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The semesters listed after course descriptions indicate when courses are expected to be offered. Schedules are subject to change; students should confirm semester offerings with the department when planning degree programs. Click here to go directly to special and advanced courses in psychology.
100. General Psychology (3) (SOCIAL SCIENCE)
An overview of the facts, principles and methods of the science of behavior and psychological processes. Topics typically include learning, research methodology, memory, perception, cognition, psychobiology, social psychology, abnormal behavior and psychotherapy. Students may be required to participate in a limited number of experiments conducted by faculty members or advanced students (or to complete an alternative assignment). FALL, SPRING.
205. Developmental Psychology (3)
Theory and research on psychological development from birth through adulthood. (Open to freshmen. Prerequisite: PSYC 100). FALL, SPRING.
206. Health Psychology (3)
Behavioral factors in health and illness. Topics typically include stress, prevention of illness, pain and patient-practictioner interaction. Applicants are made to specific illnesses. (Open to freshmen. Prerequisite: PSYC 100). SPRING.
211. Statistics for Psychology (4)
The application of elementary research design and descriptive and inferential statistics to psychological data. Students can expect to gain first-hand familiarity with basic statistical analyses. (Prerequisites: PSYC 100, MATH 101 or equivalent proficiency). FALL, SPRING.
212. Research Methods for Non-Majors (4)
An introduction to the principles of psychological research and elementary statistics. This course CANNOT be used toward a major in psychology. (Prerequisite: PSYC 100).
214. Social Psychology (3)
Individual behavior as it is influenced by the behavior of others within a variety of social contexts. Topics typically include affiliation, attitude and behavior change; interpersonal attraction; social influence; prosocial behavior and aggression. (Prerequisite: PSYC 100). FALL.
216. Human Sexuality (4)
The physiological, psychological and social dimensions of sexual development and behavior. (This course DOES NOT count towards the major or minor in Psychology). OFFERED AS NEEDED.
265. Research Methods for Majors (4)
An introduction to, and application of, the scientific method in psychology. Laboratory periods are directed toward understanding scientific methodology and developing research skills. (Prerequisite: PSYC 211). FALL, SPRING.
300. Topics in Psychology (1-4)
An in-depth study of a special topic, which varies from semester to semester. Recent courses have focused on current psychotherapies, forensic psychology and psychology in the cinema. May be repeated with a different topic. (Prerequisite: PSYC 100). OFFERED AS NEEDED.
303. Abnormal Psychology (4)
The study of behavioral and emotional disturbance. Current research and theory are applied to the description, assessment, causes and treatment of psychopathology. Students will compete a service-learning project at an agency. (Prerequisite: PSYC 100). OFFERED AS NEEDED.
304. Theories and Principles of Psychotherapy (3)
The nature of counseling and psychotherapy with an emphasis on dominant theories, research, current practice and ethics. The basic counseling skills of empathy and listening are covered. (Prerequisite: PSYC 303). OFFERED AS NEEDED.
305. Child Psychopathology (3)
An overview of psychopathology in children and adolescents. Areas to be explored include the DSM criteria, assessment, etiology and treatment of various psychological disorders. An emphasis will be placed in empirical research in these areas. (Prerequisite: PSYC 205). OFFERED AS NEEDED.
306. Psychology of Gender (3)
Explores theories and research regarding the roots and impact of sex and gender. Typically covered are the effects of being female and male on personality, relationships, achievement, health, mental health and social life. (Prerequisite: PSYC 100). OFFERED AS NEEDED.
311. Personality Theory and Research (3)
An examination of various approaches toward understanding personality including Freudian, humanistic, trait, behavioral/social learning and cognitive. The research generated by each of the theories will also be examined. (Prerequisite: PSYC 100). FALL.
313. Cognitive Psychology (3)
The study of cognitive processes. Topics include perception, attention, memory, problem solving, reasoning and language. (Prerequisite: PSYC 100). SPRING.
321. Psychology and Law (3)
Psychological principles drawn from sub-disciplines (e.g., social, clinical, cognitive) in terms of their relevance and application to the legal system. Topics will include forensic psychologists’ roles, problems in the field, techniques of criminal investigation; insanity and competency; dangerousness/risk assessment; eyewitness identification; interrogations and confessions and child sexual abuse. (Prerequisites: PSYC 100 and junior or senior standing). FALL.
322. Learning Theory (3)
An examination of the philosophical and scientific concepts important to the development of psychology through the work and biographies of historically significant contributors to the field. (Prerequisite: completion of 12 semester hours in PSYC and junior or senior standing). SPRING.
342. Biopsychology (3)
Biological bases of behavior, including topics such as neuroanatomy, neural transmission, sensory transduction, genetics, emotion, sleep, learning, language and psychological disorders. (Prerequisite: PSYC 100). FALL.
348. Industrial/Organizational Psychology (3)
The application of psychological theories and research to problems associated with the world of work. Topics typically include research methodology, motivation, job satisfaction, personnel selextion and placement and leadership. Also offered as BAD 348. (Prerequisite: PSYC 100). OFFERED AS NEEDED.
440. Current Research in Psychology: MPA (1-2)
Exposure to current experimental research in psychology. Student attend presentations at the Midwestern Psychological Association annual meeting, which usually takes place in Chicago in early May. Reading from current journals is also required. Students enrolling for 2 semester hours are required to do an additional integrative project. (Prerequisite: completion of 14 hours in PSYC, including PSYC 265). OFFERED AS NEEDED.
444. Advanced Research (2)
Capstone preparatory course. Under supervision of a faculty member, each student chooses a research topic of interest, conducts an in-depth literature review, formulates hypotheses and predictions, designs an experiment, obtains IRB approval and prepares a formal research proposal. Proposed research will be conducted in PSYC 445. (Prerequisites: PSYC 265, junior standing, departmental permission). SPRING.
445. Capstone: Senior Research (2)
Under supervision of a faculty member, each student prepares an experiment, conducts a pilot study, presents results to the class for review, revises the research design and conducts the research. Each student prepares a research article following APA publication guidelines and presents the findings in a public form. (Prerequisite: PSYC 265, senior standing, departmental permission). FALL.
199. Exploratory Internship (1-3)
(Prerequisite: junior or senior standing and written departmental permission).
299. Experimental Course (1-3)
399. Professional Internship (1-12)
(Prerequisite: junior or senior standing, written departmental permission).
451. Independent Study (1-3)
Supervised reading or research in an area of special interest to the student; the project may be theoretical or experimental. (Prerequisites: PSYC 100 and permission of instructor).
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We Love Reading founder Prof. Rana Dajani has participated in the “How to Conduct Research on Program Impact Under Humanitarian Conditions” session during the Catalysing Change Week 2022 which was organized by Catalyst 2030 on May 10th.
The session had many scientists who worked on several research projects related to mental health and the humanitarian sector the main speakers were: Prof. Rana Dajani, Prof. Catherine Panter-Brick the Bruce A. and Davi-Ellen Chabner Professor of Anthropology, Health, and Global Affairs at Yale University, Prof. Susanna Chui professor at Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, Prof. Heather Flowe Professor at (School of Psychology, UoB)
Panelists discussed challenges and solutions for conducting research under humanitarian conditions to evaluate impact of programs.
Prof. Cathrine said: “Partnerships are multilayered and you must know your partner organizations very well. Also research holds you on check”
Catalyzing Change Week (CCW) is the world’s largest event led by social innovators and entrepreneurs to share knowledge, exchange ideas, and accelerate collaborative systems change during more than 250 sessions and activities in a dedicated annual week.
Organized by Catalyst 2030, Catalysing Change Week 2022 built on the success of CCW2021, bringing together social entrepreneurs, representatives from the private sector, governments, funders and others involved in systems change, to inspire change in support of achieving the SDGs.
These models of best practice are in keeping with the recent findings of the Embracing Complexity and New Allies reports. The week served as an opportunity to engage, advocate and stimulate learning across the entire social entrepreneurship ecosystem.
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Fannie Lou Hamer wanted to vote.
While the civil rights movement was climbing to its height, sit-ins, rallies, and marches organized by Black folks were preaching to their communities — it was time for change. During this time, Hamer, along with some of her neighbours, registered to vote. In the end, however, Hamer was denied. And when her employer found out that she registered, he fired her.
Growing up in poverty in Mississippi, Hamer worked as a sharecropper on a plantation, a system where landowners rented land to farmers in return for a percentage of their crops — an arrangement which benefitted whi
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Medicine Buddha ( Tib: Sangyae Menlha )
The Medicine Buddha or "great king with the radiance of a lapis
jewel" is the embodiment of all the buddhas' healing qualities. His left
hand holds an alms bowl filled with medicinal fruit and nectars
symbolizing his power to conquer diseases and delusions. His right hand
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Recitation of his mantra and of his name is said to bring release from
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About the Object
Sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington, whose career overlapped chronologically with [Gaston] Lachaise’s, is well known for her historical and fictional subjects. In addition to creating Joan of Arc, located in New York City (the heroic version of MAG’s smaller sculpture), she also sculpted El Cid and Don Quixote for the Hispanic Society.
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See a medal of Joan of Arc made by the same artist: Joan of Arc Medal, 98.33
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The Irish name for Ballintrane is Baile an tSrutháin
Ballintrane is on Logainm.ie: Ballintrane.
It is located at 52° 44' 46" N, 6° 49' 29" W.
Ballintrane has an area of:
Nationwide, it is the 53678th largest townland that we know about
Within Co. Carlow, it is the 547th largest townland
Ballintrane borders the following other townlands:
Curious to see who lived in Ballintrane in the past? Maybe even seeing scans of their handwritten census returns?
Ballintrane was added to OpenStreetMap on 25 Jul 2012 by brianh.
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Choosing the right copy paper can be confusing. With so many different types of copy paper available in various sizes and weights, how can we decide which copy paper is both cost effective and the best for obtaining the perfect printed result? Especially in our eco-conscious age. Protection of the environment, recycling and sustainability are issues which urge ever greater awareness and responsibility in the frequency and number of pages that we really need to print out each time. As a result, when the decision to print a page is made, it’s only natural that when we hit the PRINT button, we would like to ensure that we haven’t wasted precious time, money and resources. One or two ruined sheets may have a bigger cost… Did you know… that one ream, i.e. 500 sheets of copy paper uses 6 per cent of a tree? Based on past US University research into the standard pulping process, using a mixture of softwood and hardwood trees measuring 40-feet tall and 6 to 8 inches in diameter, it has been calculated that one tree produces 16.6 reams of copy paper. So buying the right copy paper to do the job you want is actually quite a big deal!
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Statistical-dynamical downscaling for wind energy potentials: evaluation and applications to decadal hindcasts and climate change projections
Reyers, M., Pinto, J. G. and Moemken, J. (2015) Statistical-dynamical downscaling for wind energy potentials: evaluation and applications to decadal hindcasts and climate change projections. International Journal of Climatology, 35 (2). pp. 229-244. ISSN 0899-8418
To link to this article DOI: 10.1002/joc.3975
A statistical–dynamical downscaling (SDD) approach for the regionalization of wind energy output (Eout) over Europe with special focus on Germany is proposed. SDD uses an extended circulation weather type (CWT) analysis on global daily mean sea level pressure fields with the central point being located over Germany. Seventy-seven weather classes based on the associated CWT and the intensity of the geostrophic flow are identified. Representatives of these classes are dynamically downscaled with the regional climate model COSMO-CLM. By using weather class frequencies of different data sets, the simulated representatives are recombined to probability density functions (PDFs) of near-surface wind speed and finally to Eout of a sample wind turbine for present and future climate. This is performed for reanalysis, decadal hindcasts and long-term future projections. For evaluation purposes, results of SDD are compared to wind observations and to simulated Eout of purely dynamical downscaling (DD) methods. For the present climate, SDD is able to simulate realistic PDFs of 10-m wind speed for most stations in Germany. The resulting spatial Eout patterns are similar to DD-simulated Eout. In terms of decadal hindcasts, results of SDD are similar to DD-simulated Eout over Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, and Benelux, for which high correlations between annual Eout time series of SDD and DD are detected for selected hindcasts. Lower correlation is found for other European countries. It is demonstrated that SDD can be used to downscale the full ensemble of the Earth System Model of the Max Planck Institute (MPI-ESM) decadal prediction system. Long-term climate change projections in Special Report on Emission Scenarios of ECHAM5/MPI-OM as obtained by SDD agree well to the results of other studies using DD methods, with increasing Eout over northern Europe and a negative trend over southern Europe. Despite some biases, it is concluded that SDD is an adequate tool to assess regional wind energy changes in large model ensembles.
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Wall Street and the Big Banks did not want her to get the job.
President Barack Obama decided to succumb to those interests, rather than fight for the American people.
Warren originated the idea of the CFPB. She was a tireless advocate for its inclusion in Wall Street reform legislation, and creation of the bureau is the signal achievement of that legislation. She has done an excellent job leading the team that is setting up the agency. She knows the issues better than anyone. She is an unparalleled communicator about the importance of protecting consumers from predatory financial interests.
Elizabeth Warren should be running the CFPB, and the only reason she is not is because of the financial lobby – and the Obama administration’s decision not to stand up to it.
Richard Cordray, the nominee to head the CFPB, has firsthand experience taking on financial industry wrongdoers and a distinguished record of defending consumer interests. Public Citizen will work hard to support him in running the most effective agency possible.
The Senate should confirm Cordray quickly so that he can use the CFPB’s full powers to crack down on the predatory practices – the rip-offs, hidden fees, deceptive advertising and much more – that are far too prevalent in the financial industry, and which played such a central role in the housing bubble and financial crash. It’s the CFPB’s job to make sure banks and financial companies are serving consumers, not systematically picking their pockets.
If the Senate will not confirm Cordray, President Obama should appoint him to head the agency during a Senate recess.
Forty-four Senate Republicans have said that they will not confirm anyone to the position until the agency is restructured in ways that would undermine its authority to protect consumers. Congressional Republicans also have indicated they would block a recess appointment, though Public Citizen has pointed out that they do not have this power, as a matter of constitutional law.
Robert Weissman is president of Public Citizen.
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Tourism Regions (TRs) are an ABS approximation of Tourism Regions provided by Tourism Research Australia (TRA), part of the Australian Government Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism.
The boundaries produced for TRs are constructed from allocations of Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2) based on the method described in Chapter 1.
The TRs are updated annually by TRA in consultation with State and Territory (S/T) Tourism organisations. The number of TRs, their names and their boundaries vary over time.
TRs are defined to cover the whole of geographic Australia in 2011. TRs do not cross S/T borders. 78 TRs have been defined across Australia. The ACT has only one TR and there are no TRs for the Other Territories (OT).
'Migratory-Offshore-Shipping' SA2s are generally not included, except for the 'Migratory-Offshore-Shipping (QLD)' SA2 which is used to create an entry for the TR of the ‘Great Barrier Reef’ (TR code 3R160). The 'Great Barrier Reef' TR is a non spatial entry and is only provided so that data can be coded.
TR names are the same as those specified by the relevant S/T Tourism organisations.
TR CODING STRUCTURE
TRs are sorted by name then allocated a two digit code starting from 01 within each S/T. This is prefixed by a single digit S/T code to enable unique identification of TRs across the country.
Special purpose codes are not included for TRs.
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Natural Sciences refer to those sciences that use scientific methods to study nature and have a naturalistic approach to the study of the universe. This field of study is extremely developed and includes many branches, such as Physics, Astronomy, Earth Science, Agricultural Sciences, Chemistry, Biology, Oceanography, Geographic Sciences, Mathematics and Ecology, all of which are possible areas for… Read more
Natural Sciences refer to those sciences that use scientific methods to study nature and have a naturalistic approach to the study of the universe. This field of study is extremely developed and includes many branches, such as Physics, Astronomy, Earth Science, Agricultural Sciences, Chemistry, Biology, Oceanography, Geographic Sciences, Mathematics and Ecology, all of which are possible areas for study within a Master in Natural Sciences program. The disciplines provide a basis for applied sciences that bring theory to life and practical use. With a degree from a Master in Natural Sciences program, students can have a variety of career opportunities in educational institutions, research facilities, private companies, and public or non-profit organizations.
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Visit the largest castle in Scotland´s Northern Highlands.
With 189 rooms, Dunrobin Castle is the largest in the Northern Highlands. It’s also the most northerly of Scotland's great houses and is one of Britain's oldest continuously inhabited houses dating back to the early 1300s, home to the earls and then dukes of Sutherland.
Resembling a French chateâu with its towering conical spires, this castle is remarkable for its grand architecture and picturesque hilltop setting amidst sprawling gardens. It was also used as a naval hospital during WWI and briefly as a boarding school in the 1960s and 70s. Dunrobin Castle is located just north of the villages of Golspie and Dornoch, overlooking the Moray Firth, and is open to visitors during the summer.View Northern Highlands
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NOTES FOR ELECTION TIMES.
We are in a stage of staying on the paths and looking, traveling and asking the ancient paths which is the good path… (Isaiah) looking back and looking forward. The Pope invites us to return to the sources. The source is not something static, it is something that flows continuously. Therefore, we must return to the inspiration of the founders without rigidities. This is done in prayer, dialogue and confrontation with the universal and local church. It is done on the way.
At a crossroads of grace there are choices between life and death. We choose life, but we will always leave alternatives behind, dying to them. Choose life to live more fully. It is good to ask ourselves what we are looking for. Create the conditions for grace to intercede and prepare ourselves to receive it. We must dispose ourselves to grace; of nature teaches us that, if there are the right conditions, life is born. The world needs us as yeast and as salt. No matter the age or the circumstances. We can be a presence that transforms us, be a presence of mercy, a bridge. Being transformed to transform: love, inclusion, justice and peace. In short, it is about choosing the life that God wants for us.
M. María Joaquina Lozano López, Superior General. (Excerpt from the opening remarks at the LAS Provincial Chapter, July 2022. Text inspired by Dr. Ted Dunn, “Embrace our vulnerability and its transformative potential”).
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Sanparks recently announced that a total of 259 rhinoshave been poached for their horns in South Africa during the first half of this year. Sadly, the demand for rhino horn remains a constant threat to the population of the endangered species. Crime syndicates are continuing to operate within South African borders.
According to Sanparks, what has changed are the locations of where the rhinos are being poached.
“Recent trends in rhino poaching show a move away from Kruger Park to private reserves and KwaZulu-Natal where the majority of rhinos have been killed this year. This makes it all the more important for the national government to shift its focus to supporting provincial authorities and private reserves in the war on rhino poaching” Minister of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment, Barbara Creecy, said in a statement.
The number of rhinos poached between January and June 2022 is 10 more than the 249 poached countrywide in the first six months of 2021. From January to the end of June 2022,82 rhinoswere poached for their horns in Kruger National Park.
Poaching statistics for this year so far reflect a loss of 210 rhinos on state properties and 49rhinos in privately-owned parks. As indicated, the hardest hit during this period is KwaZulu-Natal which recorded a loss of 133 rhino.This is more than triple the 33 rhino killed in the first six months of 2021.
On a positive note, however, the number of arrests and prosecutions recorded over the past six months can be attributed to the continued successful collaboration between law enforcement agencies, including SAPS and DPCI,customs officials, and the National Prosecuting Authority.These efforts are supported by private security.
Partnerships between the public and private sectors remain key to combating wildlife trafficking. In addition to work being undertaken within the seven Integrated Wildlife Zones, the partnership now includes both the financial and transport sectors, as well as transit and end-user countries in Southeast Asia, especially with the People’s Republic of China, Malaysia, and Vietnam.
Between January and June of this year, 69 people were arrested in connection with rhino poaching and rhino horn trafficking. Of these, 13 alleged poachers were arrested in Kruger National Park.
As a result of the ongoing work of integrated enforcement teams at OR Tambo International Airport, four alleged rhino horn traffickers were arrested between January and June of this year for trying to smuggle 56 pieces of rhino horn out of the country. In one instance, cooperation between Hawks, Malaysia, and Qatar authorities resulted in the arrest of another alleged rhino horn trafficker and his haul of rhino horn pieces at Doha Airport in Qatar. This arrest demonstrates the success of country-to-country cooperation to combat wildlife trafficking at an international level.
The Hawks are also working with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in an investigation arising from the discovery in June of a suspect parcel at FedEx that was destined for the U.S. The parcel contained eight kilograms of rhino horn pieces concealed as wooden art pieces.
A number of search and seizure operations took place countrywide, with the Hawks arresting one suspect and confiscating 29 rhino horns during an operation at storage and packing facilities in Bedfordview. The suburb of South Africa is where rhino horns are prepared and packed for the illegal markets in Southeast Asia.
In combined law enforcement operations, two suspects were arrested in June when they were stopped by the Highway Patrol in Bedfordview and found to be in possession of two fresh rhino horns. Two suspects, one an ex-Ezemvelo-KZN Parks ranger, were arrested earlier this month after their vehicle was searched and two fresh rhino horns were seized. One of the accused had previously been arrested for possession of rhino horns in Kruger National Park.
On April 23rd, an integrated operation was conducted to address money laundering and corruption linked to rhino horn trafficking activities within Kruger National Park. Various search and seizure warrants were authorized and executed at multiple premises in and around the Park with the aim of effectively dismantling the operations of some of the main targets. A multi-dimensional team led by the Hawks, with the support of Kruger National Park and Stock Theft and Endangered Species in Skukuza was assembled and premises in Limpopo and Mpumalanga were searched during the operation.
Three suspects were arrested which included two Kruger National Park field rangers. The arrests and the success of this operation had a significant impact on the rhino poaching activities within Kruger National Park and have sent out a strong message that corrupt and illegal activities will not be tolerated. One of the rangers was dismissed during the departmental hearing on July 21st. The other ranger’s departmental hearing is ongoing pending the outcome of the court process.
In total, 51 cases in which 51 people were convicted have been finalized. The heaviest sentence handed down was 34 years imprisonment, while two Mpumalanga men were sentenced to 28 yearsbehind bars for killing rhinos and being in possession of illegal firearms and ammunition.
In the Skukuza court, two Mozambican nationals were convicted for poaching a rhino in Kruger National Park, possession of unlawful firearms and ammunition, and being in the country illegally. They were sentenced to 18 years imprisonment. In another matter, two Mozambican citizens were convicted of poaching two rhinos in Kruger National Park, possession of unlawful firearms and ammunition, and sentenced to 19 years imprisonment. In addition, three South Africans were apprehended on charges of rhino poaching in Kruger National Park and firearm-related charges, and sentenced to an effective 24 years in jail.
The global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog group Financial Action Task Force (FATF),completed an assessment in 2019 of the threats posed to South Africa, and the efforts being made to fight these illegal crimes. During this process, the contribution of wildlife trafficking was found to present a medium to high risk to the country.
Responding to the recommendations of FATF, earlier this year, the National Prosecuting Authorityobtained its first conviction on stand-alone charges in terms of Section 6 of the Prevention of Organized Crime Act(money laundering). In this matter, the individual was accused of laundering the money through a casino to buy rhino horn. Ping Wu was sentenced to five years imprisonment. The success of this prosecution demonstrates the importance of the government’s integrated approach to combat rhino horn trafficking, with an increased focus on targeting the financial crimes involved.
Last week, Minister Creecy paid special tribute to field and game rangers working in conservation areas countrywide for their continued commitment to protecting South Africa’s iconic species from poaching.
“Following the murder earlier this week of well-known anti-poaching field Ranger, Anton Mzimba, at his home in Timbavati, we are reminded of the threats that rangers face from poachers and their crime bosses on a daily basis. These are men and women that deserve our respect and support as we join hands to improve their safety,” shared the Minister at the time.
In May, Kruger National Park field ranger and dog handler, Shando Mathebula, was killed by a buffalo while on patrol in the Shangoni Ranger Section. He has been remembered by his family and colleagues as a young man who was dedicated and who served with discipline and distinction.
In recent years, the work of rangers has changed from a general focus on the conservation of species, to a more militant way of operating against well-armed criminal gangs entering national parks and private and state-owned conservation areas, to poaching rhino, elephant, and other species. Rangers often spend weeks away from home, living in the bush in an effort to protect the country’s natural environment from plunder.
“Our rangers need all the support we can provide them. These are men and women who, despite numerous challenges, remain committed to the task at hand despite not knowing what a day will bring,” concluded the Minister.
Members of the public can report any suspicious activities or wildlife crime to the environmental crime hotline 0800 205 005 or the SAPS number 10111.
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What happens when you try and fit the triomino pieces into these
Can you cover the camel with these pieces?
Use the clues to colour each square.
Hover your mouse over the counters to see which ones will be
removed. Click to remover them. The winner is the last one to
remove a counter. How you can make sure you win?
Can you work out how to balance this equaliser? You can put more
than one weight on a hook.
Use the interactivity to help get a feel for this problem and to find out all the possible ways the balls could land.
Can you find all the different ways of lining up these Cuisenaire
NRICH December 2006 advent calendar - a new tangram for each day in
the run-up to Christmas.
Place the numbers 1 to 10 in the circles so that each number is the
difference between the two numbers just below it.
Place the numbers 1 to 6 in the circles so that each number is the
difference between the two numbers just below it.
Here are some rods that are different colours. How could I make a dark green rod using yellow and white rods?
Three beads are threaded on a circular wire and are coloured either red or blue. Can you find all four different combinations?
You have 4 red and 5 blue counters. How many ways can they be
placed on a 3 by 3 grid so that all the rows columns and diagonals
have an even number of red counters?
Find out how we can describe the "symmetries" of this triangle and
investigate some combinations of rotating and flipping it.
A tetromino is made up of four squares joined edge to edge. Can
this tetromino, together with 15 copies of itself, be used to cover
an eight by eight chessboard?
Use your mouse to move the red and green parts of this disc. Can
you make images which show the turnings described?
Our 2008 Advent Calendar has a 'Making Maths' activity for every
day in the run-up to Christmas.
How many different rhythms can you make by putting two drums on the
This was a problem for our birthday website. Can you use four of these pieces to form a square? How about making a square with all five pieces?
Is it possible to place 2 counters on the 3 by 3 grid so that there
is an even number of counters in every row and every column? How
about if you have 3 counters or 4 counters or....?
Can you put the numbers from 1 to 15 on the circles so that no
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Can you put the numbers 1 to 8 into the circles so that the four
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Cut four triangles from a square as shown in the picture. How many
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A game for 2 people that can be played on line or with pens and paper. Combine your knowledege of coordinates with your skills of strategic thinking.
A game to be played against the computer, or in groups. Pick a 7-digit number. A random digit is generated. What must you subract to remove the digit from your number? the first to zero wins.
A variant on the game Alquerque
Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of the chairs?
Train game for an adult and child. Who will be the first to make the train?
Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of the lobster, yacht and cyclist?
Using angular.js to bind inputs to outputs
Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of this brazier for roasting chestnuts?
Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of these people?
Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of the child walking home from school?
Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of these clocks?
An interactive activity for one to experiment with a tricky tessellation
Exchange the positions of the two sets of counters in the least possible number of moves
Move just three of the circles so that the triangle faces in the
Make one big triangle so the numbers that touch on the small triangles add to 10. You could use the interactivity to help you.
Choose the size of your pegboard and the shapes you can make. Can you work out the strategies needed to block your opponent?
Stop the Clock game for an adult and child. How can you make sure you always win this game?
Take it in turns to make a triangle on the pegboard. Can you block your opponent?
Starting with the number 180, take away 9 again and again, joining up the dots as you go. Watch out - don't join all the dots!
In your bank, you have three types of coins. The number of spots shows how much they are worth. Can you choose coins to exchange with the groups given to make the same total?
This problem is based on a code using two different prime numbers
less than 10. You'll need to multiply them together and shift the
alphabet forwards by the result. Can you decipher the code?
A game for 2 people that everybody knows. You can play with a
friend or online. If you play correctly you never lose!
What are the coordinates of the coloured dots that mark out the
tangram? Try changing the position of the origin. What happens to
the coordinates now?
Board Block game for two. Can you stop your partner from being able to make a shape on the board?
Incey Wincey Spider game for an adult and child. Will Incey get to the top of the drainpipe?
Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of Little Fung at the table?
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With the third and final day of the workshop done, it’s time for me to wrap up this series on Inspiring Science. While this will be my last post about the workshop, I’m sure it won’t be the last time I write about these topics. I learned a great deal in the past few days, enough to increase both my interest in and confidence about covering physics topics. Before getting to the actual science, I want to thank the organisers, sponsors, and participants for an excellent and fruitful workshop. I hope the series continues and I look forward to coming back next year!
Strings and Dualities
The day started with a pair of talks on string theory and how developments in string theory are helping other areas, like the condensed matter physics used to study semiconductors, even though string theory itself still lacks any experimental support. For the moment, let’s leave aside the question of what string theory claims — that may be a topic for a future post — and focus on the benefits it has offered. The main idea goes by several names with a pleasant (or intimidating?) science-fiction ring to them: the holographic duality, the AdS/CFT correspondence (jargon lovers, that’s “anti-de Sitter/conformal field theory”), or gauge/gravity duality. Don’t worry if the names sound a bit scary; the concept itself is actually remarkably straightforward. (I’ve struggled a bit to come up with an effective analogy; please let me know if it’s clear or what parts don’t work so I can improve it.)
Imagine that I took two different Lego sets, let’s say one for building a house and the other for a ship, and thoroughly mixed the pieces together. Your task is to go through the muddled pile of pieces and sort them back into the original sets. It’s not a fun task. You’ll have to get the parts list from each set and go through all the pieces, sorting them into two piles. Of course, some of the pieces will be easy — the sail, for example, clearly belongs to the ship. But some of them might be very similar, so you’ll have to look at those quite carefully before deciding which pile they go in. Others will be identical, so you can put them in either pile but you’ll have to keep track of how many you’ve put in each so both sets end up with the right amount. As you’re looking over the mess and trying to decide how to start, your friend comes up with a clever suggestion. “We don’t actually need to sort this into piles,” she says. “We can just build the house and the ship from this mixed pile. As long as we’re careful and make sure all the pieces fit, we won’t have to worry about losing count or mixing up similar ones. That’ll be easier than going through them all one by one, and besides, we already know how to build Lego stuff, so we won’t have to come up with a whole new way of doing things.” Your friend’s approach isn’t just a different way of getting the task done; it’s a different way of conceiving the task, a different way of thinking about it. She’s changed it from a sorting problem to a building problem, which means you can use different mental tools to solve it.
