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This week we will be featuring The Other Blacklist: The African American Literary and Cultural Left of the 1950s, by Mary Helen Washington on our blog, twitter, and facebook.
We are also offering a FREE copy of The Other Blacklist to a lucky winner. To enter the contest please e-mail firstname.lastname@example.org and indicate your name and address. The winner will be selected Friday, April 11 at 3:00 pm.
In The Other Blacklist, Mary Helen Washington recovers the vital role of 1950s leftist politics in the works and lives of modern African American writers and artists. While most histories of McCarthyism focus on the devastation of the blacklist and the intersection of leftist politics and American culture, few include the activities of radical writers and artists from the Black Popular Front. Washington’s work incorporates these black intellectuals back into our understanding of mid-twentieth-century African American literature and art and expands our understanding of the creative ferment energizing all of America during this period.
For more on the book, read an excerpt from the introduction.
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What’s an easy, fun, and affordable way to decorate a room or house for a party? Turn on some music, hang up streamers, put colorful tablecloths on the tables, and most of all, get some balloons. Balloons come in a variety of shapes and materials, from foil balloons to latex balloons, and even heart shaped balloons, too. Many of these can be found at any party supply store, and a foil balloon (already inflated) can be found at a grocery store, complete with a string and a weight. The very concept of a balloon is in fact quite old, and even today, these things are a beloved way to give a gift or decorate a room or party. What else should we know about them?
All About Latex Balloons
The idea of balloons as we know them dates back to 1824, when a certain professor Michael Faraday invented them by fusing together the edges of two rubber sheets and filling them with air. Balloons have been used ever since, but more often today, they are made of latex rather than helium. After all, harvesting that much rubber for balloons would put serious strain on today’s rubber trees, and that could spell trouble. Instead, latex is the default material for these balloons, since it’s possible to harvest a lot of latex from a tree without killing it. A single latex tree may provide material for 40 years or so, which makes latex a much more environmentally friendly option.
Latex balloons are often shaped like tear drops, though heart shaped latex balloons are out there too, ideal for Valentine’s Day or a wedding anniversary. Latex balloons can be bought already inflated with helium, but they are also commonly found in packets of many at once, such as a packet of 50. Latex balloons can be filled with helium, which will make them float, and they should be attached to a string and weight so they don’t get lost. Helium balloons can be bought one at a time, though a buyer can get a packet of latex balloons and use a helium pump, if they have one. A balloon filled with helium will probably last for a day or two.
Air filled balloons are also common, and it is easy to fill a latex balloon with ordinary air from a pump or even a person’s own breath. An air filled balloon will not float, but it will last longer, and it will not drift off and get lost.
A more recent innovation is foil balloons, and indeed, a foil balloon is made when the edges of two foil sheets are fused together and the balloon is filled with helium. A foil balloon, unlike latex ones, can be cut into a wider variety of shapes during manufacture, such as circles, squares, and even numbers and letters. What is more, a foil balloon (before being inflated) can have images printed onto it, such as “happy birthday” or pop culture pictures for making them more festive. It is typical to find these foil balloon already inflated at a grocery store, ready for purchase, since it’s more convenient that way. It’s also a good way to show off what the balloon’s image is. Still, these foil balloons can also be bought in packets and then inflated later.
The Right Time for Balloon
These things can be given as gifts and used to decorate a room or a house for a party. For example, a foil balloon with a “get well soon” message on it is a fine gift for a recovering hospital patient, or a cluster of latex ones. Meanwhile, a heart shaped balloon, among other things, can make for a lovely Valentine’s Day gift. Don’t forget birthday parties for children, where many air filled or helium filled latex balloons can be used. One or two foil balloons shaped like numbers can be used to show the birthday boy or girl’s new age. Finally, a huge number of air filled latex balloons can be held in a cage on a dance floor’s ceiling, then released during a party. This is common for high school proms, and the dancers will certainly look forward to it.
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Valpo Undergraduate Math Research Program (Academic Year)
All incoming mathematics majors are invited to apply to join the academic year student research program — an opportunity to foster mathematical curiosity and develop independence and leadership skills.
The students participating in the research program are assigned to teams on the basis of their interests and talents. Usually, the team consists of students at a variety of levels. While newer students are expected to contribute to the research effort, their primary role is to learn about the research process. In particular, they are not being called on to guide the research effort, but are “interning” in the process. They will then be asked and expected to take leadership roles if they continue to work on research projects after their first experience.
The research teams stay together for a minimum of one semester, although it is possible for some teams to continue working on a project for longer periods. In the latter case, new students are introduced to the project as other students leave the team. Students are encouraged to commit themselves for two semesters of work on a given project. An active student could earn a total of eight credits for their research efforts over four years.
For a student perspective on what academic year undergraduate research is like, see: Thinking Outside the Box
Previous Undergraduate Research Projects
- “Determining the Winner in a Graph Theory Game” by Eric Burkholder, Gabe Fragoso, and Christopher Barua (advisor: Zsuzsanna Szaniszlo) https://scholar.valpo.edu/cus/977/
- “The Network Outlier Hunt” by Michael Hamalis (advisor: Jon Beagley) https://scholar.valpo.edu/cus/926/
- “Productivity and Efficiency of Warehouse Processes” by Camryn Hannah (advisor: Tiffany Kolba) https://scholar.valpo.edu/cus/962/
- “Exploring a New Object: the Taumutation” by Jacob Roth, Deven Harris, and Austin Schnoor (advisor: Lara Pudwell) https://scholar.valpo.edu/cus/921/
- “The Mathematics of Chinese Checkers” by Erick Burkholder, Gabe Fragoso, and Thomas Shomer (advisor: Mindy Capaldi) https://scholar.valpo.edu/cus/874/
- “Significance of Handedness in Baseball” by Matthew Loftus (advisor: Tiffany Kolba) https://scholar.valpo.edu/cus/882/
- “Predicting Voter Turnout” by Jake Wislek (advisor: Tiffany Kolba) https://scholar.valpo.edu/cus/924/
- “Combinatorics and GPU Programming” by Juan Arellano (advisor: Jon Beagley)
- “Wolf Domestication: An Agent-based Simulation” by Ryan Kulwicki (advisor: Alex Capaldi)
- “The Problem of Scoring Gerrymandering” by Junta Callahan, Jonathan Metcalfe, and Austin Schnoor (advisor: Mindy Capaldi)
- “Generalized Motzkin Paths” by Michael Revor and Jacob Roth (advisor: Paul Drube)
- “Determining the Optimal Design of Collegiate Ballroom Competitions” by Jonathan Metcalfe (advisor: Tiffany Kolba)
- “Who will win the Stanley Cup?” by Nicholas Hollis (advisors: Tiffany Kolba and Coleen Wilder)
- “Mathematical Modeling of the Evolution of the Domestic Dog” by Ashley Hire, Samuel Iselin, and Michael Revor (advisor: Alex Capaldi)
- “Agent-Based Modeling of Pollen Competition” by Katie Bassett (advisor: Alex Capaldi)
- “Distributions of Statistics over Pattern-Avoiding Permutations” by Michael Bukata, Ryan Kulwicki, Nicholas Lewandowski, Jacob Roth, and Teresa Wheeland (advisor: Lara Pudwell)
- “Mathematical Modeling of Vaccination Noncompliance” by Jordan Bauer (advisor: Alex Capaldi)
- “A Simulation of Anthropogenic Mammoth Extinction” by Matthew Klapman (advisor: Alex Capaldi)
- “Jeu de taquin of set-valued Young tableaux” by Benjamin Levandowski and Nichole Smith (advisor: Paul Drube)
- “Statistics of FA cup Final” by Jonathan Heagy (advisor: Pat Sullivan)
- “L(4,3,2,1) – Labelings of Graphs” by Davina Boykin, Samuel Iselin, and Hector Reyes Figueroa (advisor: Zsuzsanna Szaniszlo)
- “Original Geometric Theorems About Triangles” by Katie Lezark (advisor: Mindy Capaldi)
- “An Agent-Based Modeling Approach to Determine Overwintering Habits of American Robins and Eastern Bluebirds” by Samuel Iselin and Shannon Segin (advisor: Alex Capaldi)
- “Combinatorics of Twist Boxes of Knots” by Nichole Smith (advisor: Paul Drube)
- “Descent Statistics on Shuffles” by Felipe Alzate, Bill Mackelfresh, and Lily Wisniewski (advisor: Lara Pudwell)
- “Modeling Promotion and Relegation in English Soccer” by Matthew Eifert and Brian Thompson (advisor: Pat Sullivan)
- “Investigating the Study Habits of Math Students” by Brooke LeFevre (advisor: Mindy Capaldi)
- “Misconceptions in Elementary Mathematics” by Katie Merkling and Rachel Rockey (advisor: Melissa Desjarlais)
- “Non-crossing Matchings in Annulus” by Puttipong Pongtanapaisan (advisor: Paul Drube)
- “Generalized Non-crossing Matchings” by Abigail Larson and Samuel Brandt (advisor: Paul Drube)
- “Characterizing the Properties of k-Dense Graphs” by Samuel Prahlow (advisor: Karl Schmitt)
- “Parameter Optimization for a Model of the Thermonuclear Reaction in Magnesium” by Will Arloff (advisor: Karl Schmitt)
Summer Research Opportunities for Valpo Students
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics encourages its students to take advantage of opportunities to conduct research during the summer months at other institutions. Faculty advisors can be invaluable in helping students locate research projects that match their interests, as well as writing recommendations and offering advice on application strategies.
Summer Research Experience at Valpo
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics hosts its own NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates program. The Valparaiso Experience in Research by Undergraduate Mathematicians (VERUM) provides an opportunity for rising college sophomores and juniors to engage in a first research experience in mathematics.
Symposium on Undergraduate Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE)
Students in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics present their research findings in a variety of venues, including student and professional conferences at the regional and national levels. They are also regular participants in Valpo’s Symposium on Undergraduate Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE), held annually in the spring.
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Jackey and the Cow.There were farmer Thrasher and he had a Cow, And grammer were very fond on un. And they'd a son Jacky that made a fine bow. And they sent him a prentice to Lunnun. To Lunnun they sent him a prentice to Lunnun. _____ Jacky's master a barber and hair dresser were, Than sosme squires zod he thought himself bigger, in the day through the town he woud dress & cut hair And dressed out at night_cut a figure________ To ape Jackey's master were all his delight, The soap suds and razor both scorning, He's been pull'd by thenose by the same sop at night That he took by thenose in the morning._______ Now to see the cow moan, would have made a cat laugh Her milk were his food late and early, And even if Jackey had been her own calf, She culd not have loved her more dearly.______ She moaned & she moaned, nor knew what she ail'd, To hearts's she took this disaster, At last roaming about some rogues cut off her tail, and then sent her back to her master._______ Here's the Kiaw come home, Gammer bring out the pail, Poor creature I've glad we have found her, Cried dame it an't our kiaw she got never a tail, Here Roger go take her and pound her._________ Tis our Kiaw, but you see she's been maimed by some brute, Why dame thou'rt a fool give me patience, So to squabbling they went when to end the dispute, Came home Jackey to see his relations._______ His Spencer he sported , his hat round he twirld, As whistling a tune he came bolt in And bedecked & belopped woulds he look'd all the while Like trimmed bantums, or magpies a moulting._______ O dear! tis our Jackey come, Bring ou the ale, So Gammer fell skipping around him, Our Jackey why dam't he's got never a tail Here Roger go take him and pound him._______ 'Tis the kick I say old one , so I brought it down Wore by Jemmies so neat and spunky Ah Jackey thou went up a puppy to town And now thee be'st come back a monkey_______ Gammer stormed, Gafferswore, Jacky whistled & now Twas agreed without any more passion, To take Jackey in favour as well as the Cow. Because they were both in the fashion....
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For European and North American stargazers, a trip to the Southern Hemisphere can be truly disorienting. Orion appears on his head or side, Polaris can't be seen at all, and even the sun seems lost, following a course through the northern sky. Few visitors will forget their first glimpse of the Southern Cross, or Cruz del Sur; less well known are the Clouds of Magellan, two irregular satellite galaxies of our Milky Way visible to the unaided eye at a distance of 180,000,000 light years.
The skies above the Andean foothills between La Serena and Copiapó are recognized as being the clearest in the southern hemisphere, a fact which has led the world's great astronomical laboratories to construct giant observatories here.
The European Southern Observatory, representing a coalition of eight European nations, maintains La Silla Observatory and Paranal Observatory further north; here the ESO is busy at work on the last of four 8.2 meter telescopes which together comprise the Very Large Telescope (VLT). The Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, meanwhile, is constructing an 8 meter Gemini telescope near their current site. Las Campanas Observatory, owned by the Carnegie Institution of Washington, is in the process of adding two 6.5 meter telescopes to their installations near La Serena.
While the Community Observatory at Cerro Mamalluca is open for public viewing, the rest of these observatories are only open for tours during the daytime. Nonetheless, beneath these skies even the unaided eye reveals new constellations, new galaxies, new worlds.
Thanks to the Tourism Promotion Corporation of Chile : 202-530-4109
Want to Go?
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Thanks to the new generation skin care products, the skin is deeply purified and renewed. Jetpeel, a medical skin care
method, is a very important technology in skin care. With the help of supersonic jet streams, the skin is cleaned painlessly
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The case for OFSMOKE: how tobacco price regulation is needed to promote the health of markets, government revenue and the public
- 1School for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK
- 2UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies, UK
- 3London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
- 4Centre for Governance and Regulation, School of Management, University of Bath, Bath, UK
- 5Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Correspondence to Dr Anna Gilmore, Department for Health, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, UK;
- Received 20 October 2009
- Accepted 9 July 2010
Mainstream economic theory outlines four main causes of market failure and it is already well established that two of these (information failure and externalities) exist in a tobacco market. A third cause of market failure, market power, is also a serious problem in many tobacco markets. Market power—combined with unintended and often overlooked consequences of tobacco tax policies, notably that gradual increases in specific taxes may allow the industry to disguise significant price increases—has, at least in high income countries, given cigarette manufacturers considerable pricing power and profits. This paper examines ways this market failure could be addressed and proposes as a solution a system of price cap regulation wherein a cap is placed on the pre-tax cigarette manufacturers' price but not on the retail price that consumers face. Well established in the utilities industry, price cap regulation would set a maximum price that cigarette companies can charge for their product based on an assessment of the genuine costs each firm faces in its operations and an assumption about the efficiency savings it would be expected to make. Such a system would achieve three main benefits. First, it would address the problem of market failure and excess profits while simultaneously allowing current tobacco control policies, including tax and price increases, to expand—thus tax increases would remain a central tenet of tobacco control policies and retail prices could continue to increase. Second, it would increase government revenue by transferring the excess profits from the industry to the government purse. Third, it would bring numerous public health benefits. In addition to addressing market power, while simultaneously allowing tobacco control policies to expand, it could offer a means of preventing down-trading to cheaper products and controlling unwanted industry practices such as cigarette smuggling, price fixing and marketing to the young. The paper outlines in some detail how such a system might be developed in the UK, while briefly exploring how it could be applied elsewhere, including in markets with state monopolies.
- Tobacco industry
- tobacco tax and price
- market failure
- public policy
- taxation and price
- tobacco products
Funding This work was informed by work undertaken as part of the National Cancer Institute, US National Institutes of Health, grant number R01 CA91021 and the European Commission Framework Programme 7 project grant PPACTE, grant agreement number 223323. AG is supported by a Health Foundation Clinician Scientist Fellowship and is a member of the UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies which receives core funding from the British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Economic and Social Research Council, Medical Research Council, and the Department of Health under the auspices of the UK Clinical Research Collaboration. The funders had no involvement in the study design, collection, analysis and interpretation of the data; the writing of the report; or the decision to submit the paper for publication.
Competing interests None.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial License, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non commercial and is otherwise in compliance with the license. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ and http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/legalcode.
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There are many threats to your eye health, and your eyes are extremely important in how you can function and care for yourself. These threats can even be caused by the things meant to help you, or help you see better. Eye health is just as important as lung health, and eye comfort and ease of use is just as important as the health of your eyes. Here are a few ways to both look after the health of your eyes, as well as receive the oxygen therapy you need, with the bonus of more comfort and convenience.
Glasses are often preferred over contact lenses, especially if you have sensitive eyes or need a very strong prescription. If you are using an oxygen concentrator with the use of a nasal cannula, you be tempted to use contact lenses, just to keep from having a bunch of things crowded on your face.
You might be one of those people who can't stand wearing contacts, and you shouldn't have to suffer with them in you also need to use prescription oxygen. You don't want to have to go all day with stinging eyes! It's even been proven that oxygen flow to the surface of the eye is important to eye health, and wearing contact lenses hinders this. You also shouldn't have to forgo the proper amount of oxygen therapy, when you don't want to wear both your glasses and cannula.
A solution to that would be using the Oxygen Glasses. Oxygen Glasses are your prescription eyeglasses and a nasal cannula combined. If you're having trouble picturing how that will work, here's a description:
You wear the glasses on your eyes like any other pair of glasses. The lenses are the exact prescription you need, and the frames can be chosen from a few different styles, depending on which one you think looks best. The cannula runs from behind your head, over your ears, along the rim of your glasses, and down the sides of your nose to your nostrils. Once you put your glasses on and they are comfortably in place, you would then place the ends of the cannula into your nose, and begin your oxygen therapy dose.
Your eyes might become dried out due to dry or irritated sinuses while using oxygen therapy. This is more common during the cold months, when the air is much drier, but it's a given if you live in a place with a very arid climate.
If this happens, use a humidifier at night when you sleep, or have it with you during the day. You can also try swabbing the inside of your nose gently with a cotton swab dampened with a saline solution for the nose. Doing these things should restore proper moisture and comfort to your eyes, thus helping them to stay healthy.
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Can a Comet Goldfish be kept with 2 African Dwarf Frogs
I want to know if I can keep 1 comet goldfish ( 2.5 in ) with 2 African Dwarf Frogs ( 1.25 and 1.5 in ) in a 5 gallon aquarium. :-DThanks!!:-D
Have you done any research on comet goldfish?
The 5 gallon really isn't any better than the 2 gallon it's currently in. If the fish was allowed to grow, it would eat the frogs. However, the fish will not get big enough/live long enough to do so in such a tiny tank.
The 5pm gallon might work for the frogs, but I believe Comet Goldfish get huge.
I'll let more experienced keepers give you additional information, but meanwhile you might want to check the fish profiles (click on the shaded fish name in your message, or click on the link at the top of the page) to get more details.
If you don't already have the Goldfish I wouldn't get one, or if you do already have it maybe it can be returned?
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A healthy comet goldfish will grow to around a foot long, and should have 75 gallons, or optimally a pond. And yes it will try to eat the frogs. The goldfish is also cooler water, while the frog is tropical.
This is not a fish for your average home aquarium.
The short answer is no. And you can't even keep the comet goldfish in there for very long. Comet goldfish grow to around a foot long, produce copious amounts of waste, and will eat anything that can fit in its mouth (this includes the frogs). Comet goldfish do best in tanks larger than 55 gallons and are really best in outdoor ponds. I'm sorry you have been lead to believe otherwise. If you are not prepared for something like this, return the fish. Leaving it in the 2 gal or 5 gal tank will cause it great harm.
++1^ Comets and small aquariums DO NOT mix! It is pretty unfortunate that the majority of society thinks that goldfish are the perfect fish for small aquariums or bowls. They are the exact opposite. Sorry for your misconception, good luck!
I currently have 3 ducks with a pond and due to your comments I will put the goldfish in their if it will they be ok with the ducks ( 2 White Pekin 10-12 lbs and 1 Cayuga 6 pounds - the gold fish eating them will not be a problem but I don't want the ducks to damage the comet ) ??? Sorry about the 2 gallon tank I won it at a fair and had to scramble to put something together ( I won 3 and this one is the only survivor and I am trying to nurse him back to full health) . Thanks
Your goldfish should do just fine in the pond. He will probably hide a lot, but once he gets large you'll see him a lot more. You could even add some goldfish friends for him in there!
Hmm, I wonder if the ducks cycled the pond? Or am I just crazy?
I will put him in there and I am planing to get some friends for him/her. The ducks probably could cycle the pond.
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Pallets for materials handling -- Quality of fasteners for assembly of new and repair of used, flat, wooden pallets
This standard was last reviewed and confirmed* in 2014.
ISO15629 gives guidelines on nails and staples used in the assembly of new and repair of used wooden flat pallets.
For the purposes of this International Standard the term fasteners applies to nails and staples only.
ISO 15629 is prescriptive and performance-based and contains physical descriptions of fasteners as well as minimum recommended performance levels.
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Is This Sexual Abuse?
First, I would like to know if the following would be considered sexual abuse. A boy’s uncle likes to wrestle with him, and often grabs the boy’s testicles and squeezes them very hard. He walks around the house naked and makes the boy look at his penis, sometimes putting his penis close to the boys face (but never touching). Other times, he makes the boy walk around naked while he laughs at him and makes fun of how small his penis is.
My second question is this. If someone is aroused by fantasies of being a child and having sex with adults and other children, but not by fantasies of being an adult with children, are they a pedophile?
And my last question: Can someone be a pedophile and have POCD at the same time?
Thank you very much for your time and response.
A: Yes. The uncle is abusing the boy and should be immediately reported to child protective services. Abuse isn’t limited to penetration. The uncle is stimulating himself at the boy’s expense and may be causing long-lasting psychological harm. As the adult in the situation, he has all the power and control. The boy is not at an age where he can give consent. The uncle is violating the boy’s trust and counting on the boy’s confusion and innocence to get away with what he is doing. His taunts are diminishing the boy’s self-esteem and may be skewing his idea of masculinity.
The fantasies you describe reflect some confusion about boundaries between children and adults. They are only dangerous if they lead to behavior. As long as they stay in the realm of fantasy – and the person is able to have sex with appropriate partners – it probably doesn’t mean that the person is a pedophile. But I clearly don’t have enough information to say that definitively.
As for your last question, you might find this previous column to be helpful.
I wish you well.
Hartwell-Walker, D. (2013). Is This Sexual Abuse?. Psych Central. Retrieved on January 18, 2017, from http://psychcentral.com/ask-the-therapist/2013/07/24/is-this-sexual-abuse-2/
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Guy C. EarlRepublican
Guy Chaffee Earl
Born: May 7, 1861 in Red Bluff, CA
Married: Ella J. Ford (m. 1888)
Children: Alice Wilder, Martha Graham, Elinore Henshaw, and Guy Chaffee, Jr.
1902-1934: Member, Regents of the University of California
- Placename: Lake Almanor, created in 1914, was named for Earl's three daughters; Alice, Martha, and Elinore. [Source: Lake Almanor Story by Tim I. Purdy]
Source: California Blue Book (1893)
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In 2012, e-commerce within the United States accounted for 28 percent of all global sales. It’s clear that Americans love to shop online, but “global” is the key word here.
In China, for example, the e-commerce industry is forecast to be worth $370 billion by 2015 – up from $74 billion in 2010. Over in Latin America, Forrester predicts that Brazil’s online retail sales will reach more than $25 billion by 2017, and eMarketer projects Mexican e-commerce sales will reach $7.98 billion this year and continue growing into 2016, when annual sales could reach $13 billion.
Meanwhile, in an interview with PandoDaily about the future of retail, American entrepreneur and web veteran Marc Andreessen didn’t sugar-coat his assessment of the traditional brick-and-mortar retail industry: “Retail guys are going to go out of business and e-commerce will become the place everyone buys. You are not going to have a choice.”
The rise and fall (and rise again) of group buying
There are plenty of e-commerce business models to choose from, including group buying and daily deals, subscription e-commerce, social e-commerce and more. One of the most popular business models is “flash sales” (also known as private sales clubs).
The success of this model can be attributed to the sense of urgency triggered by limited quantities of the desired item combined with the limited time customers have to decide whether to purchase the product.
Not only that, but flash sales sites also tend to benefit from the enthusiasm of the shoppers, who become brand advocates and help grow the popularity of the sites by sharing sales and links via their personal social networks.
One of the first successful flash sales models was launched by Groupon. After remarkable initial success, however, the startup encountered a problem that, in my opinion, had nothing to do with the model itself.
The success of Groupon’s business model depended on the company’s ability to grow a substantial client-base and drive purchase repetition: Groupon needed a huge audience that would be happy with their purchases and return repeatedly to the site.
But price alone does not guarantee repeat customers; a great service or product experience is equally crucial. Unfortunately for Groupon, it had no control over the companies selling goods and services through its platform, which created serious problems for Groupon when customers’ expectations were not met.
Among the noteworthy companies to have successfully executed this model are Gilt (which in two years grew from no-name startup to e-commerce powerhouse worth almost $400 million), Rue La La (whose parent company was acquired by eBay in March 2011 for $2.4 billion), and Fab.com (which recorded more than $100 million in sales last year and is set to more than double revenue in 2013).
One of the giants of the e-commerce scene, Wayfair, is also throwing its hat in the ring with this year’s launch of its flash sales site, Daily Fair. Last year alone, Wayfair received two million weekly visitors and rang up $600 million in sales.
As one of the biggest privately held e-commerce properties on the web, its support of the flash sales model is proof that this e-commerce trend is here to stay.
SouthWinston LLC (an investment holding and technology incubator company) announced recently that it has developed, incubated and led an investment round in Join’em, the world’s first crowd-commerce marketplace (currently in beta testing). That’s right, crowd-commerce.
Join’em turns the existing group-buying model on its head by allowing customers to initiate flash sales: Shoppers select the products, pick the price range, launch the deals and promote them through their networks. Reputable merchants and suppliers then compete in a “reverse auction” to fulfill those deals at or below the maximum price set by the shoppers.
According to Chief Marketing and Development Officer Darren Waxman, the platform offers retailers, manufacturers and consumers a next-generation e-commerce marketplace where massive crowd-sourced demand meets reverse-auction efficiency.
The Join’em model is just one of many exciting changes coming to the e-commerce industry. As companies look to meet new challenges and figure out where e-retail is going, I look forward to watching the e-retail revolution unfold.
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In Order To Promote Bilateral Trade, Nepal Suggests Direct Flights With Pakistan
Recently at the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) business meeting, the Nepalese Ambassador emphasized on Nepal-Pakistan trade relations.
The Ambassador, Tapas Adhikari stressed the considerable potential the two countries have, to enhance trade and economic collaboration. He further suggested that to aid bilateral trade between the two nations, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) should start direct flights with Nepal.
The representative of Nepal went on to explain the advantages of improved trade relations between the two countries. He expressed that trade advancement would help both countries counter the issue of unemployment while improving the standard of living of their people. He further added that Nepal and Pakistan had tremendous scope to strengthen cooperation in the travel industry. This was primarily because both countries possessed the world’s highest mountains that serve as the biggest tourist attractions.
Adhikari was also of the opinion that the business communities of the two countries should visit each other, respectively. This would promote business connections between Nepal and Pakistan. On behalf of the people of Nepal, he expressed their love for Pakistan and their desire to advance trade relations with the country.
The meeting was also attended by Jalal Khan who is the president of Chaman Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
The President of ICCI, Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan also expressed his views on building strong ties with Nepal. He expressed that the focal point for Pakistan and Nepal should be developing sturdy business connections between their private sectors. This would help explore all untouched areas of joint trade and economic ties. He added that the present capacity of trade was far less than the real potential of the two countries.
The ICCI President also unfolded a list of goods that Pakistan could offer Nepal. These included pharmaceuticals, leather goods, machinery parts, electronic appliances, furniture, and textile items, meat products, fruits & vegetables, and many other commodities. He added that both the countries had to devise a method for direct trade in order to attain mutually beneficial results.
He further stated that Nepal and Pakistan had prospects to work with each other in various fields and departments. These include agriculture & livestock, energy, IT, tourism, banking & finance, energy, tourism, IT, banking & finance, civil aviation, health, and education. He added that there were many other fields too for which direct compatibility between the private sectors was significant.
