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More good news from DOE/EPA last week: the agencies intend to beef up testing of products using the ENERGY STAR label. ENERGY STAR is an important labeling program used to help consumers identify the more energy efficient models within a product category. The ENERGY STAR requirements are often used by utility, state and federal rebate programs to encourage production and purchase of the most efficient products available.
The ENERGY STAR program is a manufacturer self certification program. This means manufacturers are select the samples and in some cases use their own testing laboratory to develop the test data needed to qualify for the ENERGY STAR label. Given this arrangement, there is a potential for mischief. On several recent occasions ENERGY STAR qualified models failed to meet the ENERGY STAR requirements.
Until now, ENERGY STAR has done very little to verify that the products are performing as promised. To ensure consumers are getting the energy and operating cost savings they expect when they purchase ENERGY STAR labeled products, EPA and DOE need to ramp up their verification testing and enforcement program.
The good news is that last week, DOE and EPA announced that they will be increasing the level of attention they pay to testing and enforcement. For a start, DOE is doing some of its own testing with samples purchased directly from retail. They have already made clear they are willing to act on this information. They will be following that up with a more comprehensive testing program.
In order to make sure the testing works, DOE and EPA should make sure the testing is independent, transparent, and strategically targeted:
- Independence: product selection and testing should not be controlled by manufacturers. Independent selection and testing will ensure that the models tested are representative of the models sold and that the testing is not biased by those who have a stake in the results.
- Transparency: testing, collection and implication of failure protocols should all be publicly available, as should detailed test results. There is nothing secret about energy consumption. Public data will make sure failing products are exposed; build the credibility of the program; and help other jurisdictions prioritize their testing.
- Strategic targeting: testing should be wide spread, but prioritized based on products/manufacturers that have had compliance troubles; energy savings implications; information from stakeholders and manufacturers; and data-sharing between agencies.
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This highly topical book explores the effects of the current economic crisis on the European Union, and, illustrating that there is no single solution, prescribes the most effective ways of managing this unprecedented period of turbulence. During the current economic crisis recurring questions on the validity of the liberal economic system have resurfaced concerning the role of the state and the free market, the proactive use of fiscal policies, economic nationalism and environmental sustainability. However, due to the depth and scope of the crisis, new emphasis is being placed on these issues. This book attaches great importance to the specific consequences for the European Union by addressing critical themes surrounding its role in the new era of global economic governance. These include the coherence of common monetary policy with national fiscal policies, new financial regulation and supervision, the future sustainability of national rescue plans and their compatibility with ambitious targets, such as those addressing climate change.
Offering important insights towards a much improved system for future economic governance in Europe, this timely book will prove a fascinating read for a wide-ranging audience including academics, students and researchers with an interest in economics, European finance, money and banking, and international economics. Policymakers within those fields will also find the book to be of great interest.
Contents: Foreword Introduction 1. Shaping a New World Economic Governance, a Challenge for America and Europe Jacques Mistral 2. Do We Understand It? Forbidden Questions on the Financial Crisis Franco Bruni 3. Concrete Steps Towards More Integrated Financial Oversight: The EU's Policy Response to the Crisis Karel Lannoo 4. Institutional and Policy Dynamics in the EMU's Internal Governance and External Representation Daniela Schwarzer 5. EU Fiscal Policy in the Age of Turbulence: Will the Lisbon Strategy Survive It? Carlo Altomonte, Francesco Passarelli and Carlo Secchi 6. Beyond the Current Crisis: How Should Europe Deal with Government Deficits and Public Debt in Future? Fabian Zuleeg and Hans Martens 7. Feeling the Heat: Towards a Revised Governance of Climate Change Antonio Villafranca Index
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Lawmaker questions removal of state guard flag at Battle of Lexington site
On Sept. 20, 1861, the Missouri State Guard assaulted Federal troops entrenched at Lexington by using water-soaked hemp bales as mobile fortifications, forcing the garrison of 3,500 to surrender.“Battle of the Hemp Bales” Battle of Lexington State Historic Site
That action, along with others such as the Boone County Commission’s decision to move the “Confederate Rock” off the courthouse lawn, has at least one lawmaker contemplating whether Missouri needs a bill to prevent the removal of historic monuments and memorials.
“If it has anything to do with the Confederates, there is a movement nationwide to smear over that,” said state Rep. Warren Love, R-Osceola. “It would be like taking a beautiful painting, if someone didn’t like the scenery in the painting, to take a paintbrush and paint over it. We need to stop that movement.”
In an email to Love, Bryan said he ordered the flag’s removal because of its association with the Confederacy. Its presence also violated state law, he wrote. Bryan acted a week after Dylann Roof killed nine people inside a historic black church in Charleston, S.C., and as demand grew for the removal of the Confederate battle flag at the South Carolina Statehouse.U.S. flag, the Missouri state flag, the POW/MIA and the Honor and Remembrance
“The Missouri State Guard flag was used by Southern secessionists fighting against the United States at the Battle of Lexington,” Bryan wrote to Love on Monday. “Especially in light of recent events around the country, it seemed more than appropriate to bring this site into compliance with state law at this time.”
Images of the flag remain on interpretive panels at the park. No decision has been made about where to store the flag that used to fly at Lexington, state parks spokeswoman Steph Deidrick said in an email. “The flag will be incorporated into the state collection, but plans for its display have not been finalized.”fired the first shots a separate conflict
Missouri was a slave state, but many of the men who joined the Missouri State Guard did not own slaves and were fighting to protect their homes, Love said.
“They were fighting against an invading Federal army in our state,” he said. “I am the grandson of a Union soldier and also of a Confederate soldier. People had to make a choice, it was very divided. You could not be neutral.”
The removal of the State Guard flag has drawn attention from Civil War heritage groups. Love responded to an email sent to every member of the House by visiting with Bryan to get an explanation and sending a reply to those who saw the initial message.
Darrell Maples, commander of the Missouri Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, wrote he was disappointed that Bryan acted without notice.
“This act was done as nothing more than what appears to be a knee-jerk reaction to the current frenzy, and quite frankly reeks of a political statement rather than a thoughtful decision,” Maples wrote. “This is worse than an attempt to revise or rewrite history, this is an all-out attempt to ERASE history.”
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When Slobodan Milošević – ‘The Butcher of the Balkans’, as the world media aptly dubbed him – was overthrown, many in the West claimed that Serbia had found its soul. Twenty-two years later, 66% of Serbian citizens say, regarding the war in Ukraine, that “Russia’s position is closer to them”. Clearly, the country that is a candidate for EU membership is still searching – perhaps not for its soul, but for its path and its goal for the future.
Somewhat lost between West and East, democracy and authoritarianism, disturbing facts about crimes committed in recent Yugoslav wars and an idealized self-image, Serbia provides a chilling example of slow and difficulty of the transition and the difficulty of overcoming it. the past.
Nowadays, the most powerful political figure, who has just started his second term as President of Serbia, is Aleksandar Vučić, once Minister of Information during the Milošević regime, who is remembered for the brutality and the efficiency with which it eliminated the independent media. then.
Speaking of media now, Vučić’s track record is astounding. As media monitoring by the Center for Research, Transparency and Accountability revealed, in May 2022 he occupied 70% of the total time devoted to all politicians in the central news bulletins of all broadcasters having national coverage in Serbia.
It’s like he never stops talking to the nation, mainly about the huge economic growth, foreign investment, incredible infrastructure projects and enemies – internal (the opposition) and external (generally, unidentified envious international subjects), who want to destroy everything. this side. Still, the median salary in Serbia is less than €500. Many people are too busy making ends meet to fight for their political rights and care about democracy. And there is a popular saying in Serbian: “It can always get worse”.
A corrupt network of clientelism
Even Vučić’s publicity advisers believe that such a massive media presence could have repercussions; people have started noticing that it is literally everywhere, “even when it comes out of the fridge”. So, they created a disruptive advertisement for the election campaign in which Vučić really came out of a refrigerator, just to explain that he is only doing this to reach every citizen and tell them about Serbia’s countless successes.
Vučić is still the head of the Serbian Progressive Party, although under the constitution the president is obliged to freeze his party membership during his term. The party officially has about 750,000 members, which means that one in nine people in Serbia is a member. By way of comparison, in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, whose population was sometimes larger than present-day Serbia, the Alliance of Communists, the only legal political party, never had more than 900,000 members. .
No other representative of Vučić’s party is perceived to have significant political power – everyone is dispensable except him.
It seems to be standard practice in Serbia that anyone who wants a job of any kind in the public sector, and sometimes even in private companies that depend on political structures, simply has to join Vučić’s party. And also, they must render friendly service when needed.
A poisoned and corrupting patronage network is an important part of the strength of the current regime. The party infantry mobilized to ensure the “capillary votes”, and criss-crossed the country to attend the rallies.
“This guy did me a favor. My wife got a job thanks to the party. It’s a trap, a mousetrap,” one identity-protected party “activist” told the Center for Research, Transparency, and Accountability. “You can’t get out of this. I traveled to rallies, pushed my friends to vote for the party… People are being blackmailed – they get jobs, but the contracts only last three months.
A new name for corruption
One wonders how it was possible, in the first place, that notorious representatives of the criminalized and internationally isolated regime of the 1990s could ever be restored to power. This is certainly the most complex question.
Vučić’s parties—formerly Serbian Radical Party, now Serbian Progressive Party—built their strength, in large part, by criticizing corruption. Even now, 10 years after being reinstated in power, they continue to mention the “yellow gang” daily, in reference to the once-ruling Democratic Party.
There were too many “transition losers” in Serbia. Too many jobs have been lost, too many big socialist companies have been closed. People couldn’t grasp the logic of privatization and a new economic model in which the factories they had worked in for decades were sold for peanuts, destroyed and replaced by shopping malls and luxury residential condominiums. For many, democracy seemed like a new name for corruption, inequality and enormous social injustice. And populist and anti-democratic forces were very keen to reinforce this perception.
On the other side, the war profiteers of the 1990s were turning into a new financial elite, strongly supporting all efforts to keep society from facing the dark truth about the Yugoslav wars. The trials at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague have been presented as an attempt to lay down the whole nation with collective guilt.
Western support for Kosovo’s independence has also fueled the revival of nationalism and made the bleak prospects of European Union membership even less appealing to many Serbian citizens, who are continually subjected to strong Kremlin propaganda, which also contributes significantly to this great confusion.
Ironically, liberal politics was punished primarily for being perceived as corrupt, only to be replaced by a much more corrupt reality. In this new reality, there are far fewer media that dare to expose corruption, and fewer institutions that dare to do their job and fight it.
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Fresh Hot Pepper Puree
The South American Table: The Flavor and Soul of Authentic Home Cooking from Patagonia to Rio De Janeiro, With 450 Recipes
Published by Harvard Common Press
This hot pepper puree is called for in many recipes in this book, especially in the cebiches. I freeze it in very small containers so that it can be easily thawed when needed. The best varieties of peppers to use are hot red or green finger peppers, which can be found in U.S. supermarkets when they are in season. Alternatively, Andean hot red peppers and mirasol (hot yellow) peppers are available frozen or packed in brine in South American groceries. I also like manzano peppers for their wonderful flavor; they can be found seasonally. Jalapenos or serranos also can be used. A good substitute for fresh hot pepper puree is habanero hot sauce.
Total Timeunder 15 minutes
Make Ahead RecipeYes
Dietary Considerationegg-free, gluten-free, halal, kosher, lactose-free, peanut free, soy free, tree nut free, vegan, vegetarian
Five Ingredients or LessYes
Taste and Texturehot & spicy
Type of DishCondiments
- 10 to 12 hot red or green finger peppers or manzano peppers
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 teaspoon salt
Wash the peppers thoroughly in cold water. With a sharp knife, trim the ends and cut them in half lengthwise. With a paring knife, scrape the seeds out and cut the peppers into small pieces.
Transfer to a blender, add the water and salt, and process until smooth. Add a little more water, if needed, to make a thick sauce. Transfer to small containers and refrigerate for up to several days or freeze for up to several months.
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Though the Flood brought complete destruction to all life on earth, it was a new beginning for both humanity and animal life. Noah and his family had the great opportunity to re-establish righteousness on earth by living according to God's word and standards. As we study Genesis chapters 9 to 11 we notice how quickly sin took a foothold in their lives, and that the new civilisation swiftly degenerated into wickedness.
"And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth" (Genesis 9:11-17).
This was God's promise for all generations until the end of time. Those who believe in the literal Flood record have a true understanding of why the bow is in the clouds after the rain. This covenant was with both man and beast. Notice that God appears to be repeating it over and over in these verses. Six times He mentions His covenant to press home the significance of it, yet isn't it amazing that few people associate the rainbow with the covenant promise the Lord introduced after the Flood! The rainbow speaks of God's grace and holiness (see Ezekiel 1:28). The last book of the Bible describes God's throne being surrounded by a rainbow too (Revelation 4:3).
Repopulation of the Earth
"And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread" (Genesis 9:18-19).
These verses describe the true origin of the various races and nations. Regardless of our ethnic background we all belong to the human race … "And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth" (Acts 17:26). Every human who has ever existed have their lineage in Noah and his sons. It is important to note why Genesis highlights Ham as the father of the Canaanites in :18. These people would become the enemies of God's people. They were the inhabitants of the land that was promised to Abraham. It was their paganism that influenced both Israel and all false religions up until this day. Genesis 10:1-32 & 11:10-32 offer us greater detail regarding the repopulation of the earth (we will not be studying the names and nations mentioned in these passages).
Wine is a Mocker
"And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: and he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent" (Genesis 9:20-21).
This is the first time that wine is mentioned in the Bible, yet notice the result of its use. It brought about the drunkenness and shame of Noah the righteous man who had found grace in the eyes of the Lord. He had stood against the mockery of wicked men before the flood, but now allows a glass of wine to bring him down. No wonder Solomon says, "Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise" (Proverbs 20:1). Satan used this situation to break down this new creation. He used the fruit of the tree with Adam and Eve, but uses the fruit of the vine with Noah and his sons.
"And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness" (Genesis 9:22-23).
Noah got so drunk that he fell asleep totally naked. Drunkenness causes people to lose sense of morality and decency. Those 'believers' who condone the use of wine and strong drink put themselves directly in the devil's path … "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour" (1 Peter 5:8).
Ham happened to come into Noah's tent. Did Satan put the thought into his mind? Notice how he is mentioned as the father of the Canaanites again! There is a reason for this. The seed of Satan was reintroduced into the earth. The are two possibilities regarding what actually took place in Noah's tent, and commentators are divided at this point.
a) Homosexuality. Some believe that Satan planted homosexuality in Ham's mind as he saw his father's nakedness. Verse 24 appears to suggest that he did something to Noah.
b) Rejection of Noah's Authority. Others suggest that Ham saw the weakness of Noah and thus dismissed his father's authority. He obviously went out to tell his brothers about the disgusting condition he had found his father in. Since this was considered a sin, it must mean that he was laughing about it as he told Shem and Japheth. The word "told" literally means "told with delight."
His brothers were more righteous than Ham. They refused to see their father in this fallen condition, so they walked backwards as they covered Noah up. Their action must have been like strong rebuke to Ham. Whatever the nature of Ham's sin his wickedness was passed down to his children and their descendants.
"And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant" (Genesis 9:24-27).
When Noah awoke from his drunken stupor he realised what Ham had done. His anger obviously results from his shame and moral lapse. Many who are caught 'red-handed' often lash out at others. Nevertheless, God used this situation to reveal what was going to take place in the generations to come with the descendants of Japheth, Shem and Ham.
Noah's first words were directed at Ham. Notice Noah calls his son Canaan. It is certain that Ham, because of his rebellion, adopted this name. Ham's descendants were the Sumerians, Egyptians, Ethiopians, Hittites, and some of the Asiatic nations. They would never become dominant races amongst the nations of the world. Some have used this fact to promote British Israelism and racism (which are really fascism), but the text is simply revealing that the nations descending from the other brothers would be dominant. It is of interest that they went on to build the Tower of Babel.
Shem was the father of the Semitic nations (Jews, Arabs, Syrians, Assyrians, Babylonians and Persians), which means those within the Middle East. Noah added God's name to the prophecy regarding Shem. This is an indication that the promised Seed would come through his line.
Japheth was the father of the European nations. The text states that Japheth would be enlarged. This speaks of the fact that the European nations would be dominant and the biggest. His descendents would have a direct connection with Shem or the Semitic nations. Europe's greatest involvement, outside its borders, has been with the Middle Eastern nations. Of course, the mightiest of all blessings for Europeans has been the Word of God given to His people Israel.
"And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died" (Genesis 9:28-29).
Noah died at 950 years of age. This means he lived 349 years after the Flood. Within this time he must have seen great changes and man's increasing depravity. It is very possible that Noah saw the beginning of the Tower of Babel. It is certain that he did not go along with the single government / single state notion.
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DETROIT, July 8 (UPI) -- The NAACP opened its 98th annual convention in Detroit with Chairman Julian Bond vowing to bury hurtful slang used against African Americans.
"We don't believe it's a violation of the First Amendment to say to somebody you ought not to talk that way, you ought not denigrate women, you ought not condemn people because of the color of their skin," Bond said at a news conference Saturday.
Bond said people need to understand "there are certain words that ought not to be spoken and the N-word is just one of them. It's just one of many," the Detroit Free Press reported Sunday.
Bond said awareness was raised by the controversy surrounding radio talk show host Don Imus, who was fired after he called the Rutgers women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos."
"I heard somebody say that when (rapper) Jay-Z talks about hos, he gets a gold record. When Don Imus talks about hos, he gets fired," Bond said. "We believe in equal justice and equal justice for everyone."
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Obama, Huckabee win first 2008 US vote
Barack Obama took a big step on Thursday toward becoming the first black US president when his campaign for change caught fire in Iowa and swept him past Hillary Clinton in the opening Democratic nominating contest.
On the Republican side, underdog Mike Huckabee capped a stunning political rise to beat Republican rival Mitt Romney, despite being dramatically outspent by the wealthy former Massachusetts governor and venture capitalist.
Obama, an Illinois senator, captured the first Democratic prize on the road to the White House with a comeback triumph over New York Senator Clinton and former North Carolina Senator John Edwards, who were in a tight battle for second.
"We are choosing hope over fear, we are choosing unity over division and sending a powerful message that change is coming to America," Obama told thousands of cheering supporters.
Both Obama and Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor and ordained Baptist minister, once trailed better-known rivals Clinton and Romney in their race to be on the November election ballot, but rode a wave of grass-roots enthusiasm to victories by touting an outsider's message of change in Washington.
"Tonight what we have seen is a new day in American politics," Huckabee, with actor and supporter Chuck Norris nearby, told cheering backers in Des Moines. "Tonight we proved that American politics is still in the hands of people like you."
The 2008 campaign is the most open presidential race in more than 50 years, with no sitting president or vice president seeking their party's nomination, and the Iowa contest was the most hotly contested in the state's history.
Turnout among Democrats topped 220,000, smashing the previous record of 124,000 in 2004 -- testament to the high enthusiasm among Democrats heading into November's election.
"Today we are sending a clear message that we are going to have change, and that change will be a Democratic president in the White House," Clinton, with husband and former President Bill Clinton at her shoulder, said in Des Moines.
For the winner in Iowa, the prize is valuable momentum and at least a temporary claim to the front-runner's slot in their battle to win the party's presidential nomination in the November election.
All eyes now turn to New Hampshire, which holds the next contest on Tuesday and where Romney and Clinton will face high-pressure bids to revive their candidacies.
The loss was a heavy blow for Clinton, the former first lady who a few months ago was considered in some quarters the almost certain Democratic nominee. She now faces immense pressure to turn around her campaign in New Hampshire over the next five days.
Edwards, who at one time led polls in Iowa and finished a strong second here during a failed 2004 presidential bid, also will face questions about the viability of his candidacy as he goes forward.
Dodd drops out
The first casualty of the evening was Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd, who finished well out of the Democratic race and dropped out afterward. Dodd had moved his family to Iowa to concentrate on the campaign.
Obama's win effectively makes him the candidate to beat among Democrats, and a win next week in New Hampshire could put him in prime position to capture the nomination. The next big contest would be in South Carolina, where more than half of the voters in the Democratic primary are likely to be black.
Iowa voters filled gathering spots in more than 1,700 precincts around the state to declare a presidential preference in Iowa's caucuses, which open the state-by-state battle to choose candidates in the Nov. 4 election to succeed President George W. Bush.
In the Democratic caucuses, voters debated their options and cajoled their neighbors to switch to their candidate. Republicans conducted essentially a preference poll, casting votes soon after the caucus begins.
For Republicans, Huckabee's upset reshaped a race where no candidate has been able to claim front-runner status.
Iowa, where a sizable bloc of religious conservatives had fueled Huckabee's rapid rise, represented the best chance for the former Arkansas governor to break through with a win.
He will face tougher going in New Hampshire, where there are fewer evangelicals, and he has lingered well behind Romney and Arizona Sen. John McCain in polls.
Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts who has faced questions about his Mormon faith during the campaign, launched aggressive advertising campaigns against Huckabee and McCain in recent weeks.
Iowa's opening contest in the nominating battle has traditionally served to winnow the presidential field of laggards and elevate some surprise contenders. (Reuters)
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We made it! We can make it through another week, another day, another hour, another second. We are conquering our demons, our fears one baby step at a time. For someone who just had been through one of the lowest point in their lives one point or another, I think we both deserve a pat on a back.
What exactly are affirmations? According to dictionary.com, It is a form of self-forced meditation or repetition. It is a mantra that we assert and we want to believe to be true in our lives. The main purpose is to provide encouragement, change a bad habit, to help achieve your best self. It is focusing on the positive outcome to reach your potential.
Lately, Ive been struggling to find motivation. I have been reading and searching for inspirational quotes that will uplift and alter my anxious state. It seems like I have to drag my feet to get out of bed, to get a jumpstart during the week. Stressing and worrying seems to get the best of me. No matter how many positive thoughts and sayings that I read, it still didn’t make me change my thought process.
What I realize is that these affirmations are only effective if you believe in that they can work in your life. These are the personal goals that are first pictured in your mind and then put into action. It maybe wishful thinking, but with a realistic goal that can be attained. Having a positive mind frame have a huge impact in our decision making process.
There are a lot of negative thoughts that I daily struggle with. These are the small wars in our minds that we fight within ourselves. Every battles no matter how big or small,we can conquer them. Small things such as getting out of the house, finishing a chore, crossing out a to do list is an achievement for some. Our mountains to scale and climb maybe different to others but it doesn’t lessen your potential to overcome the hurdles.
Some of my favorite mantras are:
Love yourself-your emotional, mental, physical and spiritual well-being is very important
Keep moving forward – Walt Disney
Challenges make me stronger as a person
I am content with my life-my relationships, my job, myself
I see myself as a work in progress.
“I am only one, but I am still one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. – Helen Keller
I nourish my body with healthy food, exercise and healthy thoughts.
I am unique.
I am enough.
I am worthy.
God loves me unconditionally.
Do you have any positive affirmations that you like to share? I would like to hear your thoughts in the comments. Stay positive!
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I almost sold this print because it seemed insignificant. Thankfully, a book by Dutch historian Herman J. Moeshart helped me realize it is an extremely rare and important historical document.
This is one of those rare prints that seem totally insignificant, but which are in effect extremely important and valuable. What you see here in front of this magnificent temple gate, is a dramatic episode in the early stages of international relations between Japan and the United States.
These are the ruins of the American Legation at the Zenpukuji temple (善福寺) in Azabu, Edo (present-day Tokyo). In 1859 (Ansei 6), this Buddhist temple became the home of the first American legation in Edo—actually the first one in Japan.
On May 24, 1863 (Bunkyū 3), the legation and several other temple buildings burned down, now generally described as arson by samurai of the Mito Domain. The U.S. Minister to Japan at the time was Robert Hewson Pruyn (1815–1882), successor of Consul Townsend Harris (1804–1878), who negotiated the first trade treaty between the two nations.
Like Harris, Pruyn was determined to maintain the legation in Edo. Echoing his predecessor, he argued that if he left, foreign envoys would never be able to return. Undeterred, he moved into smaller rooms at the complex.
However, only a week later, on May 31, Pruyn was suddenly warned by a Japanese government official that a conspiracy had been discovered. An attack on the legation was expected that very night. Pruyn immediately moved to Yokohama.1
The other foreign legations had already moved to Yokohama after the Dutch-American interpreter of the American Legation, Henry Heusken, had been assassinated by samurai of the Satsuma Domain in January 1861, followed by violent attacks on the British Legation in July of that year, and 1862.
Pruyn’s departure marked the temporary end of the foreign diplomatic presence in Edo, and the start of even greater upheaval.
The fire was said to have been accidental, but in his letters to Secretary of State William Henry Seward (1801–1872), Pruyn expressed his suspicions that it had been arson.2 He could however not provide any proof.
Soon after the fire, the foreign envoys were told that the Shogun had been ordered by the emperor to expel all foreigners from Japan. An extremely tense and trying period ensued. There were expectations of war between Japan and the foreign powers. Many Japanese inhabitants fled Yokohama.
In a way, this photo of an imposing Japanese gate affording entry to the desolate empty space where the American legation used to be, perfectly symbolizes this difficult period during Japan’s fledgling foreign relations with the outside world.
Pruyn described the fire in two letters to his wife. Here is an excerpt from the second, more organized, letter:3
Times of Danger
After Japan opened up to the outside world in the 1850s, it slowly turned into a very dangerous place for both foreigners and Japanese. Assassinations and battles between government troops and those of daimyō (feudal lords) gradually became the order of the day. Three domains were at the center of this struggle: Satsuma, Chōshū, and Mito.
Mito Domain played an especially influential role. Over the centuries, Mito had developed a reputation as a center for intellectual thought, which gave great legitimacy to the ideas promoted by Mito School (水戸学, Mito-gaku) scholars. Their ideas of isolationism, nativism, and reverence of the emperor therefore profoundly influenced thought in Japan.
So, when these scholars started emphasizing anti-Western sentiment, and embracing the political slogan “Revere the emperor and expel the barbarians” (尊皇攘夷, sonnō jōi), while arguing that the Tokugawa Shogunate was responsible for Japan’s weak economy and defense, it spread widely.
Many histories of this period describe a clear cut fight between the forces of Satsuma and Chōshū, who supported the emperor in Kyoto, with the ruling Shogunate, based in Edo. But in reality the situation was far more complex. Satsuma and Chōshū were actually at each other’s throats before the diplomacy of activist samurai Sakamoto Ryōma (坂本龍馬, 1836–1867), who advocated an independent and democratic Japan without feudalism, brought these two domains together.
There was fierce rivalry between other domains as well. It was not just Japanese samurai attacking foreigners, but samurai killing each other. Especially in Kyoto, where Sakamoto Ryōma himself was assassinated on December 10, 1867 (Keiō 3).
In his autobiography, Japanese educator and visionary Yukichi Fukuzawa (福澤 諭吉, 1835–1901) wrote a whole chapter about his many years of fear of assassination.4 Here is an excerpt:
Below are a few individual assassinations that especially frightened the foreign community during the years after the opening of Japanese ports to foreign trade.5
August 25: Russian naval officer Roman Samoilovich Mofet and sailors Sokolov and Korol'kov are attacked while shopping in Yokohama. Mofet and Sokolov are killed, Korol'kov is wounded.
November: A Chinese servant of consul for France José Loureiro is killed while running an errant in Yokohama.
January: Denkichi Kobayashi, the Japanese interpreter of British diplomat Rutherford Alcock, is stabbed to death at the English legation in Edo.
February 26: Dutch merchant captains Wessel de Vos and Jasper Nanning Dekker are slaughtered on the main street of Yokohama while on their way to do some shopping.
March 24: Tairō Ii Naosuke is cut down by rōnin samurai of the Mito and Satsuma domains near the Sakuradamon gate of Edo Castle.
January 15: The Dutch-American interpreter for American Consul Townsend Harris, Henry Heusken, is ambushed in Edo.
September 14: British merchant Charles Lennox Richardson is killed at the village of Namamugi, near Kawasaki, after failing to dismount when the regent of Satsuma Domain passes by. Two companions are severely wounded. Known as the Namamugi Incident it leads to the Bombardment of Kagoshima in August 1863.
October 13: French Lieutenant Henri Camus, an officer attached to the French Legation, is pulled of his horse and murdered by three samurai at the village of Idogaya near Yokohama.
November 21: British officers Major George Walter Baldwin and Lieutenant Robert Nichols Bird are murdered while on a visit to Kamakura.
About the Photograph
Celebrated Italian–British photographer Felice Beato photographed the scene of the burned down legation in August of 1863, some three months after the fire had taken place. As far as I know this is the only existing photograph of the burned down legation. It is not the only print, but I don’t believe there are many.
The print is amazingly well-preserved, as you can see when you compare it with the prints of the legation which the Albany Institute of History & Art Library kindly made available to me (shown above). When the print of the burned down legation first came into my hands I did not imagine that it had been photographed as early as 1863, only a few years after commercial photography was first introduced to Japan.
As you can imagine, I am deeply grateful to Dutch historian Herman J. Moeshart.
3 Albany Institute of History & Art Library, CH532 Box 2 F 15.
4 Kiyooka, Aichi (1972). The Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa. New York: Schocken Books, 225–228.
5 Sources for data in table:
Russian sailors: Lensen, George Alexander (June 1954). Russians in Japan, 1858-1859, The University of Chicago Press, The Journal of Modern History Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 162-173.
Chinese servant: The London and China Telegraph, VOLVII, No. 192, Tuesday, November 28, 1865, pp. 609.
Dutch captains: Moeshart, H.J. (2018). Dirk de Graeff and the Opening of Japan 1857-1869. Amsterdam/Berlin: Batavian Lion International, 95.
Henri Camus: Polak, Christian (2012).Quelques souvenirs d’il y a 50 ans (1861-1871). France Japon Éco 131 Été 2012, pp. 57. Retrieved on 2022-04-08. | Bennett, Terry (1996). Early Japanese Images. Vermont, Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 142.
Duits, Kjeld (). 1863 Tokyo: Ruins of the American Legation, OLD PHOTOS of JAPAN. Retrieved on August 12, 2022 (GMT) from https://www.oldphotosjapan.com/photos/894/ruins-of-the-american-legation-zenpukuji-edo-vintage-photo
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“There is a consensus that we must seriously consider the issue of skills, more specifically attraction and retention, especially in areas like auditing, information technology, finance, and strategic human resource planning,” he adds.
Maile says that this is essential as South Africa is competing with some of the best global players in these fields of expertise, and to compete effectively, it is necessary to be equipped and prepared through acquiring adequate skills.
In its aim to improve service delivery, the GSSC is reviewing its operational model and will present a five-year review report to the provincial Cabinet.
The business sector has an import- ant role to play in transferring skills to small, medium-sized and micro- enterprises (SMMEs), Deputy Presi-dent Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said at the Shared Services Confer-ence hosted by the GSSC, in Gauteng.
Ngcuka said that it is essential to accelerate a shared economic growth and to continue to educate and train people and to ensure that grass-roots people share in the growing economy.
She pointed out that it was necessary for the private sector to strengthen collaboration with government and social stakeholders. “A small project funded and supported by a business can make a big difference to the lives of a community,” she said.
Ngcuka added that the public service must be more innovative in order to alleviate the ‘acute poverty’ many people face in South Africa. While there is progress in reducing poverty, Ngcuka commented that it was still too slow.
According to the development indicators midterm review published recently by the Presidency, in the year 2000, 50% of the population lived on less than R 3 000 a year, and, in September 2006, 43% of the population lived on less than R3 000 a year.
Ngcuka also said that while the review of government’s programme of action indicated that government was making progress, it was agreed that there was still a need to iden- tify interventions, which would further accelerate service delivery, and to increase capacity and efforts in partnership with the community, to meet developmental goals.
Maile says that there has been much debate in the past few years on State departments and the private sector in South Africa delivering on their core service mandate. He reveals that the GSSC, in its bid to deliver service and assist government departments to focus on their core mandate, has achieved milestones.
He refers to price stability and says, “With regard to procurement, we have been able to bring stability on costs, especially in the area of fast-moving consumer goods. Previously, departments would have paid different prices for the same products.”
Maile points out that, to help build an effective government, the GSSC will, in the next financial year, complete a business plan outlining its aim of creating a call centre hub in Gauteng. Future plans also include the possibility of establishing call centres in different areas, including the West Rand, in Gauteng.
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Voices of Spring Opus 410 Johann Strauss (II) Download 'Voices of Spring Opus 410' on iTunes
Richard Eyre directs Billy Crudup as a drag actor struggling to maintain his position as a leading lady in the 17th century theatre world.
Directed by: Richard Eyre
Cast: Billy Crudup, Clare Danes
The Film: In the seventeenth century when the roles of women in live theatre were played by men, one of the most famous actors was the brazen and bisexual Ned Kynaston. When Charles II tires of the same old faces he decides to allow real women on the stage and overnight Ned becomes a nobody on a one way ticket to the scrap heap.
Composer: George Fenton is one of the most sought-after British contemporary composers in television and film and has written for scores of award-winning films including Gandhi, Dangerous Liaisons and The Madness of King George, as well as the Nine O'Clock News and David Attenborough's Blue Planet, the latter being undoubtedly one of the highlights of his 30 plus year career.
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As children, we spent hours poring over the wonderfully weird worlds created by Roald Dahl.
And, as adults, we often find ourselves wondering whatever became of the characters we fell in love with when we were small.
After all, a child as marvellous as Matilda Wormwood must have grown up to be someone very special. George Kranky, after concocting his magical medicine, surely would have pursued a career as a doctor.
And what happened after Willy Wonka bequeathed his beloved chocolate factory to Charlie Bucket?
Read more: the greatest wisdom from Roald Dahl books
Now, finally, we have all the answers.
