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For large numbers of the world’s population, WASH services remain out of reach – with infrastructure simply not existing or, where it does exist, being mismanaged. Links between WASH and health systems are often overlooked, although, with the right policies in place, many countries have seen rapid increases in access to WASH, improved health outcomes, and falling child mortality.
Our core expertise lies in WASH economics and finance, alongside a strong cross-sectoral reputation for process and impact evaluation. We have experience in applying various analyses of WASH programmes and policy options, including cost-benefit and value for money. We also undertake political economy analysis of WASH institutions and assess service delivery, alongside monitoring and evaluation of WASH projects.
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TIMELINE: Margaret Thatcher’s Remarkable Life in Pictures
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Today we remember former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, a bold leader who committed her life to defending individual liberty and freedom. She used her conservative principles to face every challenge with confidence and strength. As a result, she achieved real and lasting success.
Lady Thatcher impacted the conservative movement in the United States, abroad, and here at Heritage. As people from around the globe gather in London today for her funeral, we put together this timeline to help highlight some of the special moments in her life that changed the course of history.
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Premenstrual mood symptoms: study of familiality and personality correlates in mood disorder pedigrees
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- Payne, J.L., Klein, S.R., Zamoiski, R.B. et al. Arch Womens Ment Health (2009) 12: 27. doi:10.1007/s00737-008-0043-4
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We sought to determine whether premenstrual mood symptoms exhibit familial aggregation in bipolar disorder or major depression pedigrees. Two thousand eight hundred seventy-six women were interviewed with the Diagnostic Interview for Genetic Studies as part of either the NIMH Genetics Initiative Bipolar Disorder Collaborative study or the Genetics of Early Onset Major Depression (GenRED) study and asked whether they had experienced severe mood symptoms premenstrually. In families with two or more female siblings with bipolar disorder (BP) or major depressive disorder (MDD), we examined the odds of having premenstrual mood symptoms given one or more siblings with these symptoms. For the GenRED MDD sample we also assessed the impact of personality as measured by the NEO-FFI. Premenstrual mood symptoms did not exhibit familial aggregation in families with BP or MDD. We unexpectedly found an association between high NEO openness scores and premenstrual mood symptoms, but neither this factor, nor NEO neuroticism influenced evidence for familial aggregation of symptoms. Limitations include the retrospective interview, the lack of data on premenstrual dysphoric disorder, and the inability to control for factors such as medication use.
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At Jurisco, we know that hiring can be complicated. Hiring can also create a large amount of stress for employers who are concerned about their products and the ramifications if valuable trade secrets find their way to competitors. Specifically, they are concerned that these secrets are going to walk out the front door in the pockets of their employees. There is a surety product, however, that can offset some of that worry. Named an Employee Fidelity Bond, this protective agreement allows employers to rest easier knowing that is an extra layer of protections surrounding their products and design secrets. This year on Bloomberg.com, author Karen Gullo reports on a trade secrets case with billions of dollars in ramifications (see full article here: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-05/california-man-guilty-of-stealing-dupont-trade-secrets.html). This is a worst case scenario for many employers in California; but the appropriate application of the employee fidelity bond could stave off isolated cases of employee trade secret theft from becoming an epidemic.
Investopedia defines a fidelity bond as:A form of business insurance that offers an employer protection against losses - either monetary or physical - caused by its employees' fraudulent or dishonest actions. Fidelity bonds are often held by insurance companies and brokerage firms, which are specifically required to carry protection proportional to their net capital. Among the possible forms of loss a fidelity bond covers include fraudulent trading, theft and forgery. (Link)
When applying for a Employee Fidelity Bond (a.k.a. employee dishonesty insurance in Australia) it is important to remember a couple of points: First the bond can be either a ‘blanket bond’ that applies to all employees or it can be specific to an individual and their specific responsibilities. Second, the bond only covers the certain guidelines established in the original agreement. When job functions change, the bond will need to be renewed to reflect the changes.
If you have any more questions regarding Employee Fidelity Bonds please contact the surety bond experts at Jurisco and one of their helpful staff will be happy to answer any questions regarding rates, applications or more information.
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U.S Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in Tokyo as part of a six-nation Asian tour, has urged North Korea to return to the stalled six-nation talks on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program. In later remarks, Ms. Rice also gave a hint that there are limits to Washington's patience.
In what U.S. officials billed as a major policy speech, and later in remarks to reporters, the secretary of state said Saturday it is time for North Korea to stop brandishing its nuclear capability, and resolve the issue in the multilateral arena.
She called on all nations to use whatever leverage they can to bring Pyongyang back to the negotiating table, where talks are aimed at convincing the North Koreans to dismantle their nuclear programs.
In a speech at Sophia University early in the day, Ms. Rice reiterated that the United States has no intention of attacking North Korea. But her later remarks contained a hint of a threat, in the event that diplomacy fails.
"We are committed to diplomacy, but I think it goes without saying that no one is going to be prepared to allow the North Koreans just to continue down a road that threatens everyone," she said.
Pyongyang, which says it is building nuclear weapons as a deterrent, has said it would not consider new talks, until Ms. Rice apologizes for earlier calling North Korea "an outpost of tyranny." Earlier this week, the North's official news agency called Ms. Rice "bereft of any political logic."
The U.S. secretary of state has already visited India, Pakistan and Afghanistan on this trip. After Japan, she is due to spend time in South Korea and China.
She says she will appeal to Chinese officials to use their influence with Pyongyang to help restart the stalled negotiations, but she is playing down expectations that there will be a breakthrough on this trip.
During a wide ranging meeting with her Japanese counterpart, Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura, on Saturday, the U.S. secretary of state called on Japan to quickly resume U.S. beef imports. She said the matter is "very, very important" to the U.S. government.
The beef trade has been halted for 15 months, since one dairy cow in Washington State, exported from Canada, was found to have "mad cow" disease.
Mr. Machimura, standing beside Ms. Rice, told reporters that Japan's Food Safety Commission, not politicians, has to decide on the timing.
The Japanese foreign minister says it is not possible at this point to state a timeline or a deadline for the resumption of the beef trade.
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A bachelor’s degree is a four-year undergraduate degree and is the standard for higher education throughout most of the world. Bachelor’s degrees can be earned at state universities, at private universities, at community colleges and via online universities.
The USA remains the world’s most popular destination for international students. Universities in the US dominate the world rankings and the country also offers a wide variety of exciting study locations. State university systems are partially subsidized by state governments, and may have many campuses spread around the state, with hundreds of thousands of students.
The state of Colorado, named after the Colorado River is home to a population of over 5 million. It has more than 30 public and private universities and colleges.
Request Information Bachelor Degrees in Music in Colorado in USA 2017
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More detailed information may be found at the following resources:
- U.S Access Board’s Standards for Outdoor Developed Areas
- U.S. Department of Justice’s Americans with Disabilities Act (2010) Standards for Accessible Design
- At least 20 percent of fixed benches must meet accessibility requirements and be connected to an accessible route of travel.
- Bench seats must be 17-19 inches above the ground.
- Benches must be provided on long routes of travel to elements or accessible facilities.
- Benches need at least one hard, level, clear space, 36 inches wide by 48 inches deep minimum size, on one end.
Park Bench Back Support
- Where two or more grills are provided, 20 percent but not less than two must be accessible.
- Grills must have a firm, stable, and clear space of 48 inches on all usable sides, and be at least 15 inches from the ground with the cooking surface being no higher than 34 inches from the ground.
- Rotating grills must have 48 inches of firm, stable, and clear space around them.
Photograph shows a picnic site and accessible table, grill, and water fountain at Ginko Petrified Forest State Park.
Picnic Tables and Shelters
- Where two or more fixed tables are provided, at least 20 percent but not less than one must be accessible and be served by an accessible outdoor recreation route, and be dispersed among areas.
- An accessible table must have at least one accessible seating space or more based on the square footage of the tabletop, multiple seating options on ends, or bench cuts outs, which are preferred to allow the person with a disability to better interact and reach a range of items.
- It is preferred that all picnic tables have an accessible design because they are usable by all.
- Shelters must be served by an accessible route and all fixtures, amenities, and elements must meet accessible guidelines.
Photograph shows an accessible picnic table at Issaquah’s Squak Mountain Park.
Photograph shows accessible picnic shelter tables at Kent’s Three Friends Fishing Hole.
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Tuesday, 2 February 2010
05:39:54 PM (GMT)
Stem cells are cells that have the ability of growth, to reform, and create.
Because no other cell can do this in the human body it makes these extremely special.
They are found in embryos. Some are also found in adult humans.
The Three main types of stem cells are Totipotent, Multipotent, Pluripotent.
Totipotent can for all other cells in the body, and is found in embryos. Multipotent
can produce only certain types of cells. Pluripotent can produce all types except
those needed for fetus.
Stem cells can help stop cancer and birth defects. Since these are both caused by a
defect in cell division and development. Stem cells can also waste our money, and
that’s what we all want right? However, some good can come out of the stem cell
research that depletes our money for an unlikely discovery. The fact is if by some
miracle of a chance they can control stem cells then they could be used to test out
The biggest controversy over stem cell research is that in order to get embryonic
cells it is extracted from human embryos, and in turn kills the baby the embryo could
have been. Another argument is that it’s a waste of money, Though Bush had
illegalized any public funding for the research it’s still stupid to waste any
money on it. Other people find Stem cell research a good idea because of what could
come out of it. The thought of the ability to stop cancer, and birth defects thrills
many people. Because adult stem cells are available many people believe that that is
the right choice, however, adult stem cells are not in an abundance at this time.