In his speech, he also encouraged regular exchange of trade delegation between Pakistan and Nepal to stimulate mutual cooperation and boost trade ties.
Pakistan and Nepal signed a free trade agreement in 1962 first and then again in 1982. However, it has still not been fully exploited. With the cooperation of each other, the two countries can promote bilateral trade and boost their respective economies.
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According to a recent poll conducted by the Marist Institute for the Knights of Columbus, young Americans are increasingly doubting the nation's ethical standards in business as well as the government's ability to handle the economy.
“A year into the Obama administration, we find that Americans – and younger Americans – are having a crisis of confidence,” said Carl Anderson, CEO of the Knights of Columbus, on Thursday.
The poll found that American adults and Millennials (those between 18 and 29) are worried about their careers in this economy, opposed government regulation and business greed, and even felt that the country is headed in the wrong direction morally.
“People are increasingly pessimistic about the government's ability to handle the economic crisis and a majority believes that increased government regulation will hurt the economy,” said Anderson.
According to the poll, 59 percent of American adults and 55 percent of Millennials doubted the government's ability to handle the economic crisis. The poll also found that 55 percent of American adults want a free market approach and oppose greater government regulation and 53 percent of Millennials agree.
On the issue of the moral status of the nation, 67 percent of American adults and 60 percent of Millennials believe the country is headed in the wrong direction. Fifty-five percent of both American adults and Millennials also worry that the current economic situation will have a long term impact on their careers.
Anderson also commented on the findings related to ethics, stating, “most Americans are unhappy with the ethical environment in business. They want less greed, and the same core values that govern an executive's personal life to also govern business decisions. In other words, Americans neither want sleight of hand on Wall Street or a heavy hand from Washington, and these attitudes are shared by America’s young adults.”
The Marist Institute poll was part of the larger Knights of Columbus' Moral Compass Project which is a series of surveys on the ethical attitudes of Americans.
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In the last article in the series we were introduced to Lucy - an up-and-coming nurse - learning the three categories that are crucial to becoming a unicorn in the job market. This article will be all about learning. How to acquire the right skills, knowledge, and attitude.
Have you been told the same story by your parents as the rest of us? You probably have. It’s the one that goes “Study hard, get good grades, and you’ll get a job.” Not that completely wrong, it’s just that there is a difference between education and learning. As Joi Ito said, "Education is what people do to byou, learning is what do to yourself."
What exactly is learning and how is it different? Learning is the pursuit of knowledge, pursuit of getting new skills, pursuit of becoming better. Learning is not confined to childhood or classrooms, schools or universities.
Think about learning as a game of Tetris. Finding ways the separate pieces of information fit into each other in the best way possible. You play on your own, there is no opponent, nobody is trying to make you lose. And yet, if you recall there is no way to win Tetris. Your score just keeps increasing the longer you play.
Why is it that everyone keeps mentioning studying? Mainly because it’s the most common way of learning, especially if you’re following a traditional education programme. Let’s open our eyes though. There is so much more to learning than just studying!
Let’s start with the obvious. All of us have gone through some sort of formal education. Perhaps this setting sounds familiar to you: The teachers stand in the front of the classrooms, you listen to them, push yourselves to study for the exams, and get rewarded by a shiny diploma in the end. While some people flourish in this system, many others don’t.
This is not to spread doom and gloom about formal education. Formal education definitely has its place in the society - mainly for acquiring knowledge, such as Lucy’s medical one -it’s just important to point out that formal education on its own is not enough nowadays; there are also other ways to learn.
When all done well we are learning without even knowing it. The roles of the teacher/student become very blurry, the learning environment is very flexible, the learning itself might not even be the main activity.
Imagine this setting: Lucy the nurse participates in a workshop on dealing with patients. The participants discuss the different approaches there are to certain situations and act out a couple of scenarios live using the participants as actors. The leader of the workshop is on the same level with everyone else and only acts to steer the workshop in the right direction.
While there might not be a clear outcome of the workshop, Lucy has still learned a lot, mainly from the participants themselves, from experiencing the situations hands-on, and from being in a buzzing engaged environment. Non-formal education is the best way to go to improve your soft-skills and attitude. Ever heard of Eduk8? ESN has a whole learning programme focused on improving these aspects of ESNers!
That’s not all though. Just like there were three categories to look for in the last article, there are three ways to learn. This last one is totally up to you - also called learning-by-doing. It’s where you have to push yourself to learn more, purely fueled by your own curiosity and will. It’s where there are no curricula or teachers. It’s where you take the challenge and jump right into a task outside your comfort zone. It’s Lucy spending her own free time to practise and improve her skills. It’s keeping yourself on top of your industry, learning every day.
There you have it, the three ways to learn and improve your skills, knowledge, and attitude. Remember, keep these in balance and look for diverse ways to learn new things! Now when we know what to look for and how to learn, the only thing missing is learning how to convince the employers it’s what they want. We will cover these in the next articles.
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I appreciate your query.
If your blood group
is O -ve, and your husband is RH positive, you should have definitely taken Anti - D prophylaxis after both your abortions.
After each successive unprotected pregnancy
event, you increase your chances of isoimmunization and hence adverse outcomes for the baby and yourself.
Right now, you are 9 weeks pregnant.
Please get your ICT ( indirect coombs test
If negative, you should have Anti - D injection between 28 to 34 weeks of pregnancy and also within
72 hours of birth.
If you have any bleeding or invasive event in this pregnancy , you need Anti - D even prior to 28 weeks.
Please consult your gynecologist for further dosage and information
All the best.
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Ian Goodfellow, who worked with Geoffrey Bawa in the ‘90s, joins Wendy de Silva and writer David Robson to look back on the life and work of this Sri Lankan master architect.
2019 marks the centenary of the birth of Geoffrey Bawa. Bawa was born in Colombo in 1919 to parents of mixed Sri Lankan and European descent. He studied English at Cambridge and Law in London during the Second World War and then worked briefly as a lawyer in Colombo. In 1948, he bought an abandoned rubber estate near Bentota and set out to transform it into a Sri Lankan evocation of a classical European garden. It was this project that inspired him to become an architect. Returning to London, he qualified as an architect at the Architectural Association and, in 1957, became a partner in the Colombo practice of Edwards, Reid & Begg. He then embarked on a forty-year career in architecture, during which he created such masterpieces as the Bentota Beach Hotel, the Sri Lankan Parliament at Kotte, the Ruhunu University Campus and the Kandalama Hotel near Dambulla. Bawa’s career ended in 1998 when he was felled by a stroke and he eventually died in 2003. In 2001, he received the Aga Khan’s Award for a Lifetime’s Achievement in Architecture.
University of Westminster – School of Architecture & The Built Environment
Marylebone Campus, London NW1 5LS
Wednesday 13th March 2019 – 6pm
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STUDIES OF NONEQUILIBRIUM BEHAVIOR IN SURFACTANT SYSTEMS USING VIDEOMICROSCOPY AND DIFFUSION PATH ANALYSIS (EMULSIFICATION, MICROEMULSION, INSTABILITY)
RANEY, KIRK H.
Doctor of Philosophy
Videomicroscopy was used to study nonequilibrium phenomena in various systems containing oil, water, and surfactant. This novel technique included the use of a vertical configuration microscope to allow easy observation of intermediate phase formation, interfacial instabilities, and spontaneous emulsification. In most systems, diffusion path analysis was utilized to explain the observed events. A petroleum sulfonate system typical of those used in surfactant flooding of oil reservoirs was examined to determine salinity effects on nonequilibrium phenomena. Microemulsions and/or brine phases formed as intermediate layers at all salinities. Diffusion paths calculated for a model system match the experimental results with regard to the number and rate of formation of the intermediate phases. Contacting experiments were also performed between an oil phase containing oleic acid and caustic brine solutions of varying salinity and pH. In these experiments, which are pertinent to enhanced oil recovery by alkaline flooding, interfacial turbulence and liquid crystal formation were commonplace. Spontaneous emulsification of water in the oil was observed at conditions where the surfactant was oil-soluble. Oil-in-water emulsions formed spontaneously at conditions where the surfactant was hydrophilic. For application to low-temperature detergency, hydrocarbons were contacted with aqueous solutions of pure ethoxylated alcohol surfactants. Enhanced solubilization of oil was seen at temperatures above the cloud point of the nonionic surfactant solutions due to the presence of surfactant-rich phases. In addition, intermediate liquid crystal and microemulsion layers typically formed near the phase inversion temperature, while conversion of oil into a water-in-oil microemulsion occurred at higher temperatures. Comparison of a pure ethoxylated alcohol system was also made to formulations having the same cloud point but containing a different ethoxylated alcohol and a lipophilic additive. Differences in nonequilibrium behavior were observed upon contacting with hydrocarbons due to partitioning of additive into the oleic phase. Finally, contacting experiments were compared to calculated diffusion paths for a well-characterized oil-water-alcohol system. One of the more interesting observations was the formation of an interface across a three-phase region. This phenomenon, which has not previously been reported for liquid systems, also occurred at certain conditions in the experiments using surfactants.
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Constantly humming engines each tasked for humanity’s various comforts, concerts where the pointless cheering of the audience surpasses the actual music being played, people shouting at each other for no good reason… the list goes on.
The world is getting more and more noisy each passing day. Naturally occurring sounds are much less heard and man-made clamor starts taking up most of our daily lives, especially in urban areas… It rains outside but frequent car honks replace the sound of raindrops. You cook but the soothing sound of crackling fire is almost always suppressed by a piece of metal or wood clashing into other cooking utensils in arrhythmic bursts of underestimated auditory disturbance. People downstairs argue in the loudest way possible about which side of the egg to pierce… the flat end wins by the power of extremely overused vocal chords.
We are living in a world where even complete silence is becoming white noise. When did we last enjoy watching the dumb night sky accompanied by silent but bright stars? The quiet of the sun rising over distant mountains? The soothing calmness of deep underwater? The mute work of art; a painting perhaps, telling us all kinds of stories silently if we have the imagination? The voiceless communication of two lovers carefully examining each other’s facial features while smiling occasionally (and sheepishly)?
The natural sounds on the other hand, add depth to whatever we are experiencing like condiments on fries… whether it’s sea gulls gawking over a deserted beach or logs crackling in a fireplace feeding it’s conqueror… but all these natural sounds have been exiting our lives silently, leaving their places to metallic, mechanic, digitized sounds.
Do you know how many words we have invented just to name all the different sounds that are being manufactured mechanically or electronically?
Whirring, buzzing, clanking, clinking, clicking, clunking, clattering, smashing, slamming, honking, ticking, banging, pinging, blipping, etc…
And add to this the fact that we use some words like “hissing” to describe escaping gas rather than the sound a slithering serpent makes.
Music has become the only cluster of man-made sounds that seem to work and change our moods for the better, but even so, it’s starting to decline in quality over the last couple of decades. More and more singers and bands pop out each year and soon forgotten… who could beat the satisfaction we got from the Beatles, the Doors, Queen, Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, Madonna, Aretha Franklin, Muddy Waters and all the Classical music composers that have fed our souls for years (or even centuries)…
Music is food for the soul, but it has become junk food lately… And just as junk food being bad for our physical health, bad music or the disturbing noises we hear everyday in our lives is equally bad for our mental health.
So, what can be done to enjoy the world without all the disturbing noises the modern life throws at us?
No, we may not get rid of our alarm clocks and replace them with roosters if we are urban dwellers, but we may still…
- Refrain using shouting and yelling of any caliber as the main form of communication with others.
- Allocate more funds to invent motors or machinery that make less sound.
- Build more soundproof houses with thicker walls so that we won’t get to hear the neighbor flush every time.
- Spend more time in nature.
- Make or encourage musicians to make better music.
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Dr. Kevin Dutton, a research psychologist at Oxford talks about The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success (Doubleday, 2012), with Joseph Planta.
|The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success by Kevin Dutton (Doubleday, 2012).
Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: The Wisdom of Psychopaths
Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:
I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver at TheCommentary.ca.
Kevin Dutton was last on a couple of years ago for his fascinating book Split-Second Persuasion, and now he’s got a new book, an equally fascinating, engaging and provocative one: The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success. The word ‘psychopath’ is often related to violent murderers or other predators of an evil, sinister kind. Dr. Dutton, a research psychologist, looks at psychopaths their traits, how they function, how they’re wired, how they react, and how they prey on others. What he’s found out in the course of his research, interviewing, and observations is interesting. It turns out we can learn a lot from the psychopath, even how their traits can translate to success for us. I’ll get Dr. Dutton to tell us about this book and more. Kevin Dutton is a research psychologist at the Calleva Research Centre for Evolution and Human Science, Magdalen College, University of Oxford. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, and the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy. He regularly appears on talkSPORT’s The Late Show, and this book is to be adapted into a television series. His website is at www.kevindutton.co.uk. He joins me from Toronto this day. The book is published by Doubleday. Please welcome back to the Planta: On the Line program, Kevin Dutton; Dr. Dutton, good morning.
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VR immerses the user in an surroundings while AR enhances their surroundings. Although this technology trend has primarily been used for gaming up to now, it has also been used for training, as with VirtualShip, a simulation software used to train U.S. Artificial Intelligence, or AI, has already received plenty of buzz up to now decade, nevertheless it continues to be one of many new technology trends due to its notable results on how we reside, work and play are only in the early stages. AI is already identified for its superiority in picture and speech recognition, navigation apps, smartphone private assistants, ride-sharing apps and so much more. Easily map out which open source & SaaS solutions are being used throughout your engineering groups, why they’re getting used, and who someone ought to discuss to about every technology. Even before the Fed minutes had been released, the tech drubbing started as a rotation, with massive buyers promoting one-time highfliers to purchase firms poised to learn from an enhancing economic system.
Report any suspected medical gadget malfunctions to MedWatch, FDA’s voluntary opposed occasion reporting system. Establishing norms to border technology improvement throughout the limits of our established value system is a defining challenge of the twenty first century. Our values alone should be the driving force for the insurance policies we devise and the capabilities we subject. As applied sciences hold emerging, so should our policies for setting acceptable norms bounded by the values we maintain pricey.
Despite having such a large display screen, the receiver has a single-DIN chassis, allowing it to be installed in a variety of automobiles. Apple’s first major product announcements of the yr typically happen in March or April, so there is a reasonable chance that pattern will proceed in 2022. Ahead, we recap some of Apple’s previous spring announcements and look ahead to some of the first new Apple merchandise that we might see this year. Past Spring Announcements Last year, Apple held an occasion on April 20 to unveil its AirTag merchandise…
Every alternative we make relies on, and feeds, a extremely interdependent and much reaching lifestyle the place some have much and some have little. Technology, the application of scientific data to the sensible goals of human life or, as it is typically phrased, to the change and manipulation of the human surroundings. Some believe that throughout the subsequent 10 years, people will discover nanobot technology, while others imagine that we are centuries away from its invention.
Laptops turned work PCs, whereas tablets became cell faculties for kids indulging in e-learning from the safety of their properties. We began seeing much better cameras on tablets which now offered bigger sensors, enabling them to absorb extra light, making an evening time or low light video name attainable . Twenty tech-related preliminary public offerings on the Toronto Stock Exchange raised $50-million or more in the past 18 months. The efficiency of those Canadian tech issuers that have gone public has been combined. [newline]At the tip of 2021, half of the sixteen tech firms that made their debuts on the TSX that yr traded beneath their problem prices. Most enterprises had physical servers and single-vendor IT stacks, which didn’t enable legacy apps to run on a unique vendor’s hardware. As corporations updated their IT environments with less-expensive commodity servers, working methods, and applications from quite lots of vendors, they were sure to underused bodily hardware—each server may solely run 1 vendor-specific task.
Processing occasions will increase between April and September and can take 30 or more working days to finish. The topics and analysis areas are those the place knowledge could presumably be utilized in programmes to develop Advanced Conventional Military Technology , weapons of mass destruction or their technique of supply. Researchers and students in these sensitive topics should apply for an Academic Technology Approval Scheme certificates before they can study or start analysis in the Technology News UK. The Academic Technology Approval Scheme applies to all worldwide college students and researchers who’re topic to UK immigration management and are intending to review or analysis at postgraduate level in certain delicate subjects. Nvidia’s dominance of the GPU space and the application of graphics cards in computer systems, data centers, and vehicles, amongst different use circumstances, have been the driving forces behind the company’s fast growth.
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In a sensational development, Bengaluru city is planning to incorporate electric Buses in transport fleet by means of State government’s fund. According to the sources in the government, Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) will soon initiate the process of purchasing as many as 100 electric buses through state government’s fund.
This new proposal will follow BMTC’s expression of interest (EOI) for the supply of another 1500 e-buses back in March next year. Well, the deadline for opening the bids, had to be postponed owing to the model code of conduct.
So, BMTC will soon be giving a green light to a proposal to buy 100 electric buses. According to the source cited by Deccan Herald, the proposal is now under planning.
BMTC plans to understand the design of products, processes and systems of the electric buses and only then it will think about proceeding to the next step, i.e. the operation of 100 buses as trial.
The decision comes just 2 months after BMTC lost a central government’s grant worth Rs 80 crore for acquiring 80 electric buses. There were talks about whether to buy them or lease them. Transport Minister DC Thamanna made the right decision to buy these electric buses rather than leasing them.
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Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim gives journalists a tour outside… (Mahmud Turkia / AFP/Getty…)
Reporting from Tripoli, Libya — Amid intensified NATO-led bombing of Libya's capital, the government is alleging mounting civilian casualties and massive damage to homes and civilian infrastructure, though foreign journalists see limited evidence of such devastation.
Libyan authorities in recent days have alleged that separate bombing strikes in Tripoli injured an infant girl, heavily damaged a Christian Coptic church and resulted in part of a bomb or missile landing in a semirural neighborhood. International reporters were bused to each scene, but what they learned did not always match the information provided by officials.
The injured girl was the victim of a traffic accident, according to a note from a medic, the church suffered mostly broken windows and other minor damage, and the bomb or missile appeared to come from Russia, which is not part of the NATO alliance.
With Libya isolated diplomatically, economically and militarily, the government of leader Moammar Kadafi has for months granted short-term visas for foreign journalists to come to Tripoli and cover the war — in circumscribed fashion, typically in the company of government "minders." The government hopes to counter allegations that the regime is engaged in wholesale repression and to document the effect of the airstrikes on civilian life.
"It's not our policy to fabricate news," Khaled Kaim, deputy foreign minister, told reporters Monday as he stood in the heart of Tripoli in front of the rubble of a colonial-era building blasted to bits a few hours earlier. "We want to be as credible as possible."
The issue of civilian casualties is perhaps the most delicate aspect of a punishing NATO-led campaign that has sent almost 10,000 sorties over Libya since March as part of a United Nations mandate to protect civilians.
In the last week, massive explosions have rocked the capital almost every day. On Sunday, NATO said it hit various targets, including command and control centers, military support facilities and antiaircraft weapons sites. The pattern continued late Monday, when several thunderous blasts echoed throughout the city.
The Libyan government accuses the North Atlantic Treaty Organization of hypocrisy, saying the alliance is also targeting civilian structures. Libyan officials say more than 700 civilians have been killed and more than 4,000 injured nationwide in almost three months of Western-led bombing. The numbers are impossible for foreign journalists to verify.
Libyan authorities have not produced evidence that the bombing has caused large-scale killings of civilians. Most such deaths and injuries have occurred outside the capital, the government says.
NATO said it struck a "regime intelligence headquarters building" early Monday in Tripoli. Whether that was the same totaled structure where Kaim stood along the Mediterranean seafront remained unclear. The historic building had been the headquarters of Italian intelligence during colonial occupation in the 1920s, Kaim said, but now served as parliamentary offices and a women's center.
Journalists on Sunday were taken to a hospital to see the injured girl, who had a bandaged right foot and intravenous tubes attached to her body. A handwritten note surreptitiously passed to a reporter by a medic at the scene indicated that the girl was a victim of a traffic accident.
Journalists were also taken to a semirural area where government officials said a NATO bomb or missile had landed on the ground close to several residences. The unexploded vessel resembled a fuel tank for a rocket. It had come down near a clutch of palm and olive trees, officials said.
"We in Libya don't have this kind of technology," said Abdel Bakr, part of a crowd who gathered to gaze at the battered object, occasionally breaking into pro-Kadafi chants. "This is NATO."
But close inspection of a piece of the object that had been separated from the main vessel revealed Cyrillic script. Russia has supplied weapons to Libya.
The discovery of the likely Russian origin of the cylinder led officials on the scene to offer a new explanation: A NATO bomb or missile had struck a nearby Libyan military camp, causing the projectile to become airborne and crash on the farm.
Among those offering the revised version of events was a man at the hospital who was variously identified as a neighbor or relative of the injured girl. He also showed up at the site of the apparent downed rocket booster. He gave his name as Emad Ghaith and said he was a Libyan reporter working for the press ministry.
When journalists went to another location on the outskirts of the city, they saw little damage at St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church and learned no one was injured, said the pastor, Father Timothaus Bishara Adly, who wore a skullcap and embroidered leather cross. The Kadafi regime gave the church to his congregation, mostly Egyptian immigrants, as a "present" back in 1972, the pastor said.
"We feel that praying will move the globe," said Adly, who declined to respond when asked what he thought NATO was targeting.
But an adjacent property housed what appeared to be a military or government installation. At the site, huge hangars, like those built to house airplanes or large vehicles, had been smashed to bits, sheets of metal twisted and broken as though stomped on by a giant. Government minders aggressively prevented the media from recording the scene.
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For Immediate Release
November 22, 2006
Setting the Record Straight: America's Wage Growth Is Steady And Strong
In Focus: Economy
Setting the Record Straight
The New York Times Asserts That "The Wage Picture And What It Says About The Economy Is Still Cloudy." (Editorial, "Weighing In On Wages," The New York Times, 11/22/06)
America's Wage Growth Is Steady And Strong
- Real Wages Have Risen 2.8 Percent Over The Past Year, Which Means An Extra $1,687 For The Typical Family Of Four With Two Wage Earners. This data is specifically for production and non-supervisory workers, about 80 percent of the workforce the supervisory workers who tend to earn more are not included.
- The National Unemployment Rate Has Dropped To 4.4 Percent The Lowest Rate In More Than Five Years.
- Over The Past Three Months, America Has Added 470,000 New Jobs, For A Total Of More Than 6.8 Million New Jobs Since August Of 2003.
- Consumer Prices Fell For The Second Straight Month In October. "Consumer prices, helped by another huge decline in gasoline pump prices, fell for a second straight month in October, providing more relief to Americans battered earlier in the year by soaring energy costs. The Labor Department reported Thursday that consumer prices dropped by 0.5 percent last month, matching the September decline." (Martin Crutsinger, "Gas Prices Help Consumer Prices Fall," The Associated Press, 11/16/06)
- Energy Prices Fell 7 Percent In October. "Energy prices were down 7 percent last month. For the year to date they were down a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.5 percent after surging 17.1 percent for all of 2005, the Department said." ("Consumer Prices Down 0.5 Percent In October," Reuters, 11/16/06)
- Core Inflation Marked The Smallest Gain In 13 Months In October. "And core inflation, which excludes volatile energy and food prices, was also well-behaved, rising by just 0.1 percent, the smallest gain in 13 months." Martin Crutsinger, "Gas Prices Help Consumer Prices Fall," The Associated Press, 11/16/06)
Source: Labor Department (2006 Data Are For 12 Months Ending In October)/Mark Trumbull, "A Brisk Rise In American Wages," The Christian Science Monitor, 11/20/06
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CLINTON — Syngenta, an internation seed producer, broke ground this week on a $12 million expansion of its Clinton facility. Clinton will be the company’s largest North American site for testing corn and soybean seed.
Local government officials, civic and agricultural representatives and Syngenta employees participated in Tuesday’s groundbreaking.
Ramtin Ahmadi, North American lead for research and development business practice said the enhanced research and development capability coming to Clinton was part of Syngenta’s innovation work in corn and soybean breeding. The expansion of the Clinton facility is part of the company’s $1.4 billion annual investment in global research and development.For the complete article see the 12-14-2012 issue.
Click here to purchase an electronic version of the 12-14-2012 paper.
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Adversity & Advice : Proverbs
Key-Words Based Proverbs
Adversity is the touch stone of virtue.
Adversity comes with instruction in its hand.
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.
Woes unite foes.
Sweet are the uses of adversity.
It never rains but it pours.
Of one ill come many.
Greatmen rejoice in Adversity as brave soldiers triumph in war.
Good counsel has no price.
When a thing is done, advice comes too late.
While the discreet advise, the fool does his business.
If the counsel be good, no matter who gave it.
Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it.
Too much consulting confounds.
Nothing is given so freely as advice.
It is safer to hear and take counsel, than to give it.
It is hard to follow good advice as to give it.
Advice when most needed is least heeded.
Counsel is irksome when the matter is past remedy.
If you wish good advice, consult an old man.
Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present.
Never advise anyone to go to war or marry.
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COOP2006 Keynote by Michael Buckland
At COOP2006, Michael Buckland gave a very insightful keynote talk about the notion of "documents" and indexicality, regarding their retrieval capabilities. The discussion was around the fact that all documents are artifacts, but are all artifacts documents? He describes how documents pervade society: used in various contexts (educators, scientists, publicists, religion... lawyers and courts), people use documents as more than a just inert artifact. For instance, scientists use documents (articles, offprints) as the archive of achievement and for personal status; or educators use documents (textbooks, instructional materials) to teach, to empower and to diminish teachers. I also like this example: governments use documents to exercise social control: "to travel the passport is more powerful than I am; I could have send my passport here but then I won't be able to come over".
Then he highlighted the phenomenological, semiotic perspective of "documents" by referring to Suzanne Briet (1951): "[a document is] any concrete or symbolic indexical sign preserved or recorded towards the ends of representing, of reconstituting or of proving a physical or intellectual phenomenon". For example, an antelope becomes a document when somebody captures it and brought it at a museum and write an article/shoot a documentary about it, those are secondary documents. He additionally took the example of "a dead bird library": it is meant to be used by students and reseachers: dead birds are documents. It is more convenient and characteristics than a picture or a living bird. It's a document because it is a meaningful sign. You can never say that something could never be a document
There is hence a document - perceived and a document - expressed (code, language) (mode of expression: language, image, sound) (technology). The problem is when we're looking for documents: the indexing and searching problem; the problem is that each specialist express things differently: individuals from different communities need different help. In this context search engine are rather "machine a sélectionner" (selecting machines) than "search engine" so there should be different mapping: - between searcher's words and indexing systems terms - between author's words and indexing terminology - between search query and document metadata
To be efficiently selected, collections of documents need indexing, and here there are some interesting characteristics about that: - indexing is forward looking: indexing is done for a future purpose, so you're imagining the purpose of the group for which you wanted to be useful - indexing is backward looking: "about X" refers to the past discussion / dialog / description what is now named X. - indexing is inscribed in a point of time: time continues so all indexing is necessarily obsolescent. - mention (useing this word) is not meaning (having this sense) - and it's worse because language evolves differently not only in time but in different social groups: cow/sheep becomes beef/mouton in english when you move from the peasant world to the bourgeois world (from english to french).
This connects to Ludig Wittgenstein who showed the value of dialects and contexts: - language games: meaning is constituted through activity / language usage (different contexts) - language regions: language games differ in different language zones (different dialects) This is related to the fact that meaning is dynamic: language is disambiguated within contexts and specialized dialects.
Why do I blog this? even though this might seem very abstract and high-level at first glance, this kind of account is very important while working on collaborative applications because it shows how context and communities play an important role in the creation of a common body of knowledge (regarding information retrieval of course) and therefore to perform collaborative activities (like having a proper document collection in a community of practices or within a company for example). This of course connects to our Mutual Modeling project at the lab.
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Poor air quality is largely a product of burning fossil fuels. We use them to power our vehicles, to produce energy and to manufacture consumer products. The increasing consumption of carbon based fuels has a direct impact on air quality – it harms the earth’s ecosystems and negatively affects our health.