Love Reading, a site which prides itself on helping you to choose your next reading book, have unveiled eight beautiful illustrations in the style of Quentin Blake, revealing what happened to a handful of Dahl’s most compelling characters after the pages stopped turning.
From Mr Fox’s foray into the world of politics, to the BFG’s slightly bleak conclusion, they’ve wrapped up more than a few loose ends…
However, in some cases, it seems as if maybe we were better off NOT knowing what happened after the happy-ever-afters.
Check it out…
George Kranky - George's Marvellous Medicine
George Kranky gave his evil grandma a healthy dose of revenge in George’s Marvellous Medicine, not to mention gave his farmer dad a farm filled with ginormous chickens and cows.
It’s unsurprising, then, that this “self-confessed and proud intellectual” went on to excel in science at school – and joined the RAG committee at university.
Love Reading explains that grown-up George is now a “highly active aid worker, often seen initiating charity fundraising events, such as foodie nights and craft fairs.”
Don’t worry, he has an “undivided interest in medicine” and big plans for his future; he aspires to “adopt the position of the Minister of Health one day.”
Mr Fox - The FantasticMr Fox
“Highly intelligent, crafty yet charming, the Fantastic Mr Fox is a successful MP residing in London,” reveals Love Reading. “Occupying a sleek new-build property that, to the dismay of his neighbours, is frequently extended, Mr Fox spends most of his time hosting private parties for his immediate family and close friends.
“Fellow MPs are recurrently trying to ambush Fox. However he continues to be outlandishly one step ahead and is able to undermine them at any given opportunity.”
James Trotter - James and the Giant Peach
He travelled the world by peach, accompanied by an array of outsized bugs - so it makes sense that James grew up to find himself with a serious case of wanderlust.
“An international travel journalist, James travels the world reporting on findings of the most unusual insects across the globe,” explain the folks at Love Reading. “He holds a passion for gardening and often attends to his impressive allotment, which, of course, consists mostly of fruit.
“Writing for some of the most influential publications across the globe, James is incredibly successful within his field.”
The Grand High Witch - The Witches
It seems as if the Grand High Witch may have changed her child-eating ways, as, in Love Reading’s reimagined world, she owns and works “within a wig shop”.
They continue: “Not one to adopt a tactful approach, her clients can certainly expect an honest and blunt opinion. Very wealthy (no one is really sure how), she is always impeccably dressed and polished, with not one hair out of place.”
As keen-eyed fans will spot, she’s no longer wearing gloves in the picture – could it be that, after swearing off the flesh of children, her witchy characteristics (such as her claws and nostrils) faded?
BFG - The BFG
Love Reading’s predictions for the Big Friendly Giant left us feeling a little emotional, as he seemingly doesn’t have his little friend Sophie at his side anymore.
He also sounds as if he's more than a little down on his luck...
“An eccentric, unusually tall, and lean gentleman - who may be considered untidy and perhaps daunting in appearance – can be seen living in a dishevelled town house. Contrary to appearance, he holds a kind heart and is, in fact, incredibly wise.
“Frequently seen busking with an old, clearly beloved, trumpet, he also spends much of his time rooting around various food markets for unusual vegetables.
“He is often seen drinking unusual concoctions and is much loved by the children in the area, although he is renowned for being a bit of a night owl – and rather elusive, too.”
Fingers crossed that he still gets a lift from his Frogscottle, eh?
Matilda Wormwood - Matilda
Matilda was, as we all knew, “the ultimate creative who took her schooling very seriously" - but what did she go on to do next?
While we imagined her as an author, or a journalist, or both, it seems as if she took a different path - although one still suited to her inner bookworm.
Love Reading explains: "A keen reader, she spent many years working at her local library and organising book groups.
“Matilda now owns an independent book shop that encourages children to read as much as possible, all while providing her loyal customers with personal book recommendations.”
Willy Wonka - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Willy Wonka may have gifted his chocolate factory to Charlie Bucket, but he didn’t stop creating delicious goodies.
As Love Reading explains, he travels around the world in an elaborate ice cream van, “delivering weird and wonderful homemade chocolates, sweets and candyfloss in bright and colourful packaging.”
Describing him as “something of a tourist attraction”, the man who used to hide away from the public inside his factory is now “loved by children and adults alike”, with fans, desperate to catch a glimpse of him, forced to “guess where his next visit and venture will take place”.
Why? Because, as ever, he maintains an air of mystery; “no one is sure of where he is from or even where he resides on a permanent basis.”
Mr and Mrs Twit - The Twits
Guess who made it big?
“An internet sensation, the Twits write a blog that presents odd and unique household tips and hacks, often with recipes for homemade concoctions using rare ingredients,” explains Love Reading.
“The Twits house a number of unusual pets that are normally seen in zoos and farms, much to the dismay of their neighbours. They spend much of their time at home, and rarely leave the house.”
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Folic acid in dietFolic acid; Polyglutamyl folacin; Pteroylmonoglutamate; Folate
Folic acid and folate are both terms for a type of B vitamin (vitamin B9).
Folate is a B vitamin that occurs naturally in foods such as green leafy vegetables, citrus fruit, and beans.
Folic acid is man-made (synthetic) folate. It is found in supplements and added to fortified foods.
The terms folic acid and folate are often used interchangeably.
Folic acid is water-soluble. Leftover amounts of the vitamin leave the body through the urine. That means your body does not store folic acid. You need to get a regular supply of the vitamin through the foods you eat or through supplements.
Folate has many functions in the body:
- Helps tissues grow and cells work
- Works with vitamin B12 and vitamin C to help the body break down, use, and create new proteins
- Helps form red blood cells (helps prevent anemia)
- Helps produce DNA, the building block of the human body, which carries genetic information
Folate deficiency may cause:
It may also lead to certain types of anemias.
Because it's hard to get enough folate through foods, women thinking about becoming pregnant need to take folic acid supplements. Taking the right amount of folic acid before and during pregnancy helps prevent neural tube defects, including spina bifida. Taking higher doses of folic acid before you get pregnant and during the first trimester may lower your chances of miscarriage.
Folic acid supplements may also be used to treat a lack of folate, and may help with some kinds of menstrual problems and leg ulcers.
Folate occurs naturally in the following foods:
- Dark green leafy vegetables
- Dried beans and peas (legumes)
- Citrus fruits and juices
Fortified means that vitamins have been added to the food. Many foods are now fortified with folic acid. Some of these are:
- Enriched breads
- Other grain products
There are also many pregnancy-specific products on the market that have been fortified with folic acid. Some of these are at levels that meet or exceed the RDA for folate. Women should be careful about including a high amount of these products in their diets along with their prenatal multivitamin. Taking more is not needed and does not provide any added benefit.
The tolerable upper intake level for folic acid is 1000 micrograms (mcg) a day. This limit is based on folic acid that comes from supplements and fortified foods. It does not refer to the folate found naturally in foods.
Folic acid does not cause harm when used at recommended levels. Folic acid dissolves in water. This means that it is regularly removed from the body through urine, so excess amounts do not build up in the body.
You should not get more than 1000 mcg per day of folic acid. Using higher levels of folic acid can mask vitamin B12 deficiency.
The best way to get the daily requirement of essential vitamins is to eat a wide variety of foods. Most people in the United States get enough folic acid in their diet because there is plenty of it in the food supply.
Folic acid can help reduce the risk for certain birth defects, such as spina bifida and anencephaly.
- Women who are of childbearing age should take at least 400 micrograms (mcg) of a folic acid supplement every day in addition to that found in fortified foods.
- Pregnant women should take 600 micrograms a day, or 1000 micrograms a day if expecting twins.
The Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for vitamins reflects how much of each vitamin most people should get each day.
- The RDA for vitamins may be used as goals for each person.
- How much of each vitamin you need depends on your age and sex. Other factors, such as pregnancy and illnesses, are also important.
The Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Recommended Intakes for Individuals - Daily Reference Intakes (DRIs) for folate:
- 0 to 6 months: 65 mcg/day*
- 7 to 12 months: 80 mcg/day*
*For infants from birth to 12 months, the Food and Nutrition Board established an Acceptable Intake (AI) for folate that is equivalent to the mean intake of folate in healthy, breastfed infants in the United States.
- 1 to 3 years: 150 mcg/day
- 4 to 8 years: 200 mcg/day
- 9 to 13 years: 300 mcg/day
Adolescents and adults
- Males, age 14 and older: 400 mcg/day
- Females, age 14 and older: 400 mcg/day
- Pregnant females of all ages: 600 mcg/day
- Breastfeeding females of all ages: 500 mcg/day
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Institute of Medicine (US) Standing Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes and its Panel on Folate, Other B Vitamins, and Choline. Dietary reference intakes for thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, folate, vitamin B12, pantothenic acid, biotin, and choline. National Academies Press. Washington, DC, 1998. PMID: 23193625 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23193625/.
Mason JB, Booth SL. Vitamins, trace minerals, and other micronutrients. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman-Cecil Medicine. 26th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2020:chap 205.
Markell M, Siddiqi HA. Vitamins and trace elements. In: McPherson RA, Pincus MR, eds. Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods. 24th ed. St Louis, MO: Elsevier; 2022:chap 27.
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Posted on September 6th, 2012 by
Women who are obese when diagnosed with breast cancer are more likely to experience disease recurrence and more likely to die from the disease, according to the results of a study published in Cancer.
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed type of cancer (other than skin cancer) in U.S. women. Each year, roughly 227,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer and close to 40,000 die of the disease. Obesity has been associated with an increased risk of developing breast cancer and has also been found to hinder treatment.
The majority of breast cancers are hormone receptor-positive, meaning they are stimulated to grow by the circulating female hormones estrogen and/or progesterone. Unfortunately, the same hormones that fuel tumor growth are also elevated in obese women—which could, in part, explain the relationship between obesity and breast cancer. Research is ongoing to evaluate this relationship in order to improve prevention and treatment strategies.
To examine the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and breast cancer outcomes, researchers evaluated the data from three clinical trials coordinated by the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG). Overall, the studies included nearly 5,000 women with stages I, II, and III breast cancer who were given standard treatment with chemotherapy regimens that included doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide. About one-third of the women were obese and one-third were overweight.
Over a period of eight years, one in four women experienced cancer recurrence and 891 died, including 695 from breast cancer. The researchers found that obese women were 40 percent more likely to experience cancer recurrence and 69 percent more likely to die from breast cancer or any other cause when compared to women of normal weight. Among women who were overweight, but not obese, there was a general trend toward increased risk of recurrence and death with increasing weight. The link was especially pronounced for women with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer.
The researchers concluded that obesity was associated with inferior outcomes, especially among women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. The results of this study do not necessarily prove that being overweight or obese has a direct impact on breast cancer, but it certainly suggests there may be a link. Women who are overweight or obese may benefit from diet and lifestyle modifications aimed at reducing weight.
Sparana JA, Wang M, Zhao F, et al. Obesity at diagnosis is associated with inferior outcomes in hormone receptor-positive operable breast cancer. Cancer. Published early online August 27, 2012. DOI: 10.1002/cncr.27527
Folkerd EJ, Dixon JM, Renshaw L, et al. Suppression of plasma estrogen levels by letrozole and anastrozole is related to body mass index in patients with breast cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology. Published early online July 16, 2012. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2012.42.0273
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||"In less than an hour twenty-seven barricades
rose from the ground in the single quartier of the markets...The
narrow, uneven, sinuous streets full of turns and corners, were
admirably chosen; the environs of the markets in particular,
a network of streets more intricate than a forest."
The above image is a daguerreotype taken by
M.Thibault in 1848, entitled "Barricades avant l'attaque,
Rue Saint-Maur" ("Barricades Before the Attack,
Rue Saint-Maur"). It depicts a familiar scene of
the time: the old streets of Paris obstructed by barricades.
If you click on the image, you will see a close up of these
barricades and the materials from which they are constructed.
Also evident in this daguerreotype is the overall condition
of the streets: narrow and cramped, dirty and run down. Haussmann's
post-revolutionary changes completely transformed the streets
into clean and spacious avenues. The quote (to the right of
the image) from Les Miserables describes the condition
of the streets.
Prior to Revolutionary times, the winding streets of Paris were
paved with cobblestones. During the Revolution, citizens used the
cobblestones to construct barricades and as weapons. When Haussmann
was restructuring the city of
Paris, he used modern pavement to cover the cobblestones, making
it that much harder for the citizens to retaliate against the government.
He also widened and straightened them to lessen the likelihood and
ease of an uprising. For
more on this, click here.
|"The barricade Saint Antoine was monstrous; it was
three stories high and seven hundred feet long. It barred from
one corner to the other the vast mouth of the Faubourg, that
is to say, three streets; ravined, jagged, notched, abrupt,
indented with an immense rent, buttressed with mounds which
were themselves bastions, pushing out capes here and there,
strongly supported by the two great promontories of houses of
the Faubourg, it rose like a cyclopean embankment at the foot
of the terrible square which saw the 14th of July."
(Hugo 1014) [For more of this
quote click here]
This is an excerpt of a song written about
the battles being fought among the streets of Revolutionary
"From the ashes call the colors
Blending gently in one another
Pavement flies torn up by bare hands
To the other side where it all lands
It's just another ugly Sunday behind barricades. "
Thus, the streets of Paris before Haussmann were authentic and
romantic, but when the ideals and overall image of Paris changed,
it was time for the streets to change. These renovations allowed
the bourgeoisie to stroll, shop, and socialize on the new spacious
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No one likes washing and changing their sheets, but what's the bare minimum you can get away with when freshening up your linens? University of Washington professor Dr. Marilyn Roberts tells Yahoo people should wash their sheets once per week "as long as there's no bodily secretions or any potential risk factors." And oh, what risk factors there are. Roberts says sheets should be changed immediately if any of the following gross things hit the bed: urine, diarrhea, fecal spray, vomit, or drainage from an ear infection. Sweaty sleepers may also want to change their sheets more often to ensure they're drying properly, as bacteria grows more quickly in warmer, moister environments. In case that wasn't enough to scare you, Yahoo reports some skin infections can jump from people to sheets and back to people.
Good Housekeeping also pushes the preference for weekly washing—two weeks, max— because of all the "germs, sweat, and body oils" that accumulate. (Bonus advice: A common mistake is overdrying sheets, causing them to shrink, it notes.) Roberts says people who are obese, swimmers, or elderly—along with anyone else more prone to skin infections than the general population—should pay closer attention to the cleanliness of their sheets. And, of course, even well-washed pets aren't making sheets any cleaner. “Pets should be pets—they should have their own bed because they can be a reservoir for human diseases." GQ makes it unanimous in pushing the once-a-week advice, because "there’s no point in diligently washing your clothes if you’re sleeping in dirty sheets at the end of the day." (This man has gone 12 years without bathing.)
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What’s the matter?
Come on… It’s never just “nothing”.
Something is definitely the matter. Sure, ok it’s impossible to say exactly what comes between us when things get all dark and heavy like that because the causes behind it are not in any way visible, perhaps to either of us, but there is definitely something there – it is a serious force that has the power to affects the interaction between us, to alter our future, to change our lives, even destroy us…
So don’t tell me nothing’s the matter.
Even science – that systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe now asserts that nothing is not nothing, after all.
Yes, it emerges now that what scientists formerly understood and previously dismissed as nothing – a vacuum, an empty space that filled the void is now actually filled with an invisible, immeasurable, undefinable matter; ie. energy that actually affects the physical property and behaviour of matter.
So nothing is not just nothing, anymore?
Could it be then, that everything we were ever told about the universe, its fundamental laws and properties was just wrong?
Well, what if just ONE element (and there are many) of the standard model of cosmology (or Λ – lambda) was slightly out? After all, everything we know today about our physical universe is still based on a mere theory of relativity. For all its intricate mathematics, our standard model of understanding how the universe came to be and how it works, still rests upon mere mathematical assumptions.
Furthermore, based on the existing scientific theories – postulations about the ‘big bang’ and the whole ‘creation theory’, etc. the universe is not actually behaving as it should.
Most scientific calculations are based on measuring the physical motion of matter. According to the movement of physical particles (big or small), physicists create equations that help us predict the behavioural nature of certain events. Events such as how the universe began, for instance. And, for that matter, where it’s all heading for us.
However, what scientists are now discovering is that there’s ‘dark matter’ – an invisible matter which is not made up of physical particles at all, a matter which fills up at least 80% of the space – that ever-expanding nothingness that fills our universe. According to studies, it is now believed that this dark matter, previously known to us as ‘nothing’ or just mere ‘space’ has indeed some effect upon the motion of physical matter.
Not only is dark matter invisible, but it can pass through solid objects.
This includes stars.
This includes our earth.
But since dark matter is not really ‘matter’ at all, scientists have come up with another name for it. They call it ‘dark energy’.
They can’t see it, and they cannot seem to have the equipment to detect it. Yet they know it exists because it messes with their calculations. According to what they know, based on the study of empirical evidence, and the formulae created to determine the behaviour of physical matter, something is just not adding up for the scientists.
And they don’t like it. It scares them.
They wish it did not exist.
It only proves to them that, after all, everything we know about the world around us could be wrong, or at very least, based on theories that are incomplete.
Dark energy messes with all their precious maths equations. It is a most unwelcome element in science which (at this present point in ‘time’) nobody who professes to be an expert in the standard, structured model of the universe knows a damned thing about.
Is it gravity?
Is it the opposite – a kind of anti-gravity?
Whatever it is, dark energy seems to have a weird property to it because, not only does it cause the universe to expand (with space), but also it creates more dark energy to help fill that space.
And… it has the power to dim light.
It’s like… magic!
But hang on…
What’s all this ‘magic’ nonsense? We can’t put ‘magic’ in our equation!
We can’t now just turn around and say that what we thought was mere space – actually, what we thought we knew to be of no matter, is now a magical, invisible force that has the power to affect the way things behave, make them expand, snuff out all the light, as it were – we can’t just say now actually matters.
Well, it turns out it matters a lot.
In this case, “nothing” actually matters about 80% more than “something”.
Atomic scientists have quietly known this for decades. Psychologists too have suspected it for almost a century, still without much progress. Politicians have counted on it, criminals have thrived on it, demagogues have taken nations to war because of it, and bankers have just banked on it.
Let’s just say that ‘dark energy’ been a matter of interest…
So, ok… so dark energy is the energy of space. Of Nothingness. So, since the universe is expanding, then it is being filled with more and more of this ‘nothingness’.
Does this then mean that dark energy taking over our universe?
It would seem only appropriate to at least start factoring it in our fancy mathematical and physical calculations.
This poses an extremely difficult existential dilemma: Since we can’t see dark energy; we don’t know what it is; where it comes from; what to expect from it – since all we do know is that is exists on some level, and it does weird shit to our visible world; that it affects the outcome of events that come to light, it must then stand to reason that we take a more wise and learned approach of including it into some our problems. Maybe then our solutions might make a bit more sense.
No wonder scientists are in a panic. No wonder that they are still clutching onto the old-fashioned model of cosmology, which, as flawed and incomplete as it is, kinda works to explain how the universe works to some ‘near enough’ degree.
However, scientists – people of all rational minds in general – prefer to understand how things work so that they can predict things. It’s in our natural instinct to want to know how things work, and why.
Why? Because it is more comforting – it brings us more stability and certainty to know how things around us will behave so we can at least be ready for the changes that may affect our own stability.
Our understanding is full of laws about how the world works and, according to our level of education and our ability to understand these laws, we may certain decisions about how we will interact with our world.
Yet, as we see, much of the matter between us, much of the inexplicable forces that bind and repulse us – what we often dismiss as nothing is actually a supreme force whose effect, in quantum terms, has the irrepressible quality to not only change but entirely transform our universe into states we can not even imagine, let alone predict.
This ‘dark force’ that exists in the space between us, among all things that ‘matter’ continues to lurk.
Matters between me and you. And its mysterious power to affect things, to push matters out of control out of seemingly absolute nothing is not only disconcerting to those who prefer to keep matters under control but a downright nuisance to anyone who continues to ignore things that don’t matter.
There is far more dark matter in this universe than luminous matter…
Just check out the human population, lol.
And hang on… what about this?
What if you (as a person) were actually a part of this dark matter yourself?
After all, you seem to affect things on this planet that nobody quite knows about, even you. And you often seem to act in ways that don’t illuminate but rather shroud the situation, withhold the light from others…
Think about that.
Anyway, there’s a thought for another time.
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Emma Sterland shares some useful tips on how to communicate with people who are non-verbal
To mark National Adoption Week, Chris Burton talks to Claire Brasier, adoptive mum of two children with SEN
Murrough McHugh looks at how specialist settings can support the academic and personal development of students with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties
Children love to have fun, but play is also a vital way of learning. Simple recipes for making a mess.
Sally Payne explains how occupational therapists can work in partnership with schools to support children with dyspraxia/DCD
How is the Government’s grand plan for SEN working out in reality? SEN solicitor Douglas Silas addresses some key questions
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There are few things as evocative of the holiday season as the endless variety of Christmas decorations that festoon virtually every structure in the western world during the month of December. Strings of lights, which originated at Thomas Edison’s workshops in New Jersey in the late 19th century, are a mainstay.
But what about everything else? What about the ornaments, and nutcrackers dolls and Nativity scenes that appear every Christmas? What is their origin, and where do they come from? To go to the manufacturing source, check out these five Christmas destinations:
Lauscha Glassworks – Ornaments
While the earliest Christmas trees were documented in Central Europe sometime in the early 16th century, the first true Christmas ornaments did not appear until three hundred years later. Sometime in the 1840s a glassblower in the small town of Lauscha in Germany created a string of glass beads with which to decorate his Christmas tree. Within a decade, glass Christmas ornaments were all the rage throughout Europe. Demand soared after glass ornaments from Lauscha appeared on Queen Victoria’s Christmas tree. Sales skyrocketed even further when F.W. Woolworth introduced ornaments to stores across America.
For nearly a century the town of Lauscha dominated the glass ornament industry. Today there are less than two-dozen small glass ornament manufacturers in Lauscha, a mere shadow of the former industry. However, this is more than enough to attract hundreds of thousands of visitors annually who come in search of Christmas treasures. The most popular time of year to come is during the first two weeks of Advent, when the Christmas Ball Market is held.
Murano Glassworks – Ornaments
Web: www.originalmuranoglass.com (official website)
With the advent of the popularity of glass Christmas ornaments, it is not surprising that Venice, home to the world’s most famous glassmakers, was soon involved. By the late 19th century the production of Christmas ornaments became one of the most important niches of the Venetian glass industry. During the holidays Venice’s major shopping thoroughfares are filled with windows absolutely packed with wonderful glass Christmas treasures, all locally produced on the nearby island of Murano.
The beautiful and rare glass productions of Murano were a holiday favorite as far back as the late Middle Ages. Early glass Christmas gifts from Venice usually took the form of drinking vessels or trinkets. True Christmas ornaments didn’t show up until the late 1800s, but the demand for these quickly skyrocketed. Every year Murano erects the world’s largest glass Christmas tree. In 2010 it weighed in at over three tons. In addition to glass shops and some glassworks that may be open to visitors, Murano is home to a fascinating Museum of Glass Art.
Santons Fair – Nativity Scenes
What Lauscha is to Christmas tree ornaments, Marseilles is to the Creche, or Nativity display. The artisans of Marseilles did not create the idea of a Nativity Scene. That honor actually goes to Francis of Assisi, who organized the first living Nativity Scene in Greccio, Italy in the 13th century. Nativities featuring elaborate statues and sets became increasingly popular during the Renaissance. In the wake of the Protestant Reformation and the French Revolution, artisans in Provence in southern France began manufacturing miniature sets of Santons, or ceramic figurines, which could be set-up in private homes.
The first true miniature Nativity Scene is attributed to Jean-Louis Lagnel, a resident of Marseilles. Lagnel’s work set the standard for Nativity Scenes produced in Provence. Within a few years, many other artisans in Provence had taken up the creche manufacturing trade. The region’s dominance in the production and sale of Nativity scenes was cemented in 1803 when the first Foire de Santonniers was held in Marseilles in order to encourage trade in the popular santons. The Santonnier’s Fair still runs every year, usually from late December until early January, while the Museum de Santon is open year-round.
Steinbach Woodworks – Nutcrackers
Hohenhameln & Marienberg, Germany
Web: www.steinbach-shop.com (official website)
To children of all ages, Christmas is the time of year for the giving and receiving of toys; and no toy is as evocative of this beloved season as the Nutcracker doll. Created by innovative woodcarvers in the rich forestlands of Central Germany, Nutcrackers have been around since at least as far back as the 16th century. Designed to look like fanciful soldiers, kings, public figures and so forth, Nutcrackers became extremely popular in the 17th and 18th centuries. By the 1800s, the city of Sonneberg was the definitive center for the manufacturing of Nutcracker dolls.
The business of making Nutcracker dolls is closely tied to the Steinbachs, a family of craftsman who had relocated to Germany from Austria during the turbulent 1600s. Around the turn of the 18th century, the Steinbachs began making the wooden dolls that eventually became the industry standard. After nearly three centuries the family is still in business, and maintains two factories in Germany. The larger one is in Hohenhameln, and the smaller one can be found in the village of Gebirge outside of Marienberg.
Taxco Farms – Poinsettia Plants
Taxco de Alarcon, Mexico
Okay, so this one is not a workshop, but arguably merits inclusion in the list.
Many plants have come to be identified with the Christmas season. Holly, ivy and mistletoe all evolved from the pagan traditions of Northern Europe to earn a beloved place in the holiday season. But it was Southern Mexico that yielded the most colorful and popular Christmas plant of all: the spectacular Poinsettia. Discovered by Spanish missionaries soon after their arrival in the New World, the brilliant red plant has since become a fixture in many churches and homes during the holiday season.
According to tradition, poinsettias were used by Franciscan priests during Christmas processions in Mexico as far back as the 16th century. Sometime around 1828 the American ambassador to Mexico, Joel Poinsett, brought some of the plants back to the United States. As they bloomed well at Christmastime, and were particularly festive looking, poinsettias soon caught on as a holiday decoration. Taxco, about forty miles south of Mexico City, is one of the oldest cities in Mexico. The Church of the former Monastery of San Bernardino de Siena is believed to be one of the very first churches ever to use poinsettias in its Christmas festivities.
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Barack Obama told us our health care premiums would be reduced by $2500 before the end of 2012. Instead, the Kaiser Family Foundation says family premiums have already increased $2200.00 since he took office. And we haven’t seen anything yet.
Then there is the higher cost to taxpayers. The CBO’s initial estimate in March 2010 of ObamaCare’s budget impact showed it saving money, reducing the federal deficit by $143 billion in the first 10 years. But that positive estimate was largely the product of gimmicks inserted into the bill by Democratic leaders to hide the law’s true cost.
Sure enough, the administration last October announced it would not implement one of those gimmicks, a long-term care program called the Class Act, because it was financially unworkable. The loss of the premiums that would be collected to finance the Class Act wiped out $70 billion of the supposed deficit reduction projected by CBO. And last month the administration’s proposed fiscal 2013 budget included $111 billion in additional spending for the premium subsidies in the health law’s insurance exchanges—further eroding any confidence in the original ObamaCare projections.
The CBO is still saying it is way too early to determine that employers will drop employee coverage because it is cheaper to pay the fine levied by ObamaCare. Isn’t that just like a government agency: no an ounce of common sense. The question: why would an employer keep insuring employees when it is cheaper and a far less hassle not to? Only the government would have to think about that one:
In reality, as government assumes a greater share of health-care costs, pressure to cut payments to providers will be enormous. Reduced government reimbursements to providers will cause massive cost-shifting to those remaining in the private health-insurance market. More employees will lose coverage. Before long, we will have what the left has long sought—a single payer health-care system modeled after Medicaid.
In 2014, a new tax hits every health insurer and every State Medicaid managed care program. Your State pays the managed care provider, if they choose managed care. That payment will increase and your State will be far poorer than it is today.
A recent Milliman study estimates that the Obamacare health insurer fee “will increase Medicaid managed care premiums between 1.5% and 1.6% on a nationwide basis, with some states expected to see increased premiums of up to 2.5%.” Milliman projects that the fee will collect $8 billion the first year and eventually grow to $14.3 billion in 2018, indexed to the rate of premium growth thereafter. All of the tax revenue will accrue to the federal government.
On the low end, if every state uses managed care (which they do not), the cost will be and additional $1.6 BILLION for every state, for the first year. Where does that money come from? It WILL come from your taxes. Count on it.
Disaster is on the way to America from so many avenues it is incomprehensible. Really. I don’t think we can come close to how ObamaCare will cripple our economy, our family fiances and destroy the quality of our healthcare. Whomever the Republican candidate is, we must vote for him.
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What is biomass and how does it work?
Biomass, as a renewable energy source, is derived from five distinct energy sources: garbage, wood, waste, landfill gases, and alcohol fuels. As an energy source, biomass can either be used directly, or converted into other energy products such as biofuel and electricity.
Biomass is plant matter used to generate electricity with steam turbines & gasifiers or produce heat, usually by direct combustion. Examples include forest residues, yard clippings, wood chips and even municipal solid waste. It also includes plant or animal matter that can be converted into fibers or other industrial chemicals, including biofuels. Industrial biomass can be grown from numerous types of plants. Biochemical conversion processes from biomass can be harnessed and converted to other usable forms of energy like methane gas or transportation fuels like ethanol and biodiesel.
A great feature in funding biomass energy projects is the fact that
1) traditional funding instruments can be used, and
2) no special accommodations or arrangements need to be added on to a funding arrangement involving biomass.
The best case scenario is if you (as project promoter/owner) an off-take agreement (agreement in which a third party that has signed a contract guaranteeing that they will be buying the promoter's output for a certain length of time in the future right from the start).
Why? Because for investors it is a guarantee of return on their investment, not to mention that it is also a steady guaranteed payment on the debt of the equipment due to the fact that the energy produced is sold over the long term (thus, there is a guaranteed income).
On the business end, the Promoter/project owner is required to produce essentially the same basic information and documents as he/she would in any other type of project:
- Feasibility Study (if you have it)
What you will also need is presentation report that details the technology to be used.
What can often be the (only) tricky part of funding a biomass energy project is assessing the technology that will be used to produce this energy; but solid, time-tested biomass energy-producing manufacturers do exist and are often favoured in these types of deals.
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With the arrival of advance CSS3 language, web designers and developers now have more options to accomplish a number of web design feature and functionality. Using CSS3 you can create a creative web forms with great specifications. So, in this article, I have compiled a list some of the best CSS3 web form tutorials to make great forms using this new and amazing technology.
This article features some of the most useful CSS3 form tutorials that will make your understanding and knowledge of CSS3 forms. Hope you will like them. If you like these CSS3 tutorials you might also want to check out our previous post as well CSS3 development tools, CSS3 menu tutorials and CSS3 submit button tutorial.
1. Prettier Web Form with CSS3
In this tutorial you will not only end up with a lightweight and beautiful form, you’ll also learn and understand new CSS3 techniques.
2. CSS3 Search Form
In this tutorial you will learn that how to make a round circle with border-radius and create inner shadow effect with box-shadow inset.
3. Create a Slick CSS3 Login Form
We are going to create a CSS3 login form without images yet still have a visually pleasing result.
4. Create A Stylish CSS3 Contact Form
In this tutorial we’re going to look at a range of different CSS3 effects in particular.
5. Create A Multi-Step Signup Form
In this tutorial we will see how to create a simple multi-step signup form using CSS3 and jQuery.
6. Create a Clean and Stylish Login Form
With the help of this tutorial you will learn that how to create a clean and stylish login form for your project.
7. How to Develop the Envelope Contact Form
In this article you’ll learn how to create a nice CSS3 contact form using also some HTML5 features.
8. Stylish Contact Form
Follow this step by step process to create your own stylish contact form completely out of HTML5 and CSS3.
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In this tutorial, developer will learn you how to designing modern web forms with HTML 5 and CSS3.
10. Carbon Fiber Signup Form
11. Awesome Contact Form Tutorial
This is very useful contact form tutorials. You can learn that how to create this tutorial with the help of CSS3 and HTML5.
12. Design a Beautiful CSS3 Search Form
We’re going to cover how to style a search form using the most exciting CSS3 features.
13. Beautiful Form With CSS3
With the help of CSS3 you can design the simple and clean login from.
14. How to Create a Contact Form
We’re going to be focusing on replicating it using the latest coding techniques and making it function correctly.
15. Create An Ajax-Based CSS3 Contact Form
Detailed tutorial to teach you to build an advanced contact form from scratch based on the pop technology, HTML5 and CSS3.
I hope you enjoyed this post! Please let us know in the comment section. Also be sure to bookmark this; you never know when it’ll come in handy!
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We love Retro Gaming on the Raspberry Pi! So, when this SNES inspired Raspberry Pi case landed on our doorstep, we couldn't resist!
Get the true retro experience, and re-live your childhood. This SNES case is designed to fit the Raspberry Pi and the firm design, made out of injection moulded plastic, is held together with the 4 provided bolts!
Please note: Not compatible with the 3B+ due to the PoE pins restricting the heatsink. Only compatible with the original Pi 3 Model B.
Designed with cooling in mind, the case features top, side and bottom air vents, and includes large black anodised aluminium heat sinks for the Pi's SoC & Ethernet Controller.
The case features easy access to all the Pi's ports including the the SD-Card without opening the case.
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- Super Kuma Raspberry Pi Case
- Features easy access for all ports USB, ethernet etc. including Micro SD Card slot (No GPIO access)
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Inspired by that hashtag #RamadanMovies, BuzzFeed created a series of hilarious film adaptations made to look as though they were made during the religious observance.
To give a brief (emphasis on brief) overview, Ramadan is the ninth month on the Islamic calendar and marks a month of fasting for practicing Muslims. During this observance, which is considered one of the Five Pillars of Islam, Muslims refrain from eating food, imbibing liquid, smoking or engaging in sexual relations from dawn until dusk.