It’s still legal however during Bush’s presidency he illegalized public funding
for stem cell research. Obama however, has overturned Bush’s order, so that now
public funding is allowed. Bush also illegalized stem cell research all together.
President Clinton actually funded stem cell research a while back.
I think stem cell research is very stupid. We can’t waste our money trying to
study something that we don’t know for sure we can control or obtain soon. If it
were in a closer reach than it is today I would say the contrary. However, we need
as much money as we can get, not to spend as much money as we can. I don’t mind the
killing of embryos, but what I do mind is the killing of our economy. Other arguments
are it can help us greatly, but what help would it be if no one can afford to use it?
The fact that it could help doesn’t help us. If we knew it would help that would
change a lot of things in my argument.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Q. How much money is available in financial aid?
A. Grants - Usually between $100 and $4000. Eligibility and type of loan depend on the funds available.
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A. By filling out a FAFSA form, you will receive information about what types of aid you are eligible to receive.
Q. What are the important dates and deadlines for financial aid?
A. These are set dates that you need to have certain items applied for and returned. Click here for dates and deadlines.
Q. What is ECU's school code?
Q. How often do I need to complete the FAFSA form?
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A. No. Whether or not your parents claim you on their taxes does not determine dependency status for financial aid. (please refer to Step Three on the FAFSA form).
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A. Federal financial aid is made up of loans, grants and work student programs. Federal grant money is available for the most needy students and families.
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A. Some aid is available to part-time students. To receive student loans, a student must be enrolled at least one half time (6 hours or more for undergraduates and 4 hours or more for graduates).
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Limited Freedom above the Clouds: Aviation Becomes Part of European Emissions Trading Scheme
"Limited Freedom above the Clouds: Aviation Becomes Part of European Emissions Trading Scheme" was the topic of the 20th Climate Talk, hosted by Dr. Camilla Bausch and Benjamin Görlach of the Ecologic Institute, as well as Dr. Susanne Dröge of the the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) on 21 November 2011.
Aviation currently accounts for a relatively small portion of the EU-wide greenhouse gas emissions. But its emissions are growing rapidly compared to other sectors, having doubled since 1990. Until recently, greenhouse gas emissions from aviation were not regulated: kerosene is the only fossil fuel that is exempt from any taxes. Aviation is not covered by the Kyoto Protocol; instead the International Civil Aviation Organization was asked to develop a joint solution for aviation emissions. However, the ICAO was unable to respond to this request in ten years of negotiations. In view of this deadlock, the EU decided to include air travel to and from Europe in the EU-wide emissions trading scheme as of 2012. All flights will be included that take off from or land in the EU-regardless of the country in which the airline is registered.
The Climate Talk discussed the various administrative, legal, economic, and political issues that arise from this move by the EU. Olaf Hölzer-Schopohl (Federal Foreign Agency - FEA), Hans-Werner Polzin (Lufthansa), Larry Wright (US Embassy) and Meike Söker (Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety) set the scene for the discussion with their opening remarks.
Olaf Hölzer-Schopohl discussed how the inclusion of air travel works practically. He noted that the vast majority of air carriers has been cooperative in implementing the regulation and provided necessary forms and data. Only few carriers have not complied with their duties, these make up less than 1 per cent of the covered emissions. The German Emissions Trading Authority (DEHSt) has calculated the free allocation to operators using an EU-wide Benchmark, and will soon transfer the corresponding emissions allowances. To a large extent the rules of the stationary sector for aviation were included in the administration processing.
Hans-Werner Polzin from Lufthansa explained how Lufthansa has adjusted to the emissions trading scheme and which difficulties have arisen from its inclusion therein. He emphasized the considerable costs that have been incurred from its implementation. He critiqued that the complexity of the market and the speculative behavior of some actors lead to significant price movements, which impairs planning security and calls for comprehensive risk management by the regulated firms. In general, many uncertainties still exist, such as the pending EuGH decision on emissions trading or the overall political context, as well as the risk that third-party states take retaliation measures against EU air carriers.
Larry Wright from the American Embassy in Berlin assessed the inclusion of air carriers from non-EU countries as the wrong policy for the right goal. From the US' perspective, the inclusion of air travel in the EU emissions trading scheme is a unilateral measure, yet a global problem like emissions from aviation requires a global solution-the ICAO being the appropriate body to develop one such solution. He warned against the risk that the inclusion of American air carriers in the emissions trading scheme could lead to a trade war. He also touched upon the political situation in the USA: in the US House of Representatives there was a bipartisan protest against the EU measures. A draft law currently debated in the senate would explicitly forbid US air companies to participate in the EU emissions trading scheme. Mr. Wright added that the USA will intensify its efforts in the ICAO in order to find a global solution. Until that happens, the EU should suspend including non-European air carriers.
Meike Söker of the German Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety recalls the motivation for these measures. Aviation, she argued, should make an adequate contribution to climate policy goals without becoming overstrained. The alternative is that other sectors would have to reduce their emissions more severely, which would be neither fair nor economically efficient. Last but not least, the aviation industry itself preferred to have a flexible instrument for the regulation of its emissions-alternative measures would presumably have caused an even larger uproar. On the question about an internationally coordinated effort, Ms. Söker explained that the inclusion of air carriers in the EU emissions trading was born of necessity. Because progress in the ICAO failed to materialize, the EU had to take action. As soon as there is a sign that the ICAO will proceed, the EU would be prepared to negotiate at any time the transfer of its model to an ICAO-wide trading scheme.
The subsequent, lively discussion focused on the significance of including aviation into the EU ETS and the difficulties associated with its implementation. Also discussed was how large the strain on the air carriers actually would be. Because carriers receive much of their allocation for free, this strain could be less than expected: how much the companies end up paying depends on the extent to which they can transfer the costs of emission permits to the ticket price. Under certain conditions, companies could even end up increasing profits ("windfall profits"). Yet, whether this is a real possibility remains controversial.
Also controversial were the competitiveness impacts on European carriers. Studies have shown that no strong impacts were to be expected, since the non-European competitors are subject to the same rules as the European air carriers. Disadvantages could, however, come about for intercontinental transfers, if passengers avoided European hubs, and instead used Arab or Asian airports for transfers. One industry representative explained that German airlines could be the ones to suffer in the current situation if other countries take retaliation measures against European airlines, for instance by increasing the cost of overflight rights. Other participants questioned whether this was a serious threat, or merely political saber-rattling: ultimately, third-country airlines are cooperating for the most part, albeit under protest.
It was agreed that the measures will increase the cost of flying. But the actual additional costs per flight could remain small: for an inner-European flight, the increase might be on average about €1, whereas for long haul flights, prices could increase up to €20-40 per ticket.
After the event, the lively discussion was continued in a relaxed atmosphere at a nearby restaurant.
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Farrokh has collected data and primary sources on Sassanian cavalry for 18 years resulting in travels to locations such as Naghsh-e-Rustam (Iran). The book was most recently reviewed by Shahnaz Hojati of the University of Tehran in the peer-reviewed journal below (available also on Academia.edu):
– شهناز حجتی (۱۳۸۹) – ساسانیان سپر تمدن شرقی- تاریخ و جغرافیا – ماهنامه تخصصی اطلاع رسانی و نقد و برسی کتاب – شماره ۱۴۸- صفهه ۹۴-۹۵–Hojati, Sh. (2010). The Sassanians as shields of Eastern Civilizations. Tarikh va Joghrafiya: Mahnameye Takhasosiye Etela-resani va naghd va Baresiye Ketab [History and Geography: Monthly edition for Information, Description and Critique/review of books], no. 148 [August-September edition], pp.94-95 (pdf).
See also an earlier review in Persian by the Shahrbaraz website.
Farrokh’s first book, which is the first to specifically discuss the Sassanian dynasty’s elite cavalry (Savaran). This text has outlined the specific Pahlavi terms of the Sassanian cavalry’s elite units (e.g. Gyanavaspar; Zhayedan, etc.), military tactics, insignia and pitched battles. The role of Iranian women in the Sassanian military system has also been emphasized.
Dr. David Khoupenia of The University of Georgia in Tbilisi has noted the following in his review:
“Dr. Kaveh Farrokh has written the first book to be ever written exclusively about the Savaran (elite knights) of Sassanian Persia. Despite very little “press coverage”, these Persian knights inflicted upon Rome, some of her most desperate defeats. The Savaran blocked the Romans from gaining control of the Silk Route and denied their expansion towards China and India. They also fully avenged the conquests of Alexander the Great, almost a millennia before them. Many westerners falsely believe that Alexander’s conquest of Persia was final. In reality, Persia recovered, not only to expel the Greeks from Persia under the Parthians, but to challenge Rome itself under the Sassanians. Farrokh is correct when he notes that Persia was “the other superpower… This book has bought an almost forgotten great people back to life. Every year we seen dozens of new books about Rome and Greece in western book stands, and very few book of the caliber of Dr. Farrokh’s book about Persia. It is my hope that more books like these will be printed; after all Sassanian Persia and her Savaran knights are an important part of world civilization…”
Translations into Persian in 2009, 2011 and 2014
Farrokh’s text has been tranlsted into Persian in two versions: the first is by Yusef Amiri in 2009 (in canada) and the other by Behnam Mohammad-Shah in 2011 (in Iran). The two versions have been translated independently of each other.