This section defines smog – its sources and health effects. It also describes how you can minimize your risk to harmful air pollutants and provides tips about what you can do to reduce your own emissions."
The Air Quality Health Index is a scale designed to help you understand what the quality of the air around you means to your health. It is a tool developed by health and environmental professionals to communicate the health risk posed by air pollution.
It is designed to help you make decisions to protect your health and the environment by:
The Index provides specific advice for people who are especially vulnerable to the effects of air pollution as well as the general public.
The Air Quality Health Index is a scale that lists a number from 1 to 10+ to indicate the level of health risk associated with air quality.
Scientists created the index by estimating the daily change in mortality risk for ten cities from 1998-2000 and plotting it on a 10 point scale. The higher the number, the greater the risk and the need to take precautions.
The Air Quality Health Index is measured on a scale ranging from 1 to 10+:
Check the Air Quality Health Index for Sarnia-Lambton at www.airqualityontario.com or call 1-800-387-7768.
The purpose of these alerts is to inform people with breathing difficulties to avoid unnecessary exposure to smog, to inform major pollution sources that they should consider, if possible, reducing their emissions, and to solicit everyone's help in lessening the problem by curtailing activities that produce smog.
If a high risk Air Quality Health Index value is forecast to last for 1 to 2 hours, then a Special Air Quality Statement (SAQS) will be issued. The purpose of a Special Air Quality Statement is to be precautionary and to be vigilant of your health as it relates to the Air Quality Health Index.
If the high risk Air Quality Health Index is forecast to be persistent, a duration of at least 3 hours, then a Smog and Air Health Advisory (SAHA) will be issued.
Both Special Air Quality Statements and Smog and Air Health Advisories are issued jointly by Environment Canada and the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change.
To sign up to receive an email when an air quality alert (Special Air Quality Statement or Smog and Air Health Advisory) is issued, please visit: airqualityontario.com
Source: Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change
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Antonio C. S. Rosa Interviews Johan Galtung
… about his book, 50 Years-25 Intellectual Landscapes Explored, TRANSCEND University Press-TUP, 2008.
Antonio Carlos da Silva Rosa, born 1946, is founder-editor of the pioneering Peace Journalism website, TRANSCEND Media Service-TMS (from 2008), an assistant to Prof. Johan Galtung, Secretary of the International Board of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace Development Environment, and recipient of the Psychologists for Social Responsibility’s 2017 Anthony J. Marsella Prize for the Psychology of Peace and Social Justice. He completed the required coursework for a Ph.D. in Political Science-Peace Studies (1994), has a Masters in Political Science-International Relations (1990), and a B.A. in Communication (1988) from the University of Hawai’i. Originally from Brazil, he lives presently in Porto, Portugal. Antonio was educated in the USA where he lived for 20 years; in Europe-India since 1994. Books: Transcender e Transformar: Uma Introdução ao Trabalho de Conflitos (from Johan Galtung, translation to Portuguese, 2004); Peace Journalism: 80 Galtung Editorials on War and Peace (2010, editor); Cobertura de Conflitos: Jornalismo para a Paz (from Johan Galtung, Jake Lynch & Annabel McGoldrick, translation to Portuguese ,2010). TMS articles by Antonio HERE and HERE.Videos HERE and HERE.
Johan Galtung, a professor of peace studies, dr hc mult, is founder of TRANSCEND International and rector of TRANSCEND Peace University. Prof. Galtung has published more than 1500 articles and book chapters, over 500 Editorials for TRANSCEND Media Service, and more than 170 books on peace and related issues, of which more than 40 have been translated to other languages, including 50 Years – 100 Peace and Conflict Perspectives published by TRANSCEND University Press. More information about Prof. Galtung and all of his publications can be found at transcend.org/galtung.
Tags: Cold War, Conflict, Equity, Johan Galtung, Patriarchy, Peace, Social sciences
This article originally appeared on Transcend Media Service (TMS) on 7 Dec 2008.
Anticopyright: Editorials and articles originated on TMS may be freely reprinted, disseminated, translated and used as background material, provided an acknowledgement and link to the source, TMS: Antonio C. S. Rosa Interviews Johan Galtung, is included. Thank you.
This work is licensed under a CC BY-NC 4.0 License.
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Read the ‘The Scientific Method Tutorial’ above. After you have read through the tutorial, work on the following exercise:You have 25 apple trees in your farm, however only 15 trees produced fruit this year. Based on this limited information and using the scientific method:I. Develop a question followed by a hypothesis. Then . . II. Design a brief experiment to test your hypothesis (make sure to indicate a control) and describe predicted results.(The reading for this week in our textbook will also help you in this exercise).
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We’ve discovered a great page listing home remedies for bug bites and stings. This is going to come in handy… whenever and wherever you are when you get stung, it too often seems to be somewhere away from “proper” first aid supplies. Looking at this list of remedies – from a copper penny through to a sugar cube – it seems as though there is a good chance that at least one of these might be within reach.
I have to say – this is a really interesting and diverse list. Some of these remedies definitely seem at first glance to be in the “weird” category – however looking at the comments to the page, you can see that several other people are in agreement that they work.
Maybe I am just a geek, but I find myself wanting more detail. Don’t get me wrong, I think the original is a good page – but I would like to see more of a “scientific” write up of why these work. I had come across the “onion poultice for wasp stings” remedy before and this is clearly an “old standard”. However, I feel as though in some cases, more detail would be appropriate. For example, the different stings of different creatures contain different types of venom – so I am sure that some of the remedies work better on some types of bite than others.
This is giving me ideas. I am feeling a new page coming on… but it might be more appropriate for my new site Off-Grid.info. What do you think?
Anyway here is the link to the full list of 14 remedies for bug bites and stings: http://www.commonsensehome.com/home-remedies-for-bug-bites-and-stings
Note – of course – that if you get bitten / stung by a “serious” critter, such as a black widow, or if you are experiencing / are likely to experience a significant allergic reaction, seek prompt medical attention!
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December 16, 2013
On Monday, December 16, the Mariners Harbor neighborhood of Staten Island welcomed a new community library with a highly anticipated ribbon-cutting ceremony. The event was attended by an excited crowd who heard speeches from City officials and leaders of the New York Public Library, followed by a performance from the students of the famed P.S. 122 choir.
The one-story, 10,000-square-foot library offers reading areas for adults, kids and teens, multiple computer stations with Wi-Fi, an outdoor terrace, and a meeting room for classes and events. Colorful furnishings and an open plan—free of partitions—add to the lively, communal feel of the space.
Architecture firm Atelier Pagnamaenta Torriani incorporated the neighborhood’s maritime history with a design inspired by a cracked oyster shell—darker on the outside and lighter within. Large glass windows on the front and back of the structure ensure that patrons will be able to read with the help of abundant natural light. The energy-efficient design achieved LEED Silver certification, and received the Award for Excellence in Design from the Public Design Commission of the City of New York in 2009. "This terrific design reflects a shift in library architecture from the austere institutions of old to the transparent, community-based facilities of today,” said DDC Commissioner David Burney. “It was a pleasure to work with our colleagues at the New York Public Library to deliver this much-needed addition to the Mariners Harbor community."
Previously, Marine Harbor residents had to travel more than two miles—an hour by public transit—to get to the nearest branch library. Now, this much-needed facility aims to be a long-lasting community center in the fastest-growing borough of New York City.
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- You will need a computer and an idea to implement.
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Anyone who is inside the wireless network's transmission radius has access to it.
Thus they are prone to attacks. In areas such as airports, restaurants, etc hotspots are available. Here we will tell you about the common techniques that can be used to exploit weaknesses in the security implementations of WiFi networks. Also, we will talk about some measures to counter these breaches of WiFi access and protect your network from attacks.
How to Crack WiFI (Wireless) Networks
To access a wireless network, you will need a wireless network-enabled device like a laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc. Also, you need to stay within the radius of transmission or range of the wireless network access point.
If the WiFi option is turned on, most devices will give you the list of the available networks.
The networks which are not protected by a password can be accessed just by clicking. If the network has a password, then you have to find the password to access it. You can exploit the weaknesses in wireless networks and gain unallowed access to the network.
This is called cracking. WEP cracking is the exploitation of the WEP networks to implement security controls. Cracking wireless networks can be done, majorly, in two ways:. Passive cracking– This is quite difficult to detect.
It has no effect on the traffic of the network til the WEP security has been cracked. Active cracking– This increases the load on the traffic. Compared to passive cracking, this can be easily detected. It is also more effective than passive cracking.
How to Hack WiFi Password
Aircrack– This is a network sniffer and a WEP cracker. WEPCrack– This here is an open-source( unpaid ) WEP hacker who cracks the 802.11 WEP secret keys.
Reset the Router
- FMS attack is implemented through this. Kismet- It detects the wireless networks which are visible as well as the hidden, sniffer packets and also detects intrusions.
- WebDecrypt– It uses active dictionary attacks to break the WEP keys. It has key generators of its own and it implements packet filters for hacking WiFi passwords.
- For authentications, WPA uses a 256 pre-shared key or passphrase. Mostly, if short passphrases are used, they become vulnerable to dictionary attacks.
- The mentioned Wifi hacker tools can be used to crack the WPA keys. CowPatty– This tool is mainly used while cracking pre-shared keys (PSK) using force.
Cracking Wireless network WEP/WPA keys
Cain & Abel– This tool is used to decode the capture files from different sniffing programs like Wireshark. The files that are captured might contain WEP or WPA-PSK encoded frames. Sniffing– Sniffing involves the intercepting of packets as they are transmitted over a network.
Then the captured data is decoded using tools such as Cain and Abel. Man in the Middle (MITM) Attack– In this, you basically eavesdrop on a network and absorb all the sensitive information. Denial of Service Attack– This attack is mainly to deny the legitimate users, network resources.
This type of attack can be performed using FataJack. Cracking Wireless network WEP/WPA keys.
You can crack the WEP/WPA keys and get access to the Wifi network. All you need are the hardware and software resources and some patience.
These attacks also depend on the activity of the users of the network to be cracked.
How to access a wireless network?
Backtrack is an operating system that is Linux-based and developed on top of Ubuntu. It comes with a number of security tools and can be used to gather information, trace the vulnerabilities and then exploit the network.
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Sources: Cement Association of Canada, Ottawa; CP staff
Canadian concrete and cement interests have united to advance the industry’s leadership in sustainable construction and promote the social, environmental and economic value of concrete products and building methods.
“Concrete is an essential piece of the puzzle in addressing sustainable development. Concrete underpins much of our modern society—above, on and below ground—and it provides the resilience our infrastructure requires to minimize the effects of both climate change and human activity,” said Chairman of the Concrete Council of Canada Robert Burak, president of the Canadian Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute. “The creation of the Concrete Council of Canada reflects our industry’s determination to ensure that the benefits of concrete are clearly understood and underscores that we are committed to being a proactive partner in addressing society’s sustainability challenges.”
The members of the Concrete Council of Canada will work toward coordination and alignment of priorities and activities that will amplify the impact of the respective programs of each industry sector, while leveraging the particular strengths and expertise of each organization.
The industry is represented through various independent organizations across Canada: cement, ready mixed concrete, precast concrete, concrete pavers and concrete pipe. The members of the Concrete Council of Canada can be found here.
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my opinion of him, even before he knew any of my works. He acted not from any artistic sympathy, but led by the purely human wish of discontinuing a casual disharmony between himself and another being; perhaps he also felt an infinitely tender misgiving of having really hurt me unconsciously. He who knows the selfishness and terrible insensibility of our social life, and especially of the relations of modern artists to each other, cannot but be struck with wonder, nay, delight, by the treatment I experienced from this extraordinary man.… At Weimar I saw him for the last time, when I was resting for a few days in Thuringia, uncertain whether the threatening prosecution would compel me to continue my flight from Germany. The very day when my personal danger became a certainty, I saw Liszt conducting a rehearsal of my 'Tannhäuser,' and was astonished at recognising my second self in his achievement. What I had felt in inventing this music he felt in performing it: what I wanted to express in writing it down, he expressed in making it sound. Strange to say, through the love of this rarest friend, I gained, at the moment of becoming homeless, a real home for my art, which I had hitherto longed for and sought for always in the wrong place.… At the end of my last stay at Paris, when ill, miserable, and despairing, I sat brooding over my fate, my eye fell on the score of my "Lohengrin," which I had totally forgotten. Suddenly I felt something like compassion that this music should never sound from off the deathpale paper. Two words I wrote to Liszt: his answer was, the news that preparations for the performance were being made on the largest scale that the limited means of Weimar would permit. Everything that men and circumstances could do, was done, in order to make the work understood.… Errors and misconceptions impeded the desired success. What was to be done to supply what was wanted, so as to further the true understanding on all sides, and with it the ultimate success of the work? Liszt saw it at once, and did it. He gave to the public his own impression of the work in a manner the convincing eloquence and overpowering efficacy of which remain unequalled. Success was his reward, and with this success he now approaches me, saying: "Behold we have come so far, now create us a new work, that we may go still further."'
In addition to the commentaries on Wagner's works just referred to, Liszt has also written numerous detached articles and pamphlets, those on Robert Franz, Chopin, and the music of the Gipsies, being the most important. It ought to be added that the appreciation of Liszt's music in tins country is almost entirely due to the unceasing efforts of his pupil, Mr. Walter Bache, at whose annual concerts many of his most important, works have been produced. Others, such as 'Mazeppa' and the 'Battle of the Huns,' were first heard in England at the Crystal Palace.
The following is a catalogue of Liszt's works, as complete as it has been possible to make it. It is compiled from the recent edition of the thematic catalogue (Breitkopf & Härtel, No. 14,373), published lists, and other available sources.
I. ORCHESTRAL WORKS.
- 1. Symphonic zu Dante's Divina Commedia, orch. and female chorus: ded. to Wagner. 1. Inferno; 2. Purgatorio; 3. Magnificat. Score and parts. B. & H. Arr. for 2 P.Fs.
- Eine Faust-Symphonie in drei Charakterbildern (nach Goethe), orch. and male chorus: ded. to Berlioz. 1. Faust; 2. Gretchen (also for P.F. 2 hands); 3. Mephistopheles. Score and parts; also for 2 P.Fs. Schuberth.
- Zwei Episoden aus Lenan's Faust. 1. Der nächtliche Zug. 2. Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke (Mephisto-Walzer). Score and parts; also for P.F. 2 and 4 hands. Schuberth.
- Symphonische Dichtungen. 1. Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne; 2. Tasso. Lamento e Trionfo; 3. Les Préludes; 4. Orpheus (also for organ); 5. Prometheus; 6. Mazeppa; 7. Festklänge; 8. Hérolde funèbre; 9. Hungaria; 10. Hamlet; 11. Hunnenschlacht; 12. Die Ideale. Score and parts, also for 2 P.Fs. and P.F. 4 hands. B. & H.
- Fest-Vorspiel, for Schiller and Goethe Festival, Weimar 1857. Score, Hallberger.
- Fest-Marsch, for Goethe's birthday. Score and parts, also for P.F. 2 and 4 hands. Schuberth.
- Huldigungs-Marsch, for accession of Duke Carl of Saxe-Weimar 1853. Score; and for P.F. 2 hands. B. & H.
- 'Vom-Fels zum Meer': Patriotic march. Score and parts; also for P.F. 2 hands. Schlesinger.
- Kütnstler Fest-Zug; for Schiller Festival 1859. Score; and for P.F. 2 and 4 hands. Kahnt.
- 'Gaudeamus Igatur': Humoreske for orch. soli, and chorus. Score and parts; also for P.F. 2 and. 4 hands. Schuberth.
- Schuberts' Marches. 1. op. 40 No. 3; 2.Trauer-; 3. Reiter-; 4. Ungarischer-Marsch. Score and parts. Fürstner.
- Schubert's Songs for voice and small orch. 1. Die Junge Nonne; 2. Gretchen am Spinnrade; 3. Lied der Mignon; 4. Erlkönig. Score and parts. Forberg.
- 'Die Allmacht,' by Schubert, for tenor, men's chorus, and orchestra. Score and parts; and vocal score. Schuberth.
- H. v. Bülow's Mazurka-Fantasle (op. 13). Score and parts. Leuckart.
- Festmarch on themes by E. H. zu 8. Score; also for P.F. 2 and 4 hands. Schuberth.
- Ungarische Rhapsodien, arr. by Liszt and F. Doppler; 1. in F; 2. in D; 3. in D; 4. in D minor and G major; 5. in E; 6. Pester Carneval.—Score and parts; and for P.F. 4 hands. Schuberth.
- Ungarischer Marsch. for Coronation at Buda-Pesth, 1867. Score; also for P.F. 2 and 4 hands. Schuberth.
- Rakoczy-Marsch; symphonisch bearbeitet. Score and parts; also for P.F. 2, 4, and 8 hands. Schuberth.
- Ungarischer Sturm-Marsch. New arr. 1876. Score and parts; also for P.F. 2 and 4 hands. Schleslnger.
- 'Szózat' und 'Hymnus' by Béni and Erkel. Score and parts; also for P.F. Rózsavōlgyi, Pesth.
II. FOR PIANOFORTE AND ORCHESTRA.
- Concerto No. 1, in E flat. Score and parts; also for 2 P.Fs. Schlesinger.
- Concerto No. 2, in A. Score and parts; also for 2 P.Fs. Schott.
- 'Todten-Tanz.' Paraphrase on 'Dies Iræ.' Score; also for 1 and 2 P.Fs. Siegel.
- Arrangements, P.F. principale.
- Fantasia on themes from Beethoven's 'Ruins of Athens.' Score; also for P.F. 2 and 4 hands, and 2 P.Fs. Siegel.
- Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodlen. Score and parts. Heinze.
- Schubert's Fantasia in C (op. 15), symphonisch bearbeitet. Score and parts; also for 2 P.Fs. Schreiber.
- Weber's Polonaise (op. 72). Score and parts. Schlesinger.
III. FOR PIANOFORTE SOLO.
- Etudes d'éxécution transcendante. 1. Preludio; 2, 3. Paysage; 4. Mazeppa; 5. Feux Follets; 6. Vision; 7. Eroica; 8. Wilde Jagd; 9. Ricordanza; 10, 11. Harmonies du soir; 12. Chasse-neige. B. & H.
- Trois Grandes Etudes de Concert. 1. Capriccio; 2. Capriccio, 3. Allegro affetuoso. Kistner.
- Ab-Irato. Etude de . Schlesinger.
- Zwei Concertetuden, for Lebert and Stark's Klavierschule. 1. Waldesrauschen; 2. Gnomenreigen. Trautwein.
- Ave Maria for ditto. Trautwein.
- Harmonies poétiques et religieuses. 1. Invocation; 2. Ave Maria; 3. Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude; 4. Pensée des Morts; 6. Pater Noster; 6. Hymne de l'enfant à son révell; 7. Funérailles; 8. Miserere d'après Palestrina; 9. Andante lagrimoso; 10. Cantique d'Amour. Kahnt.
- Années de Pélerinage. Premi'ere Année, Suisse. 1. Chapelle de Guillaume Tell; 2. Au lac de Wallenstadt; 3. Pastorale; 4. Au bord d'une source; 5. Orage; 6. Vallée d'Obermann; 7. Eglogue; 8. Le Mai du Pays; 9. Les Cloches de Geneve (Nocturne). Seconde Année, Italie. 1. Il Sposalizio; 2. Il Penseroso; 3. Canzonetta di Salvator Rosa; 4–6. Tre Sonetti del Petrarca; 7. Après une lecture de Dante.
- B. & H. = Breitkopf & Härtel.
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The reliance we place on fossil fuels has taken its toll. Many of the environmental issues we’re faced with today come as a result of our inability to move away from fossil fuels like coal as a means for energy. Although companies and innovators are coming up with ways to combat harmful air pollution, global warming, and other environmental problems, we’ll never really have a solution until we’re able to rely on renewable energy to power our daily lives. Until we’re able to substitute renewable energy for fossil fuels, any solutions we create will only be covering up the real problem.
However, we are making giant steps in the right direction, and renewable energy is becoming more prevalent throughout the global community. Over 500,000 solar panels were installed each day last year, and renewables finally passed coal in order to become the largest source of power capacity on a global scale. The International Energy Agency, or IEA, reported that renewables accounted for more than half of the new power capacity around the planet. Solar and wind power are responsible for leading this drive away from fossil fuels more than any other forms of renewable energy.
Installation of environmentally friendly energy sources was up a total of 15 percent in 2014, which forced the IEA to change its predictions for renewables. They predicted the use of renewables to increase by only 13 percent between 2015 and 2021, underestimating how quickly countries would start following suit. The movement is largely driven by Asia, with China in the captain’s chair, but India and the United States have been contributing significantly. Europe, once thought to be the leader of the renewable energy movement, is falling behind.
“I am pleased to see that last year was one of records for renewables and that our projections for growth over the next five years are more optimistic. However, even these higher expectations remain modest compared with the huge untapped potential of renewables. The IEA will be working with governments around the world to maximize the deployment of renewables in coming years,” explains IEA Executive Director Dr. Faith Birol in a statement.
Although the new capacity added has accounted for a record 153 Gigawatts of renewable power, this type of electricity generation is only expected to make up around 28 percent of all generation globally by 2021. Green, environmentally friendly energy is the fastest growing source of electricity generation in the world, but we’re still falling short in regards to meeting the Paris Climate Agreement, and we won’t be able to keep the planet below a 3.6 degree Fahrenheit warming temperature.
This increase in the use of renewable energy, especially solar and wind power, isn’t only driven by the looming Paris Climate Agreement, it’s also driven by human safety. In Asia, the main concern is air pollution and population health, not meeting the terms of the agreement. Diversifying the energy supply while improving energy security also plays a role in the renewable rise.
As we move forward, we will continue to see a shift in power markets being led by renewables. The market for these types of renewable energies is getting more competitive, which means costs will continue to drop. It’s never been a better time to invest in something real, renewable, and vital.
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Recycling industry releases manifesto for next Government
A Resource Management and Circular Economy Act, a ban on biodegradable waste to landfill, and a statutory duty on businesses to collect and submit data on waste all form part of a new manifesto for the next UK Government released by the recycling industry today (1 April).
The Manifesto for Resources 2015, devised by the Resource Association, also adds weight to the campaign for the establishment of an Office for Resource Management to oversee the UK’s waste and resource policy throughout the next Government and beyond.
“There have been growing demands across our industry for stronger leadership and fresh momentum in policy development in resources management,” said Resource Association chief executive Ray Georgeson. “Our Manifesto for Resources 2015 is a significant shopping list of policy measures, but it reflects the need and depth with which policy in this area needs review and rejuvenation.”
Call for Action
The manifesto particularly focuses on waste collection as an area that requires fresh direction. It calls for the introduction of a requirement for businesses to separately collect key recyclables and food waste from their premises, and a complete ban on the collection of glass co-mingled with other recyclates.
It also calls for local authorities to be obliged to publish an End Destination Register for Waste and Recyclate, and provide food waste collections to every household by 2020.
The industry would also like to see a new Resources Industry Infrastructure Action Plan that refreshes the remit of WRAP and increases recycling targets for the UK.
This is an important year for waste regulation across Europe, with a country-specific circular economy package due to be released later this year.
Georgeson added: “As an indicator of what may be needed if we are to meet the challenge and potential of the circular economy and develop the jobs, growth and better resource use we know our industry can deliver, it is a call to action for future Members of Parliament and the incoming Government, regardless of its political colours and complexity.
“We challenge them all to be bold and seize the prize of resources, jobs and growth in a circular economy.”
Calls For a Dedicated Body
Calls for office for resource management have come from several quarters in recent weeks, culminating in a paper being launched in parliament this month with the support of the All Party Sustainable Resource Group (APSRG).
Labour and Lib Dem MP’s suggested at the launch that the creation of a dedicated body to oversee the UK’s waste policy would be part of their manifestos for the upcoming General Election.
© Faversham House Ltd 2022 edie news articles may be copied or forwarded for individual use only. No other reproduction or distribution is permitted without prior written consent.
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Twenty-two years of warming, fertilisation and shading of subarctic heath shrubs promote secondary growth and plasticity but not primary growth
Faculty of Sciences. Biology
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University of Antwerp
Most manipulation experiments simulating global change in tundra were short-term or did not measure plant growth directly. Here, we assessed the growth of three shrubs (Cassiope tetragona, Empetrum hermaphroditum and Betula nana) at a subarctic heath in Abisko (Northern Sweden) after 22 years of warming (passive greenhouses), fertilisation (nutrients addition) and shading (hessian fabric), and compare this to observations from the first decade of treatment. We assessed the growth rate of current-year leaves and apical stem (primary growth) and cambial growth (secondary growth), and integrated growth rates with morphological measurements and species coverage. Primary-and total growth of Cassiope and Empetrum were unaffected by manipulations, whereas growth was substantially reduced under fertilisation and shading (but not warming) for Betula. Overall, shrub height and length tended to increase under fertilisation and warming, whereas branching increased mostly in shaded Cassiope. Morphological changes were coupled to increased secondary growth under fertilisation. The species coverage showed a remarkable increase in graminoids in fertilised plots. Shrub response to fertilisation was positive in the short-term but changed over time, likely because of an increased competition with graminoids. More erected postures and large, canopies (requiring enhanced secondary growth for stem reinforcement) likely compensated for the increased light competition in Empetrum and Cassiope but did not avoid growth reduction in the shade intolerant Betula. The impact of warming and shading on shrub growth was more conservative. The lack of growth enhancement under warming suggests the absence of long-term acclimation for processes limiting biomass production. The lack of negative effects of shading on Cassiope was linked to morphological changes increasing the photosynthetic surface. Overall, tundra shrubs showed developmental plasticity over the longer term. However, such plasticity was associated clearly with growth rate trends only in fertilised plots.
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No-one ever exemplified the Olympic spirit of triumphing over adversity better then Murray Halberg.
He was so badly injured while playing rugby when he was 17 that at one point his life was despaired of. After months of rehabilitation, he was left with a withered left arm, and had to teach himself to do everything, from writing to eating, with his right hand.
From the embers of that disaster arose the will and the courage of a true champion. Halberg won the Olympic 5000m gold medal in 1960, and the Empire Games three-mile golds in 1958 and 1962. In 1958, he became the first New Zealander to break four minutes for the mile. He was the first really great athlete to emerge from the Arthur Lydiard stable.
Halberg was born in Eketahuna, but grew up in Auckland. He was a budding cricketer before his accident, but was already starting to enjoy some success as a runner, and the chance to watch the 1950 Auckland Empire Games fuelled his desire further.
His talent was nurtured by Lydiard, with his endurance training methods.
"Arthur meant everything to me," says Halberg. "If I'd never met Arthur I would never have become a top runner. There was some talent there, and I may have got as far as winning a New Zealand title. But that would have been it. Arthur's advice, encouragement and expertise enabled me to become an Olympic champion.
"And that was the springboard that enabled me to use my name to launch the Halberg Trust for Crippled Children. Arthur was my mentor, my guide, my guru."
It took Halberg a while to mature as an athlete - there were less-than-impressive efforts at the 1954 Empire Games and 1956 Melbourne Olympics before he stepped into the top world class. At Melbourne he reached the final of the 1500m, but then ran a poor tactical race, slipping back through the field to finish almost last. Devastated, he vowed to himself that he would return to the Olympic stage and fulfill what he believed was his destiny – to be an Olympic champion.
By 1960 he was favoured to win the Olympic 5000m title. He and Lydiard decided on the same tactics he'd successfully employed at the 1958 Cardiff Empire Games - sprinting clear with three laps remaining and then holding on. It was a tactic that called for boldness and tenacity, and Halberg certainly had both those attributes.
Spurred on by stablemate Peter Snell's victory in the 800m final just before his race, Halberg carried out the plan perfectly. He put 20 metres on the field with his sudden burst and held half that margin all the way to the tape.
He ran until the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, where he finished seventh in the 10,000m final, but by then he was past his best. When he retired, he did some coaching, but preferred to pour his energy into his trust.