This collection comments on the struggle of abstaining with hilarious and familiar titles such as "Don't Eat, Pray, Love," "P.S. I'm Hungry," "Breakfast at Tiffany's Before Dawn Breaks" and, last but not least, "Fasting and Furious."
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Published July 21, 2020
About Brother’s Keeper
North Korea. December, 1950.
Twelve-year-old Sora and her family live under an iron set of rules: No travel without a permit. No criticism of the government. No absences from Communist meetings. Wear red. Hang pictures of the Great Leader. Don’t trust your neighbors. Don’t speak your mind. You are being watched.
But war is coming, war between North and South Korea, between the Soviets and the Americans. War causes chaos–and war is the perfect time to escape. The plan is simple: Sora and her family will walk hundreds of miles to the South Korean city of Busan from their tiny mountain village. They just need to avoid napalm, frostbite, border guards, and enemy soldiers.
But they can’t. And when an incendiary bombing changes everything, Sora and her little brother Young will have to get to Busan on their own. Can a twelve-year-old girl and her eight-year-old brother survive three hundred miles of war zone in winter?
As I started to read BROTHER’S KEEPER, I worried about how dark it would be. I worried that I wouldn’t be able to handle it. And I won’t lie, some scenes were hard because they were so heartbreaking.
What I loved, though, was Sora’s resourcefulness and her will to survive. I loved her love for books and stories and the hope she continually kindled inside of her that she would see her family again.
BROTHER’S KEEPER doesn’t shy away from the ugliness of war. But through the struggles and bitter coldness of winter, the love between Sora and her brother and their hope for the future shine so brightly. I’m so glad I read this book.
If you like raw, gripping historical novels by Ruta Sepetys (though those are aimed at a slightly older audience) or EVERY FALLING STAR by Sunju Lee and Elizabeth McClelland, please check out BROTHER’S KEEPER.
Recommended for Ages 10 to 14.
All named characters are North or South Korean.
Profanity/Crude Language Content
Sora and her family are Christians. They’ve been forbidden to practice their faith but have a Bible hidden in their home.
Some descriptions of civilians, including children being shot or bombed. One very brief scene shows domestic violence. In one scene, two children fall through the ice into a freezing river and die.
Some mentions of adults drinking alcohol.
Note: I received a free copy of BROTHER’S KEEPER in exchange for my honest review. This post contains affiliate links, which do not cost you anything to use, but which help support running this blog.
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Causes of Poor or Deficient Color Vision
Poor or deficient color vision, better known as color blindness, refers to the difficulty in perceiving colors and distinguishing them. For this reason, many people confuse colors such as blue, yellow, red, or green. The question that comes to most people’s minds is: what is the cause of this problem?
Some articles point out that up to 8% of the population suffers from this vision problem. This is a fairly high percentage and most likely many of our readers know someone with deficient color vision. In this article, we’ll take a look at what can cause this condition.
What causes deficient color vision?
As we have pointed out, color blindness is a difficulty in seeing colors and differentiating them. It’s considered a genetic defect, as indicated in the Study of a Genetic Anomaly: Color Blindness.
This genetic defect has to do with an X chromosome that has this condition. Sometimes, you can be a carrier and transmit poor color vision without having the condition yourself.
From what we’ve seen so far, color blindness is much more prevalent in men than in women. This is because women have two X chromosomes. In order for them to be color blind, both of their chromosomes have to have the genetic alteration. Otherwise, they won’t suffer from deficient color vision.
Despite the fact that, in the vast majority of cases, color blindness has a genetic cause, it can also be caused by dyschromatopsia, a vision disorder that causes the same effects as color blindness but comes from damage to the optic nerve or retina.
In other circumstances, Alzheimer’s disease can cause difficulties in perceiving colors.
Likewise, some medications aimed at treating erectile dysfunction or different psychological problems can also cause poor color vision. If you handle chemicals in your work, you should protect your eyes well, since they can cause loss of color vision.
You may be interested in: The Genetic Origin of Sex: the X and Y Sex Chromosomes
Types of color blindness
When a person has deficient color vision, they also have a specific type of color blindness. They aren’t all the same and not all of them affect the patient’s life in the same way. Listed below are the types that currently exist:
- Achromatic: With this type the person doesn’t distinguish any color; their vision is only black and white.
- Dichromatic: Makes it difficult to perceive the colors green, blue, or red.
- Trichromatic: With this type the person can see the three primary colors, but they confuse them with each other.
Normally, people with deficient color vision have dichromatism or trichromatism. It’s very unusual for people to have this condition, since our eyes are designed to perceive colors (something that doesn’t happen in all animals).
You might be interested in: 10 Foods to Help You Maintain Healthy Eyesight
Something we should make clear is that poor color vision has no cure today. In fact, most people get used to their way of perceiving colors without it significantly affecting their lives.
The situation is different for those who suffer from achromatism. Not being able to distinguish any color can cause considerable impediments and limitations. However, people with color blindness develop different techniques to distinguish, for example, the colors of a traffic light.
Color blind glasses might sound like a good option for people with poor color vision. However, they aren’t a treatment, but a tool, and they don’t work for achromatic people.
What these glasses do is filter the colors between blue and green, reducing shades that can cause confusion. Therefore, they work very well on dichromatic people. However, they aren’t a treatment, and color blind people will have to live their entire lives with this condition.
Are you color blind? Do you have poor color vision? We hope that this article has helped you to understand this genetic defect a little better. Many people around you could have this condition too.
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Finding your way on Ithaca’s street maze
In a city that seems to have more one-way streets than registered Republicans, Ithaca is a challenge for motorists to get from one point to another.
The navigational confusion of the city’s this-way or that-way streets is a big reason why a recent plan by the Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce to improve informational street signs in the county deserves support.
The confusion of city traffic patterns peaks each August, when thousands of new students and their parents make the annual campus migration. Longtime Ithaca-area residents know that August requires extra precaution when driving on city streets. Close calls with visitors turning the wrong way onto one-way streets is a particular hazard that could be reduced by improved signage.
The chamber’s plan is primarily directed at helping visitors and tourists find their way around the county to area attractions, colleges and retail areas, said Jennifer Tavares, chamber president. Safety on the streets, however, is just as important.
The project carries a hefty price tag of $1.3 million. That will be a stretch for many municipal budgets. Tapping into the $2.6 million generated in annual hotel room tax could lessen the municipal costs for improving the street signs.
Better signs will help tourists, and they will also reduce the risks of accidents for residents and visitors.
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|Scientific Name:||Rana aurora|
|Species Authority:||Baird & Girard, 1852|
|Taxonomic Source(s):||Frost, D.R. 2014. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6 (27 January 2014). New York, USA. Available at: http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html. (Accessed: 27 January 2014).|
|Taxonomic Notes:||Shaffer et al. (2004) presented genetic evidence supporting the recognition of Rana aurora and R. draytonii as distinct species.|
|Red List Category & Criteria:||Least Concern ver 3.1|
|Assessor(s):||IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group|
|Facilitator/Compiler(s):||Sharp, D. & Hobin, L.|
Listed as Least Concern in view of the wide distribution, numerous subpopulations, ability to use altered habitats, and presumed large population.
|Previously published Red List assessments:|
|Range Description:||Range extends from southwestern British Columbia, including Vancouver Island in Canada, south along the coast of the United States (primarily west of Cascade-Sierran crest), to northwestern California (Shaffer et al. 2004). The species has been introduced and is well established and widely distributed on Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii), British Columbia; it is unclear whether the species is native there or introduced many years ago (Ovaska et al. 2002). Rana aurora also is introduced and established on Chichagof Island, Alaska; the source of the frogs was Oregon (Hodge 2004).|
Native:Canada (British Columbia); United States (California, Oregon, Washington)
|Range Map:||Click here to open the map viewer and explore range.|
|Population:||This species is represented by a large number of occurrences. Total adult population size is unknown but presumably exceeds 10,000. This species is relatively widespread and common over most of its range (McAllister and Leonard, in Jones et al. 2005; Pearl in Lannoo 2005).|
Over the long term, extent of occurrence, area of occupancy, number/condition of sub-populations, and population size have declined, but the amount of decline is uncertain. Currently, area of occupancy, number of sub-populations, and population size probably are declining.
|Current Population Trend:||Decreasing|
|Habitat and Ecology:||Habitat includes the vicinity of quiet permanent waters of streams, marshes, or (less often) ponds and other quiet bodies of water. The frogs are sometimes found in damp woods and meadows some distance from water, especially during wet weather. This species occurs in sites with dense vegetation (e.g., willows) close to water and some shading. Red-legged frogs may occupy ephemeral pools if the water remains until late spring or early summer (Biosystems Analysis 1989). Aestivation sites include small mammal burrows and moist leaf litter in dense riparian vegetation up to 26 meters from water (Rathbun et al. 1993, cited by USFWS 1994). Desiccation cracks in dry pond bottoms may be used as refuges (Alvarez 2004). Breeding sites most often are in permanent water; eggs are attached to stiff submerged stems at the surface of the water.|
|Use and Trade:||There are no records of this species being utilized.|
Factors contributing to local declines include wetland destruction and degradation/fragmentation, urbanization, residential development, reservoir construction, stream channelization, livestock grazing of riparian vegetation, off-road vehicle activity, drought, and exotic fishes (bass, mosquitofish) and possibly bullfrogs (Kiesecker and Blaustein 1998; USFWS 1994, 1996, 2000; Adams 1999, 2000; Lawler et al. 1999; Cook and Jennings 2001; Kiesecker et al. 2001; Cook 2002). An important threat is the loss of wetlands in the Willamette Valley (Oregon) and Puget Lowlands (Washington), but populations remain in some urbanized areas (see Pearl, in Lannoo 2005). Conversion of habitat to more permanent ponds is an important threat (as this allows breeding waters to be invaded by non-native predators). Habitat characteristics and good leaping ability may render Rana aurora less vulnerable to bullfrog predation than is Rana pretiosa (Pearl et al. 2004). McAllister and Leonard (in Jones et al. 2005) noted that in many areas red-legged frogs coexist with bullfrogs.
Declines in the red-legged frog complex (including Rana draytonii) also have been attributed to global warming, UV-B radiation (Belden and Blaustein 2002), airborne contaminants (pesticide drift), and disease (Davidson et al. 2001). Davidson et al. (2002) found support for the negative impact of wind-borne agrochemicals and weaker evidence for the widespread impact of habitat destruction and UV-B radiation; evidence did not support the hypothesis that declines have been caused by climate change.
Rana aurora occurs in many protected areas, including several small wildlife refuges in Oregon and Washington managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and in some state refuges. Most of its range is within actively managed agricultural and forestry matrix (under the control of private owners, the Bureau of Land Management, or the U.S. Forest Service).
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Fellers, G.M., Launer, A.E., Rathbun, G., Bobzien, S., Alvarez, J., Sterner, D., Seymour, R.B. and Westphal, M. 2001. Overwintering tadpoles in the California red-legged frog (Rana aurora draytonii). Herpetological Review: 156-157.
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Pearl, C.A., Adams, M.J., Bury, R.B. and McCreary, B. 2004. Asymmetrical effects of introduced bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana) on native ranid frogs in Oregon, USA. Copeia: 11-20.
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Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Emily Perez is dead...
Getting admitted to West Point is no easy feat. First, you need to be nominated for consideration -- usually by your senator or congressional representative. Then you are evaluated in three areas: academic performance, demonstrated leadership potential, and physical aptitude.
Emily was a leader among leaders. She was the first black woman to serve as corps commander sergeant major at West Point. She graduated in the top 10% of her class. In spite of all that promise, this story does not have a happy ending.
You will probably not see this story on FOX (she's not blonde enough), or The Today Show (she's not shallow enough), or BET (she's not freaky enough) ... that doesn't mean her story is not important enough.
Lt. Perez joined the Medical Service Corps because she wanted to help people. It was something she always focused on. As a high school student, Perez pushed her church to begin an HIV/AIDS ministry after several family friends became infected with the virus. She was honored in 2001 by the American Red Cross Board of Governors for her work as an AIDS educator.
Because of her desire to help and serve, Lt. Perez gave of herself. Literally. Shortly before shipping out to Iraq with the 204th Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, she flew cross country to be a bone marrow donor for a stranger who was a match. Donating bone marrow is a painful and difficult procedure. I am sure those who knew her would not be surprised to learn she volunteered to endure the suffering simply because it meant she could help someone. By all accounts that's who she was.
As I study Emily's picture, I'm captivated by the strength of her gaze, how firmly she grasps the sword, and smitten by the half smile that breathes confidence. It's been said the eyes are the windows to the soul. Through them we see the past, present, and future. I'll bet there was a time her father in an unguarded moment looked at her and fell in love. You see the truth is no matter what kind of a guy you are, there comes a point in every father's life when he looks into his daughter's eyes and is simply awed by how beautiful they are. It's not the sort of experience guys share over a brew.
If you've ever had that moment you probably recognize the one that followed it. That's the moment when we offer up that silent prayer -- that when she falls in love, he'll be a better man than we are and he will be worthy. Sadly, some prayers go unanswered. This angel of light died in Al Kifl, Iraq, on Sept. 12th.
It is easy to grow numb as this increasingly pointless war churns on and they throw more of our children into that meat grinder. But every now and then a story comes along that gets past my defenses and it leaves me wondering how much longer we will let the Pied Piper of hatred and violence lead our children to a place of no return.
Contemplating this sad tale of a life cut short, words fail me as I confront the reality that only God knows the treasures we bury with our children.
"I am not haunted by the fear that my brother will be sent to war. I believe there are beliefs and causes worth taking risks for, worth fighting and dying for. Rather, I am haunted by the fear that he will be sent to war thoughtlessly, carelessly."
-- Cara Cannon Byington (Jan. 15, 2003)
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Self-portraits have been part of art history ever since artists used their own reflections to determine how a viewer might perceive them. This trope of self-empowerment takes a different turn with Senegalese photographer Omar Victor Diop’s series of self-portraits in his debut US exhibition, Project Diaspora, at the SCAD Museum of Fashion + Film in Atlanta.
Diop’s discovery during a residency in Spain of a classical painting by Diego Velasquez of his African assistant Juan de Pareja led to his investigation of other European representations of prominent African figures who have long been relegated to the dustbin of history. His intent was to recontextualize the significance of Africa and its people, especially because of its enduring depiction in the media as a region of tribal warfare, famine, death, and disease. He wanted these “unsung heroes,” as he refers to them, to reemerge and retell their stories.
What began as a casual experiment in Spain where he dressed himself as these historical figures led to a deeper engagement with his subjects once he returned to his studio in Dakar. Eschewing his common practice of using his favorite models in his photography, Diop’s self-portraits became a tool through which he worked to dismantle stereotypical images of derelict African refugees flooding Western shores. He began to see himself as an ambassador for reframing the African black male from a historically omitted vantage point. Yet unlike Kehinde Wiley’s deeply subversive portraits of African Americans dressed as European figures, in which he deconstructs the power of European portraiture, Diop’s impersonations are entrenched in historically accurate images.
For instance, “St Benedict of Palermo” (2014) is based on a sculpture of the anointed Moorish friar attributed to Jose Montes de Oca of Italy. In his self-image, Diop stands in a regal coppery-gold gown with his hands extended out to his congregation. His image consecrates the benedict, who was born to African slaves before his eventual beatification by Pope Benedict XIV in 1743 and canonization in 1807 by Pope Pius VII. Similarly, Diop’s “Olaudah Equiano” (2014), dressed in a fashionable British 18th-century cravat and jacket, depicts the distinguished freed slave who documented his advocacy for the abolition of slavery in London in his 1789 autobiography.
Akin to New York–based Nigerian photographer Ike Ude’s self-portraits in his series Sartorial Anarchy, in which Ude’s choice of clothing from different eras eclipse time and place, Diop’s meticulous reproduction of lavish costumes from the past are transformative in the way they communicate his subjects’ aspirations. Apparel here is a symbol of the historical personages’ status in the societies in which they lived. Diop intentionally presents these figures exactly as they appeared in various European paintings and engravings in order to regenerate an interest in the role of Africans in Europe and to reestablish their forgotten contribution to history.
However, Diop’s reengagement with yesteryear also comes with a bit of ironic humor. His otherwise historically accurate figures all appear with accouterments relating to soccer, like balls, cleats, shin guards, gloves, and a red penalty card. For instance, the young prince of Congo, Dom Nicolau, who, in 1845, at the tender age of 20, was sent to Lisbon to protest against Portuguese intervention in his country, is seen in his silk finery with one foot on a soccer ball. While the inclusion of these objects introduces a touch of levity to the hard-fought stories of Africa’s predecessors, they are also reminders of the narrow pathway that an underprivileged child from Africa must walk in order to succeed. Soccer here is the double-edged nemesis of the African people: Both revered and patronized by the West, it is perceived as Africa’s main achievement in recent history. By commingling the old with the new, Diop inserts conspicuously absent historical black male figures into Western art while making it amply evident that there is more to African history than sports.
Project Diaspora continues at the SCAD Fashion Museum (1600 Peachtree St., Atlanta) through August 20.
Arriving amid increased anti-Asian racism and continuing discourse about the inhumanity of its prison system, this documentary is a strong historical gut punch.
A “show within a show” at the Whitney Biennial pays homage to the visual and literary art of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, whose life was cut short through an act of brutal violence.
The Newark Museum of Art Presents Jazz Greats: Classic Photographs from the Bank of America Collection
Photographers Antony Armstrong Jones, Milt Hinton, Chuck Stewart, Barbara Morgan, and more capture a breadth of legendary and local musicians and performance artists. On view through August 21.
Social media persona Sad Beige Werner Herzog presents a seemingly endless array of sniffling tots stuffed into gray, brown, and tan knits.
A new Bronx location for the Universal Hip Hop Museum is set to open its doors in 2024.
Art and photographs, publications from the 19th and 20th centuries, manuscripts, posters and more are set to cross the auction block on August 18.
Researchers at the University of South Florida have created a tool that can potentially help hone human concentration through the creation of art with only the power of the mind.
The settlement comes after Tate prevented an artist who exposed sexual harassment by one of its largest donors from co-curating an exhibition.
Let’s be honest: On a best bathrooms list, no one wants to be number two.
Advocacy groups are pushing for a 5% royalty in resales, which would pertain even after the artist dies, in which case the funds would go to their estate.
This week, the Getty Museum is returning ancient terracottas to Italy, parsing an antisemitic mural at Documenta, an ancient gold find in Denmark, a new puritanism, slavery in early Christianity, and much more.
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Santa Monica Jolted By 3.7 Magnitude Earthquake
Posted Jul. 25, 2012, 4:49 am
Santa Monica was jolted just after 3 a.m. this morning when a 3.7 magnitude earthquake struck two miles east-southeast of Marina del Rey.
The U.S. Geological Survey reports the quake struck at 3:18 a.m. at a depth of 5.6 miles.
There were no reports of damages or injuries in Santa Monica or neighboring communities.
USGS seismologists initially said the temblor had a a 3.8 magnitude reading, but it was ever so slightly downgraded to 3.7.
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Trending: ‘concentration camp’
Lookups spiked 15,000% on June 18, 2019
Concentration camp was our top lookup on June 18th, 2019, following the use of the word by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and subsequent contretemps over whether such was appropriate or not.
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the liberal freshman Democrat from New York who has made fighting for immigrants’ rights a signature issue, on Tuesday described the Trump administration’s border detention facilities as “concentration camps,” provoking backlash from Republicans who said she was minimizing the Holocaust.
— Sheryl Gay Stolberg, The New York Times, 18 Jun. 2019
A short definition of concentration camp is “a place where large numbers of people (such as prisoners of war, political prisoners, refugees, or the members of an ethnic or religious minority) are detained or confined under armed guard —used especially in reference to camps created by the Nazis in World War II for the internment and persecution of Jews and other prisoners.”
Some of the response to Ocasio-Cortez’s use of the word appears to be based on the belief that concentration camp should rightfully apply to the victims of the Holocaust. While those of Nazi Germany are the most notorious (particularly Auschwitz, Treblinka, Dachau, and Buchenwald), concentration camps have existed in a variety of other countries, and during a number of wars other than the Second World War.
Other examples include those run by Britain during the South Africa War (1899 to 1902), internment camps for Japanese Americans between 1942 and 1945, and Dutch civilians in the Dutch East Indies, imprisoned by the Japanese during the Second World War. There are some differences between many of these; Auschwitz was an extermination camp, while others, such as the British camp in South Africa and the Manzanar Relocation Center in the US were not created for the explicit purpose of killing prisoners. These varied camps share certain characteristics; confining political prisoners, members of national groups for ostensible reasons of security or punishment; the prisoners tend to be chosen by executive decree or military order, and all have been widely referred to as concentration camps.
Our earliest record of the term predates the Holocaust, dating from the 19th century. The use of concentration camp became considerably more widespread following the defeat of Germany in the Second World War.
Finally, further order was given that where new concentration camps are created they must be along the railroad lines or the main roads.
— Chicago Daily Tribune, 21 Jun. 1897
Trend Watch is a data-driven report on words people are looking up at much higher search rates than normal. While most trends can be traced back to the news or popular culture, our focus is on the lookup data rather than the events themselves.
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Article Published in International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), Volume 3 Issue 6, 2012.
Abstract: This paper summarizes various algorithms used to design a sign language recognition system. Sign language is the language used by deaf people to communicate among themselves and with normal people. We designed a real time sign language recognition system that can recognize gestures of sign language from videos under complex backgrounds. Segmenting and tracking of non-rigid hands and head of the signer in sign language videos is achieved by using active contour models. Active contour energy minimization is done using signers hand and head skin colour, texture, boundary and shape information. Classification of signs is done by an artificial neural network using error back propagation algorithm. Each sign in the video is converted into a voice and text command. The system has been implemented successfully for 351 signs of Indian Sign Language under different possible video environments. The recognition rates are calculated for different video environments.
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12-14-2010, 06:27 PM
Did you know when King George the First came to the throne, he was fifty second in the list of succession? Parliament had to skip FIFTY ONE living Roman Catholics to get to their new King.
The New King was German.
Parliament further more reduced the Kings power by introduction of a new position in the Government known as "the prime minister" This might have been because King George 1st didnt speak a word of English, and really only cared about his province in Germany. The King did not get along with Conservative English Politics because they had helpped in a War with Spain which had returned land to France, and the Catholics.
George the Second (the Son of the The First) was the opposite. He liked to speak English and he seemed to be more well loved also. Father and Son did not get along, this was shown when his Father went on a Trip back to Germany and did not Cast his Son in the traditional second in command role. But George the second made the best of it, and that news angered his Father who was jelous of his Sons popularity.
They Both moved into the same Palace and began to renovate their own areas of the Palace to try and out-do each other. Handels Water Music was one of the attempts of The First, to outdo his son :laugh:
Tensions continued between the two until the King Expelled his Son from the court and certain Royal Residences. A clever politician within the anti-conservative wing decided to broker a kind of truce between the Father and Son. A long standing member of the House of Commons, he was successful in restoring order within the Royal Household. Coupled with his handling of the first Financial Wobble of the Western World, He was now valued and pretty much in favour with everyone. So Mr Walpole became Englands first Prime Minister.
Then George the First departed on another trip back to Germany, and he neither reached his destination, nor returned.
And so the Crown passed to his Son King George the Second. King George the Second, much loved, and with his love of all things English, went WAY overboard with the pomp and Circumstance. It was he, who commissioned the infamous Coronational Anthem, Zadok The Priest, which became a piece of Liturgy as its quotes were taken directly from the Bible, and embellished by Handel, who his Father had taken such a liking to before.
But George the Second and Walpole didnt get on to well, George still had issues to do with the Prime Minister sorting out the Royal Household. But the Prime Mminster was too entrenched and able to appease in Parliament due to the powers of persuation he had. Most notably, the close friendship with George the Seconds Wife :laugh::laugh: He recognised she was the power behind her Husband, and She recognised that he could control Parliament for her.
But then Caroline...the Wife of King George the Second died...
12-14-2010, 11:06 PM
Carolines death was not the only factor to bring a close to the Premiership of Walpole. Even his own party disliked his level of corruption, bribary, and sucking up to what they perceived as the political enemy. Then there was there wish to war with France, which Walpole was reluctant to do for economic reasons, figuring war would bring about instability. He faced a vote of no confidence, and whilst he won it, it was such a slim majority that his resignation followed. He died less then three years later.
William Pitt succeeded him, he had been the protege of the oppositional party. He was so close to his protege, that he married into the family, and She did a lot of the behind the scenes work for him. It is thought that William Pitt was probably a manic depressant. Prone to bi-polarism, mood swings, and associated ailments.
William Pitt believed in three things. First he believed in Imperialism, in Empire Building, and he believed it on a World Wide Scale, not simply a European endevour. Secondly he believed in the Royal Navy, he decided that it was the Navy that could carry out this function the best. Finally he believed in the wealth and prosperity that is based on Trade gained from Empire.
But George the Second dissagreed that the Navy was the most important asset. He perfered the Army, infact he saw himself as the patron of the Army. Being Germanic in origin he valued conquest in Europe as the most important thing, and he thought that Foreign Policy was a matter for the King, not the Parliament to decide.
For nearly ten years William Pitt argued his cause, and the King would play his Veto.
Then England declaired war on France. This was known as The Seven Years War (one of MANY with France :laugh: ) It began when England lost control in the Med, and the King blamed the Navy and the person in charge of it was executed for dereliction of duty. William Pitt stepped up to the plate to be incharge of the war effort from there on out. He revamped the Navy and turned it into his Dream, Suddenly Victories against the French across the entire world were inevitable. War was won.
William Pitt asserted that it was the voice of the people that had bought him to the office of Prime Minister and allowed him to beat the French. His ability to speak and captivate an audience, and his ability to utilize new forms of media like the printing press meant his success was known, and he became adored by the public. (William Pitt is considered alongside Winston Churchill as one of the Greatest War Time leaders the country has ever had)
George the Second Died, following a trip to the Lav (im not sure anyone knows quite what happened to him in the loo...but he walked in, and came out a corpse :laugh: ) before sunset, King George the Third (the first English Born Hanoverian) had fallen out with William Pitt. William Pitt saw himself as the embodiement of English patriotism...unfortunately for him, so did George The Third.
William Pitt resigned.
The King had a problem with his knew Empire, and the new editions, and that was the fact it cost a lot more to run and look after. only 8 Million Collonists in "The New World" and they had somehow managed to up the cost of Empire by four times the amount!
Ministers in Parliament suggested that the "Americans" be forced to bear a mighty share of the cost, because the War against the French had helpped save them from French Rule and from Canadian Rule, Not to mention the Native Indians. Unlike other parts of the Empire, The American Collonial Outposts were now free from major threats. They were unlikely due to their Geography to be attacked, thanks to the British who had spent the last seven years riding the land of its most dangerous opposition. In response the Collonial outposts were growing very nice economies of their own. It was though that some of that wealth should come back to England. They had a VAST land, they had VAST resources...why should they not pay Vastly for it. After all, their cities were already Rivals to those established in Europe, and the Quality of life and country they enjoyed far better then already overpopulated and dirty England.
But The Americans had already decided that they were not simply a Collonial Outpost. In their minds eye, they were not Subject to England, but Her Equal in the Empire. They had already established versions of provincial rule, and copied, like no other part of the Empire, directly British ideologies. America was not an outpost, She was an exact extention of England its self. At least, in her Opinion. In all the Collonies there came to be Assemblies based on the Westminster House of Lords, where Land owners and Barons self governed the outpost.
You might say America is a snap shot of England 300 years ago in terms of Values. These American Values however were to stay in place whilst English Values changed and moved on. This inevitably meant the two had different, and suddenly opposing ideas of their place in the Universe. For England did not, and never did see America, or its self governing bodies as Equals. They were merely a jewel in a crown containing many Jewels. This was English Imperialism, NOT American Imperialism, Nor was it an Anglo-American Imperialism. As far as England was concerned, There was a clear heirachy. Westminster had full jurisdiction over the American Collonies. The Americans saw their Provincial Governments as Equal to Westminster...and therefore there was issues when Westminster started to pull rank over such issues as Stamp Duty.
The Virginian Assembly was the first to decide that it was not prepared to accept everything that Westminster Decreed. The Virginian Population did not consider themselves as Collonialists, they were British Citizens, and as such they had a right to democrasy. Largely they had a point, for America differed from every other collonial outpost. America was not made up of Americans...it was made up of British Settlers. These people were undeniably Citizens and not Conquests directly of the Mother Land. Therefore, they felt that by Moving to America, they had suddenly been wrongly classed as Foreigners and had been barred from British Politics itself. In Essence, the force of Westminster made them feel so rejected by what they considered their true homeland. They had no choice but to complain that they were not being heard democratically.
So they started to demonstrate, and protest against Westminster, and things started to spiral out of control in the Collonies. The British began to imply Military tactics to get the Collonies back into Order, but this only made matters worse. As a response to direct British Action, the Thirteen Assemblies decided to pool their resources, and Suddenly there was an Inter-Outpost level of self Governing that appeared out of nowhere, with representation of the entire American Establishment. When the unstable (and largely considered mad) King George heard the Americans had become somewhat United against Westminster...he decided they had become a Rebellion, and he aggreed with Parliament out of spite that if they would not do as he ordered, he would have to force them to do what he ordered.
Pulling troops from other parts of the Empire, King George sent in the Military to occupie the Outposts.
This pushed the American Outposts over the edge.
Thus appeared on the scene, the first True American. George Washington
12-14-2010, 11:13 PM
12-14-2010, 11:20 PM
Quiet...I'm trying to educate
12-14-2010, 11:40 PM
Virginia appeared to emerge as pretty much "the first amoung equals" of the American Establishment. They considered that King George the Third had violated them beyond reconciliation. They no longer wished to be part of the Empire. They no longer wished to be Subject to the Crown or Westminster. They no longer wished to be British Citizens at all.
Infact, they decided that as a Union of outposts, their Congressional Assembly could Govern itself, completely independantly. They got together and wrote a letter to England telling the King and Parliament that because they had been so badly treated, and because of actions they perceived as Hostile, they considered themselves independant, not part of the Empire, and Free of any British Imperialism
That did not go down to well in London
Niether did the little bit of news that as a free country, America decided it had the right to do trade with whoever they pleased. Namely, the French. This was not just an act of Treason, it was a double act of Treason that was perceived by King and country to mean, let us be free of the English, and work with the French :scared0015:
This was no idle threat. Infact before the war was over America and France were already best of friends, the French even helpped America in a Military capacity. A move that pushed the war effort in favour of the Outposts.
When the news of the loss of York Town reached Westminster...the Prime minster burst into the commons, wailing "Oh My GOD, its all over!" :laugh:
The loss of the American Collonies upset George the Third so much, he considered Abdication, and for a long time he left England and returned to Germany to collect himself, where he drafted a letter of abdication. But he never actually Abdicated...instead he lived with the brand (and signed a treaty to end the war)
"The King that Lost America"
12-14-2010, 11:55 PM
Ok if you are educating us Tyburn can I just purchase the cliff notes? :blink: This is very long and driven.
12-15-2010, 12:27 AM
Not long after the War of Independance, some of the Americanisms appeared to rub themselves off on the French. The French decided they didnt need a King either, and they Executed him to set up their own Republic.
England was Horrified
War broke out (again) between the English and French (its like a broken record...no? :laugh:) George the Third didnt really react. He was recovering from a bout of insanity. Who knows whether he was insane all along...or whether the insanity was just another thing caused by American Independance LOL
Mr Burke on the other hand was quite active. Having watched the french, he had published a book that predicted, three years previously, what was going to happen in France. Burke noted that Revolution involved distroying the old to rebuild the new...unfortunately, he noted with saddness, that it was tradition which made civilization and defined everything good about society. He was all for Reform...but he noted that Revolution doesnt preserve heratage, it wipes it out.
America, it seemed had inspired the whole world, to completely scrap thousands of years worth of history and tradition, in order to create something entirely knew...that is not how the revolution of the British Monarchy which had already happened following the Civil War did. The British Monarchy was Reformed...but the Revolution was not reforming Monarchies across Europe...it was destroying them.
George the Fourth was not like his Father, infact he considered George the Third to be a mean and nasty old man (The Americans would say "Tyrant" ) I dont suppose he wished to looose his head, but he was not very favourable of Monarchy, untill he read Burkes work. Then he decided he Aggreed. Monarchy, a Reformed Monarchy was better then Revolution. It provided Stability but prevented Tyrany....and Parliament saw that whilst George the Third who was still reigning, may have been an absolutest, and may have been at least in part, the tyrant the Americans had painted him as...he was old, weak, past it...and that was splendid, it meant he existed, but fell into the role of the benign Figure head...he had become an ideological symbol, and not really a person or ruller...thats fine...this idea of Monarchy had become ideological more the practical. This popularity of a reformed Tyrant reached its peak on his Golden Jubillee...unfortunately, during the celebration, George became unwell once again, and this time his senile nature was permanent. The year was 1810 and he started to go blind.
meanwhile George the Fourth was urged to marry and produce and heir, and German Custom dictated he had to marry someone already a Royal, being Protestant was also a requirement by British Law...so he found himself non to pleased with his wife. George the Fourth who was really only concerned with drink and luxury, was so gutted with his arranged marriage, he got wasted and spent his wedding night passed out due to drink :laugh:
However...before passing out, it seems that he decided Sex with a pig fugly french fry was alright after all, and unluckily for him, she conceived. He never slept with her ever again :laugh::laugh: So he separated from her after Charlotte was born.
With his Father deteriorating ever more, he effectively rulled without being King.
