speak words of healing,” he said. “One man was a descendent of the Hindus who are seen by the Muslims as having conquered Kashmir. He expressed … repentance and forgiveness for the wounds inflicted by that community.”Philpott said that he was surprised by the participants who attended the seminar, including a signifi-cant number of young people.”It was interesting who the participants were,” he said. “We had many young people who were student leaders and connected to politicians of Azad [the Pakistani side of] Kashmir.”The seminar ended with a discussion circle in which members could voice their opinions regarding the days’ events.”We had people expressing an [appreciation] of the message of reconciliation. Some [said] … that this is what we need in Kashmir,” Philpott said. Philpott and members of ICRD also met with some of their key contacts in Delhi, including Firduf Syed, a former militant leader turned peace activist, and Kemal Chenoy, a human rights activist and supporter of the organization’s work.Both affirmed the positive effects that ICRD’s efforts are having in promoting peace in the volatile region.”[Chenoy] said that over the [past] three and a half years we’ve really built a lot of respect in the Kashmir community as people who are committed to the long term,” Philpott said. “That was very encouraging.”In the future, Philpott said that ICRD would like to hold a bridge building meeting involving members of the four Kashmiri provinces’ civil sectors to discuss reconciliation. At some point, ICRD plans to turn their work over completely to the Kashmiri people and the core and cell groups they have set up to further the peace making process.”Eventually we hope to make ourselves obsolete as the work is carried on at the indigenous level,” Philpott said.Philpott said that neither he nor Mahmood experienced any problems with safety.”We never felt in immediate danger of any kind,” he said.
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Description: Antique print titled ‘Stats Meesters en Konstenars Woningen’. This print depicts houses of government officials and artists in Batavia, Indonesia.
Originates from ‘Gedenkweerdige Brasiliaense Zee en Lantreize …’ by Johan Nieuhof, published by Jacob van Meurs, Amsterdam, 1682. First and only Dutch edition. Later amended English edition published by Churchill in 1744.
Artists and Engravers: Johan / Jan / Johannes Nieuhof / Nieuhoff / Neuhof (1618-1672) was a Dutch traveler who wrote about his journeys to Brazil, China and India.
- Date: 1682
- Overall size: 20 x 14 cm.
- Image size: 16 x 13 cm.
- Condition: Very good, please study image carefully. Dutch text on verso.
- Purchase code: BG-04255
- Price: 126,5 Euro / 148 USD / 2.160.000 IDR
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AUSTRALIA - Australian cattle carcase weights rose by two per cent year-on-year for a February average of averaged 282kg, but still well below the monthly peaks of 290kg in the very wet years of 2011 and 2012, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Meat and Livestock Australia said that every drought over the past 40 years has seen a subsequent decline in average adult carcase weights, as producers are forced to turnoff greater numbers of unfinished cattle.
However, it said that considering a 12-month rolling average, carcase weights are currently four per cent below the peak in 2012.
However, even though much of western Queensland and New South Wales is still widely drought affected, carcase weights began to rise at the beginning of 2015.
Most likely, this can be attributed to the high numbers of cattle going through the feedlot system. In the December quarter ALFA/MLA feedlot survey, cattle on feed were estimated to be the highest on record, at almost 965,000 head – three per cent above the mid-2006 peak of 940,000 head.
These high numbers of grain finished cattle came through to slaughter throughout the beginning of 2015 and are likely to continue supporting carcase weights over the coming months.
MLA added that while the changes in carcase weights are small, between two and four per cent, when considered across a whole industry they have a significant impact on output.
The high cattle slaughter over the past 18 months has offset the lower carcase weights, but there is incentive to produce heavier cattle.
The eastern states trade cattle indicator consistently trades at a premium to heavies, however in 2013 and 2014 it only traded 6¢/kg and 2¢/kg, respectively, over the heavy steer indicator, down from the 22¢/kg premium in 2011 and 16¢/kg lwt premium in 2012.
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Dind, Alice (2005) Frederick H. Varley's self-portraits unmasked by his autobiographical writings : a reflection of the effects of war, religious/spiritual influences and communion with nature. Masters thesis, Concordia University.
MR10309.pdf - Accepted Version
The objective of this thesis is to support Frederick H. Varley's self-portraits with his autobiographical writings thereby creating a dialogue which closely reflects his feelings and intentions at the time he painted these portraits. In Chapter I, Varley's Self-Portrait (1919) and Self-Portrait, Days of 1943 (1945) will be discussed within the context of his experience as a war artist in the First World War and his pre-occupation with the Second World War. In Chapter II, I will address the spiritual in Varley's art and specifically how the influence of Albrecht Durer contributed to its expression in his self-representation of Liberation (1936/1937). In Chapter III, Varley's attachment to nature and the landscape of Lynn Valley, British Columbia will be the focus of my discussion of Mirror of Thought (1943). The criteria developed by Philippe Lejeune for his autobiographical pact, Richard Brilliant's study on portraiture, and Ernst Van Alphen's examination of portraiture within new conceptions of subjectivity will be important sources in this effort.
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|Thesis Supervisor(s):||Lerner, Loren|
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|Deposited On:||18 Aug 2011 18:30|
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As a recent International Airport Review article explained, the increased awareness of aviation’s contribution to the climate crisis worldwide has put pressure on airport operators to shrink their carbon footprints and become more sustainable. Thankfully, a new $1B grant program from the Federal Aviation Administration can be leveraged by airports to help increase sustainability.
These grant dollars can be used for a number of different purposes – from increasing accessibility, to improving concessions. But they can also be used to purchase new technologies that can, among other things, make airport operations greener.
Here are four ways in which flight data, connected cockpits, improved terminal systems, and the introduction of biometrics can make airports more sustainable:
Improve arrival and departure with data
By utilizing more accurate, real-time data from airplanes and connected cockpits, flight towers and maintenance crews can optimize the airspace, and the operation of airplanes on the ground.
If one aircraft experiences flight delays, weather problems, or traffic jams, that plane’s pilots can let those behind him or her know in advance, enabling flight paths to be adjusted to help reduce congestion in the airspace above the airport. Ideally, reducing the time planes spend circling airports can result in fuel savings.
“If the airport has better transparency into take-off and landing times, it can plan better and operate more efficiently.” – Augusto Santos
Today’s connected aircraft can also send performance data down to the service and maintenance crews on the ground, even while the aircraft is still in flight. With engine and plane sensor data accessible to maintenance crews on the ground, technicians can be better prepared to service the aircraft when it lands, expediting the repair process.
Or, if there is a problem with the aircraft and it needs to be taken out of service, another plane could be ready and waiting to take over. This reduces turnaround times, increases overall efficiency on the ground, and makes it so that more flights leave on time.
“Clearly, if planes depart and arrive when they’re supposed to, less fuel is used,” explained Augusto Santos, Head of Airport Systems Design and Innovation at Collins Aerospace.
Eliminate fuel waste on the ground
Planes can churn through a massive amount of fuel while on the ground so suboptimal aircraft operations can contribute significantly to an airport’s carbon footprint.
Improving the operations of the airport would provide aircraft on the ground with clearer takeoff and landing times. This would help pilots save on fuel usage while on the ground and decrease taxi time.
“Cleary, if planes depart and arrive when they’re supposed to, less fuel is used.” – Augusto Santos
It could also allow them to make small operational changes that increase fuel efficiency. For example, if an aircraft is completely boarded and ready to go, but there’s time before its takeoff window, it could potentially push back using one engine instead of two. This small change has the potential to save a large amount of fuel and reduce the amount of carbon released into the atmosphere.
In addition, by giving gate crews more precise information about when a plane will land, they can be better prepared to open the gate as soon as the plane arrives – cutting down the time aircraft spend on the tarmac filled with passengers and wasting fuel.
By accessing, aggregating, visualizing, and analyzing flight data, airline and airport staff can eliminate these inefficiencies so that planes aren’t sitting on the tarmac or waiting in a line to take off – all the while unnecessarily burning fuel.
Improve the flow and operations of airports with biometrics
Airport biometric solutions can provide a contactless method to validate identity and can rapidly accelerate processes such as customs and security screening for passengers. By reducing queuing, airports can utilize their HVAC systems more efficiently to cut down on the amount of power used for air circulation and cooling/heating in these areas.
Biometric technologies can also help with things such as providing personalized information about gate arrival, baggage claim, and boarding, which make getting around the airport more efficient for passengers. This would also eliminate the need for paper boarding passes, receipts, and bag tags, which further increases sustainability.
Streamline the routes of ground service vehicles
We’ve all looked out the windows of an airport and seen ground service vehicles moving passengers, baggage, and even catered food between terminals and aircraft. Often, these bags, catered meals, and passengers are being ferried long distances because of the suboptimal parking position of different connecting flights.
Planes can churn through a huge amount of fuel while on the ground so suboptimal aircraft operations can contribute significantly to an airport’s carbon footprint.
Looking at flight and passenger data, airlines and airports can assign connecting flight gates that are closer together, reducing the need for extensive ground transportation between distant terminals, saving fuel and time.
Having a better operational understanding of the airport and all aircraft takeoff and landing times could also enable more optimized aircraft gate assignments. This can help streamline the routes baggage handlers and catering companies take to service aircraft. It can also enable the creation of planograms detailing where particular aircraft are located, making it easier to find and service them, and eliminating a large amount of travel while searching for the correct plane. These streamlined routes would cut unnecessary fuel consumption.
“If the airport has better transparency into take-off and landing times, it can plan better and operate more efficiently,” Augusto Santos recently told Connected Aviation Today.
This is just the tip of the iceberg on what data can do to help make airports more sustainable. Taking these and other steps to improve airport operations can help increase efficiency to improve the eco-friendliness of flying the friendly skies, making air travel greener and more sustainable in the future.
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What was the result of some of the decisions made by Chief Justice Earl Warren?
The United States Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren made several landmark decisions.
Why were federal troops sent to Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957?
Federal troops were sent to Little Rock to protect the African American students and to enforce the courts decision.
What is the Peace Corps?
The Peace Corps is an American government organization that sends volunteers to provide technical, educational, and medical services in developing countries.
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis and what was the result of it?
The Cuban Missile Crisis is a 1962 conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union resulting from the Soviet installation of nuclear weapons in Cuba.
What do the Hungarian revolt of 1956, the U-2 incident, and Cuban Missile Crisis have in common?
The Hungarian revolt of 1956, the U-2 incident, and the Cuban Missile Crisis led to increase tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union.
What happened with the assassination of JFK?
JFK was assassinated on Friday, November 22nd, 1963, in Dallas Texas. He was succeeded by Lyndon Johson-his Vice President. It was almost a 1,000 days of his presidency.
Why is the 38th parallel significant?
The 38th parallel is significant because that is the division line between North and South Korea.
What is "civil disobedience" and who was involved?
Civil disobedience is a nonviolent refusal to follow laws that are considered to be immoral. Martin Luther King Jr. got from Ghandi who got from Henry David Througho.
What created an escalation of the Vietnam War?
The escalation of the war in Vietnam began with passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which is a 1964 congressional resolution that authorized president Johnson to commit U.S. troops to South Vietnam and fight a war against North Vietnam.
How did the Immigration Act of 1965 change America?
The Immigration Act of 1965 abolished the national origins quota system.
What is the Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka?
The Brown vs. Board of Education was a major legal victory in the civil rights movement. (Desegregation). This landmark decision brought America one step closer to securing equal rights for all.
What is the 1968 Kerner Commission Report?
The Kerner Commission group set up to investigate the causes of race riots in American cities in the 1960s. It concluded that long term racial discrimination stood as the single most important cause of violence.
What was Lyndon B. Johnson's stance on poverty?
LBJ "declared war on poverty". It creates healthy start.
What was the Tet Offensive of 1968 and how was it both a victory and a defeat for the U.S.?
The North Vietnamese Te Offensive of 1968 was a significant point in the war because the American public became convinced the war was un-winnable. They got to come home yet did defend people in Vietnam.
What did "The Feminine Mystique" describe? Who was it written by?
Betty Friedan's book, "The Feminine Mystique" argued that many women could not have fulling lives if limited to a traditional role in the home.
What was the Watergate Scandal and Constitutional Powers?
President Nixon was involved in some type of burglary or knew something about it but wouldn't give up his tapes to the government claiming executive privilege. However, the Supreme Court said in this case he needs to give them up. He didn't so he was going to be impeached so instead he resigned.
What was the Equal Rights Amendment?
Proposed amendment to the Constitution that guaranteed gender equality.
What did Cesar Chavez fight for? What did he organzie?
Cesar Chavez fought for rights for farm laborers. He organized UFW-United Farm Workers.
What is the policy of detente and why did Nixon believe it was beneficial?
A main goal of President Nixon's policy of detente was to reduce tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. It put limits on nuclear arms.
What did the 1973 War Powers Act do?
The 1973 War Powers Act required the president to report to Congress any commitments of any American troops.
What was Vietnamization and how did it differ from other war policies of the past?
President Nixon's policy of Vietnamization of the war in Vietnam called for gradual withdrawal of all American forces from Vietnam.
What was President Carter's international affairs?
One of President Carter's high priorities in the national affairs was to human rights violations around the world.
How did the Camp David Accords affect U.S. foreign policy?
The 1978 settlement between Egypt and Israel resulted in the first peace between Arab nations and Israel.
What was Reaganomics(supply-side economics)?
President Reagan used supply-side economics or "Reaganomics" to guide his economic program because he believed the following scenerio would occur; lower taxes, increase consumer spending, balance the budget.
What was Reagan's "Star Wars" program (SDI)?
President Ronald Reagan new "Star Wars" program said that he would build an invisible shield that would cover America and hit off any missiles.
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People who have accumulated a substantial amount of debt from a number of creditors may consider obtaining a debt consolidation loan, a loan that will pay off most or all of their existing debt, and that will normally result in their making a smaller monthly payment on the single consolidated loan than they were previously paying to service their various debts. Although debt consolidation is a very good idea for some debtors, particularly those who have a lot of high-interest debt, consolidation is not always a good deal.
A debt consolidation lender provides a loan that pays off some or all of your existing debt, and replaces that debt with a single loan with a single payment. The goal is to replace a number of loans that carry higher interest rates, such as credit card debt, with a single loan that carries a lower total monthly payment.
At first blush, it may appear that there is no downside to debt consolidation. After your debts are consolidated, you end up paying less money each month to service your debt and thus have more cash on hand at the end of each month even as you continue to pay down your debts.
However, depending upon how the consolidation loan is structured, you may find that you are paying less money per month toward the principal balance of your debt than you did prior to consolidation. That is, over the life of the loan you may end up paying a lot more interest on your consolidated loan, and it may take a great deal more time to pay off your debt than if you were instead to keep paying your present individual debts.
There is also a chance that obtaining a debt consolidation loan will hurt your credit. Depending upon the scoring used, your income and the details of your credit history, obtaining a new line of credit and paying off existing loans may result in your being classified as a greater credit risk than if you were instead to continue to carry a number of smaller loans.
Before you obtain a debt consolidation loan, you should ask yourself if you have the fiscal discipline necessary to benefit from debt consolidation. If you obtain a consolidation loan with a lower monthly payment, but immediately run up new credit card debts, you will almost certainly end up in a worse position than you were in prior to consolidating your debts. You can even end up in a cycle of obtaining "consolidation" loans, with the commissions, fees, and interest rates accumulating to put you deeper and deeper into debt.
It is not unusual for a debt consolidator to obtain a commission of 10% or more on your new debt consolidation loan. It is possible also that the consolidator will be able to obtain a rebate from your lenders when your new loan is applied to pay off the debts owed to those lenders, resulting in an even greater commission.
The opportunity for significant, easy profits may inspire unethical debt consolidators to encourage people to obtain consolidation loans that are not in their best financial interest.
Trading Early Payoff for Low Payments
In many cases, those seeking debt consolidation are having difficulty making the payments on their current debts. A struggling debtor will often fail to qualify for a low interest rate on a consolidation loan.
However, if a debtor obtains a higher interest consolidation loan, any reduction in monthly payments achieved through consolidation will often result from the structure of the loan, with the bulk of each monthly payment going to interest and little going to the principal balance of the loan. As a result, although the monthly payment is reduced, the debtor will make very slow progress toward paying off the loan and will likely pay a lot more interest over the life of the loan.
Before you obtain a debt consolidation loan, consider your alternatives:
Pay Down Your Debts: For people who are able, the best way to resolve outstanding debt is often to pay more each month to service their existing debt, making additional monthly payments toward the principal balance, and focusing first on paying down their highest interest debts with non-deductible interest, such as credit card debt.
Negotiate With Your Creditors: Sometimes if you simply call and ask, a creditor will offer you a lower interest rate or will waive certain fees associated with your accounts. Credit card companies tend to more receptive to this type of request.
Debt Management: Instead of refinancing your debt, you may be better served by using a debt management service, under which you deposit an amount of money each month with a service that uses the money to pay your bills for you. Sometimes creditors will work with a debt management service to offer reduced interest rates or to waive certain fees associated with your loan or account.
Using a Traditional Lender: If you qualify for a personal loan through a bank or credit union, you will normally get considerably better rates and terms than you can obtain through a debt consolidation lender.
Secured Loans: If you have equity in your home, you may benefit from refinancing your home or obtaining a home equity loan to pay down your other debts as opposed to borrowing money through a debt consolidation lender. Many debt consolidation lenders will use your home equity as collateral, but offer less favorable terms than might be available through a mortgage or equity loan, and without the tax advantages of a mortgage.
Bankruptcy: If all debt consolidation is likely to do is delay an inevitable bankruptcy, consider whether you will be better served by proceeding directly to bankruptcy. If you qualify for Chapter 7 bankruptcy much of your debt may be discharged, and under a Chapter 13 bankruptcy your debts are restructured over a repayment period, usually three to five years, under which most debtors will pay considerably less than the full value of those debts.
Some debt consolidation lenders promise not only to consolidate your debt, but also to provide you with insurance and perhaps even investments, while at the same time maintaining or lowering the total monthly payment you must make to service your debt. You should be wary of that type of promise.
Prioritize Paying Down Your Debt: If you were in a good position to make investments, odds are you would not be in the market for a debt consolidation loan. You will likely be better served by directing your money to paying down your debt, as opposed to making new payments for insurance of having some of your money directed to an investment.
Watch for High Commissions: The commissions associated with the investments and insurance policies offered by debt consolidators are likely to be high and may be extremely high. Remember that primary reason a salesman is trying to sell you an additional financial product is to earn a commission.
Low Value Products: If you examine the terms of coverage for an insurance policy, or the terms of an investment, you are likely to find that you are being offered a substandard product at a high price.
The best approach for most people who want to consolidate their debt is be to look for the best option for consolidating their debt, and to complete that consolidation process before purchasing additional financial services. In most cases, the best option will not be from a debt consolidation lender, but will involve a mortgage refinance, home equity line of credit, or personal loan from a traditional lender. Once they settle into the new loan and payment structure, they may consider their additional financial needs, and whether they can afford to invest a portion of their income.
Most people with a significant amount of money to invest will benefit from using a professional financial planner, as opposed to buying insurance or mutual funds from a loan salesperson who has little actual knowledge of investment, and who offers a much smaller range of investment options. For those with less money to invest, the best option is normally a no-load index fund, a type of investment the loan salesperson is unlikely to offer.
Some debt consolidation programs are sold through multi-level marketing programs, with participants in the programs urged to sell loans or financial services to people they know. Although there may be a certain comfort level in purchasing a financial plan from a friend, co-worker, or relative, consider this: What are the odds that this person truly is an investment professional? Odds are you're getting a packaged sales pitch from somebody who knows little or nothing about financial planning.
Most multi-level financial schemes offer very few options to the customer, and all require very high commissions for the salesperson and the salesperson's upstream - those who sponsored the salesperson into the organization.
You should treat a multi-level program like any other option. Investigate to see how it stacks up against your alternatives, then select the refinancing option that is in your financial best interest. Don't be taken in by the fact that you like the person who is selling the program, or the suggestion that you will be doing them a favor. Many of these programs promise the participants the potential of a six figure income, and your friend hopes to profit handsomely by convincing you and others to sign up for the service.
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Mysteries of the Rosie Cross: The History of That Curious Sect of the Middle Ages Known As the Resicrucians
Health Research Books, 1993 - 140 pages
1891 the history of that curious sect of the middle ages, known as the Rosicrucians, with examples of their pretensions & claims as set forth in the writings of their leaders & disciples. Contents: Who & What Were the Rosicrucians; Historical Notices.
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After spending more than two years of landing their first stage rockets after launch, SpaceX finally sent one of its used Falcon 9’s back into space. This one took off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, yesterday evening to deliver a communications satellite into orbit, to return to Earth and land on SpaceX’s drone landing barges floating in the Atlantic Ocean. It had previously flown during a mission in April of last year.
What makes this flight historic is that it fulfills the SpaceX promise of being able to recover and reuse an orbital launch vehicle. Watch the video below – you’ll see the entire process. Unfortunately the video blanks out during the actual landing, but you can hear the incredible tumult from the attending crowd in Hawthorne, California at SpaceX headquarters when the landing is confirmed.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk appeared on the company’s live stream shortly after the landing and spoke about the accomplishment. “It means you can fly and refly an orbital class booster, which is the most expensive part of the rocket. This is going to be, ultimately, a huge revolution in spaceflight,” he said.
A Critical Milestone
SpaceX has been working on its reusable rockets since 2011, and this is the first time they’ve taken one through the entire planned life cycle. It’s also the first time an orbital rocket has been refurbished and put back into service. Normally, they’re the first part that gets thrown away, usually landing – and sinking – in the Atlantic Ocean. That gets expensive fast. A first stage booster will cost between tens of millions and hundreds of millions of dollars. They might almost just as well soak hundred dollar bills in rocket fuel and light that. With a reusable booster, SpaceX anticipates that they’ll be able to save something like 30% on the cost of each launch, though for a while, until they figure out the best way to go about refurbishing and reusing the 14-story tall Falcon 9 boosters, the margin will be closer to 10%.