Inspired by the example of the Canadians, he relaunched the Sportsman of the Year dinner and built it so that it became the focal point of the annual fund-raising campaign. (The term Sportsman came to be seen as sexist, and in 1992 the occasion became known as the Halberg Awards.)
Halberg and his wife Phyllis had two children. Halberg, who was voted New Zealand Sportsman of the Year in 1958, was knighted in 1988 and in 1990 was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame. He was the inaugural recipient of the Lonsdale Cup, in 1961.
Halberg was employed by New Zealand Breweries in the early 1960s. Then he and Phyllis moved into her family's soft furnishing business in Dominion Road. They remained there for 20 years, before moving to Waiheke Island for a time.
After a battle with cancer, he returned to good health and assisted the 2002 Commonwealth Games team in Manchester as a mentor for the athletes, a role he filled again at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
In 2008, Halberg was appointed to New Zealand's highest non-titular honour, the Order of New Zealand. The following month he became only the fourth person to be awarded the Blake Medal (named after fellow countryman Sir Peter Blake) for his more than 50 years' service to athletics, and to children with disabilities.
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After spending several posts talking about the "volcanoes" of Los Angeles, let's turn our attention to the other famous metropolis of our fair state: San Francisco and the Bay Area. Most people know of the famous association of earthquakes with the city by the bay, including the 1906 event, and the Loma Prieta quake of 1989. But what are the chances of a volcanic eruption in the Bay Area (note: I am using the term "bay area" loosely)? Are there any volcanoes looming about? And really, wouldn't lava in a Hollywood movie look a lot cooler if it were streaming down Lombard Street?
Quest, Oakland Geology, and About Geology. The Bay Area is his geological beat, and I only pay the occasional visit. Also, don't forget the Interactive Geological Map of California!
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Ghanaian citizens and political advocates took their government to court over plans to implement a so-called “Common Platform”, a technical system that would allow regulators to monitor revenues accrued by telecommunication companies operating in the country.
Challengers say the system will monitor more than just revenues, warning that it will allow for easy government snooping on calls and messages.
Officials say they want to implement the system in order to monitor telecommunication companies in Ghana and ensure they are paying the right amount of taxes. The platform is owned and operated by a third-party company, Kelni GVG.
In July, two petitioners, Sara Asafu-Adjaye and Maximus Ametorgoh, appealed to the Human Rights Court in the capital, Accra, to hear their case. They argued that the system would infringe upon fundamental rights to privacy. The petitioners work in the technology and design sectors.
They urged the court to “prevent the Ministry of Communications and other defendants from allowing a third party, Kelni GVG, to have access to their private data.”
If and when it is implemented, the Common Platform will be operated by Kelni GVG, under contract with the government.
The company will have the ability to connect with communication systems of telecommunications companies and access their revenue patterns, in what appears to be an effort to increase tax revenues from the telecommunications and internet sector.
When the third party connects its monitoring system node to the network of the telecommunication companies, they have access to both revenue accrued and all the data of subscribers including the content of voice calls and text messages.
In June 2018, the Ghanian Chamber of Telecommunications corroborated the petitioners’ point, explaining that the Common Platform “has the capacity to actively or passively record, monitor or tap into the content of any incoming or outgoing electronic communications traffic such as voice.”
Multiple other groups have spoken out against the plan, including Occupy Ghana and the IMANI Centre for Policy and Education, which raised concerns about the privacy dimensions of the plan, and the business interests of government and corporate actors who will benefit from the Kelni GVG contract. Parliamentarian Ras Mubarak has also threatened to sue the government and telcos if the deal goes through.
Before the High Court, on 10th July 2018, Asafu-Adjaye and Ametorgoh argued that the “intended connection to the Common Platform is in breach of Act 864 and ultimately the applicants’ fundamental human right to privacy of their correspondence and communication, as protected by Article 18 (2) of the 1992 Constitution.”
This is good. We all need to be concern about privacy. if they want access to revenue, they can get that with an API [Application Programming Interface] but if they want full access to data, communications, financials and logs, that is a very nasty move. I am with you Maximus. Keep up with the Good work.
In response, Ametorgoh explained that the Common Platform will connect to “all the nodes of the network instead of just the billing system node”:
They can intercept the content of the communication. The system is not supposed to have the capability to intercept or access the content.
[In contrast,] You decide what you post on social media. It’s called “social” media. If you share private content here, that’s up to you. You can’t even share some kinds of images here.
But the Human Rights Court in Accra, Ghana dismissed the petition raised by Asafu-Adjaye and Ametorgoh.
In the ruling, the court indicated that the two Ghanaians did not provide any real evidence to back their claims of privacy breach if the Common Platform should be implemented and that their argument was based merely on public sentiments and debates.
Franklin Cudjoe, a major supporter of Asafu-Adjaye and Ametorgoh's petition and the executive director of IMANI, indicated that the telecommunication companies did acknowledge that the Common Platform, when implemented, has the tendency to breach customer privacy and that the court ignored this evidence in its the ruling.
Emmanuel Kyeremanteng Agyarko, a member of parliament, argued that the tendency of a platform to cause a breach of privacy does not mean it will, by all means, breach privacy.
The Common Platform is likely to be implemented regardless of the final hearing because the court indicated that the State could suffer irreparable damage if an injunction is granted.
The petition submitted by Asafu-Adjaye and Ametorgoh was dismissed as of July 10, 2018. But opposition from civil society and even some legislators can be expected to continue.
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During 1994, 1996 and 1997, I visited 17 captive Latin American plating shops varying in size from small to medium. I was selected by the client and CESO to act as an advisor on improving finishing and plating processes as well as optimizing pollution prevention control. Also, the client asked that I provide guidance on a variety of existing and newer pollution prevention technologies as well as conventional destructive treatment methods such as cyanide oxidation and chromium reduction
During the last assignment of 1997, I visited 13 captive shops in one city during a four-week period. Previously, in another six-week assignment, three captive plating factories were assessed and analyzed. In the third project that lasted four weeks, only one captive company was evaluated.
Table I summarizes finishing and plating processes involved in the 17 shops. Both rack and barrel plating systems are used in some shops. In addition, one company does automatic vacuum metallizing over plastic and zinc die-cast parts. Another company has a modern automatic electrostatic painting department for finishing plated steel wire products.
All the companies have hand-operated plating lines except one large hot-dip galvanizing company, which has a self-designed automatic zinc cyanide plating line for steel tubes. Two other companies have manual hoist lines for zinc, nickel and chromium plating. All but one of these lines had improper tank arrangements with cross contamination. All of the 17 plating departments, except three shops, had shops resembling those of the 1940's to 1970's, with aged or tapped rectifiers, dark rooms, little or no ventilation, no proper tank arrangement, broken or rotten wooden catwalks and water covering the floor.
None of the 17 enterprises met metal finishing industry regulations for hazardous waste discharge. All discharge numbers were greater than their country's and/or U.S. or Canadian environmental laws and regulations. The 13 captive enterprises discharged mixed wastewater streams into the sewer, which runs into the city's river. The remaining shops discharge into the municipal sewer system. None of the companies (except one) use simple dragin and dragout technology, except electrowinning on three gold-plating operations because of the value of gold.
Some of the major problems in the facilities are as follows:
- Nearly every aspect of the plating process is antiquated.
- The cleaning and plating cycle/flow is not adequate in all the 17 companies. Floating oil in the baths is a problem in a few companies because oil, grease, finger marks and smut removal are not effective and overall plating quality is not satisfactory.
- All companies use well water for rinsing; however, they try to use city tap water in the solution makeup. None use DI water.
- Fourteen companies are using cyanide solutions for copper, brass, zinc, gold, silver and stripping metals without efficient ventilation.
- Nine companies are using hexavalent chromium. Not one has an effective exhaust system, scrubber or mist eliminator for recovery of chromic acid.
Other essential information about these companies includes:
- Years in business: 25 to 48 years, except two companies seven and 11 years.
- Shifts: one to two.
- Plating employees: 1 to 50.
- Captive employees: 25 to 650.
- Shop appearance and equipment: All but one have a 1940's to 1970's style setup.
- Tank size: 300 to 3,000 liters (max); some rinse tanks as small as 150 liters.
- Degreasers: Some are using solvents such as trichloroethylene, diesel or gasoline in a drum or pail. All are not using a 60-65C hot alkaline cleaner. They are using it as a degreaser only.
- Plating chemicals: Most are locally made/mixed with a German formula, using German and Italian technology but American application methods.
- Wastewater flow rate (mixed): One to 60 gpm.
- Inhouse laboratory: Seven out of 17 companies send samples outside occasionally, or plate without analysis.
Products plated. A wide range of styles and products are plated for household, commercial or industrial use. Substrates include steel, plastic and zinc die cast and items such as locks, boxes, keys, screws, frames, electrical metal parts, appliance parts, wire fabricated items, bicycle and motorcycle parts and hot-dip galvanized parts such as tubes, wire bundles, cable trays, beams, large plates, ladders and telephone poles.
Problems. The major concernsfaced by the plating shops were inadequate or improper housekeeping; basic oil removal; inadequate cleaning and pretreatment; little or no training/education; little or no knowledge of health and safety aspects; poor or unsatisfactory plating practices; no close process controls; no preventive maintenance, including no or inadequate filtration; no temperature control; no waste segregation; no environmental equipment; improper tank arrangements; poor connections; and a build-up of deposits on the home-made racks and hooks.
Because of time constraints, I could not sample and analyze (before and after laboratory filtration) the wastewater streams before they entered the sewer. However, a shop representative committee, including a project coordinator and two chemical engineers from a university industrial development agency, analyzed the samples before my visit. The reported results are shown in Table II. Some data were not clarified, and some were found inaccurate.
It should be noted that this Latin American country's three levels of Government (Federal, Provincial and Local) have analyzed 60 different effluent river wastes from small streams that flow into the main river, and have long- and short-term projects (more than $400 million dollars) for cleaning this river through collectors and interceptors. The removal of many houses in nearby tent towns located along the river is a big obstacle facing the governments.
Solutions and recommendations. The proposed suggestions were made to the various companies as follows:
Set-up, cleaning and pretreatment.
- Rearrange the plating process, placing dragin/dragout and rinse tanks in line to prevent cross-use and contamination. Add tanks. Use dragin/dragout system for chemical recuperation using the still rinse tanks and third countercurrent (cascade) rinse tank or a spray in an empty tank. Use counterflow (cascade) rinsing rather than a parallel rinse. Install drain boards between tanks to return drainage.
- Use DI or city tap water for all process plating bath make-up and use dragin/dragout and still rinse tanks to recover chemicals.
- Consider a closed-loop system for purifying and recycling rinse water. Try ion exchange and reverse osmosis as a "roughing" before ion exchange, if the water contains dissolved solids over 500 ppm. Ion exchange also is useful for metal-bearing dilute rinses and less rework.
- Prior to racking, ensure that all racks are properly designed, with good solid contact hooks made of proper materials. Do not use hooks and bus bars made only of iron or steel. Copper is the preferred conductor.
- Remove all deposit build-up both on the hooks and racks to avoid possible contamination and DC power, current density loss.
- Remove dropped parts from each tank at each shift.
- Clean contact for solid current density flow through parts.
- Install water flow regulators on rinse water tanks with conductivity water meter for the plating shop.
- Allow enough time to drain completely.
- Use a foam blanket to suppress cyanide fumes and use mechanical exhaust or fume/vapor extraction system.
- Use poly-balls in lacquering solutions.
- Use temperature controllers on all hot process tanks. Keep alkaline/degreaser cleaner and all nickel baths between 60 to 65C.
- Consider continuous filtration using a simple four-in-one filter system/pump over the tank rather than a cumbersome, large filter system outside small plating tanks.
- Do not place greasy/oily parts directly into the alkaline cleaner. First, remove oil in a solvent of kerosene in a stainless steel tank and along with Emulkleen-23 (MacDermid). Do not use trichloroethylene, gasoline or diesel for removing oil and grease.
- Skim out floating emulsified oil every day.
- Do not dump spent acids and alkaline cleaners into the sewer/river. Keep them for pH control in destructive waste treatment system; heavy metals recycling or recovery; or removal of high levels of chlorine, iron, calcium and sulfate.
- Consider recycling or using spent process solutions to save money and prevent pollution.
- Create reclamation off-site services that are not presently available in the country.
- Separate all mixed waste streams before using any waste treatment recovery equipment to recycle chemicals or rinse water and/or recover metals for reuse.
- Route all cyanide waste streams into a separate room for conventional cyanide-oxidation process; segregate chromium wastes into another tank for chromium-reduction.
- Install a screen-tray for zinc chromating tank to reduce chromate.
Processes change. Consider alternative plating chemistries to reduce wastes and avoid conventional cyanide destruction and chromium reduction treatments. For steel parts, use one of the following:
- An alkaline non-cyanide zinc and/or acid chloride zinc process instead of cyanide alkaline zinc.
- Woods nickel strike before single or duplex nickel plating rather than copper cyanide flash.
- Alkaline non-cyanide copper process.
- Non-cyanide gold and silver processes.
- Trivalent chromium for decorative plating processes instead of hexavalent chromium.
- Use cyanide copper flash for zinc die cast parts before nickel, brass, chromium, gold or silver plating.
- Consider an alternative pickling process.
- Use a solvent of kerosene in a stainless steel tank and add additive Emulkleen-23 first for removing oil and grease instead of trichloroethylene, gasoline or diesel, then use hot alkaline/degreaser.
Equipment and technology for pollution control. First, evaluate pollution control methods before implementing them. These were some of the suggestions made:
- Use a coalescing oil separator to save time, money, chemicals and for better cleaning and adhesion.
- Consider an ultrafiltration oil separator, because floating heavy emulsified oil and smut contaminate every tank. This was also recommended because the company was dumping more than 3,000 gal of solution every two weeks.
- Use temperature controls on all hot process tanks. Keep alkaline degreaser cleaner and all nickel baths between 60 to 65C.
- Install a pulse spray with an atmospheric evaporator on chromium plating tanks to reduce chromic acid wastes.
- Use atmospheric evaporation and/or advanced ion exchange for acid copper salt, nickel salt and chromic acid salt recovery.
- Recover nickel metal using reverse osmosis.
- Recover/recycle zinc and chromium from chromating solution possibly using electrodialysis.
- Consider a combination of both technologies, such as low-temperature evaporative recovery and reverse osmosis to recover nickel from dilute concentration waste streams. Combined technologies provide the best process alternative for such dilute wastes.
- Use ion-exchange, a closed-loop system for reuse of rinse water.
It appeared to me that only a couple of enterprises were interested in making changes and improvements. Many were not willing to spend or invest the money. However, it is our Volunteer Advisors' duty to provide the necessary information and advise. Whether to implement or not depends upon the CESO's clients.
|Table I — Finishing Processes at Latin American Plating Shops|
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|Table I — Finishing Processes at Latin American Plating Shops (continued from above)|
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Tom Wheeler, Chairman at the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), revealed on Friday that new rules might be proposed to guarantee real consumer choice. This announcement comes at a time when the giants in the telecommunication business are shutting off their copper based networks and moving on to the next-gen fiber based IP networks. According to the information shared by the officials, a set of proposals will be put forth by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler at an agency meeting scheduled to be held on November 21. The proposal will chiefly be aimed at protecting voice customers.
This move by the chief communication regulatory body in the USA will make sure that customers continue to have access to rival telecom operators.
The official said that the FCC will not only deliberate on network-sharing rules, but will also consider the requirement of power backup systems on VoIP networks.
The ability of rival networks to reach consumers like schools, businesses, etc. might be affected if the existing phone companies “withdraw access to the last mile of their networks,” an FCC official said Friday on a call with reporters.
Chip Pickering, CEO of CompTel, a trade association that represents the competitive telecom industry, also endorsed the same views.
“To foster robust competition in the business market, there must be sound policies that ensure wholesale access to the last mile. Any evolution in transmission technology does not change that fundamental fact,” he said, adding, “As the commission proceeds, it must ensure that incumbents do not exploit their transition to IP technologies as a way to diminish or eliminate the wholesale access to last-mile connections on which competitors rely to serve business customers.”
Meanwhile, no one from Verizon, AT & T and USTelecom, a trade organization which represents existing carriers, responded to a request for comment on this proposal. In the last meeting, FCC officials talked at length about the transition to new services and a separate Wheeler proposal aimed at ensuring access to 911 services as the networks evolve. All these issues will be brought up during the FCC’s November meeting.
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The generous working area and power of a new Bruderer BSTA 510-125 high-speed press, installed in April 2011 at the Cirencester factory of Batten & Allen, is proving particularly versatile for the precision stamping specialist.
The 1,250 mm length of the machine's bolster plate allows room for two large progression dies to be mounted in-line for manufacturing complex components in one continuous operation. Alternatively, there is sufficient bed width for two tools to be mounted side-by-side and fed with separate coils. In both cases, production output is doubled.
Furthermore, punching capacity of 51 tons, which provides sufficient power for two tools to be used simultaneously, also enables heavier pressworking of automotive and other parts if one tool is used, expanding the range of industries that Batten & Allen can serve. Stamping speed is up to 1,050 strokes per minute, slower than the lighter duty presses on site but still an impressive 17.5 hits per second.
A 50-ton Bruderer long-bed press, Batten & Allen's first of that size, was installed at Cirencester in 2006. It has been employed continually for fulfilling a long-running contract to make components for the automotive industry. Tools for producing electronic components have been routinely transferred from 30-ton and 50-ton presses on site to the larger machine to utilise its capacity.
Batten & Allen has won additional work to produce 50 million jewellery components annually, which surprisingly also requires the larger bed area of a 50-ton press.
More recently, two further contracts were awarded for producing fly-by-wire throttle system components destined for motor cycles and golf buggies. These parts also need heavier pressworking capability, so managing director Shawn Batten took the decision to install the BSTA 510-125 to provide additional capacity as well as back-up for the first 50-ton press.
However this time, after an in-depth discussion with Bruderer UK's managing director, Adrian Haller, he opted for a package that is substantially different from the original 50-ton machine.
Servo feeds provide extra accuracy and productivity
Apart from having slightly higher tonnage, the press is fitted with a bolster plate that is extended by 150 mm to 1,250 mm, providing extra room for a longer progression tool, or two tools in-line. Bolster width is the same at 650 mm and to take advantage of the wide bed, the option of using two tool / die sets side-by-side was created by specifying twin Bruderer BSV75 servo feed units to push two strips up to 75 mm wide through the dies in parallel. Alternatively they will accept one wide strip. Both the upper and lower feed rollers are driven so that pressure is transmitted evenly to the strip.
Servo feed technology was not new to Batten & Allen, as it ordered a similar unit with a BSTA 300-85B press bought at the end of 2007. Maintenance manager at Cirencester, Alan Gilbert, commented, "Accuracy of feeding is around plus or minus one thousandth of the pitch length, much the same as for mechanical roll or gripper feeds.
"However, the servo gives much more control, as it can be programmed to optimise the timing dynamics on ramp-up, dwell and ramp-down for any given job.
"A soft start, for example, will gradually advance the strip for greater feed length accuracy, with or without pilot release, while the facility to control material advance independently of the machine stroke is particularly beneficial if there is a lot of forming, or if parts are delicate.
"Moreover, unlike with mechanical feeding, pitch length using a servo is infinitely variable and without limit, and is quickly set at the B-Control system on the press, as is material thickness and all other parameters for the job. The entire program can be saved for immediate reuse next time."
Overall, Mr Gilbert said that the first BSV unit has been very reliable and accurate and has led to higher production rates. He also suggests that its ease of use has resulted in a reduction of 10 to 15 minutes in set-up time per job.
Mr Batten confirmed that mechanically driven roll feeds are still good for a majority of stamping work. Nevertheless, with the trend towards ever greater accuracy and complexity of parts, underpinned by statistical process control requirements and PPAP (production part approval process) in the automotive sector, servo feed technology is likely to be the norm for future press installations at Batten & Allen.
First application for the BSTA 510-125
The first job put on the new Bruderer press did not utilise its twin servo feeds, but exploited the long bed to accommodate two existing tools in series that were previously used on separate 25-ton presses. Designed to produce tin-plated brass components for a telecommunications equipment manufacturer, one tool carries out the blanking while the other completes the subsequent forming. All operations are now performed in one continuous process in the 51-ton press.
Mr Batten continued, "This technique results in a substantial saving in unit manufacturing cost, not least through reduced labour content."
He added that parallel stamping while feeding two strips through the press will be similarly beneficial, as they can utilise two existing, separate tool / die sets from other presses to provide extra, high productivity stamping capacity for all components. Increasing use of multi-out progression tools also assists in maximising output.
Tool monitoring is being fitted to the BSTA 510-125 to check for pitch accuracy and double thickness, as well as a vacuum sensor to detect floating slugs and strip lubrication to promote long tool life.
There are currently 24 Swiss-built Bruderer presses on the Cirencester site installed in a temperature controlled, 'closed-door' environment, the latter term apparently having meaning for customers in the medical sector. All machines have pallet decoilers and auto recoilers, as production is predominantly automated, reel-to-reel stamping.
PC-based control speeds changeover
The last seven presses to be installed have been equipped with the Bruderer's PC-based B-Control system, which facilitates exchanging a full set of modular tools in 20 minutes, three times faster than on earlier machines. As data on each new tool is programmed into the CNC system, it is a simple matter during a repeat run to call up the number of the tool, bolt it onto the press and follow the on-screen prompts to load the program and make the initial and fine adjustments.
With a Windows operating system, the CNC system uses easy-to-follow menus on the colour screen and provides process visualisation, press force measurement with tool protection, capacity for 500 records including data not only on the tool but on the order and material as well, and control of up to 10 NC axes.
The design of the press itself features a rigid drive shaft mounted transversely, transmitting power to the ram via two con rods, and a lever system with mass counterbalancing for stability at high speeds. Absence of any lateral forces means that the ram guides are at strip level, avoiding punch deflection due to eccentric loads in the die.
Accurate tools a necessity
In-house design and manufacture of tools at Cirencester is helped by ongoing investment in Agie CNC wire erosion machines to add to the grinders, mills, machining centres and inspection equipment in the toolroom. Accurate tools require the use of top quality pillars and bushes, so Batten & Allen has used Fibro products from Germany since the early 1990s. Also supplied by Bruderer UK, the components are renowned for their quality and precision.
Mr Batten continued, "Our customers' components often stipulate forming tolerances as small as 25 microns. Complex tools are required to hold such tolerances on blanked dimensions, let alone formed features.
"By making our tools in-house using Fibro parts to control the relative positions of tool, stripper plate and die to within close limits, we ensure that each set is manufactured to the highest quality.
"It is in our own interests not to cut corners, as good tools produce longer runs before they need refurbishing, saving costs and maximising the up-time of the Bruderer presses."
At the end of the interview, Messrs Batten and Gilbert agreed that Bruderer equipment has proved very reliable and capable over the years, with some models still working two shifts after 25 years. Support from Bruderer UK was singled out for praise, and so too was the diagnostics package in the B-Control with modem link to the Bruderer factory in Switzerland, which allows software issues to be dealt with immediately.
Bruderer UK Limited, Cradock Road, Luton,
Bedfordshire, LU4 0JF.
Tel: 01582 560300. Fax: 01582 570611.
Web site: www.bruderer-presses.com
Contact: Adrian Haller, Managing Director
THE RIGHT IMAGE Ltd,
PO Box 42, Twickenham, TW1 1BQ.
Tel: 020 8891 0603.
Contact: Chris Wright.
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There are some similarities between a snowboard and a skateboard. Both use the same muscles and require a similar amount of transition time. Skateboarders use longer boards while snowboarders use shorter boards. They use similar foot lengths, but skateboarding involves longer transition time and requires more muscle memory. If you’re a snowboarder who has always dreamed of skateboarding, here’s the answer: Yes, it’s easier to learn than snowboarding.
Skateboarding is easier to learn
The basic difference between skateboard and snowboarding is that skateboarding requires a lot of fitness, while snowboarding is much more forgiving of errors. While skateboarding requires a lot of fitness, it’s also far less complicated to learn than snowboarding. Once you master the basics, however, it becomes increasingly difficult to learn more advanced techniques. The difference in the two sports is so significant that one may wonder whether snowboarding is easier to learn.
The main difference between skateboarding and snowboarding is that skating is much faster and requires a lot of energy. Skaters may not be as skilled as snowboarders, and they are more likely to face serious injuries. However, snowboarders don’t face this danger as often, and a fall on a skateboard can cause injuries such as shin or knee injuries. In addition, snowboarders face the possibility of falling on concrete rather than on snow.
It’s more challenging
While skating is cheaper and easier to learn than snowboarding, it can be far more challenging. Because skateboarders are glued to the board, the impact of falling can be worse. Plus, snowboarding requires much more skill to learn. Even so, it’s still easy to transfer skills from skateboarding to snowboarding. If you want to improve your skating skills, you’ll probably want to switch to snowboarding as well.
The initial learning curve for both snowboarding and skateboarding is different. The former requires more effort and practice to master the basics. Skateboarding requires manual acceleration and balancing. In addition, skateboarding requires similar aspects of tricking and carving that snowboarders can master faster. Beginners may have an easier time switching to the other if they have experience with both sports. In addition, snowboarders may find skateboarding easier to learn because it’s easier to jump up hills, perform cliff jumps, and ride pipes.
A skateboard can be cheaper than a snowboard. Depending on the type, skateboarding equipment can cost under $200. Snowboarding equipment can cost upwards of $1,500. In addition to equipment, snowboarding requires costly clothing, goggles, gloves, and even a lift ticket. In addition to equipment costs, snowboarding requires travel to a ski resort, so a skateboarder can practice nearly anywhere.
The price is one of the main differences between the two. A skateboard is significantly less expensive than a snowboard, even if the skateboard is much more challenging. However, snowboards require a higher level of skill and balance. A skateboard will cost less than $100, while a snowboard may run you $100 or more. However, both types of equipment are a good choice for those who want to enjoy this new sport for many years.
One major benefit of skateboarding is cost. While snowboarding is more expensive, skateboarding can be much easier to learn. Skateparks are usually free, and skateboarding equipment isn’t expensive. A skatepark can be found in any city. A skateboard is a great sport for beginners, and skateboarding allows beginners to practice for free. If you aren’t ready for the pressure of learning, you can take a break whenever you’re discouraged.
It’s easier to learn
If you’re interested in learning how to skateboard, you’ve come to the right place. If you’re just starting out, skateboarding on grass will help you learn tricks faster. As you progress to more challenging tricks, you’ll be challenged to assume more unnatural riding positions. For example, you might be trying to learn how to do a 180 or skate down a ramp. To learn these tricks faster, make a mental list of all the tricks you want to master, but don’t set the bar too high.
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OverviewRawhide Mountain is located near US 6 in the south end of the Hot Creek range in central Nevada, this nice looking mountain ranks #108 on the list of Nevada prominence peaks.
Rising to 9169 feet high, amazingly enough, this mountain has decent road access that allows you to get fairly close to the summit. With a prominence of 2450', it is of value to those who are interested in prominence peaks.
The nearest town to this peak is Tonopah, located over 60 miles away to the west so be aware that despite the nearness of US 6, this mountain is to be considered remote and you need to be very self contained with supplies and should let others know where you are going to be.
The distances in Nevada can be daunting. Leaving Ely, a sign tells you it is 169 miles to the next gas station, to be found in Tonopah. Therefore, make certain you fill up on gas and supplies before you leave town if you are heading west. By the same measure, if you are leaving from Tonopah, that is solid advice, make certain you have gas, supplies and plenty of water. US 50 is touted as the "loneliest" highway in the USA but I'd vote for this stretch of highway to be awarded that dubious honor. There is one rest area along this stretch and it located "only" 30 miles east of Tonopah. The next restroom will be found 130 plus miles away from that rest area in Ely.