That’s the heart of the gauge/gravity duality and why it’s called a “duality”. Instead of ways to sort Lego pieces, the gauge/gravity duality is about ways to describe the Universe — mathematically defined theories — and instead of sorting pieces, the goal is to understand something about the Universe. Of course, the duality — the relationship between the two theories — is a lot more strict than the correspondence between the different ways of dealing with the Lego problem. In a 1997 paper, Juan Maldacena showed that two different theories — let’s call them a “gauge theory” and a “gravity theory” — were formally equivalent, which means it’s possible to translate the description of certain physical systems from one theory to the other. If you’re studying such a system using gauge theory, you can use a dictionary to translate everything into the terms of gravity theory and start studying your system in terms of gravity theory instead. To understand why you might want to do that, let’s take another detour through Lego-land.
If the two Lego sets have lots of pieces which are quite similar between them, the building approach might be easier than trying to sort them directly, especially if each set also has many copies of some of the pieces. But what if the house consisted entirely of grey-coloured pieces and the ship of red-coloured ones? In that case, the building approach would certainly be slower than simply sorting the pieces into a red pile and a grey pile. In fact, it might even be harder to build the house and the ship, since you wouldn’t be able to use a piece’s colour as a clue while putting them together. In the same way, a physical system might be easier to study using one theory or another, depending on its properties. Physicists have trouble studying some aspects of semiconductors because they have to deal with strong coupling in quantum field theory. Don’t worry about what that means; the important point is that the strong coupling makes them incredibly challenging to tackle with existing mathematical approaches. The gauge-gravity duality lets physicists translate the strongly coupled quantum field theory into a weakly coupled gravity theory, which is much more tractable. The calculations are still challenging, but at least we know how to do them — we don’t even know how to deal with a strongly coupled quantum field theory problem.
So, what’s the point of all this? Understanding how these semiconductors work could lead to advances in material sciences, but that’s not why I’ve written out this long explanation. I think it’s amazing that we can show that two theoretical frameworks are formally equivalent and then translate between them so we can use either to investigate a problem. Semiconductors belong to the realm of condensed matter; that means you’re working with lots and lots of particles that are close together. That sounds like a problem for quantum mechanics, not gravity. But it’s too difficult for us to solve using the tools of quantum mechanics, so we translate it into a treatment in terms of gravity which we can solve, even though that means thinking about it in very abstract ways. Then we do the calculations and translate back. And the tools to do that weren’t developed to deal with this problem, but as part of string theory — a theory nobody is even able to test. It’s brilliant and incredibly beautiful!
Here Be Dragons!
The Standard Model is the synthesis of our best physical theories, our best description of how the Universe works. Except, as Chad Orzel reminded us, it’s wrong. “I don’t mean wrong in the sense of boringly incorrect,” he said, “but interestingly incomplete.” We know that the Standard Model isn’t a complete theory because, even though it works amazingly well, it doesn’t properly account for the existence of everything we know exists. There are a variety of exotic things that let physicists know that the Standard Model is incomplete, but the most familiar and startling problem with the Standard Model is the fact that we exist. The simplest models predict that the early Universe should have had equal amounts of matter and anti-matter, which would have promptly annihilated each other. The fact that we’re here and that everything we can see is made of matter means there must have been a surplus of matter early on, which is something the Standard Model can’t account for. So physicists know there must be something wrong with — or missing from — our best theories, and they’re hard at work to figure out how to fix them. It’s a tough challenge, though, since the Standard Model is astonishingly good at dealing with all of the things it can account for.
Chad’s talk focused on the quest for new “exotic” physics to push the boundaries of our knowledge and light the path to improving the Standard Model. A lot of the common approaches involve very high energies, like smashing particles together in an accelerator to try to make new kinds particles that would point to new physics. Another approach is to use tools from atomic, molecular and optical physics which can make measurements at incredibly high precisions in the hope of finding a deviation from theoretical predictions. Using these tools, researchers have looked for excitations of cesium which shouldn’t happen according to current theories and even checked for incredibly small changes in a fundamental constant (the fine structure constant) over time. So far, they haven’t found anything, but they keep trying because they know there must be something out there. Like explorers trying to clear dragons off the map, these researchers are labouring to discover a whole new realm for us to map out. “It’s a high risk, high reward approach,” said Orzel. “The most likely result is that you’re going to publish a bunch of papers saying ‘We found nothing better than we’ve ever found nothing before’,” he continued, but whoever does finally find something will have opened the door to new kinds of physics and will likely collect a Nobel one day.
That’s not all I learned at the workshop, but it’s all I’m going to write about for now — this post has already grown much longer than I intended. Of course, I’m not the only one who’s been writing about the workshop after all, it was geared towards science writers!. Some of the other participants have covered things that I didn’t, so be sure to check out Tushna Commissariat’s post about the MAQRO project, a proposal to test whether larger objects can be put into a superposition of states (like Schrödinger’s famous cat), and Chad Orzel’s excellent overviews of the first, second and third days of the conference. Sabine Hossenfelder (who was one of the organizers) reflected back on the conference in posts discussing science communication and the social impact of scientific theories. I’ll update the list to include any more posts about the workshop that I find.
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A few days ago, Matt Yglesias wrote me an email which asked a great question about American politics and the seeming movement to the left of the Democratic Party. In the wake of Bernie Sander’s landslide victory in New Hampshire over Hillary Clinton, Matt’s question seems even more pressing and interesting. With his permission, I quote it below:
What’s your theory as to how the labor-liberal forces inside the Democratic coalition seem stronger than every (Hillary is now against TPP and facing a fierce challenge from a socialist) even as actual labor unions seem weaker than ever. This is 180 degrees the opposite of the trajectory that I and everyone else were forecasting 10 years ago where either there would be a labor revival (card check, etc.) or else Dems would drift right without an anchor.
Here’s how I responded to Matt, with a bit of editing and revision to convert it from private e-mail prose into something a bit more formal:
One should note, too, regarding the context of your question, Obama’s recent executive orders, which have benefited millions of workers. And, of course, the Sanders campaign. It’s a fascinating thing, isn’t it? I think it’s a case of something about which Marx would have been skeptical: a powerful cultural superstructure constructed on top of an emaciated base which, in turn, becomes grounded in a nascent materiality of its own. Even theorists of the base-superstructure divide like Raymond Williams did not imagine that “residual” cultural formations would influence “emergent” ones without themselves passing through a “dominant” ideological stage—but that seems to have happened here in the case of the “old unionism” presaging a “new laborism” atop a weakened contemporary labor movement. So unions and a kind of union ideology have spawned this laborism even as labor’s own political, cultural and economic power continues to wane. Unions have succeeded not in organizing a greater percentage of workers into union members, but, instead, in organizing a significant sub-sector of the educated elite into becoming advocates for labor: academics and writers, and the students that become not only academics and writers, but also go on to work directly for unions. We also see this dynamic in the organizing drives taking place throughout the “new media” landscape, something I wrote about in TNR last year:
For about 30 years, a goal of the most sophisticated sectors of the labor movement has been to import the talents and commitment of the college educated middle class onto union staffs, and to export, via programs like Union Summer, the Organizing Institute, and organizing campaigns on college campuses, the ethos of unionism to colleges and other precincts of the professional liberal elite. One milestone in this effort, for example was the union-intellectuals conference at Columbia in 1996, for example, which called for an explicit alliance between leftist intellectuals and unions and featured keynote addresses by Betty Friedan, Richard Rorty, and Cornel West and John Sweeney, then president of the AFL-CIO. And this strategy worked! Key thinkers and pundits like Paul Krugman became more interested in unions as a lynchpin for addressing income inequality and, even, as institutions of civil society, being a kind of the liberal equivalent to evangelical churches. Lots of public intellectuals, during this period, wrote about labor and union issues in non-academic media.
Meanwhile, college kids, disproportionately at elite colleges and universities, got involved in campus organizing fights and—in another superstructural result of post sixties scholarship—took leftist oriented classes in American labor history and the social sciences. Yale, to name a major example, became a major venue of the new laborism and continues to send undergrads and grad students to union staff positions as organizers and strategic researchers. Both the students and the thinkers like Krugman saw that unions, as an analytical proposition, if not a current reality, were institutions with the national heft, history, and indigenous roots in communities to help ordinary citizens regain some economic and political power. Meanwhile the more recent cohort of college educated, (sometimes post-graduate educated) union officials made the unions less parochial, more ecumenical and open to the post sixties social justice movements—the “race” and “gender” parts of the race/gender/class triad. Unions (some of them anyway) hired more women, people of color, and gays and lesbians. This, in turn, established a deeper connection between unions and college leftism, which is encouraged college lefties looking for social justice work after graduation to give unions a try, as opposed, perhaps, to environmental or public interest groups.
So this all became a virtuous circle—college types go into the labor movement, making it more creative, attentive to recognitional issues of race and gender, and more interested in larger questions of political economy. (For a time, the most creative union presidents were, by common consensus, three graduates of Ivy League universities. Now David Rolf, a graduate of Hamilton College, who got interested in unions in college and has an intellectual partnership with class traitor, billionaire Nick Hanauer, is considered the cutting edge union thinker.) This union glasnost, in turn, interests liberal intellectuals, looking for political and economic mechanism to address wealth and income inequality. The college-educated union based thinkers like Rolf and, before him, Andy Stern, are profiled by liberal media and consulted by liberal academics. Young, labor interested workers in the new knowledge economy, organize their media workplaces. (Note: I am not arguing here in support, necessarily of Rolf’s or Stern’s ideas and policies, only pointing out how they embody this trend.)
Meanwhile, the ranks of both this intellectual infrastructure (“Krugman’s Army”, as I have called it) and its analogous union staff are being replenished with new college graduates, especially elite schools like Yale, honed by campus organizing battles and influenced by labor interested professors. All of this is brought to bear on the Democratic Party. Let’s look, for example at the career Ohio senator, Sherrod Brown. Brown has a daughter who is (was?) an SEIU staffer. He is also an alumni of Yale, which has seen more labor strife than any other American college campus and, as noted, has produced a large cache of union staff members. Brown has supported Yale’s unions during these struggles. Thus Brown pushes laborism within the party and also in a prestigious “knowledge factory.” Writers and scholars take note of Brown and his efforts and support them. Brown’s influence, and the influence of his left laborism—and, of course, the same is true for Sanders—then permeates thinking of congressional staff, Democratic related think tanks, and left-liberal social media.
Alas, actual union membership continues to decline. We can’t know if or when that trend will end. But the social ecology within which unions live now has many thriving components that maintain the idea of unionism and, in turn, influence the Democratic Party to uphold that idea. So what we’re seeing—increased support for “laborism” and the ascent of the Sanders campaign without increased union membership—does kind of make a certain structural sense, but it’s certainly not immediately intuitive or straightforward.
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The study, carried out by the consultancy Steward Redqueen and based on information provided by Copa & Cogeca member organisations, looked at the cumulative impact in the EU of having a hazard based legislative approach for assessing crop protection products, instead of a risk based one.
Copa & Cogeca Secretary-General Pekka Pesonen said: "Many crop protection products are being steadily phased out, which is pressurizing not only European farmers livelihoods but also the environment, employment and the economy. Moreover, many of the substances identified in the report are still being used in non-EU countries, putting us at a complete competitive disadvantage, with no advantage to the European consumer."
Chairman of Copa & Cogeca Phytosanitary Questions Working Party Luc Peeters said: "The study identifies 75 substances that risk being withdrawn from the market. And it shows that it will impact on the whole EU arable crops sector with yield losses of up to 40% estimated for some commodities.
"This will erode farmers margins and cut farm profitability by as much as 40% resulting in total losses of 17 billion euros in terms of overall farm profitability, the study shows. The seven staple crops identified in the report - barley, wheat, rapeseed, maize, potatoes, sugar beet, grapes - correspond to 1.2 million jobs and 30 per cen of these are identified to be at medium to high risk of being lost. 24 speciality crops are also included in the report which relates to 300, 000 jobs."
Chairman of Copa & Cogeca Cereals Working Party Max Schulman said: "We are already seeing the impact of the neonicotinoid seed treatment ban on EU rapeseed, corn and sunflower production. Yields are down and the area sown is falling as some farmers are switching to other crops because they do not want to take the risk. This means rapeseed is being dropped from crop rotations which has a negative environmental impact. Resistance also builds up if there is no rotation in active substances.
"The problem is no alternative tools for crop protection exist and crops are being dessimated by flea beetle attacks. Looking ahead, withdrawn substances are also unlikely to be easily replaced. Action is vital."
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This chapter includes the following sections:
Commonly, service bus architectures include complex message flows in which messages are routed through multiple proxy services that are organized into larger multiple proxy service flows. Individual proxy services in these multiple proxy service scenarios route, publish, or call out to the next proxy service in the flow.
The reason for a multiple proxy services design is to support modularity and compartmentalization of the various components of the end-to-end message flow.
Using the local transport in multiple proxy service flows ensures support for the following capabilities:
Efficient and secure communication.
Propagation of transactions and transactional behavior.
Propagation of security context so that the identity can be propagated end-to-end. The security context propagation also allows the client of the first proxy service in a multiple service flow to be authorized by the proxy services that are subsequently invoked in the flow, thus supporting fine-grained access control.
Local transport-based proxy services can only be invoked by other proxy services, not by other clients. The invocation is optimized by Oracle Service Bus. Local proxy services do not have a URI. However, there are no constraints on the service and interface types supported by local transport proxy services. The one exception is that SAML is only supported in a pass through scenario.
If the quality of service (QoS) for an invoking proxy service is defined as Exactly Once, the transaction of that service is propagated to the local transport proxy service. In other words, the invoked local transport proxy service inherits the transactional behavior of the invoking proxy service.
A proxy service can authenticate at the transport level or the message level. If it is enabled, the effective client is the message-level authenticated client. If the message-level authenticated client is not enabled, then the transport-level authenticated client is the effective client (if that is enabled). If neither the message-level nor the transport-level authenticated client is enabled, the anonymous client becomes the effective client.
When a proxy service invokes a local transport proxy service, the effective client of the invoking proxy service becomes the transport-level client of the invoked local proxy service. A local transport proxy service can authorize this client for access with an access control policy. In this way, it is possible to propagate the client of the first proxy service to all the subsequent proxy services in the overall end-to-end message flow.
Local transport proxy services support user-defined transport headers. Consider a scenario in which a proxy service uses the HTTP transport: It routes to a local proxy service, and the HTTP proxy service passes headers to the local proxy service using the Transport Header action. In this scenario, if the HTTP proxy service received the Content-Type header, which is available as a user header in the local transport and is therefore accessible through the standard user header, instead of as a typed transport header.
You can invoke a local transport proxy service from the Oracle Service Bus test browser. Metrics are collected for a local transport proxy service in the same way as they are any other service.
You can specify message handling options for local transport proxy services.
Specifically, you can enable local transport proxy services to decode and parse inbound messages in MTOM/XOP format and to send responses using the MTOM/XOP format, when appropriate. SOAP Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism (MTOM) is a method of sending binary data to and from Web services. MTOM uses XML-binary Optimized Packaging (XOP) to transfer the binary data.
Similarly, when local transport proxy services are chained through an HTTP transport proxy service, the local transport proxy services inherit the setting of whether attachments are paged to disk and processed in a streaming fashion (without buffering the attachment contents in memory). That is, if an outer HTTP transport proxy service is configured to page attachments to disk, the chained local transport proxy services also process attachments in this fashion. This enables the proxy service to process large attachments efficiently.
For information about configuring message handling for proxy services, see Section 4.3.4, "Proxy Service Message Handling Configuration Page."
A common scenario that can be supported using local transport proxy services is one in which a proxy service needs to be invoked using different transports. This can be achieved by putting a set of front-end proxy services (one service per transport) in front of a local transport proxy service in the path of the message flow.
These front-end proxy services simply route messages to the local transport proxy service. The following figure illustrates this scenario.
Another common scenario is one in which an Any SOAP or XML type proxy service acts as a front-end to different enterprise systems. This front-end proxy service can receive messages in a variety of formats and uses a technique common to all these messages (for example, a WS-Addressing SOAP header) to route the messages to an appropriate local transport proxy service.
In this scenario, the front-end proxy service is acting as a generic router with little knowledge of the enterprise systems or the message formats and semantics. To further abstract the knowledge of the routing rules at design time, the front-end proxy service can use dynamic routing to route messages to the local transport proxy services. For an example of how dynamic routing is used in the proxy services, see "Using Dynamic Routing" in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle Service Bus.
Each of the local transport proxy services to which messages are routed from the front-end service in turn acts as a front-end proxy service for a specific business service. The local transport proxy services are aware of the message format required by the business services to which they route.
In this scenario, these local transport proxy services act as functional proxy services. The roles of a functional proxy services are to enforce access control for invoking a particular business service, and to perform any transformation of the messages required to invoke the target business service correctly. The following figure illustrates this scenario.
When chaining local proxy services, SOAP faults in the $fault variable are not automatically propagated from one proxy service pipeline to another. Consider the following example:
Client > P1 > P2 > Business Service > Back-end Service, where P1 and P2 are proxy services.
If a SOAP fault occurs in the back-end service, it is propagated to the $fault variable in P2. However, the SOAP fault value in P2 is not automatically propagated to the $fault variable in P1 and is therefore not returned to the client.
To propagate the SOAP fault from one proxy to another:
In P2, add an error handler that contains a Reply with Failure action. See "Adding Reply Actions" in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle Service Bus. This returns the SOAP message with fault information contained in the $body.
In P1, transform the $body as necessary to return the desired SOAP error details to the client.
For more information on how Oracle Service Bus handles SOAP faults, see "Generating the Error Message, Reporting, and Replying" in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle Service Bus.
You can attach Oracle Web Services Manager (OWSM) service policies to local proxy services, which lets you apply specific security controls to messages arriving at each local proxy.
This section describes how OSB processes WS-Security at run time when a proxy service forwards messages with security headers to other proxy services, such as local proxies. Message forwarding occurs through actions such as route, service callout, and publish.
Proxy services do not perform outbound WS-Security processing when forwarding messages to other proxy services. The following figures illustrate this behavior, showing WS-Security configurations in different proxy-to-proxy scenarios. Use these scenarios to understand the behavior so that you can successfully use OWSM service policies on local proxy services that receive messages from other proxy services.
The following scenarios show a front-end proxy service forwarding messages to local proxies. However, the behavior described in this section also applies to proxy-to-proxy invocations regardless of transport type.
Figure 31-3 shows a client with a client policy sending a message to a front-end proxy that could have any of the following characteristics:
The front-end proxy could be active and contain an OWSM policy that performs inbound processing on all WS-Security headers in a request or only a subset of those headers. For example, it might process the authentication policy but not the message protection policy when the request contains both authentication and message protection headers. The proxy could also contain a non-security policy such as an OWSM log policy.
The front-end proxy could be passive and contain an OWSM policy.
The front-end proxy could contain no OWSM policy.
In each of these cases, the front-end proxy encounters at least one security header in the message. The proxy service passes this message without performing outbound WS-Security processing to the local proxies. The local proxies may or may not contain OWSM policies.
In Figure 31-3, Local Proxy 2 receives the message without throwing an exception, because the message contains the expected security headers. Even if the Front-end Proxy contained a policy that performed partial security processing (for example, authentication processing but no message protection processing), the forwarded message would still contain security headers.
Figure 31-4 shows a client with a client policy sending a message to a front-end proxy. The front-end proxy is active and contains an OWSM service policy that processes all WS-Security headers in the message. The inbound service policy is processed, which strips the message of its security headers. Because the front-end proxy is forwarding the message to other proxies, no outbound WS-Security processing is performed, and the message without security headers is forwarded to the local proxies. One local proxy contains an OWSM service policy that expects security headers, and an exception is thrown when the message arrives without those headers. The other local proxy contains an OWSM non-security policy where no enforcement occurs, so the message without security headers passes through successfully.
The behavior described in this section does not apply to proxy services that contain WLS 9 policies. When a proxy service forwards a message to another proxy service that contains a WLS 9 policy, the forwarding proxy performs outbound security processing. For more information on WLS 9 policies, see Chapter 51, "Using WS-Policy in Oracle Service Bus Proxy and Business Services."
The limitations of the local transport are:
You can invoke the proxy service using the local transport only from another proxy service.
The proxy services using the local transport cannot be published to the UDDI.
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Using Debug Build
If we are not able to reproduce the bug you have reported, we will send you a debug build of WinSCP customized to trace down the bug.
- The debug build comes in a ZIP archive.
- Save the archive to an easily accessible location such as your Windows desktop or your My Documents folder.
- Extract the archive by opening its context menu (using right-click) and selecting Extract All command.
- Locate the extracted
winscp.exe executable and run it.
- Reproduce the problem you are having. Please use the most simple scenario for that. Avoid doing any operation with WinSCP that is not strictly necessary to make the problem reproduce.
- Close WinSCP.
- Windows Explorer open with the trace file selected. Open the context menu of the trace file (using right-click) and select Send to > Compressed (zipped) folder.
- Email the zipped trace file back to us.
- Include a regular session log too, if relevant.
- If the Windows Explorer does not open with the trace file, locate it manually in the same folder, where you have extracted the
winscp.exe executable to. The trace file has a name like
- If your scenario involves using
winscp.com, another trace file is created as
- If you do not want to send the trace file(s) via email, we can setup a storage with SFTP access for you easily. Let us know.
- The debug version is slow due to a detailed logging. The slowness may actually prevent the bug from occurring. In such case, let us know, and we will arrange another method for debugging.
- If you do not have a write access to the executables location, the trace file is not created. On Windows Vista and newer, you might need to run WinSCP with elevated privileges. If you are still not allowed to write to the location, set value of the environment variable
WINSCPTRACE to a directory, where you have a write access to. To set an environment variable go to Control Panel > System and Security > System > Advanced System Settings > Advanced > Environment Variables > User variables for … > New.
- The trace file may contain a sensitive information. We do respect your privacy. We will never misuse any information we find in the trace file, nor we will ever share the information with a third party. You can remove anything you do not want to share.
- In corporate environments, your account profile (including your Windows desktop or your My Documents folder) can be located on a network path. It’s common that a local policy forbids applications started from a network path from accessing an external network/Internet. If that’s the case, and it prevents WinSCP from connecting, please extract the archive to another location on your local drive.
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Lilium superbum L.
Liliaceae (Lily Family)
Synonym(s): Lilium canadense ssp. superbum, Lilium canadense ssp. superbum, Lilium gazarubrum, Lilium mary-henryae
USDA Symbol: lisu
The tall, flowering stem bears several somewhat drooping, orange flowers, spotted reddish-brown, with strongly recurved petals and petal-like sepals; a green streak at the base of each flower segment forms a green star.
The largest and most spectacular of the native Lilies; up to 40 flowers have been recorded on a single plant. The recurved sepals and petals, which presumably resemble a type of cap worn by early Turks, and the showy extruded stamens, are distinctive features. Indians used the bulbs for soup. A somewhat smaller southern species, Carolina Lily (L. michauxii), also has its floral parts bent strongly backwards but lacks the green central star. Its whorled leaves are thick, whitish, and broadest toward the tip.
From the Image Gallery
Bloom InformationBloom Color: Red , Orange , Yellow
Bloom Time: Jul , Aug , Sep
DistributionUSA: AL , AR , CT , DC , DE , FL , GA , IL , IN , KY , MA , MD , MN , MS , NC , NH , NJ , NY , OH , PA , RI , TN , VA , WV
Native Distribution: Southern New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and New York; south to Georgia and Alabama.
Native Habitat: Wet meadows, swamps, and woods.
Growing ConditionsWater Use: Medium
Light Requirement: Sun
Soil Moisture: Moist
Soil pH: Acidic (pH<6.8)
Drought Tolerance: Low
Soil Description: Loam, Sand. Good drainage essential.
Conditions Comments: Like moist but well drained soils
Find Seed or Plants
Find seed sources for this species at the Native Seed Network.
National Wetland Indicator Status
From the National Suppliers DirectoryAccording to the inventory provided by Associate Suppliers, this plant is available at the following locations:
Edge of the Woods Native Plant Nursery - Orefield, PA
LAMTREE FARM - Warrensville, NC
Amandas Garden - Dansville, NY
Sunshine Farm & Gardens - Renick, WV
Enchanter's Garden - Hinton, WV
ArcheWild Native Nurseries - Quakertown, PA
From the National Organizations DirectoryAccording to the species list provided by Affiliate Organizations, this plant is on display at the following locations:
Delaware Nature Society - Hockessin, DE
Native Seed Network - Corvallis, OR
Mt. Cuba Center - Hockessin, DE
BibliographyBibref 1620 - Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Reprint Edition) (2009) Wasowski, S. with A. Wasowski
Bibref 1294 - The Midwestern Native Garden: Native Alternatives to Nonnative Flowers and Plants An Illustrated Guide (2011) Adelman, Charlotte and Schwartz, Bernard L.
Search More Titles in Bibliography
Additional resourcesUSDA: Find Lilium superbum in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Lilium superbum in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Lilium superbum
MetadataRecord Modified: 2014-08-04
Research By: TWC Staff
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Povh, Martin and Fleten, Stein-Erik (2009): Modeling long-term electricity forward prices.
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In contrast to forwards and futures on storable commodities, prices of long-term electricity forwards exhibit a dynamics different to that of short-term and mid-term prices. We model long-term electricity forward prices through demand and supply for electricity, adjusted with a risk premium. Long-term prices of electricity, oil, coal, natural gas, emission allowance, imported electricity and aluminum are modeled with a vector autoregressive model. To estimate the model we use weekly prices of far-maturity forwards relevant for Nordic electricity market. Electricity prices experienced few substantial shocks during the period analyzed, however, we found no evidence of a structural break. Cointegration analysis indicates two stationary cointegrating vectors. Nord Pool price is found significant in the short- and the long-run model, while the gas price is insignificant in both. Other variables are significant only in the long-run model. The model shows some influence of the risk premium, however not on the long-term electricity forwards at Nord Pool.
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|Keywords:||Electricity prices; long-term forward prices; VAR modeling; cointegration|
|Subjects:||G - Financial Economics > G1 - General Financial Markets > G13 - Contingent Pricing ; Futures Pricing
Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q4 - Energy
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S. Koekebakker and F. Ollmar, “Forward curve dynamics in the Nordic electricity market,” Managerial Finance, vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 74-95, 2005.
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S. A. McCusker, B. F. Hobbs and Y. Ji, “Distributed utility planning using probabilistic production costing and generalized Benders decomposition,” IEEE Trans. on Power Systems, vol. 17. no. 2, pp. 497-505, 2002.
A. Eydeland and K. Wolyniec, Energy and power risk management, Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2003, ch. 7.
P. L. Skantze, M. Ilic, A. Gubina, “Modeling locational price spreads in competitive electricity markets: applications for transmission rights valuation and replication,” IMA J. of Management Mathematics, vol. 15, pp. 291-319, 2004.
E. S. Schwartz, “The Stochastic Behavior of Commodity Prices: Implications for Valuation and Hedging,” J. of Finance, vol. 52, pp. 923-973, 1997.
V. Niemeyer, “Forecasting long-term electric price volatility for valuation of real power options,” in Proc. of the 33rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Hawaii, 2000.
R. L. McDonald, Derivatives Markets (Second Edition), Boston, MA, Addison-Wesley Series in Finance, 2006, pp. 72.
S. Wilkens and J. Wimschulte, “The pricing of electricity futures: Evidence from the European energy exchange. Journal of Futures Markets, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 387-410, 2007.
H. Bessembinder and M. L. Lemmon, “Equilibrium pricing and optimal hedging in electricity forward markets,” J. of Finance, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 1347–1382, 2002.
F. Longstaff and A. Wang, “Electricity forward prices: A high-frequency empirical analysis,” J of Finance, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 1877-1900, 2004.
F. Ollmar, “Empirical study of the risk premium in an electricity market,” Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration Working Paper. 2003.
P. Diko, S. Lawford and V. Limpens, "Risk Premia in Electricity Forward Prices," Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics, Vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 1358-1358, 2006.
G. Chow, “Tests on Equality between sets of coefficients in two linear regressions”, Econometrica, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 591-605,1960.
S. Johansen, “Statistical Analysis of Cointegrating Vectors,” Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, vol.12, no. 2/3, pp-231-254, 1988.
K. Juselius, The Cointegrated VAR model: Methodology and Aplications, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2006.
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Soft bottle-brush looking stems rise above shallow water. Great for softening rock edges along a stream or the edge of the pond. Doesn’t even need to be planted in soil, it will grow tucked into wet gravel. A Minnesota Native version of parrot’s feather, but upright stems are a little taller, and sturdier. Plus, it’s hardy to boot! Can be planted in natural waterways.
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Fair game and foul play. Stolen: Change Management. Reward offered. Post 3
“During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” —George Orwell
There are well-established boundaries for the creation and use of intellectual property. In the age of re-mix it is important to be very clear on them. One way is by citing resources properly and identifying plagiarism (post 1). Another way is by understanding the current explosion of re-mix (post 2).
In this post, we’ll look at the conditions for producing and using thought leadership appropriately. We’ll begin by looking at what’s legitimate and what’s not.
There are four distinct areas:
In the change management space, most “inventions” emerge from research, often conducted for Masters and PhD programs. A student candidate identifies a thesis to investigate, and then a board screens the thesis to ensure that it contributes to or develops/challenges existing thought leadership. In many cases, after the candidate earns a degree, he or she develops a commercial business around the thesis, usually based on tools and/or training.
In developing ways to apply theory in the field, it is often necessary to modify and extend existing tools and methodologies. This work should always be done under the direction of the original thought leaders. Only these individuals understand the original findings, the structure of the current approach, and its interdependencies.
2. Work made for hire
Within contract law, there is a concept called “work made for hire.” It stipulates that all work produced by an employee is the property of the employer (likewise, contractor/client).
This means that, even if you are employed by one company and move to another, you are not entitled to reproduce work created elsewhere. You are certainly not permitted to copy the intellectual property it was based on.
The reality of working life is that all intellectual property is produced by individuals who move from organization to organization. What they create in one organization becomes part of that organization’s intellectual property. However, what they learn goes with them. What if they re-create their work in the new organization? The law is clearly against this, even if it is rarely enforced.
Want to use a commercially available tool, training, or methodology? Inquire into a license.
In many training courses, for example, when you finish, you get an official license to use the IP with very specific conditions. Completion of a training course is never a license to take credit for the IP or to use it as a base for building or modifying one’s own IP.
Many of us write on the topics we are passionate about. We share our experiences and comment on what is working and what we are trying differently. To the extent that this explains, advances, or challenges current thinking it is a good thing.