Meanwhile another prophecy of Burke in France became True. Burke said that following such a revolution, someone would inevitably rise to power and steer the Nation. Et Voile, Napolian! Napolian declared himself an "emporar" and he had a lavish ceremony. That really upset George the Fourth who felt that noone should be outdone in the area of pomp and circumstance, when it came to England. To make matters worse Wellington came under attack by French forces at Waterloo.
Wellington won...and to this day, if you travel from France to England via the Channel Tunnel and Eurostar, the first stop on the Train is...The Station of Waterloo :laugh:
Napolian eventually surrendered, and what a delight it was for the King to read a letter from a French Emporar that told him how fantastical he was. George the Fourth did love to be flattered. but this didnt stop the two trying to out do each other...this time it was who could build the best Capital City. King George the Fourth decided that London had to upstage Paris.
Then...at long last, the King who lost America, the Tyrant, The Senile old man...George the Third finally died, and George The Fourth could become a proper King. No Expense was spared, as I am sure you can quite imagine. George even sent his men to paris to make sure that His Coronational Outfit would be better then Napolians had been :rolleyes:
12-15-2010, 12:27 AM
Ok if you are educating us Tyburn can I just purchase the cliff notes? :blink: This is very long and driven.
Read in small doses...I am covering about three hundred years of British History :laugh:
12-15-2010, 06:45 PM
King George the Fourth then decided to visit Scotland. This had not been done by a King since the English Civil War. Naturally, it was the perfect excuse, for yet more pomp and circumstance. The Scots loved it as much as the English.
After King George Died, King William the fourth one of his Brothers, became the new Successor. He was in his mid 60s when he was crowned. William was Ex Forces, had a strange shapped head, and loved to waffle for hours in debate where he rarely had much of a point :laugh: But he did not do pomp at all. He didnt even move into Buckingham Palace when he asscended, but remained in the smaller house for the Heirs.
He aided the French King when he lost his thrown in a rebellion (the French Monarchy was restored after Napolian for a time) by putting him up in Scotland, the ideologies of independance had not gone away more then 60 years after the American Collonies had won their Freedom. France was still dangerously close to anarchy, and the Monarchy in England was still concerned this instability could take root in its own population. William didnt need to fear, because the population already placed its blame for anything negative at the feet of Parliament, NOT the King...even if war and revolution occured, the Government was already being considered entirely separately from the Monarchy, and its the Government that would have got it in the head if such a thing had ever taken place.
Parliament began a process of reform, following the return to power of the Whig political party. But these reforms kept being rejected by the House of Lords, because the Conservatives had been in power for so long, they held a living majority in the unellected House, which had to second the Commons bills in order for the law to be enacted. The Whigs called upon the King to establish more Peers for the Lords, so they may be able to pass their Reform. Despite William believing Reform was the only way to prevent a revolution still, he felt that deliberately creating a majority of peers for one political group, even if it was the one in power democratically, was a step to bias. He refused. This led to the Whig Prime Minister resigning, the Government passed back to the Conservatives.
The Whig population went into melt down. Uprising and Revolts began to show themselves in mass demonstrations in all major cities, there was even a call to bear arms against the Conservative Government.
So the King asked for the Conservatives to abstain in the Lords so that the Whig Reforms would go through, because if it did not, the rebellion would lead to complete revolution. They eventually caved to the pressure.
Following this The Kings health went down hill rapidly. He looked set to die, but had vowed that he would live long enough for Victoria to come of age so she may be his Heir, because he had no Dependants, and if he died before she reached 18 years of age, it would be her Mother who would effectively rule for her until she was old enough...and William did not get along with Victorias mother. He died, twenty three days after Victorias 18th Birthday.
Queen Victoria found herself to begin with, somewhat out of her depth, being a Female in a Male dominated Parliament, but the Prime Minister took her under his wing. They were both of the Whig inclination. Infact Victoria was quite a radical Whig, and when the Conservatives came round to try and rule again, Victoria made it as difficult as she possibly could for them. She was so terribly partisan, they decided she had to be married off as quickly as possible so that the Male influence in her life could listen to reason.
Thankfully, it was love at first sight. Victoria had met Albert, a Prince from a small area of Germany, they got along famously. He was quite the Modernist, believing in science, logic, reason, and progress. He would be good for her. Victoria wasnt in any hurry to marry...but couldnt help herself. :laugh:
Victoria and Albert were technically speaking like rabbits. They just wouldnt leave each other alone. EIGHT children in rather quick succession appeared very quickly after they were married.
It was a Union made of opposites. The Emotional Woman, met the Rational Man, and with her constantly having children, and suffering from terrible post natal depression. Albert began to be the dominant of the relationship. He had absolutely no worries about telling her exactly what he thought of her displays of emotion. He changed her from fiery Domanant into submissive housewife practically.
But there was another contradiction, whilst she was Whig, Albert had alliances with the Conservatives because they were far more into industrialization which was sweeping the landscape at the time. As the Industrial Revolution occured, Prince Albert could think of only one thing The Great Exhibition! Which was a huge showcase of English industry. It was a long and stressfull process, with lots of people against the idea. But finally it happened, and it was a Triumph, and international success. But Albert wasnt finished, he then threw himself into rebuilding the Palace of Westminster which had burned down during the reign of King William the Fourth.
All this work took its toll. Albert died very young, and Poor Queen Victoria never got over the loss. Without Albert she was back to her dominant self...except it was not the previous fire of a young woman...but the depressive and moody stuborness of a middleaged woman, who had lost the better part of herself.
Queen Victorias Children she decreed, would reign with Alberts Surname. The House of Hanover closed upon her death.
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It was so hot on Friday that the high temperature of 103 degrees at BWI Marshall Airport would have set a record on any other June day. But even though it didn't technically surpass the official high mark for Baltimore, it did break records.
The record for June 29 in Baltimore is 105 degrees, set in 1934. But that, of course, was before Friendship Airport was built in 1950 (later to be renamed BWI).
At the airport, the high temperature record for June 29 was 99 degrees, set in 1959, until Friday, according to the National Climatic Data Center. Friday's heat shattered the record by 4 degrees.
The U.S. Custom House was the point of record for Baltimore weather observation back in 1934 (from 1893 until the airport opened), so that is where the 105-degree record was set.
Considering that, Friday's heat may have actually beaten the record -- unofficially of course.
The Maryland Science Center reached 106 degrees on Friday. It is about half a mile from the custom house and, of course, on the water, so whether it also reached 106 at the custom house is anyone's guess.
But it's probably fair to say, at least for discussion's sake, that Friday was on par with the hottest June 29 on record in Baltimore.
Records were also officially broken in Hagerstown, Salisbury, Cumberland and at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, according to the climate data center.
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Journalists should stop categorizing ads by whether they are negative or positive and start categorizing them by whether they are true or false.
“Does this ad present accurate, adequately thorough, properly contextualized information?” “Are the inferences this ad draws from the factual information it presents logically valid?” “Is this ad presenting a sound argument that the policies, record, or character of the candidate being criticized make him or her a poor choice for office?”
If the answers to those questions are “yes”, then it is not the media’s job to police any further the tone of a campaign. Voters need as much honest information about candidates’ weaknesses and poor choices as about their strengths and their good choices as they can get. And what the media should be focused on is meticulously correcting the record when deceptive ads come out and shaming the perpetrators of deceptive ads.
Focusing on ad’s negativity rather than its falseness does several harms. For one thing, it allows for false equivalences between advertisements which contain relevant, defensible substance and ones which are simply smears. This undermines the credibility of justifiable ads. Secondly, focusing on the negativity of an ad is often a substitute for debunking the content of the ad, which allows the claims made in the ad to stand. This all strikes me as part and parcel of the larger tendency of journalists to see themselves not as impartial, scrupulous arbiters of facts about reality but rather as reporters on politicians’ views of facts. We are told that Democrats claim these realities are true and Republicans claim some other realities are true, and all too often not told which are actually true out of a misunderstanding about what objectivity requires. Objectivity is not a matter of allowing both sides of a political debate their own facts and just reporting on what the two views of reality say. Objectivity is about fact-checking both views of reality.
Deceptive smear ads are a disgrace. They deliberately and systematically misinform the public. They are endemic. Many in media recognize they are a problem but instead of properly labeling the nature of the offense and risk being seen as “partisan” for having upheld one side’s claims about facts over another’s, they wring their hands over the negativity. They act as though our greatest pressing need is more upbeat lies from politicians, rather than less lies, and as though logical, factual criticism was the very same thing as disinformation and fear-mongering (or, at least, just as unhealthy to our democracy as the latter, even if different).
Sound like a familiar problem, my fellow New Atheists?
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As part of his commitment to creating jobs and driving Illinois' economy forward, Governor Quinn today launched the Illinois Creative Economy Initiative. The initiative will explore innovative strategies to grow the $2.7 billion creative economy in Illinois, which employs thousands of people and is a key driver of tourism to our state. The governor made today's announcement at the Illinois Arts Alliance's "Make Art Work" forum, where he highlighted the significant positive impact the arts have on Illinois' economy.
"Culture means business in Illinois," Governor Quinn said. "This initiative will strengthen our creative economy in Illinois, which will create more economic growth and make Illinois an even more vibrant place to live and raise a family."
The Creative Economy Initiative will be led by Ra Joy, who will work to bring all stakeholders together to identify and deploy strategies to boost a variety of arts and strengthen their role in the state's economy. Joy has served as executive director of the Illinois Arts Alliance since 2007, and has been an advocate, community organizer and coalition builder for various arts causes for more than 15 years. He also serves on the Chicago Cultural Advisory Council.
According to the Illinois Arts Alliance, the arts contribute at least $2.75 billion annually to our economy, creating more than $300 million in state and local tax revenue and supporting 78,000 full-time equivalent jobs for artists, managers, marketers, designers, carpenters and other related professions. In addition to their direct positive impact, studies show that the arts are a magnet for business and attract companies that want to lure high-skilled employees by locating in places that offer strong cultural amenities like museums, theaters, dance companies and orchestras. Those institutions are also a strong driver of tourism, with cultural tourists spending an average of two and a half times more on event-related expenses than local residents. Illinois hosted a record 93.3 million out-of-state visitors in 2011, a 10 percent increase from 2010.
Governor Quinn long supported the creative economy in Illinois and was awarded the 2012 Public Leadership in the Arts Award from Americans for the Arts. Throughout his career in public service, he has worked to ensure that all Illinois residents have meaningful opportunities to experience and participate in the arts. He has also kept Illinois at the cutting edge of the creative economy by supporting strategic incentives like the Illinois Film Tax Credit and the Live Theater Tax Credit.
Additionally, through his Illinois Jobs Now! capital construction program, Governor Quinn has delivered vital funding for numerous arts projects around the state. Projects funded by the program include new performing arts centers at Western Illinois University and Rock Valley College as well as Chicago's Black Ensemble Theater and Cinespace Studios, which has been home to many Illinois-based productions including Chicago Fire and the upcoming feature film Divergent, which alone is expected to bring 1,000 jobs and $30 million in local spending.
For more information about the Creative Economy Initiative, visit CreativeEconomy.illinois.gov.
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This year Mr. Russell E. Dunham passed away. Nearly 55 years ago his bravery on the battlefield in France during WWII saved Allied lives and cost the enemy theirs. Please take a moment to read the citation and honor the memory of a hero. ~ Mike Piccione
Rank: Technical Sergeant
Company: Company I
Date of Issue: 05/11/1945
Place / Date: Near Kayserberg, France, 8 January 1945
Organization: U.S. Army
Division 30th Infantry
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty. At about 1430 hours on 8 January 1945, during an attack on Hill 616, near Kayserberg, France, T/Sgt. Dunham single-handedly assaulted 3 enemy machineguns. Wearing a white robe made of a mattress cover, carrying 12 carbine magazines and with a dozen hand grenades snagged in his belt, suspenders, and buttonholes, T/Sgt. Dunham advanced in the attack up a snow-covered hill under fire from 2 machineguns and supporting riflemen. His platoon 35 yards behind him, T/Sgt. Dunham crawled 75 yards under heavy direct fire toward the timbered emplacement shielding the left machinegun. As he jumped to his feet 10 yards from the gun and charged forward, machinegun fire tore through his camouflage robe and a rifle bullet seared a 10-inch gash across his back sending him spinning 15 yards down hill into the snow. When the indomitable sergeant sprang to his feet to renew his 1-man assault, a German egg grenade landed beside him. He kicked it aside, and as it exploded 5 yards away, shot and killed the German machinegunner and assistant gunner. His carbine empty, he jumped into the emplacement and hauled out the third member of the gun crew by the collar. Although his back wound was causing him excruciating pain and blood was seeping through his white coat, T/Sgt. Dunham proceeded 50 yards through a storm of automatic and rifle fire to attack the second machinegun. Twenty-five yards from the emplacement he hurled 2 grenades, destroying the gun and its crew; then fired down into the supporting foxholes with his carbine dispatching and dispersing the enemy riflemen. Although his coat was so thoroughly blood-soaked that he was a conspicuous target against the white landscape, T/Sgt. Dunham again advanced ahead of his platoon in an assault on enemy positions farther up the hill. Coming under machinegun fire from 65 yards to his front, while rifle grenades exploded 10 yards from his position, he hit the ground and crawled forward. At 15 yards range, he jumped to his feet, staggered a few paces toward the timbered machinegun emplacement and killed the crew with hand grenades. An enemy rifleman fired at pointblank range, but missed him. After killing the rifleman, T/Sgt. Dunham drove others from their foxholes with grenades and carbine fire. Killing 9 Germans–wounding 7 and capturing 2–firing about 175 rounds of carbine ammunition, and expending 11 grenades, T/Sgt. Dunham, despite a painful wound, spearheaded a spectacular and successful diversionary attack.
Thank to our friends at the Congressional Medal of Honor Society for this Citation. www.cmos.org.
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I once heard that a culture can be described by its cuisine and language. I’ve discovered something else to add to that list: smell. The first thing that hit me as I walked out of the airport on Day 1 was the sulfurous smell. Reykjavik’s air has “rotten egg” fumes coming from the hot springs, which play a huge role in modern Icelandic culture. A majority of the country’s energy comes from these holes in the Earth. Their smell is in the air, in the water, even in the food.
A visit to Iceland, especially one focused on fisheries, would not be complete without visiting the Westman Islands, which are very important to the large fishing industry. In addition to the unique landscape of the islands (shaped by active volcanoes), there’s no mistaking the characteristic smell of fish. From the harbor to the fish factory, the heavy scent of raw fish follows you everywhere. There’s no escape.
So, next time you travel, smell the air!
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Unfair airline contracts and excessive flight change fees could soon be a thing of the past. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has vowed to take on Australia’s airlines to ensure greater consumer protections. According to the ACCC, airline contracts are currently too one-sided in the airline’s favour.
The ACCC identified 3 key issues in its preliminary report on Airline Terms & Conditions last month. These relate to fares being advertised as non-refundable, excessive cancellation fees and a lack of compensation provided to passengers when flights are cancelled or delayed.
In its report, the ACCC found that “there appears to be an imbalance in rights between consumers and the Airlines, and the Airlines are entitled to make unlimited changes whereas the consumer is financially penalised for making even minor adjustments.”
One particular area of concern is airlines advertising fares as “non-refundable”. Under Australian Consumer Law, customers may in fact by entitled to a refund under some circumstances. For example, if the airline cancels the flight and fails to offer an adequate alternative. Jetstar, similarly, states that all Starter fare add-ons are non-refundable. But in cases where paid add-ons such as meals or entertainment are not provided, customers are legally entitled to a refund.
Other concerns identified by the ACCC include:
- Customers being charged for flight changes forced by the airline’s actions
- Travel vouchers being offered instead of refunds
- In cases of last-minute flight cancellations, customers not being compensated for the cost of booking a new flight on another airline
On the whole, our members are pleased to see the ACCC stepping in. Unfair airline contracts have become a large problem and our members feel that some changes are needed.
But some believe more needs to be done. One member would like to see regulations in Australia similar to the European Union’s consumer-friendly EU261 laws. These regulations guarantee compensation to passengers caught out by lengthy delays, flight cancellations or overbooking.
One member would like the ACCC to address unfair airline contracts relating to involuntary downgrades. For example, Qantas passengers that are involuntarily downgraded from Business to Economy class are only compensated the difference between their Business class airfare and the price of the most expensive Economy fare – even if much cheaper Economy fares were available when the customer purchased their ticket.
Join the discussion on the Australian Frequent Flyer forum: “Airlines need to comply with consumer law” – ACCC
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Running a business isn't an easy task and everyone who is involved in any type of business management certainly knows this. It is certain, however, that people don’t need business plans if their business is for example a small grocery store… or do they?
Everyone involved in any important position in any type of business should ask the following question: do our business need a business plan?
The truth is, if you are running a business, you need a business plan, and that’s that. A business plan will work like a map, a tool for guidance.
Without it you just might be walking in circles and have no idea you are doing it.
A plan will allow you to set goals, identify priorities and to provide a path to follow.
Applying For A Business Loan
Furthermore, if you are applying for a business loan you are going to need a business plan. Most banks will send you home if you get there without a business plan and ask them for a lot of money.
And if you manage to discover a bank that doesn't require a business plan (There actually are a few) they will still expect you to have one. If you don’t, getting a loan is not going to be easy.
Investment For Your Business
Quite logically, if you looking for an investment for your business, you are also going to need a business plan. A plan by itself doesn’t guarantee you are going to get people to invest in your business, but not having a plan will mean that you either have incredibly naïve investors, or that you won’t get an investment.
Investors don’t just invest in the idea or the market; they also invest on the people and the track records behind the business. They need to be pleased. Even If the investors are your partners in the business, a business plan is going to guarantee that some agreements are well defined.
Communicate With Your Management Team
You are also going to need a business plan if you want to communicate with your management team. A routine is distracting since it is more than likely that unpredictable things happen, problems and opportunities appear as well as other types of distractions.
If you are going to keep your management team on track, you need to give them some guidelines that they can follow, and that you can actually track in order to know that everything is going according to plan.
Sell It or Appraise It
Finally, a business plan is also required if you want to sell a business or if you want to appraise it. A business isn’t just valued based on its size and past events; it is also valued based on the future and the direction that it’s going to take.
No one is going to want to invest into a business that will fail within a few years.
More Details About What To do Before Your Start...
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I was recently asked a question by a reader that I thought would be great to share.
Steven Y. asked: “When properly laundered, how long will FR uniforms retain their arc flash protection?”
His question was a great one, but it does need a bit of explanation.
Workrite uses only branded fabrics whose flame-resistant properties are guaranteed for the life of the garment when laundered according the instructions. This means they will continue to be flame-resistant until they are retired. Relative to arc rating, the test information I’ve heard from Hugh Hoagland indicates the arc ratings of garments do diminish over the life of a garment, but typically very little. All fabrics loose fibers/mass over time due to wear and laundering, but they also shrink to some degree which actually tends to improve their arc performance. The amount of decrease in arc protection over multiple launderings (100 or so) appears to be relatively insignificant based on testing by Hugh (typically within the variation allowed in the standard). And because the area of arc impact on the wearer is a relatively small one. An injury due to a decrease of the arc rating by .5 to 1 calorie is pretty minor.
It is important to always launder your garments according to the instructions and to make sure that your garment is not worn or soiled in a way that would affect its flame-resistant performance.
Questions like this are great and I will be more than happy to answer any more. Keep them coming!
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AS there is greater scientific recognition of the need to bring Earth-sustaining environmental balance, every social institution is challenged to address its part in this mission. Creating a so-called “green” culture requires more than just good intentions and well-meaning conversations. What now becomes essential to institutions and people is an effort that begins to transform personal and social experience in a way that more strongly reflects bringing balance between utility and ecology at every level of the human experience.1
The problem with creating a new awareness is that quite frequently efforts at awareness are nonsustainable.2 If a culture change is to become sustainable, it requires both new infrastructure and new ways of doing business. Because going green is clearly a creative and transformative process for people and institutions, the dynamics and processes associated with innovation as a lived experience become an essential leadership capacity.3 Just as “being green” must now become a way of life, innovation must become a way of doing business and the means to advance this transformation.
CHALLENGES FOR LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS
The struggle with most institutions and people in the workplace relates predominantly to creating a culture in which the energy and effort along any particular trajectory and translation of existing work into green work are both maintained and sustained. The challenge for leaders is to recognize that a number of critical elements must be embedded in the leadership's way of doing business if both the historical contextual and content conditions of work are to be challenged and changed. Several considerations must be confronted directly:
* A clear and shared understanding of the meaning of green as each individual or team often has differing perspectives and descriptions;
* members of the work community must clearly recognize particular ownership for decisions and actions reflecting their own belief and attitudes toward green values and practices;
* leaders must see the work of innovation and the models and processes used to undertake it as a vehicle necessary to transform the people and the organization to living and practicing within the context of a green culture;
* an infrastructure of innovation requires that both board and senior executives see innovation, not as an incremental process but, instead, as an organizational culture and a way of doing business at every place in the system;
* sustainable changes in culture and practice must be driven from the point of service and demonstrate how green has been incorporated into every choice, decision, and action undertaken within the clinical process in a way that represents the clinical professionals'understanding of the inherent relationship between being green and being healthy; and
* the traditional “waste-based” decision models and structures that are insidiously ingrained in the American “throwaway” business construct now require new modes of thinking, strategizing, financing, and providing clinical service.
Leaders must see innovation as the vehicle for challenging contemporary practices in creating a new framework for green living in their healthcare organizations.4 As green practices become more common and the American culture shifts to live within the context of environmentally sensitive decisions and actions, almost every component of business and clinical practice will need to be challenged. Similar to quality and safety initiatives, the behaviors and norms associated with green living must necessarily become part of the fabric of each individual. In a sense, there is a genetic altering of our behaviors to now be conscious of and accountable to the environment and our resources.
THE CULTURE OF INNOVATION AND GOING GREEN
A strategic imperative
Both board and senior executives must reflect that the innovations necessary to create a culture of green are driven by a strategic imperative originating with the commitment at the governance and administrative level.5 Mission, purpose, and objectives need to reflect the organization's commitment to seeing itself as a socially responsible, environmentally conscious institution that reflects and articulates the greater human values of ecology and green centeredness. Every element of business and clinical practice must be subject to a strategic imperative of green living, from structural and architectural decision making and processes associated with institutional support systems, technology, clinical support, and clinical practices. Operational systems must now include green elements of decision making as a part of the criteria for choice at every level of the system.
Assessment and green gap analysis
Once decisions are made with regard to green strategic obligations, senior leadership must become quickly aware of the distance between current circumstances and the desired conditions of living green. Here again, the analysis of the current situation within the context of desired goals at every level of the system provides the leadership with a real-time evaluation of the distance and degree of response necessary to the creation of the desired level of green living. Included in the analysis, of course, are the capital and financial considerations related to priority setting, as those priorities address the gaps between desired environmental goals and current patterns of behavior at the systems and clinical levels.
Analysis activity should include every stakeholder in the organization. Personal ownership must be demonstrated as a part of the process of engagement if either structure or behaviors are to be sustainably altered.6 Individuals must know that they are stakeholders in the institutional environmental journey and are contributing positively toward ecological balance or actively contributing to imbalance. A sense of “time is of the essence” and of the priority attached to this work as it is experienced at every level of the system should be verified by the leadership's own energy and commitment to undertaking this effort as a transformative priority.
From gap to action
Once healthcare leadership is clear about current realities in the distance that must be traveled to achieve the desired level of green living, priority moves from assessment and goal-setting to the innovation-action phase. Here the innovation dynamic becomes ascendant. First comes the learning phase followed closely by the creative stage leading, ultimately, to action and transformation.7 Because healthcare facilities are complex adaptive systems, a part of the learning process requires that individuals at all levels perceive the intersection between environment and institution. Participants must also reflect the relationship and impact between decisions and actions made in one part of the system and those undertaken in another, as well as relationships and interactions between departments and people affecting subsequent choices and actions within services and units.8 Team members must acknowledge and address unknown yet inherent connections between components of the business, service, and clinical systems resulting in a set of choices, actions, impact that directly affect environmental (green) conditions and circumstances.
The smallest units of service and staff groups need to be commissioned and empowered to begin responding to small, sometimes individuated, choices and actions occurring at the point of practice and decision making that reflect nongreen behavior. Systems innovation requires that small incremental changes at the point of service drive response as a part of incorporating and embedding sustainable systems change in the decisions and actions of everyday work.9 Every individual should feel chartered and empowered to make decisions and take actions that represent green behaviors in their own practices. In the larger-agenda items involving multiple teams, units, departments, service lines, and interdisciplinary innovation, teams made up predominantly of stakeholders must be empowered with the capacity to decide and act in ways that represent green strategic priorities and act consistently within the financial frame resourcing green decision making.
THE INNOVATION DYNAMIC AND GOING GREEN
Once the goals for governance, strategic, operational, business, and clinical components of going green are clearly enumerated and established and the culture of engagement is created, the real work of environmental innovation begins. Because innovation is predominantly a dynamic, the tools and techniques of accessing the most creative and inventive potentials in the minds of people accelerate in importance. As indicated, small, localized, diverse teams of individuals using inventive techniques and processes can produce hugely effective outcomes even in unusually constraining circumstances.10
To be effective, these innovation teams must be well constructed, particularly diverse (related specifically to the issue at hand), and well facilitated. As a part of innovation becoming a way of life in the organization, development of the tools, techniques, and skill sets necessary to facilitate and discipline idea formation, generation, translation, application, and evaluation are critical to obtaining effective and viable outcomes.11 It is here, in the facilitation of local collectives of innovation, where the biggest transformative “buy for the buck” can be best obtained.
From the administrative perspective, leaders must approach green innovation with a firm commitment to investing in and responding to local innovation teams and their recommendations related to effective environmental transformation. While all deliberation and decision making must remain firmly within the boundaries of the strategic and financial constructs for them, the possibility of unplanned, nonconceived, transformative recommendations must be operationally acceptable. Further these recommendations must be actively implemented to maintain and advance the interest and investment of stakeholders. Leaders must recognize that all innovation is disruptive. It requires that they be constantly reminded in their own discourse and counsel together the likelihood of and need for leadership support. Their leadership must affirm the “noisier” more creative and transformative decisions that alter the very nature of the organization as it seeks to become truly green.12 Of greatest importance with the creation of the innovation infrastructure for going green is the role modeling behaviors of the administrative teams, specifically toward practices of trash management, paper conservation, and use of technology to minimize travel and labor efficiency.
The innovation of going green will require from leaders firm commitment to green outcomes. There must be willingness within the capacity of leadership to embrace the emergent truth of the conflict between current practice and unfolding appropriate change.13 Changing culture is sometimes brutal work in its requisite for frankness, honesty, openness, and availability to changing long-cherished structures, decisions, and practices. Building a green culture means creating a culture of innovation. The culture of innovation demands transparency, availability, mutuality, and acceptance of decisions and appropriate actions, regardless of where they emerge outside of the formal traditional authority hierarchy.14 Innovation further demands encouragement and support of the work of staff and leaders at various points of service in the organization as they grapple with the creative processes and act as agents of change in an environment that may be reticent to actually shift its rituals and routines toward more environmentally responsible practices.
In an evidence-driven world, data rule supreme. It is important for the leader of green innovation to recognize that this factor influences decisions that are made regarding particular practice or structural changes necessary to support a green way of life. Green practices need not be more expensive. Sometimes they are simple transitions in behaviors and use of equipment or supplies. Data related to such simple changes must have as much impact as broad sweeping cultural, social, and structural transformations necessary to create the vehicle or context for a green way of life. As much as possible, choices regarding green practices should reflect the evidence of impact and outcome. Practices themselves need necessarily to be subject to the discipline of data and the truth it reveals about that which is relevant to a green way of life and that which is not. With as much hype related to green thinking and being as exists in society, it becomes more imperative for leadership to be good stewards of both the data and resources ensuring that there is sufficient goodness of fit between them to take an appropriately legitimate action.
Innovations in green applications need not represent an unbridled or undisciplined enthusiasm in a way that outstrips reality. Becoming green is a journey. Thinking way outside of the box may be a wonderful exercise for vision creating; it is less valid in the translation of that vision to the limited resources available for implementing it. This means that green processes often must be disciplined, even constrained, reflecting staging and careful crafting in a way that best represents and uses available resources. Obviously, getting the best bang for the buck becomes a tactical template for making choices and taking action in the effort to progressively become more green. Organizations are cautioned to initiate those processes most affordable and easiest to implement in the early stages and to plan more strategically those green dynamics requiring greater resource commitment over the longer term. There is simply no value to any organization destroying its short-term economic viability over the long-term objective of environmental compatibility. In the end, such precipitous decision making fails to serve well either the life of the organization or environmental balance.
As the work of healthcare transformation continually challenges leaders to rethink current practices, move firmly entrenched cultures to new realities, and sustain some degree of personal balance, it is always energizing to remember that innovation never occurs in isolation. Teams of committed individuals can make greater strides together, using the tools and emerging science of the leadership of innovation to truly make a better future.
1. LeBaron M. Bridging Cultural Conflicts: A New Approach for a Changing World. 1st ed. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass; 2003.
2. Yukl G. Leadership in Organizations. New York: Prentice-Hall; 2009.
3. Porter-O'Grady T, Malloch K. Quantum Leadership: A Resource for Healthcare Innovation. Boston, MA: Jones & Bartlett; 2007.
4. Porter-O'Grady T. Leadership for innovation: from knowledge creation to transforming healthcare. In: Porter-O'Grady T, Malloch K, eds. Innovation Leadership: Creating the Landscape of Healthcare. Boston, MA: Jones & Bartlett; 2010.
5. Malloch K. Creating the organizational context for innovation. In: Porter-O'Grady T, Malloch K, eds. Innovation Leadership: Creating the Landscape of Healthcare. Boston, MA: Jones & Bartlett; 2010.
6. Hackman R. Leading Teams: Setting the Stage for Great Performances. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press; 2002.
7. Gratton L, Erickson T. Eight ways to build collaborative teams. Harv Bus Rev. 2007; 85(11):100–111.
8. Yin S, Yin A. Applications of Complex Adaptive Systems. Chicago: IGI Publishing; 2008.
9. Schuman S, International Association of Facilitators. Creating a Culture of Collaboration: The International Association of Facilitators Handbook. 1st ed. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass; 2006.
10. Gilbert C, Bower J. Disruptive change. Harv Bus Rev. 2002; 80(5):95–101.
11. Plsek P. Directed creativity: how to generate new ideas for transforming healthcare. In: Porter-O'Grady T, Malloch K, eds. Innovation Leadership: Creating the Landscape of Healthcare. Boston, MA: Jones & Bartlett; 2010.
12. Runco MA. Critical Creative Processes. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press; 2003.
13. Coutu D. Edgar Schein: the anxiety of learning. Harv Bus Rev. 2002; 80(3):100–106.
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Benefits of outsourcing: Beyond cutting costs
2013-24-10, by Diana
There are many myths about outsourcing. The most common myths are that its only purpose is to reduce costs, that it lowers domestic wages, and that it has a negative impact on the economy overall. Outsource Magazine recently published a great article by Michael Conboy, called Outsourcing Myths, Facts and Statistics. The article highlights these most common myths and illuminates them – with facts.
The article opens with a reminder that outsourcing is not always offshoring, aimed to reduce costs. Rather, outsourcing is a strategic decision to use better resources and ensure business efficiency.
As far back as 2005, Deloitte Consulting predicted that companies will eventually stop outsourcing for the sake of cost-savings, and instead will use outsourcing as part of their business development plan. Indeed, many companies now know that outsourcing is not a panacea, but rather a set of tools that can help create efficient businesses. Recent research by IBM reveals that only 27% of companies outsource to cut costs, whereas 36% are innovators and 37% are growth-seekers, using outsourcing as one of their tools to optimize their businesses. A company’s outsourcing strategy may or may not involve hiring an offshore team of experts. In cases where the outsourcing strategy does involve going offshore, it is important to remember that it is not harmful to the economy, and that there are a lot of benefits from outsourcing.
Outsourcing helps the global labor market stay competitive. The global economy has always benefited from openness and free trade. Protectionist and isolationist policies, on the other hand, can typically lead to inefficiency, cost increases, and lower product quality. Moreover, offshore outsourcing does not mean irreversible loss of jobs at home. Although the United States loses millions of jobs, every year it also simultaneously creates more new jobs, resulting in a positive total yield. Forrester Research estimates that 220,000 jobs will be outsourced annually between 2000 and 2015 (around 3.3 million altogether). This is nothing to be feared, rather it is something to understand – and perhaps take advantage of.
For more information on how outsourcing impacts the economy, as well as political and cultural landscapes, check out this white paper: Who Benefits from Outsourcing.
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Given that the JeeNode Micro is based on an ATtiny84 and not the standard ATmega used in Arduino’s and clones, it has always been quite tricky to make things work on the JNµ.
The new (and still somewhat experimental) Arduino IDE 1.5.2 adds much better support for other process cores, making it possible to set up things as shown above, and then you can just use the “Upload” button to get things loaded into a JeeNode Micro.
It’s all based on setting up a JeeNode (or other 3.3V-level Arduino clone) to run as ISP programmer, and then a few wires to hook it up to a “target” JeeNode Micro. The IDE now includes an ISP programmer setup, but I tend to use the Flash Board for this – in combination with the isp_flash.ino sketch, which was recently updated to run at 9600 baud i.s.o. 19200, to make it compatible with what the IDE expects by default:
Tomorrow, I’ll describe the steps needed to set things up. Stay tuned…
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BROWN (US) — In a set of research review papers, psychologists put psychotherapy on the proverbial couch to examine why it’s on a clear decline in the United States.
That decline is happening despite evidence that shows some psychosocial treatments work well for common mental health problems such as anxiety and depression and that consumers often prefer them to medication.