From Ely, it is roughly 115 miles to a turnoff onto a dirt road with a cattle grate. If you get to the junction with Nevada 375, you have gone 2.4 mile too far. (A helpful waypoint would be 38.2203 38,3470). . Zero your odometer, turn northwest onto this road and follow it, keeping left at a junction in 1.7 miles and right near Milk Spring at 3.6 miles. Pass a Wilderness Study Area sign on your right at 5.1 miles and keep right at 6.8 miles. At 7.1 miles find the Crystal Canyon road on your right. Passenger cars should be able to get here in dry conditions. Don't attempt the road if it is raining or has snowed recently. Turn north on the road up Crystal Canyon and rezero the odometer. It may be necessary to park and walk from here if you have a low clearence vehicle but an adventurous driver might attempt to go as far as they can. Keep right at 1.2 miles to an unmapped junction at 2.2 miles (7500+'). We parked here due to snow, but you could go further in dry conditions another 0.3 miles to the saddle. At this point the road you want has a BLM "Route Closed" sign indicating no vehicular traffic any higher. Decent parking can be found just to the right of the sign. Once again, I'd recommend high clearance and 4WD for the drive up Crystal Canyon from the main dirt road.
From Tonopah. To the turn off on the dirt road, it is roughly 53 miles. A helpful hint is Drive 2.4 miles past the Warm Springs Junction with highway 375 (no gas) and find the dirt road as mentioned above. (A helpful waypoint would be 38.2203 38,3470) Then follow the same directions from the cattle grate as given above.
For a helpful road map, I'd suggest the Benchmark map book for Nevada.
This is BLM land and the area off to the side of the road up Crystal canyon is designated as a Wilderness Study area. The road allows you to get close to the peak before hitting a "closed to motor vehicles" sign.
For more information:
BLM Battle Mountain District Office
50 Bastian Road | Battle Mountain NV 89820 |
Office Hours: 7:30 am - 4:30 pm M-F
There are no "developed" campgrounds in the area but there were several places where you could "car camp" on the way to the trailhead with perhaps the best area found just to the south of the "closed to motor vehicles" sign that I would consider the trailhead. See map. Practice the "leave no trace" style of camping. Bring your own water as there is none in this very arid area.
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RouteSee Ken Jones peakbagger GPS route found here.
Another route was found by Brad Boester as related here on peakbagger.com
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A new study by global engineering and infrastructure advisory company, Aurecon explores why building design should be focussed on the people who will live and work in them.
The intense focus on technology during the building design process often tends to relegate the needs of the people who will ultimately use these built spaces. Based on their research, Aurecon believes that making humans the centre of everything being designed will be the only way for building owners, developers and users to get ahead in future.
Aurecon’s study was based on interviews with professionals across the built environment, who were asked to reveal their vision of buildings of the future and how they might be created. The feedback revealed a shared concern about the impact that buildings have on the humans who use them.
Observing that building design was not just about bits and bytes, but flesh and bones, Aurecon’s Buildings of the Future Leader, Peter Greaves said it was important to remember that humans were at the centre of everything they designed.
“Buildings of the future are about designs that unlock human potential. High tech is only high value if that same technology enhances human experience,” he added.
This lacuna in design is exposed in multiple studies on the subject. A survey by Management Today magazine said 97% of respondents regarded their place of work as a symbol of whether or not they were valued by their employer. However, only 37% thought their offices had been designed ‘with people in mind’.
Another research by the British Design Council found that salaries of occupants constituted 85 percent of a company’s annual budget, while just 6.5 percent went into construction and 8.5 percent on furnishing, maintaining and operating the facility.
According to Greaves, this study demonstrates that humans are the biggest expense, which means design focus should shift from traditional business drivers to the results of post-occupancy research that can reveal what building functions are actually used, how they are used, and if they are increasing productivity.
With research underlining the huge impact of building design on staff motivation, satisfaction and retention, Greaves says buildings of the future will need to be both intellectually and emotionally intelligent, cognisant of the environment, social equity, and the health and wellness of occupants.
Additionally, changes in the way people work and live are driving the design of buildings of the future. This includes an increasingly mobile workforce, peoples’ changing social contexts, the sharing economy, the war for talent and recognition that aligning corporate strategy with city strategy is important to reducing the impact on the environment.
Greaves noted that the needs, movements and preferences of building occupants can’t be considered only after a building has been constructed.
“Human centred design is enabled through collaborative design, rapid prototyping and optioneering. When the right stakeholders are brought in during the concept and design phase and you’re able to make ideas tangible and get quick feedback from the people that you are designing for, then the building designers and engineers can learn through producing,” Greaves said.
Read ‘Buildings of the Future: People at the Centre’ here.
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TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda dissolved the lower house of parliament Friday, paving the way for elections in which his ruling party will likely give way to a weak coalition government divided over how to solve the nation’s myriad problems.
Elections are set for Dec. 16. If Noda’s center-left party loses, the economically sputtering country will get its seventh prime minister in 6 1/2 years.
The opposition Liberal Democratic Party, which led Japan for most of the post-World War II era, is in the best position to take over. The timing of the election likely preempts moves by more conservative challengers, including former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, to build electoral support.
Campaigning is set to begin Dec. 4, but leaders were already switching into campaign mode.
“What’s at stake in the upcoming elections is whether Japan’s future is going to move forward or backward,” Noda declared to fellow leaders of the Democratic Party of Japan. “It is going to be a crucial election to determine the fate of Japan.”
The DPJ, in power for three years, has grown unpopular largely because of its handling of the Fukushima nuclear crisis and its recent doubling of the sales tax.
Noda’s most likely successor is LDP head and former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. He resigned as Japan’s leader in 2007 after a year in office, citing health problems he says are no longer an issue.
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This inspiring course will give you the practical skills, ideas and motivation for creating upcycled pieces with a range of contemporary looks. You will be introduced to the concepts of upcycling through a mixture of hands-on sessions, lectures and an external visit...
Taught by: Anna Jacobs.
This inspiring course will give you the practical skills, ideas and motivation for creating upcycled pieces with a range of contemporary looks. You will be introduced to the concepts of upcycling through a mixture of hands-on sessions, lectures and an external visit. There will be a particular focus on how you can upcycle and update furniture in your own home or for a client, with additional tips on how to commission a unique upcycled piece. With guidance from an expert tutor, you will develop your ideas, technical skills and confidence to transform a piece of furniture from something useless to the centrepiece of an interior scheme. You will learn a range of skills from decoupage and distressed finishes to pattern transfers and simple techniques for developing a unique design. You will be guided through the best types of paint, materials and tools for each type of finish, whether it is for an urban contemporary look or a shabby chic feel. You will also be given an introduction to the socio-economic context of the upcycling movement and why it is becoming increasingly relevant for interior designers today.
At the end of the course you will understand various painting techniques and their suitability for desired effects. You will take away a sample board, which you will have painted yourself, demonstrating a variety of finishes and leave with the confidence to undertake and complete a simple project in your own home or for a client.
Who Should Attend
This course is suitable for beginners and serves as an introduction to upcycling. It would be of interest to interior designers who would like to provide their clients with unique one-off pieces and anyone who would like to update a piece of furniture in their own home.
Anna Jacobs works as a freelance interior designer for domestic interiors and she is also an exhibiting artist. After a rather varied 20-year career involving theatre, music and art and latterly eight years as Head of Marketing and Design at a City law firm, Anna retrained as an interior decorator at Chelsea College of Arts in 2010.
Since completing her training she has formed her own company, Anna Jacobs Design, and has enjoyed a constant flow of interior design commissions ever since.
Please bring the following with you on the first day:
2 flat-tipped nylon brushes for painting – 1” and 2” wide
Pencils – HB, 2B
Suitable clothes for painting in, or an apron.
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From: Tom Launder (firstname.lastname@example.org)
Date: Tue Sep 24 1996 - 19:19:14 EDT
I have been studying John 14:16 which introduces the ALLON PARAKLeTON.
There are many different translations of this word: Comforter, Paraclete,
Counselor, Advocate, your Advocate, and Helper.
My question is in regards to something that the articles and commentaries on
this word have discussed. These articles refer to the noun as being either
active or passive. Here is an example of one of the articles. "The noun
parakletos is derived from the verb parakaleo. . . Such nouns formations are
normally understood in a passive sense, i.e., 'one who is called for or
So am I to understand that this is some kind of verbal noun and therefore
can be taken either actively or passively? I really don't understand this
at all. Are there some other examples of this? Do we do this in English?
Till men have faith in Christ, their best services are but glorious sins.
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Welcome to our Projects page. Here's where you can see the things we're working on outside of the office. Feel free to get in touch if you'd like to find out more.
Play It Safe
Gaming addiction is an under-recognised area of mental health which Turn The Tide has been working towards combatting since 2015.
Games are great fun and as we get older, we often forget the importance of play. Turn The Tide Therapy has created Play It Safe, a passion project aimed towards using the power of play to bring people together and help them form real, lasting connections. The project focuses on using social games, bored games and video games in a way which is healthy and promotes wellbeing. We're well aware of the communities who feel ostracised by society and hope to create safe ways for people to socialise who might otherwise find it difficult.
Play It Safe aims to do exactly that - enjoy gaming safely, make gaming fun again, bring people together and combat isolation.
Creating something new or deciding your next step can be a daunting experience.
We all know that one person who is bursting with potential but somehow can't see it for themselves.
Take advantage of our Personal Consultation service which blends psychology and coaching methods to uncover your existing talents and find your inner motivation to propel you towards the goals you set for yourself.
Perhaps you're planning a children's party, a corporate event, maybe something more specific like a group rehabilitation activity or trying to get some elderly folk up on their feet. Our tailored workshops can suit your needs, whatever they may be.
Watch this space...
We live in a time of uncertainty and in a world on the brink of global change, anything is possible. We welcome your ideas, feedback and input.
Watch this space for new and exciting projects.
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In our paper Gold: the most effective commodity investment, we highlighted:
- gold is not a typical commodity
- it is the most effective commodity investment and
- it is under-represented in commodity indices.
Interestingly, developments in the performance and liquidity of the broad commodities market have led two major commodities indices -The S&P GSCI and Bloomberg Commodity (BCOM) Index - to adjust their composition, partly addressing the third point. Both indices recently announced that for a second year in a row, their weighting of gold will increase.
Specifically (in 2021):
- Gold will have the largest individual commodity weight increase in the S&P GSCI, and
- Gold will have its highest weight ever in the BCOM, which also takes the precious metals weight of the index to all-time levels.
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A Tale of Three Wells
"Unity" was the message Prime Minister Sharon communicated the other week to thousands of delegates of the Likud Party which he heads. His call was primarily directed to those in his political party, which is divided in its support for him or his rival, former Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. But it was also a call for the unity amongst all segments of Israelis, a unity so sorely needed in the current crisis.
The three wells dug by servants of the Patriarch Yitzchak described in this weeks Torah portion tell a tale of the price we pay for disunity. Our Torah commentaries view them as symbolic of the first two Holy Temples which were destroyed by enemies and the third one which will be built with the arrival of the Mashiach.
The names which Yitzchak gave these wells were based on his own experience in contending with the Philistines over them. But their life-giving water also symbolizes the spiritual life-giving function of the Holy Temple. He called them Eiseq, Sitnah and Rechovot.
Eiseq means strife, and hints to the 410-year era of the First Temple which was characterized by strife between the leaders of the people, as exemplified by the rivalry between the kingdoms of Yisrael and Yehuda. It was this internal strife which eventually led to strife with neighboring lands and the destruction and exile which followed.
Sitnah means hatred and refers to the 420-year era of the Second Temple which was marred by the tensions between ordinary people. When the Talmudic Sages state that the sin which brought about the destruction of that Temple was "unwarranted hatred" they are defining this hatred as not founded on the understandable power struggle of the earlier era but rather on an animosity which had no real cause other than simple intolerance of others.
Rechovot, the name of the third well, whose ownership was not challenged, refers to the Temple which will arise when Jews are finally blessed with redemption from their long exile and will be able to enjoy life in their land in perfect peace. The name connotes expansiveness and prophesies a time when all of Yitzchaks descendants will, like him, be able to declare that "G-d has made room for us and we will be fruitful in the land" (Bereishet 26:22). This is not merely a tale of a return to Eretz Yisrael and a dramatic increase in our numbers but a guarantee that despite our population explosion we will be capable of overcoming our internal dissension and living in peace with each other in the land that G-d has given us forever.
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Generally, modeling results indicate a gradual increase in annual mean temperatures between 2011 and 2040 amounting to one-half degree per decade, with greater increases between 2041 and 2099 of one full degree per decade. Hydrologic flow changes show substantial variability across the ORB through the three time periods, with Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)-4 sub-basins located northeast, east, and south of the Ohio River expected to experience greater precipitation and thus higher stream flows—up to 50% greater—during most of the three 30-year periods. Conversely, those HUC-4s located north and west of the Ohio River are expected to experience ever-decreasing precipitation (especially during the autumn season) resulting in decreased in-stream flows—up to 50% less—during the same periods.
The potential impacts to infrastructure, energy production, and both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems over the three 30-year time periods range from minimal in some HUC-4 sub-basins to dramatic and potentially devastating in others. For example, Federal water resources infrastructure is designed using factors of safety (including hydrologic factors) that allow facilities, such as dams, reservoirs, and levees, to absorb and withstand many impacts through annual or seasonal operational modifications. However, other infrastructure that is dependent upon a reliable flow of water (i.e., hydropower and water supply) may be challenged in sustaining supplies during F2 and F3 periods without impacting other uses. Of special concern are the large numbers of thermoelectric power plants in the ORB that rely on sustained supplies of cooling water to meet national energy demand.
Drum, R. G., J. Noel, J. Kovatch, L. Yeghiazarian, H. Stone, J. Stark, P. Kirshen, E. Best, E. Emery, J. Trimboli, J. Arnold, and D. Raff (2017), Ohio River Basin–Formulating Climate Change Mitigation/Adaptation Strategies Through Regional Collaboration with the ORB Alliance, May 2017. Civil Works Technical Report, CWTS 2017-01, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Institute for Water Resources: Alexandria, VA
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Publication Date: Friday, October 13, 2006
by Dan Shilstone
A buyer straining to afford a home in the intimidating Palo Alto real estate market might find the low monthly payments of an Adjustable Rate Mortgage, or ARM, an attractive alternative to the higher initial costs of a standard fixed-rate loan. But rapidly rising rates are making homebuyers reconsider.
Three years ago, when interest rates were at historical lows, the savings offered by ARMs drew buyers in unprecedented droves. Now, as the first major wave of rate adjustments has hit since this ARM boom, the advantages of an adjustable rate loan are not so clear.
In basic terms, an ARM is a loan that the borrower agrees to pay off at a certain interest rate for a specified period of time, after which the interest rate is subject to scheduled adjustments (up or down) based on current market trends. Like common fixed-rate mortgages, ARMs are designed to be paid off monthly over a period of 15 or 30 years.
Monthly payments, however, are subject to change in accordance with the two-number adjustment schedule attached to a specific ARM (usually 1-1, 3-1, or 5-1). The first number signifies, in years, the initial period during which interest is fixed, and the second number signifies how often the rate is subject to change once the initial period has lapsed. So a 3-1 ARM, for instance, might have unchanging monthly payments of $4,000 for the first three years, after which payments could rise to $4,500 to reflect current interest rates. Payments are now fixed at $4,500 for the next year, after which they could increase again or drop, say to $4,300, depending on interest rates. Payments undergo such yearly adjustments for the remaining life of the loan.
An ARM's interest rate can be tied to any one of a number of indexes, but those most commonly used are the one-year U.S. Treasury bill, the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), and the 11th District Cost of Funds Index (COFI). Each index fluctuates continually in response to the ups and downs of the economy, but changes in ARM rates are based on the current value of the index at the time of adjustment.
So ARMs do carry some element of risk. The 3-1 ARMs that are now reaching their first adjustment period are doing so in an economy where interest rates are not as low as they were three years ago, and the result will be a sudden increase in monthly payments. If payments increase to unaffordable levels, residents may be forced to sell their homes or go further into debt.
Even a .25 percent increase in rates can mean more than a $100 increase in the monthly payment on a $1,000,000 loan (which is an average loan in this market). Going from 4.5 percent to 6.5 percent, as many 3-1 ARMs could do in the next year, would mean a monthly payment of $5,066.85 increasing to $6,320.68. And while some ARMs place limits on the amount a payment can increase in any one adjustment period, such adjustment caps can be deceptive: If caps have artificially kept a payment below the interest due, unpaid interest may be added to the amount of the original loan, increasing debt even though payments are being made.
Matt Rohrbach, a loan officer with Stanford Mortgage, Palo Alto, does not feel it's time to start panicking, however, reminding that "although interest rates are not what they were a few years ago, historically speaking, they're still quite, quite low. ...Payments will go up a little, but I think people will stretch and make it work." He suggests, however, that for those committed to their homes in the long term, this may be a good time to convert to a fixed-rate mortgage.
Rick Stern of Stern Mortgage, Palo Alto, agrees. "This is really unusual. I've been doing this for 28 years and I've never seen it quite like this. Fixed rates have not moved up as much as the adjustable rates have. The fixed rates have stayed pretty stable. They're terrific, in my opinion." At rates as little as .25 percent more than an ARM, and without the risk of increases, he feels fixed-rate mortgages make a lot of sense for those looking to secure a long-term home.
So are ARMs simply an unnecessary risk in the current market? Stern doesn't think so. "It depends on a person's needs. If you're getting into a property today and you expect to be out of that property in three or four years, you could save that quarter percent. Most of the people come into my office and say they're going to be in their home forever, and I tell them, no, you're not. The fact is that the average American keeps a loan for less than four years."
And with appreciation rates over the last five years being, in Rohrbach's words, "outrageous," many people can take equity out of their homes to offset any rise in ARM rates.
"Or you can sell your house and walk away with $300,000 you never would have had," he said. "An ARM is just a tool. You want to use the right tool for the right job."
Right now, Stern and Rohrbach agree the best tool for someone looking to acquire a long-term family home is probably a fixed-rate mortgage, while someone who has followed a job to Palo Alto and could follow a better job somewhere else in a few years may find that an ARM is a more suitable tool. It is important to rationally assess personal needs, rather than rush into the loan with the cheapest initial payment plan, they said.
Even interest-only and 1 percent loans have their uses, but are generally for more sophisticated buyers. "I get infuriated with how they're sold," said Rohrbach. "'Wow, I can save you a TON of money!' they say, but with those low payments, what they don't tell you is the balance gets larger and larger." He warns that there are plenty of predators pushing low-interest loans on the uninformed, so the buyer should always beware, but also understand that legitimate ARMs have their uses.
"I would venture to guess that people have paid less, in the long term, with ARMs," said Stern. "Since 1989 they've crept down and down and down until a year and a half ago they started creeping back. It's important to realize that history is no indication of what the future may bring. They'll go up and down and stay the same, but not necessarily in that order. We never know what's going to happen next. I guess that's part of what makes it fun."
Editorial intern Dan Shilstone can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org.
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October 21 is Wonder Woman Day. It commemorates Wonder Woman’s first appearance in All Star Comics #8. With the upcoming release of Wonder Woman 1984, we took the opportunity to talk superheroes, superpowers and protecting data with our very own Briana Butler, Engineering Services Manager at Webroot.
Q: Wonder Woman got her powers from her divine mother, Queen Hippolyta. How did you get your data protection superpowers?
I had a reboot in life. I was previously a retail buyer then I went back to school for computer science and ended up switching to the business school. I was hired at Webroot to be a bridge between engineering and business – you have to have people that can speak both languages – and that’s exactly what I wanted to do and what I was trying to forge with my new career.
I first began as a data analyst, which meant working on privacy compliance, GDPR, CCPA, and data mapping, understanding where data is stored and processed, and who has access to it. My latest role is as an Engineering Services Manager, meaning I help engineering and product with personnel and hiring needs, ISO certification and making sure our development teams receive the training they need to stay up to date with the fast pace of tech.
Q: Wonder Woman had several superpowers, or super powerful gadgets, like indestructible bracelets and a lasso that forced people to tell the truth. Is cyber resilience a superpower?
Every superhero has different talents or powers. When we think of cyber resilience, it’s sort of like our own personal toolbox of powers that we can use against malicious actors who want to take our data and make money off it.
Our toolbox of cyber resilience includes basic best practices like knowing how to create a strong password, not clicking every link that comes into your email inbox and daily behaviors of how to navigate and defend yourself online. The goal is to live your best digital life confidently, without disruption.
Q: What about our data? Does that give us any powers that we wouldn’t have without it?
I think it’s more about understanding the power data has if we give it away. When we give people access to our data, that’s when it becomes powerful. Whether it’s corporations or malicious actors, when we willingly hand out our data, that gives it power because then, they know things about us. I talk a lot about privacy and why everyone should be more critical and cognizant of the data they’re sharing. We share a lot more than we realize. It’s time for all of us to understand what we’re sharing and then decide if we, personally, really want to share it.
Q: Wonder Woman encountered her fair share of comic strip villains, like the Duke of Deception, Doctor Psycho and Cheetah. Who are the villains in the digital world?
They’re the malicious actors and cybercriminals who would take your data and sell it on the open market. It could even be the person trying to get access to your Hulu account. There are also nation-state actors and the companies you buy things from. There’s a huge spectrum of villains, and they all want your data. There’s big money in data. So, it’s important that you’re aware of what’s being shared.
I’ve started reading privacy policies – those long, convoluted legal documents – to see if I can understand where I’m going to be sharing my information and make a more conscious decision.
For one large social platform, when I went through it, I started asking myself, am I really okay sharing this information? Do I really need this service or platform? Is it necessary in exchange for what I’m about to share with them? In the end, I didn’t sign up for it.
I’ve also gone through the frustrating and somewhat time-consuming act of cleaning up all my passwords and using a password manager. Most people say they have anywhere from 15 to 20 password-protected accounts. But when I went through all the places I’ve shared my password, it was upwards of 100!
One of my favorite topics is password strength. We recently did an analysis of password configurations with Maurice Schmidtler, our head data scientist, who created a Monte Carlo simulation. We took what you usually see when you’re told to create a password – like using uppercase and lowercase letters or special symbols – and applied those within the simulation. What we found was that the more constraints you put on a password, the fewer viable options you have for a strong password, meaning it decreases the number of good password options. Whereas if you focus on creating a strong password, where length is more important than the various character-type constraints, you’ll end up with a much stronger password. Length is strength because it takes more computing power to break.
Q: Wonder Woman was a founding member of the Justice League. So, even she needed the help of a squad to defeat the villains. Do we need help from a squad to be more cyber resilient?
We all need assistance because as humans, we are fallible. Inevitably, someone might click on a malicious link, or some unforeseen event might happen where you need a backup that’s going to allow you to recover data instead of losing it permanently.
When it comes to ransomware, or really any other attack, you need awareness. That’s why we encourage proactive education and regular security awareness training, so people truly understand the threat landscape and how to identify the most prevalent types of attacks.
Q: At one point in the story, Wonder Woman surrendered her superpowers and used fighting skills instead. In what ways do we surrender our powers when it comes to cyber resilience?
Oversharing content or data about yourself, your name or address are surefire ways to surrender power in the digital age. All these things identify you and allow criminals to gain insight that can be used against you through social engineering.
You’re also surrendering power when you practice poor cyber hygiene, like repeating passwords across multiple logins. Once a cybercriminal gains access to one login, they can discover more details about you and use it elsewhere. For example, you may not be worried about a criminal getting access to your Netflix account, but if you use the same password there as you do with your bank, then the situation just became much more serious.
You also surrender power by not protecting your home network and not using VPN when you’re on public Wi-Fi. People often think “it won’t happen to me,” until it’s too late. And recovery can be costly and time-consuming. That’s why implementing layers of protection up front strengthens cyber resilience and helps keep your digital life easy, secure and free of complications.
Q: Are you going to watch the new Wonder Woman movie?
Oh sure! I will because I’ve seen all the other ones. I’m a big fan of Guardians of the Galaxy. And, of course, I love Iron Man. And I was a big fan of Black Panther, too. Doctor Strange is also one of my faves.
Q: If cybercriminals were villains from Wonder Woman, who would they be?
The Duke of Deception! Hackers, cybercriminals and nation-state actors are constant antagonists, and that’s exactly who we defend our users against.
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Basketball came about because a doctor and physical education teacher wanted a sport his students could play indoors during the harsh Massachusetts winter. His hopes were the game would help players work on hand-eye coordination, jumping, running, shooting and ball handling, but not a lot of player contact. His hopes were fulfilled with basketball. The game has not changed much over the years, but its ball has seen quite a few developments.
First Game Ball
Dr. James Naismith invented the game of basketball in 1891, but the game didn’t get its own ball until three years later. Early basketball players used a soccer ball, which they threw into half-bushel peach baskets hung on opposite ends of the gym.
First Basketball Ball
Naismith called on A.G. Spalding & Bros. to come up with a ball specifically for the game of basketball in 1894, the NBA website says. The company created a leather ball held together with laces and weighing in at fewer than 20 oz. The first basketball had a circumference of 32 inches, which was four inches bigger than a soccer ball.
Basketball laces went by the wayside in 1948, with the new molded construction and a smaller circumference of 30 inches becoming official in 1949. Basketball design advanced again, with its traditional four panels changed to eight, and the NBA adopted this as its official ball design in 1970. The NBA also adopted Spalding’s full-grain leather ball as its official ball in 1983, although other leagues and players use a variety of different brands, some made of synthetic rubber or rubberized materials rather than leather. Specialized basketballs for smaller players, high school players and specific for indoor or outdoor use have also come into play.
Improving the basketball is a constant quest, Encyclopdia.com notes. One such improvement was the “Hole-in-One” basketball that featured dimples like a golf ball. The dimples were meant to improve the player’s grip so he could easily palm the ball. Another was an outer basketball shell made of sweat-absorbing polyurethane that had microscopic moisture-wicking holes. Spalding was busy with its own new developments, creating an orange and white game ball with a microfiber composite cover that’s now the official ball in the WNBA. The company came up with a ball that includes a built-in pump in 2001 and a new design for the official NBA ball in 2006. The updated design features a microfiber composite cover, rather than leather, and two interlocking panels rather than the standard eight.
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Summarising six decades of motorsport in brief was always going to be an impossible task. From the first races at Zeltweg Air Base in 1963 to the legendary and extremely fast Österreichring, followed by the Mickey Mouse track – the A1 Ring – to the modern day Red Bull Ring – the history of our legendary race track is brimming with myths, emotions and big names like Jochen Rindt, Niki Lauda, Michael Schumacher, Valentino Rossi and Marc Márquez.
In November, the diggers came to the Red Bull Ring once more. The conversion of the T2 curve into a chicane should provide for even more drama in MotoGP in the future. The chicane, a fluid right-wing combination, will be officially inaugurated at the Austrian Motorcycle Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring in August 2022.
MotoGP fans also got to enjoy two races at the Red Bull Ring. At the second race, the Motorcycle Grand Prix of Austria, Brad Binder took the first home victory for the KTM factory team. Rain made the last laps of the race unbelievably exciting. The fans had experienced a historic moment a week earlier as MotoGP superstar Valentino Rossi announced his retirement at the start of the Styrian GP.
On 11 May 2021, the Red Bull Ring celebrated its tenth anniversary. Two Formula 1 races were again on the schedule in the anniversary year, this time with spectators at the track. 147,000 fans were there to see Max Verstappen make history. With his fourth Spielberg victory, the Red Bull Racing driver beat previous record-holder Alain Prost (three victories) after more than 30 years.
By hosting a double Grand Prix in both Formula 1 and MotoGP, the Red Bull Ring acted as a major pioneer. The lessons learned in hosting major events during the pandemic contributed significantly to the comeback of global sporting events.
In October, the ADAC GT Masters held the 200th race in the history of their racing series at the Red Bull Ring – a milestone for the competition for super sports cars.