Most of us can afford to be a little more diligent. If we imagine that we are writing for a Masters program or a PhD thesis perhaps we can raise the quality of our production.
At the very least, we should cite resources properly. As noted in Post 1, Plagiarism.org provides some excellent advice: “Most cases of plagiarism can be avoided, however, by citing sources. Simply acknowledging that certain material has been borrowed, and providing your audience with the information necessary to find that source, is usually enough to prevent plagiarism.”
As a reminder, they make it very clear when citation is required:
“Whenever you borrow words or ideas, you need to acknowledge their source. The following situations almost always require citation:
1. Whenever you use quotes
2. Whenever you paraphrase
3. Whenever you use an idea that someone else has already expressed
4. Whenever you make specific reference to the work of another
5. Whenever someone else’s work has been critical in developing your own ideas.”
They provide an excellent section on citation here (http://www.plagiarism.org/plag_article_what_is_citation.html) .
It is very clear what is legal and appropriate and yet, it seems, there is a lot of highly questionable activity happening. This ranges from representing someone else’s ideas as one’s own to building new methodologies on top of someone else’s IP without licensing, let alone citation.
If you do the following without citing sources (and sometimes even if you do cite them) it’s considered illegal:
- Re-write or summarize someone else’s 5, 6, 7, or 8 steps and represent them as your own
- Excerpt steps from different approaches and amalgamate them to come up with your own x-step process
Poaching content and methodology is not just “wrong,” it’s dangerous. The output is often shallow and sometimes so inaccurate as to be counterproductive.
You might say, “You’re over-reacting. There can’t possibly be such infractions. If this were so, there would surely be corresponding lawsuits.” The fact is that prosecution is time-consuming, expensive, and takes valuable attention away from present business. Many opt not to pursue infractions.
Caveat emptor (buyer beware)
We are really operating in a marketplace where being careful is paramount.
There is only a market for products that people consume. In that formula, buyers take on a symbiotic responsibility. The general marketplace includes blogs like this, as well as ebooks, Twitter, LinkedIn, FaceBook, webinars, seminars, conferences―basically any communication offered for marketing or commercial purposes. It also includes consulting and contracting services, in addition to training and coaching.
Remember the “broken windows” story in Post 1? What we all read, share, and buy sends a “signal.”
What can we do?
What can we do when we read something that is likely plagiarised or stolen? I propose to you that we owe it to each other to be active in our communities.
Some of the things we can do:
1. Be an informed, demanding, and responsible consumer. Ask contractors and consultants: Who inspired them? What have they studied? Who do they reference in their work? What they are licensed to deliver? Know the reputable thought leaders whose names you will expect to hear. Recognize and ask about licensing on concepts that they don’t own.
2. Reward “the good.” When you are impressed by original thinking or re-mix that is appropriately cited, say so. This has the effect of shaping the behavior of all players on the field. If proper citing is publically respected it will become more prevalent.
- Tell the author.
- Give endorsements and testimonials for great work and note your appreciation of appropriate citation and licensing of thought leadership.
- “Comment,” “Share,” and “Like” on social media.
3. Call out the questionable. When you read something that looks like plagiarism:
- Err on the side of caution. Perhaps it is original material. Or the author might believe it so. Perhaps it’s an oversight. It happens.
- At the very least, ignore the material. Do not “share” or “like” it on social media.
- If it’s a blog post or discussion, consider leaving a comment like: “Gee, this really looks like XYZ’s work available here [LINK]. Were you inspired by this?” This allows the author an opportunity to set the record straight, sends a signal, and leaves a bread crumb for fellow practitioners who might come after you. You can even just leave a seemingly innocuous comment like “You might also be interested in XYZ’s work.” This also serves as a signal.
- If you are determined to confront someone, I strongly recommend you take the conversation offline. First, public confrontation elevates the reputational stakes for both parties. Second, if you are wrong, it is my understanding that you can be prosecuted for slander.
Let’s be realistic, there is a degree of mutual-reputation risk involved here. It is possible that an author could take great offense to a question. That has not been my experience, however. I have found that the recommendations above are open and respectful enough to be both effective and benign.
In many respects, we are peers operating in public space. Some would argue that no one has either the right or responsibility to enforce their own imaginary standards. I don’t happen to buy into that―I believe that all change affects us all, and that sets a higher duty of care. The question becomes whether the personal risk is worth it to you.
Where will you take a stand?
Every incident of plagiarism, accidental or intentional, is a “broken window.” There are no police. This must be a community effort.
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This study fundamentally alters our knowledge of how TLR4 drives breast cancer. that TLR4 activation inhibits growth of wild-type cells but promotes growth of mutant breast malignancy cells by regulating proliferation. This differential effect is usually mediated by changes in tumor cell cytokine secretion. Whereas TLR4 activation in mutant breast cancer cells increases secretion of progrowth cytokines TLR4 activation in wild-type breast cancer cells increases type I IFN (IFN-γ) secretion which is usually both necessary and sufficient for mediating TLR4-induced growth inhibition. This study identifies a novel dichotomous role for TLR4 as a growth regulator and a modulator of tumor microenvironment in breast tumors. These results have translational relevance demonstrating that mutant breast tumor growth can be suppressed by pharmacologic TLR4 inhibition whereas TLR4 inhibitors may in fact promote growth of wild-type tumors. Furthermore using data generated by The Malignancy Genome Atlas consortium we demonstrate that the effect of mutational status on TLR4 activity may extend to ovarian colon and lung cancers among others suggesting that this viability of TLR4 as a therapeutic target depends on status in many different tumor types. Breast cancer has one of the highest incidence rates of cancer in women world-wide with an increase of than 1.5 million women identified as having the condition in 2012. Due to its high incidence breasts cancer can be among the leading factors behind cancer-related fatalities with 40 0 females predicted to expire of the condition in 2014 in america alone. The medical diagnosis and treatment of breasts cancer continues to be significantly improved with the id of three main subtypes of the AN2728 condition predicated on receptor appearance: estrogen receptor (ER)-positive individual epidermal growth aspect receptor 2 (HER2)-positive and triple-negative [tumors missing ER progesterone receptor (PR) and HER2]. Of the subtypes ER-positive breasts cancer makes up about 70-80% of most diagnosed breasts tumors. ER-positive breast cancer is normally attentive to endocrine AN2728 therapy largely; nevertheless intrinsic or obtained level of resistance takes place in one-third of situations and contributes considerably to breasts cancer-associated mortality. Therefore AN2728 identifying restorative targets to prevent ER-positive breast cancer mortality is definitely a major focus of scientific AN2728 investigation. ER-positive breast tumors with a high mutation weight are associated with poor individual survival and a high mutation load likely affects the response to AN2728 endocrine therapy (1). Because known drivers of endocrine resistance (e.g. PR negativity and HER2 amplification) are not enriched with this subset the recognition of novel drivers is critical to the finding of prognostic/predictive markers and generation of targeted therapies. Inside a display for preferentially mutated Rabbit polyclonal to BNIP2. genes we recognized Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) like a likely driver of this poorly surviving ER-positive subset. TLR4 is definitely a member of the Toll-like family of proteins which localizes to both the cell membrane and AN2728 the cytoplasm and is analyzed primarily in immune cells. TLR4 is definitely activated by a variety of ligands: DNA RNA and viral particles; chemotherapeutic agents; and lipopolysaccharides (LPS). TLR4 induction in immune cells can activate several cancer-associated signaling cascades including the MAP kinase and NFkB pathways (2 3 These pathways transcriptionally activate the secretion of either proinflammatory cytokines such as IL-6 and IL-8 or anti-inflammatory type I IFNs including IFN-γ. TLR4 activity in tumor-recruited immune cells induces antitumor immunity by modifying secreted cytokines in the tumor microenvironment therefore regulating T-cell maturation (4). TLR4 also has been identified in the protein level in breast epithelial tumor cells (5). In contrast to its part in tumor-associated immune cells TLR4 promotes growth (6) and chemotherapeutic resistance (7 8 in ER-negative breast malignancy cell lines in accordance with studies of ovarian malignancy (9 10 Based on these studies therapies focusing on TLR4 look like novel viable strategies with significant potential for treating cancer and have in fact been proposed as such (6-8). With this study we demonstrate that.
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Pittsburgh, PA (PRWEB) November 30, 2012
InventHelp®, America’s largest invention submission company, announces that one of its clients, an inventor from Florida, has designed a modified spade to make digging small areas easier and less strenuous. This invention is patented and a prototype is available.
The “Root Cutting Spade” would also help to gather and cut stray roots. The idea would eliminate the need to bend over and cut roots manually, which could cause back strain. Helping to save time and effort, the Root Cutting Spade is ergonomic and easy to use. The invention would be ideal for use by landscapers, farmers, contractors and do-it-yourselfers.
The invention would feature a steel spade head attached to the bottom end of a wooden handle. The center of each side would include a triangular cutting edge that is oriented upward at a 30-degree angle. As the user pushes the spade into the earth, these edges would gather and slice through stray roots. According to the inventor, a smaller version would also be available for flowers.
“Digging small areas manually can be a time-consuming and back-breaking hassle,” said the inventor. “Stray roots tend to impede the spade, and they need to be cut and removed manually before proceeding.”
InventHelp® is attempting to submit the invention to companies for review. If substantial interest is expressed, the company will attempt to negotiate for a sale or royalties for the inventor. For more information, telephone Dept. 10-ORD-1501 at (800) 851-6030.
Manufacturers interested in reviewing additional inventions and new product ideas can contact InventHelp’s marketing partner Intromark by filling out an online request to review new product ideas here.
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Use a single software application from CAD to print.
Increase efficiency with optimized data management.
Streamline time to print and finished parts with a single, easy-to-use interface.
Improve productivity and reduce printer downtime with management and monitoring tools.
Print better parts.
What is 3D Sprint?
3D Sprint® is exclusive software from 3D Systems for preparing and optimizing CAD and polygon data and managing the additive manufacturing (AM) process for 3D Systems plastic 3D printers, including color-jet printing (CJP), digital light processing (DLP), multi-jet printing (MJP), stereolithography (SLA), and selective laser sintering (SLS).
Delivered with every supported plastic printer from 3D Systems and offering direct and virtual machine support for a wide range of legacy systems, 3D Sprint delivers tools that allow you to 3D print better parts without high-priced software.
What Can You Do with 3D Sprint?
You can use 3D Sprint to prepare and optimize CAD data and then manage the AM process on your 3D Systems plastic 3D printers.
Directly import native CAD files from industry-leading CAD systems, which greatly reduces the need for file repair and fixing, shortens the file preparation time, and facilitates the design-to-print process.
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Achieve accurate and powerful slicing and accurate build time and material estimates. Submit print jobs directly from your print workspace or load 3D Sprint build files created on another system directly to the printer. Manage your directly-connected printer or get visibility for all networked or shared printers to control job priorities with queue management tools.
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Enable easier post-processing.
Uses less material.
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Copy build styles from one part/region to another.
New build preview to inspect slices for errors and reduce build failures.
Auto-placement to fit more parts on the build platform.
3D Sprint Basic complimentary licenses are included with all new purchases of specific 3D Systems plastic 3D printers. 3D Systems also offers direct and virtual machine support for a wide range of legacy systems. View the full list of supported printers in the 3D Sprint brochure.
In addition, you can upgrade 3D Sprint Basic complimentary online activation licenses to offline, network, dark site, or 3D Sprint PRO licenses, or purchase additional licenses for your printer.
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3D Sprint PRO for SLAincludes the same functionality as 3D Sprint Basic plus advanced part and build preparation functions like native CAD import, finely-tuned supports, auto-placement for increased overall tray capacity, and embedded polygon technology. 3D Sprint PRO also supports QuickCast Diamond build style for SLA investment casting patterns.
Sporting goods retailer seeks to avoid expense of tooling by validating high-speed Figure 4 solution with new 3D Sprint stacked printing feature as the best option to produce safety glasses components....
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JPMorgan Chase is one of the Big Four Banks of the United States (along with Bank of America, Citigroup and Wells Fargo). The firm was formed in 2000 when Chase Manhattan Corporation acquired J.P. Morgan & Co and is headquartered in New York City.
JPMorgan Chase operates in more than 60 countries. The firm is a market leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers, small business and commercial banking, financial transaction processing, asset management, and private equity.
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listed on London Stock Exchange, NYSE Euronext & Tokyo Stock Exchange
Voluntary initiativesJPMorgan Chase has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:
- Business Environmental Leadership Council (BELC)
- Carbon Principles
- Equator Principles
- Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
- Global Reporting Initiative
- Green Bond Principles
- International Hydropower Association
- Principles for Responsible Investment
- RSPO Principles and Criteria for Sustainable Palm Oil Production
- Soft Commodities Compact
- UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
- UNEP Finance Initiative
- Wolfsberg Principles
- World Business Council for Sustainable Development
BankTrack campaigns and JPMorgan Chase
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BankTrack has assessed JPMorgan Chase on its implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in June 2016. JPMorgan Chase is assessed as a Laggard, with a total score of 0.5/12.
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Breakthrough: JPMorgan Chase Dropping Mountain Destruction
After more than five year of campaign by Rainforest Action Network demanding that JPMorgan Chase and other banks drop MTR financing, in mid April 2014, JPMorgan Chase updated its environmental policy, revealing that it will be ending financial relationships with Mountaintop Removal coal mining companies. RAN will remain vigilant to ensure JPMorgan Chase stays on the path away from MTR.
More US and European Banks step back from Mountaintop Removal
In 2013, BNP Paribas pledged to cut financing for top producers of mountaintop removal coal. In spring 2014, JPMorgan Chase updated its environmental policy committing to aggressively reduce its financing relationships with mountaintop removal coal mining companies. And in April 2014, Royal Bank of Scotland followed suit, updating their environmental policies to prohibit financing to companies who are "significant producers of coal using mountaintop removal (MTR) mining in Appalachia."
Wall Street turns its back on Mountaintop Removal coal mining
After sustained campaigning by RAN, eight of Wall Street's biggest banks have developed public policies limiting their appetite for investment in mountaintop removal (MTR) coal mining. By 2011, MTR policies or statements had been released by banks including Credit Suisse, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo, PNC bank and UBS. The policies were assessed by RAN in the 2011 MTR report card. RAN and others continue to scrutinize implementation of these policies.
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Creative Leaders don’t plan for what’s coming, they envision and create.
The all important, never fully seen , never fully touched – Future.
We try hard to see it. Try hard to avoid it. Try hard to plan for what it will be.
Try, but when it is here it is never the future. It is now, something else.
Still thinking on the future is one of the most uniquely human abilities we have.
Still more Creative Leaders are those that don’t plan for what’s coming, but imagine and create the future.
See this concept of the future can be thought of in three very different ways.
In one, we are standing still and the future is coming at us. It’s like we are standing in a pipe and the water of time is a never ending rush. Rushing at us, rushing past us.
In the second concept we are on a timeline flying forward to the future. Every successive moment the future becomes the present and we fly unendingly forward. Hurled at the future, grasping for what’s good.
In the third concept we are in an ocean. We have been given the boat of life. Time will move but we don’t have to. In the future can be a drift at sea or search for new lands. There are no guarantees but sailing is more fun then bobbing about – I promise.
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(On making things lighter in religion)
Islam is a religion of making things lighter. Christianity also developed through making things lighter. It lightened Judaism. Judaism had some very heavy ideas. Through nonsense and additions, people made it impossible to live by Judaism. Note this, even today there are no Jews who can obey all the commandments of Judaism. Because they are very heavy. They are greater than what a person’s nature can bear. It is not possible, in other words. Let us turn that into a book. The Prophet Jesus (pbuh) made it lighter, by Allah’s command. He lightened those commandments. Then the Messenger of Allah (saas) came and brought Islam, by Allah’s leave. He also produced a powerful lightening of the load. Allah says in one verse that, “He will lift the heavy chains from you.”
Bigots are made really uneasy by that lightening. That easing of things is also a feature of the Mahdi. We see in the hadiths that this is one of the Mahdi’s main duties. That is why bigots are against him. That is why Jewish rabbis and religious figures were against the Prophet Jesus (pbuh). They failed to kill him, but they sought to martyr him. Because he lightened the faith. When the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) came, they said “This man has killed our religion.” Because he lightened all the commandments. He eliminated commandments. They looked, and religion was very easy. “What kind of religion is this?” they said. “He has destroyed our religion,” they said.
The objection to the Messenger of Allah (saas) was the same. “This religion is very strange, it is unacceptable,” they said. Prayer is easy, purification is easy, living is easy, everything is easy, but that easy upset them. Religion being easy is what most disturbs polytheists. Almighty Allah speaks of the polytheists’ oppression. “If We had not made you firm, you would have leaned towards them a little.” He says. Polytheists really keep things suppressed. They want new commandments. “That is not in the Qur’an,” our Prophet (saas) says. “You say something then,” they say. “You are bringing in a new instruction. Make the commandments more difficult, and we will follow that religion,” say the polytheists and the unbelievers.
What the idolaters really dislike, is that the Qur’an is so easy. I read verse 31 of Surat an-Nur. Not a peep from the bigots. They went as quiet as the grave. I said that a young girl can dress in a relaxed way in front of her father. I said that as an explanation. I explained Allah’s commandment. They saw how clear Allah’s pronouncement was. They saw this surpassed their imaginings. Then they said, “If that is what the Qur’an stipulates, then I do not believe in the Qur’an.” Do you see the excess of the End Times? Some people have failed to understand verse 31 of Surat an-Nur. They have only just seen what it means. Because the verse slaps down their fantastical mindset. There is a huge lightening. One that appears in neither Christianity nor Judaism. Almighty Allah has made the religion easier.
Sacred signs are little known. They generally say the Ark of the Covenant will be found. The details here are very important. It is amazing how the Prophet Adam’s (pbuh) shirt should have survived. One he sewed himself. The staff of the Prophet Moses (pbuh) that turned into a snake. When that is found, it will be a normal, wooden staff. It will stand there and do nothing. But when Allah wishes, it will turn into a snake. The pulpit of the Prophet Solomon (pbuh). This is no small pulpit. These have been separately concealed by people. But generally the Knights Templar conceal them, let me say that. For example, I know that the Templars have a number of sacred relics. There is a book from the time of the Prophet Abraham (pbuh) in their hands. That is why they have a great love for. They have a tendency to become Muslims. May Allah forbid, losing his faith ruins a person. People imagine he will stand there like a stone. But he will actually melt away like candle wax. Throw it into the fire and it melts and disappears. May Allah forbid, a person will be ruined if he falls into disbelief. He will evaporate. Faith makes a believer beautiful. It makes him pleasant and attractive. It makes him impressive and majestic. Faith makes him radiant. If he loses his faith, he will be ruined and decay. Like a spring violet. It will burn up without water. But he will become beautiful in an environment of faith. People imagine that wherever one goes, one will remain the same. Not so, if one moves, one will be ruined and die.
Take a woman out of disbelief and she becomes radiant. If she abandons being a Muslim for disbelief, however, she will burn up and be ruined, she will turn into an ape, may Allah forbid. That is why life with faith is good. Music is pleasant with faith. People say, “Let’s get drunk and lose our heads.” Your brain becomes numbed and you are ruined. You cannot enjoy music or anything else. Music becomes good with faith. Everything is beautiful with faith.
(In response to a viewer who asks, “What food should we give a cancer patient to eat? What do you recommend?”)
Be happy and joyful. Make their surroundings nice. Keep their spirits up. There is one danger for these cancer patients. If you show they are a burden, that will shatter them. Cancer is a disease that is easy to treat. Drugs melt it away like wax. High morale is very important. Embrace them, love them, keep their spirits high, take them out and be joyful around them. Prepare nice food. We must treat cancer as a national catastrophe. We must be in a spirit of national solidarity against it. This is a great test, an important test. Allah gives us merit when we help a cancer patient. And the cancer patient receives merit. Because fighting against cancer and showing submission is an act of worship. He will become radiant and immaculate. The helper will also receive merit for that, and will earn the approval of Allah.
Meat, milk, molasses, vegetables, foods with olive oil. And they must be in good spirits. Then it will depart, insha’Allah. The inside of the house must be sterile. Be on your guard against germs. That is a risk for cancer patients. People with coughs should stay away, people with colds and the like. It is murder to let such people have contact with cancer patients. The drugs given break the immune system. So instead of dying from cancer, he dies from those germs, may Allah forbid. Let joyful, sane people have contact with the patient. Doctors say all this, but only superficially. You could plaster the walls. That will get rid of germs. You can lime plaster everywhere. The patient needs plenty of fluids. Molasses are very good, concentrated.2012-05-14 10:19:18
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The French School of Beijing, designed by Jacques Ferrier Architecture, has been imagined as a built landscape. It is being developed on a site in the "Orchard" neighbourhood, which takes its name from the old orchards which, until recently, were a defining feature of this stretch of land alongside the road to the airport. Since then, the development of high-end residential blocks and international schools has introduced a new urban character with collections of low rise buildings alongside generous green spaces.
The building creates a continuous and unified space on the site, defining the various walkways and in line with the roads. It offers students and teachers a combination of protected and open spaces, with the landscape always present as a backdrop. The ground floor is home to shared spaces and functions: underneath an awning, the communal spaces for the various schools alternate with covered playgrounds. All of the outdoor spaces open towards the canteen's orchard and the sports facilities.
The entrances to the primary school and the secondary school and college are clearly separated, as are the flows of different students. There are, however, connections between the different sections of the school for the staff and teachers. The organization of the space is unambiguous and easy to read: the school hall and library are recognizable as soon as you enter.
From the second floor up, the classrooms are organized in a rational and flexible way. They are clad in a wooden lattice which seems to float above the organic surroundings formed by the lines of fruit trees. From the inside, this lattice is porous enough to let through light and not obscure views of the outside. It plays a major role in shading the building from the sunlight and protecting the school's activities from outside eyes. Finally, the lattice creates a serene, innovative and identifiable architectural look, drawing inspiration from traditional Chinese architectural.
The canteen and the gym hall have been designed as pavilions in the orchard.
Alongside the stadium, they add the finishing touches to a project which combines architecture and landscaping to create a remarkable, environmentallyfriendly place of learning. The metals used in the façades of these two buildings set up a game of reflections between landscaped and built environments.
The matt aspect of the wooden lattice around the main building interplays with the burnished surfaces of the gym hall and the canteen.
With a contemporary character which avoids modish excesses, the French school takes a long-term view of design, leaving open various possibilities for development and new uses.
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Breast Cancer & the Environment Research Program
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Amy Trentham-Dietz, Ph.D.
NIEHS Grant: U01ES26127
Other Community and Academic Partners:
Susan G. Komen for the Cure – South Central Wisconsin
American Cancer Society
The critical need remains to improve our ability to prevent breast cancer. An area of research that holds great promise for reducing breast cancer risk concerns improving our knowledge of the impact of environmental factors, especially when these factors appear to act when the breast is particularly susceptible to changes that ultimately lead to cancer. The Coordinating Center for the Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Program (BCERP) Consortium will support research that follows national recommendations to prioritize prevention, use transdisciplinary research approaches, and intensify the study of chemical and physical factors that potentially influence the risk of developing breast cancer. The overarching goal is to support integrated scientific research to enhance the understanding of environmental and genetic factors underlying breast cancer risk throughout the lifespan, with particular focus on windows of susceptibility
The Center aims to:
- Provide leadership in team science by identifying opportunities to facilitate cross-project transdisciplinary interaction, standardize and integrate research efforts, and maximize use of resources;
- Provide exceptional coordination for the consortium, including defining a shared vision and mission, identifying shared resources, developing standard policies, managing Opportunity Funds to distribute to Consortium members, assisting NIH staff, and supporting a Steering Committee, Working Groups, and an annual scientific meeting;
- Leverage sharing of data and other resources among BCERP members;
- Support cross-project communication as well as dissemination of findings to diverse partners and audiences, including the broader breast cancer and environmental science research communities and to support the training and mentoring of the next generation of breast cancer researchers; and
- Facilitate internal and external evaluation to maximize the Coordinating Center's and Consortium's performance, transdisciplinary nature, productivity, and effectiveness.
The mission of the BCERP Coordinating Center is to provide intellectual leadership and logistical support for the BCERP consortium by identifying and facilitating opportunities for cross-BCERP collaboration and disseminating research findings through partnerships with stakeholders. The multidisciplinary team includes experts in breast cancer epidemiology, basic science, environmental health, toxicology, program evaluation, biostatistics, outreach/community engagement, and research administration, as well as mentoring and training. The Coordinating Center uses multiple innovative approaches to leverage Consortium members' common passion for elucidating the role of environmental factors that act during windows of susceptibility to increase risk of breast cancer, provide opportunities for collaboration, and enable BCERP to bring about substantive reductions in the burden of this common disease.
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Israel collaborator recruiter punked
In addition to bombs and missiles that have killed an ever increasing number of Palestinian civilians, Israel has dropped millions of flyers on the occupied, besieged Gaza Strip.
One such flyer, an image of which was sent to The Electronic Intifada, seeks to recruit Palestinian collaborators. Signed by the "Israel Defense Forces command," and addressed to the "the residents of the Gaza Strip," the flyer states: "You hold the responsibility for your own fate!" It invites Palestinians to call or email the Israeli army "to inform us about the location of rocket launching sites and the terrorist gangs that made you hostages of their actions." Because collaboration with an occupier is universally viewed as one of the worst forms of betrayal, the flyer warns "For your own safety, please maintain secrecy when you call us."
EI decided to call the number provided. What follows is a translation of the Arabic conversation between an EI editor and an Israeli officer who identifed himself using the Arabic name "Abu Ibrahim."
Israel has used cash, but has sometimes attempted to blackmail desperately sick Palestinians by witholding access to medical care unless they collaborate. Israel may also hope that the humanitarian catastrophe it has deliberately created in the Gaza Strip will make Palestinians more vulnerable to this kind of exploitation.
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A few hundred years ago – according to legend – an inhabitant of one of the Blasket Islands off the west coast of Ireland heard a strange, eerie tune floating out of the night air. He grabbed his fiddle and tried to imitate it, creating a tune that was eventually named Port na bPúcaí – the music of the Ghosts. And there the tale remained, with the resulting tune becoming part of Ireland’s rich heritage of traditional music.
Until the mid 1990s when musician Ronan Browne was going through some tapes, and to his great surprise heard the opening notes of Port na bPúcaí. What was on those tapes? Recordings of the songs of killer whales, which are well known to swim by the Blasket islands on their migrations.
We can’t ever know for certain that the tale of the composition of Port na bPúcaí is true. But if it is, then think of that islander, out alone at night, hearing the mysterious songs of the whales wash across the island and frantically scribbling down the notes of a tune from another world.
Last week there was a bit of a stir in the local media over a whale caught in fishing lines off Rottnest island. A rescue attempt was launched, but had to be abandoned due to oncoming storms. They did however manage to get a GPS tag attached to the lines so they could go back and free the whale later.
They finally got around to it yesterday (or was it the day before? I forget…). They got the rescue team together and headed out in boats to track down the tag. They found it alright, still attached to the tangle of lines, but there was no whale!
The media are all saying that the whale managed to free itself. But, what if that’s not the case? What if the whale was raptured!?
C’mon, you (and Harold Camping) know that it makes sense! ;D
And on the subject of good ol’ Harold, he’s announced that the rapture that didn’t happen on Saturday did happen, it’s just that it was a mystical/spiritual thing rather than a physical thing, and the world is still going to end in October. Yeah, you just keep on truckin’ Harold!
Hmmm, well I haven’t done much posting recently have I? I’ll put it down to getting back into the swing of work and spending much of my time uploading and annotating photos from my UK trip. I’ve almost finished the first day’s worth!
I’ve also got caught up in a writing challenge on Whitechapel. It’s the first time I’ve tried writing anything but mindless blog drivel and role playing material in ages, so we’ll see how it goes. The deadline is November 1st – with luck it’ll actually be readable by then.
Kraft has come to it’s senses and realised that “iSnack 2.0” is one of the worst marketing decisions in history. They’ve posted a bunch of more popular names to their website for the public to vote on and will be announcing the replacement name this week. I didn’t bother to vote – I’m just happy that clueless tech-speech abomination is being banished. Anyway, the only name I would have voted for is ‘Voldemite’ and that wasn’t on the list.
Before I go I’ll direct everyone’s attention to this song, which I discovered over the weekend – “Lucky Man” by Emerson Lake and Palmer. The song itself is (in my opinion) nothing special, a fairly dreary rock-folk dirge about a guy who goes off to war and gets shot. What makes it remarkable is the play out, the only explanation for which I can come up with is that they got a humpbacked whale in to do guest vocals and dosed it up on LSD.
Listen to the first 20 seconds or so to get the scope of the piece (it’s all like that), then jump to 3.20 to be astounded by the assorted wails, shrieks, groans and howls you get when you pump twenty litres of hallucinogens into a giant sea-going mammal!
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Quotes from reduz/Juan in the FB group:
"I would probably add something that maps triangles to UV and then have a manually unwrapped unique texture for the whole level where you paint. A 3D App can probably do such unwrap. You may need to do this in C++ for performance (using GDNative)."
"I think this needs to be done mostly in CPU and, at most, upload a texture to a shader to show different inks"
"You probably need to create a custom data structure for this on CPU, since you will need to splat around triangles and stuff.
I would use a BVH with triangles, and would store UVs for each triangle (you can search for how to build a BVH in a lot of articles).
you can raycast into the BVH to obtain a collision with a triangle, and then you can splat ink around by checking neighobouring triangles.
In the end all this works to splat on a texture where you store who owns the ink.
You can use the same when checking collision against the floor, to check who owns the ink."
"You will probably need to generate a secondary UV map (like, UV2) that covers all your paintable area in the scene and unwrap all your scene together. Blender can do this easily (just select all objects, press space and search for unwrap, it will unwrap all together to a single texture)."
So my understanding from that was that I have a texture broken up into tons of tiny transparent triangles. This texture is on all of the paintable materials wrapping the objects to make them paintable.
I could shoot a projectile of paint, have it "explode" a bit when it hits something, pop out a few smaller projectile CollisionObjects (bits of paint), all hidden within a particle effect. Then, when the bits of paint hit objects with a paintable material, I could grab the collision point, fetch which triangle it is on the paintable texture, and then color it and some neighboring triangles to simulate paint sticking onto the object.
This will do as an answer until a more detailed implementation can be made by someone down the line.