Much as in many human patients, psychotherapy has a combination of problems. Some of them are of its own making while some come from outside the field itself.
In their review paper in the November issue of the journal Clinical Psychology Review, Brandon Gaudiano and Ivan Miller, Brown University professors of psychiatry and human behavior, argue that the psychotherapy community hasn’t defined, embraced, and articulated the ample evidence base clarifying their practice—while drug makers and prescribers have done so for medications.
In a system of medicine and health insurance that rewards evidence-based practice and looks upon biology as a more rigorous science, psychotherapy has lost ground among physicians, insurers, and policymakers.
“One might think that this deep and expanding evidence base would have promoted a similar increase in the use of psychosocial interventions that at least would have paralleled the one witnessed over the recent years by psychotropics, but it decidedly has not,” Gaudiano and Miller wrote. “Thus a time that should have been a relative boon for psychotherapy based on scientific standards has become more of a bust.”
Specifically, between 1998 and 2007 the proportion of patients in outpatient mental health facilities receiving psychotherapy alone fell from 15.9 percent to 10.5 percent, while the number of patients receiving medication alone increased from 44.1 percent to 57.4 percent, according to a 2010 study in the American Journal of Psychiatry.
Depressed patients receiving both psychotherapy and medication fell from 40 percent to 32.1 percent. Psychotherapy was once in the picture for more than half such patients but is not now.
“We haven’t been holding ourselves to evidence-based practice,” Gaudiano says of fellow psychologists. “Because of that we’ve had other groups who are more medication-focused define practice standards.”
No set standards
Gaudiano and Miller reference numerous studies and meta-analyses that have found certain psychotherapies—cognitive behavioral, mindfulness, interpersonal, family, or short-term psychodynamic therapies, for example—to be effective when used alone for patients with symptoms of depression or anxiety, and even beneficial when used in combination with medications for severe mental illness, such as schizophrenia.
Some studies even show that psychosocial interventions provide longer-lasting therapeutic effects than medicines, they write. The problem for psychotherapy is not a lack of evidence, but a lack of acceptance of that evidence within the field.
Therapists, who can hail from a much wider variety of training backgrounds than physicians and others who prescribe medicine, can also practice a wide variety of therapies, whether they are supported by evidence or not (drugs, meanwhile, cannot reach the market without an evidence base of safety and efficacy, although they can still be prescribed “off label”).
Research shows that many therapists put personal experience and intuition ahead of the evidence base.
Gaudiano and Miller cite a 2000 survey of psychologists that found only 47 percent ever used evidence-based treatment manuals in practice and only 6 percent used them “often.” A 2009 survey of social workers found that 76 percent had employed at least one “novel unsupported therapy” in the last year.
“There’s nothing that compels therapists to use anything that’s evidence-based,” Gaudiano says. “We have a proliferation of non-supported psychotherapies out there.”
Amid wide discretion to use treatments that might have no evidentiary basis, the psychotherapy field is still struggling to set standards. The American Psychological Association only began developing treatment guidelines in 2010, while the American Psychiatric Association began that process in 1991.
“The field doesn’t want to make discriminations by saying that what you’ve been doing for 40 years in your practice we now know is not the best way to do it, so we need you to change,” Gaudiano says. “One of the biggest fears within psychology practice is that evidence-based treatment is going to make me change what I’m doing.”
While many psychotherapists have either argued about or ignored the evidence base for their techniques, a variety of factors outside the field have marched along, putting a greater emphasis on explicitly medical and biological approaches to mental health, Gaudiano and Miller wrote.
These factors include well-intentioned but not entirely effective campaigns to destigmatize mental illness as a disease not unlike other physical ailments and a widening gap of insurance reimbursement for medicines vs. psychotherapy based on differences in the awareness and promotion of a strong evidence base.
Billions of dollars of direct to consumer advertising by pharmaceutical makers, for which psychotherapy has mustered little answer, have heavily influenced what patients ask from their doctors. As a result 15 times as many non-depressed patients are receiving antidepressants as depressed patients, according to a 2007 study in the journal PharmacoEconomics.
Meanwhile, federal funding for mental health research, which for decades has helped develop effective psychosocial treatments and build their evidence base, is under great pressure. At the same time it has increasingly focused on explicitly medical and biological research. And while there has been little private funding for advancing scientific studies of psychotherapy in lieu of federal funding, drug- or device-based therapies have had the concentrated backing of private capital.
Gaudiano and Miller’s overarching paper introduces five other research reviews, available online, that cover specific issues facing psychotherapy in more detail:
- Brett Deacon of the University of Wyoming analyzes the emphasis on biology in mental health treatment and research.
- Steven Hayes of the University of Nevada and his co-authors propose a new model for how psychotherapies should be developed.
- Marvin Goldfried of Stony Brook University asks what people should actually expect from psychotherapy and calls on psychotherapy research to be more applicable to clinical practice.
- A group led by Scott Lilienfeld of Emory University examines why many clinical psychologists resist evidence-based practice and what to do about that.
- Jerome Wakefield of New York University uses an example from the newest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of psychiatric diagnosis to argue against mischaracterizing normal sadness as physical disease.
The collection taken together suggests that psychotherapy has abundant problems, but also opportunities to advance as a field. Mobile technology, for example, provides new platforms for efficient delivery of therapy and the Affordable Care Act offers new avenues for psychotherapists to become part of collaborative health care teams.
Ultimately, Gaudiano and Miller argue, psychotherapists must rally around and promote the findings of scientific studies of their practices—even if that means picking “winners” among therapies—to cement the resolve of the public, which may prefer but apparently does not insist on psychotherapy, and to convince insurers, physicians and policymakers that psychosocial approaches to common mental health issues are both viable and proven.
Source: Brown University
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The Book of the Prophet
1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
2 Hear, heavens,
and listen, earth; for the LORD*
“I have nourished and brought up children
and they have rebelled against me.
3 The ox knows his owner,
and the donkey his master’s crib;
but Israel doesn’t know.
My people don’t consider.”
4 Ah sinful nation,
a people loaded with iniquity,
children who deal corruptly!
They have forsaken the LORD.
They have despised the Holy One of Israel.
They are estranged and backward.
5 Why should you be beaten more,
that you revolt more and more?
The whole head is sick,
and the whole heart faint.
6 From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it:
wounds, welts, and open sores.
They haven’t been closed, bandaged, or soothed with oil.
7 Your country is desolate.
Your cities are burned with fire.
Strangers devour your land in your presence
and it is desolate,
as overthrown by strangers.
8 The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard,
like a hut in a field of melons,
like a besieged city.
9 Unless the LORD of Hosts had left to us a very small remnant,
we would have been as Sodom.
We would have been like Gomorrah.
10 Hear the LORD’s word, you rulers of Sodom!
Listen to the law of our God,‡
you people of Gomorrah!
11 “What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?”, says the LORD.
“I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams
and the fat of fed animals.
I don’t delight in the blood of bulls,
or of lambs,
or of male goats.
12 When you come to appear before me,
who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts?
13 Bring no more vain offerings.
Incense is an abomination to me.
New moons, Sabbaths, and convocations:
I can’t stand evil assemblies.
14 My soul hates your New Moons and your appointed feasts.
They are a burden to me.
I am weary of bearing them.
15 When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you.
Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear.
Your hands are full of blood.
16 Wash yourselves. Make yourself clean.
Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes.
Cease to do evil.
17 Learn to do well.
Relieve the oppressed.
Defend the fatherless.
Plead for the widow.”
18 “Come now, and let’s reason together,” says the LORD:
“Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.
Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
19 If you are willing and obedient,
you will eat the good of the land;
20 but if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured with the sword;
for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it.”
21 How the faithful city has become a prostitute!
She was full of justice.
Righteousness lodged in her,
but now there are murderers.
22 Your silver has become dross,
your wine mixed with water.
23 Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves.
Everyone loves bribes and follows after rewards.
They don’t defend the fatherless,
neither does the cause of the widow come to them.
Therefore the Lord,§
GOD of Hosts,
the Mighty One of Israel, says:
“Ah, I will get relief from my adversaries,
and avenge myself on my enemies.
25 I will turn my hand on you,
thoroughly purge away your dross,
and will take away all your tin.**
26 I will restore your judges as at the first,
and your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward you shall be called ‘The city of righteousness,
a faithful town.’
27 Zion shall be redeemed with justice,
and her converts with righteousness.
28 But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together,
and those who forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired,
and you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen.
30 For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades,
and as a garden that has no water.
31 The strong will be like tinder,
and his work like a spark.
They will both burn together,
and no one will quench them.”
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“Solidarity means that we stand up for one another and expect something from each other, even if we don’t like the other very much or even understand each other.”
— Frances Tuuloskorpi
Syndicalism is a movement of labor unions that aims for a vision beyond both capitalism and the nation-states. In two previous essays, Rasmus Hästbacka touched on this vision and strategies to reach it. The following essay concludes with recipes for rebuilding the labor movement.
A vision is pointless without strategies to reach it. Strategies are pointless without a movement that can pursue them. At least in Europe and North America, we need to “bring back the movement in the labor movement,” to quote Labor Notes. Continue reading
“Those who work in the mills ought to own them, not
have the status of machines ruled by private despots.”
— The Mill Girls of Lowell, 1845
Syndicalism is a movement of labor unions that aims for a vision beyond both capitalism and the nation-states. The syndicalist SAC—Central Organization of Workers in Sweden—neither advocates armed struggle to reach the vision nor revolt through a general strike. So, what do Swedish syndicalists propose? Rasmus Hästbacka addresses this question in the second in a series of three essays.
ASR is presenting this series in the spirit of debate and an exchange of ideas across national borders. We do not agree with every formulation. The SAC’s evolutionary approach is, we believe, unique in the international syndicalist movement. It is certainly possible to fetishize the general strike, transforming it into an idle fantasy that serves as a substitute for the day-to-day struggle in the workplaces for workers’ control and better conditions. But this is to violate the very essence of syndicalism: its emphasis on building revolutionary unions that battle for better conditions today while building the capacity and power to take over the industries and bring them under workers’ self-management. Continue reading
“Most people live most of their lives within totalitarian institutions. It’s called having a job.”
— Noam Chomsky
Syndicalism is a movement of labor unions that aims for a vision beyond both capitalism and nation-states. But isn’t the nation-state the guarantor of all citizens’ security? What alternatives do syndicalists propose? These issues are addressed by Rasmus Hästbacka in the first in a series of three essays that will be posted to our website.
We are presenting this series in the spirit of debate and an exchange of ideas across national borders. We do not agree with every formulation, and have been quite explicit in our rejection of “participatory economics,” which fails to offer a vision of a free society, is unworkable, and seems to have given no thought as to how their bureaucratic utopia could be brought into being. We also reject the notion expressed below that markets are compatible with syndicalism, or indeed with any vision of social solidarity and emancipation. Continue reading
a response by Rasmus Hästbacka, member of the Umeå Local of SAC
In a previous article I made a distinction between three types of organizations: narrow cadre unions, broad popular movement unions and networks of workplace organizers. I hope that we in Sweden will develop the syndicalist SAC as a popular movement union (or, if one prefers the term: open class organization). Such a union can also build various forms of cross-union cooperation: forums, groups and networks of workplace organizers. Continue reading
by Gabriel Kuhn, published in ASR 84
Rasmus Hästbacka has written an interesting article titled “Greetings from Sweden: A dual-track syndicalism?” Rasmus cites a few texts that I have written, some of them together with comrades from Sweden and Germany. I interpret Rasmus’s article as an invitation to continue the debate about the future of the SAC and syndicalist unions that find themselves in a similar position. My response reflects my own thoughts and not necessarily those of the comrades I have collaborated with. Continue reading
A slightly condensed version of this article appears in ASR 83 (Summer 2021)
In 2022, the Swedish syndicalist union SAC holds a congress. Some say that SAC is at a crossroads. But what exactly are the choices? In the following essay, Rasmus Hästbacka argues that the choice is between building a popular movement union or a “revolutionary” cadre union. Hästbacka believes in a popular movement that progresses on dual tracks, i.e. a movement that builds both syndicalist sections and cross-union cohesion among workers.
The Swedish labor market has recently been highlighted in Anarcho-Syndicalist Review and on the Counterpunch website. Two articles concern the anti-strike law of 2019 and a new strategy for collective agreements that SAC has developed. Two more general texts on the future of syndicalism have been written by Gabriel Kuhn and Torsten Bewernitz on the Counterpunch website, and by Gabriel and Frederick Batzler in Anarcho-Syndicalist Review (issue #79, 2020). The new collective agreement strategy is being tested (at the time of publication) by warehouse workers at Ingram/Zalando in Stockholm. More such experiments await. Continue reading
from ASR 83 (Summer 2021)
More than 100 workers at Europe’s leading online store for fashion and shoes, Zalando, have turned to the SAC, the Central Organization of Swedish Workers, to battle the “new Swedish model,” which many workers describe as modern slavery. After workers demanded their own union agreement and safety representatives, management announced plans to fire several SAC members. Continue reading
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Nash, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Gries, C., Bungartz, F., (eds.) 2002. Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region. Vol 1.
Thallus: continuous, dull, superficial on the substrate, brownish photobiont: a trentepohlioid alga Perithecia: hemispherical, black, semi-immersed in the thallus, 0.2-0.5 mm diam. involucrellum: black, absent below the hamathecium; true exciple: colorless to violet-black hamathecium: composed of nearly unbranched pseudoparaphyses, not anastomosing; filaments: c. 0.5-1 µm wide, not inspersed with oil droplets asci: cylindrical, c. 70-100 x 6-10 µm, with 8, irregularly arranged ascospores ascospores: hyaline, long-fusiform, 7 (-11)-septate with eusepta, (35-) 45-50 (-70) x (3-) 3.5-4.5 (-6) µm; walls: not ornamented, without a gelatinous sheath Spot tests: all negative, UV negative Secondary metabolites: none detected. Substrate and ecology: on bark of e.g. Quercus World distribution: pantemperate or possibly nearly cosmopolitan Sonoran distribution: only found on the Channel Islands (California), where it seems to be rather common, according to the numerous collections. Notes: This species has been incorrectly reported as Porina hibernica P. James and Swinscow (syn. Zamenhofia hibernica (P. James and Swinscow) Clauz. and Roux), which, according to Harris (1995) is not known from America.
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By PAISLEY DODDS, Associated Press Writer
15 June 2008
Michael Norton — who spent nearly two decades covering Haiti's coups, rebellions and disasters for The Associated Press — died Sunday after a long battle with cancer. He was 66.
Norton chronicled the turmoil that followed former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier's ouster, spent almost a decade watching the rise and fall of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and wrote compelling accounts of Haiti's crushing poverty that has created a cycle of despair in the country.
His wife said he died in Caguas, Puerto Rico, where they lived.
Born in Minneapolis, Norton left the United States in 1969 for Ireland, but soon moved to Paris, where he found work as an English teacher and fell in love with Haitian singer and activist, Toto Bissainthe.
The couple moved to Haiti in 1986, just months after "Baby Doc" Duvalier was forced into exile following a popular uprising. Bissainthe died in 1994.
Known for his trademark ponytail and corncob pipe, Norton began working for the AP in 1988 after hosting a series of local radio shows in English, French and Haitian Creole.
For many journalists who covered Haiti, a visit to Norton's house on the outskirts of Petionville was one of the first steps toward understanding Haiti's turbulent undercurrent.
Unlike many who covered Haiti from hotels, Norton lived like many Haitians — struggling through power cuts, water shortages, street violence and constant political upheaval.
"I swore I would never sacrifice the truth to any cause, no matter how good," Norton recently recalled of his time in Haiti.
It was this conviction that often enraged Haiti's power brokers.
In 2004, when anti-Aristide groups reported a turnout of 60,000 people at a protest in Port-au-Prince, the capital, Norton stuck to his principles.
Using police standards for counting crowds, he reported a far lower number. The result: death threats, angry mobs and Norton's name singled out on opposition radio programs.
David Beard, who was the AP's Caribbean news editor from 1992 to 1995, said Norton "helped a generation of readers worldwide understand the despair, joy, and mysteries" of Haiti.
"His diligence and respect for the nation translated as well for writers, reporters, and policymakers who followed his path," Beard said in an e-mail from Boston, where he works as editor of The Boston Globe's Web site.
Norton tirelessly covered Haiti until the end, leaving with a final scoop.
Through sources he had built over 20 years, Norton was the first journalist to report that Aristide was ousted Feb. 29, 2004, after a three-week revolt led by gangs and former soldiers.
He left soon after to seek medical attention for a melanoma that had returned.
"He sustained me through difficult times with unconditional friendship," said Dan Whitman, a friend of Norton's who worked at the U.S. Embassy in 1999-2001. "Though our professions put information to somewhat different purposes, we had an identical interest in accuracy."
Norton's most colorful stories came from covering Haiti's regular Voodoo pilgrimages. The religion was officially sanctioned during his time in the country.
"We just lost a Haitian journalist, someone who belonged to us," said Joseph Guyler Delva, a Haitian reporter who heads an association of local journalists and recalled Norton's fluency in Haitian Creole, a blend of French and African words and syntax.
He said Norton, who was white, was never considered a "foreign" correspondent by Haitians.
Norton joined the AP's San Juan bureau in 2004, returning to Haiti briefly in 2006, to cover the election of Rene Preval as president.
He retired months later, listening to jazz and writing poetry until the end.
He penned several books, including "And When the Weeds Began to Grow," and his latest, "Eschatology," which was published this year. Another book, written in Spanish, was titled, "A quien pueda interesar" or "To Whom It May Concern."
He often said two books that captured Haiti best were "Alice in Wonderland" and "Exodus."
"You can't piece together points of view," Norton said in 2007 of writing about Haiti.
"You can stack them or align them. But that is like bringing together all the trees in the forest, which becomes impenetrable, like forging a fence from wooden planks. You have to depend on your own intuition, your own capacity to enter into another world, to fall with Alice (in Wonderland) down the hole and subsequently not to lose your sanity or be persnickety about the incomprehensible."
Norton is survived by his wife, Domnina Alcantara de los Santos.
Paisley Dodds was the AP's Caribbean news editor from 2000 to 2005.
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"Inside leg!", "Outside rein!", "Shorten your reins!" Ahh ... the sounds of a typical riding lesson!
I learned long ago that riding involves more than applying pressures in certain areas of the horse's body. Especially if you have done a thorough job desensitizing your horse to random motion and pressures that don't have an intention. I have heard professionals often report that a sensitive horse is also likely 'spooky'... and 'reliable, bomb-proof' horses are usually dull. But what a shame that is... Does this necessarily have to be true? Of course there are the extreme insensitive types and the extreme sensitive types... the ones who happen to be low energy AND confident... or high energy AND fearful... But it doesn't theoretically have to be the case.
The key is in excellent balance of sensitization and desensitization.... And what makes that balance? The wise use of your intention. It is possible to develop a horse so he is desensitized to stirrups flapping at his side, to a branch that grazes his side on the trail, and yet be very sensitive... responsive... to your aids. How on earth can he know the difference? Our intention!
If we don't use intention we are going to work harder than we need to... Or we are going to have to have horses that react to everything and that can sure come back to bite you in the butt (or maybe make us land on it!). Intention has such a profound effect on our balance. Even just picturing the change we want to make in our horses will create changes in our own posture and therefore our balance... And since this is mostly what we use to communicate with our horses (our legs and hands are just secondary aids) It makes sense that we should be riding, teaching and learning through understanding, intentions, and images instead of mechanics.
So i do my best to not teach using a recipe of aids... If a student just puts an aid on, without knowing what ought to happen when that aid goes on, we risk that we are actually practicing desensitization... Which often makes the instructor yell the command even louder... and we know how that cartoon goes.
If the teacher and the student have discussed the idea and the intention/goal is understood, then of course a shorthand reminder can work: 'inside leg'.... As in: "remember that thing we talked about... That when he falls in on the shoulder, that will be a good time to ask your horse's inside hind leg to come under and carry his shoulder, so make sure you capture that energy and not let it leak out". It sure is easier to just say "inside leg" than that whole sentence...
So students: When you are in a lesson and your instructor teaches by stating the aids you should use, and if you aren't 100% sure of what the result should be.... I tempt you to ask them to explain exactly the result you want to see from that aid. For example if a horse is falling in and the instructor says "inside leg" the student may mistakenly think he wants the haunches to go out, or the horse to be more active or maybe to make the circle bigger... or, or, or....
Students: Make sure you understand the intention!
Ask your instructor to explain... Then you can use the 'shorthand'!
And teachers: I tempt you to be more descriptive!
Practice describing what you see and what you would like to see differently! Empower your students to be responsible to scan their bodies and be clear! If you tell them you want them to ride their horse with a straighter neck, tell them this! I believe it will be much more effective than just saying: "Outside rein". Especially since we know that that over-bent neck can be a result of many many things... and maybe when you say: "watch that over-bent neck" it will remind them to balance their weight in the saddle better, instead of just adding one more aid. I think it is more effective and will leave a more lasting, learning opportunity for the student if I am descriptive.
I say this because I have to constantly remind myself when I teach to do this. Often when I teach I am riding the horse through the student and I just narrate what I may be doing, but when I apply the aid I also have the intention! Sometimes the instructor's intention is so strong the horse actually picks up on it and helps the student in that moment, but often the student walks away feeling a bit like it was magic, and has trouble recreating the result when the instructor is not around. I want to teach in a way that the student makes more progress even without me! ... Maybe even especially without me: That is the ultimate measure of an excellent teacher!
When a horse and rider really are balanced together it feels more and more like channeling the energy between our hands and legs.... but really it is our inner core that is correct in this moment and visualization is so powerful to get to the core. For sure if a rider has an arm that is out flying in the breeze it is OK to suggest that they put that arm somewhere more productive, but that is a positional directive, not an active aid...
Remember there is a purpose to every aid and perhaps if a student has not ever felt the response the instructor is helping them find, they will have to simply believe them for a little while. This is where analogy works.
I get help from a couple people right now and I am so lucky that they both help me in very illustrative ways. One is a trainer who describes to me what he wants to see... "Lower his neck", " watch the haunches coming in", etc. He allows me freedom to communicate that request to my horse in whatever way I can that my horse understands... So when he says: "lower neck" I immediately go into 'find the sweet spot mode' and scan and search for something in the horse's or my body that will allow the top-line to relax even just the one inch needed. He even will now say: "do that thing you do to find the good rhythm"! And if I am missing something in my body he will remind me: "He is leaning over his right leg, try keeping your right leg close" for example.
My other helper describes what she sees... She tells me what I cannot see in the horse, and what my body is doing that I may not be aware of. Then we can problem solve. She is a peer so she is more like a mirror than a trainer, but we make so much progress helping each other in this way. Because really that is what everything comes down to: having a picture and making sure we are doing everything we can to embody, confirm and allow that picture to happen.
Anyway, this was just a quick ramble on the subject... I think it is worth thinking about! And i hope it helps!
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This record, initially issued in a small run in the early 80s, is richly evocative of the natural world and holds up as an immersive ambient experience.
A skeptic might cast aspersions on the tale behind Jürgen Müller's Science of the Sea. The story begins at the University of Kiel in Germany, where the self-taught composer was studying oceanic science in the late 1970s. Müller purchased some electronic instruments and set them up on his houseboat in the town of Heikendorf, where he began crafting instrumental pieces that reflected his love of undersea life. His dream of selling those compositions to film and TV companies for use in documentaries never transpired. But Müller did press fewer than 100 vinyl copies of the recordings in the early 80s and titled them Science of the Sea, giving most of the albums away to friends and family. Fast forward three decades and a copy of the record ends up in the hands of Digitalis Recordings, just as a resurgence of interest in the type of new age recordings Müller was practicing is taking place.
So it's reasonable to wonder if the backstory was constructed as part of a larger concept, the way people continue to wonder about Ursula Bogner or Endless House. One intrepid blog commenter even claims to have contacted the University of Kiel and found no trace of Müller's presence. Either way it doesn't really matter, because the music on Science of the Sea continues that superior strain of contemplative elegance records such as Emeralds' Does It Look Like I'm Here? and Oneohtrix Point Never's Rifts have touched on in recent times. Like those releases, the relation Science of the Sea has to actual new age music is tangential at best. There are no Gheorghe Zamfir-esque pan flute solos or anything that will drive you to join a local color therapy group. Instead it's an uncomplicated series of recordings, mostly based around gently unfolding synth arpeggios set to faintly pulsing rhythms.
The tracks are short-- only five of the 12 here make it over the three-minute mark-- although Science of the Sea doesn't really make sense when broken down into its component parts. Instead each song works as a natural evolution of the theme set out in the opening "Beyond the Tide", where great washes of cleansing synth are interrupted by spiky twists of becalming noise that were presumably conceived to mimic dolphin chirps. It's not hard to see why this might have been thought of as a perfect soundtrack to a Jacques Cousteau-style undersea documentary. The following "Sea Bed Meditation" is full of rippling loops tied down by globs of tenderly resonating bass frequencies, not far removed from Klaus Schulze's contemplative solo ventures. Müller also shares Schulze's fondness for vaguely humorous song titles ("Dream Sequence For a Jellyfish", "The Elusive Seahorse").
What's remarkable about this album is how acutely it reflects and comments on the environment that served as its inspiration. "Waterworld" doesn't travel far beyond the coiling melody that ebbs and flows throughout the track, but it feels like the musical equivalent of a trail of oxygen bubbles arcing to the surface as a scuba diver peacefully plunges to the depths. Similarly, "Marine Technology" is all digital interference and signal jams, with zaps of synth noise pinging back and forth across the surface as though an urgent piece of undersea communication were being transmitted. Once you get deep into Science of the Sea, especially on headphones, it feels like Müller is simultaneously replicating that world and conveying his chimerical dreams about what it epitomizes. "Coral Fantasy" and "Vast Worlds Beneath" function as utopian fantasies about the great unknown, with Müller utilizing slowly disentangling sounds to give a sense of scale, wonder, and a natural curiosity about all the things that lay undiscovered down there.
The way Science of the Sea subtly shifts in theme, from then-current meditations on the ocean to quixotic impressions about its unexplored expanses, is its masterstroke. It feels like you're on a journey alongside Müller, carefully mapping out the thoughts and fears the murky depths have come to represent, all laid out in a way that your brain would naturally process if you were immersed in that world. The closing "Lonely Voyage" even feels like a warning of sorts, with its foreboding timbre suggesting that you can plunge a little too deeply into yourself if you spend too much time down there. That's where this album disconnects from anything that could perfunctorily be tagged as "new age." This isn't simple relaxation music, although much of it could easily perform that function. Instead the beautifully uncomplicated surface structures are used to prize open a boundless amount of feelings that are every bit as complex and unfathomable as the ocean itself.
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Rubik’s Cube: The math behind the best-selling puzzle toy of all time!
Join us at 9 AM (ET) on Saturday, June 5, for a special family-fun event that will put a Waterloo Faculty of Mathematics’ twist on the world’s best-selling puzzle toy!
Learn about the mathematics behind the Rubik’s Cube with alumnus Erik Demaine (MMath '96, PhD '02). Improve your cubing skills with top Canadian cubers Kevin Matthews (BMath '16) and Bill Wang (BMath '21). Find out about the history of the University of Waterloo Rubik’s Club and how you can become a member.
Join one of our breakout rooms:
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Distance from South Holland to Pulheim
Distance from South Holland to Pulheim is 197 kilometers. This air travel distance is equal to 122 miles.
The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between South Holland and Pulheim is 197 km= 122 miles.
If you travel with an airplane (which has average speed of 560 miles) from South Holland to Pulheim, It takes 0.22 hours to arrive.
South Holland is located in Netherlands.
|GPS Coordinates (DMS)||52° 1´ 14.8800'' N |
4° 29´ 37.6080'' E
South Holland Distances to Cities
Pulheim is located in Germany.
|GPS Coordinates||50° 59´ 58.7400'' N |
6° 48´ 22.7520'' E
Pulheim Distances to Cities
|Distance from Pulheim to Ede||140 km|
|Distance from Pulheim to Breda||156 km|
|Distance from Pulheim to Zeist||163 km|
|Distance from Pulheim to Delft||204 km|
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I love it when my kids go outdoors and play; it really brings me back to my own childhood. And then on rainy days or winter days, (now it could be for pandemic days) …. my mom would pull out some sort of ‘make-it’ project for us. So, that’s what I do now for my own littles. At any time on the top shelf of my closet are some go-to craft kits to brighten up a day. Of course, it’s not uncommon for me to bust one out just because….. because kiddos should be creative and spend less time on gadgets. And, just because I love doing the projects with them! It’s a great opportunity for 1-1 time with my children. Below are the top craft kits for kids, so you have something to start with that is sure to inspire much more creativity to come.
Best Craft Kits for Kids
(Best gift — $)
Why it’s great: One of the highlights of this art kit is the fact that you’re giving the artist room to be quite creative. Ten different bead pets can be created using the templates provided. Awesome keychains or decorations for the outside of backpacks are easily crafted. The kiddos should be able to follow the pattern if they are about 6-9 years old, and that’s the perfect age for wanting to create more and more of their own bead pets without following the templates. Because once they have the hang of it, they can make so many more things than is suggested, just by purchasing some replacement beads, which can be fairly inexpensive. Another aspect I liked about this craft kit was that if my daughter makes a mistake while creating a bead pet, she can unravel it and start over. No materials lost! Open up a fun and satisfying world where kids create useful items they can give to family and friends.
Keep in mind: These use pony beads, which are not designed for toddlers. Even if you have an older child at home who will use this fun kit, keep in mind that they may leave materials around that younger kids could get ahold of.
Good for: kids who can use a template and then take it to the next level and do their own thing.
2. Rainbow Loom
(Best pre-teen & teen craft — $)
Why it’s great: This is also a kit that can produce so much more than what’s suggested on the box. It comes with 600 rubber bands and other pieces the child will need for the projects, as well as picture-by-picture instructions. After practicing with the typical bracelet and necklaces, kids can go on to become miniature experts who create things like dog collars to Christmas ornaments. It takes more small motor skills and patience than some other craft kits out there, and it’s suggested that the kids are 7+ years old. Even teens are into rainbow loom creations. After they get the basics down from the kit, they can peruse the internet for some of the new, modern things pre-teens and teens are making these days. It’s actually quite impressive! And it all starts with their first Rainbow Loom kit.
Keep in mind: Have the children work on a dark surface; it’s easier to see the small rubber bands while they’re creating their next awesome design.
Good for: Children who love attention to detail and putting a spin on designs.
(Most nostalgic — $$)
Why it’s great: Seeing the Shrinky Dinks package brings me way back….to the times of magic transformation! Coloring on the sheets and watching them bake (with the oven light on, of course) and turn into miniature versions of themselves…what fun! And, it’s still fun for today’s generation! What I love about this kit specifically is that it’s not just Shrinky Dinks for the fun of it, but it’s practical too; your child will be making jewelry with this 68-piece kit, which includes: 42 Shrinky Dinks, 8 colored pencils, 10 adhesive dots, beads, 4 earring hoops, 2 barrettes, and elastic string. Of course, instructions are included and are easy to follow. Kids get to choose the colors and patterns, so there is an element of creativity in each product they make. If you get this craft kit for your kids, you may want to order an extra set, because you’ll be tempted to go back in time and make some, too!
Keep in mind: The kids will need help using the oven when it’s time to bake the Shrinky Dinks.
Good for: Kids who have their ears pierced and are getting interested in wearing jewelry.
(Best first sewing kit — $$)
Why it’s great: Working on a sewing project when you’re young will help you later in life when you have a wardrobe crisis on your hands. Little ones don’t care about this yet…but you’re setting them up for success! The animals they create with the pre-cut patterns are super cute, and the instructions are easy to follow. The scissors provided are perfect for small hands. In total, they’ll make 5 woodland creatures, and everything comes in a cute green and white carrying case. The animals are great for taking on trips because they are only 4-6 inches tall. When going on a plane ride, bring along the finished animals to keep the little one busy and happy.
Keep in mind: This kit comes with needles and pushpins, so take care to know where they are and not let them get into the hands of younger kiddos.
Good for: Stuffed animal lovers who are learning to sew.
(Most useful — $$$)
Why it’s great: Sometimes children go through phases where they don’t want to wash their hands. Say goodbye to that phase when you engage them in their own soap-making! This Dan & Darci kit really brings great things together: color mixing, science, and dinosaurs. It comes with everything they’ll need to make 6 soaps. The molds are easy to fill with glycerin and it comes with several color choices. The kids can even make multi-colored dino soaps! We keep one in the tub (Stegosaurus has been on some deep sea adventures) and one next to the sink. I don’t have to ask twice; my son will wash his hands without batting an eye! Plus, when the soaps run out, we can buy more glycerin at a local craft store and re-use the molds. There’s enough coloring for extras, as well. It’s really the craft kit that keeps on giving!
Keep in mind: To cool off the dinos while your child is waiting for the soap to harden, put the mold in the freezer. It goes much quicker!
Good for: Little boys and girls who are into dinosaurs and love science activities.
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(Best variety — $$)
Why it’s great: You can create just about anything your mind can think of out of clay. And with this kit, you’ll have 36 colors and a whole bunch of tools/accessories to help you with it. Once your child has molded their perfect shape, the clay will air dry and the shape will be forever preserved. The best part for adults? It’s a non-staining formula that is non-toxic and eco-friendly. It’s fun to see children express their thoughts through this art medium. This is great for a play date or kindergarten class activity.
Keep in mind: Small children should be watched to make sure they don’t try to ingest the modeling clay.
Good for: kids who have active imaginations and like to create things from scratch.