The complete and authorized Persian translation of Sassanian Elite Cavalry by Yusef Amiri was published in 2009. This is the only translation that has the permission of the author and the original publisher (Osprey). Please see sample pages (in pdf).
Book cover of the Asvaran e Sassani (اسواران ساسانی), Yusef Amiri’s translation of Farrokh’s original text on the Elite Sassanian cavalry.
Yusef Amiri has significantly enriched and expanded the original English text by providing footnotes and additional information for Iranian readers using references such as Shahnameh of Ferdowsi, Iranica, “Golden Age of Persia” by Richard Nelson Frye, and “Iran under Sassanians” by Arthur Christensen among others.
There is also another translation of the Farrokh text entitled -سواره نظام زبده ارتش ساسانی – Elite Cavalry of the Sassanian Army by -بهنام محمدپناه -Behnam Mohammad-Shah which was published in early January 2011 in Tehran, Iran by –سبزان– Sapzan Publishers:
سواره نظام زبده ارتش ساسانی
This book has been translated for the third time into Persian in 2014 (translated by Maysam Alini -میثم علیئی- of Tarbiat Modarress University, Tehran), by one of Iran’s most long-standing and academic publishing houses, Amir Kabir Publishers (انتشارات امیرکبیر):
The most recent translation of Farrokh’s third text, Sassanian Elite Cavalry made in 2014 by Amir Kabir Publishers (انتشارات امیرکبیر) of Iran (independent of the first and second Persian translations by Yusef Amiri and Behnam Mohammad-Shah respectively). For more information see -خبرگزاری کتاب ایران- (Iran book News), and -خبرگزاری اریا- (Arya News).
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There is a lot to chew on in the HBR article below. Starting with how often women overqualified for a position will get hired anyway versus overqualified men.
Our findings illuminate how standout women employees can be taken for granted by firms because of gendered beliefs about who is and who isn’t a flight risk. Moreover, such gendered dynamics likely contribute to the glass ceiling and gender gaps in earnings. If firms assume women will place loyalty to the firm over advancing in their careers through outside opportunities, they won’t engage in preemptive retention efforts like bonuses, raises, promotions, or increased responsibility like they will for men.
The takeaway here is that if we assume all women are more loyal to the organization and their coworkers, we treat them differently than men in the same situation. That happens.
It’s also more than that. These gender stereotypes also mean that we make decisions about individuals and their motivations based on something other than their situations. This is dangerous. This leads us to see people through lenses and assumptions that may not be true. We may be offering more money or prestige to someone as part of a retention strategy who needs better work-life balance or is interested in developing different skills. We may assume that all of our employees would respond similarly to incentives when their situations might require something else. We may find ourselves offering promotions to people who don’t want to be a manager or aren’t interested in relocating or traveling for work as much because they need more time at home with their small kids or time off to assist with their elderly parents.
There is no “one-size-fits-all” approach to retention and career advancement. Trying to pretend that all women want one thing, all men another, or all of our employees, despite their race, gender, identity, etc., want the same thing is a shallow way to work with individual human beings.
Stop undervaluing exceptional women, and start asking what all of your exceptional people want as individuals.
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Low income housing building owners can currently garner very attractive CSI-T rebates
Commercial pool-heating is one of the most cost-effective applications of solar thermal technology.
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In the web you’ll find lots of articles related to weight loss. Even your friends and family will give their own advice about that. In the weight loss process the main thing is dieting, which often means eliminating certain foods or food groups, restricting calories, and working out to “make up for” what you ate.
But there are plenty of people who have a goal to lose weight and want to know how to do it in a way that doesn’t feel too extreme or punishing.
Here are some ways to help you out. Take a look!
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The Story of the Jews 1492–1900
(The Story of the Jews, #2)
by Simon Schama
- Publisher: Bodley Head
- Genres: history, religion, jewish, judaism, politics, israel, judaica
- Awards: The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee (2017)
- ISBN: 9781847922809 (1847922805)
- Series: The Story of the Jews, #2
- Language: english
- Release date: October 5, 2017
- Format: hardcover, 800 pages
- Author: Simon Schama
About The Book
The words that failed were words of hope. But they did not fail at all times and everywhere.
These gripping pages teem with words of defiance and optimism, sounds and images of tenacious life and adventurous modernism, music and drama, business and philosophy, poetry and politics. The second part of Simon Schama’s epic Story of the Jews is neither overwhelmed by hopelessness nor shrouded in the smoke of the crematoria. As much as it gives full weight to the magnitude of the disaster that befell the Jews, it is a story of hope vindicated rather than wiped out.
The stories unfold across the world — in the provincial pavilions of Ming China and beneath the brass chandeliers of Rembrandt’s Amsterdam; on ships and carts, stage-coaches and railway trains crossing oceans and continents; in the honky-tonk of San Francisco and the pampas of Argentina, the department stores of Berlin and the avenues of Trieste. The stories themselves are played on the stage of opera houses; in the travelling camera of an expedition in Ukraine, the prison cells of Stalin’s Russia, the lagers of the Holocaust; the scenery of misery and redemption in Palestine and Israel.
At the heart of the story is the budding belief that peoples of different faiths, customs and cultures can be fellow-citizens of a common country.
And amidst all the brutality, somehow the light of Jewish endurance is never extinguished. The odyssey is unforgettable, the storyteller impassioned, the words unfailing.
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We are proud to announce the release of GNU Classpath 0.97 "I Aten't Dead"
GNU Classpath, essential libraries for java, is a project to create
free core class libraries for use with runtimes, compilers and tools
for the java programming language.
The GNU Classpath developer snapshot releases are not directly aimed
at the end user but are meant to be integrated into larger development
platforms. For example the GCC (gcj) and Kaffe projects will use the
developer snapshots as a base for future versions. More projects based
on GNU Classpath:
Again, this release is primarily a maintenance release. The recent release of the
majority of Sun's class library as Free Software on May the 8th, 2007, under the
auspices of the OpenJDK project (
has changed the position of GNU Classpath within the community and recent efforts
have focused on bringing together Classpath and OpenJDK code under the umbrella of
). We hope to
extend support and work together with the OpenJDK community over time.
The main feature of this release is major changes to Classpath's build
system. Notably, configure now tries to find ecj, javac and gcj (in that
order), with the --with-ecj and --with-javac options being removed. To
override this, set JAVAC when calling configure. This brings the use of
the Java compiler in line with that of the C and C++ compilers. Building
also now requires a version of javah so that headers may be generated.
There have also been many bugfixes over the past four months. Those relevant
to 0.97 can be found at
With the 0.95 release, we switched fully towards the 1.5 generics work
that we previously released separately as classpath-generics. All this work
is now fully integrated in the main release and various runtimes (gcj,
cacao, jamvm, ikvm, etc) have been extended to take advantage of the
new generics, annotations and enumeration support in the core
library. As a consequence, only 1.5 capable compilers (currently the Eclipse
Compiler for Java (ecj) and Sun's javac) may be used to build Classpath.
The GNU Classpath developers site
provides detailed information on how to start with helping the GNU
Classpath project and gives an overview of the core class library
packages currently provided.
For each snapshot release generated documentation is provided through
the GNU Classpath Tools gjdoc project. A documentation generation
framework for java source files used by the GNU project. Full
documentation on the currently implementated packages and classes can
be found at:
We are looking into how to extend the documentation experience in the
future. Please contact the mailinglist if you would like to help with
For more information about the project see also:
GNU Classpath 0.97 can be downloaded from
or one of the ftp.gnu.org mirrors
or the Classpath continuous integration system
New in release 0.97 (Feb 22, 2007)
- A copy of javah (to produce C header files from Java source code)
is now required to generate the files in include.
- The javac check has been changed so that it attempts to find ecj,
javac and gcj (in that order). You may override this by using
Runtime interface changes:
- Removed VMFloat.floatToIntBits amd VMDouble.doubleToLongBits.
- Added new getParameterAnnotations() methods in Constructor and Method.
The following people helped with this release:
Luciano Chavez, Thomas Fitzsimmons, Bernhard Fischer, Jeroen Frijters,
Stefan Huehner, Andrew John Hughes, Jakub Jelinek, Ito Kazumitsu,
Roman Kennke, Alexandre Oliva, Ian Rogers, Robert Schuster, Leen Toelen,
Mario Torre, Dalibor Topic, Tom Tromey, David Walluck, Mark Wielaard
and Ralf Wildenhues.
We would also like to thank the numerous bug reporters and testers! In
addition, we'd like to extend our thanks to all those who've contributed over
the years and have helped in building a thriving and friendly community
around the GNU Classpath project.
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Are accessible school books and study materials for primary & secondary school available for all children with disabilities, without additional costs?
Primary and secondary education has to be provided for free, children and their families do not need to pay for their education. In order to enable children with disabilities participating at compulsory and free education support measures might be necessary – such as accessible school books and study material.