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Phillip Colbert and Trevor Andrew’s Neo Golden Age open at Modern Art Museum (MAM) Shanghai
British Neo-Pop artist Philip Colbert and Canadian street artist Trevor Andrew join forces to present their “duo solo exhibition” Neo Golden Age at the Modern Art Museum (MAM) Shanghai. The show draws influence from the unique golden age in which “the father of pop art” Andy Warhol and canonical street artist Jean Michel Basquiat created in 1980s New York. This fluid period of time saw the evaporation of barriers between high- and low-art, ardently nurturing anti-traditional works as evidenced largely by the oeuvres of Warhol and Basquiat. Despite the seismic differences between their aesthetics and lifestyles, the two were great friends. This legendary relationship resulted in an unprecedented blending of Pop Art and Street Art which has gone on to inspire generations of future artists, such as Colbert and Andrew. The duo has adopted Warhol and Basquiat’s revolutionary spirit and innovative attitudes to reevaluate the definition and potential of art in the 21st century, coalescing within Neo Golden Age.
In Reset (2018), the two artists previously debuted their work in China at Shanghai’s Powerlong Museum. This exhibition showcased the work of 41 creatives, including the signature Gucci Ghosts of Andrew and evocative, multi-disciplinary interiors of Colbert. Neo Golden Age will be the pair’s largest solo show to date as they return to Shanghai. Utilising a wide array of forms, the maximalist space sparks a dialogue between the intertwined motifs of Colbert’s Lobster Land and Andrew’s The Real Big Deal. Packed with monumental lobsters, inflatable cacti and factory-like settings, Neo Golden Age engages with a unique, immersive presentation method, inviting viewers to step into a world of amplified pop culture and consumerism.
These expansive themes are touched upon by MAM’s artistic director, Shai Baitel, as he states that the artists “diverge from traditional art forms and enter a world of multifaceted cultural production. Both turn their artistic persians into well-rounded and recognisable brands while simultaneously tackling society’s transitory nature. Today a strong artistic identity that can be easily identified by a unique set of visual motifs is considered essential in order to fit the immediacy and impatience of cultural consumerism. Using the principles of “traditional” Pop Art as the vehicle for their practice, fueled by their personal experiences and styles, both of these iconic artists are helped to acclimate 1950s Pop Art into today’s social media-frenzied and brand crazed world.”
Philip Colbert: Lobster Land
Philip Colbert has rightfully been described as the “godson of Andy Warhol” by Vogue’s Andre Leon Talley. The British artist is regarded as the epitome of contemporary Neo-Pop across the mediums of painting, sculpture, clothing, furniture and design. Lobster Land oscillates between the contemporary and classical through form and content, toying with these questions through the recurring figure of a cartoon lobster. Colbert suggests that the lobster is not only an art-historical symbol – present in countless oil paintings by old masters – but also his “the animated protagonist of surrealism” throughout his work. Lobster Land is the multi-disciplinary artist’s largest-ever solo exhibition, embedding rich art historical influences into our fragmented contemporary daily existence. Life – at its grandest and simplest – is the fundamental underpinning of his pieces. To express its multifaceted nature, the Neo-Pop icon employs the language of art history through the communicative tool of painting to reach an unconscious, surreal world void of reality’s constraints. In this utopian crustacean world, audience members will become Lobster Land residents themselves, dissipating the ever-increasingly tenuous boundary between the real and the virtual.
Trevor Andrew: The Real Big Deal
After making a name for himself by tagging Brooklyn’s streets with his own rendition of Gucci’s logo, Trevor Andrew gained the nickname Gucci Ghost and has since then made a significant splash in the global art scene. To define him solely by his accomplishments in contemporary graffiti however would be limiting to Andrew’s expansive scope. The artist is also an Olympic snowboarder, an indie musician, the lead singer of a band, a cartoonist and the owner of the street fashion boutique, in addition to being the face behind Gucci Ghost, a collaborator of the luxury label. Similar to Colbert, Andrew embraces a blend of high- and low-art, poking fun at the stiffness of the art historical cannon through his distinctive multidisciplinary practice. Everyday objects – even garbage – become creative subjects through this artist’s unique perspective. The retrospective The Real Big Deal is his first large-scale solo exhibition. Hyperbolic object installations pay homage to the iconic images in his career. “I have been creating all my life. This kind of creation is exaggerated and irrational, but it is also the most real motivation for all my art,” said Trevor Andrew.
Like the legendary, genre-defying creators this show is based on, Neo Golden Age will surely influence multidisciplinary thinkers for generations to come.
Phillip Colbert and Trevor Andrew’s Neo Golden Age is at Modern Art Museum (MAM) Shanghai from 8th November until 14th March 2021. For further information visit the exhibition’s website here.
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As part of its ongoing efforts to “help consumers balance calories consumed with calories expended,” Coca-Cola plans to roll out a 90-calorie can later this year. The 7.5-ounce can will include about 5 1/2 teaspoons of sugar (or high-fructose corn syrup), and may sell for about 50 cents per can.
Coca-Cola is getting ready to roll out new labels that will prominently display the calorie count for each bottle or can. “Now more than ever, people expect facts about the products they consume to be both readily available and visible,” said CEO Muhtar Kent. What facts won’t be on those labels? Any information about where the calories come from, like, say, high fructose corn syrup, is relegated to its traditional spot in the Nutrition Facts box. But with most non-diet sodas, the math is pretty easy: If the label says 100 calories, that’s pretty much 100 calories of sugar or corn syrup.
Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent has lashed out at a proposed federal tax on soda as “outrageous” and something akin to the policies that landed former Communist regimes in the dustbin of history. “I have never seen it work where a government tells people what to eat and what to drink,” he said. “If it worked, the Soviet Union would still be around.”
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Can the experts again please ID this orange-flowering plant?
Needing expert's ID for this plant
Hetty, I think you might be right - I have one in my yard, but it didn't come with a label, so I didn't know what to call it.
Check out the many Crossandras.
I think it is pretty close to several of them.
It looks like a Crossandra infundibuliformis...Those are great plants..there are different colors too.
OK, that looks like what I have - thanks for the i.d. - I will label it now as Crossandra.
Thank-you , all, for the help. I went to the link provided by Ardesia, and it looks like my orange-flowering plants are indeed Crossandra.
I hope you don't mind but I do have other plants brought -in by my gardener and he doesn't use scientific names for them. This one in the picture he calls welcome plant. My problem is I don't know if it is a tree, a bush or a vine that needs support. So can anyone again please help me ID it ?
Thanks a lot to you all!
It's hard to tell in that photo. It helps if we can see leaf and bloom detail.
It does resemble a Jacaranda tree...see if it looks like anything on this link, especially the leaves
This message was edited Dec 29, 2009 7:10 PM
Here's the result of my ID search for that plant...it seems to be a member of the bignonia family and commonly called pink trumpet vine...it is a vine although I would have preferred it to be a tree.
a pity it wasn't a Jacaranda, they are sooooooooooo gorgeous!!!! South Africa, where i originally come from, is very famous for them. but last i heard that they are now illegal to plant here because they have become invasive. such i pity i do so adore their display of color!
Yes Bignoniaceae, purple flowers= Podranea ricasoliana native to southern Africa.
How many dogs do you have? The dog in the picture is called here a "Galgo"
I have 6 dogs compared to your nine. I understand that you take care of street dogs, what a noble undertaking!
I have 2 whippets ( picture shown here), 2 basset hounds and 2 new addition...puppies with mixed breed of Japanese spitz and chow-chow.
The Galgo dog of Bravehearts mom is soooo handsome..I haven't seen one in my country.
Thanks for the info.
we have five dogs, and unfortunately one is very sick. She is also an abandoned dog, a fox terrier crossed with a bull terrier. she is now 13 years old, but she is sick, and i don't know if she will make it. i really hope so, we love her sooooooo much.
dogs are such wonderful companions, i don't think i will be able to survive without one!
Here in Costa Rica there is a disease transmitted by ticks. So not all the species of ticks can transmit that disease to dogs, but I will say it is one of the main problems in the area where I live. Some of my dogs had Ehrlichia, then they were treated with an antibiotic for 3 weeks. Part of the life in the tropics!
westraad I hope that your friend feel better. They really can feel our love for them.
I would like to have a basset hound!
as in i told in the other thread, my dear friend died. She was the best dog we have ever had, and extremely smart. we all miss her terribly.
here and in South Africa we also get Typhus (sp?) from the ticks, though our dogs have never had it. a lot of americans who come here get it though, and thats strange as we never get it.
your whippet is very beautiful, and i am glad he is better!
Ohhh..that reminded me how we use to pick those fat ticks off of our dogs in Liberia and The Gambia...fat fat fat ticks
Hi Isaac and Bignonia,
I have been using this product as recommended by my vet to prevent ticks from attacking my pet dogs: FIPRONIL FRONTLINE SPRAY. After the regular shampoo or washing of your pet, spray this product on the coat. I have not had any problem with ticks and fleas eversince I used it.
Balaitalisai, just a note on your podranea....they put out roots like crazy. I found roots a 1/2 inch in diameter 20 feet away from the base of the plant. And, the plant does root everywhere it touches the ground.
I use for my dogs a collar made by Frontline company. It works for at least 2-3 months. There are other companies that make this kind of collars.
Thanks for the warning...gosh, it's going to be a another morning glory nightmare! :(
But they are so beautiful....just take care to put it someplace you can keep an eye on it. Mine was at the back of a raised flower bed....hence the rapid spread...it liked the loose rich soil...grin
Won't be as bad as Morning Glories... it does not seed like they do.
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One definition of a personal brand in the intellectual realm is someone for whom you read everything they write no matter the topic or outlet.
The web makes it infinitely easier to both establish a personal brand and follow one. Consider my list of icons / heroes. It's easier to have such a list of personal icons because individuals can now publish their ideas all the time, in organized chronological form — and I can follow them.
For people in the business of spreading ideas, it's critical to establish a brand and develop a following independent of an overarching media brand.
Patricio Navia is one of the most influential columnists in Chile. He writes a column in a top newspaper, he maintains a large Twitter following, he appears on TV, he has a mailing list. To me (and most people) it's irrelevant that Navia is at La Tercerca.
Vivek Wadha is a research professor at UC-Berkeley, but he publishes all over the place: on TechCrunch, on BusinessWeek, on his email mailing list, on Twitter. He is known more for being Vivek than for being at UC-Berkeley.
Another example: I read Jonah Lehrer in Wired, the New Yorker, Nature, on his blog, on Twitter, etc. To me the medium, topic, or media outlet is irrelevant: I have a "relationship" with Jonah individually and want to read everything he writes.
Even though big media companies — and the one-size-fits-all information bundle they deliver — are dying, I'm not sad. I see a future that's increasingly made up of customized information blends which in turn will be made up of content and reporting and analysis delivered by individuals I respect and follow.
In other words: think about information bundles driven by people not topic. A magazine not about "sports" or "business" but rather one featuring commentary by five individuals of my choosing (and I can rotate the five individuals as I wish).
Bottom Line Brainstorm: Perhaps the journalists of tomorrow will remain agnostic to formal institutions and eschew exclusive content distribution deals (e.g. Friedman only appearing in the NYT as he does now). They will be able to do this because their ability to connect direct to customer will be so great. This will allow distribution-only media entities to create lots of different bundles of personal brand driven content. I would pay money for print delivery of a bundle a week's worth of content from, say, Tom Friedman, Richard Posner, Catlin Flanagan, Peter Beinart, and Lee Siegel.
God Bless the Economist, but I predict a decline as I expect someday soon they will no longer able to attract journalists who will refuse to work at a place where they cannot develop their personal brand, due to the magazine's lack of bylines.
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Doctor insights on:
What Are Different Ways To Treat Chilblains
Are thermal injuries resulting from extended exposure to the cold and humidity in predisposed individuals. The pathology results from freezing of capillaries in the skin. There is erythema, itching, and burring in those parts affected. In severe cases area can become blistered or ulcerated. With proper treatment affected areas can heal in 1-2 weeks. Chilblains are not ...Read more
Chilblains: The only effective treatment is prevention. Wear enough footwear to protect your feet from the outside temperature. Listen to your local weather stations to know the outside temperature and wind chill factor before you go out. ...Read more
Chilblains: I'm sure you know the basics: avoiding cold exposure, and keeping your hands and feet warm. Cortisone cream to alleviate itching and swelling, and avoid scratching. Vitamin d and calcium supplements have been used anecdotally. However, you will need to see a physician for other treatments such as vasodilators (nifedipine). Good luck. ...Read more
I have 3 small sore swollen red bumps on different fingers, all came at different times in the last 24 hrs. Not dry. What r they? Chilblains? Herpes?
I live in sweden and i go out in cold weather but i got chilblains( redness,itching subsided with warm) on my legs how can i prevent or treat it?
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?: Low complement levels can result from auto-immune activity and consumption, angioedema can co-exist with auto-immune disorders, hereditary angioedema though is different, here only C4 is low, and not necessarily accompanied by an auto-immune disorder, kindly see a rheumatologist/allergist for evaluation, check aaaai.org or acaai.org for an allergist in your area, wish you wellness ...Read moreSee 2 more doctor answers
Purple after cold: Persistent redness / purple / inflammation / pain / blistering after exposure to cold especially on the feet. If you have no other symptoms, your physician may check you for a cryoglobulin, screen for lupus, or discontinue a new medication, but usually there's no underlying disease. ...Read more
Also known as:: Chilblains is also known as pernio. It's a form of hypersensitivity to cold exposure. Typically presents as painful red or purplish areas on the feet and/or hands. In severe or recurrent cases underlying causes such as lupus or an abnormal protein in the blood that predisposes to clotting (e.g.; cryoglobulins) should be ruled out. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
It depends: Chillblains are a form of tissue injury that exposure to damp cold can cause. Treatment will then be at keeping the feet warm, dry, and offering symptom relief. Some medical conditions can predispose you to this (such as connective tissue disorders). Some have luck with medications (calcium channel blockers) to prevent recurrence. Talk to your doctor. ...Read more
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Thanks to ComingSoon.net for sharing a press release from Walden Media (the suddenly very successful company behind "Holes" and "Narnia," among others) that divulges the following news: Isabel Allende’s "Cold" Trilogy, which begins with a book entitled "City of the Beasts," will soon be ramping up for a movie adaptation … or several.
"Walden Media has acquired the rights to Isabel Allende’s trilogy featuring young adventurer Alexander Cold, a series of books that marked the famed author’s first foray into young adult literature. City of the Beasts, the first book of the trilogy, will be produced by Barrie Osborne ("The Lord of the Rings" trilogy). David Rothenberg ("Modoc") will adapt from Allende’s novel and co-produce. The books are published by HarperCollins, who partnered with Walden Media and Walt Disney Pictures on the successful launch of the "Chronicles of Narnia" film franchise.
Set in the lush and treacherous Amazon rain forests, City of the Beasts is the story of 15-year-old Alexander Cold and 12-year-old Nadia Santos. Alex is spending the summer with his eccentric archaeologist grandmother, who has been hired to find and write an article on the mythical "Yeti of the Amazon." While on the expedition, the two teens are kidnapped by the "People of the Mist" and enter a mountain to discover the mythical city of El Dorado and the enigmatic "Beasts."
"Walden Media’s commitment to collaborate with world-class authors and great children’s literature continues with our partnership with Isabel Allende," said Walden Media executive vice president of production Alex Schwartz. "Allende’s trilogy follows in the grand tradition of ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ and ‘The Dark is Rising’ of thrilling fantasy epics that are ideally suited to become successful family franchises. We look forward to working with Ms. Allende, Barrie Osborne, and David Rothenberg on this truly exciting project."
Published in 2002 by in English by HarperCollins and in Spanish by Rayo, "City of the Beasts" was an international bestseller. The subsequent books in the trilogy, "Kingdom of the Golden Dragon" and "Forest of the Pygmies," were published in 2004 and 2005, respectively. Born in Peru and raised in Chile, Allende is best known for her numerous international best-sellers for adult readers, including "Zorro," "Portrait in Sepia," "Daughter of Fortune," "The Infinite Plan," "Eva Luna," "Of Love and Shadows," and "The House of the Spirits". "City of the Beasts" would be the third Allende book adapted into a film, following "Of Love and Shadows" and "The House of the Spirits".
Schwartz and Jared Mass will oversee the project on Walden Media’s behalf."
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Walking, biking, lifting, and other movement can help you stop prediabetes. And the exercise benefit is separate from weight loss, which also helps prevent type 2 diabetes. If your goal is to halt or even reverse prediabetes, give your exercise routine a 3-prong approach. The American Diabetes Association (ADA) recommends the following...
- Engage in cardiovascular (aka aerobic) exercise. Swimming, biking, jogging, fast walking and other aerobic exercise lessens insulin resistance -- a hallmark of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes -- with every bout of exercise. Regular exercise improves blood glucose control, insulin sensitivity, blood pressure, triglyceride levels, and cardiovascular risk.
When possible, exercise daily to enhance insulin action. Try not to allow more than 2 days between exercise sessions.
- Lift weights. Any kind of resistance exercise will do, including using elastic bands or lifting your body weight in push ups and other exercises. Resistance training improves blood glucose control, insulin sensitivity, lean body mass, bone density, strength, physical function, blood pressure, and cholesterol levels.
We store carbohydrate after eating in our muscles, and resistance training builds more muscle. That gives us more storage capacity. It’s similar to catching rain in a bucket. You’ll be able to collect more rain with a large bucket than with a small bucket. Each week, aim to engage in 2 to 3 sessions of resistance exercise on nonconsecutive days.
- Stop sitting so much. Long periods of sedentary behavior are associated with increased risks for type 2 diabetes and poorer blood glucose control, as well as a host of other chronic illnesses.
The ADA recommends breaking up long periods of sitting with 3 minutes of light activity every half hour. Be creative to get active. Try toe raises, torso twists, leg lifts, walking while talking on the phone – anything that gets your muscles moving.
By Jill Weisenberger, MS, RDN, CDE, CHWC, FAND, author of Prediabetes: A Complete Guide
Stephanie Ronco has been editing for Food and Health Communications since 2011. She graduated from Colorado College magna cum laude with distinction in Comparative Literature. She was elected a member of Phi Beta Kappa in 2008.
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Avoid Cabin Fever
Cabin fever is driving out the masses. Yes, it's still perfectly safe to step outside and get moving in most places, provided that you're healthy and aren't part of a high-risk population. But remember, going outside isn't a free-for-all. The CDC warns that you should maintain at least six feet of distance between you and others, so if you go outside, keeping your distance is a great first line of defense. Skip the mask - healthy exercise requires plenty of access to oxygen, and wearing a surgical mask or N95 respirator makes it much harder to breathe. Use best disease prevention practices - the best way to prevent coronavirus after venturing outside is still to obey tried-and-true public health measures including: washing your hands, avoiding touching your face and frequently disinfecting used items and surfaces. Go get some fresh air and exercise!
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Nassau (village), New York
|Nassau, New York|
Location in Rensselaer County and the state of New York.
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The Village of Nassau is in the south part of the county in the Town of Nassau, with a small western portion in the Town of Schodack. Nassau is bordered on the west by the Valatie Kill and Schodack township and is 15 miles east of Albany, New York state's capital city.
The village is near the site of the first settlement of the town, which occurred around 1760. At first the community was called "Union Village." The village was originally incorporated in the 19th Century as "Schermerhorn's Village," receiving charters in 1819 and 1866, but abandoned that village status until it more recently gained incorporation as Nassau Village.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,161 people, 490 households, and 321 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,705.2 people per square mile (659.2/km²). There were 529 housing units at an average density of 776.9 per square mile (300.4/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 96.99% White, 0.86% Black or African American, 0.43% Native American, 0.34% Asian, 0.09% from other races, and 1.29% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.86% of the population.
There were 490 households out of which 31.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.6% were married couples living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.3% were non-families. 29.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.92.
In the village the population was spread out with 24.4% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 25.4% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 89.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.0 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $40,789, and the median income for a family was $49,500. Males had a median income of $37,986 versus $27,768 for females. The per capita income for the village was $19,199. About 5.3% of families and 7.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.6% of those under age 18 and 10.9% of those age 65 or over.
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- "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015". Retrieved July 2, 2016.
- "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nassau (village), New York.|
- Anderson, George Baker (1897). Landmarks of Rensselaer County New York. Syracuse, New York: D. Mason and Company. OCLC 1728151.
- Hayner, Rutherford (1925). Troy and Rensselaer County New York: A History. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc. OCLC 22524006.
- Sylvester, Nathaniel Bartlett (1880). History of Rensselaer Co., New York with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia: Everts & Peck. OCLC 3496287.
- Weise, Arthur James (1880). History of the Seventeen Towns of Rensselaer County from the Colonization of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck to the Present Time. Troy, New York: J. M. Francis & Tucker. OCLC 6637788.
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IT’S STORY TIME. HISTORICAL FICTION—SHORT STORIES. Elements of Fiction. ELEMENTS OF FICTION. Author’s Purpose Setting Character Plot Point of View Symbolism Style Mood Theme. Author’s Purpose.
IT’S STORY TIME
HISTORICAL FICTION—SHORT STORIES
Elements of Fiction
An author’s reason for creating a particular work is called the author’s purpose. Sometimes the author will state his or her purpose up front. Other times you’ll need to make inferences (reasonable guesses) about the author’s purpose.
There are four basic reasons an author might choose to write:
to explain or inform
to enlighten or reveal an important truth
If you could talk about the where and when of a story, what you’re really talking about is the story’s setting.
Understanding a story’s setting can give you a context for the events of the plot. It can also give you clues about the mood, or atmosphere, of a story.
A character is a person, an animal, or an imaginary creature that takes part in the action of a story. Sometimes the author will directly describe a character’s appearance, personality, or feelings. Other times the author will leave clues and expect you to draw conclusions about what the person or animal is like.
An author can give information about a character by describing several aspects of the character:
Most stories have both main and minor characters. The main character, or protagonist, is the most important character.
The action of the plot revolves around him or her. Often the antagonist, the person or thing working against the protagonist, is also a main character.
Plot is the action of a story. It is the series of related events that the author describes from the beginning of the story to the end. Most plots follow a chronological order. In other words, they proceed in the order in which the events happen.
Some symbols you will probably be familiar with already.
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Island Postal History
The post was extended from Newport to Ryde in July 1792, the route following the line of the present road via Wootton Bridge and Binstead. Like the Cowes route, this was a daily service, testifying to the rapid growth in the importance of Ryde by this date, but the route was operated by a horse messenger. This became a twice-daily service in 1810.
On 24 July 1820 the steamboat ‘Prince of Coburg’ inaugurated a thrice-daily service between Southampton and Cowes and from the outset held a postal contract. This vessel was employed for six years but only plied across the Solent in the summer months and the traditional method of sailing packets had to be used in the winter. In addition to the caprices of sudden squalls blowing up the Solent was the perennial hazard of fog and it is hardly surprising that the mail packet was often delayed considerably by inclement weather. Just such an incident was minuted by the Post Office in 1821, and six years later the Hampshire Chronicle reported on 1st January 1827: “In consequence of the dead calm sea on Saturday afternoon, Mr Windover was obliged to proceed with the mail from Cowes in an open boat. Fog came on and after rowing till 7 o’clock in the evening and thinking that they were near Southampton, they re-entered Cowes harbour fortunately without meeting any accident.”
Prior to the completion of the pier at Ryde in 1815, a small stone quay served the fishing vessels based at this village. In 1805 a daily service between Ryde and Portsmouth was instituted by sailing vessel and soon this was also being used for the conveyance of mails, supplementing the more favourable route between Cowes and Southampton. In the spring of 1825 steam packets were established on this route too, the necessary capital being subscribed by a number of public-spirited individuals in £25 shares. These steam packets conveyed both horses and carriages across Spithead by means of two-boats and theoretically at least it was possible for gentlemen to enter their carriages in London and never alight from them until they reached Ryde. This service was put on a more regular footing in 1828 when the Post Office invited tenders for a mail contract. Offers were received from a Mr Heather and a Mr Garratt. Two years later the Portsmouth Steam Packet Company was awarded the contract and in 1832 the Ryde-Portsmouth steamship mail service was extended in frequency.
The sailing packets were eventually phased out in 1838 and a new steamer service was introduced, all year round, plying on a triangular route between Southampton, Cowes and Ryde, once a day in winter and twice daily in summer. This service was timed to coincide with an internal coach service, which, over the previous decade, had become more sophisticated and gradually linked up the various towns and villages in the south-east of the island. Details of the internal communications by 1827 are given in Horsey’s ‘Beauties of the Isle of Wight’, published that year: From Newport to Ryde ‘The Bugle’ would run at 7.45 and 10.45 AM, and at 3.30 PM.
In 1838 the Ryde penny post was extended westwards to Wootton Bridge, which a year later also became part of the penny post network based at Newport. In connection with these services the road was considerably repaired and upgraded.
From 5th June 1840 Uniform Penny Postage applied to the entire country and letters under ½ oz were conveyed any distance, prior to introduction rates of Cowes – Newport and Newport – Ryde cost 2d, and Cowes to Portsmouth via Southampton 7d, Southampton to Cowes or Portsmouth to Ryde 2d. The railway from London to Southampton completed and superseded the stagecoach on the Portsmouth Road.
Wootton Bridge was served by penny posts from Ryde (1837) and Newport (1839) in connection with the latter a two-line stamp inscribed ‘Wootten Bridge / Penny Post’ was despatched from London on the 14th December 1838 and has been recorded in reddish brown ink from 1839 onwards. No attempt was made to rectify the spelling error and the stamp was retained after the office ceased to be a penny post receiving house. No namestamp of the double-arc type was issued until July 1856, a stamp with sans-serif lettering inscribed WOTTON-BRIDGE being then supplied. In 1865 Wootton Bridge was allocated the number C55 in the general list, and an obliterator with three bars above and below was issued. At the same a ‘thimble’ datestamp was provided for backstamping mail. This was incorrectly spelled WOOTON BRIDGE and superseded the following December by a ‘thimble’ with the spelling amended. A somewhat larger single datestamp was issued in April 1872. Two skeletons have been recorded from the early years of this century, a large diameter with WOOTTON BRIDGE alone and a smaller type with WOOTTON BRIDGE / I. OF W. The date of this letter is not known, but it may have been used while the single stamp was being converted to take clock time slugs. A combined stamp inscribed WOOTTON BRIDGE / RYDE was in use by 1922, but this was superseded by a stamp with I OF W substituted for the parent office name at the foot, by 1926. Shortly before the Second World War a combined stamp with RYDE. ISLE OF WIGHT at the foot was issued and is still used to this day to cancel local first class mail.
Two counter stamps are currently in use, differing in the spacing of the inscriptions and having numeral or asterisk above the date. The latter was in use by 1957, but the former was introduced in November 1965. It is not known whether Wootton Bridge ever had charge or explanatory marks incorporating its C55 number, but unstamped postcards from the turn of the century are known with a curious handstruck “1”, which looks as if it was produced locally by carving a piece of wood. No parcel datestamps of early pattern have been recorded, but a stamp inscribed WOOTTON BRIDGE / RYDE / ISLE of WIGHT has been in use since the 1960s.
Source: James A Mackay, Island Postal History Series No.12 Isle of Wight, (1981)This page was last edited on: 26th January, 2022 17:50:44
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It's not black-and-white, though Latanya Sweeney might make it seem that way. The Harvard professor published a report suggesting Google searches expose racial bias through AdSense. Depending on the perceived race of the names searched for, the ads that serve up siggest "statistically significant discrimination."
The paper, based on 2,184 searches of racially associated personal names, shows names typically associated with black people are 25% more likely to bring up advertisements related to criminal activity. Google says it doesn't racial profile. The platform relies on brand marketers to decide on keywords when targeting specific audiences on publisher sites.
Names like DeShawn, Darnell and Jermaine seem to generate ads suggesting an arrest between 81% and 86% of name searches on one Web site and between 92% and 95% on another. Two Web sites were used to support the paper. Names assigned to white children at birth, such as Geoffrey, Jill and Emma, generated more neutral copy. The word "arrest" appeared in 23% to 29% of name searches on one site and 0% to 60% on the other.
A Google search for the name "Latanya Sweeney" and "Latanya Lockett" also show ads suggesting arrests. While no arrest records were found for Sweeney, she did find records for Lockett. The ads appeared on google.com and on a publisher's site where Google serves up ads. The ads linked to instantcheckmate.com.
Instances similar to Sweeney's Claire McCaskill example make me wonder the percentage of a marketer's budget that goes in the trash, and whether algorithms need a bit more tweaking. She points to an ad for McCaskill, U.S. Senator from Missouri, where the word "arrest" appears below an ad for her U.S. Senate campaign.
Admittedly, a few names don't follow the pattern, according to Sweeney. Dustin, a name typically given to white babies, generates an ad suggestive of an arrest 81% and 100% of the time.
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In research that is conducted ethically the researchers need to maintain their professional integrity. The All European Academies (ALLEA) publication “The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity” states the fundamental principles on which good research practice is based. The principles are intended to give researchers guidance on practical, ethical and intellectual problems associated with research.
Reliability in safeguarding the quality of the research, which is reflected in the design, method, analysis and use of resources.
Honesty in developing, implementing and scrutinising research, and in reporting and informing others about research in an open, fair, complete and objective way.
Respect for colleagues, research participants, society, ecosystems, cultural heritage and the environment.
Accountability for research from idea to publication, for management and organisation, for education, supervision and mentorship, and for their wider consequences.
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Those looking to recycle old cell phones and other electronic goods will have a spot of bother in Florence County in South Carolina in the United States. Florence County recycling sites will stop accepting used cell phones and other forms of e-waste as of the first of July this year, with those that try to do the right thing and recycle their e-waste at the sites even being up for a fine if they do so after that date.
Fortunately, others are stepping up to plug the gap being left by the County’s bizarre, environmentally unfriendly decision. This last weekend, Waste Management and the Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) teamed up to stage an electronic recycling event. “It is very important for people to try and get rid of items now as opposed to after July (the first),” said Waste Management municipal and community relations manager Fran Plyler prior to the event. “This is their opportunity to grab all those materials and have it recycled.”
Waste Management and the Department of Health and Environmental Control are planning to stage similar events after the County recycling sites cease, taking such goods themselves in July. “These are items that are not good for the environment, so we’re trying to protect our environment as well,” notes Plyler.
Janet McClellan, who works on one of Waste Management’s dump sites, says she is trying to get as many people to recycle before the deadline as possible. “The more you recycle and reuse, and the less that goes in the landfill, the less land it fills up,” she adds.