With this launch, SpaceX has proven that the most expensive part of an orbital launch vehicle can be recovered and flown again – and the fact that the first stage was recovered in one piece means it can be sent to space for a third time. This puts the scoreboard for SpaceX at 13 landing attempts, 8 successful landings, and 1 booster successfully reused.
Yesterday’s launch was the same vehicle used for CRS-8 on April 8, 2016, which was SpaceX’s eighth cargo run to the International Space Station. The payload this time was a communications satellite for the company SES, based in Luxembourg. The satellite, SES-10, will move to a high orbit at 22,000 miles and deliver communications services exclusively to Latin America. SES had been really vocal about wanting to be the first company to launch on a used rocket, not only for the obvious cost savings, but to cement its place in aerospace history as well.
If SpaceX wants to maximize the economic benefits of its reusable rockets, the best idea is to launch these vehicles as frequently as possible – but before a rocket can launch again, it has to be inspected, refurbished, and tested a few times to ensure that it’s ready for spaceflight. It took SpaceX almost to four months to get this rocket ready for its historic flight, but the company is working to trim down that turnaround time. SpaceX could be getting a lot of practice at that soon, as its launch schedule includes up to six pre-flown Falcon 9’s this year.
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A design company can set up discounts for different types of customers: repeat customers earning high discounts and walk-ins at lower rates. Follow these steps to create discounts in the catalog.
Step 1: Enter Catalog Tools via the shortcut bar.
Step 2: From the dialogue box, choose Edit/Create.
Step 3: From the Tools menu, choose Charges Editor.
Note: From the Charges Editor, you can also edit sales tax percentage, install fees, and shipping/delivery charges.
Step 4: From the Charges Editor dialogue box select the Rates tab. In the Catalog pull-down menu, select the catalog for which you wish to create a new rate.
Step 5: Choose Add to create a new customer rate structure or Edit for corrections to an existing rate.
Step 6: Enter a Long Description to add information about the discount that will appear in the Styles & Pricing menu box. Enter a User Code Description on Price 1 line. If you wish to enter an Overall Discount (this line will discount everything priced through 20-20, including appliances, countertops, etc.), do so on the Price 2 line. In this example, entering 0.50 creates an overall discount of 50%.
Note: The program default blocks access to Charges from the Design portion of the program. To overwrite this default, enter 0 on the MENUCH line.
Step 7: Open Styles & Pricing and select the Catalog Charges tab. In the Rate dropdown, select the newly created discount.
In a report using this pricing method, every line will be discounted. The discounted amount will appear after totals, so the final document is clean and efficient.
—Nick Ritota, CKD, is senior design and software trainer for Merillat Industries. He is a featured speaker throughout the country on product, design, and CAD software. firstname.lastname@example.org.
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Price 3–Discount or markup of cabinets, fillers, attachments, moldings & toe kicks.
Price 4–Discount or markup of accessories.
Price 5–Discount or markup of appliances.
Price 6–Discount or markup of countertops.
Price 7–Overall cost factor.*
Price 8–Cost factor for items selected above the cabinet total.
Price 9–Cost factor for items selected above the accessories total.
Price 10–Cost factor for items above the appliance total.
Price 11–Cost factor for items above the countertop total.
*By entering cost factors, you can generate a Cost/Sell Report that shows list price, cost, retail and gross margin per item.
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Harper's Ferry, at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
Harper's Ferry sits near the borders of Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland. The Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers meet here, but this town's claim to fame is probably due to the abolitionist John Brown. The Federal army had an armory at this site and Brown planned on arming nearly 1000 slaves with pikes to start a revolution against the slave owners. His plan failed as the army was made aware of his plans and he along with his group were captured, tried, convicted, and hanged. Coincidently, the major who was in charge of the capture was Robert E. Lee.
The town sits at the base of the hills, nestled quietly between several mountains and on the banks of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers.
Building in which abolitionist John Brown was hiding when captured by Federal troops.
We walked down several streets at the center of town, which was basically deserted. A few park rangers were in site, but for the most part, the museums, rebuilt houses, etc. were of a self-guided nature. We were there early on a Tuesday morning which may have accounted for the "sparse" crowds. The museum about John Brown was interesting. One of the original pikes he tried to steal, the cell he was held in prior to his hanging, and some pieces of the gallows.
Down near the river is the armory building he tried to hide out in. It has been moved from its original location, in fact, it has been moved several times over the years. It is a quiet, sleepy little town. Would make a great set for a movie!
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Creativity is an act of making something new. It is a mental and
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The Lauren’s Kids foundation is proud to present the ‘Don’t Miss the Signs in the Digital World’ blog series, which will run on LaurensKids.org Monday, October 21 through Friday, November 1. The series will feature experts from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, To Write Love on Her Arms, Protecting Children Online, 211 Crisis Hotline and more.
We know that you’re a good parent. And because you’re a good parent, you do everything in your power to protect your child from the dangers of the outside world. We know that you lock all the doors in your house before you go to bed and that you make your child eat vegetables. We know that you tell your child to never talk to an unfamiliar person (stranger danger!), that you meet their teachers before the first day of school and insist that your child wears a helmet when they ride their bike, even though it’s “totally un-cool.” We know that you do these things because your child is the most important part of your life and you would do anything to protect them. We know that you’re a good parent.
But in the 21st century, the biggest threat your child faces cannot be locked out or protected against by a helmet. It cannot be arrested, tried, or convicted. It is the Internet and your child probably knows more about it than you do. Most online platforms lack positive monitors, or any monitors at all, and in an area where anonymity rules and consequences seem non-existent, children and adults feel free to say and do whatever they want. But what they do not realize is that consequences are never fully suspended and an hour online can have a real impact on their lives, perhaps forever.
It is a scary but true fact that one in five minors is sexually solicited online. It is equally scary that in 82% of online sex crimes against minors, the offender used their social networking site to gain information about them. While your child may know the ins and outs of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram better than any adult in their world, you as a parent know for a fact that nothing online is private and that every detail your child posts can be used against them. But what use is that fact in a world of hashtags, selfies and sexting? In a world where one in five teens have electronically sent or posted online nude or seminude pictures of themselves and think that it will never come back to haunt them?
We know you need help navigating this new online world – a world that your child is engaged in for an average of 44.5 hours each week. That’s why we’re launching the ‘Don’t Miss the Signs in the Digital World’ campaign during the month of October. ‘Don’t Miss the Signs in the Digital World’ will provide parents and caregivers information about how to guide your child toward positive, safe online behavior. The overall message of this and all our campaigns is that presence and communication are the keys to prevention. We know that you’re a good parent and it is our hope that following our ‘Don’t Miss the Signs Campaign’ will make you an even better one. Please join Lauren’s Kids in the fight against the sexual exploitation of children so that your own child can be as safe in front of their computer screen as they are when your watchful eyes are on them.
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eHealth Africa Academy is a free 2-month web development training programme. Applications for the first female-only cohort of the academy, to be hosted in January 2022, are now open.
The decision to conduct a female-only cohort is part of the eHealth Africa (eHA) Academy’s commitment to reduce the barriers for women starting tech careers. “We are excited about this cohort, to play our part in closing the gender gap within the tech space,” said Oladele Oloruntoba, eHA New Business Development Manager.
The Academy combines modules, workshops, mentoring, and a specific project to train members of the programme and help with kick-starting their careers. Successful participants, at the end of the training, will be linked to internships in software development, quality assurance engineering, business analysis, as well as UI/UX design.
eHealth Africa, a non-profit organization based in Kano, Nigeria, develops “stronger” health systems in Africa with data-driven solutions. The organization provides underserved communities with tech-enabled tools to promote healthy living.
eHealth Africa launched eHealth Academy in Conakry, Guinea in 2016. An 8-week curriculum in software development and network engineering was developed by the eHealth Africa (eHA) team. The Academy was free for every participant, and the courses were taught by expert instructors. The purpose of the programme was to improve the skills of West African software developers.
To date, eHealth Africa Academy has hosted 20 sessions with a number of 74 participants out of the total 1,632 applications received.
As stated earlier, the programme is 100% free, however, the following requirements must be met to ensure successful participation:
- Basic computer knowledge
- Having access to a laptop
- Having access to an internet connection.
The modules to be taught include:
- Introduction to Web Design & Development/Development Tools
- Introduction to HTML & CSS
- HTML/JS: Making Web Pages Interactive.
Applicants have to complete an assessment, which will determine whether their application will be accepted.
To join the academy, apply here.
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Officials have poured cold water over a Kiwi farmer's concerns that New Zealand's meat industry only caters to the Muslim religion.
The majority of meat works in New Zealand are halal-certified and comply with strict Islamic guidelines, including that the beast must have its throat cut by a Muslim slaughterman in the name of Allah while it is facing towards Mecca.
Kiwi farmer Ken Riddle told NZME the halal-requirements compromised his own Christian beliefs and recently decided to slaughter one of his cows at his North Island farm in order to avoid funding another religion.
Riddle questioned whether the halal-criteria was discriminating New Zealand meat workers based on religion as those employed to actually slaughter the animals all had to be practising Muslims.
"I thought we were supposed to be secular," he said.
Only around 50,000 people in New Zealand affiliate with the Muslim religion and the NZ Meat Workers Union said workers have raised similar concerns as Riddle over the years, particularly around Muslim slaughtermen breaking seniority ranks at the plants.
"There's always been problems with it and they come up every now and again," said Mike Nahu, the union's national president.
"The issues are raised and discussed and we've concluded that this is the only way for the work to be done. If the meat isn't killed according to [Muslim] religious beliefs, you can't sell it to them," he said.
In the 12 months to September 2015, New Zealand exported 239,000 tonnes of halal-certified meat - representing just over a quarter of the total red meat export product for that entire year, according to the Meat Industry Association.
New Zealand's meat industry has had over 40 years experience producing halal-certified product, said Sirma Karapeeva, the association's trade and economic manager.
"This is not something new - it's been in play for a long time," she said.
The meat industry needs to be flexible in order to maximise the economic value of each animal and to export to numerous countries around the world. Halal-requirements are a core feature of those flexibilities, she said.
Individual companies make commercial decisions as to whether or not they want to abide by the regulations, but the majority of plants in New Zealand slaughtering cattle for export are halal-certified, Karapeeva said.
"Over 90 per cent of what we produce is exported and without being halal-certified they can't send the products to Muslim countries."
The industry had received queries about what exactly halal-certification meant, but Karappeva said these queries did not amount to complaints or concerns.
Federated Farmers was also not aware of any concerns raised about halal-requirements in recent years, said spokeswoman Leigh Catley.
Food Safety Minister Jo Goodhew said New Zealand's red meat sector accounted for 13 per cent of all goods exported for the year ended 30 September, 2014. The industry was worth a total of $6.65 billion over that period, she said.
The world-wide halal food market has dramatically increased in the past decade, Goodhew said, adding that it is now estimated to represent 16 per cent of the entire global food industry.
"The decision on whether or not to carry out Halal meat processing, or any other cultural/religious requirements, is a commercial decision taken by exporting companies. That decision is driven by the import requirements of the countries that they wish to export to," she said.
In New Zealand, animals are stunned and unconscious before they are slaughtered, complying with both animal welfare and halal requirements.
Despite the fact that only a small percentage of Kiwis identify as Muslim, the bulk of New Zealand's red meat product is exported internationally, including to many Muslim countries, said Sultan Eusoff, member of the halal meat contract negotiation of the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand.
It was an "essential and fundamental requirement" that any slaughterman of halal-certified meat was a practising Muslim - but all other workers involved with the product don't have to be, Eusoff said.
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The fundamental purposes of Monmouth University include fostering a love of learning, enabling our graduates to enjoy a higher quality of life, and leading them to contribute to the greater health and well-being of all communities, human and natural. A Monmouth University undergraduate education provides an understanding of the world in which we live; the skills and knowledge needed to pursue further education and a career; an awareness of civic responsibility, including service and leadership in the public interest; and the ability to engage in a lifetime of learning.
Pursuant to these goals, Monmouth University students develop an understanding of the commonality and diversity of human experiences from the study of materials in one or more of the courses designated Cross-Cultural. The cross-cultural courses are explicitly designed to enhance a student's awareness of one or more non-English-speaking cultures through such topics as language, literature, history, values, social relationships and institutions, and ideas and beliefs.
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(CNN) -- The "single best bite of food" in Louisiana, according to Tommy Cvitanovich, is the charbroiled oyster soaked in butter, garlic and cheese. Then the tough little mollusk is grilled to a smoky perfection.
His two restaurants, both named Drago's, served 3 million of these delectable oysters last year.
Cvitanovich continues to serve the popular oysters to his customers. But with the oil spill disaster looming toward the Gulf Coast waters abundant with seafood, he and other restaurant owners are bracing for the worst possibilities: a shortage of seafood, price hikes and a public misperception that Louisiana seafood is dangerous.
"Everything in Louisiana is at risk right now," said the 51-year-old Cvitanovich. "Virtually every meal that comes from our kitchen is seafood. I am worried about the availability, the quality, the price."
It's too early to determine what impact April's deadly BP oil rig explosion will have on the nation's seafood and the restaurant industry. So far, precautionary fishing closures means there are fewer places to harvest seafood. That could be troubling news to a domestic seafood industry that has been pummeled by cheaper imports in recent years.
This week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration began restricting for 10 days commercial and recreational fishing along the Gulf Coast, an area that spans about 6,800 miles. Louisiana closed areas designated for special shrimping on Tuesday.
As officials are scrambling to contain the mushrooming leak, some restaurant owners are fretting about what it would mean for their businesses if oysters, shrimp, crab and finfish were not as available.
Depending on the season, about 40 percent of the nation's commercial seafood harvests come from the Gulf Coast, according to NOAA data from 2008.
"The Gulf Coast is such an important biologic and economic area in term of seafood production and recreational fishing," said Roy Crabtree, NOAA Fisheries Southeast regional administrator.
The National Restaurant Association, a group representing 380,000 restaurants across the country, has heard some complaints from restaurants in the New Orleans area. Restaurants in states far from the spill are even calling to stay updated on the availability of seafood, said Annika Stensson, a spokeswoman for the National Restaurant Association.
She said it's premature to conclusively determine effects of the oil spill but predicts the accident will impact the "supply and price of seafood for restaurants nationwide that serve products from this area."
"We are watching the situation for sure," she said. "We have heard some grumbling from some of our members in the Gulf Coast area."
Concerns are mounting rapidly in Louisiana where seafood is the lifeblood of the economy and culinary culture. Seafood recipes there are like an art form, ingrained into family cookbooks, passed down from one generation to the next, locals proudly say. Fried oyster Po-Boys (breadcrumb-crusted oysters inside two slices of French bread) and barbeque shrimp (a Louisiana classic where shrimp is dripped in pepper, Worchester sauce and butter) are among many of the famous dishes.
From the fisherman to the restaurant owners, they all depend on the availability of seafood from the Gulf.
Louisiana's seafood industry reels in $2.4 billion dollars annually. Louisiana ranks behind only one state -- Alaska -- when it comes to total commercial seafood production. Louisiana remains the No. 1 producer of shrimp, blue crab meat, and oysters, said Ewell Smith, executive director of the Louisiana Seafood Promotion & Marketing Board.
The potential damage from the oil slick threatens as the state is battling the recession. Even worse, the summer months are typically the peak shrimping season for fishermen.
A majority -- about 70 percent -- of Louisiana's waters remain open for fishing, Smith said. For example, only six of the 32 oyster beds in Louisiana are prohibited from being harvested, but the rest are open to fisherman.
"The amount of impact has been minimal at this point," Smith said. "But if this thing [oil slick] sticks around, then we could have another scenario."
Louisiana restaurants may eventually feel the trickle-down effect from the spill, but most haven't experienced immediate impacts, said Wendy Waren, a spokeswoman at Louisiana Restaurant Association. Her association represents 7,500 restaurants in the state, and about two-thirds of them serve some kind of seafood.
Waren is anticipating a swarm of seafood festivals to continue this year with strong attendance, including the New Orleans Oyster Festival in June.
Only fishing zones east of the mouth of the Mississippi River have been shut off, closing off about 30 percent of the supply, experts say. In areas where fishing is no longer allowed, the impact is felt mostly by fishermen and dock workers who are unemployed.
"They cannot do their jobs and there is a domino effect here," said Amy Evans Streeter, an oral historian at Southern Foodways Alliance. "No jobs equals no money equals unpaid bills and struggling families."
Another big concern among restaurant goers and seafood lovers is whether the Gulf seafood is safe to consume. The NOAA has assured consumers the seafood products will be carefully inspected by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
"Don't worry about any of the products in retail stores" says Steven Wilson, chief quality officer of the seafood inspection program at the United States Department of Commerce. "This was all harvested and processed prior to the storm."
At Tommy Cvitanovich's restaurants Drago's, a New Orleans-area staple for 41 years, menu specialties like the shrimp and eggplant stack and the oyster pasta rely on locally harvested seafood. On Monday, despite the spill scare, he placed his bid on shrimp for the month of May. He said prices remained the same and the seafood was just as attainable as the month before.
So far, consumers have no need to worry or to stock up on Gulf seafood, fishing experts say. Seafood prices haven't spiked. Oysters, shrimp, and crabs are still available, say David Laverne, an economist with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
Laverne is still uncertain what will happen in the short term but says a price increase could happen, though he doesn't know how much. He pointed out that seafood imports could also curb shortages.
Environmental damage is also raising concerns. If the oil were to seep into Louisiana's precious estuaries that serve as nurseries for shrimp and other wildlife, the damage could affect future seafood production for years, said Martin Bourgeois, biologists with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
While the consequences of the oil spill are unclear, Louisiana restaurant owners know one thing: If the public believes the seafood may be contaminated, it can kill their business.
It feels like déjà vu for New Orleans's chef Frank Brigtsen, 55, who owns two restaurants in the area. When Hurricane Katrina flood waters ravaged the area in 2005, customers avoided ordering seafood at restaurants even after the state declared the seafood safe, he said. The stubborn public misperceptions about seafood put some owners out of business.
"We learned from Katrina, it's never just one thing," he said. "Our economy is very complicated and if any part of that is hurt, we will all suffer."
But as long as the seafood continues to be safe and available, Brigtsen will happily serve his seafood platter. The combination platter, which changes with the fishing seasons, offers six kinds of seafood including grilled drum fish, crawfish with jalapeno lime sauce and shrimp cornbread.
It's a dish he calls "a celebration of Louisiana seafood."
Kat Kinsman contributed to this report
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The Most Holy Trinity
The Most Holy Trinity Homily Transcript
>>The feast of the Holy Trinity they joke in seminary, they call it the ‘preacher’s nightmare’ – trying to explain the Holy Trinity.
When I teach my seventh graders at St. Juliana’s school about the trinity I use a shamrock or a triangle or a venn diagram and they don’t understand and I tell them, “Don’t worry. You’ll get it when your, later, when your older in life.”
And then I realize, actually they probably won’t. I still don’t really get it. And yet, to me it’s not the ‘preacher’s nightmare’ but the ‘preacher’s dream.’ to talk about God, to talk about the Holy Trinity.
God is love and the love of God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is poured into our hearts giving us the fulfillment of life. We flourish in life only because of God. Because of the love the trinity that’s in our hearts.
There’s a beautiful icon that was written in 1425, it’s the icon of the Holy Trinity. Sergei Rublev painted it or written it and it’s in, currently, the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. Ah, you might be familiar with it. If not, maybe you’ll look it up when you have some free time after mass.
The image of the Holy Trinity it depicts three angels and they’re sitting around a table. Now, it’s a direct reference to the book of Genesis when the three angels visited Abraham and Sarah outside the oak of Mamre. And Abraham and Sarah welcomed them into their home and prepared a meal for them.
But really it’s a reference to the Holy Trinity and if you look closely at this icon: Jesus is in the center, He’s got His finger blessing over the sacrificial lamb that’s on the table. The Holy Spirit is to Jesus’ left. The Holy Spirit is pointing down into the middle of the table or the alter, where there’s a little box or little niche because in alters usually we put the relics of martyrs in the alter. Okay? And then, the Father is to the right of Jesus and He’s blessing Jesus – He’s blessing the Son.
So, as we look at this icon and we pray with it several things begin to stand out to us. First, is that niche that’s in the base of the alter. Our gaze is focused on that niche and like I said, that’s where the relics of martyrs would go. And so, martyr, of course, is associated with suffering.
And then when we continue to look at this icon our gaze is then lifted upwards to the tree. The tree forms a cross – the oak at the top and the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit form the horizontal beams of the cross. Right? So, suffering. Suffering is entailed in the Holy Trinity. That’s what St. Paul says to the Romans. Right? “You’re going to glorify God, enter into my suffering.”
So, we look at this icon. We see the cross. We see the relics of martyrs – suffering. But then the cross also then eventually forms a circle. You don’t have a circle without a cross. And of course, the circle symbolizes eternity, the Holy Spirit, Father, and Son exist in a circle of love for all of eternity.
So, but we’re called to do as Catholics, as Christians is to love God. To experience and receive the love of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in our souls. Which is fulfilling, but it’s also going to entail some suffering. Like any relationship of love involves suffering, we die to ourself. And then notice then what Jesus tells us to do. He says, “If you love me, you’re going to go out and you’re going to make disciples in my name. Baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.” The sign of the cross.
So Jesus says: if you love me, you’re going to get other people to love me as well. Just like you love me. And that’s going to be difficult, but it’s going to be fulfilling.
So brothers and sisters, on this feast of the Holy Trinity; first let us love God in prayer. Let us simply open our hearts to receive that love of the Holy Trinity. And then, let us allow that love that’s in our hearts propel us outwards to go make disciples, preaching the love of Jesus Christ in the name of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Amen. God bless you.
Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40
You can now enjoy Sunday Mass at Mercy Home’s homily in podcast form:
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Reprisal is the story of conflict between three races over a space station (Joshua 20) at the edge of our solar system Humans have kept their CAT battle machines stationed there in case of conflict for centuries. The invading alien army, guided by a Prince who seeks to prove himself, struck the station first, seeking to turn these weapons against their masters. The plan goes awry, causing the CATs to turn against both human and alien, and trapping all three races together in a desperate struggle for survival.
As the game progresses, the player will take control of beings from each of the three sides of the battle and learn to use their unique powers and abilities. These races are:
Cyborg Assault Tanks (CATs) – Vicious and overwhelmingly powerful, these killing machines were once used to fight wars for humans. In Reprisal, they have turned against their masters and gone into a killing frenzy.
Humans – Weak and devoid of natural armaments, humans are the most adaptable of the three races. They are also able to squeeze into areas of the space station the others can’t access.
Aliens – Masters of genetic engineering, aliens are capable of altering their own bodies to suit their needs. While not as overwhelming in force as the CATs, aliens have the distinct advantage of being able to retreat from battle only to return more powerful than before.
Playing each race requires a different skill set. For example, while CATs can charge into battle, wildly firing at everything, Humans need to sneak around conflicts, searching for a safe place to attack from.
While the game is set entirely on a space station, it has been designed to contain a large enough variety of environments to satisfy even the most hard-core gamer. During the course of the game, the player will venture through enormous mechanical devices, simulations of alien worlds, zoos filled with genetically engineered monsters, infested hallways that come alive, and even venture out onto the hull of the station itself.
Innovations (What’s new about it?)
In order to keep development time short (under a year would be ideal), the programming innovations for the game will be kept under strict control. Some examples of what will be put into the game are:
Adaptive characters – The player will be able to adapt the look and abilities of the characters they play. In some cases, these changes will be minor (replacing a hand with a sword) and other cases will be major (replacing the lower torso with wheels).
Destructable weaponry and environments – Certain weapons will become available that allow the player to knock holes in some walls and destroy some weaponry (to keep it out of the “wrong hands”).
Body specific targeting and damage - over forty different spots on the body where the player can cause damage to the opponents.
Overlapping story lines – Players will encounter themselves in previous and future incarnations as they play through the scenario. Injuring the alien prince in one mission will make it more difficulty when you are playing that prince in a later mission.
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A new Canadian study suggests that individuals who take anti-depressants and/or anti-psychotics and participate in a weight management program can lose weight whether or not they take psychiatric medications, according to a report published online today in Obesity , the flagship journal of The Obesity Society. The study is the first to examine weight loss outcomes in individuals taking anti-depressants or anti-psychotics alone, in combination or not at all.
“The results of this study are relevant not only to the healthcare professionals providing care to those who have both excess weight and mental illness, but also to the patients who experience these comorbidities themselves,” said Rebecca Christensen, a PhD student at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health in Canada. Christensen served as the study’s lead and corresponding author.
[cynical mode] Any excuse to not produce meds with a better side effect profile? Instead blame the patient for his/her lack of exercise [cynical mode off] .
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Today’s Text and Thought of Encouragement:
“’Don’t panic. I’m with you. There’s no need to fear for I’m your God. I’ll give you strength. I’ll help you. I’ll hold you steady, keep a grip on you. Count on it…Because I, your God have a firm grip on you and I’m not letting go, I’m telling you, don’t panic. I’m right here to help you…Don’t be afraid.’”
Isaiah 41: 1-. 13. 14, Amplified Bible
Falls ever across the way,
And I know the sound of His friendly feet
Wherever I chance to stray
It does not matter; in rain or shine,
His hand is always clasped close in mine.
Its harvest of peace and rest;
He whispers until my tired heart sings
As I lean on His waiting breast.”
Will D. Muse
I love the story told by Pastor John McNeill, a Scottish minister and evangelist:
“I remember one Saturday night as a young boy. It was nearly midnight, when I started to tramp six or seven miles through the lonely glen to get home. The road had a bad name. This particular night was very black, and two miles outside our little village the road got darker than ever. I was just entering the dark defile, when about one hundred yards ahead, in the densest of the darkness, there suddenly rang out a great, strong, cheery voice. ‘Is that you, Johnny?’
It was my father – the bravest, strongest man I ever knew. Many a time since, when things have been getting very black and gloomy about me, I have heard a voice greater than any earthly parent cry: ‘Fear not; for I am with thee.’ And lo! God’s foot is rising and falling on the road before us as we tread the journey of life. Let us never forget that.”
Pastor John McNeill
Today’s Study Text:
“(Jesus) said these things, and then added, ‘our friend Lazarus is at rest and sleeping; but I am going there that I may awaken him out of his sleep.’ The disciples answered, ‘Lord, if he is sleeping, he will recover.’ However, Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He referred to falling into a refreshing and natural sleep. So then Jesus told them plainly Lazarus is dead.”
John 11: 11-14, Amplified Bible
“The Fragrance of His Presence” Part 19
“What Jesus Said About Death”
“O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?”
I Corinthians 15: 55, K.J.V.
Have I lost someone to the venomous sting of death?
How would I have felt if I had been with the disciples and had Jesus tell me that my beloved had died and was sleeping?
“The foolish fear death as the greatest of evils, the wise desire it as a rest after labors and the end of ills.”
“For man is by nature afraid of death and of the dissolution of the body; but there is this most startling fact, that he who has put on the faith of the cross despises even what is naturally fearful, and for Christ’s sake is not afraid of death.”
Athanasius of Alexandria
“For so He giveth His beloved sleep.”
Psalm 127: 2, K.J.V.
It had been a memorable trip. Having returned to Bethabara where John the Baptist had called for repentance, preparing the way for Jesus’ ministry, our Lord was able to reap the harvest from the seeds planted by the bold John who confronted the evil Herod and ended up losing his head as a consequence.
I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the fact that indeed the good deeds we take up on behalf of our Lord and Savior live on long after we pass from the scene of action and this is exactly what happened with the ministry of John the Baptist. The disciple John makes note of the fact that “many came to Jesus, and they kept saying…’everything John said about the Man was true.’ And many people there became believers in Him” (John 10: 41, 42, N.I.V.).
If ever you feel that what you are doing for Jesus in your life doesn’t seem to matter that much, please take a moment to think of John the Baptist who dedicated his short life to being a planter of seed and long after he was martyred, in the words of the Apostle John in the book of Revelation: “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord…Yea, saith the Spirit that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them” (Revelation 14: 13, K.J.V.).
Just think about the “many” who accepted Jesus because of the faithful witness of John the Baptist who laid down his life for his Lord and Master – Jesus Christ. After this encouraging harvest, Jesus informed His disciples that they would return to Judea, no matter the perceived danger. And so the group began their journey when, without so much as a warning, Jesus dropped more shocking news – “Our friend Lazarus sleepeth, but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep” (John 11: 11, K.J.V.). At first glance, this appears to be great news. By the disciple’s response, we can conclude they came to the same conclusion you and I would make if we had been told that Lazarus was sleeping. “Then said His disciples, “Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well’” (John 11: 12, K.J.V.). What a relief for these disciples were close friends with Mary, Martha and Lazarus too. No doubt, they had benefited from Martha’s cooking skills and the pleasant atmosphere of this home in Bethany also provided them with needed relief in their lives as well.
But as we continue reading John’s transcript of the events during this time in Jesus ministry, he reports that Jesus unexpectedly informed those closest to Him that, “Lazarus is dead.” John writes that “Jesus spake of Lazarus’ death; but they thought that He had spoken of taking of rest in sleep” (John 11: 12-14, K.J.V.).
Talk about miscommunication! This was it. It appears that Jesus view of death didn’t match with the disciples. And maybe we can also learn something from Christ the Son of God. Not only was He the “Light” that makes our pilgrimage on earth a bright pathway as we walk with Him, but now the second attribute which Jesus carried in His being – the gift of Life – was going to be revealed like never before. As Pastor J.R. Macduff eloquently pens, “Death as sleep! How beautiful the image! Beautifully true, and only true regarding the Christian…The gospel takes us to the tomb, and shews us Death vanquished and the Grave spoiled. Death truly is in itself an unwelcome messenger at our door. It is the dark event in this our earth – the deepest of the many deep shadows…a cold, cheerless avalanche lying at the heart of humanity, freezing up the gushing fountains of joyous life.” I have to agree with Macduff’s detailed description of the toxic consequence of sin – death.
But “Praise God” death doesn’t have the final word on planet earth. For the “abolisher of death” came to our planet to set the captives free. I love the way Pastor Macduff describes the results of Jesus entrance into our sin-sick world: “It is said of some venomous insects that when they once inflict a sting, they are deprived of any future power to hurt. Death left an envenomed sting in the body of the great victim of Calvary. Death was forever disarmed of its fearfulness! So complete, indeed, is the Redeemer’s victory over this last enemy, that He Himself speaks of it as no longer a reality, but a shadow – a phantom-foe from which we have nothing to dread.”
Thank God! No wonder the Psalmist David, when talking about the Valley of Death calls it the “Valley of the Shadow of Death.” The stinger is removed and it can’t fatally kill any child of God. No wonder our Lord could call death – a sleep. As Macduff concludes, “The figure of a quiet slumber is no hyperbole, but a sober verity.”
With this great confidence in our hearts, we can better understand the Apostle Paul’s words when he told the Christian members of the new established church in Corinth:
“Death swallowed by triumphant Life!
Who got the last word, oh, Death?
Oh, Death, who’s afraid of you now?”
I Corinthians 15: 54, 55, The Message Bible
“For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud cry of summons, with the shout of an archangel, and with the blast of the trumpet of God. And those who have departed this life in Christ will rise first. Then we, the living ones who remain on the earth, shall simultaneously be caught up along with the resurrected dead in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so always through the eternity of the eternities we shall be with the Lord! Therefore comfort and encourage one another with these words.”
I Thessalonians 4: 16-18, Amplified Bible
“For all the saints who from their labors rest,
Who Thee by faith before the world confessed,
Thy name, O Jesus, be forever blest.
William W. How, 1823-1897
“Thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
I Corinthians 15: 57
Dorothy Valcárcel, Author
When A Woman Meets Jesus
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1. Fargo (1996)
Few films have managed to convey the brutal oppression of Minnesota winters as accurately as Fargo. The citizenry's blank stoicism grows as much out of human helplessness in the face of such killing cold as from any inherent aspect of the Scandinavian stock. From the film's opening shot of a car making its lonely way through a vast expanse of white to the hilarious moment where outsider Steve Buscemi attempts to mark the location of his ransom money by sticking a tiny plastic widget in a huge snowdrift, indistinguishable from hundreds of others, Fargo lets those from warmer climes feel the northern winters in their bones. The moment where a frustrated, lost William H. Macy explodes in anger while scraping ice off his windshield may seem like just a swell piece of acting, but that moment is all too familiar to anyone who's ever had to drive in the Twin Cities in February.
2. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Like many movies set in frozen landscapes of snow and ice, David Lean's epic adaptation of Boris Pasternak's novel was mostly filmed in 90-degree heat. But the chill of the Russian winter still comes across, as Zhivago and Lara crisscross the early 20th century, searching for love amid multiple revolutions. It isn't the sub-zero temperatures that cool the inner being as much as the smothering blizzard of a lonely fate. And when it comes to staying frosty, it's much better to freeze from the inside out.
3. Alexander Nevsky (1938)
Sergei Eisenstein's masterful piece of war propaganda had a double life: When it was first commissioned, the Von Ribbentrop Pact (ensuring non-aggression between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany) was still in force. Stalin found the anti-Teutonic themes in its story of pagan Russia defending itself against invading Crusaders too blatant, and ordered the movie suppressed. But when the Nazis inevitably betrayed the pact and invaded Russia, it found widespread acceptance as a call to arms against a new Teutonic threat. The movie's final battle scene, of a titanic clash between the outnumbered Russians of Novgorod and the Christian knights, is a brilliant piece of staging, with stark period detail and a bloody, tragic clash on the frozen Lake Piepus. The invading Germans would soon learn that the folly of winter warfare in Russia wasn't just confined to myth.
4. Never Cry Wolf (1983)
Although Charles Martin Smith acquits himself admirably in one of his rare lead roles—and few actors besides Brian Dennehy can pull off being unstable and repulsive and still come out looking like a guy worth having a beer with—the true stars of Never Cry Wolf are the white-capped Alaskan and Yukon mountains which loom over every scene, icily immutable and indifferent. Dropped off by Dennehy's besotted bush pilot on a vast frozen lake that threatens to swallow him whole, Smith's nebbishy biologist at first looks like a sure candidate for hypothermia, not to mention easy prey for the wolves he's there to study. But as Smith adjusts to the wilderness with the help of his new Inuit friends, he also learns to embrace the cold, swimming in melting glacial lakes and even running naked across the tundra in a scene that makes members of the Polar Bear Club look like rank amateurs. Upon its original release, Smith's bare ass got some Disney-heads all hot and bothered, but it's likely to have most viewers reaching for an extra pair of pants.
5. The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
Perhaps it's a little unfair to include The Day After Tomorrow in the "cold snaps" category when the film contains so many different exciting types of weather. However, it's when the temperature turns chilly that the action, er, heats up in a movie that treats the oh-so-topical concept of global warming as if it were Godzilla. Long story short: Jake Gyllenhaal, Dennis Quaid, and some other people are tormented by tornadoes, hurricanes, a tsunami, and then a satisfying deep freeze and blizzard, which are made more laughably memorable by the accompaniment of untimely blood poisoning, a yacht stuck on a major New York City thoroughfare, and, yes, wolves.
6. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
Setting his revisionist Western McCabe & Mrs. Miller in the cold, snowy Pacific Northwest was one of many perverse spins Robert Altman put on the sturdiest of Hollywood genres. But he wasn't just thumbing his nose at convention. When snow blankets the town of Presbyterian Church right before the de rigueur gunfight between "hero" Warren Beatty and a gang of corporate-funded killers, Altman uses the desolate surroundings to bring out the sadness inherent to the lonely wanderer who is, to quote the Leonard Cohen song that plays over the film's opening credits, "just some Joseph looking for a manger." In the end, Beatty must face his enemies alone, and when he's wounded while successfully fighting them off, the snow removes all traces of his presence.
7. Dersu Uzala (1975)
Dersu Uzala seems like a hiccup in Akira Kurosawa's filmography, a Japanese-Soviet co-production that finds the director outside his comfort zone—or anyone's comfort zone, for that matter, since the action takes place in deepest Siberia. Detailing the relationship between an early-20th-century Russian explorer who mapped the Krai territory of Russia's Far East and the nomadic hunter who serves as his guide, the film is a prime example of Kurosawa's mastery of landscape and the elements. (By the he made Ran, he could apparently control the weather.) There's no colder sequence in cinema than when the two adventurers get caught the open, frozen marshland as day turns to night and the bitter Arctic winds kick in. With little to thatch together for even the flimsiest shelter, they're left exposed in the Siberian darkness, scrambling frantically to stay alive.
8. The Shining (1980)
The mountains of Colorado are an ideal destination for vacationing skiers, but the Overlook Hotel anticipates such a deluge of snow every winter that the roads are closed, the rooms are left vacant, and the only occupants are a lone caretaker and the family he tries to kill when he goes mad. Though much of that madness comes from within the hotel's haunted rooms and corridors, director Stanley Kubrick heightens the feeling of isolation by blanketing the setting with chest-deep snowdrifts that are virtually impossible to traverse. When groundskeeper Scatman Crothers responds to a psychic distress call, Kubrick makes a joke out of the sheer arduousness of his journey, which culminates in an epic trip up the mountain that ends with shocking abruptness. And in the end, only the elementary forces of snow and cold can stop the otherworldly powers that drive a man to the brink.
9. A Simple Plan (1998)
Snow covers a multitude of sins in A Simple Plan, where the discovery of a downed plane carrying $4 million leads to paranoia, deceit, and murder among two brothers, a friend, and their families. Sam Raimi's use of the remote Wisconsin countryside recalls the work of his former collaborators the Coen brothers in Fargo, another film where seemingly happy-go-lucky Midwesterners are revealed as greedy, weak, and desperate to escape the consequences of their heinous actions. In the end, family man Bill Paxton avoids the law but loses his fortune, all because he couldn't wait out an endless winter to collect on the bounty.
10. The Ice Storm (1997)
As the tagline for Ang Lee's 1997 film goes, "It was 1973, and the climate was changing." Sure, that's a metaphor for the post-counterculture experimentalism that had seeped into the Connecticut suburbs, the setting of Lee's adaptation of Rick Moody's novel. But it's also pretty literal: The film centers on the events of Thanksgiving weekend, just as fall slowly abdicates to winter. It's cold, but not cold enough for snow in the upper atmosphere. Closer to the ground, it's below freezing, so the moisture from a drizzly rainstorm coats everything in ice. It's beautiful, but also dangerous if you're driving—or taking a stroll, as Elijah Wood discovers.
11 and 12. The Thing From Another World (1951) and The Thing (1982)
Both adaptations of John W. Campbell's short novel Who Goes There? share its remote, frigid setting, though they don't have much else in common. The first, which bears a heavier stamp from producer Howard Hawks than from journeyman director Christian Nyby, finds a group of scientists in Alaska pitted against an emotionless vegetable alien intent on destroying them in order to sustain itself. The film's rapid dialogue and the image of hardworking men and women banding together to perform a difficult task mark it as a Hawks film, and its transplanting of free-floating fear to a monster from space would be much imitated throughout the decade.
The cold hinders the characters in Nyby's film, but it's downright hostile in John Carpenter's remake, which faithfully adheres to Campbell's original premise of an alien capable of imitating the form of humans, or any other living creature. Moving the action to Antarctica, the film uses cold to pin its characters inside as they turn on one another. There's no fleeing the scene when the cold itself can kill. And there's no Hawks-inspired bonding among people when anyone on the site might be an evil alien. Carpenter made no secret of his admiration of Hawks, but he essentially made the opposite of a Hawks film. Where Hawks left viewers with a defeated enemy and the command to "Watch the skies," in Carpenter's film, the chill shows no signs of lifting.
13. The Gold Rush (1925)
Charlie Chaplin went into insulin shock after shooting dozens of takes of the scene where he eats a licorice boot. For those without a taste for Chaplin's brand of comedy, that's a lot funnier than anything else in the movie, but The Gold Rush is still considered one of his greatest films. Although the story of a lonely prospector looking to hit it rich in the Klondike was largely a studio creation, it's a testament to Chaplin's Hollywood clout at the time that he was actually able to film one scene (of gold miners trudging up a mountain pass) on location in Chilkoot, Alaska. The Gold Rush was so influential that it handed down dozens of cold-weather tropes; 75 years after its release, The Simpsons was still riffing on the "two guys who hate each other get trapped in a cabin by an avalanche" scene.
14. Quintet (1979)
Here's something to know about Quintet: It's bad. Really, really bad. It would probably be the worst movie ever to feature Robert Altman's name in the director slot if not for the existence of H.E.A.L.T.H. Still, it's one hell of a cold-weather picture. Filmed at the ruined site of the 1967 Montreal World's Fair in the dead of winter, it conveys, if nothing else, what a drag it must be to live in the post-apocalyptic ice age in which it's set. Filmed in the weird part of the 1970s (as evidenced by the presence of Nina Van Pallandt), Quintet is about a drifter, played by a cold, pissed-off-looking Paul Newman, who wanders into a futuristic city and gets involved with what seems to be a futuristic version of the Mafia. If this movie had been made 16 years later, it would have cost half a billion dollars and been called Waterworld. The lesson? Count your blessings.
15. Ice Station Zebra (1968)
Although star Rock Hudson cited it as his favorite role, John Sturges' Cold War thriller Ice Station Zebra isn't anything like a classic. There are some good performances by Hudson and Patrick McGoohan, but Jim Brown as a nail-chewing Marine looks totally lost, multiple writer turnovers resulted in a messy script, and it's at least half an hour too long. Still, it works for two reasons: It nicely presages the great-game spy thrillers of the 1970s, and it puts the cold in Cold War, with its narrative of a desperate submarine sent on a reckless rescue mission to a remote arctic weather station. At any rate, reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes liked it: He ordered his Las Vegas TV station to show it more than a hundred times before finally buying a print which played on continuous loop in his Desert Inn hideout.
16. The Ice Harvest (2005)
It's Christmastime in Wichita. A couple of thieves (John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton) have just lifted more than $2 million in cash from the local mob and need to get out of town. Fast. And yet it's clear from the opening scene of The Ice Harvest that it isn't going to be possible, as the Midwest plains are coated in a sheet of ice. Director Harold Ramis, working from a wry script by Robert Benton and Richard Russo, turns the forbidding landscape into a metaphorical running joke, as the thieves slip and slide desperately across the terrain without actually getting anywhere.
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Most everyone knows Robert Kiyosaki; yes, the author of the best-selling book Rich Dad, Poor Dad. And for those who know him seem to either love him or hate him. Yet as many people hate him, Yahoo still runs his column. Ignorance isn’t hard to sell.
Recently, Kiyosaki wrote an article about silver, but a lame article filled with generalities and hypocrisy. Kiyosaki’s hypocritical views are a reoccurring theme in his writing–and why not? Say whatever sells more copies of Rich Dad, Poor Dad. Even if Kiyosaki’s hypocrisy costs his dedicated readers the small amount of money his readers still have.
Kiyosaki claims to be a “silverbug,” but who isn’t a silverbug when your trying to sell them some book? Kiyosaki claimed to he began investing in silver as “a 10-year-old boy,” one of his famous childhood stories. His stories from childhood are his favorite selling strategy; his books are filled with entertaining stories.
Each story he tells gives no information; it’s only for entertainment. His ability to entertain the reader shows the main reason anyone reads his work: it’s fun. His articles and books amuse, but void of any substantial educational value.
Which leads to the main idea, Kiyosaki does nothing more than sell low quality writing. He himself doesn’t believe what he writes. As if to sell a book, Kiyosaki writes and says anything. And when he says anything for a sale, he has a hard time keeping what’s true–and what he said a-year-ago.