(Most simple to follow — $)
Why it’s great: Kids can gain great small motor skills and learn about following patterns with this kit for young minds. It comes with 5 picture boards that are 9’ square. The child will follow the patterns with the 984 mosaic stickers that come with it. They’ll feel satisfaction in starting with a nearly blank canvas and by the end, creating a colorful work of art. This is great for young kids around 5-10 years old. This is the least messy kit around—no paint, glue, small pieces, nor much to throw away. I have several of these finished projects on my fridge, and my kiddos feel very accomplished when they see their finished products hung up for all to see!
Keep in mind: Some of the stickers are pretty small, so little hands (younger than 5 years old) will struggle with getting them off the sticker sheet.
Good for: Kids and parents who don’t like messy activities, but like creating colorful artwork that follows a pattern.
FAQs about Craft Kits for Kids
1. What is the best type of craft I can have my daughter do on a long plane ride?
Of course, you want to keep your daughter busy on the plane, but don’t want anything messy. You’ll also want to avoid a lot of little pieces. It’s best to go with something simple yet entertaining, such as Joyin Make A Face Sticker Sheets. Or a craft set by Melissa Doug that is made specifically for when you’re on-the-go.
2. Which craft kit will be fun for both my son and daughter?
If your children are younger, such as 2-4 years old, Hand Puppet Kits are a fun afternoon activity and can be used to create scenes or characters from favorite books. For older children in the 5-9 age range, a Bouncy Ball Kit is sure to be a hit. Both of the items mentioned are also great items for get-togethers and birthday parties.
3. What is the best craft kit to give as a gift?
There are so many kits out there, you really can’t go wrong for a gift as long as you consider the following: age of the child, if it’s messy or makes a lot of noise (be polite to parents and avoid these!), and complexity. It’s best to steer clear of things that are too intense (take a long time to complete) unless you know the child really well and understand their personality inside and out.
4. What is the best craft kit for toddlers?
Something that has flexibility for different ages is a modeling clay kit. This one by HOLICOLOR comes with 36 different colors and toddlers can make any shape their hearts desire. Side note: If your child is still in the ‘everything goes in my mouth’ stage, you’ll want to supervise closely.
5. My daughter is very detail-oriented. Is there a craft kit that would best suit her?
A jewelry kit is a classic hit for kids who are organized and have an eye for detail. I would also suggest something like a Rainbow Loom, since the possibilities of what she can create are endless. If your daughter is a little younger (6-8), she may be also interested in the Bead Pets Kit. There are so many designs out there, and some can get very intricate!
6. Is there a good craft kit that homeschooled kids could do as a group?
We have friends who homeschool their children and love stopping by the park on PE day or Art day. That’s when lots of homeschooled kids get together for a fun lesson. Something simple would be picture frame craft kit, especially around an upcoming holiday. If there’s an upcoming group field trip and you want a themed T-shirt, consider having the group make matching tye-dyed shirts. Always a hit!
7. My son is really into dinosaurs and cars. Is there something crafty that uses those types of things?
Arts and crafts are a tried-and-true way to bring smiles to kids’ faces, inspire new ideas, and relieve boredom. Your child may even find a new hobby. When all is said and done, you’ll be able to have your own at-home studio gallery and have an art show of new, incredible works. Perhaps there’s a new glitter soap in the bathroom made by your daughter, or a sun catcher in the window from your son. Your kiddo will be grateful for the experiences and many fun memories will be made. Happy creating!
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The 1958 Atlantic hurricane season was a below average seasn, totaling 8 storms, 6 of them hurricanes. The season is also one of the quietest, with 11 deaths and US$10 million in damages. The US was impacted by Alberto, Ernesto and Helen. Alberto and Ernesto killed 5 in the Gulf Coast and Helen caused US$10 million in damages in the East Coast. Mexico was impacted only by Tropical Storm Gilbert, which caused 6 deaths in the Veracruz area. Debby impacted Canada but did not cause any damage or deaths in the country.
Tropical Storm Alberto
A tropical depression formed near the western tip of Cuba on August 1. The depression moved north and made landfall near Biloxi, Mississippi on the 4 as a 60 mph tropical storm. Alberto dissipated later that day. Alberto killed 1 in Mississippi.
A low became Tropical Storm Beryl on August 24 over the cold waters of the Atlantic. It became a hurricane later that day. Beryl peaked as an 80 mph Category 1 hurricane on the 25, but due to strong wind shear, dissipated later that day. Beryl impacted no land.
A tropical wave exited over Africa in mid-August and moved northwest. While north of the Caribbean, the wave became a depression on August 24, and a tropical storm later that day. Chris continued to intensify and peaked as a 125 mph Category 3 hurricane off the Eastern Seaboard on the 28. After peaking, Chris moved northeastward, weakening due to unfavorable conditions. At became extratropical south of Canada on the 30. Chris did not impact any land.
Debby formed off the Massachussetts coast on September 1. It tracked northeastward, making landfall on the 2 as an 80 mph Category 1 hurricane in Canada, where it made things a little harder for the area that was impacted by Chris 2 weeks before. Debby dissipated later that day. Debby did not cause any damage or deaths.
A low exited out of Veracruz, Mexico in mid September. While over the Bay of Campeche, the low became a depression on the 17 and started to parrallel the Gulf Coast all the way to Louisiana, where it became a tropical storm. Ernesto hit Louisiana on the 21 as a weak tropical storm. Ernesto continued to parrallel the Gulf Coast and made landfall in Florida later that day. Ernesto reemerged over the Atlantic the next day. Due to warm waters, Ernesto started to strengthen as it parralleled the Gulf Coast. It made landfall as a 90 mph Category 1 hurricane on the 23 in Canada and became extratropical later that day. Ernesto killed 4 in Texas but caused no damage.
A tropical storm formed from a wave in the western Atlantic on September 22. Florence moved north, and peaked as a 100 mph Category 2 hurricane on the 24. Florence maintained this intensity until the 30, when it started to weaken and dissipated later that day. Florence did not impact any land.
Tropical Storm Gilbert
Gilbert started as a depression in the western Caribbean Sea on October 6. Gilbert moved towards the Yucatan and made landfall as a tropical depression. After reemerging to the Bay of Campeche later that day, the depression started to strengthen, finally making landfall as a 60 mph tropical storm near Veracruz, Mexico on the 9. Gilbert dissipated later that day. Gilbert killed 6 in Mexico.
Soon after Gilbert, a low moved over the Bay of Campeche. The low became organized enough to become a tropical depression on October 8. The depression moved slowly northeastward, becoming a tropical storm along the way. Helen made landfall as a strong Category 2 hurricane in northwestern Florida on the 10. Helen continued to go up the East Coast while weakening into a tropical storm. Helen dissipated over New York on the 12. Helen did not kill anyone but caused US$10 million in damages in Florida and the East Coast.
These names were used in the 1958 Atlantic hurricane season. The names that were not retired were used again in 1964. Storms were named Alberto, Beryl, Chris, Debby, Ernesto, Florence, Gilbert and Helen for the first time in 1958. The names that were not used are marked in gray.
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I’m not sure what it is about the Presidential debates, but the more I watch them, the more I find myself weighing the differing perspectives on other matters as well. Who was the best, Magic Johnson or Larry Bird? Are Star Wars Episodes IV, V, and VI better than Episodes I, II, and III? Should Robert Pattinson have taken Kristen Stewart back? Sometimes there are so many arguments to consider, I end up paralyzed in thought. My wife sends me to the store for milk and I stand in dairy aisle for 45 minutes looking back and forth between 2% and skim.
Another topic I’ve recently been hashing over is as to whether social media automation can be effectively in marketing. On one hand I can understand why it’s not a great idea in the sense that automation runs counter to elements like engagement and authenticity that constitute the social part of social media. Scheduled posts can come off sounding robotic or spammy. Irrelevant content is auto-published uniformly across platforms and forgotten about. Opportunities to engage are missed or ignored altogether. And of course, there are those infamous bots and auto messaging tricks that really give automation a bad name. Hmmm, those are some valid points.
On the other hand, though, I also see where social media automation can have some positive uses. For example:
Gauging successful content
Your blog probably already has Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc. sharing buttons, but let’s say you have a really good whitepaper and you want to get an idea of its reach. By including social sharing buttons within the paper you not only encourage people to pass the content on to their network, but by using an embedded tracking code in the buttons, you can also see how often the paper was shared as well as which social platforms were more effective. This same tactic can work for emails and newsletters too. Bottom line, though, is that tracking the social performance of your content should help in creating even better content and in determining which social channel is best for publishing it.
Gathering meaningful data
Marketing automation tools like those found in HubSpot can collect social data on those interacting with your content which opens up a number of possibilities. For one, this data allows marketers to create targeted segments which they can then reach out to with more personalized messaging and content tailored to that person’s behavior. Another benefit of this information is that paints a clearer picture of actual buyer personas which in turn, allows marketers to better understand their potential clients’ needs. A third advantage here is that a person’s social activity can be factored into scoring how strong of a lead they may be; after all, if someone shares a whitepaper shouldn’t that count for more than for the person who just downloaded it? Finally, this same social behavior tracking can alert you to brand advocates and influencers who have been touting your company, and who you can now engage with.
Publishing content effectively
I realize I mentioned auto publishing content as argument against automation; however, there’s a difference between publishing content efficiently and effectively. Scheduling content to post across all your social channels simultaneously at the same time each day may be efficient, but odds are it won’t be effective. What if the majority of your followers use Twitter several hours after you put out your scheduled tweet? Maybe the link in your Facebook update was missed because it was only text and didn’t include a visual element to help it stand out in the news feed. Certain features like those built into Hootsuite can help in avoiding these mistakes, providing users with the capability to schedule content, format it according to a specific social channel, and auto publish it at optimal times.
So, to automate or to not automate, that is the question. Which side is right? Well… both. The problem, though, isn’t so much about a right or wrong side of the debate as it is a right and wrong way of doing things. If you’re using social media automation incorrectly, then push away from your desk and shoot yourself in the foot. If, however, your automated efforts are aimed at using metrics to create more valuable content, gathering data to better connect with current and potential leads, and publishing content in sync with your readership, then consider yourself a winner.
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First of all, what is the definition of a Leader?
A leader is a confident and courageous person with the ability to make difficult decisions while at the same time setting a good example for others to follow while taking responsibility for the final result.
They are individuals who set clear goals, detailed plans, and have a vision for success.
Usually, a child who is born with leadership skills will not seek attention from others. Other children will come to play with them because he/she will be the one who comes up with fun games and other creative ideas.
Children who are born leaders are very outgoing, want to know everything, constantly ask questions, and always want to be first in anything they do.
Each parent’s dream is to have children who are achievers, persistent, motivated, well-spoken, and outgoing.
If you want to know if your child is a leader or not, just observe how your child interacts with others, what types of games he/she likes to play.
If both you, the parent, and your child desires to become a leader, here are a few ways to accomplish that.
The most important for you is to understand that becoming a leader is a mental process that takes time, guidance, and patience.
A+ Smart Little Leaders program was specially designed for children who want to become leaders and develop their own leadership skills.
This course can aid your child in deciding if they should choose a leadership path in their future or not.
Regardless, having a set of leadership skills can be very useful, because it can make their future life less stressful and more successful.
If your child is a born leader, he/she will easily get attention from their peers, easily meet with children their own age, and quickly establish communication with their peers.
But what if your child is not that sociable but wants to become a leader?
What must he/she do? Is this even possible?
How can you help your child to develop leadership skills?
9 Ways You Can Help Your Child to Develop Leadership Skills
1. Show support & encouragement to your child. Have a positive attitude toward your child. Praise your child more than you scold him/her.
2. Use good humor in your communication with your child. Doing that will make it easier to go over negative obstacles in your child’s behavior.
3. Respect your child’s opinion. Right or wrong, your child has the right to have his/her opinion. If you think his/her opinion is wrong, you have to correct it softly using humor and by your own example. Remember to praise your child for speaking out, because it takes courage for your child to express their own opinion at an early age. It is good to know that the ability for your child to have his/her own opinion is a sign of a future leader.
4. Every day show love and kindness to your child. Be affectionate with kisses and hugs, and express how much you love him/her.
5. Invite your child to communicate with adults as well. For example, when you are visiting your friend or when you are at a store. Allow your child to ask questions and treat him/her equally during the conversation.
6. Support the hobby of your child. If your child likes sports, computer robotics, drawing, singing, acting, crafting take him/her to a YMCA or a Park District where you can find these classes. Take him/her to different talent contests, theaters, concerts. There your child can interact with like-minded children while learning new things and having fun. Take your child to the library. At the library, you can find many exciting activities that your child will enjoy.
7. Take your child to the leadership classes that teach such important skills such as public speaking.
8. Teach your child how to set goals and achieve them. Your child will learn to be responsible. Don’t use discouraging phrases such as: “you can’t do this, you will not be able to do this, it’s too hard for you, you are not smart enough, why do you need this, you don’t know how to do this.”
9. Develop an Initiative for your child.
Allow your child to plan and make a decision while wisely guiding them in the right direction. This way your child can be proud that he or she made this decision on their own.
As a mother or a father, you should initiate positive behavior in your child. When he/she starts the task, always encourage your child to complete it.
As a mother, I had questions myself: Are my son’s leaders or not?
To make things easier for you, I included in the link below is a simple Leadership Quiz for your child.
If your child has a strong desire to become a leader, has clear goals, determination, a sharp mind, and a plan in place, in spite of their temperament type, a child can become a leader. It may take more work for those who are phlegmatic and melancholics. Help them to work on persistence, determination, and self-discipline and sign up today for A+ Smart Little Leaders classes and win.
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Mutation screening of MIR146A/B and BRCA1/2 3'-UTRs in the GENESIS study.
Lyon, France. In Eur J Hum Genet, Feb 2016
We screened two genes, MIR146A and MIR146B, producing miR-146a and miR-146b-5p, respectively, that regulate BRCA1, and the 3'- untranslated regions (3'-UTRs) of BRCA1 and BRCA2 in the GENESIS French national case/control study (BRCA1- and BRCA2-negative breast cancer cases with at least one sister with breast cancer and matched controls).
Incidental germline variants in 1000 advanced cancers on a prospective somatic genomic profiling protocol.
Houston, United States. In Ann Oncol, Feb 2016
RESULTS: Of the 1000 patients who underwent sequencing, 43 had likely pathogenic germline variants: APC (1), BRCA1 (11), BRCA2 (10), TP53 (10), MSH2 (1), MSH6 (4), PALB2 (2), PTEN (2), TSC2 (1), and RB1 (1).
Ovarian cancer treatment in mutation carriers/brcaness.
Milano, Italy. In Minerva Ginecol, Feb 2016
Retrospective studies have shown an improved prognosis, higher response rates to platinum-containing regimens, and longer treatment-free intervals between relapses in patients with BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 (BRCA1/2)-mutated ovarian cancer (BMOC) compared with patients who are not carriers of this mutation.
San Francisco, United States. In Nat Rev Cancer, Feb 2016
UNASSIGNED: Over the past 20 years, there has been considerable progress in our understanding of the biological functions of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 cancer susceptibility genes.
CDH1 germline mutations and hereditary lobular breast cancer.
Milano, Italy. In Fam Cancer, Feb 2016
UNASSIGNED: Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer is an autosomal dominant inherited disease associated of CDH1 germline mutations (that encodes for the E-cadherin protein), and lobular breast cancer is the second most frequent type of neoplasia.
ER functions of oncogenes and tumor suppressors: Modulators of intracellular Ca(2+) signaling.
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Leuven, Belgium. In Biochim Biophys Acta, Feb 2016
An important aspect of this is the identification of several major oncogenes, including Bcl-2, Bcl-XL, Mcl-1, PKB/Akt, and Ras, and tumor suppressors, such as p53, PTEN, PML, BRCA1, and Beclin 1, as direct and critical regulators of Ca(2+)-transport systems located at the ER membranes, including IP3 receptors and SERCA Ca(2+) pumps.
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On his blog today Leniel Macaferi has a new post showing how to install PHP on OSX 10.6.5, really enabling the PHP that's already installed.
I hit a pretty good tutorial to enable PHP on Mac at About.com written by Angela Bradley that gets to the point: How to Install PHP on a Mac. Along the way I had to solve only one minor thing described in the caveat section at the end of this post. You see that the title of this post has the word installing (well I thought I had to install it – that was my first reaction), but in fact it could be the word enabling because PHP is an integral part of Mac OS X Snow Leopard and we just need to enable it as you’ll see soon.
He talks about enabling the web server, enabling PHP and testing the installation with a phpinfo. There's screenshots included so you can be sure you're in the right places.
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One of the books I’m currently reading is “Life,” by Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones. Keith grew up listening to everything from Mozart and Bach to Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. When he was 13, Keith used to walk around his bedroom, holding a tiny radio up to his ear, twisting the antennae just so until he could get an intermittent signal from Radio Luxembourg. According to Keith, the night he heard Elvis Presley singing “Heartbreak Hotel,” was “like an explosion,” and the next day, he “was a different guy.” Whether he knew it or not, Keith Richards had just found his tribe—the aquarium in which he wanted to swim. Rock and roll music and artists like Elvis, Little Richard, Buddy Holly and Fats Domino would forever change his life. He’d found his passion, that thing that gave meaning to his life.
One of the greatest gifts we can receive in life is discovering who we are. Even if we know we’re a shark, a goldfish, or a guppy, we still need to find what gives meaning to our life. Writer and teacher, Joseph Campbell, said, “Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were walls.” Certainly that path held true for Keith Richards, but what about the rest of us, especially if we’ve experienced a brush with death?
After surviving a serious illness, some of us have a tendency to play it safe. While our friends and family have gone back to life as it was, we seem to be tapping our foot, waiting for “it” to return. We’ve disconnected from the rest of our life to deal with our illness, but when treatment is over, who are we? How do we integrate our healthy self with our new normal? How do we go from wellness to surviving and from surviving to thriving, squeezing everything we can out of life? The real tragedy isn’t dying, but failing to live our lives. As Joseph Campbell said, sometimes “we must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.”
For starters, we can use our illness as an opportunity to become healthier by adopting a better diet and exercise plan. We can also use this transition time to integrate our mental, spiritual and emotional changes into our family life. We’ve heard about men who leave, after their wives have been diagnosed with breast cancer, but I’ve also heard of women who’ve been the one to leave after their cancer diagnosis. Their rationale is, “If I only have five years left,” I’m not spending it with him!” Whether you’re prepared to leave an unhappy marriage and carve out a new life for yourself, or to create a life that has more joy and purpose, spend some time thinking about what makes you smile, what gives you purpose. Bring more bliss into your life, one experience at a time. Surround yourself with things, people and activities you love. In addition, step outside yourself and think about ways you can help other people; that’s the best way I know to stop focusing on yourself and move forward. There is life after the darkness. Swim toward the light, and make it a good life.
P.S. Speaking of Keith Richards, I had a front row center seat to the Rolling Stones’ first American concert: Teen Fair, at Joe Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, Texas. (You don’t want to know what year.) I went to swoon over Bobby Rydell, Paul Peterson and Bobby Vee, so I didn’t know what to make of The Rolling Stones. I took pictures of every artist there, except the Stones! Now, no one’s interested in my little black and white scalloped edge photos of singers the world hasn’t heard from since. It wasn’t long before I was the Stones’ biggest fan, saving baby sitting money to buy their album “Out of Our Heads.” My mother hated it and kept throwing them away, but I bought another one and another one. I’m still a huge fan. You wouldn’t believe what I paid for two, front row center seats to the Stones’ 2002, AT&T Center concert in San Antonio. Really… you wouldn’t, and I would have paid twice that!! Am I crazy? Maybe, but I’m just squeezing everything I can out of life.
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In 2017, astrophysicists at the European Space Agency spotted something disturbing among satellite data collected by the agency's Copernicus mission: A Las Vegas-sized iceberg was breaking off the Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica.
Over the last year, the ESA has tracked the iceberg's slow fragmentation — and in a new time-lapse video, the agency reveals that the iceberg has not only changed the nature of the Antarctic coast line, but it has also spawned new icebergs.
Also known as PIG, ESA's Copernicus tracked the changing cracks in the Pine Island Glacier using a series of 57 radar images that were captured by the mission’s two satellites from February, 2019 to February, 2020. The very last frame is an image that was taken just this week, on Monday, February 10.
The time-lapse video shows the large iceberg slowly separating from the glacier before it shatters into small, icy 'PIGlets' that drift out into the water.
The iceberg, which has an area of 300 square kilometers, broke free from the glacier at some point over the weekend, on February 8 or February 9. It is just the latest calving event for this rapidly shrinking glacier.
The Pine Island Glacier is located around 1,600 miles from the tip of South America. Although it is rather remote, PIG and its twin glacier, Thwaites, are one of the main pathways where ice enters the Amundsen Sea from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
The time-lapse video reveals just how quickly the iceberg slid off, before it was completely set loose from the glacier.
How the Pine Island Glacier affects sea levels:
“The Copernicus twin Sentinel-1 all-weather satellites have established a porthole through which the public can watch events like this unfold in remote regions around the world,” Mark Drinkwater, head of the Earth and Mission Sciences Division at ESA, said in a statement.
“What is unsettling is that the daily data stream reveals the dramatic pace at which climate is redefining the face of Antarctica.”
Together, the melting of PIG and Thwaites pose a real threat to rising sea levels. The two glaciers contain enough ice water to raise sea levels worldwide by a startling four feet, according to NASA.
Iceberg calving is when chunks of ice break off from glaciers and float out into the water, and it is representative of loss of ice mass in regions like Antartica.
Calving events of this magnitude used to take place every four to six years in this region, but more recently they have started occurring on a near annual basis, according to NASA’s Earth Observatory.
ESA satellites have been monitoring the two glaciers since the 1990’s. The agency has observed calving events in the years 1992, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2018.
During the 2018 event, an iceberg of approximately 226 square kilometers in area — a little smaller than this one — floated off from the Pine Island Glacier. And as it drifted off, new cracks started appearing in the ice. Now, we know the devastating results of those cracks.
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Local Pay: Inefficient, unfair and divisive
Last week Alice blogged about the impact of the announcements in the autumn statement on public sector workers.
Of course most of the headlines were grabbed by the Chancellor’s announcement that he would impose two years of 1% pay-caps on public sector workers at the end of the current two year pay freeze (three years if you work in local government). At a stroke this announcement managed to undermine the ongoing negotiations around public sector pensions (which in part are about significant contribution increases in the context of a pay freeze); confirm the government’s intention to cut the living standards of public sector workers by 16.5%; and signal his seeming contempt for collective bargaining and fair negotiations. Having days earlier called on public sector unions to ‘get back around the negotiating table’ over pensions, the Chancellor effectively pulled the table away from them when it came to public sector pay.
Of course whether or not the government can hold to its 1% cap remains to be see. Previous governments of different political persuasions have struggled to maintain medium-term pay/incomes polices, particularly against the backdrop of turbulent economic conditions. Both Edward Heath and Jim Callaghan can testify to that.
But perhaps just as important as the announcement of the 1% cap, was the Chancellor’s call for Public Sector Pay Review Bodies to look at how public sector pay can be made ‘more responsive to local labour markets’.
Briefing the Times (here, sorry it’s behind a pay-wall), ‘Whitehall sources’ implied that this was necessary because in some parts of the country the private sector had effectively been squeezed out as a result of its inability to match public sector wages. Of course this is nonsense. As the TUC’s northern regional secretary Kevin Rowan pointed out on the Today programme last week (here, 2hr 10mins) the North East has both the lowest overall wages (£200 a week less than London for full-timers) and the highest unemployment rate (11.6%) of any of the English regions. The private sector in the North East is not being ‘squeezed out’; it’s simply not creating enough jobs. Lowering public sector wages in the region will not improve this situation one iota.
The Chancellor’s announcement – which goes well beyond traditional London weighting-style arrangements – had little to do with ensuring healthy local/regional labour markets , and everything to do with signalling another lap in the race to the bottom on the pay, terms and conditions of public sector workers. It’s part of an ongoing assault on national pay frameworks – given a semblance of intellectual ballast by the likes of CentreForum and Policy Exchange, and embedded in the government’s approach to public service reform.
Consider the government’s record so far:
October 2010 – the abolition of the nascent School Support Staffs Negotiating Body which would have helped determine pay, terms and conditions for 500,000 (mainly women, mainly part-time) class-room assistants, school administrative staff and support workers
December 2010 – the abolition of the so-called ‘Two-Tier Code’, which helped ensure that when public sector contracts were outsourced new starters had access to broadly comparable terms and conditions as their more established colleagues
December 2010 – Lord Hill, Parliamentary under secretary of state, writes to schools to stress that there is no requirement on schools seeking Academy status to stay within national pay bargaining frameworks, and that he will take this into consideration when assessing their application
I could go on – the Review of the Fair Deal on Pensions, the Health and Social Care bill which threatens a move toward localised pay and conditions, the Open Public Services White Paper with its commitment to open up public services to a broader range of providers and to decentralise ‘decision making’ to the lowest possible levels – the government’s direction of travel is clear. More fragmentation, more localised bargaining (if indeed bargaining takes place at all).
For unions this throws up some very practical problems. Resourcing hundreds, thousands or even tens of thousands of local pay negotiations would be incredibly difficult, particularly in the face of an another ideologically driven assault on facilities and facility time. But a move to localised bargaining would not only be problematic for unions and their members. It would be bad for public sector employers, bad for taxpayers and bad for the UK economy as a whole.
Here are just five reasons why:
1) Localised bargaining is incredibly inefficient
There are over 3,100 secondary schools in England. Around 1400 of these are Academies. Lets presume that each of these schools takes Lord Hill’s advice, and decides to disregard national pay and conditions and moves instead to setting these itself. It doesn’t need a math’s teacher to deduce that this might actually consume a bit more time and effort than staying within the existing and time-served pay system.
This of course presumes that the average Head Teacher or Chair of governors has the time, inclination and skill to carry out the negotiations themselves. Many won’t. Instead they will rely on external consultants and HR advisors to do the job for them. The end result will be more time, more money and more effort – time, money and effort that could have been spent educating kids. Now imagine this scenario being played out right across the public sector. Imagine every GP consortium, every hospital trust, every local council, every NDPB, every Sure Start centre going through exactly the same process. ’Decision making devolved to the lowest possible level’. Chaotic, uncoordinated, inefficient – that’s the government’s vision for the future of public sector pay determination.
2) It could lead to an explosion in localised disputes
Localised pay bargaining will not only be chaotic, it will also potentially spark an endless round-robin of localised pay disputes. Unilateral, decisions to attack pay, terms and conditions by local councils up and down the country have led to bitter and, in some cases, prolonged disputes. At the moment Southampton, Birmingham et al are relatively exceptional cases – localised bargaining will see these sorts of disputes raise their head across the country.
3) It would reinforce and entrench existing regional economic disparities
Lets go back to Newcastle, and assume the government gets its way. A school cleaner in Newcastle now earns about 15% less than her counterpart in, say, Basildon (equivalent to the existing regional ‘pay-gap’). How does this help to boost the North East economy? How does it create new private sector employment? The simple answer is, of course, it doesn’t. With 15% less wages to spend in the local economy, the consequence of regional/local pay will be to shrink those regional economies already most vulnerable. And the fact is this will not be restricted to the public sector. Lower public sector wages will drive a race to the bottom in the private sector as well.
4) It risks opening up the gender pay gap and leading to increased gender inequality
The struggle for equal pay – at the negotiating table and in the courts – has been a constant for public sector unions and their members over the past few years. Thousands of Tribunal cases, long and complex negotiations to deliver equality–proofed pay systems (exemplified by Agenda for Change) – its been hard, but important work. Now all of that is at risk if the government gets its way. Coupled with the abolition of the two-tier code, arbitrary pay freezes and uncoordinated local ‘decision-making’, we can expect the government’s plans to localise pay to result in a huge widening of the gender pay gap and, consequently, Employment Tribunal claims galore. But maybe the government has thought of this. They plan to charge huge fees to access justice through an ET .
5) Fragmenting collective bargaining will widen income inequality and damage the economy
As my former colleagues Chris Wright has pointed out, there is a pretty strong social and case for collective bargaining – its well accepted that high collective bargaining coverage is one reason why the Scandinavian countries have world beating levels of income equality. But there is also a more hard-nosed economic case. Writing about this in August this year Chris noted:
“In 1994, the OECD said that labour market deregulation was the best way for countries to reduce unemployment. However, the OECD revised its recommendations in 2006 after the Scandinavian countries showed that highly coordinated collective bargaining systems and active trade unions could actually produce strong economic performance and jobs growth (essentially the opposite of what the OECD had originally prescribed).
“There is considerable agreement within the academic community that highly coordinated systems of collective bargaining have a more positive impact than ‘uncoordinated’ or ‘fragmented’ systems. In other words, it is not how many or how few workers are covered by collective agreements, but rather the extent to which bargaining is coordinated, that matters most in assessing whether collective bargaining systems have a positive or negative macroeconomic impact.”
But George Osborne’s announcement appears to put ideology before what might actually be good for the UK economy. Localised pay bargaining, and the government’s direction of travel on public service reform, will mean reduced collective bargaining coverage AND less coordination and more fragmentation. It may mean reduced wage-bills for the big outsourcers lining up to take the next tranche of public sector contracts, but it will be public sector workers, the taxpayers and the community at large who will effectively pick up the bill.
With the stakes so high, a strong union response to the government’s efforts to move toward localised bargaining is essential. We need to build the evidence base for the positive impact of (national) collective bargaining in both the public and private sector (expect a new TUC report on this issue very soon). The positive impact for our
members and working people certainly; but also the wider social and economic benefits of coordinated pay bargaining.
We need to engage our own members and explain to them why this issue is so important. In the midst of everything going on at the moment – job losses, real terms pay cuts, pensions – retaining national pay bargaining probably ranks about no 63 on the average members list of hot issues. But in the long term the break-up of national pay bargaining could be of far more significance than the current pay freeze.
Last but not least, we need to support union campaign and action wherever there are efforts to undermine existing national pay bargaining arrangements. Unions in the private sector have shown that they are not prepared to allow employers to walk away from national agreements – and I am confident government will get exactly the same response in the public sector.
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At 25, I danced like everybody was watching. I felt my looks dictated my success with work, men, landlords and baristas. It was exhausting. It was also unnecessary, I just didn’t know it yet. Now at 41, I’ve abandoned that futile way of thinking in favour of a peaceful confidence I simply could not have imagined owning at 25.
I’m not alone. Best-selling author Cheryl Strayed, who spent a chunk of time in her 20s hiking solo through the Pacific Crest Trail, describes herself far happier and more confident at 44 than at 22.
“It isn’t that I no longer feel uncertain and insecure, but rather that I’ve become more comfortable with these feelings,” Strayed explains. “I can laugh at myself more readily. I can see what’s my responsibility and what isn’t about me in the slightest. When I have setbacks and disappointments, I bounce back more quickly because I’ve got perspective from having been forced to bounce back before.”
More than ever, women in their 40s are tapping into a well of mindfulness, strength and intrepid confidence that is far more developed than it was in their 20s. But for those still struggling with finding their footing in their 40s (and beyond), Marla Shapiro, a family doctor and the television host of Balance: Television for Living Well has a few suggestions.
1. Are there behavioural changes you can make?
According to Shapiro, the first step in addressing negative associations with aging is to reflect on your attitudes and find ways to adopt sustainable behavioural changes.
“If you can look at where your negative beliefs are coming from, then you can challenge them. If you think aging is all about decline and you’re not willing to challenge that, it will become your reality,” she says.
2. Don’t forget how far you’ve come
This means looking at your achievements and accomplishments, and recognizing you have the opportunity to live each day in a mindful state by making deliberate choices to help you accomplish your goals. Shapiro explains that you need to asses everything in your life you can control, such as your diet, physical activity, alcohol consumption, your leisure time and the amount of laughter in your life.
There are many things out of our control and a lot of them, “can leave you very angry, bitter and unhappy,” Shapiro says.
“I also think as we get older, we develop the tools, the confidence, the skill sets (and) experience to stop and say, ‘Wait a minute: I am entitled to live my life more actionable.’ When you live with mindfulness, you don’t have to live each day in a reactionary state.”
Shapiro encourages women to see mid-life as a wonderful and important time to reflect.
“At this age, it’s easy to get caught up in lifestyle aspirations about how to get it all done and doing it all. We neglect the relationships around us, including ones with our girlfriends, partners, families.”
3. Don’t let your looks validate you
If women in their 40s have grown more at ease and self-assured, they also recognize (finally!) that a woman’s value does not rest on her looks. Yet as we age, many women struggle to remember that. There’s a perception that older women have less agency than their younger counterparts, just by virtue of their looks.
I no longer measure my worth by the depth of my laugh lines, but rather in my strength and competencies. At 41, I’m aware of my failings and my achievements, and can look at both with a gentler eye. We all want to feel attractive but this feeling can come without vanity.
As Strayed explains, it’s less about being more attractive now than in our 20s, and more about simply caring less about it.
“I used to spend a lot more time fretting about my beauty,” she says. “I used to invest energy in being a woman who turned heads when she walked down the street…I still care about my looks, I want people to find me attractive, but I don’t spend an awful lot of time or energy making sure that happens. I’ve let go of beauty as a primary source of power.
“I don’t fault young women for struggling with that. Beauty is, after all, the one form of power young women are granted, so why wouldn’t they bank on it? The fact that I no longer do has to do with my own personal growth, not with anything on the outside,” she explains.
4. Let go!
As for me: I no longer believe the foam-to-espresso ratio the barista pours is based on my looks. Nor do I doubt the love of the man who married me at 25 and has me convinced he adores me more now than ever before. As for dancing? I’ve been happily embarrassing myself for years regardless of who’s watching.
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The 4 Cs of Qualifying for a Mortgage
Thinking about buying a home but not sure whether you qualify for a mortgage? Consider the following facts.
What Do Lenders Look For?
Freddie Mac buys mortgages that meet our requirements from lenders – we don't make the loans. The lenders decide the standards they ultimately apply in making loans.