Just like in Formula 1, two MotoGP races were held at the Red Bull Ring. The inaugural Styrian Grand Prix was the cause of great celebrations at KTM. Miguel Oliveira notched up a home victory for the Austrian manufacturer. That’s not all – it was not only Oliveira’s first victory in MotoGP, but also the very first victory for the Red Bull KTM Tech3 team in the elite class of motorcycle racing.
For the first time in F1 history, the opening race in the season took place in Austria – without fans in attendance, but with two races at the Red Bull Ring. After the Austrian GP, the Styrian Grand Prix was contested for the first time a week later. The 50th anniversary of Formula 1 in Austria and the return of global motorsport after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic was celebrated with Drum the Bull – an incredible drum roll. At the centre of this spectacle was steel bull acting as a unique sound box.
MotoGP and the Red Bull Ring – that’s an unbeatable pair! The co-operation between the premier class of motorcycle racing and the Red Bull Ring was extended for a further five years. The best riders in the world therefore committed to race at the Red Bull Ring until 2025.
Max Verstappen won the Austrian Grand Prix to end Mercedes’ winning run at Spielberg. It was Red Bull Racing’s first home win.
From November 2015 to the end of April 2016, the entire Red Bull Ring was resurfaced and therefore brought into an ideal condition for the return of MotoGP to Spielberg. More than 200,000 spectators celebrated the first motorcycle Grand Prix in Austria for 19 years. Andrea Iannone took victory ahead of Andrea Dovizioso and Jorge Lorenzo.
Inspired by the rear wing of a racing car, the Red Bull Wing is the architectural highlight of the Red Bull Ring. On the ground floor, the Wing houses the Welcome Center, the Wing Café and the Fan Shop.
After eleven years, Formula 1 returned to Spielberg. Nico Rosberg won the Austrian Grand Prix ahead of Lewis Hamilton (both Mercedes) and Valtteri Bottas (Williams). A few months later, the Red Bull Air Race made its first appearance at the Red Bull Ring. The spectacular race attracted thousands of fans. The victory went to the Frenchman Nicolas Ivanoff, while Nigel Lamb’s second place was enough to secure
In July, the Truck Race Trophy made its first visit to the Red Bull Ring and provided a three-day spectacular on the new track. With the first Spielberg Music Festival in August, there was excitement away from the track too. On 23 July 2013, Formula 1 officially confirmed the return of the Austrian GP to its race calendar.
After one and a half years of construction, the landmark of the Red Bull Ring was completed – a gigantic steel bull in the middle of the race track. The entire sculpture, including the arch, reaches a height of 17.2 meters and a weight of 68 tons. The foundation for the bull was formed by 44 tons of steel poured into 950 tons of concrete.
Three years were spent working on updating and upgrading Spielberg. On 15 May 2011, the time had finally come – Projekt Spielberg officially presented the new Red Bull Ring to the world of motorsport. In June, the DTM became the first major motorsport racing series to thrill tens of thousands of motorsport fans at the Red Bull Ring.
The vision behind Project Spielberg and the ‘Spielberg – Nomen est omen’ brand was not only to operate one of the most modern race tracks in the world, but also to make the best possible use of the potential around the track. Dietrich Mateschitz’s vision was not universally well received and construction was not permitted for several years. It was not until 20 October 2008 that Project Spielberg received the green light to turn its vision into reality.
Michael Schumacher proved on 18 May 2003 that he was capable of winning in Austria without any underhand help – with victory at the A1 ring. It was the last Austrian Grand Prix on this track layout. After the end of the season, the diggers moved in to tear down part of the track.
A year earlier, Rubens Barrichello had received the historic team order of “Let Michael pass for the championship!” Michael Schumacher took second place thanks to Ferrari team orders, while Barrichello finished third. In 2002, Ferrari went even further as the A1 Ring became the scene of one of the most controversial moments in F1 history. Although Barrichello was in the lead for the entire race, he had to let his team-mate pass in the final turn on the orders of Ferrari team principal Jean Todt to give Schumacher the victory.
The numerous changes to the track bore fruit – in 1997, the Formula 1 circus returned to Austria. It would be Gerhard Berger’s final home GP. He ended his racing career after the European Grand Prix with a fifth-place finish in the drivers’ standings.
As part of an F1 test for Sauber, Alexander Wurz not only completed the first laps of his own in an F1 car, but also the first laps of an F1 car ever on the A1 Ring’s new track layout. Williams and Jordan followed suit and also used the newly designed track for testing.
After a huge reconstruction, the Österreichring became the A1-Ring. The track was widened and shortened to 4.3 kilometres. In order to ensure for greater safety, additional run-off zones were built. The Motorcycle World Championship was the first major event to take place on the newly opened A1 ring – where a certain Valentino Rossi stood on the podium in the 125 cc class for the first time in his career.
Despite there being no F1, the motorcycle riders, in particular, continued to provide top racing action at the Österreichring. In the Superbike World Championship in 1993, as one of the last private riders, local hero Andreas Meklau won his first and only World Championship round on a Ducati. He also achieved all of his three other podium finishes on home soil.
The Austrian GP had to be started three times this year. After the first start, there was a crash with several cars requiring the race to be stopped and restarted. On the second attempt, a poor start from Nigel Mansell caused a massive crash with twelve cars on the start-finish straight. Eventually, two hours after the originally planned start, the race got underway. It was the last F1 race on the old layout of the Österreichring.
After the death of Jochen Rindt, it was left to Niki Lauda to attract huge crowds of local fans to the race track. His supporters had to wait a long time to see their idol’s first home win, however. It was not until his tenth attempt that Lauda managed to win at the Österreichring. In the same race, a young Austrian called Gerhard Berger made his debut.
In qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix, Nelson Piquet drove an average speed of more than 244 km/h, consolidating the status of the Österreichring as one of the fastest tracks on the calendar. The race resulted in one of the tightest finishes in Formula 1 history. Keke Rosberg and Elio de Angelis drove side by side towards the finish line and created an extraordinary photo finish. De Angelis won by a margin of 125 thousandths of a second.
From 1975 to 1977, the Österreichring was the place for F1 underdogs. The brilliant drive of Vittorio Brambilla (March) in the rain at the Austrian Grand Prix was overshadowed by a serious accident in the warm-up. American Mark Donohue’s car rolled over, and he died two days later in hospital. As a consequence, the famous Hella S curve was installed to make the Österreichring safer. A year later, John Watson’s debut victory followed, and in 1977 Alan Jones climbed to the top of the podium for the first time. A humorous side note – as nobody had expected Jones’ debut victory, there was no score of the Australian national anthem to follow at the awards ceremony. Instead, the band played Happy Birthday.
On 15 August 1970, the Österreichring hosted its first ever Grand Prix. More than 100,000 spectators watched Jochen Rindt take pole position. In the race, he retired on lap 21 after an engine failure. It was to be Rindt’s last home GP, as a few weeks later the Austrian motorsport legend died in practice for the Italian Grand Prix.
The opening of the Österreichring spelt the end of the bumpy old Zeltweg airfield track, which the drivers had grown to hate. The race track was opened with a 1000-kilometer race. Victory was taken by Joseph Siffert and Kurt Ahrens in the Porsche 917. A name that was still unknown at the time made it into eighth place in the overall standings – Helmut Marko.
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People feeding wild seals in Brixham Harbour are putting the creatures at risk and could be killing them with kindness. Now Brixham Police have asked people to stop feeding the seals which have made their homes in and around the harbour.
In a post on their Facebook page, they say giving the friendly seals food just once could change their habits for life and put them at risk. Police wrote online: “We have received reports of seals being fed from boats within Brixham Harbour. Feeding wild seals creates really big problems for seals and humans.
“Seals are quick learners and just one feed can develop habituated behaviour for life. In their minds, food becomes linked with people and boats.
“This reduces their natural fear of humans and puts them at greater risk from humans and boats. The issue has been raised with the Harbour Master.”
Seals have become a regular feature in the busy harbour, basking in the sunshine on the harbour pontoons and diving for fish in the harbour itself. The South Devon-based Seal Project has reinforced the police advice.
It says its core aims are “Give wildlife space. Do not feed wild seals. Be kind” On its website it says: “Please don’t feed seals. We need them to survive in the most natural way possible.
“If you see seals up close it is tempting to offer them food so that they will come closer but it wouldn’t be kind to do so.”
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My friend, Irma, sent me a posting from a message board about a member of my Powell ancestors. (Grandma Smith to Bennett to Rumbo to Holt to Powell) Other than the Bennett branch, this entire line moves through female ancestors, so I haven’t done as much research since I have a much harder time researching females. Because this is my first research project since August, I thought it would be a good place to get back into research mode.
The dilemma is always deciding what information I can trust to get moving in the right direction. I’d love to know if anyone has a great “rule” for this! My method is this: I took the information from the message (which was a abstract of an estate file) and put it into a group sheet. Since this particular information is coming from estate papers, I feel pretty confident in the accuracy, so I entered the information in black.
Then I go to Ancestry and look for a family tree that matches the information I have. I choose the tree with the most sources attached and I add the dates to my group sheet. Usually, the sources that are attached to the tree in Ancestry are census files, but I feel better knowing that someone has put time into their research as opposed to someone who just enters or copies names with no sources at all. If an attached source proves a date, then I enter the date in black, but all information that I find that is not sourced goes into the group sheet in blue. I add a link to the tree in the notes section of my group sheet with a notation that all information in blue was found in that tree. If I find another well sourced tree that has conflicting information, I also add it to the group sheet, but I use a green font. A link to that tree is also added in the notes section.
Using the information on my group sheet, I begin a “working tree” in Ancestry so that I can search for information and attach files, but I don’t enter anything into my “real” tree until I am much more confident. After I’ve entered that information, I consider my “mission” to be to prove or disprove everything on the group sheet. I look for online sources first. As soon as I find confirmation of a fact, I change the color in my group sheet to black and add an endnote. After I’ve looked through my online subscriptions, I go to the library and dig into the books and microfilm. Sometimes, the information that I find will also yield unexpected results for another branch of my tree. That has been the case here.
In my family files, I had determined that Jehu Rumbo was married to Susan Holt. I had guessed that Susan’s parents were Powell Holt and Margaret Powell, but I decided to follow the Rumbo line instead of the Holt line. The message that Irma sent to me confirmed Susan’s parents. (Now if I can just find the document that was abstracted!) The message gave the names for two generations of Powells and I have been able to determine that 4 Powell siblings married 4 Holt siblings! So as I look through various databases, I’m able to look for both surnames at the same time.
I began this process with 1 group sheet, but now am able to work on 4 group sheets – filling in missing information and confirming “best guesses” that I’ve had up to now.
So the process continues! I have the rest of this week to do as much research as my little heart desires – then it’s back to school. Maybe I’ll have some Snow Days coming my way to keep going with this research!
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The rich and fulfilling conducting career of Sir Colin Davis, who has died aged 85, followed the path taken by so many romantic symphonies from Beethoven's Fifth onwards – from struggle to consolidation, crisis and an emphatic final victory. In his triumphant, but never placid, Indian summer, Davis continued above all to adorn his own monument as the unassailable leading interpreter of the 19th century's most individual composer, Hector Berlioz, frequently returning to other idols in a broad if selective repertoire that ranged from Mozart to Tippett.
The fifth of seven children, he was born in Weybridge, in the affluent stockbroker belt of Surrey. But his father was a bank clerk, and the only form of music in the family flat above a shop came from a gramophone which was the young Colin's solace and delight. In this way he experienced his road to Damascus with a performance of Beethoven's Eighth Symphony which alerted him to what he later called "the power, the tenderness, the beauty, the ferocity of music". A wealthy great-uncle assisted him to a place at Christ's Hospital school, West Sussex, and there an older student encouraged him to take up the clarinet.
Although his teachers tried to steer him towards a career in biology or chemistry, subjects in which he excelled, he was determined on a life in music. There were obstacles to his chosen sphere, conducting, since he had not learned the piano, and having gained a clarinet scholarship to the Royal College of Music, London, where he studied with Frederick Thurston, he found himself barred from conducting classes there.
Another standard route to the podium, that of becoming a repetiteur with one of Germany's many opera companies, would also be closed to him; though looking back in 1991, he had no regrets about his lack of pianistic skill, declaring that "conducting has more to do with singing and breathing than with piano-playing".
In 1949, after military service, which he fulfilled as a clarinettist with the Household Cavalry, he married the soprano April Cantelo, soon to enjoy a distinguished career of her own, and conducted other graduates of the RCM in the newly formed Kalmar Orchestra, rehearsing in the basement of the Ethical Church in Bayswater. Out of the orchestra came the semi-professional Chelsea Opera Group, which invited him to conduct its performances of Mozart's Der Schauspieldirektor and Don Giovanni, an opera which was to remain a constant throughout his life. In Mozart, he later told the New York Times, he found "all those things that helped keep me together … in Mozart you find a fantastic balance between the elements that make up music and make up a human being".
His own life at this time, however, was far from balanced. He had part-time engagements as a clarinettist at Glyndebourne under Fritz Busch, then Mozart's greatest champion, and with the New London Chamber Orchestra. But even supplementary jobs conducting local choirs and coaching at Cambridge failed to bring in an income sufficient to support his wife, son and daughter.
His first break came when he was offered the post of assistant conductor at the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in 1957, and two years later Mozart came to the rescue when Davis took over from an indisposed Otto Klemperer in a concert performance of Don Giovanni at the Royal Festival Hall. Sadler's Wells Opera, where he had conducted Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail, had already offered him the post of chief conductor, and he became the company's music director in 1961. Stravinsky, his other great love of the late 1950s and early 60s, featured in memorable performances of Oedipus Rex and The Rake's Progress, and he faced the challenge of Beethoven's Fidelio for the first time. A personal crisis which precipitated the breakdown of his 15-year marriage, however, led to a request to be released from his five-year contract with the company.
Other possibilities were in the air: influential voices canvassed for him to become the next principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra and music director of the Royal Opera House. Neither post was forthcoming; doubts were voiced about his stability, and many musicians found him, as he admits he then still was, "a bit hard and tactless".
Davis finally turned around his mid-life crisis with careful reading of Hermann Broch's Death of Virgil and Nikos Kazantzakis's The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel; the happiness of his marriage in 1964 to a Persian student, Ashraf Naini – his adored second wife, Shamsi; and appointment to the post of the BBC Symphony Orchestra's chief conductor in 1967, which he described as "the completion of my education".
From this point on there emerged a new Colin Davis – less ambitious and self-indulgent, more ready to work with his orchestral musicians than to confront them. The BBC post allowed him to choose repertoire in co-operation with the supremely diplomatic controller of music, William Glock, and to venture into such complex new scores as Peter Maxwell Davies's Worldes Blis, which he looked back on as the most difficult work he had ever undertaken. He was less comfortable with the patriotic high jinks of the Last Night of the Proms, which he confessed gave off more than a whiff of the first world war antihero Earl Haig. His career had now taken a decidedly international turn, with chief conductorships in the offing from New York and Boston. He later took up the post of principal guest conductor with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, recording his first and perhaps most keenly articulated Sibelius symphony-cycle there in the 1970s.
Instead, he chose to succeed Georg Solti as music director of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. He had already laid down a gauntlet with productions of Berlioz's Les Troyens (1969) and two Tippett operas – The Midsummer Marriage (1968) and the world premiere of The Knot Garden (1970).
Outstanding recordings accompanied all three events, and the Tippett association continued with the heartfelt approval of the composer. Davis and Tippett shared an intellectual curiosity stretching way beyond the bounds of the musical world, and Tippett told Alan Blyth in 1972 that: "Colin has an instinctive understanding of what I want without our ever having discussed it. I just feel that as far as interpreting my music is concerned, he's the tops."
His relationship with the Royal Opera, perhaps inevitably given the countless sensibilities involved, proved less adulatory in the long term. The introspective Davis was perceived as much less of a theatrical animal than his predecessor, Solti; despite successful advances in his own repertoire and his insistence on sharing seasons with other top international interpreters – among them Claudio Abbado, Carlos Kleiber, Riccardo Muti, Zubin Mehta, Loren Maazel, Bernard Haitink and Gennadi Rozhdestvensky – he was still more revered abroad, especially in Amsterdam with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, than at home. Friction with the board of directors, responsibility for four unsuccessful new operas and controversial decisions over productions, not least Götz Friedrich's staging of Wagner's Ring cycle, which he conducted and eloquently defended throughout the 1970s, contributed to a departure earlier than he would have liked, in 1986, after a 15-year reign that would have been more than enough for many other conductors.
Now Sir Colin – he was knighted in 1980, appointed Companion of Honour in 2002 and awarded the Queen's Medal for music in 2009 – he continued to live an unostentatious private life divided between his homes in Highbury, north London, and Suffolk, devoted to his wife, the three sons and two daughters by his second marriage and a pet iguana that would terrorise visiting colleagues by landing on them unpredictably.
The world was more than ever at his fingertips. A fruitful reign, from 1983, at the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, which understood his increasingly mellow and expansive manner perfectly, was followed by a principal guest conductorship with one of the most aristocratic of European orchestras, the Dresden Staatskapelle, in 1990.
Yet a new golden age, with never a harsh word between conductor and players, truly began five years later when he accepted the post he had failed to reach back in 1964 – principal conductor of the LSO. Critics and public were unanimous in acclaiming him the finest interpreter of Berlioz of the age; concert performances of the operas and the pick of the major orchestral works and dramatic cantatas were mostly recorded for posterity (though not the first, ideally cast Barbican Benvenuto Cellini, perhaps the gem of the entire series).
While his Bruckner, Dvořák and Elgar symphonies were now magisterial, offering plenty of vitality within broad lines, Davis's plushly upholstered Sibelius stood in marked contrast to the more volatile, plainer-speaking interpretations of younger conductors. He discovered for himself a British composer whose white-heat inspirations suited him as well as Tippett had done, James MacMillan, and one of his last major undertakings with the LSO was a cycle of Nielsen's symphonies. Berlioz's Requiem was the last work he conducted with the LSO, in June last year.
Davis's commitment to education and fostering the talents of the younger generation was embodied in his 25 years as international chair of orchestral studies at the Royal Academy of Music, which ran parallel to a similar role in Dresden's Music Conservatory. During his time at the academy, he was equally involved in opera productions, concerts, chamber music and masterclasses.To the last, he was certain of the repertoire that suited him best; the Russians, he declared, smacked too much of the circus, and most of Mahler's symphonies struck him as overwrought. Not everything he had once conducted with such vivacity aged well; his later Mozart and Richard Strauss at the Royal Opera could feel rather grandiose, in marked contrast to glorious concert performances with the LSO of three long-term favourites, Britten's Peter Grimes and Verdi's Falstaff and Otello. Mozart continued to be of the essence: when his wife died in 2010, he carried on with his commitment to a run of performances of Le Nozze di Figaro at the Royal Opera House. "How did he do it?", asked Guardian critic Tom Service. The answer was simple: the strength comes from the music, and Mozart is "life itself".
Davis always remained true to a credo of humility, dating back to the turning-point of the mid-1960s, and revering that "something in the air" which was the essence of music. As he put it so eloquently to the writer Helena Matheopoulos: "If people are musical and want to play, they will share this thing with you. I don't know why or how it happens."
Davis is survived by his children.
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Duplin County Animal Control served a search warrant on the property and found a variety of large and small breed dogs and puppies, including German shepherds, dachshunds and yorkies, living in deplorable conditions and suffering from a multitude of untreated medical conditions.
Many of the animals were living in feces and filth and did not have access to clean water or food.
"These dogs were forced to live in filth, with no adequate shelter, for who knows how long. I'm hopeful this rescue, along with the other 17 The HSUS has been a part of since 2011, will move legislators to implement stronger state laws," said North Carolina State Director for the HSUS, Kim Alboum. "We're thankful to Duplin County Animal Control for their leadership and support to help these animals in need."
"The scene is absolutely devastating for these animals. They have endured this for so long," said Duplin County Animal Services Director Joe Newburn. "Puppy mills will not be tolerated in Duplin County. We are grateful for the agencies that stepped in to assist us today."
The owner agreed to surrender the animals.
Two men face multiple charges.
The Humane Society has established a reward program to offer up to $5,000 to anyone who provides information leading to the arrest and conviction of a puppy mill operator for animal cruelty.
Persons wishing to report a valid tip are encouraged to call 1-877-MILL-TIP and will remain anonymous.
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Here is the next instalment of my monthly feature going through the States of the United States in alphabetical order to check out how they got named, what their flag is like and other things of interest.
Location – bordered to the north by Alabama and Georgia but otherwise bordered by sea. Over 20 million people live in Florida. Most of them within 10 miles of the coast.
Origin of name – comes from a Spanish word meaning 'flowery'
Nicknames – The Sunshine State – while having long hours of sunshine, Florida also gets tornado's and hurricanes.
Capital – Tallahassee but Miami is a much bigger city. As well as large cities, there are also small towns like Vernon (named after Mount Vernon).
Flower – Orange blossom
State Tree – Sabal Palm
Signature foods – Key Lime Pie
Famous places to visit – Walt Disney World, Kennedy Space Center, Fort Lauderdale Beach and, of course, the Everglades and Florida Keys. Florida also has the largest collection of Art Deco buildings in the US.
Famous businesses/brands – 16 of the Fortune 500 companies are headquartered in Florida including Burger King, Tupperware and Office Depot.
Famous people from Florida –Faye Dunaway, Pat Boone, Johnny Depp, Ariana Grande, Sidney Poitier (of To Sir with Love fame), Debbie Harry and Chris Evert.
Go to this Pinboard to see the States of the Month so far.
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This is an archived article that was published on sltrib.com in 2012, and information in the article may be outdated. It is provided only for personal research purposes and may not be reprinted.
Madrid • Spain faces another tough year as it grapples with recession, a deep financial crisis and 25 percent unemployment, its prime minister said Friday.
In his end-of-year assessment, Mariano Rajoy said the country's crisis had been worse than anticipated.
"We are facing a very tough year, especially in its first half," he said. "Spain's economy will remain in recession for some time, but we expect it will improve in the second half of 2013."
While Rajoy was speaking, investor concerns government over attempts to shore up the main cause of Spain's problems its shaky bank system sent shares in lender Bankia falling nearly 27 percent.
Spain's economy has been hit hard by the collapse of the country's property market in 2008, which left ordinary Spaniards and banks struggling under the weight of toxic loans and assets. The country's government rushed to prop up its financial system, sending its debt levels higher.
To get its deficit under control, the government introduced a series of harsh austerity measures, such as spending cuts and tax rises. This has had a damping effect on the Spanish economy, pushing it into recession and driving up unemployment.
In its bid to overhaul the financial industry, Spain had to seek a $132.7 billion lifeline from the 17 European Union countries to strengthen its failing banks. Some analysts said Rajoy acted too slowly to shore up failing banks. "Some measures, like bank restructuring, were taken too late," said Guillermo Aranda, CEO at ATL Capital investment company.
The prime minister said Friday that structural reforms and "the restructuring of the financial sector" were key elements in Spain's road to recovery.
However, the stock market showed it was not convinced by the progress made, as shares in Bankia SA fell for a second day, dropping 27 percent as investors rushed to offload their holdings in the bank.
Bankia was formed in 2010 in a merger of seven troubled and unlisted Spanish savings banks, and was floated on the Spanish stock exchange last year. Its shares, a large number of which were sold to individual savers and pensioners, have fallen nearly 80 percent in value since the floatation.
Officials with the country's bank bailout fund the Fund for Orderly Bank Restructuring revealed late Wednesday that Bankia was worth minus $5.5 billion. The bank's negative value a result of combining the bank's current balance sheet with the level of business it is expected to generate in the future was due to worse-than-expected losses of $4.2 billion on toxic property investments.
FROB has used the negative value to determine the size of Bankia's capital injection. The bank, and parent company Banco Financiero y de Ahorros, have received a $24 billion bailout to strengthen their balance sheets $6 billion of which was paid in September.
In a statement released Thursday, BFA said it had received a capital increase of $18 billion. Bankia itself will receive $14 billion of this in the form of bonds.
With both of these operations completed, the BFA-Bankia group said its capital ratios would be "above legal requirements" and would increase its capital levels over the next three years to $7 billion.
However, investors have been offloading their shares in Bankia over the past few days because the $14 billion in bonds will convert into shares next year, thereby significantly diluting the value of existing stock.
As a result of the capital increase, Bankia will be suspended from the IBEX-35 index of leading Spanish shares in January.
Bankia's falling share price Friday also hit Banco de Valencia, another nationalized lender, whose stock fell 20 percent, having closed 21 percent down the previous day.
In his address Friday, Rajoy acknowledged that some of the measures went against the manifesto commitments with which his party won elections by a large majority in November 2011. He said he was keenly aware of the wave of "skepticism, disappointment and mistrust" that was palpable throughout Spain.
"We must persevere in the reforms we have undertaken," said Rajoy.
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Racial Justice, Theologically
February 16, 2017 | 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
View Published Lecture
Recent years have seen the largest protests against anti-Black racism since the civil rights movement a half century ago. Sometimes protesters invoke religious ideas, such as “beloved community,” but other times these protests seem decidedly secular. My talk locates the current struggle for racial justice in a long – but often forgotten – tradition of religiously-motivated social justice organizing that is oriented by appeals to God’s law.
Vincent Lloyd is Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Villanova University. He has held visiting appointments at Notre Dame, the University of Virginia, Emory University, and the University of Wisconsin. His research focuses on the intersection of religion, race, and politics, using the tools of critical theory. Lloyd serves as co-editor of the journal Political Theology, and he is the author or editor of ten books, including Religion of the Field Negro: On Black Secularism and Black Theology (Fordham University Press, 2017), Black Natural Law (Oxford University Press, 2016), and the co-edited collection Anti-Blackness and Christian Ethics (Orbis, 2017). Lloyd’s current research project, funded by the American Council of Learned Societies, focuses on religion and mass incarceration.
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Battlefield 3 (BF3) is a first-person shooter video game developed by EA Digital Illusions CE and published by Electronic Arts. The game was released in North America on October 25, 2011 and in Europe on October 28, 2011. It does not support versions of Windows prior to Windows Vista as the game only supports DirectX 10 and 11.
It is a direct sequel to 2005’s Battlefield 2, and the eleventh installment in the Battlefield franchise. The game sold 5 million copies in its first week of release and the PC download is exclusive to EA’s Origin platform, through which PC users also authenticate when connecting to the game.
Battlefield 3 debuts the new Frostbite 2 engine. This updated Frostbite engine can realistically portray the destruction of buildings and scenery to a greater extent than previous versions. Unlike previous iterations, the new version can also support dense urban areas. Battlefield 3 uses a new type of character animation technology called ANT. ANT technology is used in EA Sports games, such as FIFA, but for Battlefield 3 is adapted to create a more realistic soldier, with the ability to transition into cover and turn the head before the body.
This game looks great and we tested with the highest settings possible. This means we used ‘ultra’ settings and really punished the cards being tested. We ran FRAPS for two minutes on the single player map called ‘Rock and a Hard Place’ for benchmarking.
Curious about the CPU usage in Battlefield 3 we opened the game up in a window and fired up the Windows task manager. With the Intel Core i7 2600K we could see the game accessing five of the processing threads consistently. Since the game seems to run across multiple threads we were a little curious about the game running on the dual core processors like the Intel Pentium G620 and the Pentium G850.
Running Battlefield 3 on the Intel Pentium G620 was definitely giving the processor a workout. The Pentium G620 was running at 95-100% from the point that we started the Rock and a Hard Place mission. The Pentium G620 was working hard, but it was able to keep up and we saw the same performance in Battlefield 3 as with the Intel Core i7 2600K!
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Atom explains why RM+NS is no better than a tornado in a junkyard:
|Darwinism is based on chance, whether Darwinists want to admit it or not.|
We get confused because Artifical Selection is a cause, which causes differential reproduction. “Natural Selection” doesn’t cause to differential reproduction; it is the differential reproduction. It doesn’t cause anything further.
Anyway, since NS is not a cause of anything, it cannot take a random process and make it non-random. It cannot do anything, since it is an effect only.