Take for example, his most recent entertainment at Yahoo Finance. He says, “[silver] is about to become the most spectacular investment in recent history.” And I agree, silver is the consumable industrial product, silver supply is down, and silver is a safe haven–increasing the returns an investment portfolio can make.
What I disagree with, he’s constantly flip-flopping, pushing poor financial advice. How can he say in Rich Dad, Poor Dad, an investment is only an asset if the asset puts money in your pocket, and then turn around and give ‘advice’ about investing in silver? Oh, that’s right, hypocrites can.
I agree silver is a great investment, and silver is a great asset to own. A recent study shows precious metals can increase gains by adding a small percentage of silver. But investing in silver does not meet his definition of an asset because his definition of an asset is putting money in the investors pocket–silver does not fit that definition.
I’m a silver investor, and a silverbug, but I still recognize silver doesn’t provide income–silver investing hedges against inflation. Never have I seen my silver bullion write me a check.
Silver remains a good investment for most people, and Kiyosaki will, most likely, say anything just to sell his next piece of entertainment.
I agree with a Yahoo Finance reader said about Kiyosaki’s column, “Hopefully Yahoo [will] . . . remove the least popular product from their shelves.”
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When training to regain movement after stroke or spinal cord injury (SCI), patients must once again learn how to keep their balance during walking movements. Current clinical methods support the weight of the patient during movement, while setting the body off balance. This means that when patients are ready to walk without mechanical assistance, it can be hard to re-train the body to balance against gravity. This is the issue addressed in a recent paper published in Science Translational Medicine by a team lead by Courtine-Lab, and featuring Ijspeert Lab, NCCR Robotics and EPFL.
During walking, a combination of forces move the human body forward. In fact, the interaction of feet with the ground creates the majority of forward propulsion, but with every step, multiple muscles in the body are engaged to maintain movement and prevent falls. In order to fully regain the ability to walk, patients must develop both the muscles and the neural pathways required in these movements.
During partial body weight-supported gait therapy (whereby a patient trains on a treadmill while a robotic support system prevents them from falling), a patient is merely lifted upwards, with no support for forward or sideways movements, massively altering how the person within the support system moves. In fact, those within the training system use shorter steps, slower movements and less body rotation than the same people tested walking unaided.
In an effort to reduce these limitations of current therapy methods, the team developed a multi-directional gravity assist mechanism, meaning that the system supports patients not only in remaining upright, but also in moving forwards. This individually tailored support allows patients to walk in a natural and comfortable way, training the body to counterbalance against gravity and repositioning the torso in a natural position for walking.
The team developed a system, RYSEN, which allows patients to operate within a wide area, and in a range of activities, from standing and walking to walking along a slalom or horizontal ladder light projected onto the floor. They developed an algorithm to take measurements of how the patient is walking, and update the support given to them as they complete their training. The team found that all patients required the system to be tailored to them before use, but that by configuring the upward and forward forces applied during training, almost all subjects experienced significant improvements in movement with even small upward and forward forces on their torso. In fact, patients who experienced paralysis after SCI and stroke, found that by using the system, they were able to walk and thus begin to rebuild muscles and neurological pathways.
This work exists within a larger framework at NCCR Robotics, whereby researchers are using gravity-assisted technologies to play a key role in clinical trials on electrical spinal cord stimulation with the ultimate aim of creating technologies that will improve rehabilitation after spinal cord injury and stroke.
Mignardot, J.-B., Le Goff, C. G., van den Brand, R., Capogrosso, M., Fumeaux, N., Vallery, H., Anil, S., Lanini, J., Fodor, I., Eberle, G., Ijspeert, A., Schurch, B., Curt, A., Carda, S., Bloch, J., von Zitzewitz, J. and Courtine, G., “A multidirectional gravity-assist algorithm that enhances locomotor control in patients with stroke or spinal cord injury“, Science Translational Medicine, 2017.
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Second Round of Public Meetings Slated for Spotted Seatrout Management in South Texas
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Coastal Fisheries biologists will host a second round of public meetings in late September to discuss regional management options for the Lower Laguna Madre spotted seatrout fishery.
Meetings are slated for:
- September 25, Port Isabel Community Center, 213 Yturria Street, Port Isabel
- September 26, Harlingen Public Library, 410 ’76 Drive, Harlingen
- September 27, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, Natural Resource Center, Room 1003, 6300 Ocean Drive, Corpus Christi
- September 28, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Dickinson Marine Lab, 1502 FM 517 East, Dickinson
- September 28, Historical Center, 427 South 7th Street, Raymondville
All meetings begin at 7 p.m. and are open to anyone interested in spotted seatrout management.
The meetings will include a presentation of spotted seatrout trends in the Lower Laguna Madre, description of the regional management concept and information about various management options.
The management options being analyzed are various reductions in bag limit, increases in minimum size limit and combinations of these for the Lower Laguna Madre only.
The meetings will then be opened-up for comment and discussion.
A coast-wide spotted seatrout stock assessment completed by TPWD in April delivered mostly good news about the ever-popular game fish. Stocks overall are doing extremely well in Texas; however, in the Lower Laguna Madre, sampling data and models show a clear downward trend in relative abundance and spawning stock biomass of spotted seatrout.
The bay still boasts catch rates as high as or higher than any other bays on the Texas coast.
“This is not a fishery in crisis,” said Randy Blankinship, TPWD ecosystem leader for the Lower Laguna Madre. “There is no danger of spotted seatrout stocks collapsing; it’s more a question of reversing these trends and getting a high quality fishery back to the very high quality fishery we have historically known.”
For more information about the meetings, call the TPWD Brownsville Field Station at (956) 350-4490.
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A Kingspan Insulation roofing system, that provides insulation and drainage for flat roofs in one easy-to-install package, is top of the class at a school in Pontefract, West Yorkshire.
The design for the £3.5m Cobblers Lane Primary School is based on the Exemplar Primary School design by architects Walters and Cohen, a commission the practice won in the ‘Schools for the Future’ competition run by the Department for Children, Families and Schools (DCFS).
Kingspan Thermataper TT46 LPC/FM high performance rigid urethane insulation was installed by QM Roofing Ltd on the building’s 2,000 m2 roof. As a company constantly striving to develop revolutionary products for the construction industry, Kingspan emphasises the ease of installation for the system, a claim borne out by the contractors. Brian Baldwin, Director of QM Roofing said:
"We've installed countless Kingspan tapered roofs and we find the system excellent to work with and very easy to install. The roof at Cobblers Lane was architect specified and had to incorporate several roof lights over four different roof areas, which was potentially tricky. However, Thermataper roofing comes with instruction drawings from Kingspan Insulation, and our teams are very experienced with the system so we were finished on schedule without any hitches."
Cobblers Lane was built on sustainable principles, which Thermataper’s incredible energy saving credentials, could only enhance.
In addition, Thermataper’s high performance rigid urethane boards prevent water ponding, the most common cause of flat roof failure, through integral roof falls of between 1:60 and 1:120, providing an insulation and drainage solution in one package.
The 315-place Cobblers Lane Primary School replaces the old Cobblers Lane Infant and Junior Schools formerly on the same site. In consultation with Wakefield District Council, teachers and the local community, Walters and Cohen designed a user-friendly building for a flourishing school community. At its centre is a flexible multi-purpose space, dubbed ‘the heart’, which is accessible from all classrooms and can be combined with the hall for larger community events.
'Exemplar' designs create benchmarks for schools. The Schools for the Future competition is one of a number of initiatives from the DCFS to encourage excellence and ensure that investment in new schools results in well-designed buildings, which benefit pupils, staff and the wider community.
The school was officially opened in July 2008 by the Rt Hon Ed Balls MP, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families.
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Parker Technical Education Center
North Idaho College is committed to training highly skilled employees to meet regional workforce demands of current and emerging industries. Manufacturing job growth in North Idaho is projected to rise 15 percent between 2012 and 2022—faster than the average for all industries. However, due to facility constraints in Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs, North Idaho College is significantly restricted in its ability to meet student and industry demand for well-trained and qualified graduates in the Trades and Industry sector.
- Too Small
- Not Meeting Demand
- Not Permanent
Construction of a new Career and Technical Education Center will house the following programs: Advanced Manufacturing/Mechatronics; Automotive Technology; Collision Repair Technology; Computer Aided Design Technology - Architectural; Computer Aided Design Technology - Mechanical; Diesel Technology; Industrial Mechanic/Millwright; Machining and CNC Technology; Welding Technology. This 110,960 square feet building will be centrally in Kootenai County on 40 acres owned by NIC on the Rathdrum Prairie at 7064 W. Lancaster Road, Rathdrum, Idaho. The projected completion date is Summer 2016, in time for the start of Fall Semester 2016.
North Idaho College needs your help to complete and deliver a well-designed, efficient facility with adequate space and equipment to meet student training needs and regional workforce demands of today and tomorrow.Total Project - $20 million
- To build and equip the CTE Facility
- To provide opportunities for students through scholarship support
- To ensure sustainability of state-of-the-art equipment
$15 million already secured
NIC Board of Trustees allocated college capital funds
$5 million needed to complete the project
All funds raised above and beyond the need will be directed toward scholarship support for students and equipment sustainability for programs.
Rayelle B. Anderson, CFRE, Executive Director
North Idaho College Foundation
Sherman Building, Room 106
1000 West Garden Avenue, Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814
Phone: (208) 769-5978 | Fax: (208) 625-2349 | Email: firstname.lastname@example.org
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WASHINGTON — Congress and President Obama are under pressure to reschedule marijuana. While rescheduling makes sense, it doesn’t solve the state/federal conflict over marijuana (de-scheduling would be better). But more important, it wouldn’t fix the broken scheduling system. Ideally, marijuana reform should be part of a broader bill rewriting the Controlled Substances Act.
The Controlled Substances Act created a five-category scheduling system for most legal and illegal drugs (although alcohol and tobacco were notably omitted). Depending on what category a drug is in, the drug is either subject to varying degrees of regulation and control (Schedules II through V) — or completely prohibited, otherwise unregulated and left to criminals to manufacture and distribute (Schedule I). The scheduling of various drugs was decided largely by Congress and absent a scientific process — with some strange results.
For instance, while methamphetamine and cocaine are Schedule II drugs, making them available for medical use, marijuana is scheduled alongside PCP and heroin as a Schedule I drug, which prohibits any medical use. Making matters worse, the CSA gives law enforcement — not scientists or health officials — the final say on how new drugs should be scheduled and whether or not old drugs should be rescheduled. Unsurprisingly, law enforcement blocks reform.
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Starting in 1972, the Drug Enforcement Administration obstructed a formal request to reschedule marijuana for 16 years. After being forced by the courts to make a decision, the agency held two years of hearings. The DEA chief administrative law judge who held the hearings and considered the issue concluded that marijuana in its natural form is “one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man” and should be made available for medical use. Similar hearings on MDMA, aka ecstasy, concluded that it also has important medical uses. In both cases, the DEA overruled its administrative law judge and kept the drugs in Schedule I, unavailable for medical use.
The current drug scheduling system is also structurally flawed. For instance, Schedule I is for drugs that are highly addictive and have no medical value, while the other schedules are for drugs with medical value but varying degrees of safety and addiction risks. There are no categories, however, for drugs that have no medical value but have not proved to be highly addictive either, such as various synthetic drugs like “spice” or “bath salts.” Nor are there categories for drugs that are waiting to be evaluated for medical use.
In a report published in the esteemed medical journal the Lancet , researchers at the Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs proposed an alternative method for drug classification in the United Kingdom that might work in the United States. This new system uses a nine-category matrix to assess the harms of a range of licit and illicit drugs. The new evidence-based classification system recognizes the fact that alcohol and tobacco cause far more individual and social harms than marijuana, LSD and MDMA, which have less potential for harm relative to other legal and illegal drugs.
The Controlled Substances Act was passed in 1970. Forty-six years and eight presidents later, it remains almost exactly as it was enacted (the only major changes have been more draconian penalties such as mandatory minimum sentencing or prohibiting students arrested for drugs from receiving student loans). While federal drug policy hasn’t changed much since President Nixon, individual states have moved in a new direction. Twenty-four states and the District have legalized marijuana for medical use; four states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana for nonmedical use. The federal system is too inflexible to keep up and should be thoroughly redesigned.
At a minimum, responsibility for determining drug classifications and other health determinations should be completely removed from the DEA and transferred to a health or scientific body. Congress should overhaul the entire scheduling process to ensure that decisions on whether to criminalize a drug or not, and whether and how to regulate it, are decided by an objective, independent scientific process.
An independent body such as the National Academy of Sciences should be appointed to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the drug scheduling system. This evaluation should determine if each drug is properly classified, the best way to assess the risks and benefits associated with current and emerging drugs, and how to best redesign the scheduling system. Treating drug use as a health issue instead of a criminal justice issue will require fresh thinking.
Bill Piper is senior director of national affairs for the Drug Policy Alliance.
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The Swiss are sceptical of a controversial proposal to limit population growth in order to reduce Switzerland’s ecological footprint, according to the results of an opinion poll five weeks ahead of a vote on the issue.
Only one in three (35%) people surveyed said they would vote yes on November 30. The poll by the leading GfS Bern research institute found 58% against, with 7% undecided.
Ecopop - launched by a committee of ecologists - wants to limit net immigration to 0.2% of population growth – about 16,000 people annually. The five-year average immigration is about 80,000 people.
“A long shadow is hanging over the Ecopop initiative,” said Claude Longchamp, political scientist and head of the institute, explaining that the Swiss are now aware of the negative consequences any moves to limit immigration could have following a similar vote in February.
At that time, the electorate narrowly approved a rightwing initiative to re-introduce immigration quotas, which could effectively annul an accord on the free movement of people with the European Union.
But Brussels has so far refused to re-negotiate the bilateral agreement which has been in force since 2002. And the European Commission temporarily suspended co-operation on research programmes, film production and a student exchange scheme.
Longchamp did however point out important differences between the February vote and the Ecopop initiative.
The political scientist said so far the campaign had failed to do better for a number of reasons, including the Ecopop committee’s inability to win over support from centre-right and rightwing parties.
He sees an outside chance of an improved result for Ecopop if its backers succeed in mobilising voters who don’t support a political party.
“It would also take a credible, independent personality to give a strong boost to the campaign,” says Longchamp.
The opinion poll also found potential divisions between the leadership of the rightwing People’s Party - like the other main parties it is officially against Ecopop’s initiative - and its grassroots. More than 60% of People’s Party supporters say they would approve the immigration caps for ecological reasons.
Among language regions, only in Italian-speaking southern Switzerland did a majority (51%) of respondents come out in favour.
Longchamp said this was also the case with people considered generally critical of the government as well as low wage earners.
Joining the cabinet and major political parties in opposing the Ecopop initiative are the business community, trade unions, development aid organisations and churches.
During debate in both chambers of parliament earlier this year there were only four votes supporting the plan.
Critics say the initiative is harmful to bilateral relations with the EU – Switzerland’s main trading partner - and could lead to a further shortage of skilled workers following the February vote.
Supporters have argued that population control is necessary to reduce pressure on the environment. Some also say the February immigration curbs do not go far enough and need further tightening.
Even if the initiative is voted down on November 30, immigration issues will likely remain high on the political agenda. Recent surveys, including one by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), show immigration continuing to be a major concern of the Swiss. Therefore immigration is expected to figure strongly in the campaigning ahead of the 2015 parliamentary elections.
A second opinion poll on the November 30 votes - commissioned by the SBC, swissinfo’s parent company - will be published on November 19.
An initiative to set strict rules for Switzerland’s central bank, notably a minimum 20% of gold reserves, appears to be supported by 44% of respondents.
The SBC poll shows 39% against and 17% respondents still undecided.
The proposal, launched by a committee of People’s Party politicians, wants to stop the sale of gold held by the National Bank and store all the reserves in Switzerland.
No major political party has recommended a yes vote.
A third issue to come to a nationwide vote is a leftwing initiative to scrap a preferential fiscal regime for wealthy foreigners in Switzerland, so-called lump sum taxation.
The pollsters interviewed 1,206 Swiss citizens from across the country for the first of two nationwide surveys ahead of the November 30 vote.
Swiss expatriates are not be included in the poll.
The telephone interviews took place between October 13-18.
The margin of error is 2.9%.
The survey was commissioned by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, swissinfo’s parent company, and carried out by the leading GfS Bern research and polling institute.
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Most of us have experienced the pain of a dead Android when we need it most. Whether you’re taking pictures on a vacation or you’re trying to make a call to a cab company after a late night on the town, dead smartphones suck.
That’s why you should look out for AT&T’s Street Charge program, which aims to alleviate the pain of dead smartphones. So far, the program has only opened a handful of charging stations across New York City’s five boroughs, which means NYC residents are the only ones who can appreciate the program.
Apparently, the program was born out of the Hurricane Sandy disaster last year, which knocked out power along the East Coast and left millions with dead smartphones.
Here’s how the Street Charge stations work:
-Each station has a number of different connectors for all popular electronics, including USB, micro USB, 30-pin, and lightning connectors
-Stations draw power from solar panels at the base of the kiosk, and this energy is stored in lithium batteries at the top of the kiosk
-Power can be accessed at any time of the day, since the lithium batteries store power to be used throughout the night
-It’s completely free
-25 more locations should be up and running by the end of summer (check out the full list of locations here)
AT&T is clearly concerned about the way people use their smartphones. It was the first major US cellular carrier to offer service on subway platforms and it continues to operate free WiFi stations throughout the city.
If you’re a NYC resident, keep an eye out for the charging stations in your area. And for the rest of the country, you’ll have to talk to AT&T and tell them that this is a good idea in your part of the country too.
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How to Sync Files Between Computers Without Storing Them in the Cloud
So you have multiple computers and you want to keep your files in sync, but you don’t want to store them on someone else’s servers. You’ll want a service that synchronizes files directly between your computers.
With such a service, you can synchronize an unlimited amount of files and people can’t gain access to your files just by gaining access to an account on a server and viewing the files via the web interface.
1# BitTorrent Sync
BitTorrent Sync uses BitTorrent to transfer files — in private and in encrypted form, so no one can snoop on them. Just install it, select a folder, and generate a secret. Provide that secret to anyone — either another computer you own or a friend you would like to sync files with — and your folder will be automatically kept in sync across all configured PCs. This happens directly — either over a local network or over the Internet — using the powerful and fast BitTorrent technology. And it’s completely free.
AeroFS is free, assuming you don’t need its more advanced features. It creates a Dropbox-like folder on your computer and files sync automatically between the computers you set up. You can share each folder with one additional person, but you’ll need the paid version to share with additional people after that. It doesn’t use BitTorrent and relies on a user account system — there’s a central server that manages user accounts and sharing, but files aren’t hosted on AeroFS’s servers. They’re only stored on your computers. AeroFS promises that it “can’t even see your file names.”
LogMeIn’s Cubby offers cloud storage, but it also offers a “DirectSync” feature. DirectSync allows you to synchronize an unlimited number of files directly between computers, skipping the cloud.
You will have to create an account, and cloud storage is enabled by default in Cubby. While DirectSync was previously free now it’s a paid feature…
4# Run your own cloud server
- SparkleShare: SparkleShare is an open-source Dropbox-like file syncing solution. The only difference is that you host it yourself. You could host Sparkleshare on one of your computers or on a server you have access to and get Dropbox-like syncing that’s entirely under your control.
- rsync: rync isn’t an instant syncing solution, but it can be used to run automatic incremental backups to a server. You could run a nightly rsync job and sync your files to an FTP server.
- OwnCloud gives you universal access to your files through a web interface or WebDAV. It also provides a platform to easily view & sync your contacts, calendars and bookmarks across all your devices and enables basic editing right on the web. Installation has minimal server requirements, doesn’t need special permissions and is quick. ownCloud is extendable via a simple but powerful API for applications and plugins.
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The Structure Of Data and Information Abstract This work is partly motivated by the proposal that information in the computer form of information object data, abstract of this paper, and abstracting thereof will lead to reliable evaluation about the value of this paper. In it a number of ideas, which might be thought of as following from the above, will come into play. The concept of a data store (Paschnik, 2004) is that each element in the data is stored in data (Paschnik, 2004), and the use of a lookup table (which is a functional relational database; Maletti in O.B. (2003)) enables us to take into account its state and its outcome. We review some properties of data stores in this basis, and especially characterizes them: each item of the store returns one value which serves as the first record of the data store, for the column, the record is indexed, the value made of that column is called the record column. Over the past 200 years most of the literature on data stores has been devoted to information storage with information object data. Indeed, all of those storage methods have their merits, including the object information of most applications within the domain of computer processing, the find this of data within the domain of data collection and maintenance is a key. For example it gives a good understanding of the storage and retrieval mechanism in how the data can be kept. Similarly, with the work of the same author on the information object data for whom the work is written, it has been possible to evaluate when the storage system should be finished making a decision about what storage to use for this data, both in terms of its price in terms of cost to the developer and in terms of its efficiency. Understandings of memory that differ from information object data are disclosed in this paper. In particular, descriptions of computer information store (Paschnik 2004) and that of real world data store (Maletti 2003) are given. The term object store includes the object of retrieval within a computer system, a database of stored information objects. All of those retrieval methods can take into account, but only little information is ever known about objects that come into existence, are present in object store data of computer data stores, and seem to be predicated on and with regard to being stored within a computer system. It is only upon consideration that a more complete understanding, including the use of storage systems for object store data, will become available. The general principles of retrieval in computer systems will be described fully below. The notion of an object store reflects a fact of memory that has been discussed by some researchers: only the object of retrieval records which pass a user-created choice state-a common concept in the time-space approach (Maletti, 1990, 1988; Maletti, 1995c) can be correctly represented in memory. Using the retrieval method of information object data also allows the evaluation of stored information objects. Thus object store data, represented by the information object, has two more fundamental aspects, namely the state of its user data, represented by the retrieval data, and the state of its storage system, represented by the object as it exists. Thus the state of information objects or object stores is fixed in and without error.