Accessible schoolbooks are an important prerequisite to enable inclusive education. But only 9 percent of respondents answered with yes that such accessible study material exists for free for all persons with disabilities. In many countries such accessible schoolbooks are available – but at extra cost, which needs to be paid by the family of the child with disabilities (Guatemala, Antigua And Barbuda, Australia, South Africa, Pakistan, United Kingdom) or like in Poland the family has the possibility to apply for refund of the extra cost. Another problem is outdated study material or only limited choice (not all existing and used books are available in accessible formats) – (United Kingdom, Albania, Suriname, Greece, Austria). It was also mentioned that even though such material exists in accessible formats the available copies are limited and therefore not every child with disabilities has the chance to obtain such (Madagascar, Belize, Bangladesh). Amongst the 53 percent of respondents who replied with yes, with qualifications also the fact that accessible schoolbooks do not exist for all types of disabilities (India, Ireland, Haiti, Netherlands, Italy, Bangladesh). In Afghanistan and Madagascar schoolbooks in accessible formats are only available thanks to the support of NGOs.
Dan Pescod, United Kingdom: “Some text books and other study material are also available in accessible formats, but by far not all, or only in one alternative format. Or they are available but have to be bought at much higher prices than standard text books.”
Roxanne Marin, Belize Assembly for Persons with Diverse Abilities (BAPDA), Belize: “They are available in accessible format but in a limited quantity and not distributed country wide all the time.”
Sally Jackson, New Zealand: “The Royal Foundation for the Blind is contracted by the government to translate materials as requested into Braille for blind students. Initial work is occurring on making electronic books available in NZSL.”
Article 9 Accessibility
- To enable persons with disabilities to live independently and participate fully in all aspects of life, States Parties shall take appropriate measures to ensure to persons with disabilities access, on an equal basis with others, to the physical environment, to transportation, to information and communications, including information and communications technologies and systems, and to other facilities and services open or provided to the public, both in urban and in rural areas. These measures, which shall include the identification and elimination of obstacles and barriers to accessibility, shall apply to, inter alia:
- Buildings, roads, transportation and other indoor and outdoor facilities, including schools, housing, medical facilities and workplaces;
- Information, communications and other services, including electronic services and emergency services.
- States Parties shall also take appropriate measures:
- To develop, promulgate and monitor the implementation of minimum standards and guidelines for the accessibility of facilities and services open or provided to the public;
- To ensure that private entities that offer facilities and services which are open or provided to the public take into account all aspects of accessibility for persons with disabilities;
- To provide training for stakeholders on accessibility issues facing persons with disabilities;
- To provide in buildings and other facilities open to the public signage in Braille and in easy to read and understand forms;
- To provide forms of live assistance and intermediaries, including guides, readers and professional sign language interpreters, to facilitate accessibility to buildings and other facilities open to the public;
- To promote other appropriate forms of assistance and support to persons with disabilities to ensure their access to information;
- To promote access for persons with disabilities to new information and communications technologies and systems, including the Internet;
- To promote the design, development, production and distribution of accessible information and communications technologies and systems at an early stage, so that these technologies and systems become accessible at minimum cost.
Article 21 Freedom of expression and opinion, and access to information
States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that persons with disabilities can exercise the right to freedom of expression and opinion, including the freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas on an equal basis with others and through all forms of communication of their choice, as defined in article 2 of the present Convention, including by:
- Providing information intended for the general public to persons with disabilities in accessible formats and technologies appropriate to different kinds of disabilities in a timely manner and without additional cost;
- Accepting and facilitating the use of sign languages, Braille, augmentative and alternative communication, and all other accessible means, modes and formats of communication of their choice by persons with disabilities in official interactions;
- Urging private entities that provide services to the general public, including through the Internet, to provide information and services in accessible and usable formats for persons with disabilities;
- Encouraging the mass media, including providers of information through the Internet, to make their services accessible to persons with disabilities;
- Recognizing and promoting the use of sign languages.
Article 24 Education
- States Parties recognize the right of persons with disabilities to education. With a view to realizing this right without discrimination and on the basis of equal opportunity, States Parties shall ensure an inclusive education system at all levels and lifelong learning directed to:
- The full development of human potential and sense of dignity and self-worth, and the strengthening of respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms and human diversity;
- The development by persons with disabilities of their personality, talents and creativity, as well as their mental and physical abilities, to their fullest potential;
- Enabling persons with disabilities to participate effectively in a free society.
- In realizing this right, States Parties shall ensure that:
- Persons with disabilities are not excluded from the general education system on the basis of disability, and that children with disabilities are not excluded from free and compulsory primary education, or from secondary education, on the basis of disability;
- Persons with disabilities can access an inclusive, quality and free primary education and secondary education on an equal basis with others in the communities in which they live;
- Reasonable accommodation of the individual’s requirements is provided;
- Persons with disabilities receive the support required, within the general education system, to facilitate their effective education;
- Effective individualized support measures are provided in environments that maximize academic and social development, consistent with the goal of full inclusion.
- States Parties shall enable persons with disabilities to learn life and social development skills to facilitate their full and equal participation in education and as members of the community. To this end, States Parties shall take appropriate measures, including:
- Facilitating the learning of Braille, alternative script, augmentative and alternative modes, means and formats of communication and orientation and mobility skills, and facilitating peer support and mentoring;
- Facilitating the learning of sign language and the promotion of the linguistic identity of the deaf community;
- Ensuring that the education of persons, and in particular children, who are blind, deaf or deafblind, is delivered in the most appropriate languages and modes and means of communication for the individual, and in environments which maximize academic and social development.
- In order to help ensure the realization of this right, States Parties shall take appropriate measures to employ teachers, including teachers with disabilities, who are qualified in sign language and/or Braille, and to train professionals and staff who work at all levels of education. Such training shall incorporate disability awareness and the use of appropriate augmentative and alternative modes, means and formats of communication, educational techniques and materials to support persons with disabilities.
- States Parties shall ensure that persons with disabilities are able to access general tertiary education, vocational training, adult education and lifelong learning without discrimination and on an equal basis with others. To this end, States Parties shall ensure that reasonable accommodation is provided to persons with disabilities.
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Albrecht Altdorfer 1480 - 1538
The Birth of the Virgin
1.407 x 1.3 m
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Alte Pinakothek, Munich
In honour of the forthcoming feast, here is one of St Hildegard`s songs to the Virgin, O viridissima virga:
O viridissima virga (Saint Hildegard von Bingen)
O viridissima virga ave que in ventoso flabro sciscitationis sanctorum prodisti. Cum fenit tempus quod tu floruisti in ramis tuis ave ave sit tibi quia calor solis in te sudavit sicut odor balsami. Nam in te floruit pulcher flos qui odorem dedit omnibus aromatibus que arida erant. Et illa apparuerunt omnia in viriditate plena. Unde celi dederunt rorem super gramen et omnis terra leta facta est quoniam viscera ipsius frumentum protulerunt et quoniam volucres celi nidos in ipsa habuerunt. Deinde facta est esca hominibus et gaudium magnum epulantium. Unde o suavis Virgo in te non deficit ullum gaudium. Hec omnia Eva contempsit. Nunc autem laus sit Altissimo.
O viridissima virga
Hail, O greenest branch! You came forth in the windy blast of the questioning of saints. When the time came for you to blossom in your branches, "hail" was the word to you, for the heat of the sun distilled in you a fragrance like balsam. For in you bloomed the beautiful flower that gave fragrance to all the spices that had grown dry. And they all appeared in full verdure. So the skies rained dew on the grass and the whole earth exulted, for her womb brought forth wheat, and the birds of heaven made their nests in it. Then food was prepared for humans and great joy for the banqueters. So in you, sweet Virgin, no joy ever fails. Eve despised all these things! But now, praise be to the Most High.
Those who wish to know more about the music of St Hildegard von Bingen might wish to consult The Music of Hildegard von Bingen By Olivia Carter Mather
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Healthy, medium and large dogs remain one of the most vulnerable populations in shelters. Whether they have known behavioral challenges or face decline due to the stress of near-constant confinement, savable dogs can face euthanasia if shelters are unable to find a safe, viable outcome option for them. In this two-part series, we'll talk about how to give most dogs a fair chance at a live outcome through following a simple, easy-to-implement protocol that can be practiced in any shelter or rescue. Using real-life examples, we'll show you how a case management approach to at-risk dogs can save lives, decrease length of stay, build trust and engagement with your community, and improve morale among staff and volunteers.
Healthy, medium and large dogs pose unique challenges in animal sheltering. Housing young, energetic, intelligent dogs in kennels for 23 hours or more per day indefinitely leads to shelter stress and undesirable behaviors, which can put dogs' lives on the line. In this highly interactive webcast, we'll get into the details of how to make changes to better serve this at-risk population of shelter pets. We'll talk about real-life case studies, show how the process works in one, large municipal shelter and answer all your questions about what to do when it seems like there is no good answer. This webcast is the second in a two-part series but can be viewed on its own and will be useful to shelter leadership at all levels, volunteers, advocates and anyone else who struggles to save big dogs' lives.
This webcast has been pre-approved for 1 hour of Certified Animal Welfare Administrator continuing education credits by The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement.