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The popularity of running and jogging is increasing every day. More and more people are taking up to these incredible exercises every day. This is because these exercises are the more effective and cheaper when compared to the other exercises. The help the individual remove excess fat better than any gym bases weight loss program in the world, they are your best exercises to keep you in proper shape. This is because the only tool these exercises require is your body. They burn up about 500 calories in an hour and since 3500 calories make half a kilo, these exercises alone, if done daily, can make you lose three kilo in a month. If you couple them with some other workout routine, you have got yourself a winner, but like all great things in the world, there is a catch when it comes to these exercises as well. Regular running can cause overuse of the legs; particularly the knees and that can lead to some serious injuries to both, the muscle and the bone.
The whole weight of the legs is handled at the knee joint and that makes the knee joint very susceptible to injuries. Knee injuries can happen to anyone. It does not matter if you are a sixteen year old kid or a seventy year old man. Studies show that about seventy percent of runners pick up knee injuries at some point of life in their lives. Most of these injuries happen during the spring, the reason not being that joggers use the wrong running technique during the spring, but the fact that they become very careless during his season as they are very excited to go jogging and often forget to take proper precautions. Most injuries happen when you are not alert enough to avoid them. However there is another kind of injuries that take a lot o time to develop, they are generally caused due to overuse of the knees.
The most common knee problem that is faced by runner is known as runner’s knee. Do not get scared by the name of the injury as it does not mean that it will happen to if you run or that it happens to all runners. The name of the injury is the runner’s knee because it is generally seen in runners. These injuries are generally caused due to misaligned joints, overuse of the joints and wrong jogging habits. The one thing common between all these causes is that all of them can be avoided. If we follow a few preventive measures properly there is a good chance that we may never suffer from any knee injuries while running.
Buy the Right Shoes
Never judge a shoe simply by name, brand or cost or what some reviewer has to say about it. Cushioning and strength of design are important, but even more important is a shoe that fits your foot correctly. A doctor or podiatrist can also lend their expertise in finding the right shoe for your foot. Some individuals have wide or narrow feet which require them to wear special sizes which are no available in the market. Unfortunately, a lot of shoes today that claim to be “running shoes” do not deserve the name. They claim to provide support or cushioning but it is better that you replace the sole of the shoes with your own sole.
Warm up before heating up
before any type of running, whether a jog around the block or the Boston Marathon, it is essential to stretch your whole body properly. Stretching not only gets your blood flowing and limber up before putting your muscles through a workout also, but also helps prevent shin splints injuries to the hip, and foot cramps. It is imperative to stretch in cold regions as in these areas so as to avoid limbering of muscles.
Mix it up
Joggers mostly concentrate on running every day and tend to forget about all the other exercises. However, doing this makes it difficult to balance your body. Runners who just run end up developing very strong hamstrings (the muscles running along the back of the thigh) while not developing proper quadriceps (the muscles that run along the front of the thighs). Adding workouts that strengthen the body’s core systems result in developing both, the hamstring as well as the quadriceps. In addition to this the muscles of the buttocks and hips also get toned.
nutrition is very important for an individual who runs regularly. For instance, research shows that an adult needs at least 1000mg of calcium every day, this could be provided by supplements as well as green vegetables. Supplements like glucosamine and chondroitin are also very helpful. These supplements are known to show mixed results and hence are unadvisable.
If you jog carefully there is no danger of picking up injuries. Stay safe.
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Promote sustainable consumption and production patterns The increasing world population of mid-income consumers will require a more sustainable production and consumption of industrial products. The limitation of water and resources makes reusing and recycling key issues in the future economy. Chemicals are necessary in all industrial productions and moreover a driver of innovation. However, they are also potential barriers to recycling. DHI assists the industry in substituting substances of concern from products and processes and has established a Partnership for Substitution where we cooperate with experts within the technological and economic industry to identify sustainable solutions for small and medium Danish enterprises. We have also developed an Analysis of Alternatives for the European metals industry (Nickel Institute) and evaluated the identified alternatives – technically, economically and in terms of risk-reduction potential. Through our knowledge, research and services, DHI contributes to the sustainable use of chemicals and to phasing-out hazardous substances with long-lasting impacts on human health and the environment.
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Reduce marine pollution and increase sustainable use of the marine resources Covering over 70% of the Earth's surface, marine waters can provide vital resources such as food and energy for a growing population. In the past 25 years, technological progress and fundamental marine understanding have opened up opportunities for sustainable exploitation of renewable resources such as energy (wind, tide and wave power) and aquaculture, as well as creating numerous jobs. Today, aquaculture products make up almost 10% of the world’s protein requirements. With a current growth of 7-8% per year, aquaculture will play an increasing role in contributing to our future nutritional needs. Supported by advanced numerical tools, DHI’s services enable aquaculture farmers and developers of renewable energy installations to select optimal production sites for sustainable and cost-efficient exploitation of marine resources, while leaving the lowest-possible environmental footprint. Forecast and decision-support tools are used to optimise farm operations.
Conserve and restore inland freshwater ecosystems and reduce impacts of floods and droughts During the last half of the 20th-century, coastal ecosystems worldwide have been under extensive anthropogenic and climate pressure due to nutrient enrichments, exploitation of coastal resources, overfishing, destruction of habitats, chemical pollution as well as increasing temperatures, changes in precipitation and changes in wind and storm-patterns. The result of these accumulated pressures is a widespread degradation of coastal ecosystems – some of which are irreversible or take decades to overcome. Setting specific and targeted actions to reduce eutrophication and restore lost habitats are key elements in managing costal ecosystems. In Denmark, DHI has engaged in the developments of modelling tools to assess differentiated nutrient-reduction targets and to assess the impact of restoration of eelgrass meadows and re-establishment of stone-reefs – all measures to improve the health and robustness of the ecosystem.
Promote cooperation in international shared waters DHI has developed the Nile Basin Decision Support System (NB DSS) for the Nile Basin Initiative comprising the nine riparian countries of the Nile River. The NB DSS is a comprehensive analytical framework for the analyses of water resources projects in the Nile Basin in a transparent and agreed manner. The key objectives of the NB DSS are to develop the water resources of the 3 million km2 Nile river basin in a cooperative and equitable manner, to share socioeconomic benefits, and ultimately to promote regional peace and security.
Our global partnership We reaffirm our commitment to the implementation of sustainable development goals and through our global partnerships, we endeavour to continue to facilitate engagements that support the implementation of the goals. DHI associates with global partners in water environments to mobilize and share knowledge, expertise and technology, to support the achievement of the sustainable development goals in all countries. We are appointed the collaborating centre for water and health by World Health Organization (WHO) and member of the World Water Council (WWC), among others. DHI hosts the UNEP-DHI Centre for Water and Environment, a United Nations Environment Programme centre of expertise that is dedicated to improve the management of freshwater resources from both the local and global level.
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Official groundbreaking ceremonies were held on June 1, 1907, two years before the opening day of the fair. Nearly 15,000 people attended the ceremony where speakers proclaimed that the exposition would mark the end of the obscurity of pioneer days and that Washington would take its “proper place among the great states of the republic.” In his photograph of the ground breaking, Frank Nowell captured Exposition president John E. Chilberg about to wield the “golden shovel.”
The tremendous task of clearing the 250 acres of grounds began and major buildings began to be erected. The Olmsted Brothers, an eastern firm, was selected as the landscape architect for the Exposition. Their plan opened up the campus by removing the woods to show vistas of the mountains and lakes, and combining water features and plantings to create a spectacular landscape.
The Olmsteds affirmed the importance of maintaining some of the original forest on the campus. They noted, “While these trees are not as large as some of the celebrated trees of California . . . they are still very large indeed.” Roses, peonies, foxglove, daisies, phlox, clematis, and rhododendrons were some of the featured plants. Gardeners planted over 300,000 pansies around the central focal point of the Fair, the Geyser Basin. All in all, over one million bedding plants were moved into place during the Fair to add color and brilliance to the landscape throughout the Exposition.
Many of the buildings constructed for the AYP were not meant to last. Built of lath and plaster, they were largely meant to be destroyed after the Fair. This type of construction meant plasterers were an important part of the building crew.
In spite of the temporary nature of the buildings, the lighting effects at the AYP were spectacular with not only pipes, but all of the wiring being buried. Lighting varied with some lights outlining the profiles of the buildings while others illuminated the buildings from within. Pillars held spheres of bulbs that lit the walkways.
Throughout the period of construction, Seattleites visited the grounds to watch the work. Unlike today, visitors entered incomplete buildings with no hard hats or fences in sight.
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A few decades earlier, there was a time when kids used to stay like glue in front of the TV, and now smartphones have replaced it. Kids spent hours scrolling through their favorite social media platforms on their smartphones. And you may be shocked to know that there are lots of risks to it that your child should take care of. In order to protect your kids from social media danger, you first have to start with a simple conversation. Along with that, you have to take some necessary measures.
The young generation uses social media mostly to get in touch with their friends and family. And the overall concept of different media platforms is also to keep loved ones connected. However, the sad thing is that our kids don’t realize what to post and what not on social sites, which leads to the biggest problem.
As your kid has a different perspective, open conversation brings transparency between you two. And to protect your kid, you need more knowledge about social media; without that, it is not possible. Still, this article covers the critical measure that helps to protect your kids from social media danger.
Social Media Danger
According to law, to have an account on some famous social media sites like Facebook, Instagram, and Tiktok, you should only be over the age of 13 years. However, a recent report found that 42% of 5-11 years olds use social media, with 59% of 11 years old and staggering 74% of 12 years old having social media presence. These kids are violating this law.
Social media has both positive and negative consequences. Communication with friends can boost the feeling of belonging and connection which helps to bring less conflict in the family and enhance creativity by sharing ideas and arts. But some social media can bring anxiety, depression, increase in the suicide rate.
List of Some social media danger
Your child might be bullied through digital technology. The posted videos or pictures of kids might be misused by scammers who may pass mean comments, make sexual remarks, and spread fake online rumors. As juniors are still growing; they can’t take this. As a result, they may self-harm and attempt suicide.
The shared birthdate, school name, and other information about your kids online are misused by predators to reach your kids effortlessly. Social media sites are the best place for online predators to groom the kids. Some may use fake accounts and convince them to meet up, while some may directly send inappropriate videos and images and blackmail them. The main goal for them is to meet them face to face.
More importantly, after this Covid-19 pandemic situation rise in online predictors has been observed.
Online scams are the most commonly targeted towards teens. Our children are naive, so it’s easy for scammers to scam them. Fake lottery scams, phishing scams, survey scams are the most common ways of scams. The intention behind scams differs from person to person, but mainly, it’s all for money. Scammers might blackmail your kids and demand money. While some may use phishing emails and messages to hack the Facebook account, identity theft.
Children may encounter exposure to content that is not suitable for them. Content that includes pornographic videos, vulgar language, videos or images promoting racism, and brutality towards humans or creatures is not appropriate for anyone. However, adults can use their minds and decide what is right and wrong, but children learn from those things. The thinking capacity and style of your child get hampered by inappropriate content, which in result weaken their mental growth.
Top 5 Ways to protect your kids from social media danger
Before going to the protective steps, one factor is quite important to consider, i.e., following age requirement guidelines for creating a social media account. Whether you create the account for your child or they create themselves, need to consider the age requirement law. Sites that collect data and information from users have to follow U.S federal law. And that needs them to alert parents through notifications and gain consent from them.
However, it is not a complex job for kids to lie about age before signing up for social media accounts. Which can expose them to a potential risk of social media.
That’s why follow the given methods to protect your kids from social media danger.
Set ground rules for Social Media Use
While making the account, you need to set some ground rules like a contract for social media for your child. Tell them what they are allowed to post, how often they can spend time, and whom they can follow on social media.
To have a better relationship between you and your kid, try to be more flexible sometimes. Because rules like turning off social media after 8 pm may take your child away from their best friend who always came online after that. try to understand them by putting yourselves in their shoes. It would work better if you set rules for yourself and your child.
Educate kids on the social media risks
Educate the risk of social media after setting ground rules on them to your child. It helps to know the reason behind the controls. Today’s kids have an idea about the latest trends and online memes more than their parents. And when children understand the risk, they will be more alert.
Inform them not to open any phishing links and never meet their online friends without their parents. It is better to restrict them from being friends with strangers.
Encourage them not to have any sex-related conversations with anyone and not share personal pictures and information.
Check your child’s privacy settings regularly.
Not just randomly, but you need to monitor your kids’ social media privacy settings regularly. After the account has been created, tell them about the privacy settings. Each platform has its different privacy settings, so check privacy settings regularly because they might change at any time.
The main points you have to check are:
With the help of privacy settings, make sure the birthday, phone numbers, age, school’s name is not revealed to the public. Make these things private, and take care of what kind of pictures they share even with their friends. Tell them not to share passwords with anyone.
Most Social Media Applications share geographic locations. You need to disable the location sharing feature from the media platform of your child. Otherwise, it can be an easy way for predators to track your child.
Surfing across the internet makes it easily accessible and exposed to inappropriate content. Block the age-restricted content from social media.
If social media has the option to private the profile, encourage your kid to use it. Less information sharing leads to less exposure of information to strangers, which is excellent.
Also, restrict your kid from being friends with strangers because the information you limit for your friends will now be available to the stranger person who became friends on your social media.
Keep an Open Conversation With Your Child
Simply table talk nicely with your kid because rudeness never wins. Openly discuss the use of social media to help you solve upcoming problems or those you have already encountered. You can shield your child once you know what they are doing online and what problems they are facing. Wherefore ask them regularly about that.
Tell them not to throw any harsh or mean comments neither on social media nor in the real world. Likewise, in the situation when they feel attacked by harsh judgment, tell your kid to inform you. Make them believe everything you do is for their safety.
Use Parental Control Apps
Parental Control Apps like Mobile Spy help you remotely monitor your child’s social media. But before using parental control apps, tell them it’s for their safety and get consent from them. It also helps to filter the type of content on your kid’s phone. Not just social media, you can track GPS location, monitor multimedia, and call settings of your child’s phone like your own phone.
It is very much helpful in case your child starts hiding things from you. Furthermore, by using the phone’s built-in parental control features, you can limit the screen time, restrict application purchasing and downloading, and so on as per your wish. While monitoring, if you find someone is harassing or grooming your children, inform the police or Child Exploitation and Online Protection Center.
Guide your child to report any abusive and offending posts to the site management. And tell your kids not to post anything online that they don’t want their teacher or school administrators to see.
During the pandemic of Covid-19, social media use has reached its perk. Despite what might seem incredible, ‘Social Media’ actually harbors some dark potential dangers. For that reason, you have to be extra careful while using it.
Social Media and Children is a terrific composition. Ranging from cyberbullying and harassment of sex predators, risks for children on social media has endless. However, social media is not dangerous in itself; it’s how you are using it.
If you are concerned about the risk of social media for your phone-obsessed kid, then have a look at the measures mentioned above.
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This dataset includes simulated effective refractive index and dispersion data for two examples of Lithium Niobate nanowaveguides and XFROG spectrogram data from simulated propagation of different nonlinear pulses in those two example waveguides.
The refractive index data was collected by simulating the waveguides in COMSOL multiphysics (5.3a), a commercial eigenmode solver. The dispersion data was produced by processing the refractive index data (as described in the associated publication). The XFROG spectrogram data was produced by simulating the propagation of pulses in the two waveguides using the well known Split-step Fourier method. The method by which the XFROG spectrograms is briefly explained in the associated publication.
The associated publication is open access.
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Generators - the gnarly bits
for..of iteration loops in a previous post. In this post, we’re going to talk about something that goes hand-in-hand with
for..of loops: generator functions.
There’s a host of great material out there already that covers the why and how of using generators. In a nutshell, generators are special functions which create iterators, and iterators are objects that have a
next() method, which can be called to obtain a value. Within a generator function, the keyword
yield provides the value for
yield suspends execution of the generator function, preserving the state until
next() is called again, at which point the code starts back up and continues, until it
yields another value (or until the generator function terminates). There are several canonical use cases for generator functions, like using them to iterate over the numbers in the Fibonacci sequence.
So what are some big takeaways from the code?
First, constructing a generator results in a unique iterator with it’s own distinct state, and you can pass in parameters to the generator constructor that can control behavior.
Second, you can pass in a parameter when calling an iterator’s
next() method, and that value will be assigned to whatever’s on the left-hand side of the
yield statement from the previous iterator invocation. This is a great way to vary the output of the iterator—here, we use it to control whether the word that’s yielded is in uppercase or not. If you want to influence the very first value that’s yielded, do it via a parameter to the generator’s constructor.
Finally, generators can produce either finite or infinite iterators. If you’re working with an infinite iterator, make sure that you have some sort of terminal condition based on the value
yielded—it’s very easy to accidentally write infinite loops, especially when using
for..of for iteration. If you’re working with a finite iterator via calls to
next(), then the
.done property of the object that’s returned signals whether iteration is complete.
We hope this sample, along with the other resources available on the web, yields some excitement and gets you thinking about how you can use generators in your own code. Versions of Firefox starting with 31 and Chrome starting with 39 support generators natively. The Regenerator project offers generator support for other browsers, and using Traceur is an option as well.
Thanks to Erik Arvidsson for his help reviewing this article.
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Winds of Change in the Assessment World?
by Kathleen Blake Yancey
Sometimes signs of change are hard to see. I think most of us, if asked about assessment and testing, would say pretty much the same thing: we have more tests and more bad tests than ever before. And what’s worse is that such tests—in the time they take away from teaching and in the messages they send to students about what’s important and what’s not—prevent us from helping students as we could.
This fall, visiting with preservice teachers in Michigan and with practicing teachers in Pennsylvania, I heard the same story over and over again. In fact, we’re not alone in this view. Writing in The New York Times, for example, Brent Staples voices the kind of sentiment we do when he says in referring to the testing industry, “What we need now is a revolution in writing instruction, not just another test prep exercise.” Such a revolution, of course, won’t happen as long as regressive tests dominate the educational landscape.
In my most recent Council Chronicle article ("Assessment Models Worth Sharing," November 2008), I suggested that all assessments aren’t regressive and that there were some assessments that we might endorse. I pointed to a portfolio assessment in a Virginia elementary school as an assessment that documented what kids can do (rather than what they cannot); that was useful to teachers in the classroom; and that showed that these ESL kids were succeeding.
I also pointed to the Insight Resume, used as one college admission piece at Oregon State University, which counts on students to tell their own stories, and which has opened the doors to students previously excluded from OSU. (And let me note the smart title of this assessment—the Insight Resume—which seems to assume that students do have insights worth hearing about!)
In looking at some of these practices and one other that I want to share here, I think I see an emerging trend in assessment, still very much in process, but one that (1) we should know about; and (2) we may want to think about collectively, especially as members of NCTE. Put differently, I’d like to share with you what I see, and what I think it means, and then raise some questions we might want to consider.
One place I go for news is Inside Higher Ed (IHE), an online newspaper focused on higher education, but also on K–12 activities, too. In September of this year, in a story titled “If You Can’t Beat 'Em, Join 'Em” (http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/09/29/predict ), IHE reported on a shift in the national thinking about college admission, even on the part of the College Board. The story begins with this paragraph:
For decades, critics of standardized testing—and especially of the SAT—have said that these examinations fail to capture important qualities, resulting in admissions systems that favor certain groups over others, while failing to represent test takers’ full identities. And generally, these critics have said, the qualities that the SAT is best at identifying are those that wealthy white students are more likely than others to possess.
Indeed. What’s interesting is that the story doesn’t stop with this critique. Instead, it talks about the role of “non-cognitive” traits in accounting for student success in college and about the need to include such traits in the college admission process.
These traits, which are the kind of characteristics that the Oregon State Insight Resume already includes, are exactly the kinds of traits that we teachers have historically valued—traits like artistic and cultural appreciation, multicultural appreciation, leadership, interpersonal skills, perseverance, and integrity. Moreover, based on recent research, these traits are the kinds of personal characteristics that successful college students demonstrate.
So if you value such traits, how do you assess them? The current thinking, led in part by an inter-collegiate group housed at Michigan State called GRASP (http://www.iopsych.msu.edu/cbstudy/project.htm#a1) is that the best way to assess these traits is twofold: first, by asking students to describe their experiences in writing, much as in the Insight Resume; and second, by providing students with scenarios to which they respond. A sample scenario looks like this:
What would the student do if, when assigned a group project, all the group members sat down and no one said anything. Choices would include:
• Look at them until someone eventually says something.
• Start the conversation yourself.
• Get to know everyone first and see what they are thinking about the project to make sure the goals are clear to everyone.
• Try to start working on the project by asking everyone’s opinion about the nature of the project.
• Take the leadership role by assigning people to do things or ask questions to get things rolling.
Now this model is something of a mixed bag, to be sure. When I look at this scenario, I’m not sure what I would do; for me, it would depend on the situation. (And in theory, I am a leader) So this looks a bit odd to me. But what I do like about this model of assessment is that in the earlier part where students are asked about their own experience, the measure positions them as authorities. It validates their own experience, as described in their own words, and it counts such experience in a serious way in an important decision. Equally important, the research shows that the use of this kind of measure rewards students who historically have been excluded from higher educational institutions, especially students of color. Both of those changes are, in my view, good.
But as is typically the case with assessment, the news isn’t all good. Two issues are central here. One has to do with how such a measure might be standardized—or if. Some say that to work, this new measure requires standardization; and no surprise, the loudest voices here come from testing companies. I’m not sure that this claim is valid, however, given the experience at Oregon State.
A second concern has to do with gaming the system. As a administrator at Purdue articulated the issue,
If these become “high stakes admissions instruments,” she said, it’s only a matter of time until the test-prep industry materializes and offers to coach students on how to answer. The whole system is based on students answering questions honestly, she said, and its value would be “quite diminished” if students figured out how to answer to get high scores in various categories.
But what’s interesting here is the connection between standardization of this measure and gaming. The Oregon State folks have been using their measure for three years, and they’ve had no problem with gaming at all. So the concern about gaming seems to be directly tied to standardizing.
I share all this today for the following reasons.
- If the College Board is interested in non-cognitive abilities and is working on an assessment measuring them, we can expect that this measure may come soon to a school near you.
- These traits, which can be described and evidenced in writing, are traits classroom teachers see daily. Do we need a standardized measure?
- Given the relationship between college admission testing (e.g., the SAT, the ACT) and what schools teach, is it possible that non-cognitive abilities will be tested in schools?
- Suppose we thought outside the testing box and that, instead of giving students tests, we helped them create print or digital portfolios that not only described these traits but also showed evidence of them?
- Is this move to non-cognitive trait measuring an issue that NCTE should address? And if so, how?
Thanks for reading, and please feel free to let me know what you think: email@example.com
Kathleen Blake Yancey is 2007–2008 NCTE President and is Kellogg W. Hunt Professor of English and Director of the graduate program in Rhetoric and Composition, Florida State University, Tallahassee.
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Metro UI is one of the main additions to Windows 8 and with the Metro UI comes the apps. Apps are simple programs which usually wont need any administrator privileges. But what if a special app you want to run needs admin privileges to work fine?
For programs, you could right click on a program and use the "Run as Administrator" option. But what about the apps in Windows 8 Metro screen?
Easy peacy ... There is a right click option available for apps too. Only it doesn't show a popup menu near the mouse, but as a strip at the bottom of the screen. Of course, the options here are limited, but one of them is "Run as Administrator".
Apart from the "Run as Admin" option, there are additional options for unpinning the app, uninstalling the app and opening new windows too in the right click bar.
Running apps as administrator should be a rare scenario. So make sure the app that needs admin privileges is safe and from a reliable source before hitting the "Run as Administrator" button. A malicious rogue app could do some real damage when run as administrator.
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Heart Walk Participants Explain Why Event Is So Rewarding
by TERESA SCHIFFER
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), heart disease is the leading cause of death for men, women, and people of most ethnic and racial groups in the U.S., being responsible for one out of every four deaths, or approximately 647,000 each year just in the United States. These numbers may seem disheartening at first, but there is hope on the horizon, and the American Heart Association (AHA) is bearing the torch. For almost a century, the AHA has been striving to save and improve lives by fighting heart disease and stroke. One remarkable tool in their kit is the annual Polk County Heart Walk. We talked to a couple of people involved with the Heart Walk to find out exactly how it is improving and saving lives.
Megan Rivera, assistant director for the Polk, Brevard, Volusia, and Flagler County AHA, tells us that the 27th annual Polk County Heart Walk will be taking place in September. Approximately 2,000 people participate in the Heart Walk each year, and last least year they raised more than $174,000 for the important research and education funded by the AHA. Participants can choose a one-mile or three-mile course, and they have access to valuable health information, light snacks, and free entertainment. The entire event is free, but participants are encouraged to collect donations to support the AHA.
Last year, Tony Kaniewski single-handedly raised an astounding $13,495 for the Heart Walk. Kaniewski is the Senior Construction Project Manager for BayCare, and he is currently managing new construction and renovations taking place at Winter Haven Hospital. A Florida native, he currently calls Winter Haven home. His latest project has been expanding the hospital to offer additional services for cardiac care and upgrading existing services through the Bostick Heart Center. Working closely with the cardiac physicians and care teams made Kaniewski keenly aware of the importance of quality healthcare when it comes to fighting heart disease. As he explains, “The hospital teams are passionate about heart health, and it’s contagious.”
Kaniewski, whose father suffered from congestive heart disease, and his Heart Walk team, The Fix It Group, blew their $5,000 goal out of the water with a little help from some very generous donors. Two contractors that worked at the hospital with Kaniewski were responsible for $10,000 of the $13,495 total that The Fix It Group raised.
“If you don’t ask, you don’t get,” Kaniewski wisely remarks, “so I asked and they were happy to support our team.”
Kaniewski has participated in the Polk County Heart Walk for the past two years, since working with BayCare, and plans to take part in this year’s event as well.
The money brought into the AHA from the Heart Walk is used to fund vital research, education campaigns, healthcare quality improvement programs, and more, right here in our own community. However, the Heart Walk does more than just raise funds, it effectively inspires people to take a more active role in protecting their own heart and health.
“The Heart Walk is a non-competitive walk that encourages people to take steps toward a heart-healthy lifestyle,” Rivera explains. “This is an opportunity for individuals and corporate teams to improve their health by walking while simultaneously raising funds to help fight heart disease and stroke.”
The AHA uses a variety of online tools as well as community activists to garner support for the Heart Walk. Participants can then use a personalized Heart Walk web page to promote their cause and solicit donations, in addition to using resources on Facebook and LinkedIn. Since heart disease and stroke are so prevalent in our society, many people who choose to participate have a personal reason for doing so. Be that as it may, the work of the AHA is noble enough in and of itself to galvanize many others to take part as well.
The American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association are committed to saving people from heart disease and stroke by leading efforts on prevention, education, research, and treatment. Their common goal is to be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives. You can see their work all around—in the life-saving automated external defibrillator on the athletic field, in the restaurant that no longer allows smoking due to AHA advocacy efforts, in every hospital where doctors are saving countless lives with technology developed from research and education funded by the AHA, and more. These exceptional organizations are making real changes in the world around us and saving lives in the process.
When she was in her last year of college, Rivera learned that her mother was diagnosed with heart disease and needed to have a stent placed. Watching her mother on that difficult journey helped guide her to find her place at the AHA. Since joining their ranks two years ago, Rivera has been humbled to learn of the experiences of the survivors who engage in the Heart Walks, and to have the opportunity to celebrate these people and let them know that they are not alone.
“Heart disease and stroke survivors are the heart of the Heart Walks,” Rivera exclaims. “We take pride in honoring our survivors at each event!”
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He was born on November 22 1890, in an aristocratic family, received an excellent education, graduated from the prestigious famous military school. He fought with honor in the First World War, rising to the captain, was awarded, wounded several times, captured, tried to escape five times. After his release, he returned to his homeland, got married, graduated from the Higher Military School and was mired in routine work.
Although it cannot be said that between the two wars Charles de Gaulle was completely oblivious, making an ordinary officer career. He not only taught, worked in the apparatus of Marshal Pétain, served in Lebanon, but also proved to be a military theorist. In particular, he was one of the first to say that a future war is a war tanks. One of his books on military tactics in 1934 was translated into German in Germany, and in 1935, with the assistance of Tukhachevsky (whom de Gaulle met in captivity), published in the USSR. In 1937, he received the rank of colonel and was appointed commander of a tank regiment in the city of Metz. There he was met by the war.
De Gaulle was ready for war, but not France. His vigorous and ambitious nature was waiting in the wings (he was still dreaming about the feat in the name of his country in his youth), but France was immediately shamefully defeated, and the only French Marshal Henry Philippe Pétain at the time recognized her defeat and concluded a truce with Germany.
But de Gaulle did not recognize the surrender and the resulting Vichy collaborationist government headed by Petain. De Gaulle, who for three weeks of a real war, being the commander of the armored divisions of the 5 Army, was first promoted to brigadier general and then appointed deputy minister of war, flies to England. And already 18 June 1940, at the BBC studio in London, makes a historic appeal to compatriots: “France lost the battle, but she did not lose the war! Nothing is lost, because this war is a world war. The day will come when France will return freedom and greatness ... That is why I, General de Gaulle, appeal to all French to unite around me in the name of action, self-sacrifice and hope. Whatever happens, the flame of the French Resistance must not go out and will not go out. ”
He created the organization "Free France", which was immediately recognized by Britain and the United States, and a year later, after Germany attacked the USSR, and the Soviet leadership. In the future, renames it to "Fighting France."
Under the banner of de Gaulle, almost immediately the 50 of thousands of Frenchmen who were in England stood up: those who escaped from Dunkirk, were wounded in Spain, those who could hear de Gaulle's call and move to foggy Albion.
But at first it was not easy with overseas territories: most of the French colonies swore to the Vichy government. Characteristically, the first thing Churchill did, after France capitulated, was to blow up the French fleet based off the coast of Algeria so that the Germans and Vichyists could not use it against the British.
De Gaulle launched a most serious struggle for influence in the colonies and soon achieved success: first Equatorial, then, not without difficulty and not all, North Africa swore allegiance to "Fighting France." At the same time, he tried his best to avoid the collision of Vichyists and Gaullists, that is, the French between themselves.
In every way he sought to unite all the French, so he tried to lead the Resistance in France itself, where the positions of the Communists were strong, and all the isolated forces in the colonies. He constantly visited various places where the French resistance was born. I also visited the USSR where I was blessed by the legendary Normandie-Neman squadron.
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After the war with de Gaulle, what happened with Churchill happened, which in general often happens when people show black ingratitude towards their glorious sons: the national hero, the savior of France was sent to rest. More precisely, at first his Provisional Government held all the necessary first measures, which made it possible to establish post-war life, but then a new constitution was adopted in France and a fourth, and again parliamentary, republic was established. And de Gaulle was not on her way with her. He has always advocated strong executive authority.