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From its conception the object of retrieval has not an actual object of processing at any given point in time, but, rather, a computer system which has the necessary state at each point inThe Structure Of Data, Architecture And Design For The Most Transforming Program Management Systems Having a Development Environment? If you found these writings useful for the management of your development environment, it is because these writings has been included in the web application of a research group’s work. In the general survey, the most useful questions are the following:- What are the implications of architectural design in a management context, and why should a developer build apps that are designed in a design environment? These and other content related related to architectural design and design applications will be discussed and then delivered to the subject groups that are building the next development suite with the help of the next topic: The Role Of Architectural Design In the next section, we will discuss the importance of architecture in the design environment and into this specification, then we will discuss the way we have the architectural design in the design environment. Let’s start by understanding these writings and their importance. An Architecture-Building With a Design Environment In this specification, we will use the design environment. Though, in the article we noted in the course of this research group’s work that it is recommended and recommended that architectural design be built with a design environment. This, according to a “Documentation”, is not what is being proposed in the proposed specification. The Architecture-Building With code does not need a design environment. The Architecture-Building With the code is part of the architecture that is integrated and implemented by a developer. From this point of view, the Architecture-Building With code only needs to be built for multiple tasks as well as in the first stage. A developer can accomplish each example of the architecture without building anything in an environment, and the developer can only code the architecture with the help of the architectural design environment to create more complex, yet simple, applications. This will be shown in the bottom left corner as shown in 10. An Architectural-Building With a Design Environment In this research group’s works, it is really recommended that the architect build the architecture for the building of the application to get the features, by means of which the application can be modified to get better functionality. A typical application for different kinds of building, for examples, is building an automobile. It should be mentioned that a developer needs to build an application for one task by manually building it for a new task, when there is nothing to build for this new task than the design architect. The Architecture-Building With the designing environment to see all possibilities of building software in a designed environment As you can see, once you create an application for an application, this is obvious, but in the design environment, you will not create the architecture that is proposed by word of mouth, thus when building software, and the design architect, do not create the architecture. However, as you can see, before building this architecture, your design architect needs to build part of it for new task to actually improve the functionality. Also, as you can see, that the design architect shall not create the architecture for the new task which you can find out more have designed. Design Performance Now what security requirements are you to establish, and how do you do such any business- to make your architecture more performance efficient by performing a more complex business- to improve functionality while the business is performing? This takes some study and research effortsThe Structure Of Data (Text) Structurally, data represents the particular numerical data that is to be transmitted over the network. Data represented by an article, document, web page, or image is referred to as a database file, and therefore it is classified as a data object embedded on an underlying network network. Such a database can be of multiple types, as shown in FIG.
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1. FIG. 1 is a diagram of a network topology. It illustrates the various types of data objects included in an article, a document, a web page, a computer network document, or the like by one or more core data objects, including binary images, plain text documents Discover More Here image markup languages. Such objects are referred to as sub-objects. Core data objects such as web pages, internet pages, blog posts, calendars, and the like may be a component of such a database file, an article, or the like. A database file is identified by the file name it uses for locating the data object. There are several types of database files. A basic description of database files is set forth in Additional Discussion 9-3… 10 where such a database file contains the key contents for identifying the object, e.g. “database, find this image by [example]” as used herein is the combination word, such as “picture by [example].”, “text by [example” used herein is an example of a text file. Examples of graphical data objects are data objects including fonts and icons, as well as file names when this is desired. An example of a data object in “database file” is illustrated in FIG. 1. The FIG. 1 example includes a collection of the header information for header files for each data object, as shown in FIG.
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2 for the header file that contains the following header header information. As is apparent from FIG. 2, the information Look At This “database file” is of an object type including a header file. In a database file, a header content is the contents of several header cells. And in the graphics, the header content is determined as the header information and is updated to the next header information. In the headers, when the header information is changed, in the graphics, it is further determined that the pixel data (a 2-point image) represents information about a reference point, and image information can be represented by image colors and the like. A graphic image is a set of series of two or more image pictures. A graphic image includes two or more lines for displaying the lines on a screen. A character image is a sequence symbol for displaying a character. Note that there are two basic types of characters displayed on a screen. One in each line of the character is represented as an illustration by that character. A character reference point represented by the string represented by the frame icon is represented as an icon. The graphic image can contain various information. For example, FIG. 3 illustrates a character showing a double-sided character. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a graphical character (example above) in FIG. 3, and FIG. 4 illustrates a graphical character (example further above) in FIG. 4.
Note that the above series of characters contains only information about the line of line illustrated in FIG. 3 for a width equal to the frame icon, and not the character reference point. Which of the column or polygonal lines illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4 represents a character can be determined by measuring the image that is displayed by a character reference point (such as the font) using the matrix technique. If the column or polygonal lines represented by at least one column or polygonal line depict any character, then one other or a dozen possible characters corresponding to that line of line are represented, which indicates that there exists a character. A data object (also termed a “matcher” or “image”) is another type of graphical item. A diagram data object provides a way by which the number of files. An image can contain several characters. In a source image, several images are shown, but only one frame has been shown. An image can also contain many lines of related data objects, browse around these guys lines and lines of character data objects, and the pixels represented by the images. A graphics file can contain many lines. In a source image, lines are visible along a
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Electricité de France (EDF) was founded in 1946 out of the desire to have a national electrical utility that could help rebuild the country after the Second World War. Since its creation, the company has had the responsibility for generating, transmitting and distributing electricity in France. The EDF group (2006) is present in 22 countries, where it supplies 40,2 million customers (36,7 million in Europe). 161 560 employees contribute to the activity, generating consolidated sales of 58 900 million Euros.
The aim of the EDF's R&D Division is to keep electricity costs competitive, prepare the generating facilities of the future, enhance the quality of supply while preserving the environment, as well as to develop innovative solutions with the customer in mind. The variety of these objectives has led EDF to set up a strong R&D function, including multidisciplinary knowledge, and with a balance between basic research and industrial applications. EDF's R&D activities (2006) had 2000 employees (1/3 women), including 1560 researchers and executives; 150 teaching researchers, 200 PhD candidates. EDF participated in 84 European projects during FP5 (among which 10 projects coordinated by EDF).
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rothe erde® structure elements have an extremely complicated cross section. They have a diameter of up to 5.5 metres at a weight of only 23 to 57 kg. Structure elements are used in the aerospace industry. Products manufactured by thyssenkrupp rothe erde can be found in areas of application with the highest demands, for example, in the Ariane 5 or the civil aviation industry. In the aerospace industry, titanium, aluminium, and materials with high nickel content are used to roll state-of-the-art rolling mills with a rolling force of up to 500 tons. thyssenkrupp rothe erde accompanies further development to ever greater dimensions. The company has made an investment which shall make the pressing of up to 6000 tons of primary materials possible.
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"France plays an important role on the international stage to prevent further nuclear program of Iran," said Lieberman's spokesman in a statement ahead of the minister's first official visit to France since 2009.
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- Ron Ben-Yishai / Reformist or conservative - which way will Iran go?
"The new ballistic missile test conducted Monday by Iran proves once again that its intentions have not changed, and that the Iranians do not want to hide their aggressive intentions," he added, referring to Iran's test of two new missiles.
"The threat is always the same, but (now it is) hidden behind smiles. This is the only change," the spokesman said.
The Foreign Ministry said that while in Paris, Lieberman will also meet with the Interior Minister of Manuel Valls, Secretary-General
Lieberman, leader of the right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party, has long been considered a "hawk" in Israeli politics. But since his return to the Foreign Ministry in November, following his acquittal in a trial for corruption, he has worked to shed his image of the "pariah" of the international diplomatic scene.
The foreign minister recently backed US Secretary of State John Kerry after he came under fire from fellow members of the government, who accused him of exploiting the threat of international boycott to pressure Israel into negotiations with the Palestinians.
On Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that easing sanctions against Iran was counterproductive, and had pushed Tehran to redouble its "aggression on the international scene."
This tone contrasts with that adopted by the United States and the European Union, who have decided to partially lift sanctions against Iran in the hope of reaching an agreement on Tehran's nuclear program.
Negotiations with the P5+1 (the United States, China, Russia, France, the UK and Germany) on a comprehensive agreement with Iran are set to begin in Vienna on February 18.
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Deep within the recesses of Porsche’s Kardex system lies a card that holds the long kept secrets of an interesting vehicle. What I like to call the “356A and a half speedster” is a Porsche that, perhaps, should never have been built. Given the confusing chassis number of 1021, this mystery 356 is of great interest to the “academics” among the Porsche fold.
There has long been an argument as to the quantity of Abarth GTL models produced, with one side arguing 20 were made, and the other shouting 21. GTL chassis delivered to Abarth for re-body and performance enhancement were not subject to the standard crash tests of the time and as such had to apply for a special single car exemption. As a result, they couldn’t receive a normal series production chassis number. Porsche’s delivery records show 20 chassis being delivered, numbered 1001 through 1020.
So What is Chassis 1021?
The card shows original delivery of this disputed Porsche was taken by Folker Rieflin, a young engineer who worked for Porsche for a number of years in the engine department. His fluency with building the heart that beats within a Porsche did not go unnoticed. He was soon promoted to hand assemble the legendary Carrera Twin Cam engines, the same Twin Cam engines found in GTL chassis 1001 through 1020.
Mr. Rieflin’s father had been a long time Porsche enthusiast, and by 1960 he was looking for a new one. Looking at new-to-market early 356B T5 bodied cars, he wasn’t really happy with the detail changes from the last of the 356A models. When requesting a new 356A Cabriolet, Rieflin senior quickly realized not a single one remained available for him to buy. Becoming disconcerted, he asked his son to look around the factory to see what he could find. As luck would have it, Rieflin junior found a 356A cabriolet for his father, however it is was only a “body in white” (a term that signifies a body that has never been built into a car).
In 1960, Rieflin junior purchased the A body on his father’s behalf, and requested the car be built from the ground up in the racing department with several special one-off options. A 356B drive-train was installed, complete with the new Super 90 engine and the car was painted in heron gray. Full leather, sport tires, fog lights, electric clock, twin arm rest, twin headrest, mirrored sunvisor, chrome side spear flourish, headlight stone grilles, a pair of exterior Talbot-style mirrors, and a deluxe horn trim ring were all installed. The strangest option, though, is the “Speedster” script on either front fender of this cabriolet.
This amalgamation of a car, obviously, was not certified for serial number production. This Porsche was finished around the same time that the 20 other chassis were delivered to Abarth, and Porsche simply applied for the same style of exemption for this car, adding a 21st chassis to the bill. The unique A/B cabriolet chassis with a Super 90 engine received chassis number 1021.
Where is 1021 Now?
Fewer than 2 years later, Rieflin senior would suffer a severe accident in the car, buckling the rear quarter panel and caving the wheel housing. Eager to get his car back on the road, he had the car delivered to the Porsche repair shop known as “Werk 1”. Rieflin deemed the repair quote too steep for his taste, and ended up selling the car to one of the body shop employees. The Porsche was then reportedly repaired and sold again. From there, the trail has, unfortunately, gone cold. Nobody has seen or heard from 1021 since 1962, and it seems unlikely to surface any time soon.Porsche356Registry.org
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There is no end in sight to the dangerously wintry weather gripping much of the UK, forecasters have said.
The Met Office has extended its level 3 cold weather alert until Friday as hundreds of homes remained without power, many high-level transport routes stayed impassible and farmers battled with deep snow to keep livestock alive.
Laura Caldwell, a forecaster for MeteoGroup, the weather division for the Press Association, said there was no end in sight for the cold weather, although there will be a respite from the heavy snowfalls. She said: "There have been a few snowfalls in the north-east of England but it's pretty much dry across the UK at the moment. But it's cold."
The continuing Arctic conditions are in stark contrast to this week last year when headlines were proclaiming Britain was hotter than Madrid or California, and sun-seekers headed to the beach to enjoy an early spring heatwave. On March 24 last year, Porthmadog in North Wales saw the warmest temperature, reaching 21.7C (71F) - making it hotter than Madrid, Rome, Athens, Barcelona and Monte Real in Portugal.
Engineers were continuing their battle to restore power to hundreds of homes across parts of Northern Ireland, Cumbria and Scotland.
Helicopters were helping in the operation in Northern Ireland, where snow drifts and abandoned vehicles hampered efforts to restore power to 800 homes and businesses. More than 140,000 customers who lost power when the wintry blast struck the eastern counties of the region last Thursday and Friday have since had supply restored.
On Arran, residents have spoken of some of the worst conditions they have ever seen as hundreds of homes remained without power in south-west Scotland. The area was hit badly by damaged power lines four days ago when 18,000 homes and businesses were affected.
In northern England, many cross-Pennine routes remained blocked by drifting snow, including the Snake Pass and Woodhead Pass, between Manchester and South Yorkshire.
Meanwhile, a man found dead in deep snow after he started walking home in severe weather was named by police. The body of Gary Windle, 25, was found by a farmer in Brierfield, near Burnley, Lancashire, at about 1.30pm on Saturday. Lancashire Police said his death was not being treated as suspicious and there were indications it was a "very tragic incident" after he started walking home from a night-out with friends on Friday.
Severe weather is also thought to have led to the death of a woman in Cornwall on Friday. The woman, named locally as Susan Norman, died when her house in Looe, Cornwall, collapsed during a landslip following torrential rain.
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is a non-typical, cute little French city. It was nice enough for the Popes to settle when exiled from Rome in the fourteenth century. What these Italian holy men left was a grand, Gothic palace.
- The world’s largest Gothic edifice
But I digress because when you visit places like India for their palaces. Not a small city in France. Instead, you must visit Avignon for what it’s most famous for now. Plus, you still have time.
The Theatre Festival begins in July. I’m not talking about awful vintage French movies. It’s the street performers, actors, musicians, and out of place tourists. All of this while attending some of the best inside the aforementioned palace.
If there were ever a place to find inspiration to travel it is here. Now.
You’re probably filled with romanticism of train travel. It can indeed be a soothing experience. Or reading a book in one Avignon’s many outdoor cafes slowly savoring a chocolate croissant. You feel hungry for what we know as the finest cuisine in the world. Not just stinky cheeses. I have now covered the can’t miss event of the year and given you the sexiest way to get there on the train.
You can always stay at hotel or a posh villa. Plus lots of free entertainment. And you can stay at a nearby PPA properties. Of course if you’re a baller Avignon has world renown theaters and restaurants. See you there, I hope.
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In May 2021, the Supreme Court ruled in Territory of Guam v. United States, 593 U.S. __ (2021), on the issue of whether a settlement resolving environmental liabilities was sufficient to establish a right of contribution for a settling-party against a non-settling responsible party pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C §9613(f)(3)(B). The Court held that to trigger contribution rights under CERCLA 113(f)(3)(B), settlement must resolve a CERCLA-specific liability.
Guam v. US arises from a dispute regarding environmental responsibility for the Ordot Dump – described as a “280-foot mountain of trash,” that at various times was owned and operated by both the US Navy and Guam. The Navy constructed the dump in the 1940’s and allegedly disposed of hazardous waste at the dump for several decades. Ownership of the dump was later ceded to Guam. Upon discovery of the environmental contamination emanating from the Dump and Guam’s non-compliance with environmental regulations, EPA sued Guam pursuant to the Clean Water Act, alleging Guam was discharging wastes to the waters of the United States. Ultimately, a consent decree was entered between EPA and Guam in 2004, terminating the litigation (the “Consent Decree”). As part of the Consent Decree, Guam was required to pay a civil penalty and perform certain remedial tasks. The Consent Decree documented that Guam’s compliance was in full settlement and satisfaction of the claims of the United States as alleged in the compliant; claims made under the Clean Water Act.
In 2017, Guam seeking to recover the costs of cleanup in response to the Consent Decree, sued the United States pursuant to CERCLA. Guam forwarded two-theories; (1) cost recovery under CERCLA §107(a) — seeking recovery against a person that at the time of disposal of hazardous substances owned or operated the disposal facility, and (2) a contribution action under CERCLA §113(f)(3)(B), authorizing a party that has resolved its liability to the United States for costs associated with a response action to seek contribution from a responsible party that has not settled its liability.
The DC Circuit found that Guam’s CERCLA §107(a) claim could not proceed if Guam could assert a contribution claim pursuant to CERCLA §113(f)(3)(B). The Circuit then held that Guam’s CERCLA §113(f)(3)(B) claim was time-barred as the 3-year statute of limitations for the contribution claim began to run with the 2004 Consent Decree.
In its arguments before the Court, Guam withdrew from its CERCLA §113(f)(3)(B) claim. Guam argued that it never established a contribution claim because it had only resolved its liability under the Clean Water Act, and to establish a contribution claim, settlement must have been CERCLA-specific. Therefore, Guam contended, it was free to pursue cost recovery under CERCLA §107(a). The Court agreed, parsing the “reticulated statutory matrix of environmental duties and liabilities,” its “interlocking language and structure,” to conclude that, “CERCLA contribution requires resolution of a CERCLA-specific liability.”
From Guam’s perspective, the result was equitable, and they may now pursue recovery from one of the alleged responsible parties. From a practice perspective, Guam v. US, helps to clarify how and when contribution rights are established.
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You’ve worked too hard this year to let all the great things your kids learned slip during the hazy, lazy days of summer.
So when Kacy, a friend of mine, suggested creating a binder for each child with activities and worksheets, I thought it was a great idea. I hit a teacher/education supply store in my area so I could browse through their offerings. I picked up a couple workbooks and some lined newsprint. The other place I found workbooks? Costco! And their prices were cheaper!
Here’s how it works:
I bought a binder for each of my children to customize (you might even have extra binders around the house or office.)
Think about the subjects they needed a little help with during the year, or areas you think they’d enjoy learning about during the summer. Bigger kids can have more diverse binders, tabbed with a range of subjects or activities.
Since my kids are little, they’ll be practicing a lot of writing. I got two packages of lined newsprint: the little one got the Kindergarten big spaced type so he can write his letters; the big one gets smaller lined newsprint so he can practice making smaller, more evenly spaced words.
My 1st to 2nd grader has two workbooks along with his handwriting practice: an addition and subtraction math game book, and a general knowledge book. If he needs it, we’ll make more tabs for him with different subjects for concentration. For now, I think the above is enough to keep him happily working for an hour or so during the day.
My preschooler did a great job learning how to write his own name this year and loves to ask how to spell words letter-by-letter. I don’t expect him to really stay inside the lines, but he likes how grown up it seems to have lined paper. His work book is a hodge podge of activities, games, and light learning.
I’m not interested in creating a genius, I just want him to feel a sense of accomplishment when he “works” on his pages. Keep it FUN for little ones. I’m not going to force him to do work every day unless he wants to. (Of course he wants to because his brother is doing his work.)
My soon to be 2nd grader doesn’t have a choice, haha. He has math, reading, and writing to work on daily. We’re also keeping his summer reading pass book from our local library in one of the pockets. I don’t want to hear about how bored he is, ever.
Our plan is that after breakfast they’ll have their chores to do, then their school work, before they’re allowed to go outside to play or watch a show.
What are your tips for keeping the brain drain at bay and keeping your kids busy not bored?
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Dr. Edward Redd, physician and soon-to-be regional TV pitchman, doesn’t want to tell people they have to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
“I don’t believe that coercing people into getting vaccines, or coercing people into doing anything, is very helpful,” said Redd, a physician for the Bear River Health District and a former Utah legislator. “People have to arrive at their own conclusion using the information they’re able to gather. What I hope to do is get them good information and let them make their own decisions.”
To help get that information to people in the Cache Valley, Redd sat down in front of a camera Tuesday to tape a public-service announcement for the Utah Department of Health.
Redd is one of several health care professionals, mostly from more rural parts of Utah, who will appear in these TV spots — which will be targeted at people who so far have been hesitant to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
“We need health care providers to stand up and say, ‘Hey, this is safe. We all got it, and we want everybody else to get it,’” said Sheldon Birch, who owns three Birch Family Pharmacy locations in the Tooele Valley, and will appear in another of the UDOH spots.
Reaching the undecided
In focus groups with people who have not yet received the vaccine, health professionals like Redd and Birch were found to be “most likely to hold sway, in terms of moving them one way or another,” said Tom Hudachko, UDOH’s director of communications.
The concerns people in those focus groups have about the vaccine “are essentially the same that we’ve heard from the beginning,” Hudachko said. They include questions about the vaccine’s side effects, how safe it is, how effective it is, and the speed at which federal agencies approved them, Hudachko said.
“The most likely messenger that can answer their questions and alleviate their concerns,” Hudachko said, “is a health care provider — either a doctor, a nurse or a pharmacist — or individuals from their communities who are like-minded and have made a decision to get vaccinated, having overcome essentially the same questions.”
The spots with Redd and Birch will be more micro-targeted to regions of the state than earlier ads developed by UDOH, which were broadcast statewide via TV and radio stations.
“We knew that we would start with the large chunk of people who are open and are willing to be vaccinated,” Hudachko said. The first wave of ads “was dangling the carrot … that getting back to Jazz games, getting to restaurants, getting back to shopping centers, visiting with grandparents — all those things are going to made possible by getting vaccinated.”
UDOH considers that first phase a success — with more than 1 million Utahns now fully vaccinated, and another 300,000 having taken the first of two doses. The widespread TV spots and digital billboards around the Salt Lake Valley will remain in use, Hudachko said, even as numbers at mass vaccination sites decrease and those sites are gradually phased out. (For example, the Salt Lake County Health Department will close its site at the Salt Palace Convention Center on May 29, and the Davis County Health Department is scaling back hours this month at the Legacy Events Center in Farmington.)
For the next phase, “it’s really going to be less about this mass-media approach that you’ve seen over the past several months,” Hudachko said. “We’re going to rely more on geo-targeted paid social media, so that we can get these messages into specific parts of the state. We’re going to rely more on rural newspapers, rural radio, and static billboards in these communities.”