Join us on Thursday, October 24th at 12pm Pacific/3pm Eastern for this free, informative 1-hour webcast by registering below.
Kristen Auerbach is the Director of Pima Animal Care Center, Pima County's only open-admissions animal shelter which takes in 17,000 homeless, lost and abandoned pets annually and serves 15,000 animals through animal protection and outreach services. Under her direction, PACC is saving more than 90% of the cats and dogs who come to the shelter including orphaned puppies and kittens, pets recovering from illness and injuries as well as animals who have been victims of cruelty or neglect. In 2017, she oversaw the opening of the newly constructed, state-of-the-art animal services facility. Under her leadership, PACC partners with hundreds of rescue and community groups and engages thousands of volunteers and foster families to help achieve its mission.
Kristen has received national recognition for her innovative, lifesaving programs. At PACC, she's created the largest pet foster care program in the United States, with nearly 5,000 animals sent to foster just this year. Because of the success of this program, PACC received a grant from Maddie's Fund® to lead a training initiative to learn about PACC programs and operations. Outside the shelter, Kristen has developed partnerships to build a community outreach program focused on providing resources for pets owned by people facing homelessness and extreme poverty. Kristen formerly served as the Deputy Director at Austin Animal Center in Austin, Texas as well as the Assistant Director at the Fairfax County Animal Shelter in Fairfax, Virginia.
Sheila Segurson, DVM, DACVB, Director of Research, Maddie's Fund®. After graduating from UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Segurson worked as a general practice/emergency/shelter veterinarian at pet hospitals in California. Then, in 2005, Sheila graduated from Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Program at UC Davis, becoming the first in the nation to complete a three-year, post-graduate behavior specialty training program with an emphasis on shelter animals and shelter behavior programs.
She worked for several pet welfare organizations, including UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program, The Sacramento SPCA, and the Animal Rescue League of Boston, where she developed and implemented enrichment/behavior modification programs.
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Before I ran for Congress in 2008, I helped run a business in Western New York. We manufactured motion control components — including motors, actuators, vibration isolators and industrial shock absorbers. Our products are used in the Tomahawk cruise missile, in medical equipment, on rail cars (including the subway system in the Capitol building) and in aircraft.
This gave me experience with the daily challenges U.S. manufacturers face to stay on the cutting edge, create jobs and compete successfully against global competitors. Research and development on innovative new products is critical. It’s no surprise, then, that manufacturers perform half of all R&D in the U.S., according to the National Association of Manufacturers.
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So our economic recovery and the future of U.S. manufacturing depend on firms having the right incentives to make vital investments in R&D.
For nearly 30 years, these incentives have taken the form of the R&D tax credit. Despite bipartisan support, this critical incentive for economic growth expired last December. Continued inaction is likely to further endanger our economic recovery, give an edge to global competitors and send jobs overseas.
How significant is the R&D credit to job growth? Roughly 70 percent of the tax credit’s benefits are used to pay salaries, according to a 2008 Ernst & Young study.
I’ve seen the benefits this credit can have on a business’s success and ability to grow and hire more workers in Western New York. I also understand the potential negative consequences if leaders in Washington allow the credit to further lapse.
Congress’s failure to act places our nation at a grave competitive disadvantage. Our global competitors — including those President Barack Obama recently met at the G-20 summit in Seoul, South Korea — have already surpassed the U.S. in R&D incentives.
The U.S. finished dead last in R&D tax competitiveness among eight leading Western economies in a study by the accounting firm Mazars.
“Global competitors, such as Canada and China, have already surpassed the U.S. in terms of R&D incentives,” notes James Brett, president of the New England Council. “The fruits of R&D spending are critical for competitiveness in today’s world economy.”
Even the French international trade group, the Invest in France Agency, brags that “since the reform of tax credits for research in 2008, France now offers the world’s most advantageous fiscal regime for corporate research and development, according to IndustryWeek.”
Without a long-term R&D credit, the U.S. falls further behind — even as our global competitors plan years ahead. They have long-term proposals for 10, even 20 years out. We plan year to year, election to election.
This needs to change. It can — if we make the R&D tax credit permanent and finally set our sights on long-term economic prosperity.
As part of an effort to look over the horizon, I laid out a five-point blueprint, “Manufacturing for Tomorrow,” to strengthen U.S. businesses small and large. A permanent R&D credit is a key part, since it encourages U.S. companies to make significant long-term plans, create jobs here and boost our global competitiveness.
U.S. policymakers usually talk a good game about manufacturing and creating jobs in America. By extending the R&D tax credit before the end of this Congress we can show the American people we mean it.
Rep. Christopher Lee (R-N.Y.) serves on the House Financial Services Committee.
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There are many robotic pool cleaners on the market that are designed to clean pool…
After vacuuming the pool, it was important to take care of any dirt, dust and bacteria that could potentially cause skin dryness, Apostle’s98.
How to tell if pool is clean?
The most common question that comes up is “how to tell if pool is clean?”. And here’s a tips for determining if pool is clean:
1. Remove all the food and water waste from your pool. Use a sharp knife to chop up any big chunks of plastic, metal, or concrete that are stillacy.
2. Use a vacuum cleaner to clean the pool bottom and edges. You can use a vacuum to suck up all the water and food that has build up on the bottom.
3. Use a hand vacuum to clean the interior of the pool. You can use this method to remove any debris that may have built up on the bottom.
4. Use a pool cleaner to clean the pool surface and pool casing. Pool cleaners remove any debris that may have been left on the pool skin or pool casing.
do pool skimmers have overflow?
pool skimmers have an overflow system to ensure that water does not escape during use. If the overflow system is activated, the pool skimmer will release a few inches of water per minute until all the water in the pool is consumed. This can help to prevent overflowing and dangerous water leakage. Some people prefer to use their pool skimmer with and without overflow system, which can be found on both online and physical store shelves.
Do pool skimmers have an overflow system?
Yes, pool skimmers do have an overflow system.
How can I set up my pool skimmer with an overflow system?
There is no specific answer, but the most common way to set up a pool skimmer with an overflow system is to use the overflow system while it is running. However, there are a few things that need to be done in order for the overflow system to work. These include turning on the pool skimmer, filling up the water canner with water, putting on the overflow system, and closing the door to the pool. These are all common sense changes that can be made that will help to activate the overflow system.
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King of Aragon and Naples
- Also known as
- Alfonso el Magnánimo
- Alfonso the Magnanimous
June 27, 1458
Alfonso V, byname Alfonso the Magnanimous, Spanish Alfonso el Magnánimo (born 1396—died June 27, 1458, Naples) king of Aragon (1416–58) and king of Naples (as Alfonso I, 1442–58), whose military campaigns in Italy and elsewhere in the central Mediterranean made him one of the most famous men of his day. After conquering Naples, he transferred his court there.
Alfonso was born and brought up in the brilliant Castilian court at Medina del Campo; but when he was 16, his father became king of Aragon, and he himself went to live there. Three years later (1415) he married his cousin María, the daughter of Henry III of Castile, but she produced no children, and they were separated for many years. The marriage was a failure and perhaps helps to explain Alfonso’s reluctance to return to his peninsular kingdoms after he had conquered Naples, where he was encouraged to remain by his mistress, Lucrezia de Alagno.
He succeeded his father as king of Aragon in 1416 and, at the beginning of his reign, had political difficulties with both Catalans and Aragonese, because he retained some Castilian counsellors and deprived the justicia, the supreme law officer of Aragon, of his position.
From the moment of his accession, Alfonso continued the traditional Aragonese policy of Mediterranean expansion. Thus, in 1420 he set out with a fleet to pacify Sardinia and Sicily and to attack the Genoese possession of Corsica. The queen of Naples, Joan II, then sought his help against Louis III of Anjou and adopted him as her son and heir. Alfonso was received as a liberator in Naples on July 5, 1421; but the volatile character of the Queen, who soon afterward began to make overtures to Louis of Anjou, obliged Alfonso in 1423 to return to Catalonia to seek reinforcements.
After intervening in the internal politics of Castile to defend the interests of his brothers Henry and John in the near civil war that existed during the weak rule of John II, Alfonso set out again for Italy, from where, as it turned out, he was never to return. He was receiving tempting offers (1432) to intervene again in Naples and spent two years in Sicily preparing his fleet and army. His opportunity seemed to come in 1435, after the deaths of Louis III of Anjou and Queen Joan II, but while blockading the port of Gaeta, a key citadel from which to launch an attack on Naples, he was defeated off the island of Ponza by a Genoese squadron. Alfonso was captured, with many others, and sent as a prisoner to Genoa and then to Milan, whose duke, Filippo Maria Visconti, ruled both cities. Alfonso, however, charmed his captor into an alliance and then continued his fight to gain possession of Naples against the opposition of Venice, Florence, and the Pope. He took Naples on June 2, 1442, and transferred his court there permanently in 1443. It became a brilliant centre of art and culture, fed by the fertile interaction of Italian Renaissance and Spanish Gothic influences and forming a cultural bridge between the two peninsulas of the western Mediterranean.
Alfonso engaged in much diplomatic and military activity in Africa, the Balkans, and the eastern Mediterranean in order to protect his commerce with the East and to share in the defense of Christendom against the Turks. He helped the Knights of St. John defend Rhodes; allied himself with Hungary (1444), with Serbia (1447), and with Abyssinia (1450); and fought against Egypt (1453–54). But he was not strong enough to prevent the fall of Constantinople to the Turks in 1453.