De Gaulle went to the estate in the village of Colombey near Paris, which he bought back in the 30s, and which he loved very much. Began to write military memoirs. But de Gaulle's rest "only dreamed." He, as has happened before, was waiting for "his finest hour." And France called her general when the national liberation uprising broke out in 1958 in Algeria.
But he again surprised everyone: he was invited to save French Algeria, where one million French lived, and he, on the contrary, taking extremely unpopular and dangerous steps, gave Algeria independence, suppressing the rebellion of the colonists in 1961. “There is nothing strange in that you feel nostalgia for the empire. In the same way, one can regret the softness of the light that the oil lamps once emitted, the former splendor of the sailing fleet, about a charming, but no longer existing opportunity to ride in a carriage. But there is no politics that goes against reality. ” These are the words of a wise statesman who thinks about the country and proceeds from principles. In contrast to politicians who cared only for the upcoming elections, populists by definition and opportunists by vocation. Power for him was not an end in itself, but a means, not of personal well-being, but of the fulfillment of his mission. Politicians most often seek power themselves, they call on state people. De Gaulle was in demand of time and considered himself called. At the same time, despite its ambition and authoritarianism, France was never threatened by de Gaulle the dictator.
Although it was then that he drafted a new French constitution and proclaimed the Fifth Republic, based on strong personal presidential power. And of course, the overwhelming majority of the French chose de Gaulle as the first president of the new republic. He always said that the Fifth Republic is a response to the inability of the “regime of the parties”, the parliamentary republic, to cope with the threats and challenges of the time. France seriously survived the defeat in the war, and de Gaulle with great difficulty managed to return her to the club of great countries.
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What is STT? (Securities Transaction Tax)
STT refers to Securities Transaction Tax which is levied on the securities transactions (sale and purchase), which are carried out on stock exchanges. This tax was introduced by the Budget 2004 and is applicable since. Securities transactions include usual equity shares and derivative products (futures transaction and options transaction). So STT won’t be applicable on off market or OTC (Over The Counter) transactions. This tax was introduced to tax the securities transactions at source and to ensure that the tax evasion will be reduced to a large extent.
Recent announcements and amendments
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- This year again, Budget 2016 has revised the STT rate for a certain category (options transactions). This change was almost three times that of prevailing STT rates. Even though STT is charged on option premiums, it may not result in higher outflow. However, it has been expected to result in widening of Bid and Ask spread (difference between purchase price and sales price)
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Prevailing STT rates
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|Futures transactions – applicable to only sale (nil STT for purchasing)||0.010%|
|Options transactions – purchase transactions (STT would be applicable on the settlement price and only if it is exercised)||0.125%|
|Options transactions – sale transactions (STT would be applicable on the premium payable)||0.125%|
How STT is calculated?
The STT will be calculated on the total turnover of the sale or purchase transactions (except for options transactions). For e.g. if Mr. A purchased 100 equity shares of Rs. 10, then STT will be calculated as below (in case he opts for delivery).
STT = 100 x 10 x 0.10% = Re. 1
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I expected American Airlines’ corporate communications handlers to shield me from freely seeking out people to speak with and was prepared to be stonewalled by the front-line staff because of tense issues between labour and management. While I found some people interested in discussing labour relations, which is not what I was researching, what I encountered was people on all sides of the airline focused in the same direction of moving forward for the betterment of the company and an improved passenger experience.
American Airlines, today, is moving itself forward. The airline has committed to innovation and change in its operations and exploring new revenue channels in ways other airlines have not developed yet, or pursued to their fullest extent. While innovation is good, the timing for American Airlines was to late and not enough to keep it from bankruptcy, but it has found a way to move forward, which is important to survive bankruptcy and take over.
As American Airlines moves forward to exit bankruptcy the airline’s customer satisfaction is increasing. This increase has to do with improved terminals, reduced lost and delayed bags, redesign of check in lobbies that make the process quicker, an increase in customer service and customer support, a more in depth understanding of the airline’s frequent flyers and what has been described by travelers as a change in attitudes towards passengers.
What sits on the horizon for American Airline, looming like a black cloud, is the company’s emersion from bankruptcy and US Airways seeking to merge with the weakened airline. While on paper the US Airways merger makes sense, and has won the backing of a number of the American Airlines’ unions the reality of this merger could kill what American Airlines has been moving towards, inside and out.
While US Airways’ CEO Doug Parker promises the American Airlines name will remain, should a merger occur, what is more important than a name is the corporate culture, alliances and customer products. American Airlines has been increasing its premium products, even while announcing its removal of first class from some international aircraft; the overall premium products, soft product and hard product are increasing, while US Airways has been steadily focusing on aspects other than premium passengers or customer service.
The merging of the two airlines would result in two combined organizations, with 117,000 employees, two sets of management and three different internal airline labour cliques that do not play well among each other, what would outwardly suffer would be the passenger experience. Customer service is paramount at one airline and seemingly an afterthought at another airline.
Despite the theoretical merged airline adopting its headquarters at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, retaining the American Airlines name, the US Airways management teams will take over the carrier … and historically … would result in a significant internal divide that would last a very long time.
So what needs happen if US Airways forcibly merges with American Airlines?
Should a merger occur, US Airways’ fiscal management needs to take the reigns. US Airways has proven time and time again they are superior at turning a profit, while at the same time alienating many of their passengers. While US Airways fiscal masterminds take control, the American Airlines name and brand must be put forward, as well as allowing the company’s innovations, customer service, marketing and premium products to continue growing.
Yes, Mr. Parker says American Airlines would be the surfing name … the reality is that American Airlines must be the surviving brand.
Today the airline is in trouble, but tomorrow, the airline has a brighter future either on its own or as the surviving brand in a merger, rather than being taken up and discarded.
Having spent years flying within the US Airways network and spending an intense number of days within the American Airlines network, the passenger experiences on the ground and in the air were considerably different.
As I was left to my own devices to largely explore each American Airlines hub, unescorted in the public areas, I found the focus at every gate, on every flight, in each terminal was on putting the customer first. Yes, there were exceptions to this rule, but a corporate culture is being built that despite fractures between management and the front line, the frustration is not taken out on the passengers.
Can American Airlines survive on its own? It’s parent company holds the exclusive rights to present that case to the bankruptcy court, but the airline has made wise decisions on updating its facilities, rejuvenating its fleet and creating new revenue streams.
Overall what American Airlines is doing today is not what would be expected from an airline going through bankruptcy.
Over the next few days I will discuss different aspects of American Airlines that are generally not seen by the public that are generating revenue, reducing costs, increasing efficiencies and improving the customer experience … because where the airline is today is not what you see when you enter the terminal, set foot on the plane or read a new story. There is much more setting the airline apart from what ‘what was’ and ‘what is.’
Below are a few photos shot while exploring American Airlines.
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As Duke Energy demolished one of the last vestiges of the historic Cliffside Steam Station in Rutherford County, N.C., Reno and Betty Bailey quietly worked in their home to preserve the history of the community the plant helped build.
The couple has worked most weekdays for 13 years at their home in Charlotte more than 70 miles east of Cliffside on remembercliffside.com, a site dedicated to preserving the memory of the community.
Thousands of photos, historic records and essays live on the website. Each memory of the town is submitted by Reno's former neighbors who lived in one of two company villages: Cliffside Mill village and Duke Power village. These submissions – filed, transcribed and edited by Betty – are filled with correspondence of a bygone era.
Duke Energy demolished the station’s old powerhouse as part of the company’s decommissioning program to update its power plants and dismantle older coal-fired plants no longer in use. Duke has completed six implosions in the Carolinas since 2013. The Baileys and others who lived in the community have done their best to preserve a time when life was simpler and neighbors were closer. So hearing about the implosion of the historic powerhouse in October 2015 surprised them.
The Cliffside station began operating in 1940. Its original four units were closed in 2011 and replaced with cleaner, more efficient units. The company added unit 5 in 1972 and unit 6 in 2012. Both make up the James E. Rogers Energy Complex.
Remembering a simpler time
The powerhouse, which once contained the boilers and other equipment, was one of the last traces of the village.
Decades ago, it was the center of a thriving village of employees.
Reno Bailey talks about preserving the legacy of Cliffside
“We had six-man football teams and three of them were usually Duke Power kids,” said Reno. “They changed expectations and made us think about things bigger than working at Cliffside Mill, like college.”
James E. Rogers Energy Complex
- Duke Energy’s former Cliffside Steam Station in Cleveland and Rutherford counties, N.C., opened in 1940 with four coal-fired units. They were closed in 2011.
- A revolutionary clean-coal unit began operating Dec. 30, 2012. It can generate up to 825 megawatts of power, enough for 660,000 average-sized homes.
- The 550-megawatt unit 5 was completed in 1972. In an innovative design, it shares equipment with unit 6 to reduce emissions.
Kids from both villages spent summer days barefoot, riding train boxcars to the swimming hole, hitchhiking to nearby towns and playing baseball. It was just part of growing up then but it would terrify parents today.
“A few years ago my daughter-in-law asked how I felt about growing up in this old town, and I said it was a pretty damn good place to grow up,” said Cauble.
Change came to the village
When Cauble graduated from Cliffside High School and started attending North Carolina State University in 1949, Duke Power village began to change. He remembers watching his childhood babysitter's six-room house get plucked from its yard, hauled away on a steel platform and dropped on a 5-acre plot in the countryside about 3 miles away.
As roads and telephone lines improved, more station employees began commuting to work, and the company offered village residents the opportunity to own the homes they’d rented for years. Other employees slowly bought – usually for about $1,000 – and moved the homes until only the village clubhouse remained.
Through the years, the clubhouse hosted countless potluck gatherings, ice cream socials and square dances. Today, after being restored by the company and moved half a mile, it’s used as meeting space.
A labor of love
Until the village site was graded in 2008, you could still walk along a few gravel streets. Concrete steps that used to lead up to village homes still stood.
“It’s another landmark going away,” he said. “I’m sure that the people who worked over there hate more than I to see it go.”
With most of the two villages gone, Reno said his digital artifacts are all that's left. Reno wants to move the site to a more modern platform but needs help. Although the Renos are in their 80s and experiencing health issues, they still work tirelessly to preserve a period in history that strengthened family life and forged new opportunities for generations.
Video: Cliffside powerhouse implosion
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A complete of 38 offline bids had been obtained for industrial mining of coals below three tranches of economic coal mine auctions, in accordance with the Ministry of Coal.
Below the fifth tranche of auctions, a complete of 28 offline bids had been obtained in opposition to 15 coal mines, the place two or extra bids have been obtained for eight such coal mines, the ministry mentioned in a press release on Monday.
Below the second try of the third tranche, a complete of 9 coal mines had been put up for auctions and 6 bids have been obtained in opposition to six coal mines.
Additional, below the second try of the fourth tranche, a complete of 4 coal mines had been put up for auctions and 4 bids have been obtained in opposition to three such coal mines, the assertion added.
The auctions for industrial coal mining had been launched by the ministry on March 30, 2022. The final date for submission of on-line technical bids for all of the coal mines was 1200 hours on June 27, 2022, and offline submission was 1600 hours on June 27, 2022.
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In June 2020, greater than 45 years after the nationalisation of coal mines within the nation, the Centre opened the coal sector for industrial mining by non-public gamers.
Regardless of having the fourth largest coal reserves on this planet, India is the second-largest importer of the commodity.
The nation meets a fifth of its annual coal requirement by way of imports, even after the latest improve in home coal manufacturing, and the Centre intends to scale back dependence on imported coal as a way to construct an ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ or self-reliant India.
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1. Look into dental insurance
If you’re not blessed with coverage through work, paying out-of-pocket can seem like a great excuse to skip or delay regular checkups. “Whereas, if it’s already paid for, you’re going to use it just because you have it,” says David Baker, assistant vice-president of Individual Health Insurance at Sun Life Financial.
Dental insurance is loosely divided into three categories: preventive, orthodontic and restorative. If you’re in good health, a standard health plan can be purchased with an option to get a dental upgrade that includes checkups, cleaning, fillings and even X-rays for less than $40 a month. Buy a family plan to save even more.
2. Practise healthy hygiene at home
Your best defence against scary-size dentist bills is – you guessed it – prevention. “That way, you won’t find yourself in an expensive root canal situation to begin with,” says Dr. Robert MacGregor, a past president of the Canadian Dental Association. It’s elementary school basic, but you should be brushing twice and flossing once daily. Duh, right?
But the Crest and Oral-B Smile Survey found that just 30 percent of Canadians say they diligently follow the brush-floss-rinse system, and only 16 percent actually do. If you’re on the lazy side of this survey, try thinking of the cavities you might be paying for in the future.
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3. Shop around
Why does the same lousy cavity have different price tags at different places? Most provinces publish a fee guide of suggested, but not obligatory, procedure costs. “Practitioners are expected to independently determine their own fees,” says Dr. Harry Hoediono, president of the Ontario Dental Association.
Discrepancies are explained by any number of factors – where the dentist practises, operational costs, skill, expertise. Doing a cost comparison, like I did, is perfectly fine. “If you’re concerned, by all means, get a second opinion,” suggests Hoediono. But remember these wise words: You get what you pay for.
Is your routine appointment a 25-minute visit with the hygienist and a five-minute exam from the dentist? If so, consider taking your hygiene needs elsewhere, or having the hygienist come to you. New legislation in some provinces allows for safe, qualified and regulated independent hygienists to operate outside the traditional dental office, even making special visits to your home in some cases. And the fees they charge can be lower than those at your dentist's office.
"In Alberta, hygienists can take and read X-rays, see patients under laughing gas, administer freezing and write some prescriptions," says Sally Lloyd, a registered dental hygienist at the Lifetime Smiles Dental Hygiene Clinic in Calgary. Hygienists can’t diagnose tooth decay or perform restorative work, so you'll still need a dentist for checkups, but getting your cleanings elsewhere can help you pocket extra cash.
5. Go on a (dental) diet
Sticking to a healthy diet will prevent some oral-health problems – and the bills that come with them. Bacteria can irritate gums and cause inflammation, which can wreak havoc in the body; it has even been linked to heart disease, stroke and diabetes. “A tooth is like a sponge, soaking up all the acids on its surface,” says Briana Southward, a nutritionist in Toronto who focuses on periodontal health. “This means the best way to prevent dental disease is through nutrition.”
Skip the sugary stuff, she says. And anything that’s good for the rest of you will also be good for your teeth. Load up on vitamins A, D and K2, and the minerals magnesium, phosphorus and, of course, calcium. You can’t go wrong with milk. Enjoy a refreshing serving with your morning cereal, then another with dinner, and your teeth will thank you. Yogurt with zero to one percent milk fat, cottage cheese, and cheese with seven percent milk fat or less are other smart dairy picks. Broccoli, kale and almonds are also calcium-rich choices.
Page 2 of 3 -- For easy do-it-yourself dental health care tips keeping reading on page 3
6. Befriend your dentist
Instead of going elsewhere, says Hoediono, have a heart-to-heart with your dentist. "They’ll be more than willing to help you find a cost-effective treatment option: That’s part of the job," he says. Most offices offer payment plans, and some even have dental credit cards, which offer a line of credit that’s arranged through your dentist’s office. Patients can also talk with their dentists about bundling their treatments. If you need three fillings, for example, have all of them done at one appointment to save the expense of two extra visits.
7. Go back to school
Massage junkies know this trick: Therapy services can be found at local colleges, performed at a discount by students working under the supervision of a registered therapist. If you don’t mind eavesdropping on a science lesson, a dental student – under the full supervision of a dentist and dental hygienist, of course – may be your new best friend. At the Vancouver College of Dental Hygiene, students do way more than remove stains and plaque.
“A full treatment plan is developed and the client is booked for appropriate follow-ups,” says Kelly Mabey, a clinical supervisor. Fluoride treatments, pit sealants, whitening, sports guards and even dietary consulting are all on the menu, with shockingly low price tags: A basic appointment costs – jaws off the floor now, people – just $27.
8. Do it yourself – Really!
Before you laugh out loud, consider the fact that U.K. pharmacies stock DentaNurse, a first-aid kit for your teeth that temporarily replaces fillings and lost or broken crowns. While dentistry is best left to professionals – don’t even think of going MacGyver on your gums – a creative DIY fix might save you in a pinch.
A warm water and salt gargle acts as a quick bacteria killer to fight infections, says Southward. And what about the stellar reputation of baking soda? “It’s mildly abrasive, so it can polish your teeth,” says Southward. Mix it with a little lime juice to make a paste and lather away.
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The town of Cooroy, initially spelled Coorooey, takes its name from the nearby mountain originally called Kurui, meaning possum, by the local Gubbi Gubbi people.
History of settlement
Timber getters began arriving in the area in the 1860s in search of the magnificent cedars and other rainforest trees. By 1885, the land around Cooroy had been selected and some freeholded. That year, however, the Queensland Government resumed and alienated 5,507 acres as a timber concession to Dath Henderson and Co, operators of sawmills in Brisbane and Tewantin. The opening of the railway in 1891 resulted in increased timber harvesting. Log timber and produce were loaded at Cooroy station destined for Brisbane and goods and mail were received at the new post office. Horse drawn coaches transferred mail, goods and passengers to the coastal resorts.
In 1902, the ‘township’ of Cooroy was described as ‘a collection of huts and tents of timber workers clustered around the railway’. The only buildings were the Station Master’s residence and the office of James Duke, manager of operations for Dath Henderson, who would become the inaugural Chairman of Noosa Shire following its formation in 1910. JL Boden established the original store in 1906 on railway land. After the termination of the timber concession in 1907, the town survey and re-opening of land for selection, Boden secured one of the best sites in Maple Street at the first land sale of the newly surveyed agricultural farms and town lots, known as the Cooroy Estate, held on 24 April, 1908.
Initially flourishing with the arrival of the railway, the timber and dairy industries rapidly grew with the arrival of selectors, many from the Northern Rivers and Illawarra districts of New South Wales. Cooroy quickly became a thriving township. The land was cleared for dairying, sugar cane, and fruit and vegetable growing. Fenwicks sawmill was built in 1908 to process the plentiful timbers and supply the local demand for building material. The mill changed ownership several times and was one of the town’s main employers until its closure in 2000, as a result of the Regional Forests Agreement.
In 1909, the first school opened with 67 pupils. By 1910 three banks and the Wimmers Cordial Factory had been established, and a hotel and several cottages were under construction. According to census figures, the population numbered 410 in 1911. The following 10 years showed rapid growth, second only to that of very recent times. The Butter Factory, constructed in 1915, prospered for 30 years but then struggled, eventually closing in 1975, about the same time as the collapse of the dairy, fruit growing and sugar cane industries. The brickworks survived until 2010. Many farms were sold for subdivision and the 2011 census recorded 3,459 residents.
In 2015, the Wimmers Cordial Factory, incorporating Cooroy Mountain Spring Water, is the sole remaining original entity. The Butter Factory, now operated by Council, is an arts and crafts centre. The district is home to many small cottage industries. Many early buildings on Maple, Elm and Diamond Streets remain helping Cooroy, the town that grew up around a timber camp, retain its gentle rural ambience.
Advertising page from Souvenir Noosa to Gympie, photograph Wide Bay Co-operative Dairy Assn. Ltd. Factory Cooroy, Main Street Cooroy, School of Arts Cooroy, Railway Station Cooroy, 1926
Anglican Church of the Holy Nativity blown off its stumps during cyclonic weather, Cooroy, 19 February 1954
Back from holidays, Emma, Michelle, Kevin, Elissa and Carl Freeman (l-r), Cooroy Station, Cooroy, 28 January 1973
Clare Stewart, Mayor, Noosa Shire Council and John Martinkovic, State Government Representative, Official Opening, Hinterland Adventure Playground, Marara Street, Cooroy, 6 May 2022
Clare Stewart, Mayor, Noosa Shire Council with Councillors Karen Finzel, Brian Stockwell, Joe Jurisevic, Tom Wegener and Frank Wilkie,(r-l), Hinterland Adventure Playground, Marara Street, Cooroy, 6 May 202
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It’s easy to get a loan in China. Just not from a bricks-and-mortar bank.
In the last few years online credit companies have proliferated. Often all you need to qualify for a loan is a mobile phone and some kind of internet history. Applications take a matter of minutes and the money is usually dispatched instantly.
The service forms a vital part of the economy – allowing people to make consumer purchases, go on holiday or deal with unexpected expenses, such as sudden hospital bills. But the freewheeling nature of these lenders have some in government worried. Moreover, traditional banks also want in on the action.
Last month, after a crackdown on online lenders, the People’s Bank of China announced the formation of Baihang – a personal credit rating system similar to FICO in the US.
The new organisation will have eight shareholders: the National Internet Finance Association (NIFA), Alibaba’s Sesame Credit and Tencent Credit, as well as five other online credit assessment companies.
The goal is to pool information. In the past online credit firms have largely fallen into two groups: those that own large amounts of data themselves such as WeChat’s Weilidai or Alibaba’s Mybank, and those that buy data from these and other sources.
Unlike the US and the UK, there was no centralised system that aimed to gather credit information from multiple sources.
For major players such as Tencent and Alibaba this was a good thing. Their widely popular platforms – WeChat and Taobao – provided them with so much data about their customers they feel able to make good loans on the back of it.
Tencent’s Weidilai had on its books about Rmb360 billion ($57 billion) in outstanding loans at the time of its second anniversary last May, and the Alibaba-backed Qudian had lent about Rmb25 billion in the third quarter.
Other big shopping platforms also got in on the action – JD.com launched LexinFintech in 2013 and listed it on NASDAQ last December. However, it had to lower its IPO price after the government stepped up its crackdown on micro-lending. Qudian also saw its New York stock price crash 40% from its October IPO level.
Investors were rattled by a letter from the government-backed NIFA – the same one with a 36% stake in Baihang – warning “unqualified institutions” to stop offering loans.
The PBoC has since ordered its regional branches to stop lending to online lenders. At the end of December China had more than 8,000 micro-credit companies, which held Rmb980 billion in outstanding loans, the central bank said.
The lack of a centralised credit database has meant people have been able to take out multiple loans, sometimes using a new loan to pay off an old one. Though the Supreme Court ruled that no company could charge more than 36% in annual interest, many do.
Analysts predict many online lenders will close as the Baihang rating system starts to kick in. Banks, which have traditionally focused their lending on bigger companies and state-owned enterprises, should now find it easier to approve personal credit. In the past they didn’t have access to complete data that allowed them to make those decisions – only 410 million of the 899 million persons known to the central bank have any kind of basic credit history
At the same time online lenders that currently lend with minimal due diligence will probably have to close or buy information from Baihang, as standardised credit checks become the norm. “The creation of Baihang will help prevent fraud, the phenomenon of people taking multiple loans and the healthy development of the internet finance industry,” ThePaper.cn said.
Caijing, however, hinted at the next application of Baihang’s ratings – integrating them into China’s proposed social credit system, which will reward good citizens and penalises the untrustworthy, but is viewed by some as a bit Orwellian (see WiC352 for details). “After Baihang is launched honest borrowers will get more trust and support, while dishonest users will be barred from doing anything. Forming a good credit record is a good habit and an achievement worthy of everyone’s attention,” commented the business magazine.
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The general public is rediscovering the scandal of illegitimate prices of medicines and health products via the example of Zolgensma. This gene therapy against spinal muscular atrophy is marketed by the Novartis laboratory at a price of two million euros per injection. Novartis has proposed a draw to select which babies will receive the treatment.
As if this lottery were not shocking enough, the scandal doesn't end at this shameful strategy, which is only one demonstration of it; because Zolgensma was developed thanks to Telethon, money from tax-free donations, and public and charitable funds.
This example is far from unique. Although developed by public research in France, tools for monitoring viral hepatitis are now patented by private companies, which are the only ones to benefit from the sales profits. In the area of tuberculosis, Bedaquiline, a real breakthrough, was developed in large part thanks to public and charitable funding. For its part, Sanofi seeks to patent a combination of molecules, discovered several decades ago, and sell it at a premium price even though the initial usefulness of this combination was revealed thanks to funding from Unitaid, i.e., public money.
Sanofi receives a research tax credit of 150 million euros per year alone. This is twice as much, per year, as Agnès Buzyn's announcement last June to hospital and emergency personnel on strike for months. And this is but a small part of the public aid it receives. However, since 2009, the laboratory has eliminated more than 2,800 research positions.
These examples, and so many others, are documented by NGOs, never by the state itself, which refuses transparency on the destination of public funding for research and development, and which accepts that we pay for drugs at least two times: first through its numerous direct and indirect financial support for research, and by the reimbursement for drugs for which pricing justification has not been evaluated.
A change was taking shape starting last May, under pressure from activists. It would have been necessary to fight for France to support a World Health Assembly resolution inviting countries to ensure transparency on the prices of medicines; it would have been necessary to fight, despite an obvious unwillingness on the part of the government, so that in November an added provision to the funding bill for the French Social Security System [equivalent to the British National Health Service] would obligate industrialists to provide details on public aid received in the development of a drug.
The measure would have permitted the public regulator to regain power in the negotiations by having a slightly clearer view of the reality of the expenses and risks taken by the industry to justify its exorbitant prices. But the Constitutional Council censured this provision, for reasons which seem to us unjustifiable and, first and foremost, politically motivated. Neither the government nor commissioner of the French Social Security System's budget reacted to this censorship, proving by their indifference that transparency on the prices of drugs, at the heart of the Novartis scandal, is not their priority. The Minister of Health says she is simply "concerned" by the draw, and wants to be reassuring; in France, our system would prevent it. She therefore sees no problem with our solidarity system spending a fortune to pay for a drug that WE have already funded.
And since the government accepts this financial dictate from the pharmaceutical industry, it must finance it by taking the money from somewhere else. How? Through an austerity policy impacting hospitals, France's Social Security health system, State Medical Aid, and social welfare programs. How dare it be claimed that there is not enough money for the staff and patients of the hospital to have decent conditions when one pays twice, and by the billions, for health products, while at the same time refusing to document the relevance of their price?
How dare it be claimed, as the minister does, that the lottery for childrens' care is not relevant, when austerity measures have led hospitals in Ile-de-France to send certain newly born children out of the region for their paediatric follow-up? This raffle, whose identity is unclear, which concerns children as well as other patients struck by the consequences of austerity, has indeed been brought about by Agnes Buzyn's policy and the government. That which Novartis offers with cynicism, the French government has determined to do.
As disgraceful as it is, Novartis' announcement is not an aberration, but rather the product of a system encouraged by a lack of action on the part of our public authorities. It is the current system as a whole that must be fought and completely rethought. The media must finally document the extent of the problem and constantly question our political leaders on the subject. The government must ensure, by decree of law, the transparency on health products' prices. It must reclaim OUR drugs, those for which we have already paid, including Zolgensma. Legal measures do exist, such as the compulsory license, making it possible to counter this pharmaceutical giants' financial dictate and make health a shared asset again.
David Hacquin and Stéphane Besançon are, respectively, the president and the director of the NGO Santé Diabète [Diabetes Health]
Pauline Londeix and Jérôme Martin co-founded the Observatory on the Transparency in Medicine Policies
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About American Ancestors/NEHGS
Founded in 1845, American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society is a leading expert resource for family history research. Our eight-story Research Center in Boston is home to a vast collection of genealogical resources and materials. Our expertise includes the family histories of historical figures, many top Hollywood celebrities, the British and other European royal families, and every United States President.
Our expert staff and their research have been featured in a number of local and national media outlets including the Boston Globe, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, “The Ellen Show,” “Inside Edition,” People Magazine, NPR, CNN, BBC News, Fox News, ABC News, and NBC Nightly News. Our work has also been featured in a number of prominent national television shows including “Who Do You Think You Are?” on NBC and “Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr,” on PBS. We have also been featured in a variety of videos and in radio and podcasts.
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How to Choose a Good CV Format
When writing curriculum vitae, it’s important to use a CV format that will represent you well in the job market. There are a number of formats used when laying out a Cv. These include:
- Performance CV
Generally, performance CV is the most commonly used CV format because it works best for most job industries. In this format, employment history is displayed in reverse chronological order starting with the most recent job. Company names and job titles should be displayed clearly with duties and achievements explained under each title.
- Functional CV
This type of CV format emphasizes the functions and achievements of your career. It is, therefore, suitable for persons with varied career choices or for those who wish to change their career path. Unlike Performance CV, company names and job titles are given less dominance.
- Targeted CV
This type of CV format highlights your skills, abilities, and achievements that are relevant to the job profile. It is also suitable for those planning a change in career. It also works for those who have had enormous experience in different jobs and would like to emphasize skills learned.
- Alternative CV
This sort of CV works best for people pursuing creative careers such as writing, art, fashion designers, architecture. It is not suitable for persons looking for managerial and executive positions. If your job requires exceptional talent with the use of visual mediums, then an alternative CV is perfect.
Each of these formats has its advantages and disadvantages and best suits a specific job market. Before you begin writing your CV choose a suitable CV format. Alternatively, seek professional assistance from expert CV and resume writers. A good CV should present your qualifications, achievements, honors, awards, and interests highly.
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Complex social-ecological systems (SES) are not amenable to simple mathematical modeling. However, to address critical issues in SES (e.g., understanding ecological resilience/amelioration of poverty) it is necessary to describe such systems in their entirety. Based on empirical knowledge of local stakeholders and experts, we mapped their conceptions of one SES. Modelers codified what actors told us into two models: a local-level model and an overarching multiple-entity description of the system. Looking at these two representations together helps us understand links between the locally specific and other levels of decision taking and vice-versa. This “bimodeling” approach is investigated in one SES in coastal Kenya.
Forrester, J.; Greaves, R.; Taylor, R.; Noble, H. Modeling social-ecological problems in coastal ecosystems: A case study. Complexity (2014) : n/a-n/a. [DOI: 10.1002/cplx.21524]
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Chopin (1894) uses ambiguity and irony in “The story of an hour” to highlight the devastating effect of social standards and the necessity to scarify personal happiness to fit the image created by society. The author’s attempt to deride the widespread belief that marriage is a synonym to joy is evident in the final part of the story when the protagonist, Louise Mallard, dies of a heart attack. Ironically, Louise’s relatives and doctors conclude that the infarction was caused by the happiness to see the husband, Brently, who was considered dead by mistake, alive. Still, in actuality, Louise Mallard dies because of sadness that all her dreams for an independent life are broken. Thus, the essay argues that irony is used to emphasize the force of social norms and the anguishes of people who do not fit into the standards proposed by society.