The spots where Utahns aren’t sure
In some rural parts of the state, the message should receive a receptive audience. According to a UDOH survey taken between Feb. 1 and May 1, 77.3% of people in Redd’s Bear River Health District — Cache, Box Elder and Rich counties — who have not received the vaccine yet say they are “likely” or “very likely” to do so. In Tooele County, where Birth lives, the level is 70.1%.
Other rural areas are more skeptical. The rate of unvaccinated residents likely or very likely to get the vaccine in San Juan County was 52.2%, while in the Tri-County Health District (which covers Uintah, Duchesne and Daggett counties), it was just 50.6%, the state’s lowest percentage.
Besides rural Utah, public health workers are trying to reach minority and ethnic communities, which have lagged behind the state’s majority white population in getting the vaccine.
As of last week, 41% of the state’s Asian American adult population, 34% of Hispanic adults, 23% of black adults and 23% of adults in the native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander community had been fully or partly vaccinated, according to Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson. That compares to just over 50% of the adult white population of Utah that has gotten their shots.
For some in those minority groups, said Caroline Moreno, equitable access manager for the Salt Lake County Health Department, “it’s a matter of trust. There’s a lack of trust in government agencies, and in the medical profession — and that’s all based on historical injustices and some that are not so historical.”
Other issues are logistical, she said: A lack of transportation, or inability to speak English, or not being able to get time off of work.
“You can imagine if there’s somebody who’s not comfortable speaking English, or concerned about how they’re going to be treated, going into one of those huge [mass vaccination] sites can be really overwhelming,” she said.
While the Salt Lake County Health Department has its own ad campaign — with the tag line “This is our shot” — on TV, radio and billboards, there’s also an effort to target to minority communities, said department spokesman Gabriel Moreno (no relation to his colleague).
Gabriel Moreno said his department has placed ads in 36 gas stations, 13 grocery stores, 28 nail and hair salons and five laundromats — mostly in neighborhoods with large minority populations.
The main way Salt Lake County gets the message out, Caroline Moreno said, is to work with community groups — 29 of them over the last year, who have organized pop-up clinics at churches and other gathering spots.
Those groups, “are from and part of these communities and are trusted voices. … They’re the ones interacting with people, they’re the ones who are relaying the messages. The only thing we say about the message is that it has to be scientifically accurate,” she said. “Other than that, however they want to relay the message, however they want to talk to people, is completely up to them, based on their knowledge of their own communities.”
The department augments that effort with information kits and advertising in 10 languages, Gabriel Moreno said.
“If you’re on the fence, please, there’s information,” Caroline Moreno said. “There are a lot of people you can reach out to, to learn accurate information so you can feel comfortable getting your shot.”
Finding the unvaccinated where they live
Robin Marcus, professor and associate dean for clinical affairs with the University of Utah College of Health, said public health experts don’t know if the recent downturn in demand for the vaccine is because of an accessibility issue or because of vaccine hesitancy.
University of Utah Health is working on the accessibility side, Marcus said in a virtual news conference Wednesday, by teaming with Community Nursing Services to send the U.’s Wellness Bus to locations around the Salt Lake Valley this month to stage one-day pop-up clinics in underserved communities.
The first such clinic takes place Wednesday, 3-7 p.m., at the Kearns Library. The bus travels to South Salt Lake on Thursday, Ogden on Friday — with stops the next two weeks in West Valley City, Glendale and Kearns again.
“We’re hoping we’ll get a good uptake of people wanting to be vaccinated,” Marcus said.
Birch, in Tooele, said health experts are “competing against the Internet, which has all sorts of information.”
His pharmacies – the three in Tooele, and Cedar Valley Pharmacy in Eagle Mountain — recently posted on Facebook that they had plenty of vaccine doses in stock, and urged people to register for an appointment. The response was surprising, Birch said.
“I got comments on there — silly things: ‘It’s not a vaccine.’ ‘I know people who have gotten sick from it, and people who have died from it.,’” Birch said. “They were not typically my patients who were saying that. They weren’t traditional clientele. They were a younger, perhaps healthier, group who get their information from other places than their local doctor and pharmacist.”
Redd, the physician at the Bear River Health District, agreed.
“The hope is that people who are hesitant, or worried about possible side effects of the vaccine, will at least ask questions of their physician or health care provider, and try to get good information about what’s going on,” Redd said. “That’s the hope.”
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Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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- S: (n) Venus (the second nearest planet to the sun; it is peculiar in that its rotation is slow and retrograde (in the opposite sense of the Earth and all other planets except Uranus); it is visible from Earth as an early `morning star' or an `evening star') "before it was known that they were the same object the evening star was called Venus and the morning star was called Lucifer"
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John 1:4-9 (NLT) says: "The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it. "God sent a man, John the Baptist, to tell about the light so that everyone might believe because of his testimony. John himself was not the light; he was simply a witness to tell about the light. The one who is the true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world."
In 2 Corinthians 4:5-7, Paul explains his ministry as follows: "You see, we don't go around preaching about ourselves. We preach that Jesus Christ is Lord, and we ourselves are your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, who said, ‘Let there be light in the darkness,' has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ.
"We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves."
In one of His final teachings before going to the cross, Jesus told His closest disciples the secret of spiritual growth. He said: "I am the Vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. ... When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father" (John 15:5, 8).
After His resurrection, Jesus gave those same disciples this commission: "‘I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age" (Matt. 28:18-20).
Notice He did not say, "Go and share your faith." He said, "Go and make disciples ... teaching them to obey."
What is a disciple, and how is a disciple made? How did the Lord intend for His original disciples to interpret that command? These are significant questions for those who desire to hear and respond wholeheartedly to the Lord.
Jesus gave many indications of what constitutes discipleship, more than we can cover in this context. However, the essence of discipleship involves following, coming under the discipline of another.
Jesus never indicated that discipleship was easy, quick or even possible in human power. He said that apart from Him we can do nothing.
The fruit of all spiritual growth is not something we produce. Rather, growth occurs spontaneously when we remain submitted to the Vine. We must be disciples ourselves, following and receiving life through the Spirit, before discipleship can be transferred through our lives.
Hebrews 12:2 (NKJV) states that Jesus is the "author and finisher of our faith." The New Living Translation says, "the champion who initiates and perfects our faith." That means Jesus both begins and completes the entire process as we yield to His Spirit (see Rom. 8:13-14).
So what is our part in "sharing our faith" with others? The answer to this question can be seen in the lives of those who first followed Him: the woman at the well (see John 4:19-30,39-42), Mary Magdalene (see John 20:1-18) and Paul (see Acts 26:1-22). Please take a few minutes to review these passages. Here are three examples of those who served effectively as His "witnesses."
A witness, by definition, has to have seen something. The experience of seeing produces a true witness. Each of these people actually saw Christ, and the experience of seeing Him forever transformed them. So the question is: Have you seen Him?
On the other side of seeing, their testimonies occurred spontaneously as did the "fruit" forthcoming from their testimony. In other words, they did not set out to campaign.
Rather, they responded to the One they saw, the Glorious One before whom the elders fall down in heaven and the four living creatures cry "Holy!" See Him and you will testify! Faith always involves seeing! (See Heb. 11:26-27.)
There is a time and place for us to share what God has done for us and whom we have discovered Him to be as a result of our experiences. However, the pivot of our witnessing life turns, not on our initiation, but on how much of Him we have seen and how much we have allowed ourselves to be transfigured by His life reigning within.
Personal evangelism is not a matter of effort but of authentic encounter. Real encounter and real response naturally result in our becoming a living witness. The power will come from Him (see Acts 1:3-8).
If you find that you are not motivated to share Him, consider the state of your relationship to the Vine. Have you seen Him lately in such splendor that you were changed?
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Updated on 13 August 2013
FDA’s new norms are seen as an attempt mute widespread industry criticism of the regulator over its stringent on-site data monitoring norms that escalate the cost of trials besides adding to more development time cycles.
Singapore: In a move that will reduce time and cost of bringing new drugs to market, America's drug regulator, Food and Drugs Agency (FDA) has introduced new clinical trial guidelines that encourages and approves more centralized, risk-based monitoring of data instead of costly and time-consuming on-site data verification.
The new guidance norms, an updated versions of FDA's 2011 clinical trials guidelines, were unveiled on August 7,2013. It is called, " Oversight of clinical investigation-a risk-based approach to monitoring." Earlier, FDA had preferred 100 per cent on-site verification clinical trials data by companies that do this work for pharma firms. The new guidance applies for all trials of drugs, biologicals and medical devices.
FDA's new norms are seen as an attempt mute widespread industry criticism of the regulator over its stringent on-site data monitoring norms that escalate the cost of trials besides adding to more development time cycles. Industry insider estimate that about 10 per cent of the costs of a new drug development is attributed to on-site verification costs. Modern drug trials take place across many continents and multiple far-flung locations.
Now FDA is okay with drug sponsors taking up on-site verification of clinical trial data generated only at sites considered to be risk-prone to manipulation. For all other cases, centralized monitoring of data using various technology tools are preferred.
FDA says incorporation of centralized monitoring practices, where appropriate, should improve a sponsor's ability to ensure the quality of clinical trial data. " Several (research) publications suggest that certain data anomalies such as fraud, including fabrication of trial data, and other non-random data distributions may be more readily detected by centralized monitoring techniques than by on-site monitoring."
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After 1948, the 370,000 Jews of Romania who survived the Holocaust became one of the main sources of immigration for the new state of Israel as almost all left their homeland to settle in Palestine and Israel. Romania's decision to allow its Jews to leave was baldly practical: Israel paid for them, and Romania wanted influence in the Middle East. For its part, Israel was rescuing a community threatened by economic and cultural extinction and at the same time strengthening itself with a massive infusion of new immigrants.
Radu Ioanid traces the secret history of the longest and most expensive ransom arrangement in recent times, a hidden exchange that lasted until the fall of the Communist regime. Including a wealth of recently declassified documents from the archives of the Romanian secret police, this updated edition follows Israel’s long and expensive ransom arrangement with Communist Romania. Ioanid uncovers the elaborate mechanisms that made it successful for decades, the shadowy figures responsible, and the secret channels of communication and payment. As suspenseful as a Cold-War thriller, his book tells the full, startling story of an unprecedented slave trade.
Radu Ioanid was born and grew up in Bucharest. He studied at the University of Bucharest; at the University of Cluj, where he received a PhD; and at the Ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales in Paris, where he received a doctorate in history. He was vice president of the International Commission on the Holocaust in Romania headed by Elie Wiesel from 2003 to 2004. He has been a Starkoff Fellow at the American Jewish Archives and director of the International Archival Program at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. He is now Romania’s ambassador to Israel. His books include The Holocaust in Romania and Le Pogrom de Jassy.
Foreword by Elie Wiesel
Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction Lost and Found
1 “The Jews Are Our Misfortune”
2 Voting with Their Feet
3 The Zionist Enemy
5 An Uneasy Relationship
6 The Money Trail
7 The Washington Equation
8 “Why Did You Drain My Soul?”
About the Author
This extraordinary book blew the cover off the secret of a shameful deal that ended up, perversely, in freedom for Jews in Romania, including myself. In 1965, my mother and I were bought by the state of Israel from Ceausescu’s Romania for about $3,000 each. In other words, Israel bought our freedom from the misery of his dictatorship. When the ransom was paid, ethnic Romanian Jews were robbed by the state of all their possessions and allowed to leave the country. The details of this affair are carefully and deeply researched in Radu Ioanid’s splendidly written account of that spectacular Cold War drama. I learned from this book how my fate was decided early in the 1960s in one of the few countries under Soviet control and am both grateful and saddened for those who had to fight decades longer, in the USSR and elsewhere, for the right to travel freely. This book reads like a thriller, but it is journalism at its best.
The suffering of the Jewish people throughout history is no secret to anyone. From persecution and exile to progroms, from forced conversion to genocide, the Jews have experienced it all. Radu Ioanid takes us on a journey into the most unbelievable: The selling of the Jews by the communists in Romania. Pigs, dogs, sheep, money—everything Romania needed—was offered in order to get the Jews to Israel. Ioanid has excavated one of the most incredible stories of the twentieth century from the archives of the Securitate: that after the Holocaust, the worst atrocity humanity had seen, there were people who were willing to buy and sell entire families with a clear price tag on their heads. Only a master of research could accomplish what Radu Ioanid did with this incredible story.
10/4/21, TLV1 Podcasts: Ioanid talked about his book in this podcast episode.
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INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR---PAPER NO 683
On December 5, 1988, an unidentified man with an Arabic accent telephoned the U.S. Embassy in Helsinki, Finland, and warned of a plot by the Abu Nidal Organisation to blow up, within two weeks, a Pan Am flight from Frankfurt to the United States. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the US issued a security alert the same day to all US airline companies having flights to Europe. The US State Department forwarded the same day copies of the FAA alert to all US diplomatic and consular missions in Europe. On December 13,1988, the security officer of the US Embassy in Moscow posted the security alert received from Washington DC on the bulletin board for US citizens living in Moscow in the U.S. Embassy and also mailed copies to all US citizens living in the USSR.American nationals living in the USSR reportedly cancelled or changed their travel plans after seeing the travel advisory.
2.On December 21, 1988, a Pan Am aircraft flying from London to New York was blown up in mid-air near Lockerbie in Southern Scotland killing all the 259 persons on board. Eleven villagers on the ground were killed by the falling parts of the disintegrating plane.
3. During the subsequent enquiries, inconvenient questions were raised as to why the US nationals except in the USSR were not informed of this threat and why the security advisory was circulated only to the US missions in Europe and the US airline offices and not shared with the general public. The practice of issuing in a systematic manner travel advisories cautioning US nationals about likely threats to their security when they are abroad started after this incident. Many other countries started emulating the US practice. After 9/11, many private companies in the travel industry and many banks started issuing their own travel advisories to their customers travelling abroad. This caused some confusion.
4. At the International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and Security held at Madrid from March 8 to 11,2005, I had raised during a panel discussion the tendency of the US and the UK to issue frequent travel advisories against travel to certain countries on the basis of weak intelligence or, in some instances, even rumours. I pointed out how this practice of these two countries often created problems for India and other countries in Asia. I also narrated an instance of November,2002, when an American private bank in Thailand issued its own terrorism alert to its customers visiting Thailand, the nervousness it caused amongst tourists of all nationalities and the strong protests it evoked from the Thai authorities.
5. While there was no response to my intervention from any of the American experts present in the Panel, a British expert clarified that following strong representations from the airline industry, the British authorities were much more careful before issuing such advisories. I also stressed that travel advisories, where really necessary, should be issued only by Governments on the basis of advice from their intelligence agencies and that the practice of private companies issuing their own advisories should be discouraged. In this connection, kindly refer to my article of April 7,2005, titled " MADRID IMPRESSIONS--II: Economic Impact of Terrorism "at http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/%5Cpapers14%5Cpaper1328.html .
6. Against this background, one cannot find fault with the travel advisories issued by the US, Japan and some other countries to their nationals after the receipt of some information regarding the alleged plans of Al Qaeda and its associates to organise Mumbai--26/11 like terrorist strikes in the UK, France and Germany and by the authorities of Australia regarding the likelihood of terrorist incidents during the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Admittedly, the information on the basis of which they had issued their security alert is weak and uncorrobated, but their Governments have an obligation to inform their citizens that they are in receipt of such information. Otherwise, if the information proves to be correct and there is a terrorist incident, their Governments may find themselves taken to court for not cautioning the travelling public.
7.In the Western countries, victim activism in taking their Governments to task for not protecting them from terrorism is very strong after the Lockerbie incident and 9/11. The Governments have, therefore, to be very careful and keep their public informed. In India, despite the fact that it is one of the worst victims of terrorism, there is no victim activism even today. As a result, our Governments are able to get away with any sins of commission and omission.We saw it in the case of Mumbai-26/11. None of the relatives of the 141 Indian nationals killed has taken the Government to task for failing to protect them despite the availability of intelligence regarding the plans of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET) to attack some hotels on the sea-front.Not even the Bharatiya Janata Parrty (BJP), which talks loudly from the roof-top about its hard stance on terrorism, has ever fought for the principle of victim activism and for victims' rights. ( 5-10-10)
( The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, New Delhi, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai. E-mail: email@example.com )
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History 29/01/20 What strange money to be paid the Russians in Alaska
Modern man is accustomed to money in the form of metal coins and paper bills. In reality, money can have any form and be of any material, as long as the parties involved in the circulation of money, recognized them as a measure of value, means of payment and accumulation. For example, in the period when Alaska was Russian, there went the money out of the skin.
in the XVII century in Russia knew about Alaska, it was visited by Russian merchants. The first permanent settlements in Alaska and the Aleutian Islands appear at the end of the XVIII ever. Then, in 1799, created the Russian-American company (RAC). She was, in modern parlance, on the basis of state-private partnership, the units were owned by governmental entities, there and individuals.
minerals in Alaska then discovered was not a core value were furs, which was bought from the local hunters. A first calculation was also of skins. Gradually the local population to accumulate a surplus of furs, which they sold to American and English merchants. CANCER could not accept the fact that precious fur out to competitors and, with the blessing of Saint Petersburg began to pay for fur coin. There is a new difficulty. CANCER has not coined money, they were delivered from the mainland in limited quantities, not enough money. In addition. the local population was inclined to make money from copper arrowheads and spears that could be used not only against the beast.
In the Main office of the company, located in the capital of Russia, has found a graceful way to release moneys from the skin of a seal, used to inhabit in abundance in the vicinity of Alaska. The Russian government did not object, but official permission to issue has been received.
Skin the fur
Signs the CANCER was decided to call “marks” and denominated in Russian rublesYah. Not to be confused neither buyers nor sellers, signs of different denominations were different colors. In addition, cut two or 4 corners, there were holes in the top, which facilitated the use of money by the illiterate natives. There is evidence that the CANCER has pay leather money and its employees.
the First issue took place in 1816. The turnover of received banknotes in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10 and 20 rubles. In ten years, CANCER has released stamps on 42 thousand rubles. In 1826 – the second issue of 30 thousand rubles, there was no marks in the 2 and 20 rubles, but printed at 25 rubles. In addition, released small change “money” – in 10, 25 and 50 cents.
Leather money mouldering, and for their replacement company in 1834 produces new signs by 30 thousand rubles. Books CANCER say that in 1862 the circulation was leather money 36,115 thousand rubles, 1864 — on 39, 625 thousand. Leather money CANCER willingly accepted not only the local hunters, and Russian merchants trading with them, which determined the success of the event. Then the brand changed to Russian rubles on the mainland, but to find mention of the exchange rate failed.
In the first two decades in Alaska, lived 400 Russian in the Russian possessions and 10 of thousands of Indians and Creoles, not only built FORTS and trading posts, and settlements, schools and hospitals.
the Russian Empire in 1867 sold Alaska to USA for $7.2 million, equivalent to about 11 million rubles. The debate about the deal has not abated in our time, but we have to take will not.
a Year later, the Russian – American company was liquidated. Leather “mark” from circulation were seized, in exchange for Russian roubles, and then in Alaska began to pay U.S. dollar.
there are not more than 40 copies of the Alaska leather money. The largest collection is kept in the State Historical Museum – 15 pieces. The Hermitage has 4 copies. The other “stamps” are in the hands of private collectors, including the USA, Canada and Finland.
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Meet the Tiny Bacteria That Give Anglerfishes Their Spooky Glow
A close up profile of an adult anglerfish female from the Linophryne family collected in the northern region of the Gulf of Mexico. © 2016 DEEPEND/ Dante Fenolio
Descend two hundred meters (about 656 feet) below the surface and the ocean is reduced to total darkness. Creatures that live beyond the Twilight Zone spend their lives almost entirely in a near-limitless black expanse, save for a group of luminous fishes, invertebrates and bacteria that have evolved a special adaptation: bioluminescence.
Bioluminescence is the predominant source of light in the largest fraction of the habitable volume of the earth—the deep ocean. It’s thought that 90 percent of open ocean organisms produce light of some kind, and that this ability that has evolved many times. It serves a few predictable purposes, like possibly signaling to members of the same species or illuminating prey, along with some capricious ones like the ability to eject luminescent body parts in order to distract a predator.
DEEPEND at the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show Nov. 4-6th
DEEPEND scientists will share information at the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show about deep-sea organisms that live in the Gulf of Mexico and will have games to play and prizes to give out! All K-12 teachers should stop by our booth for a token of our appreciation.
Location: Coral Reef Pavillion, Bahia Mar
Dates: Friday, Nov 4-Sun, Nov 6, 2016
DEEPEND presentations: 11am and 3pm each day
Life and Death in the Deep Ocean: Professor Tracey Sutton (GHOC, NOVA SE U)
The club is honored to have Professor Tracey Sutton speak about his research. He is the director and lead principal investigator of the "Deep Pelagic Nekton Dynamics Consortium (DEEPEND)", Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center, Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography, Nova Southeastern University. "Life and Death in the Deep Ocean" will detail what happens in the "dark" ocean that we never visit, and why it is so important. This will be a fascinating talk that U will not want to miss. Plus great food and drinks at Shenanigans East Side Pub at a very reasonable price, awesome company, and free door prizes. cheers, arthur
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Follow DEEPEND on twitter with the hashtags #scaryfish and #DEEPEND from now until Halloween!
Talk about awesome Halloween Costumes. Humans have got NOTHING on these wonders of the deep. That’s right, every day creatures like this are doing what they do – swimming around in the deepest parts of our oceans. The diversity of these deep sea animals is something truly remarkable – how they’ve adapted to their surroundings and the status of their marine environments are things we’re studying at DEEPEND. So when you go to your Halloween party, see if anyone is dressed like a Dragonfish or a Fangtooth – now that would be really cool!
Update 10-21-16: Science in the Sun - Save the Date!
October 21-22, 2016
Planning is underway for the 6th Annual St. Petersburg Science Festival, a regional celebration where families and the public can explore the wonders of hands-on science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM). The 2016 festival will be held on October 21-22, along the waterfront campus of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. The event is held in conjunction with MarineQuest, the annual open house of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.