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Meanwhile, his Spanish dominions were suffering from serious unrest, the result of social and economic tensions to which no solution could be found by his viceroys, his queen, Maria, and his brother John of Navarre. In Catalonia the remensa, the peasantry, were vigorously seeking to be freed from feudal dues and received some support from the crown. In Majorca a popular rising, which led to fighting between the capital of the island and the rural population, had to be crushed by troops that Alfonso sent from Naples. And in Barcelona a serious class struggle caused so many disturbances in the city that Alfonso reformed the city government, allowing public offices to be distributed by lot. Meanwhile, the sporadic war with Castile both impoverished the Kingdom of Aragon and deprived Alfonso and his family of their ancestral estates in Castile. Only Valencia, with its flourishing economy, remained unharmed by the general crisis. A restless, energetic ruler to the last, Alfonso was engaged in an assault upon Genoa, which had recently surrendered to the French, when death surprised him in Ovo Castle at Naples in June 1458. In the Kingdom of Naples he was succeeded by his illegitimate son, Ferrante, and in his other states by his brother John (King John II of Aragon), who had been king of Navarre since 1425.
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Yet another Floridian reptile drama has made headlines. Earlier this month (March, 2014) officials from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FFW) reported that a Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) had been captured in the northwestern Everglades. Although the origin of this particular animal may be known, it is not the first Nile Crocodile to have been captured in the state, which is now home to an astonishing 500+ species of non-native animals (and a great many plants)! And while Nile Crocodiles are a rarity in Florida, the possibility of hybridization with the native American Crocodile (C. acutus) may be a concern. In the course of my work in zoos and via contacts with commercial croc farming projects, I’ve seen many examples of hybrid crocodiles. I cared for a Cuban Crocodile x American Crocodile cross, and Siamese Crocodiles are regularly interbred with others on farms. Hybrid crocs were even openly offered for sale as “pets” back in the “Wild West” days of the pet trade (and perhaps still are?).
Nile Crocodile Origins
The recently-captured Nile Crocodile measured 5 ½ feet in length and weighed 37 pounds – too small to have reached sexual maturity (another, also an escaped exhibit animal, measured 9 feet in length when re-captured). It is believed to be the same individual that has been sighted several times over past 2 years. FFW officials are looking into the possibility that this animal escaped from a Miami facility just before the sightings began. If genetic evidence confirms
this, the owners could be subject to a fine and/or imprisonment under Florida law.
Crocodiles and the Leather Trade
There has been speculation that live crocodiles imported to the USA for use in the skin trade may be another source of escapees. However, all operations that utilize Nile Crocodiles are, according to the IUCN’s latest report, located in Africa (please see article linked below).
Nile Crocodiles are second only to American Alligators in terms of the number of skins sold each year. The IUCN reports that between 2006 -2008, 1.5 million crocodile, alligator and caiman skins were legally traded. Thirty countries and 13 crocodilian species were involved. The global economic downturn has suppressed demand since that time.
Florida has the dubious honor of hosting more non-native invertebrates, fishes, reptiles, amphibians, birds and mammals than anywhere else on earth. An astonishing 500+ exotic species have been observed, and many if not most have established breeding populations. Last year, the federal and Florida state governments spent 80 million dollars in eradication attempts. Threats to agriculture and habitats posed by introduced plants are also significant.
Other costs are involved as well – over the past decade, for example, 100 million dollars has been spent on re-establishing the endangered Wood Stork. Nile Crocodiles and Burmese and African Rock Pythons are capable of preying upon Wood Storks, and other species could impact these endangered birds in ways that have not yet been identified.
Notable Exotics: Reptiles and Mammals
Many of Florida’s introduced reptiles are very well-known, even to those without much interest in animals. In some areas, Green Iguana populations are denser than in natural habitats…denser, in fact, than populations of any other lizard, anywhere on earth (please see article below for an interesting study on iguana-raccoon interactions)! Brown Anoles seem to have replaced the native Green Anole in many areas, and 6-8 other anole species are established as well. And, of course, one cannot escape news of introduced Burmese and African Rock Pythons and Boa Constrictors.
Less well-known is the fact that Spectacled Caimans (Caiman crocodylus) have been breeding in Florida since the 1960’s, which was their heyday in the pet trade. Other surprising transplants include Javan File Snakes (Acrochordus javanicus), Texas Horned Lizards (Phrynosoma cornutum), Mexican and Black Spinytail Iguanas (Ctenosaura pectinata and similis) and Indochinese Tree Agamas (Calotes mystaceus). There are many others…please post below if you wish a complete list.
I’m surprised that, with the exception of Armadillos and Nutrias, Florida’s introduced mammals do not seem to generate much interest. The list really is quite amazing, and includes such large and unusual creatures as Asian Sambar Deer, American Elk, Jamaican Fruit Bats, Capybara, Mexican Red-Bellied Squirrels and Rhesus, Squirrel and Vervet Monkeys. Please post below for more info, and see the linked article on Florida’s many feral parrots.
Extermination efforts have rarely been successful, regardless of the species involved. In fact, the FFW has given indications that the Burmese Python campaign may shift from “eliminate” to “control” mode. I’ll post updates as they become available.
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There will be a mandatory orientation for all applicants who complete the application process.
POLICE APPLICANT PREPARATION GUIDE
Available through Bannon and Associates to help prepare for the entrance exam.
The Basic Peace Officer Course satisfies the basic training required by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement for peace officer licensing. The Basic Peace Officer Course consists of 696 hours of training and is offered during the Spring and Fall semesters.
Prospective cadets must meet the minimum standards for training established by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education.
- CRIMINAL HISTORY
All Applicants must:
- Not be currently charged with or under indictment for any criminal offense
- Have never been convicted of any family violence offense
- Have never been convicted of any felony offense
- Have never been convicted of any Class A Misdemeanor offense
- Not have been convicted of a Class B Misdemeanor offense within the last ten years
- Have never received deferred adjudication, court-ordered community supervision, or probation for any felony offense
- Have never received deferred adjudication, court-ordered community supervision, or probation for a Class A Misdemeanor
- Not have received deferred adjudication, court-ordered community supervision, or probation for a Class B Misdemeanor within the last ten years
- Not be prohibited by state or federal law from operating a motor vehicle
- Not be prohibited by state or federal law from possessing firearms or ammunition
- Not have excessive or recent criminal arrests or detentions which indicate a lack of maturity, poor judgment, or deficient moral character
Independent Applicants must be 21 years of age by the first day of the course (Exceptions that still comply with Rule 217.1 made at the Director’s discretion).
All Applicants must have received a high school diploma OR received a high school equivalency (GED) certificate.
(This education requirement may be waived if the applicant has received an honorable discharge from the armed forces of the United States after at least 24 months of active duty service) (OC 1701.255);
- PHYSICAL HEALTH
Independent Applicants must be examined by a physician authorized by the Academy and be determined
in writing before registration can be completed.
- Be physically sound and free from any defect which may adversely affect the performance of duty appropriate to the type of license sought
- Show no trace of drug dependency or illegal drug use after a physical examination, blood test, or other medical test.
- Have no obvious medical condition or impairment that would preclude the applicant from fulfilling the requirements of the course
(The Director may, at his discretion, require such an examination at any time fter acceptance into the course)
- MENTAL HEALTH
Independent Applicants must pass a psychological evaluation, demonstrating them to be in satisfactory psychological and emotional health to serve as a peace officer.
(The Director may, at his discretion, require such an examination at any time before or after acceptance into the course)
- ACADEMIC ABILITY
Independent applicants must demonstrate the ability to perform academically by passing a basic knowledge test.
POLICE APPLICANT PREPARATION GUIDE
- MILITARY SERVICE
All Applicants having military service may not have been discharged from any military service under less than honorable conditions including, specifically
- Under other than honorable conditions
- Bad conduct
- Any other characterization of service indicating bad character
- PRIOR LICENSURE
All Applicants must not have had a license denied by final order or revoked, or have a voluntary surrender of license currently in effect.
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The opinions posted on the Pagan Perspective pages are those of individuals and are not neccessarily shared or endorsed by the Witches' Voice inc.
Posted: Nov. 17, 2002
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What More Do You Want To Know About Paganism?
We hear time after time that Paganfolk want to see/read more in-depth articles/books about Paganism. Is there anything beyond Wicca/Witchcraft 101? Okay. Let's help them (whomever they may be) out here. What do YOU want to know more about? Magickal practices? A Pagan Philosophy of Life? Pagan History-ancient or modern? What is it that YOU want to know that you are just not getting information about? Be as specific as you can. Pretend that you are interviewing some Pagan of renown, either living or passed on and in any time era. What questions do you want him/her to answer?
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| I Thought You'd Never Ask! :) Death & Afterlife (what Is The Summerland?) Karma... ||Jan 9th. at 6:12:33 pm UTC|
|Colleen Fischer (Santa Cruz, California US) ||Age: 22 - Email |
I thought you'd never ask! :)
Death & afterlife (What is the Summerland?)
Children: Teaching Tradition
Childcare/Lessons & active explorations of the Divine
Sanity and Insanity: Pagans with chemical disorders
The threat of going too deep?