When deciding whether to make a loan, lenders evaluate the four Cs:
- Capacity to pay back the loan. Lenders look at your income, employment history, savings, and monthly debt payments, such as credit card charges and other financial obligations, to make sure that you have the means to take on a mortgage comfortably.
- Capital. Lenders consider your readily available money and savings plus investments, properties, and other assets that you could sell fairly quickly for cash. Having these reserves proves that you can manage your money and have funds, in addition to your income, to pay the mortgage.
- Collateral. Lenders take into account the value of the property and other possessions that you're pledging as security against the loan.
- Credit. Lenders check your credit score and history to assess your record of paying bills and other debts on time. (Even if you don't plan to buy a home now, it's always a good idea to build and maintain strong credit. Landlords often check it to make sure that you can pay the rent. It's also important if you want to apply for a mortgage or other credit line in the future, such as a student loan, car loan, or credit card.)
Want to Know More?
Visit About Homeownership for information, resources, and tools to help you gauge your options and understand what's involved in looking for, buying, and maintaining your own home.
Learn the truth about some homeownership myths that also might be keeping you out of the market.
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The Luxulyan Valley is set to benefit from a £3.6 million National Lottery cash boost to restore and conserve the physical and natural environment.
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant was awarded to Cornwall Council, in partnership with Cornwall Heritage Trust after years of work to secure the funds.
It contains a complex system of leats (artificial water courses) which delivered water essential for the efficient working of some of central Cornwall’s most important copper mines.
Water from the valley was also conveyed by leat to the copper ore and china clay shipping port at Charlestown, and via a purpose built canal to the mineral harbour at Par.
The National Lottery funding will be used to restore the two leat systems within the valley and also the spectacular Treffry Viaduct, built from 1839-1842.
Cornwall Council will fund a separate hydro-electric turbine at Ponts Mill, reusing water from the restored leat systems. The electricity generated from the turbine will be sold to the national grid to fund the ongoing conservation of the valley.
The viaduct is an imposing granite structure which carries the Carmears Leat and tramway high above the valley floor.
At 27 metres tall, more than 200 metres long and with 10 equal span arches, this all-granite structure is considered one of the best surviving monuments to the horse drawn tramway era, for which the valley is renowned.
The HLF funding will also help nature conservation by implementing a woodland management plan to improve biodiversity across the site. Volunteers will help by removing invasive plant species, whilst installing bird and bat boxes.
Footpaths will also be improved to make the valley more accessible for all visitors.
To promote the Luxulyan Valley there will be a permanent exhibition at Wheal Martyn China Clay Museum, and walking guides and information available online to inform visitors to the valley’s history.
The Friends of Luxulyan Valley have been helping to develop an activity programme.
In total, more than £5 million will be invested in the valley providing a boost to the local economy and creating new jobs and learning opportunities.
Chairman of Cornwall Heritage Trust, Lieutenant Colonel Philip Hills, said: "We are delighted that the unique Treffry Viaduct will be restored to its former working glory and saved for future generations, thanks to the opportunity given to us by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
"The trust is looking forward to working in partnership with Cornwall Council and the Friends of the Luxulyan Valley to enhance this World Heritage Site and conserve its important industrial heritage.”
Cornwall Councillor Sue James, who is portfolio holder for environment and public protection, said: “This funding will help restore of one of the finest examples of industrial heritage in the area.
"We hope this will help bring the valley back to life, with the restoration bringing in more visitors, more jobs and more training. Enhanced natural environments for animals and being able to generate renewable energy are additional bonuses.”
Colonel Edward Bolitho, the Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall and president of Cornwall Heritage Trust, added: “This Heritage Lottery Fund grant means that the Treffry Viaduct, a marvel of Cornish engineering, can now be fully restored within the beautiful Luxulyan Valley.
"The success of the bid has been due to an enormous amount of hard work by many people, who deserve an enormous amount of thanks. This is a really good day for Cornwall.”
Julian German, chairman of the Cornish Mining World Heritage site partnership, added: “We are delighted that Heritage Lottery Funding will be used to protect Luxulyan Valley’s valuable heritage assets.
"The award will also contribute to reducing CO² emissions by restoring the leat systems which will feed into the new Hydro Electric Turbine at Ponts Mill. This is a great example of partnership working for local communities.”
Ros Kerslake, chief executive of the Heritage Lottery Fund, said: “Luxulyan Valley is a beautiful and historic part of the UK. Thanks to National Lottery players, part of Cornwall’s industrial heritage will now not only be conserved and protected but will also continue to play a part in the lives of local people through training and volunteering whilst contributing to the local economy.”
Cornwall Council and Cornwall Heritage Trust will now develop further detailed plans so the scheme can start in January 2018 and be delivered over the next three years.
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Moving from lean to green
Kim’s Chocolates N.V.; Annabell Candy Co. and others share stories about manufacturing ‘green’ candies.
Can one be efficient and yet pro-active environmentally? On second thought, perhaps the question should be rephrased. Can one be efficient without being pro-active environmentally?
“Being Green” today encompasses more than just recycling waste or monitoring pollutants. It’s a mindset that merges lean manufacturing principals with less energy usage and common sense operating — but environmentally pro-active — procedures.
Within the global confectionery manufacturing universe, there are hundreds of examples that showcase “best practices in green manufacturing.” In this issue, Candy Industry highlights only a few — providing readers with mini case histories of what’s doable on macro, micro and in-the-middle programs.
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Growing caraway, The meridian fennel or Caraway belongs to the Apiaceae family and is native to western Asia, Europe, and North Africa. The widespread use of this herb in various worldwide cuisines makes it profitable for people who cultivate them.
The herbs have strong ties to the carrot family and look quite similar to the other members of the family. The fruits harvested from the plant look like crescent-shaped achenes 2mm long and have five ridges.
The plant takes about 70 days to mature
They can reach a height of about 30 inches.
Ideally, Caraway grows best in sandy, loamy soil rich in organic contents and a sound drainage system.
The plant prefers full sun during the growth period.
Hardiness (USDA Zone)
4-10 USDA Zone fits the plant.
A spacing of about 12 inches should get maintained between two plants.
They bloom in the spring or early summer of the 2nd year of the plant
They generally come in brown color with a yellowish hue.
They take about 70 days to mature when they bloom.
The plant finds its nativity in Europe and Western Asia.
The plant prefers to keep its foliage dry, and drip irrigation fits the bill. The drip irrigation method helps the soil retain moisture without drenching the foliage. The plants need pruning in the fall as it allows the plant to thrive.
The caraway plant finds its nativity in Asia as well as in certain parts of Europe. During its initial days of consumption, people used it in antiquity. Since the middle ages, people have cultivated the plant for the caraway seeds in Europe.
The remnants of the caraway seeds in the debris of various lakes of Switzerland testify its use in medieval ages. Some European experts even consider spice as one of the oldest spices on the continent. Several writings from the 17th-century state caraway seeds get used in daily consumables like bread, fruits, and cakes.
There is a long-standing history of consuming caraway seeds as an ingredient in cuisines and indigenous medicines. People mistakenly consider caraway plants’ harvest as seeds, whereas, in reality, it is a type of dry fruit.
The tiny bitter-tasting seeds house a wide range of nutrients that often gets overlooked in the diet of the western country. The caraway seeds get loaded with iron, zinc, calcium, and fiber that helps the body of an individual to tackle various ailments.
The antioxidants like limonene and carvone help the body to neutralize free radicals that directly initiate premature aging. The antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties present in the caraway seeds help the body overcome inflammatory bowel diseases by reducing inflammation organically.
Common ailments like stomach ulcers and indigestion can get treated with essential oils extracted from the caraway plant. An experimental study conducted on 70 overweight women using extracts of the caraway seeds has shown positive results in losing weight over time.
Nutrients and Minerals for Caraway Plant:
Caraway plants are one of those herbs that do not require supplemental assistance to the soil. However, experts advise cultivators to go for soil tests before adding any nutrients to the earth. As the plant needs rich, loamy soil to thrive, adding 4-inch deep compost will suffice.
If the soil report shows not very promising results, cultivators can add about six spoons of complete all-purpose fertilizers to the soil in the ratio of 16-16-8 per 10 square feet of the gardening area.
People growing Caraway in the containers can use liquid fertilizers at half their strength every week from the day of sowing caraway seeds. Adding aged compost or nitrogen fertilizers to the soil as a side dressing helps the plant to thrive.
When to Plant Caraway Plant:
Caraway grows best in soil with a 6-7 pH level with a well-drained soil structure. The plants do not require much addition of fertilizers to the earth, and a moderate fertile can do the job of growing Caraway appropriately.
However, adding aged manure or compost to the ground in side-dressing helps the plant thrive. The cultivators should pick an area in the garden that receives 6-8 hours of direct sunlight every day.
The ideal time to sow caraway seeds into the soil begins with the onset of spring and lasts till autumn. People can grow Caraway indoors in biodegradable pots at least 3-4 weeks before the last frost date.
How to Plant Caraway Plant:
The process of growing Caraway does not involve excruciatingly long steps and can thrive with minimal effort from the cultivator’s end. People growing Caraway in pots should place the soil in shallow soil and cover the topsoil with vermiculite.
Once the caraway seeds germinate after 7-14 days, the cultivator can transfer the seedlings to the garden area after the frost date has passed. Once the spring sets in, the plant should get moved to the garden area to give it a better prospect to grow.
A ¼ inch deep hole in the soil can do the job appropriately, along with a cover of vermiculite. Cultivators growing caraway plants in large numbers should maintain a spacing of 8 inches between two plants.
When it comes to growing Caraway with other crops, they become pretty accommodating; cultivators can grow any vegetable along with it without much hassle. However, growing Caraway with fennel fetched undesirable results, and peas are its best companion.
How to Grow Caraway Plant:
The plant requires routine watering until it establishes itself. Letting the seedling dry out during the growth period will fetch no result at the end. A periodic proportionate watering helps the plant to become mature quicker. Once the flowers start blooming, stopping to water allows the plant to mature faster.
Adding fertilizers to the soil once the height of the seedlings reaches about 3 inches; another batch of fertilizer needs to go to the earth when flowers bloom. The plant cannot withstand the winter season as the soil temperature drops, making it difficult to survive.
A layer of thick mulch on the soil surface helps the soil maintain its temperature and retain moisture within. In the first year, a light pruning of the Caraway leaves allows the plant to thrive, but cultivators should not go for heavy pruning as it eventually weakens the plant.
Once the plant becomes two years old, removing the flowers helps it grow for another year. People growing Caraway indoors should pick a container of sufficient depth; a container of 8 inches deep should do the job. The taproot of the caraway plant does not make it a plant to grow in containers. As the plant significantly depends on bees for pollination, growing Caraway outdoors will fetch better results.
How to harvest and store Caraway:
As the spring sets in, harvesting caraway leaves should get started in the first year. The following year, the plant can fetch seeds for consumption. Harvesters should look for flowers with seeds in them, and the shift of color from yellowish to brown indicates as the flower becomes ready for harvest.
Once the harvesters complete harvesting flowers, they should immediately harvest the roots as well. When appropriately followed, the harvesting caraway leaves are pretty straightforward. Using a sharp knife, make clean cuts and are ready for use.
In the case of seeds, harvesters should use a paper bag and tie it around the seed’s head, allowing the roots to fall inside the bag instead of going to waste. The harvesting should get done before the frost season sets.
There are three methods that harvesters can employ to preserve and store: refrigerating, drying, and storing. Ideally, consuming fresh caraway leaves imparts the natural flavor to the taste pallet. Still, one can reserve them by chilling for a few weeks, using a damp paper towel to wrap the leaves, and placing them in plastic before putting them inside the refrigerator.
Drying seed heads improves the consumption of the caraway seeds significantly and becomes relatively easy to store.
Varieties of Caraway:
- Biennial Caraway: There are not many varieties for caraway herbs except the biennial and annual variants. The biennials take about two seasons to fetch harvests. The plant’s first year produces rosettes, which form stalks that send up to bear umbels the following year.
- Annual Caraway: They are ideal for people residing in warmer regions and planted when the winter sets. As the plant gets a long growing season, they produce rosettes and stalk the same year. The flavor generated from the seeds of this variant is sweeter in comparison to the biennials.
Pests and Diseases:
- Aster Yellows: The leafhopper insects propagate the disease to various other plant parts from one infected area. The condition causes flower heads and stems to become yellow. They significantly impact the size of the leaves, causes malformation of flowers and seed failure. The best way to get rid of this disease involves controlling leafhoppers.
- Blight: The disease causes the flower to become brown and black and eventually die. This type of fungal disease causes the plant to fail to produce seeds. Crop rotation is the best bet to get rid of this disease from cultivation.
- Phoma Light: The disease generally happens due to propagation from infected seeds. They create grey or black lesions on the stem. They as well prevent seed formation. The best way to get rid of this disease from cultivation involves the use of disease-free seed variants.
- Powdery mildew is another fungal disease that spreads powdery substances and white spores on the leaves and stems. The condition, once progressed, can cause a reduction in seed production; providing the plant with adequate water, light, and nutrition regularly helps to control the disease.
- Buttered Caraway with cabbage.
- Caraway seed cake.
- Bakes potatoes with caraway seeds.
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Painters used to use mastic, a softer varnish that is more prone to bloom, a white discoloration caused by humidity, mastics use is now limited to the making of mediums. Copal varnish, usually made from now scarce fossil amber has become rare and in any event formed a brittle film prone to cracking. Today copal is mostly replaced by synthetic resins like alkyd. I learned to paint with Taubes copal medium and used to love it, the formula has changed and it is no longer made with genuine copal. There are new and expensive final picture varnishes. I don't use them.
Dammar is the standard artists varnish today, it is a resin from a number of different trees found in the far east, mixed with turpentine to make it liquid. Dammar is the only varnish in my studio. I either buy a liter bottle from Winsor Newton or I buy it from Utrecht. Utrecht will sell you dammar tears in a cloth bag closed up in a quart can. You open the can, pull out the bag, fill the can with turpentine ( remember dammar thins with turpentine, mineral spirits won't do) drop the bag back in, retaining the end of the string that trails from the bag. Just like making tea. If you buy those little tiny bottles at the art store you will pay many times as much as if you buy it in quantity. The markup on those little bottles is astronomical. Sometimes I also stock a can or two of spray varnish in a can. They have a crazy markup too, but they are convenient.
Matt varnish is an abomination before God! Here's why. Lets look at the pictures in magazines for a moment, if you look at American Art Review, The American Magazine of Antiques, Fine Arts Connoisseur, American Art Collector (some of these magazines have been friends and supporters to me over the years so I try to list them all, ) or other high end magazine where top quality reproduction is important. They use a coated paper. Its shiny. That means that a lot of the light hitting the ink on that page is returned to your eye, giving you...brilliant color. Tabloids from the grocery store, or what we once called pulp publications are printed on cheap paper that has a matt finish, like newsprint. It returns less of the light that hits it to your eye and the result is dull color. When you put varnish on a painting one of the things you are doing is making the surface shiny like it was when it was wet. It returns more light to the viewers eye.......and you get the idea. Matt varnish robs your colors of their brilliance by interfering with the return of the light to your eye, So matt varnish absolutely KILLS your color. Also matt varnish is usually made by adding wax to the formula, which weakens its protective film as well.
When a painting dries, sometimes the oil drops down into the substrate particularly in the darks, and areas of the painting go matt. This is called drying in. Restoring the shine to these areas is done with a can of spray retouching varnish. At least these days. In the next post I will tell you how the old guys did it. I will return tomorrow with a blog about how they sprayed varnish in the 19th century and how you can do it yourself, saving a little money and amazing your friends with a bit of cool and nearly forgotten technology.
My wife is telling me I need to break these posts up into smaller pieces, she says blog readers won't read long entries. I will try to comply.
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Re: Intel Atom Processor
On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:34:09 -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>> Which architecture should I use for an Intel Atom Processor?
>> It depends on the exact model.
>> There are some Atom micros supporting 64 bits (amd64) but the vast
>> majority don't (just 32 bits, so i386 is required), so better check
>> first the serial number.
> Don't bother checking: since you had to ask the question,
Not "me" :-)
> you won't care
> whether you run a 64bit or 32bit kernel, and since those processors
> don't support much more than 2GB anyway, there's no point running a
> 64bit kernel.
There are still reasons to install a 64 bits kernel if the micro supports
it. In fact, I have an Intel Celeron with just 1 GiB of RAM (max. allowed
is 2 GiB) and installed a 64 bits (amd64) Debian, just for compatibility
issues with the rest of the machines which are also running 64 bits
> I.e. just use your regular 32bit Intel install (i386/x86/i686/IA32 or
> whichever name you like to use to refer to it).
In Debian is called "i386".
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Cardinals And The College - The Inner Workings...
Mar 22, 2008 by Mike
It often surprises people when they first set out to gain some knowledge of the inner workings of the catholic church that most cardinals are in fact bishops.
Cardinals generally have several duties, the most important of which is their role in electing a Pope should the post become vacant due to either death or resignation. The majority of cardinals oversee a diocese or archdiocese or manage a department of the Roman Curia. Cardinals are collectively referred to as a 'College of Cardinals' and they attend meetings and are always available both as a group or as individuals should the Pope request their counsel.
During the period known as 'sede vacante' (vacant seat) which is the time between a Pope's death and the election of his successor, the day to day running of the Church is primarily in the hands of the 'College of Cardinals'.
In theory, a Pope has the right to substitute another body of electors for the 'College of Cardinals' and the 'Synod of Bishops' was once suggested but the proposal was denied.
The right to enter the conclave of cardinals that elects the Pope is now limited to those under the age of eighty on the day of the Pope's death or abdication.
The election of the Pope was not always made by cardinals and the Pope was originally elected by the clergy and the people of the diocese of Rome and in medieval times when the Roman nobility had great influence the Holy Roman Emperors also played a part in choosing the pontiff.
In earlier times Cardinals often played a part in secular affairs and held powerful positions in governments and examples of this would be the likes of Thomas Wolsey who was Henry VIII's chief minister and Cardinal Richelieu who dominated the history of France from 1624 until his death in 1642 and who is considered to have been one of the greatest politicians in French history.
Pope Sixtus V limited the number of cardinals to seventy whose number was made up of six Cardinal Bishops, 50 Cardinal Priests and 14 Cardinal Deacons but Pope John XXIII exceeded the overall limit of 70 and the number continued to grow under his successors until in 1971 Pope Paul VI set the total number at 120 but set no limits as to how the group should be composed.
The term, "Cardinal Priest" is now understood to mean a Cardinal who is of the order of priests but it's original meaning was the opposite. The major priests of the important churches were recognized as cardinal priests and were chosen by the Pope to advise him in his duties as Bishop of Rome.
Cardo is the Latin word for hinge and it was used in much the same way as we use the word 'key' today and the name cardinal became widely accepted when referring to those entrusted with electing the Bishop of Rome, the Pope.
In 1630 it became the norm to refer to cardinals as his Eminence and in keeping with Latin tradition when they sign they place the word 'Card' after their first name so their signatures appear as John Card. XXX for example. The forgoing also applies to Popes who use Pp which is the abbreviation of 'Papa' and for Kings who use the word Rex. The order is normally reversed when English is used so we see Cardinal John XXX etc. employed instead.
Since most cardinals are also bishops, the title of 'Cardinal Bishop' simply means that he holds the title of one of the Suburbicarian Sees which includes the Dean of the College of Cardinals or that he is a patriarch of an Eastern Catholic church.
The 'Cardinal Bishops' are the only ones that have always been required to be bishops and in former times when a Cardinal of one of the lower orders became a 'Cardinal Bishop' (and therefore the head of a diocese) he was consecrated a bishop.
The head (as primus inter pares) of the College of Cardinals known as the Dean is elected by the Cardinal Bishops from among their own number but his nomination must be approved by the Pope.
Originally the privilege of papal election was not restricted to the cardinals and for centuries the Pope was usually a Roman priest and never a bishop from outside, and to preserve the apostolic succession the rite of consecrating the Pope as a bishop had to be performed by someone who was already a bishop.
If the person that is elected to be Pope is not yet a bishop he is consecrated by the Dean of the College of Cardinals, known as the 'Cardinal Bishop of Ostia'.
To symbolize their bond with the papacy cardinals are given a gold ring by the Pope and it is this ring which is normally kissed by Catholics when a cardinal is greeted. There is an image on the outside which is chosen by each pope and the ring also includes the Pope's coat of arms on the inside.
At various times there have been cardinals who had not been ordained as deacons or priests but had only received first tonsure and minor orders and although they were classified as clerics they were in fact laymen and were permitted to marry.
Traditionally there were fourteen Cardinal deacons that derived from the seven deacons in the 'Papal Household' and the seven deacons that supervised the Church's works in the districts of Rome during the early Middle Ages. The number has substantially increased however and as of 2005 there were over fifty recognized titular diaconates although only thirty cardinals were of the order of Deacons.
When celebrating Mass, a cardinal wears the same vestments as a bishop even if he has not been consecrated as a bishop and a cardinal deacon will on certain occasions wear a deacon's dalmatic as well as an Episcopal miter.
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Cleanup crew commemorates 100th anniversary of garbage truck
It was Monday morning.
I was going through the endless stack of mail on my desk and came across my Waste and Recycling News magazine). And lo and behold, what do I see? It’s the commemorative issue celebrating 100 years of the garbage truck.
Well, that’s right up my alley, I thought.
There have been a lot of stories about the garbage truck lately — stories about the front loaders, the rear loaders, and everything in between. (Read the Waste & Recycling News coverage here.)
Given that I surround myself in garbage on a daily basis (you probably know by now that it’s my passion and chosen profession), I couldn’t help but get a little sentimental. And I immediately realized: Hey, I have antique toy trucks just like these.
You can see in these photos that this is a vintage city sanitation toy truck, made by Louis Marx and Co. around 1940. It’s one of the first toys ever built that resembled a rear-loading garbage truck.
I found this truck years ago clearing out an estate in Queens. It’s been sitting on my shelf with the rest of my truck collection for a while. Articles like the one I read in Waste and Recycling News remind you of the stuff you have that you never think about it. It’s like rummaging through an old box in the attic or storage in the basement that’s been untouched for years.
Marx, the one who created this very toy truck, was an American toy manufacturer from 1919 to 1978. A 59-year run in the toy truck business isn’t bad. He was born in Brooklyn, so he’s a true New Yorker like me. He died in White Plains when he was 85, and he’s buried in a Bronx cemetery today.
What are the toys that you remember most as a kid? Let me know in the comments.
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Written by Staff Reports
On April 29, seven teens at Robbinsdale (Minn.) UCC were confirmed. After two years of their confirmation class, the confirmands were expected to know the answers to these 100 questions.
1. What does UCC stand for?
2. What does it mean to be Christian?
3. What are the three parts of the trinity?
4. When we speak of Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer, to what do each of these terms refer?
5. What are the two sacraments observed in the Reformed tradition?
6. What does it mean to be part of the Reformed tradition?
7. How many books are there in the Bible?
8. What are the two main sections of the Bible?
9. What is the lectionary?
10. What is the liturgical year?
11. What is the purpose of worship?
12. What is the invocation in worship?
13. What is the benediction?
14. How are the scriptures used in worship selected?
15. What is the purpose of confession?
16. What is the assurance of pardon?
17. What might be acts of praise in worship?
18. What is oral tradition?
19. What are the gospels?
20. What is the canon?
21. What is the Reformation?
22. What is Transfiguration?
23. What is Pentecost?
24. What is the meaning of revelation?
25. What religion was Jesus?
26. In what language was the Old Testament originally written?
27. In what language was the New Testament originally written?
28. What are the epistles in the Bible?
29. What parts might make up one's statement of faith? The UCC Statement of Faith?
30. How many creation stories are in the Bible?
31. In what book are the creation stories found?
32. Which book of the Bible tells of Moses leading the Hebrew slaves from Egypt toward the promised land?
33. In which book of the Bible are the 10 Commandments found?
34. Which book of the Bible tells of a good man who trusted God even though God caused lots of really bad things to happen to him—starvation, death of family members, etc.?
35. Which book of the Bible tells of a man who ran away from God, was swallowed by a big fish, then decided to do what God wanted?
36. Which group of books of the Bible are the words of people who understand themselves to be chosen by God to tell God's people that they must change their evil ways, repent or else God will destroy them?
37. Which two books of the Bible tell of the boy who killed Goliath, was the hero of the Philistines, became King, fell in love with another man's wife so he had the man sent into battle to be killed, played a lyre, and composed many songs of praise which are found in another book of the Bible?
38. What book of the Bible contains the songs of praise written by David?
39. To what does the New Revised Standard Version refer?
40. Who started the Christian church?
41. What does the word Messiah mean?
42. What does incarnation mean?
43. What does it mean that Jesus Christ was fully human fully divine?
44. What is repentance?
45. What are things for which one should repent?
46. What does it mean to say God unconditionally loves us?
47. What is grace?
48. What does atonement mean?
49. What is theology?
50. What does resurrection mean?
51. What is a parable?
52. What does it mean to be Christ's disciple?
53. What does it mean to renounce the power of evil?
54. What does it mean to resist oppression?
55. What does it mean to profess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior?
56. What are some ways to describe the Holy Spirit?
57. What is a covenant?
58. What is the New Covenant?
59. What does it mean to call the church the Body of Christ?
60. What does the cost and joy of discipleship mean?
61. What is the Passover?
62. What is the meaning of Holy Communion?
63. What are some other names for Holy Communion?
64. What is faith?
65. What is stewardship?
66. What is mission?
67. What is evangelism?
68. What is the purpose of baptism?
69. What happened at Christmas?
70. What is Advent?
71. What is Lent?
72. What is Palm or Passion Sunday?
73. What happened at Easter?
74. What is Holy Week?
75. What is Ordinary Time?
76. What is Eternal life?
77. What is salvation?
78. What is heaven?
79. What does it mean to be called?
80. What is anointing?
81. What is Ash Wednesday?
82. What is a blessing?
83. What is a chalice?
84. What is the chancel?
85. What is a narthex?
86. What are clergy?
87. What does it mean to be commissioned?
88. What does it mean to be a congregational church?
89. What is a creed?
90. What is a denomination?
91. What is a doxology?
92. What are elements (used in worship)?
93. What is a hymn?
94. What does the Kingdom of God mean?
95. What are laity?
96. What is a Seder?
97. What is mission?
98. What is a sanctuary?
99. What does it mean to be a Protestant?
100. What does a mentor do?
Robin Raudabaugh is Associate for Youth and Children's Ministries at Robbinsdale (Minn.) UCC.
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JUST GETTING STARTED? //
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- Contact a librarian by phone, email, or in person if you need help organizing your ideas and getting started on your research. Consult the list of librarians in order to determine whom you’d like to see. You’ll find email addresses and phone numbers there in case you wish to set up an appointment or ask a question (be sure to use your UArts email account when contacting us by email).
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Yes! See our list of subject guides to various disciplines and special topics. These are intended as introductions to point you towards selected approaches and types of resources, such as, for instance the guide to animation resources. Equally important are the Libraries’ general Outline for Research, Introduction to Research, and the various citation style guides that you are likely going to need to recognize and use.
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Case Study #3 The Dannon Company
Review the Dannon Company case study in the Resources folder.
At the end of 2009, The Dannon Company was considering proactively communicating its CSR efforts to consumers. With the strong connection between Dannon's production of health foods and its commitment to health- and nutrition-based CSR activities, making consumers aware of these efforts could enhance the company's success, but risked tainting its deeply ingrained CSR as a marketing ploy. Dannon wanted to maintain its holistic approach to social responsibility and commitment to social values. The challenge of CSR to Dannon and to many other companies is making the programs they develop strategic and communicating their authentic commitment in a sincere way.
In this case study analysis, you are to address the following, utilizing the headings below in the body of the paper. You must cite all facts from the case study itself. In addition to citing from the case study, you must also cite at least two other resources.
• Provide a synopsis of the company and the case.
To Communicate or Not to Communicate?
• Discuss whether or not Dannon should start to proactively communicate to consumers its CSR initiatives. Discuss the benefits and risks that Dannon would face. Analyze the implications for Dannon's current CSR initiatives.
Impact of a Corporate Parent
• Discuss the impact that having a corporate parent plays in Dannon's decision about whether to externally communicate its CSR programs. Discuss the risks and benefits of having a corporate parent and how this impacts Dannon's communication plans.
The Communication Strategy
• Design a focus and communication strategy for Dannon's CSR campaign to its consumers. Support your decisions with research.
• Summarize in 2-3 paragraphs the most important elements addressed in this analysis.
• Include a separate page of APA-formatted references. At the minimum, the case study should be included, as well as two outside references. There should be no items listed in the references that were not included in the body of the paper as in-text citations
Danone, Dannon's parent company, was created in Barcelona, Spain in 1919. The company entered the US market in 1941 when the owner, Daniel Carasso, immigrated to New York City.
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Coffee is pretty much the life blood for most of us, especially if you find yourself reading this article from work on a Monday morning. We drink it primarily for the caffeine, but at the same time, a great tasting cup of coffee can warm the soul. Recently however, a chemist may have discovered why we’ve been making coffee all wrong; there is one thing we all do that may be preventing us from brewing that great tasting pot of coffee. Hint- it has nothing to do with the coffee beans.
Christopher H. Hendon is a PhD student in theoretical and computational chemistry at the University of Bath. Sitting in a coffee shop, he overheard a problem between two baristas over why their coffee tasted good one day but not another. He set out to find out why and discovered the key ingredient to great coffee- it’s the water.
Now most of us basically know two types of water- tap water, which we know has a bunch of minerals in it, and filtered water, the pure, tasteless water we get from our Brita filters and the like. Most of us would think using filtered water to make our coffee is better because it’s “cleaner,” but that’s actually the most common mistake we make and here’s why.
Hendon teamed up with baristas Lesley and Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood and discovered that it’s actually tap water, aka hard water, that brings out significantly different tastes in coffee. Roasted coffee comes packed with compounds like citric acid, lactic acid, and eugenol, which brings out the woodsy taste we all like in our coffee. Hard water contains different levels of ions like magnesium and calcium that stick to compounds to enhance certain flavors- the higher the levels, the harder the water. For example, magnesium in the water will actually help brew coffee with a stronger flavor with higher levels of caffeine. However, water with bicarbonate will make bitter flavors stronger in coffee.
Using filtered water, or soft water, won’t make any flavors stick out particularly, but it gives a uniform taste for all different kinds of beans (Starbucks does this for their coffee since their beans come from all over the world). This might all sound very sciencey, but if you are looking to bring out the best tastes in your coffee, you can look up what your local tap water has in it online (you are looking for high-magnesium, low bicarbonate) or even buy specific coffee beans for the kind of water you have.
So if you are making coffee this morning, instead of using filtered water, try using tap water and see if you can notice any new flavors coming out. Cheers!
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A ban on the sale of menthol cigarettes in the UK comes into effect on Wednesday, May 20 as part of continued efforts to reduce youth uptake of smoking.
The new legislation stems from the EU Tobacco Products Directive 2014 (EUTPD2). and will remain in force after the end of the UK’s EU Exit transition period on December 31, 2020.
The ban also applies to rolling tobacco which is sold with menthol-flavoured filters or papers, and dual menthol cigarettes. The ban does not apply to heated tobacco products or e-cigarette products. There is no sell-through period, which means that retailers must have sold any remaining stock by May 20.
Although some retailer groups have complained about the lack of a sell-through period, Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) points out that the prohibition on the sale of menthol flavours has taken three years longer than for all other characterising flavours, which were banned in May 2017.
Staffordshire County Council Trading Standards is offering advice to retailers as the ban comes into effect. Gill Heath, Cabinet Member for Communities at Staffordshire County Council, who has responsibility for trading standards at the authority, said: “The banning of menthol cigarettes follows up on a pledge the Government made back in 2016 that they would help deter young people from taking up smoking. It’s also an important milestone in the Government’s drive towards a smoke-free society by 2030.
“There is evidence that menthol cigarettes can make it easier for people to smoke as they relax the airways and the menthol flavour helps to mask the harshness of the smoke. There is also some belief that menthol cigarettes are better for your health, but there is little evidence to support this and they are just as harmful as regular cigarettes.
“Over the years our trading standards service has been involved in a number of initiatives which has helped reduce the number of people smoking in the county.”
Government-backed research has found that menthol cigarette use is significantly more common among newer, younger smokers. It has also been found that there is greater risk of progression to regular smoking and nicotine dependence for those who start smoking menthol cigarettes compared to those starting with non-menthol cigarettes.
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I figured I would share some good interviews that are not really circulating the blogosphere lately. The first is Marco Cardinale at Mladen’s Blog, a great read if you are interested in hearing the truth about team sports and sport science. Another great read is from the Leaders in Performance site with their interview of Fergus Connolly. Fergus is an Irish Consultant and is no-nonsense. You will
Carl, Marco Cardinale has some great thoughts but I felt both the text he co-authored and some of his blog show a pre-occupation with physical performance qualities in team sports which is not ecologically validated. Sprints, jumps, yo-yo, RSA etc are all interesting indices and fatigue is a strong factor in injury risk making fitness improvement, nutrition and monitoring somewhat impactful, but other movement quality concerns are very important too. I think for those from a sport science background team sports are a difficult proposition as the concepts regarding performance effects which have been ingrained from laboratory and clinical exercise science work are heavily distorted by the complex and unpredictable nature of team sports. I’d suggest some subtle changes to how effects are viewed is appropriate:
Statistical Significance: Likelihood that the change in a given measure is real. E.g. the mean improvement of -0.02sec for the 10m sprint was statistically significant, the 0.5kg weight loss over 6 months for obese diabetics was statistically significant.