The only difference between artificial and natural selection is the selector. But somehow artificial selection is a cause, while natural selection is only an effect. Artificial selection, being a cause, can turn a random algorithm into a non-random algorithm, but natural selection can't do anything.
I'm sold. Where do I sign up for the next ID rally?
"I wasn't aware that classical physics had established a position on whether intelligent agents exercising free were constrained by 2LOT into increasing entropy." -DaveScot
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A new health survey commissioned by Grassy Narrows First Nation shows that decades after mercury was dumped into a river system, the physical and mental health of people there is “significantly worse” than that of other First Nations in Canada.
The community-based health survey found that there are fewer elders in Grassy Narrows, which they say suggests people there are dying prematurely.
It also found that one-third of residents of the northern Ontario reserve have lost a close friend or family member to suicide, which is five times an average rate documented in other Ontario First Nations, and 28 per cent had attempted suicide — more than double the rate of other First Nations.
The study also indicates that adult residents over 50 who reported eating more fish as children had experienced poorer success in school and are two times more likely to have an annual income of less than $20,000.
Donna Mergler, a mercury expert at Universite du Quebec a Montreal, who conducted the study, says it is the strongest evidence to date that links a number of “grave” health problems in the community to eating mercury-contaminated fish.
Mercury contamination has plagued the English-Wabigoon River system for half a century, since a paper mill in Dryden, Ont., dumped 9,000 kilograms of the substance into the river systems in the 1960s.
The Ontario government has pledged to spend $85 million to remediate the contamination of the river.
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The first edition of this book outlined what amounted to a breakthrough in the analysis of social behaviour. Since then it has become widely used as an introductory textbook of social psychology. It is invaluable to anyone interested in the subject or whose work involves dealing with people, as well as anyone who wants to know how to make friends and influence people. For this new, fifth edition, Michael Argyle includes the latest research on non-verbal communication, social skills and happiness.
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Michael Argyle (1925-2002) was one of the foremost thinkers in social psychology. He was a reader in social psychology at the University of Oxford and Professor Emeritus at Oxford Brookes University. He was a joint founder of The British Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology and established the social psychology section of the British Psychological Society. His other books include The Social Psychology of Leisure and The Social Psychology of Work.
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The term haemorrhage means blood that gushes forward. Brain haemorrhage is a condition in which there is a sudden gush of blood in the blood tissues that leads to brain damage.
Different people take different amount of time to recover from a stroke. The first few weeks after the stroke are crucial, as you will start to recover from various issues you may face related to communication, memory, walking and such.
While stroke rehabilitation can help you get better, you can also take care of certain things at home to help you make the most of your recovery process.
5 Main Things To Remember During Brain Stroke Recovery
- Going Home
How long after the stroke you can go home will depend on your overall health as well as how your body responds to treatment while in the hospital. In some cases, your doctor may ask you to stay at a convalescent home for some time, before you go back home.
- Speaking And Communicating
Many patients who suffer a stroke face problems in speaking as well as communicating properly. They may find it difficult to find the right words, may find it hard to say more than a few words at a stretch, or may even have problem with speaking at all. This condition is known as aphasia. When you suffer a stroke, the muscles that help you with speech are also affected, and as a result you have trouble speaking.
- Problems With Muscles And Joints
It can be difficult for a stroke patient to resume regular activities as the muscles tend to get weak, or may not respond at all. You could feel the weakness in one part of your body, in only a part of the arm or the leg, or on the entire side. You could also experience stiffness in the muscles, making it difficult to move. The best way to recover from this is to create a specific exercise routine with a physiotherapist. Our trained therapists offer in-home exercise options, which means you can make the most of your rehabilitation phase right in the comfort of your home.
- Problems With Bowel And Bladder Motions
When you suffer a stroke, you often suffer damage to those areas of the brain which are responsible for sending various messages to the bowel and bladder. As a result, you may not realize when you need to go to the washroom, may need to urinate more frequently, or may suffer from diarrhoea or constipation. Your doctor will assist you by prescribing medicines that can help you get better control over your motions, or refer you to a bowel or bladder specialist.
- Eating Or Swallowing Problems
Sometimes, you may suffer damage to your nerves that are responsible for proper swallowing. As a result, you may end up choking or coughing while eating or afterwards, have a lot of hiccups while eating, or experience some discomfort in your chest area while chewing or swallowing. Your doctor will most likely refer you to a speech therapist who can help you with your swallowing problems that will eventually also take care of your eating issues. Sometimes, making a few changes in your diet will be enough to help you swallow and eat better, and your therapist will plan the same accordingly.
Phases Of Recovery After A Brain Stroke
Once the patient starts the recovery process after a brain stroke, it will usually involve a number of phases such as treatment, spontaneous recovery, rehabilitation and return to regular living. The time taken for each patient to completely recover from the effects of the stroke can vary depending on the patient’s overall health and the severity of the stroke.
The treatment after the brain stroke will begin in the hospital with acute care, which is aimed at helping the patient survive and also prevent a recurring stroke. This phase also involves taking complete care of the patientäó»s medical needs. During acute care, the medical team will assess the patientäó»s situation to make sure that all the symptoms are caused due to the stroke and not some other health condition. The team will also assess the type of stroke, the location as well as the severity. Once the patient is out of an immediate danger, the medical team will encourage the patient to start doing certain tasks independently, such as trying to get out of bed, eat and so on.
- Spontaneous Recovery
Spontaneous recovery is the process in which the patient starts to recover independently, without any direct help from the medical team. This type of recovery comes naturally to most of the patients. In spontaneous recovery, soon after the patient has suffered the stroke, some of the abilities that were lost due to the stroke start returning on their own. Most of the spontaneous recovery happens very soon after the stroke, in the first few weeks actually. In some cases, it can also continue for a longer period of time.
Rehabilitation is a part of treatment that is aimed at helping the patient maintain the current abilities, as well as get back some or most of the abilities that were lost as a result of the stroke. The main aim of the rehabilitation process is to help the patient become more independent. In most cases, the rehabilitation process begins right in the hospital, even as the patient is being looked after under acute care. In many patients, the rehabilitation process continues even later. It could be as part of a formal rehabilitation program, or as part of an individual rehabilitation service.
- Return To Regular Living
This is the last phase in the overall recovery phase after a stroke. Depending on the overall health of the patient as well as the severity of the stroke, the rehabilitation to return to regular living could last for a lifetime. It is a process in which the care team will help the patient as well as the family members understand how to deal best with the after effects of the stroke. It could include various activities that help the patient make the best use of available abilities and faculties, provided that the patient has lost some abilities due to the stroke.
As a survivor or as someone who is caring for a loved one who is recovering from a stroke, it is important to fully understand the details of everyday living. A home care giver can assist you in looking after your loved one with the right care and medical expertise.
You can get in touch with our team at Care24 to know more.
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The springwire contact technology from ODU offers great contact stability while transferring current and voltage. Even under difficult conditions such as vibrations or temperature fluctuations, the multitude of individually cushioning contact springs ensures constant power transmission. These connectors have a high current-carrying capacity up to 2,000 A, combined with a low contact resistance and low insertion and withdrawal forces. With far more than 100,000 mating cycles, they offer a long product service life. Both the round and flat versions are available as single contacts.
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Then going out of the Choir into the northern aisle of the church, he dedicated the Altar in the greater chapel in honour of the Holy Cross and the Blessed Martyrs, and afterwards the Altar which is in the midst of the church on the left of the Choir in honour of the Blessed Mary ever Virgin, and of St. Augustine the Bishop, who is Father of our Order.
Lastly, he dedicated the Altar on the south side of the Choir in honour of the most Blessed Mary Magdalene, St. Catherine, St. Cecilia, and the Eleven Thousand Virgins.
This done, masses were celebrated at the several altars, and the Host of Salvation was offered up in all reverence to God. But after midday, the Brothers being gathered together, he consecrated the burial-ground for the interment of the dead outside the church and on the western and southern side thereof.
On that day he granted Indulgences for forty days to them that were there present, and a like grace to all the benefactors of the church and all that visited the altars, as was set forth clearly in the Bishop’s letter concerning the consecration of the church. In this same church there still stand the two altars that were consecrated in Westerhof at the first foundation of the House in that place; for these, by consent of the Bishop of Utrecht, were transferred to this church after the return of the Brothers from Westerhof. One of these was consecrated in honour of St. John the Baptist and the Blessed Apostles St. Peter and St. Paul; this doth stand on the south side of the church. The other was dedicated in honour of St. James and St. John the Apostles.
The Sunday after the Feast of the Blessed Gallus the Abbot (which is in the month of October), was appointed to be kept in every year as the anniversary of the dedication of this church and the several altars therein; and on this day also is kept the Dedication Festival of the House of the Blessed Virgin in Windesem and of the Convent of Nuns at Diepenveen, to the glory and honour of the most Blessed Trinity.
In the same year, when their General Chapter was held at Windesem, the venerable Fathers of the Canons Regular in Brabant came thereto, and were accepted and united to our Fraternity, together with the Houses belonging to them.
In this year from the Feast of Pentecost onward the Canonical Hours were sung in our church after the monastic manner.
Of the death of the beloved Father John Ummen, the first Founder of the Monastery of Mount St. Agnes.
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Astacin Proteases Unit established at Fraunhofer IZI
On 20th May 2020, the Astacin Proteases junior working group started its work at the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology (IZI). This group, which is headed by Dr Daniel Ramsbeck, primarily focuses on the design and development of meprin inhibitors and the development of ovastacin inhibitors. The research group will be funded by the Investitionsbank Sachsen-Anhalt (using funds from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)) for a period of roughly two years.
The astacin family belongs to the proteases, i.e. enzymes that are able to cleave bonds between amino acids. So far, astacins have been found in all living organisms – except for plants. In humans, astacins comprise the bone morphogenetic protein 1 (BMP-1), the meprins α and β, as well as ovastacin. Findings regarding the regulation of astacins through activating factors or inhibitors are important since interruptions in the expression or activity can lead to diseases. In recent years, meprins, in particular, have moved into the focus of drug research and constitute promising drug targets for treating kidney diseases, fibroses – pathological changes in the connective tissues – or even cancers.
The expression of ovastacin was, for example, proven in the ovary and the ovules and is an innovative drug target to treat infertility. At present, such a treatment is very expensive and typically involves hormonal treatment. In contrast, the approach pursued by the Astacin Proteases unit (together with scientists from Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz) addresses a recently discovered dysregulated mechanism in ovastacin function. This pursues the aim of developing an innovative and non-hormonal treatment option for infertility. In mid-June 2020, the first important findings obtained in these research activities were published in the article ”Primary evaluation of potential small molecule inhibitors of the astacin metalloproteinase ovastacin, a novel drug target in female infertility treatment” by Hagen Körschgen (Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz), Christian Jäger (Fraunhofer IZI), Kathrin Tan (Fraunhofer IZI) et al. in the renowned journal ChemMedChem, doi: 10.1002/cmdc.202000397.
In addition to research on human proteases, the team around Dr Ramsbeck is also working on astacins from parasitic nematodes. The scientists aim to develop novel substances for treating worm infections. These are initially to be used in veterinary medicine and then, based on this, developed further for treating humans. Among nematodes, which are virtually found everywhere, it is in particular the species found in tropic and sub-tropic regions that can cause serious illnesses in humans. These, e.g., include elephantiasis – a severe lymphoedema which involves massive swelling of testicles, legs and feet – or blindness. Moreover, the global increase in resistances necessitates the development of innovative drugs.
At Fraunhofer IZI, the Astacin Proteases unit can rely on broad expertise in the field of the development of the so-called small molecules. Dr Ramsbeck, who has headed the laboratory of medicinal and peptide chemistry of the Department of Drug Design and Target Validation, the IZI branch in Halle (Saale), since 2013, explains: “We have been very successful in the field of astacin protease inhibitors and, in particular, we have succeeded in developing the first highly selective and active inhibitors of meprin α and β in recent years. We now want to expand this expertise and apply the knowledge developed to other proteases of the astacin family.” In the long run, the researchers at the Fraunhofer IZI site in Halle (Saale) hope to develop new treatment options on this basis. In this process, inhibitors developed by the unit can be characterised further directly on site and examined in terms of their effectiveness, cytotoxicity and further aspects of pre-clinical drug development.
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Janine Zacharia, a former foreign correspondent for The Post, is a visiting lecturer in Stanford University’s Department of Communication.
Riyadh’s Criminal Court is scheduled to announce a verdict Wednesday in a trial of two of Saudi Arabia’s leading human rights activists. Mohammad Fahad al-Qahtani and Abdullah al-Hamid face 11 criminal charges, including tarnishing the reputation of the state and providing false information to international organizations about thousands of Saudis who have been arbitrarily detained.
The six-month trial has received scant media attention — Saudi police detained a Sky News crew that tried to report on the final court hearing on Dec. 29.
Washington has been silent. With the Middle East in turmoil and its other bedrock Arab ally, Hosni Mubarak, gone, the United States has become ever more reliant on Saudi Arabia to help restore regional stability.
The Obama administration wants Saudi Arabia to keep supplying arms to Syrian rebels to force the ouster of Bashar al-Assad and to continue pumping oil at levels that keep gasoline prices low. In return, the United States says little or nothing publicly about human rights abuses in the kingdom, apart from its annual State Department human rights report. Similarly, U.S. officials avoid discussing Saudi Arabia’s role in helping neighboring Bahrain crush dissent.
In March 2011, I interviewed Qahtani, an economics professor, in Riyadh as part of a reporting trip for The Post, during which I sought to assess the Saudi regime’s vulnerability to the revolutionary tide that was sweeping the Middle East. Saudi King Abdullah was secure. Even his top critics, such as Qahtani, wanted him to remain monarch — just to rule more benevolently.
It was 8 a.m. when we met. Still, his cellphone rang every few minutes. Qahtani had just publicized that he was compiling a list of Saudis who had been detained, some for years, without any contact with the outside world. Women whose sons or fathers or husbands had disappeared into Saudi custody were calling for help.
It seemed extraordinary to me at the time that Qahtani was not in prison. That he was able to operate so freely appeared to indicate a loosening of the regime’s tight grip on society. Next I went to Jiddah, where I saw other potential signs of liberalization. There, I reported on young men and women who openly mingled and even gently mocked the regime in public at a vibrant bookstore cafe.
Whatever slight opening I perceived, however, was either misread or short-lived. Qahtani’s trial is just one case in point. The Saudis have since shut down the Bridges bookstore, telling locals it was because it sold books and hosted talks that violated the teachings of Islam, allowed for the mixing of the sexes and was open during Muslim prayer times.
As we spoke via Skype last fall, Qahtani rattled off a list of writers and activists who had been detained in the weeks prior. Twitter and similar social-networking sites are alive and well in Saudi Arabia. But anyone who posts anything the regime deems offensive risks being arrested.
That happened last month to Turki al-Hamad, a prominent Saudi writer whose tweets the Saudi government deemed offensive to Islam. Amnesty International is protesting the Saudi government’s decision last month to prosecute a 25-year-old blogger, Raif Badawi, for apostasy, a charge that carries the death penalty. The charges relate to online articles he wrote, including one about Valentine’s Day, a holiday whose celebration is prohibited in Saudi Arabia. More examples abound.
When I told Qahtani that I didn’t foresee President Obama speaking out on his case because of more pressing national U.S. security concerns, he acknowledged that was likely true.
“We take it upon ourselves, to be honest with you,” he said. “It’s our own fight.”
Qahtani told me a few days ago that he expects to be sent to prison for roughly three years — a sentence the Saudi regime will deem “palatable to international human rights organizations.”
“The Saudi regime doesn’t care about its local subjects,” he said. “This is my expectation. I hope I am wrong on that one.”
Saudi Arabia’s human rights record has always been appalling. The chaotic outcome of the Arab revolutions has, regrettably, made the United States and other Western powers even more reluctant to pressure Saudi leaders to promote democratic reforms.
With good men facing jail, now would be the right time for Western governments — and Washington in particular — to set aside those concerns and do something to try to reverse this trend of Saudi Arabia imprisoning writers and activists.
That Saudi Arabia allows so much freedom on its pan-Arab Al Arabiya satellite channel and Al Hayat newspaper while continuing to imprison writers and activists at home is especially hypocritical and abhorrent. It’s a point that Obama should make to the Saudis, to at least try to prevent Qahtani and his colleague from being sent to jail and silenced.
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Half of strokevictims in UAE are under 45
Medics blame shocking statistic on poor diet and sedentary lifestyle
Doctors have warned many UAE residents need to undergo “urgent lifestyle changes” – as new figures revealed half of stroke victims are under the age of 45.
Dr Suhail Al Rukn, a neurology consultant and Head of the Stroke Unit at Rashid Hospital, said the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) statistics contrast sharply with the global average – which shows 80 per cent of patients are over 65.
Between 7,000 and 8,000 people in the country suffer a stroke every year – about one an hour.
Al Rukn said: “For the UAE, this is an alarming statistic and it calls for urgent lifestyle changes and an increase in awareness.”
Al Rukn blamed sedentary lifestyles, diabetes, obesity, dependence on fatty foods and a diet high in salts for the worrying statistic.
He said the average intake in the UAE is almost eight times the international average.
Al Rukn said: “In the UAE, 18 to 20 per cent of the population is obese, 20 per cent of population are diabetics.”
Describing recent cases, Al Rukn told 7DAYS: “I dealt with a 31-year-old Egyptian expat yesterday, who suffered a stroke that affected his right side and his ability to speak.
“Another time I dealt with a 23-yearold man who suffered from a stroke and currently he’s handicapped.”
Al Rukn said that neither of these patients was overweight – but both were heavy smokers with high blood pressure.
Dr Al Rukn said that the diet of many people in the UAE is putting them at risk of a stroke. He said: “The high salt consumption is a major issue. The average amount of salt needed on a daily basis in 2 grams, however, the average amount of salt people in the UAE consume per day is 15 grams – which is way above the required limit.” Those already at risk can reduce the chances of having a stroke with simple lifestyle changes, Al Rukn added. He said: “With the World Stroke Day coming on October 29, I would like to address that in many cases a stroke can be prevented. Eating a balanced diet, exercising regularly and getting your blood pressure checked would make a huge difference.” Doctors recommend the public be aware of the signs of a stroke – the FAST test – as quick treatment means the difference between a recovery and a life of disability. Key signs are the face falling to one side, a failure to raise the arms and slurring speech.
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New and Improved!
Americans were greeted by claims of “New and Improved!” on more and more foods and consumer goods during the second half of the 20th century. Scientific approaches to farming and manufacturing brought higher yields and an abundant, affordable food supply. New appliances in the home that demanded greater energy consumption symbolized a prosperous, postwar American way of life for many. Optimistic attitudes about “progress” and “better living” continued throughout the century, even as many raised questions about the long-term effects of mass production and consumerism, especially on the environment, health, and workers.
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On Tuesday, we wrote about Apple’s most notable patents and other recent patents. Now, more than ever, companies are frequently filing patents for upcoming inventions.
Companies like Microsoft, Samsung and Sony are making moves in an effort to have their innovative inventions come to life.
Here is a glance at what these companies are currently working on!
Microsoft- The most recent patent filed by Microsoft leads people to believe that “Kinect Glasses” are ahead. Microsoft filed a patent titled, “Multiplayer Gaming With Head-Mounted Display.” This new patent for a head-mounted display would help recognize a second player in a multiplayer game, receive verbal cues to participate in that game and then use eye tracking in order to display images with the glasses. In addition, the program also will work with both players’ perception in an effort to create an integrated visual experience. What this means is what one person sees from one point of view will be matched by the perception of his or her opponent.
This device would require processing a great deal of separate data points like eye tracking, vocal cues and movement tracking, in order to create an immersive experience; although, this seems to be a very ambitious endeavor for Microsoft, we are very excited to see if this idea comes to fruition.
Samsung- At the beginning of August, we wrote a blog about wearable technology, and talked about the up and coming invention of smartwatches. Since then, on July 29, Samsung filed a U.S. Patent for a device called the Samsung Galaxy Gear. This invention is described as, “wearable digital electronic devices in the form of a wristwatch, wrist band or bangle capable of providing access to the Internet and for sending and receiving phone calls, electronic mails and messages.” This description leads one to believe that Samsung is, in fact, working on its own version of a smartwatch.
Sony- You have probably been there before. You are taking pictures and you are constantly switching the camera from portrait to landscape. At the beginning of August, Sony filed a patent that describes a camera with a sensor that will rotate independently of the camera. In addition, the system will include an LCD screen on the back of the camera that will rotate in a similar manner and can control the orientation of the sensor inside. If Sony ever follows through with this patent and creates a real-life invention, switching the orientation of a photograph will no longer require any rotating of your camera itself.
Only time will tell if Microsoft, Samsung and Sony will follow through on their most recent patents. If they do, these inventions will transform the world of technology and add more fuel to the fire for companies to continue filing patents for future inventions.
Copyright Davison 2013
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Decisions to perform moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) involve behavioral cognitive processes that may differ within individuals depending on the situation.
Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) was used to examine the relationships of momentary behavioral cognitions (ie, self-efficacy, outcome expectancy, intentions) with MVPA (measured by accelerometer). A sample of 116 adults (mean age, 40.3 years; 72.4% female) provided real-time EMA responses via mobile phones across 4 days. Multilevel models were used to test whether momentary behavioral cognitions differed across contexts and were associated with subsequent MVPA. Mixed-effects location scale models were used to examine whether subject-level means and within-subjects variances in behavioral cognitions were associated with average daily MVPA.
Momentary behavioral cognitions differed across contexts for self-efficacy (P = .007) but not for outcome expectancy (P = .53) or intentions (P = .16). Momentary self-efficacy, intentions, and their interaction predicted MVPA within the subsequent 2 hours (Ps < .01). Average daily MVPA was positively associated with within-subjects variance in momentary self-efficacy and intentions for physical activity (Ps < .05).
Although momentary behavioral cognitions are related to subsequent MVPA, adults with higher average MVPA have more variation in physical activity self-efficacy and intentions. Performing MVPA may depend more on how much behavioral cognitions vary across the day than whether they are generally high or low.
Pickering (firstname.lastname@example.org), Huh, Liao, Pentz, and Dunton are with the Dept of Preventive Medicine, Institute for Prevention Research, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. Intille is with the College of Computer and Information Science and Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA.
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Recent Tutoring Session Reviews
"Today the student worked on his supplements for his university today. We went on the university's website to research facets of the university that uniquely address his diverse interests. We landed on the Integrated Degree in Engineering, Arts, and Sciences, and he wrote about the appeal of the university's flexibility and capacity to allow him to study his interests both in isolation and in tandem. He used the example of graphic design and physics to demonstrate how he would take advantage of their resources. We also brainstormed on how he might take advantage of the independent study program and have a 200-word draft of the statement. He will edit and potentially continue to expand on this statement before its due date. We then began to brainstorm on the second set of topics to determine which one he will write about. He narrowed it down to the "5 characteristics of a successful person" question and the "if your name were an acronym" question. Before next session, he will decide which question he'd like to answer and brainstorm on the topic."
"Last night, the student and I worked on her remaining essay questions for the university, finishing all of the short-answer ones and brainstorming ideas on what she could write about for the other one that's 300 words maximum. We also discussed some of her fears about one of the questions, which asked her to detail how she could enrich the campus. She was worried that because she is only one person, there would be no way for her to create any real change or difference, and she feared that this meant she probably wouldn't get in. We discussed the fact that she is applying to many schools and that she can only attend one, and that rejection is often opportunity in disguise. In the last session on Wednesday, I'd like to get as much work done as possible on the essays left for this university. I asked her to work on those before we meet again, and I'm hoping we can do some editing and revising."
"Religion class out of character response to previous in character (Thomas Paine) and responses to two students. Help student formulate response, corrected work completed for posting."
"We reviewed her math homework (10 problems) and she did them very well. She seemed very confident when completing those problems. We then did a game to work on suffixes and prefixes and the meanings of those. This will help her when she comes to a word and she is not sure how to say it or what it means. Knowing the meanings of the suffixes and prefixes will help her confidently break down the word in order to find the meaning of the whole word. We completed the session by working on expanding her vocabulary. I gave her a few words, she would tell me the word, write a sentence using the word, and then we would discuss if she used the word correctly. I moved her to a 6th grade word list today and she did well. We will keep working through it."
"The student and I covered his progress with the two projects that I have been helping him to improve. We finalized the talking points for the political cartoon project, and his presentation in front of the class, then discussed additional rhetorical devices for a second project. He seems to now understand various rhetorical devices better, and is able to apply his knowledge to disparate articles and political cartoons."
"This week we covered problem and solution and digraph sounds (ph, wh, sh, th). The student did an excellent job reading his book this week, decoding words, and identifying the problem and solution. He still struggles with some words but is getting better at sounding them out without any help. He was very engaged in a spider web game we played with digraph sounds. I will find similar games for our next sessions to keep him engaged. He still struggles with mixing up vowel sounds or identifying the vowel sounds. We will review these sounds in the future. I notice that his confidence with reading is improving as well. One strategy I introduced to him was skipping a hard word and reading the rest of the sentence. Once he had read the entire sentence, I had him go back to the word and see if he could figure out what made sense based on the sounds that he knew. He should continue to practice this strategy when he can't sound a word our and doesn't know what it is."
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What Playground Politics Can Teach You About Search Engine Optimization
Do you remember the cool kid at school? Let’s call him Chad. Everyone looks up to Chad. They hang on his every word. Everyone wants to be friends with him.
We all want to be friends with Chad, don’t we? We want to let him know how awesome we are; how we are just like him. And maybe if we are enough like him, he will see fit to be friends with us. At which point, although we’re not nearly as popular as him, we are at least under his wing.
Does any of this sound familiar? That’s right – Chad is Google.
There is no way that Chad is going to let you hang out with him unless you act like he would like. After all, he has a reputation to preserve.
If Google is going to endorse your site by putting it high up in its rankings, it’s going to want to make sure that your site is worthy of such an honour.
First of all, your content has to be relevant. Your meta tags (title and description – forget about meta keywords), headers (H1, H2, etc), and general content should all follow a similar theme. If your site lacks coherence, Google is not going to want people to see it.
Chad doesn’t like someone who tries too hard. He’s only going to hang out with someone who is effortlessly cool.
Any site that is caught trying to artificially mould their content in order to get ahead in the rankings is frowned upon by Google. Forget about keyword density and all of the so-called ‘science’ behind optimizing your site’s content. Just bear your chosen keywords in mind, and write for your audience.
Chad won’t hang out with you unless you look the part.
Website design is becoming more important in Google’s eyes. The Panda update infamously targets sites not only with ‘spam’ and ‘scraped’ content, but also with ad-heavy designs. Some SEO experts think that Google’s next move will be to consider a site’s design and layout. Perhaps Google is already doing that, to an extent.
So get ahead of the curve. Your website design should be great so that:
- Google likes your site
- Your visitors like your site
Seems pretty sensible, right? Don’t neglect your website’s design.
Chad won’t want to want to hang out with you unless you are socializing with all the right people.
Google won’t be happy to rank you highly just because you have useful and relevant content, and a great design. That is just the first vital step. What Google does next is look to other sites to understand how popular you are. And that is when backlinks come in.
The 4 Layers of External Link Valuation
- Google likes it if a website links to you.
- They like it even more if the link’s anchor text is relevant to the content on your site.
- They like it even more if the website that is linking to you has content that is relevant to your site.
- They like it even more if the link is from a reputable source.
If you want to be friends with Google and get further up the rankings, you need to target backlinks with the above in mind.
Social proof is becoming important to Google as a measure of your website’s worthiness. Google assumes that if lots of people are sharing your content, they like it. It feels more comfortable with pushing your website higher up the rankings if you have plenty of social proof. This consideration may not be part of Google’s algorithms right now, but it is a safe assumption that it will be, to an extent at least, in the future.
If You Want To Be Friends With Chad, You Will Have To Conform
When it comes to establishing a long term relationship with Google, there is no shortcut to success. If you produce quality content and attract the attention of reputable sites, Google will eventually see fit to push you up the rankings.