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When discussing the issue of social problems uncovered by Chopin (1894), it is immensely important to consider that the story was written at the end of the 19th century. By this time, the suffragette movement is just emerging in the UK and the US. Hence, at the time of the story, women are deprived of many freedoms; they are unequal to men and are regarded not as independent individuals but rather as someone’s wives. Louise Mallard definitely does not fit into this pattern because her grief for the husband’s death turns to the happiness of being free from him. The irony of the described change is exacerbated by the fact that Mrs. Mallard’s feelings are altering immensely fast. Josephine, the sister, is the mirror opposite of Louise. In contrast to Louise, Josephine is a typical woman of the epoch; she is married and is highly unlikely to understand the sister’s emotions.
Another detail that deserves being discussed is a phrase of the doctors that Louise Mallard died of joy. Considering the times of the story, the doctors are more probably to be men than women. Therefore, this scene shows how the belief that women are better off with their husbands than alone is deeply rooted in people’s mindset. At the same time, it indeed was a joy that killed the protagonist of Chopin’s story. That is because if she had not felt that excited by the idea of the upcoming freedom, then the news about her husband would not have disappointed her that strong.
In “The story of an hour,” Chopin (1894) uses ambiguity and irony to draws readers attention to the fact that the strict adherence to the unwritten social norms deprives people of the possibility to live a life full of pleasure from doing what he or she truly wants. It seems that Louise Mallard was unaware that she was deprived of happiness and that she wants to be free from men before she was told that Brently was dead.
To conclude, “The story of an hour” is dedicated to the oppression of women and inequality between men and women that was much more evident a century ago than it is now. The irony is used to show that it is the society, with its false visions about what is good or bad for every individual, that breaks people’s lives with dissimilar worldviews. Finally, “The story of an hour” remains topical even a century after being published.
Chopin, K. (1894). The story of an hour. Vogue.
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Near Is My Shirt but Nearer Is My Skin. Ideology or Self-Interest as Determinants of Public Opinion on Fiscal Policy Issues
Several empirical studies derive that personal positions with respect to policy measures are dominated by ideology instead of narrow self-interest. In the present field study we carried out a telephone survey with 1,003 respondents all over Austria. Instead of measuring selfishness indirectly by using more or less "objective indicators" for self-interest, we requested respondents to assess directly whether they expect to be affected by policy measures. Our results indicate that such a subjectively measured narrow self-interest explains attitudes towards economic policies at least as good as ideological conviction. In some cases ideology appears to determine whether people feel affected by a proposed policy measure.
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"Don't tax me? Determinants of individual attitudes toward progressive taxation,"
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- Tanja Hennighausen & Friedrich Heinemann, 2015. "Don't Tax Me? Determinants of Individual Attitudes Toward Progressive Taxation," German Economic Review, Verein für Socialpolitik, vol. 16(3), pages 255-289, 08.
- Heinemann Friedrich & Bischoff Ivo & Hennighausen Tanja, 2009.
"Choosing from the Reform Menu Card – Individual Determinants of Labour Market Policy Preferences,"
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De Gruyter, vol. 229(2-3), pages 180-197, April.
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Green Transmission: Imperative and Pitfalls
R.H. Bezdek, R.M. Wendling
Keywords: renewable energy, wind, transmission, cost
Abstract:Significant growth in renewable energy electricity generation will require major expansion of electricity transmission grids. In the U.S., this could require the building of an additional 20,000 miles of transmission over the next decade – double what is currently planned. This presentation summarizes the results of a recent that finds that a huge expansion of U.S. transmission lines will be required from where wind and solar will be generated – primarily the Midwest and the southwest – to the major load centers on the east and west costs. Another finding is that, if such transmission is built and local access is allowed, then the major beneficiaries of the added transmission may be existing power generation facilities. Many of these facilities have very low electricity generating costs and their capacity factors are transmission-constrained. Their access to added transmission lines could enable them to sell electric power at rates against which wind and solar electricity-generated power cannot compete. The potential implications of this for the expansion of renewable electricity and for U.S., European, and other energy markets are discussed. For example, the EU-proposed “Desertec” initiative requires building extensive transmission for renewable energy electricity generated in North Africa and the Middle East to northern Europe.
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Macmillan Readers: The Umbrella without CD
Macmillan Readers series is one of the most popular simplified readers for learners of English. The information is carefully controlled, with pictures explaining difficult vocabulary. This brilliant starter-level book is a romantic story of mistaken identity. The purchase of an umbrella leads to a romantic encounter.
- ISBN: 9780230035898
- English Type: British English
- Carefully controlled information, structure and vocabulary
- Pictures help to understand the story and explain difficult words and phrases
- The book has been consolidated down to 300 words for Starter-level students
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The cornerstone of the project is Fx, a parallelizing Fortran compiler that runs on a number of parallel systems, including the Intel Paragon, Alpha workstation clusters, the IBM SP/2, the Cray T3D, and the Intel iWarp system.
The basic research approach is to work with real applications from scientific, signal, and image processing, learn what it takes to run these applications efficiently on parallel systems, and then incorporate these ideas into tools. For example, experience with real-time image processing applications revealed that, because of the relatively small image sizes, purely data parallel mappings would not be efficient. This led to the development of the first parallelizing compiler that integrates both task and data parallelism in a uniform framework.
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Kawan: A Story of Search and Reunion in South Korea
Post-Adoption Services for Families at Every Stage
Kawan was adopted from South Korea just before she turned 3 and grew up in a loving Massachusetts family. When she was 31, she gave birth to her son and started wondering about her own birth mother.
“I think part of me wanted to see if she was okay. I don’t think I’d be okay if I had to give up my little boy,” she says. “The other part of me wanted her to know I was okay, too.”
Because Wide Horizons For Children recognizes that a family’s journey doesn’t stop at the point of adoption, we offer a range of services for adoptees like Kawan.
Her search efforts started with email messages to her birth family, which Wide Horizons For Children helped to translate. Kawan learned her birth mother was happy and curious to know more about her, too.
Motherhood changes you. How could I not wonder? Knowing that, and having my own life full of love, made our meeting more of a confirmation that we could just be happy for one another.Kawan, After the Birth of Her Son
In South Korea, the pair were introduced through a translator, followed by a reunion with six more members of her biological family. “That was the most amazing part of the trip,” Kawan says. “She hadn’t mentioned that her family knew about me, let alone accepted me and wanted to meet me. I had come with the expectation of meeting my birth mother … and instead got an entire family!”
Kawan spent several days getting to know her birth family. Now she understands more about where she came from—which is helping her chart her own family’s future course.
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COMMON NAME: Vervet Monkey
SWAHILI NAME: Tumbili
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Chlorocebus pygerythrus
FOOD: Omnivorous (Fruit, berries, flowers, bark, insects, nestlings, small mammals)
HABITAT: Savannnah and bush riverine forests
SIZE: 1.1 m ( 3.6 ft)
AVERAGE LIFE SPAN IN THE NATURAL HABITAT: 30 years
GESTATION PERIOD: 5.5 months
WEIGHT: 3 to 5 kilograms (6 to 11 pounds)
Vervet monkeys are common primates found in Tanzania and Kenya. Male Vervets weigh around 6kg (13 lbs) and measure 1.1 m (3.6 ft) in length, while their female counterparts weigh lesser (4 kg or 8.8 lbs) and are slightly smaller in comparison. Vervet Monkeys have a silver-grey coloured body and their faces are black in colour. They have white ridged eyebrows on their dark faces so are their feet and on the tips of their tails.
Adult male genitals of the Vervet Monkeys have vivid colours like blue scrotum and red male genitalia (penis). This vivid colouring on their sexual organs signals their sexual status.
These Vervet monkeys live in large packs all over the East African savannah of Tanzania and Kenya.
Vervet Monkeys eat almost anything edible hence their diet can be described as more of an omnivorous one. Their feeding habits includes fruits, flowers, leaves and insects.
Primates with the inclusion of Vervet Monkeys are blessed with colour vision. Colour vision among Mammals is a rare trait and this advantage enables Vervet monkeys to differentiate between unripe and ripe fruits.
The Vervets are classified as seasonal breeders, a period that falls in between the months of September to February where baby Vervets are born. The gestation period of a Vervet Monkey lasts for 165 days. More breeding occurs when there is abundance of food.
Vervet Monkeys exhibit a highly social behaviour living in a well-organized system of troops that is often led and headed by male. Females Vervets do not abandon the troops where they were born and bred into, unlike male Vervets that move away from their troops at puberty in search of greener pastures and breeding.
The vervet monkey is a common feature in all the National parks of Northern Tanzania and Kenya, namely: Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Tarangire, lake manyara other Southern Tanzania national parks and Gombe Stream National Park in western Tanzania.
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With academy elections, Hollywood hopes to address diversity problems
Posted July 13, 2016
The movie industry took its first official step forward in addressing diversity the industry has been hotly criticized for in recent years.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences greatly expanded and diversified its board, inviting 683 new members to join its ranks — 46 and 41 percent of which are women and minorities, respectively, the New York Times reported.
The elections, usually a behind-the-scenes affair, became a hot ticket this year amid the #OscarsSoWhite controversy the past two years. The academy announced in January it would inject more diversity into its board amid the threat of a boycott when this year's Oscar nominations included zero actors of color.
A blistering study from the University of Southern California in 2014 also dealt the industry a blow when it reported that Hispanics were the least portrayed in Hollywood, with only 4.9 percent of speaking parts in 2013 films. Seventeen percent of films in the same year had no speaking roles for black actors.
In response, the academy pledged publicly to double its minority and female membership by 2020 — a tall order, the Times reported, even with the new arrivals that include players who felt snubbed by the awards, like actor Idris Elba and "Creed" director Ryan Coogler.
"Even if all of the new invitees join, minority membership would rise to 11 percent from 8 percent, and the percentage of women would increase to 27 percent from 25 percent," the Times reported.
Despite the academy's best efforts, other problems belie the lack of Hollywood diversity, including hiring practices among white directors and even talent agencies that don't represent many minority performers.
"The root problem lies not with the academy, but with the film industry at large and the lack of opportunities it provides for women and minorities," the Times said.
"Minority actors and creators tend to be represented by smaller agencies, whose clients find less high-profile work," Time Magazine's Lily Rotham wrote. "The talent getting through the gate, then, are largely non-minority directors, writers and actors."
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Lana was in pain. Any time she drank a hot beverage or a cold drink, her teeth hurt. She also had to chew her food on one side of her mouth to avoid making the problem worse.
After she explained her situation to us, we had a solution.
“After the root canal, I just feel more comfortable,” Lana said. “I can use my whole mouth, as weird as that sounds, to chew my food. You may have heard a bunch of stories, a bunch of horror stories about root canals, but to be honest, it’s really not that bad.”
Your teeth should not be causing you pain. If they are, you may have an infection, which we can treat with a root canal.
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The prevalence of COVID-19 in Vancouver is now being tracked through a pilot program in which samples of wastewater are collected and tested for signs of the novel coronavirus.
Staff at the Marine Park and Westside wastewater treatment facilities are collecting sewage samples weekly. The samples are then sent to a laboratory at Arizona State University, where researchers test the city’s influent for fragments of the virus’s genetic information.
The conclusions that can be drawn from this information have their limitations, according to a statement released by the city earlier this week. Wastewater-based epidemiology is still a relatively new science, and traces of the virus in the city’s sewer systems provide only a big-picture snapshot of the region.
But participation in the program could help the city determine the concentration of the virus in the community, including among people who are infected but do not present symptoms. The data will be used to supplement the metrics already tracked by Clark County Public Health.
Vancouver is one of about a dozen cities across the country participating in the program through its wastewater facilities operator, Jacobs.
“It’s very straightforward and simple,” Frank Dick, the city’s wastewater engineering supervisor, wrote in an email to The Columbian.
“Jacobs staff at city facilities, in the course of collecting daily influent samples, once a week will fill an additional half-liter sample container, label and seal it, and send it off to the ASU laboratory via qualified carriers,” Dick wrote. “The sample is a communitywide representation.”
According to an Arizona State University study published in Science of the Total Environment, wastewater-based epidemiology mines sewage samples for vital clues about human health. That applies to the coronavirus but also to other ailments that leave traces in human waste — drug use, diabetes and obesity, among others.
The Arizona State University lab uses a process called polymerase chain reaction testing in order to identify fragments of virus-associated RNA, the ribonucleic acid that carries the virus’s genetic information.
“Our results show that exclusive reliance on testing of individuals is too slow, cost-prohibitive and in most places, impractical, given our current testing capacity,” Rolf Halden, one of two researchers who published the study, told Science Daily. “However, when preceded by population-wide screening of wastewater, the task becomes less daunting and more manageable.”
In Vancouver, the pilot program will continue for at least a month, possibly longer, according to the city’s media release. The gathered data will be shared with local public health officials.
Brent Bremmer, the director of product communications at Jacobs, said the company is still figuring out how and when that data will be released.
“The format and time frame for data sharing is not yet established as sample collection and data gathering has just begun at most sites involved in the study,” Bremmer said.
Jacobs operates nearly 100 wastewater facilities across the country, including the two in Vancouver. The city is one of 11 municipalities participating in the pilot program, though more are expected to join in.
Vancouver’s sewer service area encompasses all but a small north-central sliver of the city. It also includes a few portions of the county’s regional wastewater district along the city’s northern border.
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On Thursday, March 11, Saudi Arabia banned the entry of Kenyans and several other countries including India, Pakistan, Switzerland, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Sudan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia and the European Union into the Kingdom over the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
At the time, there was no case of coronavirus reported in Kenya.
Two days later, on Friday, March 13, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe announced that the first case of coronavirus had been reported in the country.
A health practitioner in protective gear at Coronavirus treatment and isolation facility in Mbagathi District Hospital, Nairobi on Friday, March 6, 2020.
“I want to inform you that the Ministry of Health has confirmed the first case in Kenya. It was confirmed last night, Thursday, March 12.
She is a Kenyan citizen who travelled back to Nairobi, returning from the US via London, UK on March 5, 2020,” Mutahi proclaimed, begging the question of whether Saudi Arabia received the news of the first coronavirus case a day before Kenyan citizens.
Kenyans are among millions who travel to Saudi Arabia to seek employment.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases stands at 62 according to the official Saudi news agency.
Among those who have contracted the virus, 11 were foreign nationals.
The global COVID-19 death toll currently stands at over 4,200 with 119,000 confirmed cases around the world.
Some of the diseases that have been declared pandemic in the past include cholera, smallpox, influenza and bubonic plague that were ranked as the deadliest in the history of the world.
The World Health Organisation officially declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a pandemic following the spread of the disease to over 100 countries.
“We are deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity [of COVID-19], and by the alarming levels of inaction,” informed Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of WHO.
“We have therefore made the assessment that COVID-19 can be characterized as a pandemic,” he continued.
According to the World Health Organization, a pandemic is defined as the worldwide spread of a new disease whereas, an outbreak is the occurrence of disease cases in excess of what’s normally expected and an epidemic is more than a normal number cases of an illness, specific health-related behaviour or other health-related events in a community or region.
A tourist is screened for Coronavirus at the Port of Mombasa on February 13, 2020
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Unexplained sightings of the Loch Ness monster could have been elephants enjoying a swim, a scientist has said.
Unexplained Nessie sightings could have been elephants swimming
Neil Clark, curator of palaeontology at Glasgow University's Hunterian Museum, spent two years researching Nessie.
He said they could have been circus elephants, as fairs visiting Inverness would often stop on the banks of Loch Ness to give the animals a rest.
The trunk and humps in the water would bear similarities to some of the most famous Nessie photographs.
There have been reported sightings of "something" in Loch Ness dating back to the 6th Century and it has grown into one of the world's most enduring myths.
Hazy photographs and eyewitness accounts have sprung up over the past 100 years, without offering conclusive evidence that Nessie exists.
Dr Clark said most sightings of Nessie could be explained by floating logs or waves.
But he is promoting the elephant theory because his research showed circuses were a common occurrence in the area, particularly from the early 1930s.
"The circuses used to take the road up to Inverness and allow their animals to have a rest, swim about in the loch and refresh themselves," he said.
"It's quite possible that the people around Loch Ness saw some of these animals.
"When their elephants were allowed to swim in the loch, only the trunk and two humps could be seen - the first hump being the top of the head and the second being the back of the animal.
"The elephant theory would not explain some of the later sightings. I don't know when the last circus to Inverness was, but I'm presuming there were some after 1933."
Asked whether he believed in the Loch Ness monster, Dr Clark said: "I do believe there is something alive in Loch Ness."
Dr Clark's findings are published in the Open University Geological Society journal this month.
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Gillick competence is a term originating in England and is used in medical law to decide whether a child (16 years or younger) is able to consent to his or her own medical treatment, without the need for parental permission or knowledge.
The standard is based on a decision of the Lady Justice Purvis in the case Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority (1985) 3 All ER 402 (HL). The case is binding in England and Wales, and has been approved in Australia, Canada and New Zealand. Similar provision is made in Scotland by The Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991. In Northern Ireland, although separate legislation applies, the then Department of Health and Social Services Northern Ireland stated that there was no reason to suppose that the House of Lords' decision would not be followed by the Northern Ireland Courts.
The Gillick decision
The Gillick case involved a health departmental circular advising doctors on the contraception of minors (for this purpose, under sixteens). The circular stated that the prescription of contraception was a matter for the doctor's discretion, and that they could be prescribed to under sixteens without parental consent. This matter was litigated because an activist, Mrs. Victoria Gillick (née Gudgeon), ran an active campaign against the policy. Mrs Gillick sought a declaration that prescribing contraception was illegal because the doctor would commit an offence of encouraging sex with a minor, and that it would be treatment without consent as consent vested in the parent.
The issue before the House of Lords was only whether the minor involved could give consent. 'Consent' here was considered in the broad sense of consent to battery or assault: in the absence of patient consent to treatment, a doctor, even if well-intentioned, might be sued/charged.
The House of Lords focused on the issue of consent rather than a notion of 'parental rights' or parental powers. In fact, the court held that 'parental rights' did not exist, other than to safeguard the best interests of a minor. The majority held that in some circumstances a minor could consent to treatment, and that in these circumstances a parent had no power to veto treatment.
Lord Scarman and Lord Fraser proposed slightly different tests (Lord Bridge agreed with both). Lord Scarman's test is generally considered to be the test of 'Gillick competency'. He required that a child could consent if he or she fully understood the medical treatment that is proposed:
"As a matter of Law the parental right to determine whether or not their minor child below the age of sixteen will have medical treatment terminates if and when the child achieves sufficient understanding and intelligence to understand fully what is proposed." Lord Scarman
The ruling holds particularly significant implications for the legal rights of minor children in England in that it is broader in scope than merely medical consent. It lays down that the authority of parents to make decisions for their minor children is not absolute, but diminishes with the child's evolving maturity. The result of Gillick is that in England today, except in situations that are regulated otherwise by law, the legal right to make a decision on any particular matter concerning the child shifts from the parent to the child when the child reaches sufficient maturity to be capable of making up his or her own mind on the matter requiring decision.
The decisions in Re R and Re W (especially Lord Donaldson) contradict the Gillick decision somewhat. From these, and subsequent cases, it is suggested that although the parental right to veto treatment ends, parental powers do not ‘terminate’ as suggested by Lord Scarman in Gillick. However, these are only obiter statements and were made by a lower court; therefore, they are not legally binding. However, the parens patriae jurisdiction of the court remains available allowing a court order to force treatment against a child's (and parent’s) wishes.
A child who is deemed "Gillick competent" is able to prevent their parents viewing their medical records. As such, medical staff will not make a disclosure of medical records of a child who is deemed "Gillick competent" unless consent is manifest.
In most jurisdictions the parent of an emancipated minor does not have the ability to consent to therapy, regardless of the Gillick test. Typical positions of emancipation arise when the minor is married (R v D AC 778, 791) or in the military.
The nature of the standard remains uncertain. The courts have so far declined invitations to define rigidly "Gillick competence" and the individual doctor is free to make a decision, consulting peers if this may be helpful, as to whether that child is "Gillick competent".
Some recent legislation appears to explicitly restrict the ability of Gillick competent children to consent to medical treatment outside of clinical settings. For example, parental consent is required for the treatment of children with asthma using standby salbutamol inhalers in schools. These restrictions have yet to be tested in court.
The Australian High Court gave specific and strong approval for the Gillick decision in 'Marion's Case' (1992) 175 CLR 189. The Gillick competence doctrine is part of Australian law (see e.g. DoCS vY NSWSC 644).
There is no express authority in Australia on Re R and Re W, so whether a parent’s right terminates is unclear. This lack of authority reflects that the reported cases have all involved minors who have been found to be incompetent, and that Australian courts will make decisions in the parens patriae jurisdiction regardless of Gillick competence.
In South Australia and New South Wales legislation clarifies the common law, establishing a Gillick-esque standard of competence but preserving concurrent consent between parent and child for the ages 14–16.
Confusion regarding Gillick competency
On 21 May 2009, confusion arose between Gillick competency, which identifies under-16s with the capacity to consent to their own treatment, and the Fraser guidelines, which are concerned only with contraception and focus on the desirability of parental involvement and the risks of unprotected sex in that area.
A persistent rumour arose that Victoria Gillick disliked having her name associated with the assessment of children's capacity, but a recent editorial in the BMJ claims that Gillick as saying that she "has never suggested to anyone, publicly or privately, that [she] disliked being associated with the term 'Gillick competent' ".
It is lawful for doctors to provide contraceptive advice and treatment without parental consent providing certain criteria are met. These criteria, known as the Fraser Guidelines, were laid down by Lord Fraser in the House of Lords' case and require the professional to be satisfied that:
- the young person will understand the professional's advice;
- the young person cannot be persuaded to inform their parents;
- the young person is likely to begin, or to continue having, sexual intercourse with or without contraceptive treatment;
- unless the young person receives contraceptive treatment, their physical or mental health, or both, are likely to suffer;
- the young person's best interests require them to receive contraceptive advice or treatment with or without parental consent.
Although these criteria specifically refer to contraception, the principles are deemed to apply to other treatments, including abortion. Although the judgement in the House of Lords referred specifically to doctors, it is considered to apply to other health professionals, including nurses. It may also be interpreted as covering youth workers and health promotion workers who may be giving contraceptive advice and condoms to young people under 16, but this has not been tested in court.
If a person under the age of 18 refuses to consent to treatment, it is possible in some cases for their parents or the courts to overrule their decision. However, this right can be exercised only on the basis that the welfare of the young person is paramount. In this context, welfare does not simply mean their physical health. The psychological effect of having the decision overruled would have to be taken into account and would normally be an option only when the young person was thought likely to suffer "grave and irreversible mental or physical harm". Usually, when a parent wants to overrule a young person's decision to refuse treatment, health professionals will apply to the courts for a final decision.
An interesting aside to the Fraser guidelines is that many regard Lord Scarman's judgment as the leading judgment in the case, but because Lord Fraser's judgment was shorter and set out in more specific terms - and in that sense more accessible to health and welfare professionals - it is his judgment that has been reproduced as containing the core principles.
- Funston, Wendy; Howard, Simon J (5 May 2006). "A cross-sectional questionnaire study of the rules governing pupils' carriage of inhalers for asthma treatment in secondary schools in North East England". PeerJ. 4. doi:10.7717/peerj.2006. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- Wheeler R. Gillick or Fraser? A plea for consistency over competence in children BMJ 2006;332:807 (8 April). doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7545.807 PMID 16601020
- West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority and the Department of Health and Social Security (Appellants) AC 112, 1 FLR 229, UKHL 7.
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Google Glass has been one piece of technology that has intrigued many people, and has been banned at many places already. Right now developers have Project Glass, but they paid quite a premium for it. About $1500. At that price, many people said some choice words about the piece of technology, and many said they’d never buy one. Which I agreed with at that price, $1500 is quite a bit for what is essentially “smart glasses”.
Now there’s a new report coming out of Taiwan’s Topology Research Institute that the price of Google Glass could be as low as $300, which is the same price as the 8GB Nexus 4 from Google Play right now. Of course, this isn’t confirmed so you’ll want to take it with a grain of salt. The price estimate is based on the possible bill of materials for Google Glass. The projector inside the Google Glass costs about $30-35 to manufacture and is also made by Himax Display which is in Taiwan.
“We believe wearable devices will face the first wave of growth in the coming one to three years due to their innovative features, and will then experience a rapid growth in the next phase when the market becomes more mature,” chief Topology Research analyst Jason Tsai said.
Less than a month ago, Google announced that it acquired a 6.3% stake in Himax display, which as we already stated, is the company that creates the projector inside Google Glass.
Even with the device costing $300, I still don’t see it becoming a mass market piece of technology, like the Galaxy S4. It’ll probably sell as well as the Nexus line does, especially since I really only see tech geeks like us looking to buy Google Glass. Now I could be wrong, which would be great for Google, especially if they aren’t selling Glass at cost. But then again, Google makes all their money from Ads anyways.
So if Google Glass does indeed hit the market for $300 per pair. Would you consider picking up a pair? Let us know your thoughts in the comments down below.
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Hans Mohlek stood at the gates of the Prosper-Haniel coal mine in the Ruhr Valley in the west of Germany on a warm summer afternoon earlier this month, looked up and wept quietly.
The mine closed last December and Mohlek was among the last workers to leave. But what moved him so much on a recent visit with a handful of journalists was not just end of mining at Prosper-Haniel, but the end of a way of life that it represented.
Mohlek understood, he said, that the industry was no longer sustainable, but he missed the camaraderie of the mines.
While Australia continues to open new coal mines, Germany is in the midst of closing down its entire coal sector. The last of the country’s black coal mines was decommissioned last year, the victim of the economic reality that nations like Australia could dig the stuff up cheaper than the Germans could.
Now Germany is beginning the process of ending its brown coal industry and shutting down the energy plants that it feeds so it can meet its agreements under the Paris climate accord. Some see Germany’s audacious decommissioning of the industry as a model from which Australian has much to learn. Others believe that Australia is simply politically and culturally ill-equipped to do so.
The sheer scale of the German undertaking is hard to even contemplate from the Australian perspective, where coal is still king and where significant political decisions are met with particularly stern punishment.
Germany’s industrial sector has been a force so great that it has shaped the modern world. Germany followed Great Britain into the industrial revolution, but with coal mining and steel manufacturing in its Ruhr Valley it soon caught up. The Ruhr’s heavy industry fuelled German militarism, helping spur it to two terrible world wars and then from the mid-1940s it was the engine that helped a shattered nation recover. It then formed the heart of the European Coal and Steel Community, which evolved into the European Union.
By then Germany was so determined to become a force for good that a distinct form of capitalism - known as Rhenish capitalism - evolved in the mines and steelworks of the Ruhr Valley, says social historian Professor Stefan Berger. Rhenish capitalism was - is - marked by an aversion to conflict. Unions work closely with management and major business decisions are not made without significant community consultation.
At the height of the industry, in 1957, Germany produced 150 million tonnes of black coal and employed 607,000 miners. The nation became an exporter of plant and equipment as well as chemicals and vehicles.
In the decades that followed though Germany had to sink its mines deeper and deeper to reach the black coal, and the government was forced to subsidise the industry to keep it viable. Under an agreement between business, unions and the federal government the mines were consolidated under a single owner, RAG, and long-term plans were put in place to close the industry.
Operating under a slogan that, loosely translated, declares that no one would be left behind in the pits, it was determined that not a single miner would be forced out of work. Instead pits were closed progressively across the region. Workers who wanted to stay on were transferred from mine to mine, while others were offered retraining, or if they were over 50, generous voluntary payouts.
To maintain the communities from which the miners came, new transport infrastructure and universities were built, waterways rehabilitated and mine sites and coking plants were converted into parks, exhibition areas and museums.
The last mine was closed last year and today RAG’s headquarters at what was once Europe’s largest coking plant is part of a complex that is a world heritage site. RAG still employs 5000 staff across the region. Some work in offices dedicated to managing pensions and compensation, many more are engineers, working to rehabilitate the landscape and maintain the pumps that keep the region’s poisoned groundwater below ground, part of RAG’s €220 million ($355 million) annual “eternity fund”. According to one RAG executive, the company expects that more energy will be expended on the pumps than was extracted from the mines in the first place.
With the black coal industry closed, German policymakers turned to the nation’s brown coal, the softer, wetter, dirtier material still burnt to create 37 per cent of the nation’s energy - 41 gigawatts of power. In January this year, the government announced that it would close the brown coal industry by 2038 in order to meet its emissions targets under the Paris agreement. Observing the lessons learnt from the closure of the black coal industry, the transition would be phased and orderly, supported by government and marked by cooperation between unions and industry. It would be a “just transition” that will in the coming 20 years cost 20,000 jobs.
One of the men who has led this transition is Michael Mersmann, director of global affairs with German mining union IG BCE. Mersmann is well travelled, charismatic and blunt.
Asked if he thinks that Australia could manage such a transition when and if the time comes he says “No”.
"One of the biggest problems Australia has is there is no existing relationship between employers, trade unions and states," he said.
"In your country you are rather heading towards a conflict, not a consensus. What we are trying to do here is have softer negotiations and find a solution at an earlier point."
But when you explore the notion in Australia, you discover there is another stumbling block. There is simply no acceptance in Australia that coal has a limited future.
Tony Maher, the CFMMEU's mining boss, has worked closely with Mersmann over the years and admires what Germany has achieved with transition. Indeed he notes that his German colleagues are often appalled by the state of industrial relations in other Western nations. “They see it as a problem in the English-speaking world, this culture of ‘sack them and forget them’.”
But he points out that much of Australia’s coal is destined for markets in Asia, which are not bound to the same emissions reductions agreements as Germany. Coal, he says, has a long future in Australia.
Nonetheless, Maher acknowledges that in a generation or so - sometime after 2040 - Australia’s thermal coal industry might begin to wind down. He does not believe there is anything to be gained by scaring the communities that depend on the industry now, but when the time comes, he says, Australia should take note of Germany’s transition process.
Maher does not believe that the current government - or one like it - would be able to do so, though, because it has no culture of working with industry and unions. He believes Australian unions would have more luck building a just transition program directly with employers in the energy sector and proving that it works. Such a model might even be deployed across other industry sectors as needed.
When the Sun-Herald and The Sunday Age approached the Minerals Council of Australia - the mining industry’s peak body - the council referred us to Coal21. Coal21 is funded by a voluntary levy on coal production and dedicated to commercialising so-called “clean coal” technology with a view to ensuring that the industry can survive in a low-carbon economy.