DEEPEND will be represented at the Festival so stay tuned for details.
Day 1 of the St. Pete Science Festival has just ended! Students from Pinellas county joined us for the day going through "mini lessons" to learn about what the DEEPEND team does. We had 10 very enthusiastic groups come by and everyone had fun while learning!
The public is invited to join DEEPEND and the rest of the festival tomorrow during day 2 of the event! Doors are open from 10-4pm. Stay tuned for more pictures from tomorrow's excitement!
Florida Branch of the American Society for Microbiology Presentation
NSU MS graduate student Lindsay Freed presented preliminary DEEPEND angler fish symbyosis data in the poster, "Characterization of Bacterial Symbionts within Anglerfish and Seawater from the Northern Gulf of Mexico " at the recent annual meeting of the Florida Branch of the American Society for Microbiology. The University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine Sciences (RSMAS) played host to about 125 scientists (mostly students) for a day and half of talks and posters.
A DEEPEND retreat was held on the campus of University of South Florida, St. Petersburg on September 23rd-24th. In attendance were co-PIs, research scientists, and students. A broad range of topics were discussed from water feature classification, to genomics, to physical oceanography and food web dynamics.
Researchers shed light on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
It has been six years since the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill dumped millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Plants and animals were harmed and the places they call home destroyed. The money brought in by fisheries and tourism was cut. A way of life was tarnished.
With the highly anticipated Deepwater Horizon movie starring Mark Whalberg, Kurt Russell and Kate Hudson due for release later this week, attention to one of the world’s worst oil spills is sure to be reignited.
But long before cameras started rolling on the disaster thriller, researchers at FIU’s School of Environment, Arts and Society have been focused on uncovering the far-reaching environmental damage done to the Gulf of Mexico from the oil spill. Their goal is to inform future ecological assessment efforts to better monitor and understand changing conditions.
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The Lion of Judah impact on dancehall and Reggae Music
Lion of Judah
What or Who is the Lion of Judah?. The Lion of Judah was the symbol of the Israelite tribe of Judah in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible
Most Rastafarians used this term whenever they are chanting. Their belief is that this represents Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, crowned November 2, 1930 with the titles King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, Elect of God and Power of the Trinity.
Rastas hold that Selassie is a direct descendant of the Israelite Tribe of Judah through the lineage of King David and Solomon, and that he is also the Lion of Judah mentioned in the Book of Revelation.
In Jamaica you cannot tell a rasta man that Emperor Haile Selassie I is dead, they think that he is still alive.
On the flag which is used by them it shows a Lion holding a flag, any where in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean this flag is displayed, you can bet your last dollar that there is a Reggae Musician living there.
Mean while In Christian tradition, the Lion of Judah represents Jesus. Many Christian organizations and ministries use the lion of Judah as their emblem or even their name.READ MORE ABOUT RASTAFARIANSRETURN HOME FROM LION OF JUDAH PAGE
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The Iluminati, the “faked” 1969 moon landing, reported alien sightings: These aren’t generally topics that come up in the average high school social studies or English class.
If they do, teachers may feel compelled to dismiss them and hurriedly move on to more reputable sources of information.
But there can be instructional value in teaching students about far-fetched claims pitched as news, or even conspiracy theories, says Renee Hobbs, a professor of communication studies at the University of Rhode Island’s Harrington School of Communications and Media. Hobbs is also the director of the Harrington School’s Media Education Lab, a research hub and educator resource for teaching media literacy.
"[W]hen teachers and school librarians make all the choices for students, students never get the chance to learn how to make good choices for themselves,” she wrote in an article published earlier this year in Knowledge Quest, the Journal of the American Association of School Librarians. Challenging students to evaluate loosely-substantiated claims teaches source evaluation and bias detection, she argues.
Hobbs is also a member of the steering committee for Media Literacy Now Rhode Island, one of the organizations that advocated for Rhode Island’s recently passed digital literacy education law. The state is one of several to recently implement legislation requiring teachers to teach media literacy, preparing students to identify “fake news” and misinformation online.
All of these issues are front and center over the next few days during Media Literacy Week. The third-annual series of events, webinars, and virtual discussions aims to highlight the importance of media literacy and its role in K-12 and higher education. The program is arranged by the National Association for Media Literacy Education and sponsored by Twitter, Facebook, and other corporate partners.
Hobbs spoke with Education Week by phone from Media Literacy Week’s kick-off event in New York City, where she led a workshop on teaching conspiracy theories and determining validity. The interview has been edited for length and clarity.
In many ways, media literacy isn’t a new idea. Teachers have been demonstrating how to identify and analyze media bias and propaganda for years. But the internet and social media have overwhelmed today’s teenagers with information, often from politically polarized viewpoints. What skills do students need to navigate this new media landscape, and how should educators change or update their approach to teaching media literacy?
One thing that teachers are doing is they’re bringing in the artifacts of the social media landscape as an object of inquiry. Today I just talked about conspiracy theories and my article in Knowledge Quest from the Association of School Librarians. Bringing in a conspiracy theory in order to deconstruct and analyze it: That’s one pedagogy that teachers are using.
Teachers are also bringing in examples of memes. Memes spread and share and get transmitted and are created in ways that are different than other forms of expression and communication. There, the basic competency is: Can you ask critical questions about those artifacts in ways that promote intellectual curiosity, deepen analysis skills, and inspire student creativity?
Media literacy tries to build a bridge between the classroom and the living room. Often, students learn—and not just students, but teachers also, when they go through teacher education programs—they learn that there’s stuff that you talk about in school, and stuff that you never talk about in school. There’s stuff that you analyze, and then there’s stuff you just enjoy. Media literacy wants to problematize that. We want you to analyze the stuff you enjoy.
It really builds a learning model where teachers and students are co-learners. For a middle or high school teacher, it’s very likely that she knows less about Snapchat as a platform, as a medium of expression and communication, than her students do. But the teacher doesn’t have to be the expert in the medium. What she has to do is adopt a model of co-inquiry where, as learners together, we’re going to try to understand: What makes a message shareable on Snapchat? What’s a good Snap? How are image and language combined in this medium in ways that reshape meaning? And how can you spread or share information—and misinformation—on Snapchat?
In your book published this year, Create to Learn: Introduction to Digital Literacy, you encourage the development of students as digital authors. How does creating and sharing multimedia texts develop different skills than writing an essay with pen and paper, or giving a class presentation?
One example gives you a sense of the power here. One of the standard activities we use in high school and middle school—and all throughout the curriculum, certainly by grade 3—we’re engaging in the practice of comparison and contrast. It’s a form of analysis that’s pretty standard.
It turns out that some visual media really change the way we think about comparison/contrast. Teachers will often use the classic Venn Diagram to teach about comparison/contrast. But when students are asked to make an infographic to engage in comparison/contrast, they actually end up having to think through the idea of similarities and differences in a way that activates linguistic representation, visual or pictorial information, and spatial information. They find out that where you put the words on the screen shapes the way that the viewer receives it: whether that information is at the bottom, whether it’s in the middle, whether it’s at the top.
Students learn that some visuals kind of shortcut people’s thinking; they’re kind of like a stereotype. In the process of creating an infographic, students become more aware that information and ideas are always constructed by people who have motive, and they’re always selective and incomplete.
Earlier this year, Rhode Island passed a law that requires the state department of education to consider incorporating media literacy into the curriculum. Media Literacy Now Rhode Island, of which you’re on the steering committee, played a big role in advocating for the law. At this point, are there any updates on what that media literacy component will look like, or how it will be integrated across the curriculum?
The passing of the law would never have been possible if it weren’t for the mobilization of teachers, librarians, youth media advocates, and other activists that happened over the five years of the community forming, largely around the Summer Institute in Digital Literacy, which is a professional development program for educators that [the Media Education Lab has] been running since 2013. Every year at that event, we get teachers from all across Rhode Island and from 15 or 20 different states as well. Those teachers began to see themselves as part of a community.
The bill itself is very modest. It says that the Rhode Island department of education will consider incorporating media literacy into its basic curriculum. It’s very much a first step. The plan is simply to use the best practices [that we’ve been collecting.] Tonight we have our webinar: What’s already happening with the state of media literacy in Rhode Island, collecting those best practices, and sharing those with the Rhode Island department of education, as a way to say look: Here’s what’s already happening. It’s certanly not happening in ways that reach all children in the state. But, best practices can really inspire other educators and school leaders.
What are some best practices being used by districts?
My first book [Reading the Media: Media Literacy in High School English], written in 2007, was about a school district in Concord, New Hampshire, where the entire English department got together and said, “We’re preparing our students to be English majors in college, but most of them won’t be English majors in college. Maybe we should think differently about preparing them for life in a complicated, information-dense media world.” That school district’s initiative to bring media literacy into the curriculum is still pretty exemplary.
Since then, there are so many others. [The Journal of Media Literacy Education] just published a really interesting article: A school in Florida, the G-Star School of the Arts, that integrates media literacy into the curriculum through creative expression.
We could say more broadly that succesful programs can be built upon this dialectic of empowerment and protection. Teachers can be motivated by wanting to protect kids from the worst aspects of media culture, and they can also be motivated by wanting to share with students the best aspects of what media and technology bring. Both approaches can be very successful in schools, and it’s really situational and contextual. In the buckle of the Bible Belt in Tulsa, media literacy is going to look different than in does in Brookline, Massachusetts. That’s the way it should be. It needs to be responsive to the community and the culture.
Photo courtesy of Renee Hobbs.
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A version of this news article first appeared in the Digital Education blog.
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The Birth of a Baby
By modern standards, the controversy over the above pictorial seems almost incomprehensible. Yet, when Life magazine decided to publish it on April 11st 1938, the magazine’s editors knew that it would be one of the biggest controversies of Life’s early years.
The pictorial was titled “The Birth of a Baby” and included pictures from a film by the same title produced to reduce the maternal death rate. Both the 72-minute educational film and 35-paneled pictorial tell the fictional story of a married woman who becomes pregnant and who learns, along with the reader, about the major stages of pregnancy and birth. The movie had been banned in several U.S. cities for its ‘indecency’ , but Life decided to go ahead with their pictorial. Predictably enough, its appearance in a widely published news magazine for all audiences caused an immediate uproar in newspapers from Paris to Seattle, although Life cleared the stories with officials and warned its readers in advance.
Although a Gallup poll showed 76% of people were against a ban, thirty three U.S. cities banned the magazine, along with Canada and the state of Pennsylvania. Roy Larsen, LIFE’s publisher (and later chairman of Time Inc.’s executive committee) and six newsdealers were arrested. Lawsuits followed but every indecency charge brought before court was thrown out, except in Boston, leading to one headline: “Storks still bring Boston babies”. In this era, where the phrase “Banned in Boston” entered lexicons, the debate was the most intense in the-then more traditional bastions of WASP establishment: New England. Many important figures of the age weighed in; that arbitrator of good taste, the New York police department, mused that the pictorial “would be detrimental to the morals of youth.” In the White House, Mrs. Roosevelt was more ponderous: “I never think that honest things are bad.” The New Yorker published a parody, and many questioned the decision to ban these pictures, which contained no nudity nor depictions of sexual activity, while allowing other prurient magazines to be sold.
Always the one for bon mot, Life magazine described the controversy as pro-Life and anti-Life. Eventually, it proved to be a blessing in disguise for then-fledgling magazine. Even before Conde Nast mastered the art of $1-magazine, Life was marketed as a cheap magazine for all. Yes, its sales numbered around a million, but Life was sold at 10 cents per issue, which didn’t fully cover the expense and the magazine lost money from the beginning;. The controversy which followed the decision to print the film turned out to be a huge publicity boon for the magazine.
In the subsequent trial, the famed censorship lawyer Morris Ernst successfully defended the magazine. The landmark decision that resulted was to help to destigmatize public representations of pregnancy and birth. In 1965, Life published Lennart Nilsson’s photos of a fetus without much criticism and opposition. Looking back with more than seventy-years of hindsight, the entire episode seems quaint but it is oddly current too: in the recent years, the debate — decidedly quieter than the one above, but a debate nonetheless — is on whether Facebook should allow breast-feeding pictures online. Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.
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The Department of Health has met its target to reduce MRSA bloodstream infections by 50 per cent by 2008 and has made encouraging progress towards its target to reduce Clostridium difficile infections, according to a National Audit Office report published today. However, blood stream infections due to other causes may be increasing. There is also no national data that captures information on some of the most common healthcare associated infections, such as urinary tract infections and pneumonia.
The Department introduced a target to reduce MRSA across all NHS trusts by 50 per cent by 2008 and C. difficile by 30 per cent by 2010-11. MRSA had been reduced by 57 per cent by the end of March 2008 and C. difficile by 41 per cent. While a quarter of trusts have reduced MRSA by more than 80 per cent, in 12 per cent of trusts there has been an increase in MRSA infections. Twenty-nine per cent of trusts have reduced C. difficile by more than 50 per cent, but in 19 per cent of hospital trusts the numbers of C. difficile infections have increased.
Since the introduction of targets to reduce MRSA and C. difficile, the Department has spent some £120 million on central initiatives tackling healthcare associated infections. There have also been unquantifiable administrative costs and local expenditure on the drive to reduce infection rates. These central initiatives, together with action at trust level, have led to savings on treatment of between £141 million and £263 million, as well as reducing discomfort, disability and, for some, death that might have been caused by these avoidable infections.
The Department’s approach to reducing healthcare associated infections, comprising “must do” targets for reducing MRSA bloodstream and C. difficile infection rates, close performance monitoring of these targets, and support and guidance on infection prevention and control more generally, has been effective in helping trusts to improve cleanliness and compliance with infection prevention practices. There has also been a perceptible change in trust leadership on infections in response to the challenges of reducing infection rates. The impact has not, however, been the same in all trusts or, as far as the data from voluntary reporting shows, for other infections.
Following the Department’s intervention to improve recording on death certificates where MRSA or C. difficile was the underlying cause or a contributory factor, in 2007 around 9,000 people were reported by the Office for National Statistics as having died in such circumstances. There is still no national information on deaths from other healthcare associated infections.
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Wednesday, 4 June 2014
It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles—that a man has his father’s wife! 1 Corinthians 5:1
At the end of the previous chapter, Paul noted those who were “puffed up” in their conduct. To close out the chapter he said, “What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?” This sets the tone for chapter 5 which begins with words that are hard to imagine in any society at any time.
“It is actually reported…” indicates that Paul received word about the matter. But it also indicates that it is a known matter; something not hidden from the outside world. It was probably Chloe who reported this as she was the source of Paul’s writing in the first place as was previously seen in chapter 1 –
“For it has been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloe’s household, that there are contentions among you.” 1 Corinthians 1:11
“That there is sexual immorality among you…” This is the reason for Paul’s mentioning of “a rod” as noted above. This is something which is intolerable within the body and which needs to be addressed. Bringing this up here in his epistle, which is recorded in the Bible, indicates that it is an offense for all ages, not something merely cultural within the area of Corinth. The implication then at this point, and throughout the rest of the New Testament, is that sexual immorality is not to be practiced or excused.
But there is more. This wasn’t just a case of sexual immorality which occurred through momentary passions. Instead, it was a deliberate act and one which was considered deplorable in the society at that or any time. This can be discerned from the words “and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles…” What was being practiced was reprehensible even among the Gentiles. This wasn’t a matter of merely reinserting the law of Moses (see Leviticus 18:8). Rather, it was a matter which is written on the conscience of all people (see Romans 1:28-32).
Because of the offending nature of the act, and because even the Gentiles knew the utter impropriety of the matter, how shameful it was for someone in the church to conduct his affairs in such a way. And more – how shameful it was that the church knew about it and had done nothing to correct it (as will be seen in the verses ahead).
And the offence was “that a man has his father’s wife!” This was forbidden by the Law of Moses, which arguably is set aside in Christ, but it was an act which was known to be wrong by all people instinctively. Further, it violated the edict issued by the council in Jerusalem which is recorded in Acts 15 and which stated –
“We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who will also report the same things by word of mouth. For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things: that you abstain from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well.” Acts 15:27-29
Life application: Doctrine for the Church Age has been given by Paul for our learning, guidance, adherence, and for our good. What is written there has been given for the sake of the church as well as individuals within the church. To flagrantly ignore mandates and exhortations which are prescriptive in nature can only cause harm to both. When one acts in such a manner, they are bringing disgrace upon the name of Jesus Christ. Be firm in your convictions that you will neither act in such a manner, nor allow it to be tolerated in your church.
Lord God, surely Your word has been given to us for our good and for the health of the entire body of saints. Help me to be firm in my convictions that I will never act in a manner contrary to what the Spirit has revealed in the pages of the Bible. And Lord, help me to also be firm in handling such matters which may arise in the church I attend as well. Timidity can only lead to tolerance; tolerance to disobedience; and disobedience to shame. Give me the strength to stand firm on Your precious word. Amen.
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Explosion-proof thermal resistance
1. Application of explosion-proof thermal resistanceExplosion-proof thermal resistance is usually used in conjunction with display instruments, recording instruments, electronic calculations, etc. Directly measure the surface temperature of liquid, vapor and gas medium and solid surface in the range of -200°C~500°C where there are explosives such as hydrocarbons at the production site
2. Features of explosion-proof thermal resistance• Compression spring type temperature sensing element, good anti-vibration performance;
• High measurement accuracy;
• No need to compensate the wire, saving cost;
•Imported thin-film resistor elements with stable performance.
3. The working principle of explosion-proof thermal resistanceExplosion-proof thermal resistance uses the principle of gap explosion-proof to design components such as junction boxes with sufficient strength. The parts that generate sparks, arcs and dangerous temperatures are sealed in the cavity of the junction box. When an explosion occurs in the cavity, the flame can be extinguished and cooled through the gap of the joint surface, so that the flame and temperature after the explosion can not be transmitted to the outside of the junction box cavity, thereby performing an isolated explosion.
4. The main technical parameters of explosion-proof thermal resistanceProduct performance standards
5. Insulation resistance at room temperatureThe temperature of the thermal resistance is 15-35°C, the relative humidity is not more than 80%, and the test voltage is 10-100V (DC). The insulation resistance between the electrode and the outer tube>100MΩ.
6. Certification of explosion-proof thermal resistance
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7. Measuring range and tolerance
|Model number||Index number||Temperature range||Accuracy class||Allowable error|
|WZP||Pt100||-200-+500||Class A||±(0.15+0.002) ltl|
|Class B||±(0.30+0.005) ltl|
|WZC||Cu50 Cu100||-50-+100||---||±(0.30+0.005) ltl|
8. Grouping form of explosion-proof thermal resistance
Classification of explosion-proof thermal resistance
9. Types of electrical equipmentClass I------Electrical equipment for underground coal mines
Class II-Electrical Equipment for Factory
10. Explosion-proof grade of explosion-proof thermal resistanceThe explosion-proof grades of explosion-proof thermocouples are divided into three grades A, B, and C according to the maximum safety gap used in explosive gas mixtures.
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The temperature group of explosion-proof thermocouple is divided into T1-T6 according to the maximum allowable surface temperature of its exposed part
11. Temperature classification of explosion-proof thermal resistance
|Temperature group||Allowable maximum surface temperature ℃|
12. Explosion-proof level of explosion-proof thermal resistance
Protection level: IP65
13. Junction box of explosion-proof thermal resistance
14. Installation terminal of explosion-proof thermal resistance
15. Model naming of explosion-proof thermal resistance
16. Selection table of explosion-proof thermocouple
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The file attached to this post is a work-in-progress. In this project, I tackle racial justice using mathematical tools in two different ways. First, develop a numerical index of racial equality that can be used to compare states using Microsoft Excel and JMP scripting. Second, I develop a unit for a college course for non-math majors whereby the students use Google Sheets to explore the connection between race and income by using US Census data for Tucson, Arizona.
I drew a classroom where students are engaged in the task : “Do white people have more income than People of Color?” There’s a cart of laptops in the corner, a smartboard, a teacher’s desk with a computer and my Microsoft Surface next to it. Students are in groups of 4, and each group has a laptop. Me, the teacher, is larger than them and bearded, and each group has a task card. I am going around and asking questions like “How would you know if there’s a relationship?” and “Show me how your group set up your spreadsheet?”.
Based on Ohmer Milton’s book Making Sense of College Grades, I’ve put up his Learning Oriented-Grade Oriented quiz on my website. I could not find cut scores for the test, so the cut scores I used are arbitrary, and I have found it still a useful thing to use with my students when teaching study skills. You can take the test here, and feel free to send your students there:
Dear JamesSheldon.Com Blog Readers,
I have a secondary blog that I update quarterly. I blog with a mathematics educators’ perspective for the American Mathematical Society’s graduate student blog. You can find my blog posts on that blog here:
If anyone is interested in becoming a blogger for AMS, I’d be happy to connect you. I’m also open to guest posts on the jamessheldon.com blog.
James “Mountain Shadow” Sheldon
(this is a fictional letter to my high school geometry and AP Calc AB teacher. Maybe I’ll send it to her, maybe not.)
Dear Ms. Conry,
I’m at the Mathematics Education and Society conference, MES 10 in Hyderabad, India.
I’m working on my PhD now and writing my dissertation proposal, majoring in Teaching, Learning, and Sociocultural Studies at the University of Arizona and minoring in Special Education. I also just defended my Master’s project for a Masters in Mathematics – Teaching Emphasis at the University of Northern Colorado.
Today I helped a student who had taken a data analysis class for her major but was somehow placed into Integrated College Skills, a lower level class, take the placement exam. The advisor for her program set it up, and I sent her info about the cut scores in case she didn’t already have it. She passed and is now sad she doesn’t get to take my class. I recommended Theoni Pappas’ Mathematical Scandals as alternative reading.