Clinical Significance (often synonymous with “practical siginificance”): Size of the effect with relation to change for physical/physiological performance/health, e.g. the mean improvement of -0.02sec for the 10m sprint was a clinically significant speed increase, the 0.5kg weight loss over 6 months for obese diabetics was not clinically significant.
Practical Significance: Implications for sport performance, i.e. the actual relevance of the measure. e.g. the mean improvement of -0.02sec for the 10m sprint may not be practically significant for soccer players given the complex and unpredictable technical and tactical demands of the sport.
Exercise scientists will often use the definitions for clinical and practical significance above synonymously, because in clinical exercise rehab settings or in sports based on physiological performance like athletics, cycling, swimming, rowing, and triathlon etc the effect upon physical/physiological measures very closely reflects implications for sport performance.
In team sports with very complex postural, technical and tactical demands, this is not the case to the same extent. Physical/physiological measures are by no means useless but the practical significance of gains in sprints, jumps, yo-yo tests and RSA is not all that high beyond a point because the context is very complex and unpredictable. There is obviously huge participation in team sports like soccer, and while athletes might not show an extreme level of physical ability, there is often a great deal of untapped athletic talent. As a result, achieving the requisite testing characteristics on sprints, jumps, yo-yo etc does not necessarily require a huge amount of precise training, and a lot of different training parameters can allow us to reach this level.
A huge concern in (particularly non-contact) team sports is the issue of non-contact injuries and the lack of time available to train for S+C. In team sports, injuries to key players that prevent them from playing make or break a season and even seasons/careers both for teams and individuals to a much greater extent than improvements in sprinting, jumping or aerobic capacity could ever possibly be deterministic.
With reference to Helgerud and Hoff, Rosenborg did not break through to the knockout stages of the Champions League and improved sprinting and aerobic capacity from Barcelona was unlikely to have made a difference against Mourinho’s tactics in the 2010 semi final vs Inter, nor was it likely to see them surge significantly ahead from their previous level. Mujika’s youtube presentation shows youth players at Atletico Madrid besting the yo-yo test scores of a top European club with a very simple intervention and the likelihood of any of these Atletico youth players ever reaching that level of soccer is miniscule. As to the difference to team or individual performance even with large increases in sprints, jumps, aerobic capacity for soccer, realistically I think it isn’t huge beyond the context of initial gains.
Exercise scientists have in the past closely examined adaptations to heavy resistance training vs plyometrics vs “power” training etc in terms of strength, sprint times, vertical jump height and power at various loads and others. From the perspective of training efficiency and optimizing transfer to a specific sport (alternatively negating undesirable effects) more detailed adaptations than simply sprint, jump and strength outputs should be considered.
In the time crunched and competition dense schedules of team sport (and skill based individual sports e.g. racquet and combat sports) S+C, where injury prevention is a big concern and improvements in strength/speed/power/endurance are somewhat limited in transfer, I would suggest that adaptations to heavy resistance training vs plyometrics vs “power” training etc should be compared not just in terms of speed/strength/power but also in terms of effect on flexibility, alignment, running and deceleration mechanics, jumping and landing mechanics, tendon adaptation etc, as such broad reaching effects are vital to training efficiency and injury prevention.
While Helgerud and Hoff may have shown mean increases of 0.06 over 10m (no improvement for 10-20m split) and a 3cm increase in CMJ with quite sizable increases in half squat strength, I would question what further effects with excellent squat technique over a full ROM might be seen for the above and the 10-20m split and also whether barbell loads of near 2.5+ X BW on half squats are too much for maintaining posture if we continue to seek gains with that ROM. Moreover controlled full ROM may improve effects for flexibility, alignment at the hip/knee/ankle, tendon adaptation, inter and intra-muscular co-ordination during acceleration, lateral movement, deceleration/cutting, landing from jumps etc.
What is the impact of possible changes to these variables compared to 0.06 over 10m and +3cm on CMJ for a soccer player considering how much time is gained from technical ability and tactical awareness compared to rehearsed speed and the impact of injuries. Potentially these futrher measures should be of at least equal priority compared to speed/strength/power for athletes in sports with high rates of tendinopathies and other disorders at the knee and ankle, and high rates of non-contact injuries resulting from improper mechanics and alignment such as knee /ankle ligament ruptures and adductor/hamstring strains and tears.
I would suggest the effect of full ROM resistance training with good symmetry and postural alignment can be quite profound for flexibility, alignment, and inter and intra-muscular co-ordination during sport movements associated with injury mechanisms, and this effect can conversely be negative on all accounts with poor technique. In the game situation, detailed conscious attention to locomotion mechanics is naturally lower in priority compared to the sport-specific technical and tactical concerns, as obviously a striker in soccer is heavily focused on the position of the ball/teammates/opposition when making a run into the box, and Rafael Nadal has a lot to focus on when moving to whip a forehand winner down the line on a big point. As such, instilling excellent pre-existing characteristics is of the utmost importance.
I am wary of the trend of “hip hinge” exercises like box squats and kettlebell swings which empasise minimal ankle and knee ROM and torque, because particularly with reference to soccer, basketball, volleyball, tennis and other similar sports, tendinopathies and associated disorders occur frequently at the ankle and knee however gluteus, proximal hamstring or adductor tendinopathies at the hip are more unusual, and the demands of sports in terms of hip/knee/ankle co-ordination during acceleration, cutting/deceleration, jumping, landing and many other sport-specific postures clearly require conditioning and co-ordination that is not provided through the “hip hinge” techniques.
Additionally, these hip hinge techniques put large torque on the lumbopelvic region, and in the case of wide box squats and excessively loaded static single leg work almost inevitably disrupt alignment of the knee, ankle and foot. While “arch”, “sit back” and “spread the floor” may be great cues for competitive powerlifters lifting heavy barbells they do not lend themselves to fluid dynamic/locomotive movement without a barbell on the back, and “arch” can give postures friendly to hamstring tears while “spread the floor” in a lateral movement may yield adductor strains and in a lateral or cutting movement a ligament tear. This is not to forget the “tear it off the bone” psoas stretching and “glute bridges” with heavy anterior tilt that we often see in the warm up. Strains and tears in adductors and hip extensors muscles during eccentric actions essential to team sport are clearly quite a large concern, and beyond deconditioning the knee and ankle, “hip hinging” must also be questioned in terms of lumbopelvic posture/rhythm and implications for strains and tears of muscles attaching to the pelvis.
As has been mentioned before by yourself, if we need to spend hours on other exercises/ therapy to address limitations or undesirable adaptations from the primary stimulus, this is incredibly inefficient. Conversely, if we can drive good effects for these same adaptations (flexibility, alignment, mechanics, co-ordination etc) from our primary stimulus this represents an exceptional efficiency gain very important in time crunched, competition heavy team sports.
The FMS and Measurement of Alignment, Mobility etc
The validity of the FMS has obviously been widely questioned. Frankly I think the FMS is a poor substitute for finding validated tests, risk factors, reference values, as well as exploration of mechanisms in the literature with respect to a specific sport and the common injuries associated with it from an epidemiological perspective. If an individual lacks the motivation or knowledge to access information concerning specific and valid tests, 1-3 on the FMS is a convenient option, and for a freshly certified rote learner assessing subjects with training/competition of low volume, low intensity and broad scope precision is much less of a concern. Motivation and knowledge is very desirable when dealing with sports or subjects with higher training/competition volume, intensity and specificity, and 7 magic tests assessed by integers just doesn’t cut it from my perspective.
It is amazing to me that some teams with massive budgets will give great attention to ensuring the precision of measurement of a jump mat, force plate, bar speed, sprint timing system (similarly gps, heart rate, RPE, hrv) and in these coefficient of variation of 1-2% is marginally acceptable while 5% is a travesty, but simple integer scores 1-3 from the FMS or similar are good enough for qualities of alignment and mobility, despite the devastating impact of non-contact injuries and the abundance of research on prevention.
What is the effect of 1-2% difference in Watts or sprint time for a soccer player’s performance and is the precision of measurement enough?
Statistically significant? Sure. Clinically Significant? A good time drop without doubt. Practically Significant? I’m not sure there’s much effect at all, and the precision of measurement is more than enough.
What is the effect of an integer change on an FMS test and is the precision of measurement enough?
As has been stated by many, changes not seen by the crude FMS integer system and the scope of the FMS tests can have profound impacts for pain, function and injury risk in a specific sport or individual. The simple fact is the use of units like degrees and centimeters allows better sensitivity in terms of statistically and clinically siginificant changes in validated tests and in movements which are relevant to practically siginificant changes in injury risk for a specific sport and individual.
The FMS product is fine for those without the need for precise testing, but I feel it is often a convenient option for those less prepared or capable for doing the research and leg work to identify and develop precise and valid protocols for their particular subjects. If we are talking about a trainer or coach who lacks the knowledge/background/resources this is arguably forgivable, but for those with the background and the funding settling for integers from the FMS is not a great outcome.
I enjoyed Mladen’s interview of Dan Baker ( https://complementarytraining.blogspot.com.au/2011/05/interview-with-dan-baker.html )who has done some very interesting research on adaptations to strength and power training which is very practically useful, as it highlighted some interesting trends and perspectives for team sport S+C. Many of the comments are very strong, including comments on the correlation of strength and power 0qualities to rugby league performance, that the strength and power training is extremely “hardcore”, precise and at a high level throughout the year, that studies on US college subjects are at too low a level to be very applicable, and that one needs to constantly evolve with methods from further afield etc.
There are a few issues I have with these comments:
1. Baker has indeed produced several interesting studies looking at the correlation of physical qualities to playing rank in rugby league and there are good correlations observed. However these correlations may be strongly confounded by biological age and training age and inference should be careful. In almost all comparisons of “elite” vs “sub elite” players at Baker’s club, a significant difference in biological age is noted, which may also represent a significant difference in training age, and moreover training age in a specific program which may quite specifically address the parameters being investigated. This does not mean the correlation will fall to zero but it does mean that the effect size may be decreased and other aspects or measures greatly increased at the elite level, which has big practical implications for training priorities.
For instance in “Analyses of tests of upper body strength, power, speed and strength-endurance to describe and compare playing rank in professional rugby league players.” ( https://ro.ecu.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=theses )The mean ages for professional NRL, semi-professional SRL and lower level CRL are 25.3, 20.7 and 18.6 years with significant differences noted between all groups. These age differences are extremely influential when examining absolute power and strength as they very likely reflect increased training age for strength and power development, and will influence conclusions on strength and power being truly independent discriminative factors with very high correlations to performance at the highest level.
In terms of analogy from a pure physical performance sport we will see that a group of professional distance runners show better VO2 max than groups of college and high school distance runners, with a very high correlation to performance between groups, but that does not necessarily mean VO2 max will be a decisive variable within an elite group that shows more homogenous training history and talent levels.
In Baker’s research, we are not only talking about training age, but moreover training age under the guidance of a very knowledgeable and experienced coach who is also the researcher selecting the tests in question, giving potentially higher probabilities for these types of correlations. In athletes progressing from late adolescence to the professional level, e.g. for the 18.6-25.3 mean ages of the groups above and for NCAA athletes, we would expect to see some gains in muscle mass and associated increases in strength and power, with diminishing returns and extent based on training history.
This was shown in studies by Baker himself (note “SRL” groups are likely always significantly younger):
J Strength Cond Res. 2001 Feb;15(1):30-5.
Comparison of upper-body strength and power between professional and college-aged rugby league players.
Department of Sport and Exercise Science, Sunshine Coast University, QLD, Australia.
Levels of upper-body strength and power can distinguish between athletes of different levels in a number of sports. The purpose of this investigation was to compare the maximum upper-body strength and power of 22 professional National Rugby League (NRL) and 27 state- and city-league, college-aged (SRL) rugby league players. All players were from the same football club and had undergone the same preseason strength and power training program for the 8 weeks prior to testing. Maximum strength was assessed by a 1 repetition maximum bench press (1RM BP). Maximum power (Pmax) and power output with loads of 40, 50, 60, 70, and 80 kg (P40, P50, P60, P70, and P80) were assessed during BP throws using the plyometric power system (PPS). Despite no differences in body mass or height, the NRL players were significantly stronger and more powerful in every variable measured. Furthermore, the differences in power output between groups became more pronounced with increasing barbell loads.
J Strength Cond Res. 2002 Nov;16(4):581-5.
Differences in strength and power among junior-high, senior-high, college-aged, and elite professional rugby league players.
Faculty of Science, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. [email protected]
Ninety-five rugby league players ranging from junior high-school to elite professionals were compared for measures of strength and power. Strength was assessed by 1 repetition maximum bench press strength (1RM BP). Upper-body and lower-body power outputs were assessed during bench press throws and jump squats with a resistance of 20 kg (BT P20 and JS P20, respectively). The 1RM BP was a potent descriptor of playing achievement levels and was significantly different among all groups investigated. Both the BT P20 and JS P20 of the elite professional National Rugby League (NRL) group were significantly higher than those of the college-aged rugby league (CRL) group, which in turn were significantly higher than those of the 3 high-school groups. Senior high-school players were more powerful in the upper body compared with nonresistance-trained junior high-school players but not with resistance-trained junior high-school players. There was no difference in lower-body power output among any of the 3 high-school groups. The correlation between players achievement level and 1RM BP, BT P20, and JS P20 was significant for all 3 tests, with relations of r = 0.80, r = 0.74, and r = 0.61, respectively. The results of this study suggest that young rugby league players should strive to increase strength and power to attain NRL professional status in the future.
I think some are confused by the vernacular of “elite” vs “sub-elite” as seeming age independent when the above demonstrates otherwise. Changes in muscle mass/body composition with increased training age are obviously critical in many sports (again SRL = younger):
J Strength Cond Res. 2008 Jan;22(1):153-8.
Comparison of lower body strength, power, acceleration, speed, agility, and sprintmomentum to describe and compare playing rank among professional rugby league players.
Baker DG, Newton RU.
Edith Cowan University, School of Exercise, Biomedical and Health Sciences, Joondulup, Australia. [email protected]
…describe and compare the lower body strength, power, acceleration, maximal speed, agility, and sprint momentum of elite first-division national rugby league (NRL) players (n = 20) to second-division state league (SRL) players (n = 20) players from the same club. Strength and maximal power were the best discriminators of which players were in the NRL or SRL squads. None of the sprinting tests, such asacceleration (10-m sprint), maximal speed (40-m sprint), or a unique 40-m agility test, could distinguish between the NRL or SRL squads. However, sprint momentum, which was a product of 10-m velocity and body mass, was better for discriminating between NRL and SRLplayers as heavier, faster players would possess better drive forward and conversely be better able to repel their opponents’ drive forward.…
This question is asked by Baker in Mladen’s interview
“From some of my published research, all these tests correlate quite highly with being selected into the NRL team, rather than the second division team or Under 20 yrs team. Can any university lab researcher show me a test that has a better correlation with selection than my research with these basic tests has shown?”
I think it’s good to keep in mind researchers whether “lab” based, university based or otherwise should always recognize the need to control closely for known confounders like biological age/maturation, training age and anthropometry when examining correlations, and be acutely aware of the effect of assessor bias in research design, which can potentially be an issue in studies where the researcher is also the coach of the athletes in question. A strong correlation between groups of varied levels does not necessarily indicate a correlation within performance at the top level.
It is also clear that the strength, speed and power numbers reported for rugby league players in the literature are good but not exceptional and we need to be clear on performance level and training level. On a related note there is an article titled “Acute and Long Term Power Responses to Power Training: Observations on the training of an Elite Power Athlete” here on this site https://elitetrack.com/articles-read-3844/ . A look at the characteristics of the athlete (a springboard diver rather than a lifter or track and field athlete) in question reveals:
“For the power athlete decribed in this article (age 26 years, body mass 74-77kg, height 178cm) the 5RM full squat and bench press increased from 80 and 60kg in late 1993, to 120 and 85kg by mid-1995.”
I would personally question whether this represents a study of the progression of an “Elite Power Athlete” or a highly trained athlete seeking difficult gains, as opposed to a less trained individual with big gains to be made relatively easily. In some sport science research, athletes in various sports are often described as being a variant of “highly trained” or “experienced” strength and power athletes but this is often not all that accurate. At the end of the day, Baker has to be credited for showing excellent scientific integrity by reporting his raw data. Unfortunately, not all researchers do the same and there have been a number of recent studies which report only effect size and not raw values while referring to athletes in technical/tactical sports as being elite/highly trained/experienced strength/power etc athletes, leading to over conclusion of the findings by many readers.
Both Baker and Marco Cardinale ( https://complementarytraining.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/interview-with-marco-cardinale.html )express strange views from my perspective on learning, and don’t seem to think there is as much to gain from peers compared to looking further afield, however as per previous comments on some track coaches I tend to think that erroneous generalization is a real disease of the age in sports performance.
Cardinale: “I tend not to read sports science unless there is a good paper. I prefer to read a lot of material from other fields. At the moment I am fascinated by everything relate to brain and behaviour and persuasive technologies.”
Baker: “What I never copy is what others in my sport are doing. I don’t care what they are doing, I only care about what I should be doing and who in world sport is doing it better and therefore how am I going to implement or modify worlds “best practise” into my sport.”
which at face value seems contradictory to
“We also use the GPS to determine the intensity of the collisions (the G-forces of the impacts are measured by an accelerometer) as creatine kinase levels and muscle damage are related to the number of big collisions. This research is recently reported in JSCR, one of my friends who is also a PhD and S & C coach for an opposing NRL team did this research.”
While it may be psychologically gratifying to appear “too cool for school”, the reality is that being overly “generalist” is often a very poor return on investment and the exclusion of relevant data, studies or entire fields would be exceptionally short sighted (some might say arrogant) as the applicability of many non-specific areas is very low. The maxim “a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing” should ring alarm bells with these types of statements or waffle about integrating fascial matrices and so on from others. A number of coaches claim to be “constantly evolving” but this may often be a reference to simply evolving in the wrong direction.
I will be frank and say it also seems trendy for many coaches to be enthusiasts of pop science/sociology/psychology books (not to mention the barefoot running debacle) from such journalists as Malcolm Gladwell, who is in the business of creating inane polemic bullshit to climb the best-sellers list. It is not hard to see why the above attitudes are in play when there is a trend for coaches and sport scientists to be more fascinated by trying to apply amusing/engaging anecdotes full of fallacy and irrelevant of context from a journalist (or research from a loosely related field) rather than robust, objective findings from scientists specialising in directly relevant fields. On a related note, applying business models and principles to sport training is also fine but at the end of the day the most fundamental principle is that truly great businesses are exceptionally skilled at the business they are in.
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Today was a very different day than those of earlier this week in a number of ways. First, the fog and low clouds were considerably reduced west of the Cascades, particularly in the afternoon (see the sat picture at 2 PM). Low clouds did remain east of the Cascades and extended into the pass.
The pressure difference across the Cascades increased to 14 mb...higher to the east. This large pressure gradient helped to drive strong easterly winds. Some of these winds reached the surface over the eastern lowlands...from North Bend to Samamish..and when they did, the cold air was scoured out the temps jumped to near 60F. But nearly regions which remained in the cool air, below the inversion, were 10F or more colder.
The Seattle profiler showed the strong easterlies (actually southeasterlies aloft) and the profound change in the inversion and temperature structure aloft (see figure from 7 PM Sat to 7 PM Sunday). Last evening we had inversions galore... the old inversion aloft and a new radiation inversion at the surface (produced by radiational cooling at the surface). During the afternoon, the surface warmed up and the warm air above mixed down and the inversion become greatly weakened. With dry warm air mixing down, visibilities (from the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency webcams) soared....take a look at the difference between the visibility today at 3 PM and two days ago...pretty dramatic. You can see some of those residual low clouds in today's image.
As many of you have done, I hiked up Tiger Mt. today...from 500ft in the parking lot to 2522 ft at the West Tiger 3 summit...referring to a high-accuracy thermometer and an aneroid altimeter on the way up. We started at 9:10 AM--36F. There was a large temperature changed in the first 500 ft (to around 46F at 1000 ft). This was the surface-based radiation inversion. Then between rougly 1200 and 1900 ft the temp climbed into the mid 50s (the second inversion) and we entered the realm of the strong easterlies. At the top, the temps reached around 60F (high was 61.4). Excellent visibility in all directions. There was some snow on the shaded slopes in the last few hundred ft. I was impressed how much the snow level had risen on the Cascades...looked like 3000-3500 ft on the western slopes.
Looking at the computer models tonight...stuck by the lack of precipitation for the next week....nothing there really.
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Have a roof above our heads is among humanity's basic needs. Nevertheless, in the United States, one out of 500 people is without a home. Instead of providing solutions to the problem, policymakers often consider the homeless population a nuisance. They want to drive them away and make them subject of onerous laws, like one that bans people from offering them food.
Many homeless people have criminal records or suffer from drug addiction, which further marginalizes and stigmatizes them. However, the people of one city, Nashville, Tenn., are determined to make a change. They are allowing their homeless population to obtain a room to and pay monthly rent as low as $50.
In 2005, Nashville established the Metropolitan Homelessness Commission as part of its 10-year strategic plan. Now fast-forward eight years: something concrete has comes to fruition, an organization called How's Nashville.
Unlike traditional programs that emphasize getting homeless people treatment for addiction and mental health or offering job training, Nashville adopted the Housing First idea by partnering with the like-minded national non-profit 10,000 Homes. The commission understands that offering the homeless a patchwork of help here-and-there will not solve anything substantial, and that the biggest obstacle the homeless face is not having a home.
If you suffer from addiction to alcohol or other drugs, living in constant fear of rain, coldness, hunger and harassment does not help you kick the habit. If you are an ex-felon, it is hard for you to become an upstanding citizen when you can't go home at night. Therefore, How's Nashville makes providing permanent and affordable housing to the homeless its first priority. The commission's director Will Connelly said the program does not mandate people to "jump through a lot of hoops" to receive assistance.
The commission convinced large property owners in the city to offer apartments to the homeless with reduced rates, despite the reservations of some landlords on the new tenants' possible harmful effects to neighbors. Under arrangements of the program, while the minimum rent is $50, rent cannot exceed 30% of the renter's income. Through this initiative, combined with federal Section 8 housing vouchers, at least 189 people previously homeless now are no longer so. John Henry, a 51-year-old man who had been homeless since his teenage years, said, "Being in a home ... helps to clear our mind, to clear our way of thinking." Michele Bratcher, who was addicted to crack cocaine and has felony convictions that would have prevented her from renting apartments elsewhere, stopped living under bridges and put her life back on track. She said she's "been doing better. Just trying to keep my head above water, and it's working."
Nashville's story is one of hope forged by collaboration between government and the private sector. It is also a story where human compassion shines through byzantine layers of bureaucratic institutions. "This effort truly shows how government, nonprofits, and the business community can work together to make progress on reducing homelessness," Nashville Mayor Karl Dean said. While not every city can have landlords as easy to persuade as those in Nashville who provide low-cost apartments to the homeless, every city can and should embrace Housing First" As Director Will Connelly said, it is easier for the homeless to "deal with their problems" when they have housing. With Housing First in mind, each city can find unique solutions using policy incentives and public-private partnerships.
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It's not as easy as ABC
Trip Start May 21, 2007
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Yesterday the afterschoolers had to draw a happy memory. There were some very good drawings-better than any I could have attempted. The older Preschool children continued with their workbooks. The book has a range of exercises from coloring, to matching, to tracing patterns. They are all hungry to learn and yesterday they wanted to carry on with their work rather than play outside! The younger ones on the other hand were quite content to color in one of my traced tigers and then play with bricks and Lego!
Today the preschool's story was "The Hungry Caterpillar". It was only when I was reading it to them that I realized I don't think I had read it before even though it was everywhere when you were younger! Maybe I did but I couldn't remember any of it! Their class time was used to learn the letters "E" and "F". This means recognized, writing and thinking of word beginning with the letter. The book teaches them with capital letters. I have noticed before that the afterschoolers tend to write in capitals more and recognize the words more easily if they are written in capitals. It's all making sense now!
The first afterschool class today was my usual Thursday class. It was the first time I'd seen them since the holidays so again I went over their exam papers. The second class was the youngest afterschool children, whom I had only taught once or twice before. I soon realized they had very limited English ability. Some can't recognize some letters or write. I would say the preschool children are at the same level, if not better than most of them at English. It took most of the lesson for them to do one exercise which was matching the letter to the word that it started with. I'm glad I get to teach them now as that'll mean I'll have gotten to know all the children - plus with this class you get to use a blackboard and not a whiteboard! You can't beat that! While they were all waiting for the bus, some of the older children taught me a great wee trick that makes it look like you've cut the tip of your thumb off and are sliding it up and down your hand! Kept me entertained for hours (well the 10minutes until the bus came)!
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Welcome to the Power of One Foundation Web site. The purpose of this site is to be a vehicle to address a growing psychological and social problem affecting young people in junior high, high school and sometimes as early as elementary school - peer harassment also called bullying, emotional violence, or relational aggression.
Bullying and harassment have come to be accepted as part of growing up. Some experts even go so far as to say that insults and harassment is the way young people relate to each other today. This behavior is destructive to everyone, bullies, victims and bystanders. The affects are deep and often last a lifetime.
This is not an "easy fix." Young people rely on adults for limits and boundaries. Adults have been ignorant about this problem, not only its true nature but also in ways to effectively handle it. In the incidents of school shootings for example, the shooters have been victims of long-standing and devastating harassment. These students have tried to seek help and support from adults but have learned that adults will give little real help. In these situations, the victims have become depressed, angry, or desperate. For them, regaining the personal power taken from them by bullies seems to be the only solution. Often, they also think that the only way out of their situation is suicide.
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Many schools have ineffective anti-bullying policies and programs. Once a kid is targeted the label is difficult to discard. Seeking help from adults in an ineffective system most often leads to an escalation of the problem and revenge by the peer group. Peers, even very close friends find it hard to step in when someone else is being harassed. The victim becomes a pariah, an "untouchable" that must navigate through the torment alone.
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World's Heaviest Man: The last chapter of Robert Earl Hughes' remarkable life
The story so far: Robert Earl Hughes, born in tiny Fishhook, Ill., would eventually become known as the World's Heaviest Man after a malfunctioning pituitary gland caused his body to pack on weight at an uncontrollable pace. He even became well-known enough that he was brought to New York City to play the world's largest Santa Claus and appear on the "Ed Sullivan Show." In this, the last installment of a four-part series, Peoria Journal Star columnist Phil Luciano tells the story of Robert Earl Hughes' death.
The planned Santa Claus special unexpectedly fell through. Robert Earl never heard another word, not from Ed Sullivan, not from the publicist, not from anyone. Soon, the hotel kicked him out for failure to pay his bill. Robert Earl and his companions were on the street, with no money or hope. They went to the Salvation Army, which took pity and covered the large tab to fly him back to the Midwest. He rarely talked of the matter again.
"He was pretty blue," Lillian Hughes says. "He thought he could trust people."
That same year, 1957, Robert Earl again hit the carnival circuit. While he was on the road, he got word that his dad had died. Still, he finished out his obligations of his contract before he headed back to Emden for the winter.
The next spring, Robert Earl joined the Gooding Amusement Co. for a Midwest carnival tour. Guy, Lillian and their girls joined him on the trip. In early July in Napanee, Ind., near South Bend, Robert Earl began to develop a skin rash. When Lillian asked if he was all right, he replied, "You know, I always have this heat in the summer."
Robert Earl never had been one to visit doctors. As much as he loved visiting people, he avoided physicians altogether. For reasons he never quite explained, he felt doctors wanted to exploit his size: "They just want to use me as a guinea pig," he would tell kin.
But days later, Robert Earl's fingernails began to turn dark blue. Guy summoned a doctor, who suspected a heart attack; the doctor told them to take Robert Earl to the nearest hospital, in Bremen.
Weakened and unable to move, he was too big to transport into the building. So physicians came out to the carnival trailer to examine him.
The diagnosis: the measles, possibly from his two nieces. The disease was causing uremia, a kidney malfunction, and he was fading fast.
Robert Earl would never leave that trailer - not alive. He fell into a coma and died two days later, on July 10, of congestive heart failure. He was 32.
A Bremen funeral director prepared the body, right there on the carnival trailer. That's how he was brought to Mount Sterling, in advance of the funeral. But the services had to wait.
Robert Earl was not buried in an old piano case, as per an apocryphal story long published in the Guinness Book of World Records. Rather, the Embalming Burial Case Co. of Burlington, Iowa, built a custom casket: 85 inches long, 52 inches wide and 34 inches deep. It was made of heavy cypress, reinforced with steel.
In Mount Sterling, a forklift hoisted Robert Earl's body off the carnival trailer and into the casket. The funeral was the largest ever in Brown County, with more than 2,000 mourners paying their last respects to The World's Heaviest Man.
Burial was in the hamlet of Benville, at a graveyard behind the lone church. Twelve pallbearers moved the casket on rollers to the grave site. Later, a crane lowered the casket into the massive hole.
A simple granite marker stands atop the grave: Robert Earl Hughes; June 1, 1926-July 10, 1958; World's Heaviest Man; Weight 1,041 Pounds."
Those who know him say he likely was somewhat heavier at the time of death. No matter, his record has been far eclipsed since then.
Not that they care in Fishhook. There, they still care about Robert Earl Hughes - not about his size of his waistline, but the size of his heart and his smile.
Sources for this story include Chicago magazine (June 2002), Illinois Magazine (Summer 1982) and "The History of Brown County, Illinois, 1880-1970).
Phil Luciano is a columnist with the Peoria Journal Star. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org or (800) 225-5757, Ext. 3155.
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THE SCIENCE AND BASIC SOCIAL VALUES
All religious codes and basic tenets of the ever evolving societies keep developing, deliberating, debating, considering, selecting and adopting different ways of existence and co-existence within and outside the spheres of human ecology and beyond. Different social groups have evolved their specific codes of conduct, called religions, cultures, traditions, faiths, beliefs and rituals.
Due to geographical isolation and incomplete communication contents, these cultural traits have evolved different languages and, therefore, even common perceptions and experiences have been interpreted differently in different societies. Even in the same society, different view points have made sub-societies and followers of slightly different patterns of living. The thing considered best for one individual or the society may not be equally good or relished by the others. “Mine is supreme”, psychic fact has given rise to many ill-wills among the societies and communities around the world resulting in fierce battles and wars.
The basic and core teachings of their great souls and gurus are forgotten and the superficial ritualistic divisions override other considerations
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However, natural selection for the survival of the fittest social traits continues in the larger scheme of socio-biological evolution of mankind. The cultural and social fusions have given rise to automatic opportunity for such ‘selection’ to occur. Certain traits are discarded while others are adopted and adapted at different pace in time and space. THE PROCESS CONTINUES.S
At the same time, there have been several core principles of different religions and traditions that have withstood the test of time and survived everywhere at all places. People prefer to call them as human virtues or eternal truths. For example, qualities like love, compassion, forgiveness; being truthful, humble, honest and caring; sacrificing, charitable and philanthropic; wise, knowledgeable, diligent, intelligent and educated; courteous, socially and physically powerful healthy and wealthy; happy,contended,beautiful and graceful etc,. are the common denominators recognized in every civilized society now irrespective of their religious affiliations. THESE TRAITS ARE BOUND TO STAY LONGER AND SERVE THE CAUSE OF SOCIO-BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF MANKIND TO HIGHER LEVELS.
Each and every of these traits must e weighed and considered as to why they are so durable than the others. There must be science behind each one of them. Why this and not the others? THE SCIENTIFIC ANSWERS FOR THESE MUST BE FOUND OUT AND PROMOTED ACCORDINGLY TO ENHANCE THE GOODNESS CONTENT IN THE SOCIETIES.
Once we are successful in decoding the scientific reasons behind acceptability of such traits, it would be lot easier to cultivate and promote them rapidly for the benefit of the mankind as a whole. In want of the strong scientific attestation, and merely making the assertions in the name of pleasing gods, goddesses and the God Himself, such teachings and preaching don’t cut much ice for sustainable and faster spread of the right messages across the humanity. Thus religious leaders and intellectuals would be doing a greater service if they try to study and back their preaching with the scientific reasoning behind all norms of behavior that we want across the humanity. BACKING OF SCIENCE MAKES THE COMMUNICATION MORE EFFECTIVE.
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Make-to-order production is a process in which a product is individually manufactured for a particular customer. In contrast to mass production for an unspecified market where a material is manufactured many times, in make-to-order production a material is created only once though the same or a similar production process might be repeated at a later time.
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My Location is not a replacement for GPS, but gives mobile phone users a way to approximate their locations.
Google has introduced mapping software that uses the companys search algorithms to sift through information broadcast from cell towers and approximate a users location on a map through a mobile phone.
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Google said My Location is faster than GPS technology, which can take several minutes to link to a satellite. The software also provides better coverage indoors than GPS and wont drain phone batteries as fast as GPS, Google said in a statement.
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American Academy of Sleep Medicine/Sleep Research Society, June 6-11, 2009Last Updated: June 19, 2009.
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"The biggest study to come out of this conference showed that teens who go to bed after midnight have an increased risk of depression and suicidal thoughts," said AASM spokesperson David Kuhlmann, M.D., medical director of sleep medicine at the Bothwell Regional Health Center in Sedalia, Mo. "Pediatricians have always been harping on late bedtimes. Now they have more of a sound basis to tell patients why it's important to get enough sleep."
James Gangwisch, Ph.D., of Columbia University in New York City, and colleagues analyzed data on 15,659 teens, including 1,143 (7.3 percent) who were diagnosed with depression and 2,038 (13 percent) who had expressed suicidal thoughts. Compared to teens with required bedtimes of 10 p.m. or earlier, the researchers' adjusted analysis showed that those allowed to stay up past midnight were 25 percent more likely to be depressed and 20 percent more likely to have suicidal ideation. They concluded that short sleep in adolescence could be a risk factor for depression in young adulthood.
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