Modern Wiccan/NeoPagan fiction (novels)
Pagan Spiritual Ecstasy & Inner Peace
Pagan perspective on dreams/astral travel
Priest/essing and counseling Pagans
Art & Symbolism
Embracing and celebrating Pagan eclecticism, acceptance, egalitarianism, and individuality
Pagan views on the human body
Pagan Social Ideals & Communal Lifestyles
Homosexual Paganism (deities, beliefs, practices)
Ethnic (non-white) Pagans
Native American belief systems and practices
Menstruation - rituals, beliefs
| Leaders Are Very Much Like Teachers. Both Can (with The Words They... ||Jan 7th. at 11:49:18 pm UTC|
|Irebera (Fresno , California US) ||Age: 46 |
Leaders are very much like teachers. Both can (with the words they speak) change the world and those around them. They have the ability to listen and hold the attention of those around them.
To listen without passing judgement shows an willingness to understand.
Many don't realize that their leaders until someone points this out to them.
| I Have Been Practicing For Over 30 Years. I Would Like Additional... ||Jan 7th. at 4:03:41 pm UTC|
|Susan Morrison (South Plainfield, New Jersey US) ||Age: 43 |
I have been practicing for over 30 years. I would like additional education in practical spellcraft and seek specific references I can study.
| The Basics Have All Been Written Down For Those Without A Teacher... ||Jan 7th. at 9:51:00 am UTC|
|Nighteagle (Southbridge , Massachusetts US) ||Age: 34 - Email |
The basics have all been written down for those without a teacher or coven close by tolearn from. However the best teacher are the Goddess and God themselves. Go out to any wooded area, preferably away from city noise and take in the beauty of the forest, listen to the birds sing, watch squirls as they play and gather food, sit near a bubbling brook and listen to the water wash over the rocks, clean up a littered area, open your heart and mind to the natural world.Take the time to help those less fortunate than yourself, help out at the local soup kitchen, visit the elderly in hopitals and nursing homes who get no visitors.the next time a homeless person asks you if you can spare some change, take him/her to a resturant and buy him/her a meal and try to make that individual's life better. only then will the Goddess and God teach us the deeper things that Paganism is all about. Blessed Be :-)
| A Bit Of Advice For Anyone Who Is Religious At All... (and... ||Jan 6th. at 8:21:11 pm UTC|
|Steven Bragg (New Orleans, Louisiana US) ||Age: 24 - Email |
A bit of advice for anyone who is religious at all... (And forgive me if this has already been said, but I don't have the time right now to read all posted opinions.) Although a "youngster" in the Neo-Pagan community, a problem I see is that many Neo-Pagans (and, yes, this applies to all religions respectively) confine themselves to only that which holds the labels: witch, wicca, pagan, neo-paganism, etc. This is a crippling limitation that stunts the spiritual growth of a person.
Instead of buying only Llewellyn (goans from some) or waiting on new texts to be published, expand your libraries to include present academic, historic, sociological, philosophical, and psychological books on religion and world religions. I believe that all things religious spring from the same source, therefore, each and every religious faith has something to offer for the total fulfillment of human spiritual development. More specifically, though, some religions have been around longer or have had more thought and work put into them. A prime example is Christianity; no other religion in the history of religion has had more study put into it. I'm not endorsing Christianity, or any other religion, but I'm saying that if one wishes to further develop in one's religion, and that religion has little written materials (like advanced Modern Paganism), then study the other religions that have these works. Study then, strip them to their bare bones, put it back together, observe what makes it all tick, and apply this to one's own spiritual path.
Sure, some academic and such texts can be "dry, " but if one is serious about furthering one's own spiritual existence, then nothing should be too difficult or boring. Brew the pot of coffee, or make a gallon of the tea, turn off the tv, turn the phone ringer off, light some incense, get comfortable (but not comfortable as to fall asleep), and crack the books. Then, when you finish a book or a chapter, talk a walk and ponder what you've just read. Apply this to situations at school, work, and at home. Quiz yourself. If you're reading about Hinduism, then ask what the Hindu Brahmins would say about the turning of the seasons and the symbology of the sun. Integrate these into your own faith. Keep at it until you've satisfied yourself for the time being. (Hint: The desire for some to further develop and learn about spirituality never really goes away, but sometimes it rests.)
Just don't loose sight of the whole forest because of the individual trees.
| I've Got To Agree With A Previous Poster- We Need More Resources... ||Jan 6th. at 7:48:18 pm UTC|
|starchasm (Madison, Wisconsin US) ||Age: 19 - Email |
i've got to agree with a previous poster- we need more resources on death. and i hadn't thought of it, either, until 5 people i was close to died in 21 days; one of which exspecially i was left scrambling to find something to ease the transition. while it is an extremely personal thing, and doesn't go by any set formula, i think if it was discussed more, we could learn from each others exsperiences.
| My Magickal Wish List Would Include, As Many Have Said Over And... ||Jan 6th. at 6:23:16 pm UTC|
|Elsu Sidhe Nu (Olympia, Washington US) ||Age: 22 - Email |
My magickal wish list would include, as many have said over and over again...teachings of the "Old Religion". As a "newbie" in the magickal realm of Wicca, I've gotten lost off the path of enlightenment a few times, but because of my persistance, those moments of loss have actually captured many new areas that I'd like to study. But again, the problem that I seem to be running into is the fact that every book I read mentions the "Old Religion" and no where can I find even a mention of ANY sort of a book title or reference guide to just what the heck it is.
Currently I'm studying the Egyptian era, their belief system, magickal rites, etc. And thats just one of many ancient civiliations that I've found to be of similar beliefs and has helped me to come one step closer to that of my own divinity. The other that I've studied is Buddism...and I strongly agree with others who have responded, reading up on those religious studies is a GREAT way to understanding some old civilizations. However, not always are these to be the paths of many. And it CAN be reallllly confusing as to how to incorporate those religions with Wicca or ones own belief. Which brings me to my second point...I'd like to see references on how to combine the two or SOMETHING on association of two religions, with out being so confusing. (Hey!! If someone can make cliff notes to DantŽs-Inferno, someone can make cliff notes on incorporating two religions!!) Ok, so I live in my own dream world.
Thirdly I'd like to see scientific studies, or something of the like, about how truely different these religions are from one another. If one really thinks about it, we just have different names for pantheons, although one religion may have a different system. I'd like to see something about comparrisons of these systems...I think it'd make our own personal studies MUCH MUCH easier!!!
On another rant, where are our "How to raise a lil pagan" reference guides? I dont have children yet, but the thought of "how the heck am I going to raise a child to be acceptant of all these different religions?" or "what do I say when my child comes home crying because the trees didnt talk back?" The parents of current Wiccans/Pagans should join together and write a tutorial on the "How To" or a Q&A book on the "What If's". I know that what one does isnt necessarily right for another, however, I'd like a reference guide for the future. And who knows, maybe that will help me raise my parents(who arent Wiccan), to be a little more tolerant of NOT using my miniature bessom as a duster. (dreams are wonderful arent they??) :o)
| I've Always Been Interested In Why Something Is Done A Certain Way... ||Jan 6th. at 11:20:57 am UTC|
|Donna Lee (North Wales, Pennsylvania US) ||Age: 35 - Email |
I've always been interested in why something is done a certain way. Many traditions have been lost or subverted by whatever religion was dominant at the time, as anyone who has studied Wicca knows. I think it very important to find out about ancient tomes, archeological sites that yield information on pagan practices of cultures long ago, and other historical information. History is written by the dominant culture; and more research is needed to find out what has been found and misinterpreted by people with either an agenda, or ignorance or what they had come across.
| I Think People Want To Achieve A Much Greater Level Of Ability... ||Jan 6th. at 10:19:31 am UTC|
|laura (Panama City Beach, Florida US) ||Age: 35 - Email |
I think people want to achieve a much greater level of ability.
They are looking for the road to guru status.
I would say that anything being Witchcraft 101 is a personal adventure in understanding and knowlege.
All answers come to the person who is ready.
Eat well practice well and you shall know.
| One Question To Paganism, Really Isn't A Question. Somthing I've Always Wanted... ||Jan 6th. at 3:31:18 am UTC|
|Eoduin (Edmonton, Alberta CA) ||Age: 18 - Email |
One Question to Paganism, really isn't a question. Somthing I've always wanted to know or see of Paganism, is its actual practices in the flesh. I've read a dozen books on wicca 101 and the like, and all I read is the exact same thing. I am sick of it, I want to know more, but the resources availible to me, aren't enough. I want to know how pagans deal with everyday situations, I'm sure no body applies magic to every single one of their problems, I don't want magic, I want the spiritual. I want to know paganisms true history without the authors own bias, I want to know what it is to be pagan, to talk in person to other pagans, to hear their insights on their faith. Paganism to me, has been a path I've wandered on for 6 years, but I still don't know the whole of what it is, and no book can tell me.
| I'd Really Like To Know How To Find If Paganism Is Actually... ||Jan 6th. at 1:24:25 am UTC|
|Datura (Salem, Oregon US) ||Age: 14 - Email |
I'd really like to know how to find if Paganism is actually the right Path for me (or anybody else, of course -- not to be self-centered!), and if so, how to be a Pagan teenager and stay sane. I've found a lot of hostility towards kids like me -- that we're just in it for the clout, for the ability to say "I'll put a spell on you!"
| I Have Read Many Books. I Put Them Aside For A Long... ||Jan 5th. at 3:48:36 pm UTC|
|Michelle Vasquez (Lewisville, Texas US) ||Age: 25 - Email |
I have read many books. I put them aside for a long time, moved twice and worked on myself and welbeing. Then me and my husband found Wicca 101 classes at a Pagan Community Center. They are so great. We were able to start them at the beginning and unfortunately have had to miss a couple. these classes are so unlike books. I've never seen a warning about being careful who/what you call upon and that gave specific expieriences of the consequences of not knowing what you're doing. So one of the books I would like to see is A book of pagan don'ts, real life experiences.