This summer I’m taking two graduate level classes at the University of Northern Colorado to finish out my Master’s. Problem-Solving and Geometry. I hope it includes Non-Euclidean since we didn’t get into that much in Freshmen Geometry in High School, though the math club we tried to start in Senior year was going to take it on but i didn’t make more than one meeting.
My friends want me to take Mathematical Modeling with them in the morning, but I’ll be too tired, so probably Problem-Solving in the Afternoon is better. I’ll get to spend a week in Northern Colorado at the University of Northern Colorado again like last summer.
And this summer I teach Math for Elementary Teachers part 2! 🙂
(I was in your 9th grade Geometry, co-taught with Mr. Martin, and 12th grade AP calculus with the forester textbook. I still have a copy on my shelf, and he’s still around but can’t attend as many conferences anymore, per the NCTM internal discussion forum.)
This week in class we read an article by Al Kaszniak entitled “Contemplative Pedagogy: Perspectives from Cognitive and Affective Science”. Kaszniak makes an argument for the importance of contemplative practices for higher education, based on their ability to help the student focus attention, shift attention from distractions, and attenuate emotional disruptions due to encountering emotionally arousing events. These three things all seem particularly important to the work that my students do in mathematics classes; they have to be able to maintain sustained focus, to focus on the salient features of a problem, and to be able to cope with the frustration that they encounter as they work mathematics problems.
I disagree somewhat with the recommendations of Kaszniak where he would like to see more controlled studies on contemplative pedagogy; I think that what would be more interesting would be to do in-depth interviews with students who participate in contemplative pedagogy to learn about the impact that it has on them and to find out the significance it has for them. My own work in education focuses on why we should be skeptical of randomized controlled trials for education; in this case, it seems like including contemplative practices is more an issue of values than an issue of scientific efficacy, and I’m hesitant to call for more “rigor” in the study of these practices.
The second article that we read was by Lutz et al., “Meditation and the Neuroscience of Consciousness: An Introduction.” This article offers extended descriptions of what various types of meditative practices entail. The article, though, I think overrelied on Vipassana and Tibetian traditions; my own practice is in the Zen tradition, but they have just a brief paragraph about that saying, well, you know, it’s a lot like the other two. What I did find particularly helpful from this chapter, though, was the protocol on page 518 for interviewing meditative practitioners about their style of meditation; these questions, such as “Does the practice employ any discursive strategies, such as recitations?” and “Is there one object or many objects in meditation?” seem particularly important for attempting to do research on a contemplative practice.
The second article leaves me with the question: what about other forms of contemplative practices besides Buddhist meditation? Particularly popular right now with people of all ages is more movement oriented mindfulness practices, and where do these fall into these schemas? I also am left a little unsettled at the idea that we can reduce spiritual experiences down to what happens on fMRIs; I know in the field of education that fMRIs are often not considered particularly conclusive when trying to study educational practices or to diagnose educational difficulties, and again, like the previous article, I wonder if focusing more on the experiences of the practitioners would be more useful that attempting to apply the tools of science to studying meditative practices.
I also find myself wondering; if something creates a worthwhile experience in the classroom, and is in line with our values and ideals as teachers, isn’t that enough to do it in the classroom? Must everything we do as teachers be justified with neuroscience? Would we subject other practices to the same scrutiny? Is, for example, free-writing and journaling in Writing classes going to be discarded if it doesn’t measure up on the fMRI studies? Are we going to discard students working in groups in math classes just because the group work class doesn’t have higher test scores than the non-group work class? It seems to me like you can make meaningful educational arguments for using these things in the classroom without having to go to the extent of quantitative research that these two authors seem to feel might be necessary for these practices.
I’ve started taking a class on Mindful Teaching and Learning. We had our first day of class today, in which we learned about the tree of contemplative practices. Looking at this tree, I am realizing there are so many more ways i could incorporate these things into my teaching than I had even imagined; so many different aspects of my own life that I don’t currently bring into my teaching could potentially be brought into the classroom.
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A closure sign is posted on a pay gate at the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Embarcadero station on October 21, 2013 in San Francisco, California. An estimated 400,000 commuters ride BART each day. ; Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Trains in San Francisco were once again in service after Bay Area Rapid Transit and union leaders reached a tentative deal on Monday to end the four-day strike. The work stoppage put some 400,000 BART riders in a jam, diverting commuters to already crowded roads and other transport alternatives. The BART Board of Directors and members of the agency’s two large unions still need to approve the tentative contract agreement.
This is the second time BART workers had walked out of their jobs this year. In July, union workers went on strike for 4½ days. The two strikes have angered commuters, businesses and lawmakers, adding fuel to calls for the state to ban public transit workers from striking. California currently forbids strikes by police and firefighters from going on strike. States like New York and Oregon prohibits their public transit workers from striking.
Should California do the same? Should public transit workers be banned from striking, like police and firefighters? Is public transit an essential service?
Steve Glazer, Councilman, City of Orinda; Democratic Assembly candidate and organizer of the online petition effort, Banbartstrikes.com
John Logan, Professor and director of labor and employment studies at San Francisco State University
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Earlier Diagnosis Of Diseases By Automated Biomolecular Probing Of Cells, Proteins And Molecules, Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Technology Engineering IBMT Study
3/19/2010 8:10:15 AM
Medical News Today -- Proteins, the cellular building blocks, can be visualized and analyzed in great detail today. Here, Fraunhofer FIT presents a fully automated high-performance microscope. One of its diagnostic applications will be to study the complex interactions of proteins between cells. In tumor diagnostics our microscope allows to classify slightly different types of tumors more precisely and to fine-tune therapy accordingly. Key factors for the superior performance of our system are high-precision hardware and image analysis software that is trainable and can be customized to the user's specific application.
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A protein is created in the cell by copying its DNA gene, making any necessary edits to the copy, and passing the copy to the ribosome machine which uses the genetic code to translate the copy (a series of nucleotides) into the protein structure (a series of amino acids). But the story does not end here. The final step, after translation, is to fold the protein into its three dimensional structure. It is a step that is difficult to monitor and difficult to predict. The chain of amino acids folds up in a tiny fraction of a second and the final shape it assumes is not obvious. And sometimes the folding process is literally hidden as the nascent protein chain is hidden inside the cavity of a chaperonin machine with the lid shut.
Chaperonins are large protein machines that help some proteins to fold into their proper shape. New research is reporting on the structure of a particular chaperonin, including the lid closing action. The results are fascinating and they raise the question of how and why such an intricate protein machine evolved.
The different types of chaperonins fall into the broader category of molecular machines that not only help new proteins to fold, but also help existing proteins recover from shock, help with the assembly of machines, and so forth.
The obvious question is: How could evolution just happen to produce such machines? After all, a long series of lucky mutations would be required. But a more subtle problem has to do with not how, but why evolution would produce such machines.
For instance, this chaperonin machine, even if somehow was created by the cell, helps fold proteins that don’t want to fold very often. So before the helper chaperonin machine was available, these reluctant proteins would be lying around in various useless forms. For all we know they might be unfolded, or they might be misfolded. In any case, they would be clogging the works.
According to evolution these reluctant proteins would decrease fitness and not be selected. They would be evolutionary dead ends.
But in that case the chaperonin helper machines, when they just happened to evolve, would have nothing to do. Again, according to evolution, they would be consuming energy, getting in the way, and generally not helping. They too would not be selected.
These are questions that young evolutionists are prone to ask (evolutionists are constantly probing and trying to falsify their own theory). In their lack of experience they miss the obvious solution: Evolution simultaneously evolved both the chaperonins and the proteins that need their help. The reluctant proteins were never clogging the works, and the chaperonins never lacked for something to do. Evolution’s timing was perfect. As usual evolution provides an answer that is simple, elegant and compelling. You can see why it is said to be a fact.
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The detection of blue-green algae at Ross River Dam will now be completed in hours not days, following the introduction of new sensors.
Townsville City Council has installed the sensors on two buoys within the dam and another at the dam wall adjacent to the raw water supply point.
The sensors will provide daily data on important water quality indicators including temperature, pH, oxygen, clarity and algae levels in the raw water supply.
Water and Wastewater Committee Chairperson, Russ Cook, said quicker access to water quality information will improve Council’s ability to respond to changes in raw water quality.
“Currently our trained lab technicians manually collect various samples at different areas of the dam and take them back to the lab for analysis, with results produced usually days later after tests are completed,” Cr Cook said.
“This process is laborious and time-intensive, with results taking between two days to more than a week to be received depending on the complexity of the analysis required.
“With this system, we can get the data the same day and use the information to implement operational changes where required to maintain water production at the Douglas Water Treatment Plant.”
Mayor Jenny Hill said the sensors were a first for Townsville City Council.
“This project is just one in a suite of measures Council is taking to manage the blue-green algae and water quality impacts on Townsville’s treated water supply,” Cr Hill said.
“We also operate aerators in the dam to improve dissolved oxygen, have installed powdered activated carbon (PAC) dosing at the treatment plant to mitigate taste, odour and toxin risks and added pre-chlorination to the raw water supply coming into the Douglas Water Treatment Plant to improve filtration and are currently constructing two new clarifiers to improve the removal of impurities from the water at the Douglas Water Treatment Plant.
“Water security is a top priority for Council, and we want to ensure we have the appropriate infrastructure to supply safe and reliable water for residents.”
Feature image: Cr Russ Cook with one of the new high-tech sensors at the Ross River Dam. Image: City of Townsville.
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Web design refers to the design of websites that are displayed on the internet. It usually refers to the user experience aspects of website development rather than software development. Web design used to be focused on designing websites for desktop browsers; however, since the mid-2010s, design for mobile and tablet browsers has become ever-increasingly important. A web designer works on the appearance, layout, and, in some cases, content of a website. Appearance, for instance, relates to the colors, font, and images used. Layout refers to how information is structured and categorized. A good web design is easy to use, aesthetically pleasing, and suits the user group and brand of the website. Many webpages are designed with a focus on simplicity, so that no extraneous information and functionality that might distract or confuse users appears. As the keystone of a web designer’s output is a site that wins and fosters the trust of the target audience, removing as many potential points of user frustration as possible is a critical consideration.
In the first phase of creating a website with the client, we try to gather as much information that is relevant to the project. The first step is actually the most important. It includes a detailed introduction to the business of the company for which the website is working.
When designing a website, we use ready-made templates that we further modify and harmonize with the visual identity of your company. We opted for this way of working because it significantly speeds up the process of creating a website and reduces its price, but not quality. We usually offer 3-5 different design styles.
This phase depends on your request, ie whether you want a static website or a dynamic website. In short, content is initially entered on a static web page during design, and the client does not have the ability to add and edit content, while dynamic web pages do. The "tool" for editing and adding content to a website is the CMS system.
Many skip the website optimization phase, so we will try to raise awareness of the importance of this step in website development. Users search the Internet every day with countless websites. Those first few web pages that appear on search results (Google, Yahoo. Bing, etc.) usually grab all the attention of users.
Now that the website is ready, testing follows. First of all, we like to know if our design code is up to standard, so we test the entire website in a W3C validator that goes through our HTML code in detail and reports any errors. Then we evaluate the program code, making sure that we do not hide any "Bug".
Once we are convinced that everything is as we imagined, delivery follows. On the day of delivery, there is no need for changes because the final version of your new website has been available on our test server for several days. So that day your new website is just uploaded to our production server, the domain is redirected and the email messages are synced. It takes one to two business days to deliver a website online.
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GUN SAFETY LAWS: Days after the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals sent Maryland’s assault weapon ban back to a lower court for strict review, top Democrats in the state legislature announced new measures to strengthen gun safety laws, CNS’s Rachel Bluth reports in MarylandReporter.com.
- Legislative leaders and Attorney General Brian Frosh announced what they called a package of three “common-sense gun safety” measures, writes Tamela Baker in the Hagerstown Herald Mail, but some local legislators were skeptical. The first would ban firearms on public college campuses. “We need to dispel the myth that anyone can turn into James Bond” and stop a shooting spree with a weapon of his own, said Sen. Richard Madeleno.
- Democrats in the legislature are pushing three new gun bills that would prohibit people from carrying firearms on the campuses of the state’s public colleges, require domestic abusers to surrender their guns and bar terrorists from purchasing them, reports Erin Cox and Pamela Wood in the Sun.
- The bills could set up a new standoff with Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, who was endorsed by the National Rifle Association during his 2014 campaign. Hogan pledged as a candidate not to try to roll back Maryland’s existing gun laws, which are among the most strict in the nation. But gun-rights advocates said Hogan told them that he would look for ways to expand access to firearms, reports Josh Hicks for the Post.
- Bryan Sears of the Daily Record reports that Miller said guns shouldn’t be allowed on college campuses regardless of the reason, including self-defense. When asked about women who were raped who want to carry a gun for protection, Miller referred to college as a “gun-free sanctuary.”
PROCUREMENT REFORM: Gov. Larry Hogan vowed on Wednesday to reform the procurement processes the state uses to spend billions of dollars, signing an executive order setting up a commission to modernize practices, writes Rick Seltzer in the Baltimore Business Journal. The commission, a bipartisan effort to include members from different parts of state government, will look at the state’s procurement codes and regulations.
- The governor charged the new 19-member commission with recommending ways to standardize interpretations of contracting code across state agencies; using new technologies to make the acquisition process cheaper; creating a statewide procurement manual; and simplifying the existing template that the state uses to request proposals, writes Josh Hicks in the Post.
- Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford will chair the 19-member committee, including members from the comptroller’s and treasurer’s offices, as well as five members experienced in procurement law and other areas, Jessica Campisi of Capital News Service writes. “We have, in my opinion, a broken system,” Comptroller Peter Franchot said. “And I may not show up to all of the meetings, but I’ll be there in spirit.”
DRUNK DRIVING BILL: Rich Leotta sat surrounded by Maryland lawmakers Wednesday, struggling to make it through a news conference before tears began to fall. Ovetta Wiggins and Dan Morse of the Post write that Leotta talked about his son Noah, a 24-year-old police officer who was killed by a driver suspected of being drunk two months ago, and about “Noah’s bill,” a measure that would require more drunk drivers to use an ignition lock on their cars after being convicted of driving under the influence.
SENATE ROLE IN NAMING SUPER: An effort is under way to change the process Maryland uses to select the head of the state school system, a move that would increase the state Senate’s role and dilute the opinion of the state Board of Education, which is appointed by the governor, reports Ovetta Wiggins in the Post. A Senate committee on Wednesday heard testimony on a bill that would require the Senate to confirm the state Superintendent of Schools.
DISMISSING SLAPP SUITS: Civil-rights, media, environmental and victims-rights groups urged lawmakers Wednesday to pass legislation making it easier for the organizations to win the dismissal of frivolous lawsuits brought primarily to silence them, reports Steve Lash for the Daily Record.
CHIPOTLE & PAID SICK LEAVE: At a recent gathering of the Greater Baltimore Committee, Republican state Sen. J.B. Jennings urged business leaders to help him fight legislation pending in Annapolis that would require businesses with 10 employees or more to offer paid sick leave. Perhaps what this particular gathering needed was a representative of Chipotle, the Denver-based Mexican fast-food chain with more than 2,000 locations that has in recent months suffered disastrous outbreaks of tainted food, the editorial board of the Sun writes.
RX POT DISPENSARY APPLICATIONS CUT: The number of applicants to become a medical marijuana dispenser in Maryland has been cut by 60%, reports Greg Larry in the Cumberland Times News. After directing the medical cannabis push in 2014 and 2015, Hannah Byron — executive director of the Natalie M. LaPrade Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission — stepped down from her post effective Jan. 27. Upon her exit, she provided an update that included the number of doctors that applied to prescribe medical cannabis.
UNITY ON REDISTRICTING: The ongoing issue of redistricting in Maryland represents one of the most unique political alignments in state politics in some time. Greg Kline writes in MarylandReporter.com that Republican Gov. Larry Hogan has found common cause on this issue with not only his Republican base, but independent voters as well as progressive and “good government” Democrats. Liberal special interest groups have endorsed Hogan’s plan and criticized the state’s Democratic leadership.
NEW STATE SONG LYRICS: Jessica Campisi of Capital News Service reports that the Maryland House Health and Government Operations Committee room was full of song Wednesday afternoon. Committee members listened to – and participated in – possible new lyrics for the current state song, “Maryland, My Maryland,” which was adopted in 1939. “This is not a new topic,” said Del. Karen Young, D-Frederick County. “This is the eighth time we’ve revisited this song.”
- A Maryland House of Delegates committee burst into verse on Wednesday at a bill hearing about proposed changes to Maryland’s state song, writes Danielle E. Gaines in the Frederick News Post. Sean Tully, a Baltimore resident who created a new version of the song by combining his own lyrics with the original song by James Ryder Randall and a poem by John T. White, was invited to sing his version.
BAKER PUSHES FOR HOSPITAL FUNDS: County Executive Rushern Baker continues to push Gov. Larry Hogan to immediately release $15 million in operational funding from the FY 2016 budget for the Prince George’s County Medical Center even after Hogan announced a plan to provide funding for the facility through fiscal year 2021. On Friday, Hogan submitted a FY17 supplemental budget to the General Assembly, which included $15 million in operating funds for the hospital. the Sentinel is reporting.
FAIR PAY FOR THOSE WITH DISABILITIES: Disabilities rights groups called on lawmakers Wednesday to support a bill that would eventually eliminate a sub-minimum wage law that discriminates against employees with disabilities, writes Alessia Grunberger for MarylandReporter.com.
HO CO ADDRESSES PUBLIC INFO: The Howard County delegation unanimously passed a bill Wednesday that would launch a state-level investigation into how county school officials have handled public information requests under Superintendent Renee Foose’s leadership, reports Lisa Philip for the Howard County Times. Del. Warren Miller drafted the legislation last November in response to parent complaints that school officials were hiding public documents, including emails about mold at a middle school and a report on special education in the county.
CITY OKs STATE MOU ON TEARDOWNS: Baltimore City’s spending panel has approved a legal agreement with the state that will govern the multimillion-dollar plan to tear down 4,000 vacant houses and redevelop blighted sections of the city, report Luke Broadwater and Yvonne Wenger for the Sun. The approval of the memorandum of understanding on Wednesday was a key step in Gov. Larry Hogan’s pledge to commit about $74 million in state money over four years to demolish vacant buildings in the city.
PRE-SPEECH REACTION: Former political speechwriter Richard Cross writes in Center Maryland about what he sees as the odd reaction from some of the state’s Democratic jurisdictional leaders to Gov. Hogan’s State of the State speech before Hogan had even uttered his first word.
REPLACING ZUCKER: Louis Peck of Bethesda Beat writes that when then-state Sen. Karen Montgomery decided to resign her seat late last year, the District 14 legislative delegation, in consultation with County Executive Ike Leggett quickly came up with what they hoped would be a plan for a smooth transition. All went reasonably well when Del. Craig Zucker took over her seat. But then replacing him has become an issue.
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YVR has partnered with natural resources company Teck to install antimicrobial copper on high-touch surfaces across the airport in its latest efforts to combat the spread of COVID-19 and other diseases.
According to YVR, nearly 1,000 copper applications have already been installed on baggage carts, water fountains and washrooms throughout the terminal, as well as the airport’s offices.
Antimicrobial copper is designed to kill bacteria and thus reduce the spread of infection and germs within two hours.
“By way of our Innovation Hub, we are proud to be the first airport in Canada to partner with Teck’s Copper & Health program to advance local innovations that benefit the health and safety of our passengers and the community at large, ” YVR CEO Tamara Vrooman said in a statement on Tuesday (May 3).
This YVR and Teck initiative is the latest in a series through Teck’s Copper & Health program to expand the use of antimicrobial copper in numerous B.C. hospitals, post-secondary educational institutions and on public transit in Vancouver and Toronto.
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A fatigue failure caused the left hand main landing gear on an ATR-42 to collapse on landing at Jersey Airport, U.K., an AAIB investigation revealed.
On June 16, 2012, Blue Islands flight SI-308 operated a service between the Channel Islands of Guernsey and Jersey. There were 40 passengers on board and three crew members. The captain was pilot flying. He was conducting line training of the co-pilot, a first officer who had recently joined the company. The airplane operating the flight was ATR-42-320 G-DRFC, built in 1986.
The short flight to Jersey was without incident and the weather for landing was reported as good, with the wind from 210° at 16 kt, few clouds at 2,000 ft and visibility in excess of 10 km. The commander elected to carry out a visual approach to runway 27 at Jersey, using a planned approach speed of 107 kt and flap 30 selected for landing.
During the approach, the gear was selected down and the flight crew confirmed the three green ‘gear safe’ indication lights were illuminated, indicating that the gear was locked in the down position. The commander reported that both the approach and touchdown seemed normal, with the crosswind from the left resulting in the left main gear touching first.
Just after touchdown both pilots heard a noise and the aircraft appeared to settle slightly differently from usual. The captain considered that a tyre had burst. The cabin crewmember also heard a noise after touchdown which she too thought was from a tyre bursting. The commander selected ground idle and partial reverse pitch and, as the aircraft decelerated through 70 kt, the co-pilot took over control of the ailerons, as per standard procedures, to allow the commander to take control of the steering tiller. Despite applying corrective inputs the aircraft continued rolling to the left.
The aircraft continued to quickly roll to the left until the left wingtip and propeller contacted the runway. The aircraft remained on the runway, rapidly coming to a halt to the left of the centreline. Both propellers continued to rotate and the commander selected the condition levers to the fuel shutoff position and pulled the fire handles to shut both engines down.
It was determined that the left side brace upper arm had suffered a fatigue failure. The failure rendered the side brace ineffective and the unrestrained main trunnion continued to translate outboard, leading to the collapse of the gear. The aluminium brace was found to contain a small metallurgical feature at the crack origin which was consistent with titanium rich particles (TiB2) particles which are introduced as a grain refiner during casting of the billet prior to forging. The size of the feature was within the defined specifications for AL7010-T74. Analysis of the area surrounding the crack origin revealed an area of static loading before propagating a crack in fatigue, indicating that there may have been a single overload event at some point in the history of the side brace upper arm.
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