You can game Google to an extent, but that is rarely a viable long term strategy on competitive keywords.
I am not saying that you should completely change your approach to SEO. ‘Grey hat’ tactics have their place, and can be effective. But if you are building an authority site and looking long term, going along with what Google wants is the only viable long term strategy.
Photo courtesy of woodleywonderworks
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Signs have been an integral part of our communication since the earliest days of life evolution. In the Stone Ages it was signs and figures that were used to send signals across masses. The sign industry evolved with the evolving life history. Signs were used as means to interact with those of unfamiliar language and culture. Signs have much simpler and unambiguous communication patterns than words. Logo designs are the modern products of this sign industry that help the organization to mark their presence differently from other market leaders.
Greeks laid the Foundation: The signs used for sending signals like war and peace soon made their way to a higher level where they were used to distinguish the coins of one country from the other and the Greeks or Romans were the one to start with it.
Transition of Symbols into Logo Designs: With the expanding number of nations on the surface of earth and proliferation of languages and cultures. These signs and symbols became the necessity of nations in order to maintain their individuality but with a broader horizon that stretched from simple color or alphabet to particularly defined trademarks. Numerous inventions and techniques have contributed to the contemporary logo design, including coins, trans-cultural diffusion of logographic languages, silver hallmarks and the development of printing technology.
Present Age Logo designs: With the industrial revolution and diversification of business entities in the market, the trends of logo designs changed tremendously and shaped up into a fully developed industry. An enormous number of online applications, need for identity development and various marketing tools and forums contributed to the evolution of this industry. Modern logo designs are much more than just having a graphical image of your organization.
In the present era, there are numerous organizations or products/services of different organizations that are similar in nature therefore, in order to get your organization recognized by the customer and to cast a different and unique image among the competitors, an enviable logo design for an organization is must. As it is said that Actions speak louder than Words and since logo design is also a visual tool like an action therefore it has a much wider and stronger impact on the target customers.
The journey from a simple symbol till today has attached an enormous importance for the incorporation of a logo design into ones business strategy. An unimpeachable quality logo design serves as a powerful marketing tool that helps your organization to tie a firm knot with your clients/ customers. Thus, helps to increase your sales.
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A short summary of the principal controversies between the Church of England, and the church of Rome. :
Being a vindication of several Protestant doctrines, in answer to a late pamphlet intituled, Protestancy destitute of Scripture-proofs.
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London : printed for Richard Chiswell, at the Rose and Crown in S. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCLXXXVII.
Anonymous. By William Sherlock.
Imprimatur on leaf A1v: Imprimtur. Hen. Maurice RRmo in Christo P.D. Wilhelmo Archiep. Cant. à Sacris. Junii 4. 1687.
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In April of 2010, City Commissioner Craig Lowe won the election for mayor in Gainsville, Florida, becoming the first openly gay mayor of a North Florida city. He beat conservative businessman Don Marsh, despite an ant-gay smear campaign that included a church sign that read, “No Homo Mayor.”
Mr. Lowe was clearly the most qualified candidate in the race, which brought him the endorsement of many community groups.
About a year earlier, Gainsville voters rejected Amendment 1, an attempt to eliminate anti-discrimination protections for LGBT residents.
In winning the election, Mr. Lowe joins a small group of about 30 LGBT mayors elected within the last year, including the mayors of Houston, Texas and Dillon, Colorado.
Tens of thousands of gay servicemembers have been kicked out of the U.S. military both before and after the adoption of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. And with the U.S. Senate’s December, 2010 vote to repeal that policy, it is fitting we remember the very first discharged – Lieutenant Gotthold Frederick Enslin. It all [...]
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Eton College has launched a live online entrepreneurship course for students aged 14–20, through its edtech subsidiary EtonX.
The course will allow students to develop and pitch their own business idea in a virtual classroom, and is made up of seven classes, interactive content, project work, and video advice from entrepreneurs.
Small teams of students will be taken through a process of identifying a business idea, developing a value proposition, refining the concept, and making a final pitch.
You might also like: Open University launches first paid online course
Catherine Whitaker, CEO and head of learning at EtonX said: “Many teenagers are thinking about starting a company or simply want to know how a business idea is developed.
“Our virtual classroom and interactive content let students develop their idea week by week before they pitch it. They are guided by our expert tutors and gain inspiration throughout from startup founders, which will be challenging, but perhaps slightly less daunting than selling ideas to Sir Alan Sugar or one of the TV Dragons or Sharks.”
You might also like: Online courses launched by The Times and The Sunday Times
The course has been developed through discussions with Eton College’s teachers and students from its Entrepreneurship Society who have benefitted from numerous competitions, activities and business insights from guest speakers. Self-study sections of the course also include insights from UK-based startup founders.
Part of EtonX’s Future Skills Programme, the course is one in a series of eight online soft skills courses accessible to teenagers and students across the world.
For more information, and to sign up, visit https://etonx.com/courses/entrepreneurship/
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Eight blasts rocked the Bodh Gaya temple in the south of Gaya district in the state of Bihar between 5:30 a.m. and 6 a.m. on Sunday, July 7, 2013. Two live bombs were also recovered at the blast site. One man was detained not long after the bombings, and five more suspects were picked up by the Indian national investigation agency on July 9.
Security experts say that the explosive devises could have been made from ammonium nitrate or potassium permanganate, both of which are widely available and are commonly used in bomb-making.
The disaster has been heavily politicized. The Bharatiya Janata Party called for a statewide strike the day after the blasts protesting the government's failure to fight terrorism. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee suggested that the violent acts were a “game plan before elections to disturb states, regional parties and also to plan to murder some political leaders”.
The attack was condemned by Buddhists in India and its neighboring countries. The temple is one of the four main pilgrimage sites of the Buddhists.
Sri Lankan-Canadian journalist and blogger D. B. S. Jeyaraj compiled Buddhist majority Sri Lanka's reactions. He reminded that there has been a historic connection between the Mahabodhi and Sri Lanka so they are also concerned:
With the advent of Turkish rule in the 13th century the Mahabodhi temple fell into a state of neglect and was virtually in ruins.
Towards the end of the nineteenth century, Sri Lanka’s Anagarika Dharmapala the devout Buddhist revivalist began reclaiming the Mahabodhi Temple for Buddhists.
Subhash Gatade at Kafila blog suggested that one should look beyond the usual suspects:
One expects added caution on part of any of the experts / commentators for another important reason as well. It has been widely reported how in two of our neighbouring countries – namely Burma and Sri Lanka – Buddhist extremists have unleashed a wave of terror against the hapless Muslims. And any such news without proper confirmation that Bodh Gaya, has come under attack of Jihadi terrorists, can make matters more difficult for the minority Muslims there.
Myanmar blogger Chan (@mydaydream89) lamented the lack of worldwide attention to the explosions:
Subodh Khanna (@subodh1945), a retired medical representative from Kanpur, wrote:
Dr. Archwordsmith (@docsaystruth) criticized the usual response to these kinds of disasters:
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Equine Coat Color Testing
Every horse has a base color, which can be black, bay, or red. This is controlled by the Extension (Red/Black Factor) and Agouti genes. The Extension gene controls the production of black or red pigment throughout the coat. The allele for black color (E) is dominant over the red allele (e), so a horse only needs one copy of the black allele to appear black-based.
The Agouti gene can then modify black pigment by pushing it the the points of the horse, creating a bay. The Agouti gene is dominant, so a black pigmented horse only needs one copy of the Agouti gene (A) to appear bay. Agouti does not have any effect on red pigment.
There may be some variation in the intensity of the base colors, for example, dark bays compared to light bays or liver chestnuts to sorrels. This could be caused by a variation in the expression of the genes or interaction of other genetic factors.
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|Bay or Brown||EE or Ee||AA or Aa|
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The rest of the color genes act as modifiers on the base coat of the horse. There are several genes that dilute the color of the horse, including Cream, Pearl, Champagne, Silver, and Dun. While these genes all function to dilute pigment, they are not all expressed in the same manner. The Dun and Champagne genes are dominant, as is Silver, although Silver does not affected red pigment. The Cream gene is incompletely dominant, meaning you will see different effects with the number of Cream genes present, and the Pearl Gene is recessive. The Cream and Pearl genes do have additive effects, so color testing can be an important tool to determine the correct color of a horse and what it may be able to pass on. The Grey gene causes a horse to 'grey out' over time, and is dominant, although homozygous horses tend to grey out faster. It is thought that there are other color modifiers, such as Flaxen or Sooty, but the genetic basis to these colors have not yet been determined.
|Dilution Gene||Mode of Inheritance||Champagne Dilution||Dominant|
|Cream Dilution||Incomplete Dominant|
|Pearl Dilution||Recessive *Additive Effect with Cream|
|Silver Dilution||Dominant *No effect on red pigment|
Patterns and depigmentation
The pattern genes also modify the color of the horse by deleting color. These genes include Frame Overo, Splashed White Overo, Sabino1, Tobiano, Dominant White, and Leopard Print or Appaloosa. The term 'overo' is a general term used to describe a patterned horse. Thus, a horse that is termed a "Tovero" is a combination of a Tobiano and another overo gene, whereas an 'overo' horse could mean any of the patterned genes, such as Frame or Sabino.
|Pattern Gene||Mode of Inheritance|
|Appaloosa Coat Pattern (LP)||Incomplete Dominant|
|Dominant White||Dominant *Can be Homozygous Lethal|
|Frame Overo (LWO)||Incomplete Dominant *Homozygous Lethal|
|Splash 1||Incomplete Dominant|
|Splash 2||Incomplete Dominant *Homozygous Lethal|
|Splash 3||Incomplete Dominant *Homozygous Lethal|
|Sabino 1||Incomplete Dominant|
|Splashed White Overo||Dominant *2 and 3 are Homozygous Lethal|
Coat Color Calculator
Visit our Coat Color Calculator page to determine potential coat colors based on parents' coat patterns and colors.
Submit a Sample for Testing:
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President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s move to introduce a host of changes that effectively banned the use of foreign currency in local transactions has left business in panic mode amid fears of steep price increases.
The Presidential Powers (Temporary Measures) (Financial Laws Amendment) Regulations, 2021, introduced last week forced businesses to use the US$1:ZWL$84 exchange rate.
They also made it illegal to give customers a discount for paying for goods or services in foreign currency, refuse to take local currency payments at the official exchange rate and to issue Zimbabwe dollar receipts for goods paid for in foreign currency.
The move has seen businesses either conveniently going into stocktaking exercises as they assess the situation and come up with viable solutions, while others resorted to increasing US dollar prices by more than 40% to close the gap between the black market and official auction system exchange rates.
Industry has flatly rejected the policy measures, under SI 127 of 2021, describing them as a new threat to their existence.
Industry sources, who requested not to be named, said business was in trouble in the wake of the new policy.
“Some companies had borrowed heavily in Zimbabwe dollars despite arguably high interest rates banking on the parallel market rates, but this has been scrapped now and we are in trouble,” said the source, adding that the forex auction system was flawed and useless.
They said imports would be the only option as US dollar and Zimbabwe dollar prices will go up by at least 40%.
“What is happening is that there is a huge delay on the auction, your Zimbabwe dollars are deducted to pay for forex and sometimes it takes a long to come,” the source added. -Hararelive
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Cryptocurrency exchanges served an important role in the early days of Bitcoin, and continue to be widely used for buying and selling to this day. However, they are not without their drawbacks, and some users seek alternative methods of obtaining Bitcoin. Users seek to avoid exchanges for two primary reasons:
Centralized exchanges require users to disclose their identity and submit additional personal information. According to Josh Harvey, co-founder of Lamassu, this is enough to dissuade some users from trusting an exchange.
“Online exchanges are regulated and require a lengthy registration process involving lots of paperwork and the submission of sensitive private documents. Anybody using those services is trusting both the service and the government to keep that information safe.”
Transactions through online exchanges are not instant. In addition to the initial setup process, transactions take an additional amount of time to process. According to Eric Grill of CoinOutlet, an example of this can be “5-7 business days to wire to Bitstamp, plus the initial setup (AML/KYC).” BTM operator Luca Dordolo says this initial setup can be lengthy.
“Assuming that you are already registered and verified AML/KYC with an exchanger, which means at least a week/10 days to be operative with an exchanger.”
Three alternative methods of obtaining Bitcoin without the drawbacks of centralized exchanges:
According to Dordolo, using BTMs enables “the possibility of buying Bitcoins anonymously and in the fastest and safe way.” Grill considers the greatest draw of the BTM to be the instant nature of transactions.
“You don't have to wire money overseas or attach your bank account to an exchange, you simply put in cash and get your Bitcoins instantly.”
According to Grill, the major barrier to BTM use, locating a machine nearby, is quickly dissipating.
“Its getting easier and easier. Coinatmradar.com, Airbitz and other directories make it very easy to find, and as more and more machines are deployed, it will be easier for people to access them like they do their traditional ATM machines (which people would rather visit than their banks as well).”
Finding a buyer or seller for conducting a Bitcoin purchase in-person can be facilitated by attending a local meetup of cryptocurrency enthusiasts. According to Harvey, this eliminates the two primary concerns of using centralized online exchanges.
“I think it's a matter of privacy and convenience… This process is also time-consuming, and new users might have to wait days or weeks until they can actually buy any Bitcoin. With a meetup, you just show up with cash and get your Bitcoins on the spot.”
An alternative to centralized online exchanges is a peer-to-peer exchange, which works by facilitating the connection of buyers and sellers online in a simplified manner reminiscent of an in-person transaction at a local meetup. Robert Genito, CEO of Genitrust, this is an improvement over traditional exchanges, which can prove to be too complicated for the average casual user.
“As for the majority of customers that I have spoken with, they just cannot figure out how to use these institutional exchanges. Most of them are not day trading as a hobby, and these websites are completely different than how they expect to buy Bitcoin. People expect to simply tell you how much fiat currency they're looking to spend and then see their options--similar to how Travelocity and Expedia work.”
Genito adds that a decentralized exchange can expedite the process of buying Bitcoin online.
“The primary advantage of using a service like Wall of Coins is speed and cost. You get the Bitcoin you ordered immediately once payment is verified, and you also get cash for your Bitcoin immediately. With all exchanges, you have to wait at least hours to get the Bitcoin. With some exchanges, you have to wait days. With how quickly the price of Bitcoin moves, no one has time for that.”
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The newspaper reviewed more than 1,200 incident reports involving student violations and found that authorities confiscated 116 weapons from elementary students between 2010 and 2013, compared to 71 and 87 weapons seized in middle and high schools, respectively.
School Safety and Security Chief Alfonzo Williams said the number of incidents at elementary schools might surprise some but is not reason for alarm because the vast majority are innocent and without ill intent – a common trend found nationwide.
More than 90 percent of the weapons cases reported showed these students bringing either a knife to show classmates, having a box cutter in a backpack or other similar circumstances without threatening or harming others, according to the reports. In general, experts say that’s not unusual and that younger students are more likely to carry weapons to show off without thinking of the consequences.
“It sounds crazy, but it’s mostly a show-and-tell thing,” said Todd DeMitchell, professor of education and justice studies at the University of New Hampshire. “They’ll bring in a weapon without necessarily knowing how dangerous it is, and when that occurs, it raises the issue of (weapon) safety in homes.”
According to incident and tribunal reports, elementary students either threatened or harmed a classmate with a weapon on seven occasions over the last three years compared to 12 times in middle and six in high schools.
For example, a 7-year-old Blythe Elementary student pointed a loaded pellet gun at classmates in April and a 9-year-old boy at Sue Reynolds Elementary School threatened to cut a classmate’s tongue with two knives in 2010.
Disciplinary cases involving a suspension of more than 10 days typically are referred to a tribunal panel, which hears the case and might assign the student to the alternative program. Elementary students are not typically subject to tribunals because there are no elementary grades in the alternative program. However, they can be suspended for 10 days or fewer or counseled by the administrator, which was the case with elementary incidents.
In the middle and high school weapons cases, the vast majority resulted in arrest, suspension or reassignment to the alternative program, reports show.
In 2011, 8.6 percent of Georgia students reported carrying a weapon to school and 11.7 percent reported being threatened or injured with a weapon, according to the most recent Centers for Disease Control data.
Chris Dorn, an analyst with Safe Havens International who perfoms safety checks for schools, said the most common type of weapon found in schools is a knife with a one- to two-inch blade. He said elementary students are more likely than their older peers to bring weapons to school because they are unaware of the rules or want to show their friends.
Still, Dorn said school campuses remain the safest places for children despite the nationwide questioning of school security after mass shootings such as at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut and Columbine High School in Colorado.
“Some people think Sandy Hook is the norm when in fact Sandy Hook is such an abnormal event that it doubled the homicide rate for schools,” Dorn said. “We know schools are safest places to be for kids and have been for the past decade.”
To make Richmond County classrooms as secure as possible, changes have been made by school safety officials to better prepare staff for student-on-student violence and dangerous intruders.
In September, Williams appointed Cpl. Jeff Tilley as emergency preparedness officer to develop site-safety plans for all 57 schools and train staff on lockdown procedures in the event of a shooter.
“We don’t just want to have a plan that sits on a shelf,” Williams said of taking preparedness to the next level. “We want a well-trained staff that’s vigilant and ready whether it is an active shooter or a natural disaster.”
For the first time in Richmond County, Tilley has led an effort to do state-approved safety checks that reviews locks, cameras and ID systems county-wide to ensure they are in working order. Each school will have an 80-page safety manual that details the steps administrators, students and parents should take in the event of an emergency.
“People learn from practicing procedures, not just being told what to do,” Tilley said. “If we expose it to them ahead of time then they have something to relate it to when an emergency actually happens. It should be second nature when we’re done.”
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Mind Map View
Task boards, My Planner and Chat
Ayoa Mobile Apps
My Ayoa Account
The dark mode option reduces white space on your screen by changing the background from white to a dark grey.
Dark modes help to reduce screen glare, increase focus and can help to reduce eye strain.
To enable dark mode, open the given map choose the 3 dot icon in the top right corner of the app.
There choose Mind Map Settings
Click ‘Dark Background’ at the bottom of this menu to change the background from white, to dark grey.
The background will be a dark grey and any text will be white.
Click ‘Dark Background’ to revert back again.
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Islamabad: In a move apparently aimed at preventing the airing of soaps and serials from countries like India and Turkey, a Pakistani parliamentary panel has asked the government to ban all foreign content in any language during prime time on television channels. (Agencies)
The Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting of the National Assembly or lower house of Parliament made its recommendation during a meeting chaired by Pakistan People’s Party lawmaker Belum Hasnian.
The panel further recommended that the government should take strict action against anyone who violates the proposed ban.
Pakistani television artists and producers have been up in arms over the airing of Turkish serials dubbed in Urdu by several leading channels.
The serials set in an Islamic milieu and featuring Muslim characters have become popular with viewers. However, television artists have contended that the foreign soaps will have an adverse impact on the domestic industry.
In the past, the artists have called for restrictions on the airing of Indian programming.
After a discussion on the trend of airing foreign serials dubbed in Urdu and the "negative effects on local culture",
The committee recommended that if the rules of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority allow the airing of the foreign content, such programming should only be subtitled in Urdu or English.
The meeting was attended by Information Secretary Rasheed Ahmed, PEMRA Chairman Abdul Jabbar, and television actors Qavi Khan, Laila Zuberi and Maria Wasti. The committee further suggested that PEMRA should strictly monitor television channels and cable operators and take prompt action for violation of rules.
The panel called for a review of rules that are adversely affecting the domestic television industry in view of the "onslaught of foreign dramas".
The committee asked PEMRA to ensure the observance of the code of conduct by all channels and to keep a close eye on the foreign content on channels. It also suggested the government should ban all advertisements featuring foreign talent.
Information Secretary Ahmed agreed with the proposal that foreign serials damaging local culture should be banned.
Actor Asif Raza Mir said steps should be taken to protect the local industry and that foreign serials should not be aired as they were harming Pakistan's culture and damaging the domestic industry. He suggested that Indian programming on cable television and FM radio channels should be banned.
Islamabad: In a move apparently aimed at preventing the airing of soaps and serials from countries like India and Turkey, a Pakistani parliamentary panel has asked the government to ban all foreign content in any language during prime time on television channels.
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A few weeks ago, I blogged about the beginning steps of our new unit of inquiry in Media 21, a book tasting for students to self select books related to war and veterans. After a week long winter break, we returned February 27 to more formally kick off our new pathways for inquiry by introducing our research pathfinder for this unit and the concept of a personal learning environment (PLE) and how/why we would cultivate a PLE to help support our paths of inquiry for the next eight weeks.
I did wind up giving students a “chunked” version of this document to help them better visualize what information sources might go into their PLE whether they chose Netvibes or Symabloo as their information dashboard. We then took time to explore and discuss the menu of learning choices and options that will be part of the overall inquiry experience into a student selected research topic (which they will flesh out into three major research questions through pre-search and then create a research design proposal to reflect questions for investigations and mediums for learning). As you can see, we tried to incorporate choices for learning tools and learning products; students will finalize these choices in a few weeks in the research design proposal.
We then took about three days to let students browse samples and working guidelines for the final learning product, a research-based composition of their choice from the menu below:
I linked to examples of each medium for composition through the LibGuide pathfinder and the daily class agenda; in addition, I had folders of hard copies of examples of multigenre texts and multigenre elements.
We also used this “explore” time to answer individual questions or to listen to student suggestions for possible variations on some of the composition options. I genuinely enjoyed having the 1:1 and small group interaction to hear student ideas and questions for the composition options and to listen to some of the variations they had in mind. Most students are interested in the multigenre options (specific details are on this LibGuide page), but some are also interested in crafting digital texts (VoiceThread, Prezi, or Presentation Zen style video); a few have indicated they want to do a traditional text research paper.
In addition, we also took time to let students begin brainstorming possible topics for research (some were interested in topics that came out of the study of All Quiet on the Western Front, and some students had already started reading their books they selected in February in the “book tasting”); however, we made it clear this was just a working list of topics that was fluid and still open for crowdsourcing through the next few weeks. Finally, we used the first week to do a light introduction to Evernote and Netvibes.
This past week (March 5-9) was one more focused on getting traction with our book study. Students spent Monday with Ms. Lester discussing a menu of graphic organizers to give them some starting points for conversation and thinking points for our first Fishbowl meeting that we held today on Friday. On Tuesday, students mapped out their reading plan in order to finish their self-selected books by the end of our final Fishbowl meeting later this month, and Ms. Lester helped organize new Fishbowl groups and subgroups around the two major wars dominant in the student readings: World War II and the conflicts with Iraq/Afghanistan. Students had class time on Wednesday and Thursday to read and work on their mindmaps for today’s first meeting. We had our first Fishbowl discussion today; as we have all year long, Susan works with one group, and I work with another—getting to enjoy small group time is truly a pleasure, and today’s discussion was rich as students explored book structure, characterization, and emerging themes as well as wonderings and favorite or meaningful passages. We’ll need Monday to finish our Fishbowl discussions, and then we’ll do a light review of WordPress during the second half of class. What struck me today is how so many students expressed a real love and attachment to their books—it was truly so heartening to hear students share how much they “LOVED” their books and were enjoying them. Susan and I are elated that the students are so engaged with their texts! Here is a sampling of today’s mindmaps from both groups:
Next week is a short week for all of us due to two district furlough days, so we’ll spend Monday-Wednesday reading and having Fishbowl meeting 2. We’ll conclude our books on Tuesday, 3/20/12 with our book based Fishbowl meeting and then move into pre-search on March 21. This will be our time to explore familiar information sources, introduce new streams of information, review how to evaluate and analzye Wikipedia articles, introduce EasyBib, and start building our PLEs; as we endeavor through these skills and mini-lessons, students will use our new and improved pre-search graphic organizer (see this week’s post on the value of pre-search) to begin narrowing down a topic choice and developing major research questions (how, why). We’ll wrap up the final week of March by submitting the research design proposal before we leave for Spring Break; when we return April 9, we’ll be going deep into our more formal research, formative learning reflections, and subsequent content creation.
Right now, the excitement that seems to be building with the students about their books and final products they’ll create is palpable and energizing for us. I’m hopeful that we’ll be able to support some meaningful and new kinds of learning experiences for our students that will give them more points for collaboration and participation between now and the beginning of May. I’ll be providing regular updates and interviews with the students as we now start wading deeper into our project! In the meantime, I’m enjoying the opportunity to:
- brainstorm with the students as well as Ms. Lester
- create instructional handouts and materials to support student learning
- craft our class daily agenda and LibGuides page
- create and assist in formative assessment of student learning
- be the facilitator for my Fishbowl group
- conference with students 1:1 and in small groups on their ideas and questions
- serve as both a content and transliteracy coach to our students
This kind of collaboration allows me to utilize my talents as an instructional partner, teacher, and information specialist. Although we may not always agree on every single detail of instructional design, we do share a vision of student learning and know that our collaborative efforts with the feedback of our students is greater than anything any of us could accomplish alone. I look forward to documenting and sharing our students’ narratives of learning this spring!
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Ownership Inscription, In 'The Chronicle Of Henry Sulgrave'
Medium: Ink and pigments on vellum
This is the unique manuscript of the Chronicle of Henry Sulgrave (or de Silegrave), who was presumably a monk of the Benedictine priory of the Virgin Mary and St. Martin, Dover, in the second half of the 13th century. It must have been composed after 1274, because it includes the coronation of King Edward I by Archbishop Robert Kilwardby, which took place in that year, and probably before 1292, as it has a list of archbishops of Canterbury up to and including John Pecham, who died in that year, but not his successor.
This is the first page. In the lower margin, partially erased, is the Dover ownership inscription, and the manuscript is also listed in the medieval library catalogue of the priory.
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Supervisor: HEGYI, Eszter Chronic pancreatitis is a progressive inflammatory disease leading to irreversible morphological changes and impairment of both exocrine and endocrine functions. Genetics plays an important role in the pathogenesis of chronic pancreatitis, especially in children. Over the past 20 years the role of genetic factors in the etiology of chronic pancreatitis has been extensively studied and a mechanistic model in which premature trypsinogen activation plays a central pathogenic role has been established. More recently, an alternative pathomechanism unrelated to accelerated intrapancreatic trypsinogen activation has been revealed, in which mutation-induced misfolding and consequent ER stress lead to acinar cell damage and pancreatitis. Using animal models of genetically determined chronic pancreatitis we aim to study both pathomechanisms, the inzulinos cukorbetegség and the ER stress related pathways in vivo.
Many people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes use NNS as a replacement for nutritive sweeteners to control their carbohydrate and energy intake. Health outcomes associated with NNS use in diabetes are unknown.
- Kezelése típusú inzulin cukorbetegség 2
- An update on the conceptual and classification issues of anxiety, its neuroanatomy and problems of anxiolytic drug discovery.
The date of the last search of all databases except for Scopus was May We last searched Scopus in January We did not apply any language restrictions. Trials with concomitant behaviour-changing interventions, such as diet, exercise, or both, were eligible for inclusion, given that the concomitant interventions were the same in the intervention and comparator groups.
The intervention duration ranged from 4 to 10 months. We judged none of these trials as at low risk of bias for all 'Risk of bias' domains; most of the included trials did not report the method of randomisation.
Three trials compared the effects of a dietary supplement containing NNS with sugar: glycosylated haemoglobin A1c HbA1c was 0. The MD in weight change was None of the trials with sugar as comparator reported on adverse events.
Five trials compared NNS with placebo. One trial compared NNS with a nutritive low-calorie sweetener tagatose.
- Nyers zab a cukorbetegség kezelésére
- Diabetologia Hungarica
HbA1c was 0. This trial did not report body weight data and adverse events.
The included trials did not report data on health-related quality of life, diabetes complications, all-cause mortality, or socioeconomic effects. Data on health-related quality of life, diabetes complications, all-cause mortality, and socioeconomic effects are lacking.
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