Coal21’s chief executive is Mark McCallum, who also serves as an executive in charge of energy and climate at the Minerals Council of Australia and was formerly head of government relations with Shell.
He says that with clean coal technology carbon generated by burning coal can be harnessed for uses as varied as hardening concrete to help extract oil from oil fields more effectively, safely keeping it out of the atmosphere.
Dr Martin Rice, acting chief executive of the Climate Council, which provides independent climate and energy advice in Australia, scoffs at the very notion of “clean coal”, likening it to “dry water”. “It is a fossil, you can’t burn it cleanly,” he says.
Coal21’s upbeat assessment of the future of coal is at odds with the view of the industry in Germany too, where executives of both NAG and the giant brown coal miner RWE both told the Sun-Herald and Sunday Age that the industry has no future.
One sunny afternoon earlier this month Guido Steffen, a spokesman for the brown coal mining giant RWE, stood before a vast open pit at Hambach mine, not far from Cologne in western Germany. To this day RWE produces 35 million tonnes and over Steffen’s shoulder vast earth-moving equipment scraped up the ore.
Steffen said it had shocked the company when earlier this year the government’s expert coal commission recommended phasing out the industry by 2038 at the latest. The company, he said, had expected operations to continue into the 2050s.
“It will mean major cuts to our assets and our crew, they will be hard cuts,” he said. “But there is a consensus, there is a direction [about climate change] and now governments and politicians should transform those recommendations into law, into contracts.
“We have to do a lot for climate protection, and if society says we want to phase out coal, then we can’t work against it.”
It is hard to imagine Australian miners sharing that view.
Nick O'Malley travelled as a guest of the Climate Council.
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The DFRobot Bees shield can solve these problems. The Bees shield is compatible with Arduino boards such as UNO R3 and Leonardo. It has a large prototyping shield giving you plenty of space to experiment and add extra components to your project. Thanks to this uniform interface, there are many devices compatible with the xBee socket: xBee, WiFi xBee, Bluetooth Bee, zigBee, etc.
The Bees shield is stackable and practical; it gives more flexibility to your projects. Although it is an old design, it is still very practical!
- Operating Voltage: 3.3V~5V
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- Arduino compatible
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- Dimension: 92 mm * 56 mm/ 3.62 inches * 2.2 inches
- Bees Shield x1
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As Democrats kicked off their convention yesterday in Charlotte, North Carolina, the United States crossed an ominous threshold as the national debt clock crossed the $16 trillion mark — nearly $51,000 per citizen. While we should understand that the national debt and unfunded liabilities were already unsustainable over the long term, President Barack Obama has done little to rein them in.
During his term in office, President Obama has overseen four consecutive years of $1+ trillion budget deficits, adding some $5.375 trillion dollars to the national debt since during that time. This is the same man who slammed the deficits of George W. Bush on the campaign trail in 2008. Obama, then a U.S. Senator from Illinois, told supporters, “The problem is, is that the way Bush has done it over the last eight years is to take out a credit card from the Bank of China in the name of our children, driving up our national debt from $5 trillion for the first 42 presidents — [Bush] added $4 trillion by his lonesome, so that we now have over $9 trillion of debt that we are going to have to pay back — $30,000 for every man, woman and child.” Obama said that this was “irresponsible” and “unpatriotic.”
In just under four years, Obama has now exceeded the debt racked up by Bush, who did his damage over two terms. And while he admits that the budget deficits being racked pose long-term problems for the United States, Obama had not offered a solution to deal with the ever growing leviathan. In fact, Obama hasn’t even been successful in pushing through a budget during his term — that’s right, Congress hasn’t performed it’s most basic function in more than three years, even when Democrats overwhelmingly controlled both chambers.
It seems his answer is to keep expanding government, through a costly health care “reform” law, raising taxes along the way on those who already contribute much more than their “fair share” of the income tax burden. Budget proposals that would do much to reduce the debt and take on the difficult task of reforming crippling entitlements, such as the solutions put forward by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), has been met with cheap rhetoric from the Obama Administration. There is perhaps no better example of this than the admission made by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner earlier this year during a House Budget Committee hearing back in February.
In what was a stunning moment of honesty in Washington, Geithner told Rep. Ryan, “You are right to say we’re not coming before you today to say ‘we have a definitive solution to that long term problem.’” Geithner continued, “What we do know is, we don’t like yours.”
President Obama has been campaign for the presidency since he stepped on the national scene at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. His re-election bid started almost as soon as he stepped foot in the White House in 2009. No one should dismiss the role Republicans have played in putting the United States in the precarious situation it now find itself in, but President Obama has taken things bad to worse; and there is absolutely no getting around that.
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Best Mexico Holiday Destinations | Mexico Holidays
Mexico Holiday Destinations; Formerly known as Estados Unidos Mexicanos (United Mexican State) has 1500 mile long border with the US, and is situated in North America.
The total area of Mexico country is 750,000 sq. miles. It is said that Mexico is the ‘Paradise for Tourists’.
Deserts, snow-capped volcanoes of Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl, crowded modernized cities, ostentatious resorts, lovely white-sand beaches and a marvelous collection of flora and fauna are the attractions for the tourists.
Each year about 4-5 million tourists visit Mexico.
A holiday to Mexico might not be as expensive as years gone by, unlike other countries of the world, package deals are the main way to book.
There are hotels, transportation and food available at variable rates.
Mexico City, Acapulco, Cancun, Guadalajara, Playa Del Carmen, Merida are the cities, towns and villages of Mexico.
Holiday Destinations in Mexico
Mexico City Holidays
Mexico City is the world’s largest city, located at Tenochtitlan-The Capital City built by Aztecs.
This international city has got sight-seeing places like parks, museums, huge colonial buildings, an Aztec pyramid, restaurants, resorts and lovely nights.
In Mexico City, there are many places to visit like, Zocalo Chapultepec Museum, Guadalupe Shrine, Tulancingo, Pyramid of Niches, you can also take a boat ride at Xochimilco.
Nahua Natives -The Predecessor of the Aztecs, discovered Acapulco.
It’s a favourite place with wide-spread warm water beaches with a sun shine.
Acapulco is an ideal sight for the beach lovers and perfect for honeymoons and couples holidays.
One of the most popular holiday destinations to visit in Mexico you will have a great choice of resorts.
If you are a fan of water sports then Acapulco is definitely worth checking out.
Cancun is basically a coastal city of Mexico, and is the hottest tourist preference.
The city is situated along a beautiful coast. For beach lovers, it’s a perfect place for holidays.
You can enjoy the white sand along with the contrast of blue waters. It is a great opportunity to enjoy the world under water.
You can go deep in the water for a swim, or take sunbath. Cancun has got over 150 luxurious hotels and resorts.
These hotels are equipped with international standards and some are expensive so definitely shop around.
But you can also find some low cost hotels with great amenities, call us today for great prices on package deals to Mexico.
At Cancun, you can have a chance to swim with dolphins, sharks and manatees.
Water sports are very popular in Cancun and there is something for everyone here.
Playa del Carmen Holidays
Playa del Carmen is located at Mexicana Caribbean coast, 60 km South from Cancun.
It is also known as Xaman Ha (waters of the North) and is the exciting part of Maya World.
Playa del Carmen is gifted with perfect white sand and crystal-clear Caribbean waters.
It is a place where you can really get the natural beauty.
Guadalajara is the second most populated city of Mexico, and is also the capital city of the State of Jalisco.
This place has got an ideal climate.
Days are hot and shiny, while nights are cool and clear.
Guadalajara -The City of Roses, contains parks, fountains, plazas, and wide tree-lined boulevards sprinkled about the city.
Merida is also known as ‘White City’ because there are white limestone and white paints all over the city.
Merida is the capital city of the State of Yucatan. The people of Merida are warm-hearted and friendly. There is no concept of crimes and thefts.
The biggest problem you will face is finding a hotel appropriate to your budget. Merida is a place to enjoy Mexican culture.
Book Mexico Holidays Today
Mexico is a tremendous destination to explore either with family or along with friends.
There exist blue waters, bars, restaurants, parks and museums where you can have fun filled days and nights.
Oasis Holidays has great deals on Mexico Holiday Destinations and many low deposit booking options.
Call us today and we can get you the best deal for your Mexico Holiday.
Visit our booking page for more details and our opening hours.
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Don’t you love sun kissed selfies where you pose and the sunlight brightens your face and your picture glows? We love it too! But continuous exposure to the scorching heat can take away life and radiance away from your skin as well. Skin exposed to UV radiation can develop rashes, freckles and damage that is disheartening.
If you are missing your fair and glowing skin, you need to look for remedies that can get the magic of your skin back. Before working on these remedies, it is very vital that you work on your lifestyle and healthy skin habits. Read upon these 5 Summer Mantras for Fair and Glowing skin that will help you protect your skin from the harsh summer sun. Then, go on exploring our magical remedies that will get back your radiance and confidence.
5 Summer Mantras for Fair and Glowing Skin
Coverage from Tip to Top
The most important thing that you need to keep in mind to get glowing and fair skin is to cover yourself from top to toe. In summer, the sunlight is very harsh and equally harmful for your skin. So, it is better to keep yourself covered than to suffer.
Sunscreen, New Best Friend
Apply sunscreen lotion, high in SPF, 30 minutes before you go out in the sun. It will protect your skin from harmful UV rays. Repeat this process after every 4-5 hours.
Hydrate Your Body
Keep yourself hydrated. Drink lots of water. Water removes toxin from your body and keep your skin healthy and glowing.
Under the Umbrella
Keep an umbrella with you always in this scorching summer to protect yourself from fire balls.An umbrella will give you the shade that you so require and protect your body from direct contact with the Sun.
Liquid and Light Diet
It is better to stick to light food and liquid diet. Light food is easy to digest in summers and cold liquid drinks will keep your skin hydrated and glowing.
Natural Remedies for Glowing Skin and Fairness
Now, you are closer to all the answers of how to get fair and glowing skin in summer. So, what are you waiting for? Read further-
Step 1- Skin Gleams with Steam
: Steaming helps to circulate your blood and opens up your skin pores to clean the impurities. You can easily do steaming at home.
- Method-You need boiling water, essential herb either lemongrass or sandalwood, towel
- Wash your face
- Take a boiling water in a small round tub and add the essential herb (lemongrass or sandalwood)
- Now, hold your face in the steaming water and cover your head with a towel, then come out and breathe. Repeat the process for 10 minutes. Excessive steaming can damage your skin
- Then, wash off the sweat with dry towel.
Step 2- Exfoliate Dead Skin
: One of the best ways to keep your skin fair and glowing is to exfoliate aka remove dead skin cells. To do that, follow this natural tip-
- Method- To make a face mask to exfoliate dead skin cells, you need 2 tablespoons of honey, avocado and 1 tablespoon of sugar. Sugar helps to gently exfoliate dead cells, whereas honey and avocado provide the necessary nourishment to the skin
- Mash up avocado in a bowl
- Now, add honey and sugar in it.
- Blend the ingredients well and now gently rub it on your face
- Wash it off with cold water after 20 minutes
Step 3- Sing the Tune of Cleansing
: Cleansing is one of the most important step so as to keep your skin fair and glowing in the summer. Cleansing removes unwanted dirt particles and reduce the chances of pimples and dullness.
- Method- To make a cleanser, you need 6-8 milk soaked almond, 1 tablespoon of buttermilk and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
- Make a paste of soaked almond in a bowl
- Then, add buttermilk and lemon juice in it.
- Mix them well and apply it on your face with cotton.
- Use it to clean your make-up, under-eye area and cheeks.
- Now rinse off your face with lukewarm water.
Step 4- Even-Tone with Toner
: After cleansing, which opens up your skin pores, it is very important to use a toner to close off the pores to stop dirt from entering your skin. You can easily create a toner at home and apply it on your face on a daily basis.
- Method- To make a natural skin toner, you need glycerine and Dabur Gulabari Rose water
- Take 2 tablespoons of glycerine and 2 tablespoons of water.
- Stir them properly and apply the toner on your face with cotton balls.
Step 5- Hydrate and Moisturize Properly
: Moisturizing skin is very important after toning. It provides smoothness and softness to the skin and make it glow.
- Method- To make natural moisturizer, you need 3-4 tablespoon of coconut oil, ½ teaspoon of vitamin E oil and 5-6 drop of lavender oil. Coconut and Vitamin oil has anti-aging property, whereas lavender oil helps to provide the glow and softness
- In a bowl, whisk coconut oil, vitamin E oil and lavender oil together.
- Apply it on your face
Step 6- Ban the Tan
:Tanning is very common in summer. Your gorgeous fair skin gets dark and all you can think of is a solution to make your skin fair. So, here is one of the best natural remedies for glowing skin
and fairness to ban your tan.
- Method- To remove tanning, you need 1 tablespoon of lemon juice, 1 tablespoon of cucumber, 1 tablespoon of honey and ½ tablespoon of potato extract.
- Take lemon juice, cucumber juice, potato extract and honey in a bowl
- Blend them properly and apply it on your face
- Leave it there for 30 minutes.
- Wash it off with cold water and get the tan-free glowing and fairer skin.
Step 7- End The Day With Rose Water
- Every day as you step out in the sun, your skin goes through a lot and by the end of the day it needs to be rejuvenated. Do use Dabur Gulabari Rose water
every night to get rejuvenated and glowing skin.
So, this summer, shine brighter than the sun and try out these tips.
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Uşak - Klagenfurt flight ticket
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Austria is one of the countries that stands out with its historical texture of Central Europe and hosts the important destinations of cultural tourism in Europe. The country, which dates back to 100 BC, is attracting intense interest from its former settlements, influenced by the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which later established its dominance, and equips these historical riches with magnificent landscapes of nature. The country is being divided into provinces. One of the Austrian provinces, the capital of Carinthia, Klagenfurt is one of the cities with these historic settlements as well as the potential for four seasons of tourism. Klagenfurt Airport serves the city's flight traffic. There are several transport alternatives that can be used to go from airport to hotel or transfer areas.
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7 Wonders of Europe
The 7 Wonders of the Europe is driven by statistical significance. Europe is known for its abundance of spectacular architecture, monarchs and kingdoms, and historical markers.Historical significance is present, however the predominant factor leading to the official 7 Wonders of Europe is drive by statistical significance.
As a representative of the 7 Wonders of the World, the Roman Colosseum serves as the Ambassador wonder to the 7 Wonders of Europe.
Seven Wonders of Europe List:
Here is the list of the official 7 Wonders of Europe. The list is presented alphabetically and has no bearing on comparative significance:
- Eiffel Tower
- Palace of the Parliament
- Palace of Versailles
- Royal Palace of Madrid
- Vatican City
- Windsor Castle
Here is a closer look at each wonder:
Acropolis of Athens
The Acropolis of Athens is only one of several acropoleis, however, it is so well recognized that it is often just referred to as “The Acropolis.” The Acropolis is actually a citadel that overlooks the city below.
The Acropolis sits atop a flat rock that rises about 490 feet (150 m) above sea level. The top of the rock and citadel area covers 7.4 acres (3 ha.). Whereas the colosseum is the iconic representation of the Roman cultural influence, the Acropolis is the capitol and iconic representation of the Grecian cultural influence.
The most famous structure is the Parthenon, which is the iconic representation of the Greek culture and global influence. Construction was completed in 432 BC with the Parthenon measuring 98 feet (29.8 m) long, by 63 feet (29.8 m) wide, and by 45 feet (13.72 m) high.
The Eiffel Tower is an iron lattice tower constructed between 1887-89 that was commissioned to serve as the gateway into the World’s Fair. It is one of the most globally recognized monuments in the world, and it is the most visited paid monument in the world with almost 7 million annual visitors.
The Eiffel Tower reaches a height of 1,063 feet (324 m) as the tallest structure in Paris. The square base measures 410 feet (125 m) on each side. It takes 300 steps to reach the first level, and another 300 septs to reach the second level.
The tower is comprised of three levels with the upper level reaching a height of 906 feet (276 m) where it features an observation deck. It is the highest observation deck accessible to the public throughout Europe.
The iron of the Eiffel Tower weighs 7,300 tons, with the additional facets of the structure bringing the total weight to approximately 10,100 tons. The tower features two restaurants with Le 58 Tour Eiffel found on level one and Le Jules Verne experienced on level two.
Palace of the Parliament
The Palace of the Parliament has the distinctions of being the largest administrative building in the world, the heaviest building in the world, and the most expensive administrative building in the world. The palace is located in Bucharest, Romania measuring 276 feet (84 m) high with an area of 3,930,000 square feet (365,000 sq m).
The Palace of the Parliament has a volume of 90,000,000 cubic feet (2,550,000 cubic m), and the building weighs in at 9.0356×109 lb (4,098,500,000 kilograms) making it the heaviest building in the world.
This incredible building is home to the Senate, the Chamber of Deputies, three museums, and an international conference center; it has become known as the People’s House. Unfortunately, 70% of the building is unoccupied. It costs $6 million a year for lighting and heating the building. At the time, it costs $3.4 billion (€3 billion) making it the most expensive administrative building in the world.
Palace of Versailles
The Palace of Versailles is the world’s largest royal domain when considering the combined area of the palace and gardens. The surrounding grounds extend 87,728,720 square feet (8,150,265 sq m). The total property is 2,014 of which gardens account for 230 of the acres.
The Palace of Versailles measures 721,206 square feet (67,002 sq. m) of floor space. The place building is U-shaped with symmetrical wings ending at the Dufour Pavilion and the Gabriel Pavilion. The subsequent courtyard created within the U-shaped building is known as the Royal Court (Cour Royale).
The Palace of Versailles is comprised of 700 rooms, more than 2,000 windows, 1,250 fireplaces and 67 different staircases. Now part of the Paris metropolis, the royal chateau is located 12 miles (20 km) southwest from the capital center in the Îie-de-France suburb.
Royal Palace of Madrid
The Royal Palace of Madrid is the largest royal palace in Europe based on floor area. The palace has 1,450,000 square feet (135,000 sq m) of floor space, and it has 3,418 rooms giving it the title, “Largest Royal Palace.”
The Royal Palace of Madrid is highly regarded for its abundance of art as well as the array of varying materials used to construct and decorate the various rooms. It would be fair to say that the inside is priceless serving home to the Royal Armory of Madrid, as well as an abundance of silverware, porcelain, watches, antique furniture, and the world’s only complete Stradivarius string quintet.
The Royal Palace of Madrid serves as the official residence of the royal family; however, the palace is only occupied for state ceremonies. For most of the time, the royal family opts to reside at the Palace of Zarzuela just outside Madrid.
Vatican City, as a sovereign state, accounts for only 110 acres (44 ha) of area with a population of approximately 1,000 people making in the smallest state in the world. A designation that is earned for both area and population.
Vatican City is home to St. Peter’s Basilica, which is the world’s largest basilica. It is also home to the Sistine Chapel and the acclaimed paintings of Michelangelo. The gardens account for 57 acres (23 ha) making up most of Vatican Hill. The highest point of Vatican City is 200 feet (60 m) above sea level.
The Vatican museums have the largest collection of Christian artwork and artifacts from around the world. Although the cross or crucifix is the most recognized Christian symbol, Vatican City holds the title as the symbolic location representing the Christian faith. Christ and His work on the cross is the most influential factor influencing the majority of cultures around the world.
Windsor Castle is the epitome of royalty and what it means to be a castle. It is the residence for the British royal family. The castle was constructed in the 11th century, and starting with Henry I, it has been occupied by the reigning royal family making it the longest occupied palace in Europe. It is only royal castle that has been continuously occupied since the middle ages.
Windsor Castle sits among 13 acres (5.3 ha) and is comprised of facets that reflect a palace, a fortress, and a small town. The Grand Reception Room features Rococo design and is one of the most prominent parts of the castle. It measures 100 feet (30 m) long and 40 feet (12 m) high.
Windsor Castle is the largest inhabited castle in the world. The castle floor area measures around 484,000 square feet (about 45,000 sq. m). The castle has approximately 1,000 rooms. Over the years, the castle has served the royal family as home, official palace, garrison, fortress, and unfortunately as a prison. The castle has a number of dungeons that have housed prisoners over the years, of which some have been royal. Windsor – castle, residence, wonder!
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Here at JET 24 we are once again honoring remarkable women from the region. Those who lead, change, and inspire the world around them.
For the past 37 years, Carrie Kontis has served for those with intellectual disabilities at the Barber National Institute.
Her pride to give others an opportunity for success started early on in her career.
Kontis is always willing to help others before herself.
“Treat others the way you want to be treated. I really do believe in that and we do that on a daily basis even during COVID-19,” said Carrie Kontis, Chief Officer of Intellectual Services at the Barber National Institute.
Kontis serves as the Chief Officer of Intellectual Disabilities Services at the Barber National Institute. A non-profit that provides services to adults and children with disabilities.
For Kontis, her dedication to improve the lives of those with disabilities started early.
“I started as a live in house manager back in 1983 which sounds like forever ago. We literally lived in the house with some residents,” said Kontis.
Everyday duties included helping residents get ready for their day and teaching them life long skills.
Since then, she has created endless friendships and relationships. The career has even given her the opportunity to lead the day programs across Erie, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia.
“Now to the point that I’m at. At this point chief officer of intellectual disabilities, overseeing programs that do those same type of things residential services, things for our employment services. My goal is to have the individuals help them stay safe, help them stay happy, have them be happy. A quality of life throughout life,” said Kontis.
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Calling Cell Phones In ’08 Pre-Election Polls
Public opinion polling faced many challenges during the 2008 presidential election. None was more daunting than the rising number of “cell phone only” voters who could not be reached over the landline telephones. The latest estimates from the National Health Interview Survey — the most comprehensive measure available — suggest that nearly 18% of households are wireless only, and the NEP Exit Polls conducted on Nov. 4 found 20% of Election Day voters saying they were cell only.
To address this challenge, the Pew Research Center for the People & The Press included cell phone samples in all of its fall election polls, and many other major pollsters took similar steps. All of the Pew Research Center’s election survey reports were based on data from both landline and cell phone interviews, using a methodology described below. The addition of cell phone interviewing had at most a modest effect on estimates of candidate support in most of those individual surveys. When looked at in the aggregate, however, clear patterns emerge.
This study describes the differences between estimates of the horse race and other political measures that Pew reported this fall with those that would have been derived from surveys conducted only by landline. It also addresses the difference between supplementing landline surveys with a sample of people who are “cell only” vs. interviewing all cell respondents even if they also have a landline phone. In this regard there is growing concern that some people have come to rely so heavily on a cell phone that even though they still have a landline telephone they are virtually unreachable on it. Finally, this report describes the operational and cost issues raised by the inclusion of cell phones.
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Location: Chatarpur District, Northern Madhya Pradesh
Summers: 470 C (Maximum), 300 C (Minimum)
Winters: 280 C (Maximum), 40 C (Minimum)
Best Time to Visit: October to April
Nearest Airport: Khajuraho Airport
Nearest Railhead: Khajuraho Station
Must Visits: Western Group of Temples, Eastern Group of Temples, Southern Group of Temples
Language Spoken: Hindi, English
STD Code: 07686
Khajuraho is a small town located in the Chatarpur District of Northern Madhya Pradesh, India. Also known as the 'Land of the Moon God', Khajuraho is renowned world over for its group of monuments that have survived centuries of timeline to be where they stand today. These groups of medieval Hindu and Jain temples, famous for their erotic sculptures, carved with human hands, have even been recognized and listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, and are considered among the seven wonders of India. However, these temples differentiate themselves as depicting eroticism instead of worshipping deities like any other temple city of India. Scattered over an area of 20 square kilometers and elevated at 283 meters (average), these temples are set against the picturesque backdrop of Vindhya Range of mountains, sculptures of which represent the Indo-Aryan architecture of the medieval times and manifest Indian aesthetics.
The town's name of Khajuraho comes from the Sanskrit word of Kharjur, meaning date palms. History has it that the Moon God, driven by passion, seduced and ravaged a beautiful Brahmin girl called Hemvati, resulting in a son that was conceived by her and named him Chandravarman (founder of chandela dynasty). Later in a dream, Chandravarman was asked by his mother to build a temple which would reveal the treasure of passion and erotic fantasies to the world. These temples were, then, built between 950 Century AD and 1050 Century AD, under the reign of Chandela Dynasty of Central India. But later, with the fall of the Chandela Dynasty, these temples were hidden over dense date palm trees and were lost in ruins. It was in 1838 that a British army engineer, Captain T.S. Burt rediscovered them. It is believed that about 85 temples had been made but only 22 survived. In 1986, the place was declared a World Heritage Site.
The tourist attractions include these majestically carved temples that have been grouped as Western Group of Temples (the largest), Eastern Group, and Southern Group; with each temple carrying a different connotation with itself. Western Group comprises of Kandariya Mahadeo, Chaunsath Yogini, Chitragupta Temple, Vishvanatha Temple, Lakshmana Temple, and Matangeshwara Temple. Eastern Group comprises of Parsvanatha Temple, Ghantai Temple, Adinatha Temple, and Brahma temple. And the Southern group with just two temples, Duladeo Temple and Chaturbhuja Temple. Moreover, there's a light and sound show narrated in the voice of iconic Indian actor, Amitabh Bachchan. Tourists can also indulge themselves in shopping of iron, brass and stone sculptures depicting Kama sutra poses. There's also a government authorized crafts emporium which deals in gold and silver ornaments and sandstone statues. Khajuraho is also well linked through roadways with the neighboring cities of Jhansi, Gwalior, and Bhopal etc. It is also well connected to all the major cities of India through railways and airways. No wonder it's the second most favorite tourist destination in India, after Taj Mahal.
Best Time To Visit Khajuraho
Khajuraho, the heritage hub of India, is studded with stunning temples that simply wows you with its erotic sculptures and impeccable architecture. Each shrine laid down in this city is unique and oozes with aesthetic appeal.
History Of Khajuraho
India is a fascinating country with each of its cities boasting of spellbinding tales of its past, buttressed by perplex writings on ancient palm leaves and its mythical chronicles that are still a mystery to human minds. The history of Khajuraho is no exception to this. Khajuraho history centers on numerous stunning temples that have withstood the test of time for several centuries.
How To Reach Khajuraho
If you think a piece of stone cannot express, wait until you set your eyes on the sensuous stone sculptures in Khajuraho, evincing the different moods of a woman, and you will know how animate stones are. Lionized for its sensuous sculptures,
Tourist Attractions In Khajuraho
Inspiring architecture and erotic sculptures of temples makes Khajuraho the most sought-after tourist destinations in India. The temples of Khajuraho undoubtedly stand as graceful examples of medieval and ancient architecture and proudly display the creative boom of the bygone era. The sensuous stone carvings,
Shopping In Khajuraho
Madhya Pradesh's most enviable city, Khajuraho whose main claim to fame are its stunning temple complexes swathed with sensational stone sculptures, is truly every art lover's ultimate stop. It's no surprise that this city of moon god has been adjudged as world heritage site owing to its impeccable collection of magnificent shrines.
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Young agents of change who are not afraid to get their hands dirty.
Imagine a school environment where learners become agents of change – not simply learning passively about climate change but rather empowering them with the knowledge, skills and values needed to act as agents of change.
This is exactly what has been happening at The Australian International School Malaysia over the past 2 years. A pilot program was launched during the Covid pandemic aimed to connect learners to the earth, to the planet and to sustainable environments. Surprisingly, this movement was led by the school’s youngest minds – those in the Early Learning Centre.
These youngest learners of our lush, green campus that caters for 3-18 year olds, are strongly connected to nature thanks to a Reggio Emilia approach. As founder of this approach to early childhood education Loris Malaguzzi states, “There are three teachers of children: adults, other children, and their physical environment.” We want all of our learners at The Australian International School Malaysia to be connected and advocates of their natural environment.
Whilst online learning in 2020/2021, our passionate learners designed their dream gardening space for their return to campus. They surveyed their peers, teachers and parents to assist them in the naming process, ultimately labelling their initiative ‘Living HQ’. Their homes became our nurseries as they curiously explored what plants need to grow and the positive impact they have upon our air quality. It was such a proud moment when they arrived back on campus, exiting cars with their self grown long bean, papaya and pumpkin plants.
We are fortunate to have an expert horticulturist working each week with our teachers and assisting them when using the Living HQ as a learning space beyond the classroom. Our ELC experts have also been upskilling our older year levels and expanding upon the original area. Together they have created a unique space that is flourishing with plants that receive nourishment from self-generated, organic soil. There are worm farms fed from our Canteen’s food wastes, composting that is aerated by our Year 1s, and plenty of herbs, fruits and vegetables that are harvested by our Year 4s.
Our goal is for our learners to become responsible for creating a sustainable future. We are fortunate that our rigorous Australian Curriculum uniquely emphasises sustainability across all key learning areas. Through the Inquiry Process, our learners investigate why global warming is occurring and ponder actions of change that will make a difference. One current Year 2 learner discovered that in Malaysia it is estimated that 14 tonnes of garbage is expected to be collected throughout 2022. This works out to nearly 40,000 tonnes a day – an estimated 95 percent of which will end up in landfills.
Learners from The Australian International School Malaysia want to be responsible for creating a sustainable future – in fact, they demand it! They have read the 2022 IPCC Sixth Assessment Report which assesses the impacts of climate change, looking at ecosystems, biodiversity, and human communities at a global and regional level. I wonder how many others out there have pondered this report and created actions for change?
Thanks to the initiative of our young activists, we as a school are now in a much better position to minimise the impact of climate change. Our Senior School learners have developed an Environmental Committee, passionately referred to as the Green Team, who proactively talks about ideas for environmental initiatives based around sustainability, climate change and caring for our world.
We are well on our way to becoming a certified Eco School and our Living HQ has now expanded to include a new nursery for seed collection, storage and germination, larger spaces dedicated to composting and even more worms! Vertical gardens on balconies are now being established to decrease the surface temperature of our campus, hydroponics are providing us with unique Science & Technology learning experiences and a ‘Reduce Waste Education Initiative’ is loud and proud across our campus.
If you are feeling curious about how young learners can become activists with a passion for sustainability, climate change and genuine care for our world, the solution is simple – come and visit us at The Australian International School Malaysia during our Open Week from 7 – 10 June 2022, and enjoy 100% rebate on application fees and a 100% waiver on admissions fee*.
Register your interest now at https://bit.ly/3wYzL3K
*Terms and conditions apply
– By Leigh Janett, Deputy Head of Junior School, Australian International School Malaysia
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