I think many books don't give you an honest feel to them. They say this element/goddess/god/herb stand for/does/relates to this. Here are some spells. call circle once/twice a month. They don't give ideas on how to live pagan. How to call on god/ess when your in the car and traffic has got you frazzled. a narrative novel about a "regular", used loosely, pagan and what they do would be great.
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What is HLS Video Streaming? Download Guides, Protocols And Many More To Know About HLS Live Stream APK
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Welcome to None-So-Hardy
In None-So-Hardy Nurseries we take the long view
grow quality forests
Please take a moment to read this wonderful evocation of the Rising of the Sap, without which we would have no trees or plants! The Rising of the Sap – by James Le Fanu"
The joys of spring are irresistible and this year more so than ever. After three dreary months of leaden skies and icy winds nature’s dazzling reawakening came in a rush as, almost over night, the cherry blossom blossomed, the tulips and magnolia ‘burst forth’ and the buds of the horsechestnut unfolded like so many small iridescent stars. One day all seemed grey and monochrome, the next resonant with pinks, whites, yellows and vivid greens. “Can there be anything so wonderful as this meeting of death and life” enquired Professor J Arthur Thomson in his classic book The Biology of the Seasons. “The power of trees and plants to transmute by secret alchemy the elements of water, soil and air into the bread and wine of life”.
Spring is no ordinary event imaginatively celebrated by our ancestors, supposedly less sophisticated than ourselves, in myth and folklore: Persephone’s annual return from the Underworld, The Sleeping Beauty woken from her prolonged slumbers by a Prince’s kiss. But this resurgence of life is indeed magical – exemplified most dramatically by ‘The Rising of the Sap’ from deep within the soil to the dizzying heights of the topmost branches of the oak, elm and horsechestnut.
Consider for a moment the epic passage of a drop of that life sustaining mix of water and its precious nutrients, iron, chlorides, phosphates and nitrogen. That journey starts with its absorption into the jellified substance of the roots from where it is propelled forward into the network of narrow ‘drainpipes’, the xylem, a few microns in diameter at the base of the tree. At this point another much more potent force takes over sucking the drop of sap upwards into the veins of the leaves that rob it of its nutrients before finally shoving it outwards into the fresh air through the minute holes or stomata on their undersurface.
The pressure required to impel that column of fluid a hundred foot upwards against the pull of gravity and the resistance of the tissues lining ‘the xylem’ are truly astonishing. The technical terminology may not be very familiar but put simply we experience an atmospheric pressure of roughly one hundred thousand pascals, or 0.1 mega (millions) pascals( MPa). By comparison the pressure required to inflate a car tyre is twice as great at around 0.2 MPa. ‘The rising of the sap’ requires pressures fifteen times greater still at 3.0 MPa more than sufficient to crush the life out of any creature. It is impossible to conceive of a biological pump – such as the human heart – that might be capable of generating such pressures. But the horsechestnut, of course, has no pump rather the rising of the sap is a direct (if extraordinary) consequence of two unique physical properties of water itself.
The first is the well known phenomenon of osmosis on which so many biological functions depend where water moves across the semipermeable membrane of the cell wall to equalise the concentration of solutes on either side – readily illustrated by a simple experiment involving a sausage skin filled with a strong sugary solution. Tie the sausage skin tightly at one end, attach a glass tube to the other and immerse in a bowl of water. Before long the water will move inwards causing the sausage skin to bulge and a column of fluid will be noted rising up the glass tube. And so too the roots of the horsechestnut whose jellified interior absorbs fluid from the soil and propels it upwards into the xylem’s drainpipes.
But the osmotic pull of the roots, it emerged, could only make a modest contribution as demonstrated by another experiment which involved cutting a fifty foot oak tree off at its base and placing it upright in a bath of red dye – that was duly sucked upwards to infiltrate and discolour its leaves. In 1894 the Professor of Botany at Trinity College Dublin Henry Horatio Dixon attributed the sap’s continued upward movement to the tension exerted by its evaporation through the stomata of the leaves – in a manner not dissimilar to sucking liquid through a straw where the powerful chemical bonds binding its molecules together ‘pull up’ those behind it.
The practicalities of the continuous upward flow of a hundred foot column of sap are inevitably much more complex – indeed a dissenting group of botanists maintain that Professor Dixon’s CohesionTension theory (as it is known) is by itself inadequate for the task.
But no matter.It is enough the search for an explanation of the rising of the sap should draw attention to the natural miracle of what it entails: how to shift the nutrients of the soil into the canopy of the horsechestnut so as to transform, in a few short weeks, those star like budding leaves into its magnificent foliage – without there being any powerful mechanical ‘engine’ to do the shifting. That is no ordinary achievement.
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Governments must consider ways to manage the transition to driverless trucks in order to avoid potential social disruption from job losses, according to a new report published by the International Transport Forum (ITF) with three partner organisations.
Self-driving trucks will help save costs, lower emissions, and make roads safer. They could also address the shortage of professional drivers faced by road transport industry, the study says.
But automated trucks could reduce the demand for drivers by 50-70% in the US and Europe by 2030, with up to 4.4 million of the projected 6.4 million professional trucking jobs becoming redundant, according to one scenario.
Even if the rise of driverless trucks dissuades newcomers from trucking, over 2 million drivers in the US and Europe could be directly displaced, according to scenarios examined for the report.
The report makes four recommendations to help manage the transition to driverless road freight:
- Establish a transition advisory board to advise on labour issues.
- Consider a temporary permit system to manage the speed of adoption.
- Set international standards, road rules and vehicle regulations for self-driving trucks.
- Continue pilot projects with driverless trucks to test vehicles, network technology and communications protocols.
These recommendations were agreed jointly by organisations representing truck manufacturers, truck operators and transport workers’ unions, under the auspices of an intergovernmental organisation. This broad coalition of stakeholders lends the call to action particular weight.
Read more here.
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As I wrote in my previous blog post, Best Investment Options In India, there are 10 different Best Investment Plans available in the market. One cannot invest their savings in all of the options available. So, You have to select the plan that suits your needs. It depends on –
- Your Age
- Financial Position
- Expected Rate of Return
- Time Frame (Investment Horizon)
I will try to explain how these things will affect your investment strategy by explaining all. You can decide what kind of risk and what kind of investment plans suits you.
Factors that Affect While Choosing Best Investment Plan: –
1. Age: –
If you are below 30 years of age, you can take the high risk as your goals will have a longer time frame to achieve the said goals like Children Education, Marriage. In these cases, you can invest more in equities than low yielding bond schemes.
If your age is around 45, you can’t take high-risk investments as your goals are very near. It is not advisable to invest your corpus in stocks when your investment horizon is less than 3 years.
2. Financial Position: – Let’s take an example, that Mr Arun is working as a software engineer from the age of 22. Now, He is 30. Let’s assume that Mr Arun’s
Net Salary is Rs.45000.
Monthly Surplus is Rs.30000.
Invested in Bank Recurring Deposit.
@ 8% Interest Rate, He could have Rs.40,33,505 of Maturity Amount.
Whereas Mr Kumar got a job at the age of 30. Both are working in the same firm. Now they want to start investing for their goals like Children Education, Children Marriage, Buying a House, Buying a Car. Arun & Kumar cannot choose same investment plans.
Arun has a corpus of Rs.40 Lakh whereas Kumar doesn’t have a penny. Arun can right away start investing in stocks by studying the fundamentals of the company on his own or he can choose to take the help stock advisory services by paying the subscription fee and invest his corpus amount of Rs.40 Lakhs in 10 to 20 companies. This one investment plan can achieve his Children Education & Marriage goals.
Whereas, Kumar should start building his corpus by investing his monthly income in Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) by selecting few mutual funds by knowing the details of the fund historical returns, the fund manager and the investment mantra of the fund. Kumar has to invest more than Arun to achieve his goals by saving more.
Arun can Buy a House and Buy a Car by taking a loan from the bank with the monthly surplus. He can fulfil his Dream of owning a House and a car.
Whereas, Kumar cannot Buy a House and Car because he has to invest for his primary goals first. He has to adjust to a rented house and public transport. Of course, If Kumar monthly surplus amount is really high which can be adjusted to SIP payment and Bank EMI, He can go for both options. If you are in Kumar’s position, you should first calculate the amount of money you need for each goal and amount of monthly surplus.
3. Goals: – Goals play a very crucial role in choosing the right investment plan. Goals should be realistic & achievable. Indians usually have the following goals –
- Children Education
- Children Marriage
- Owning a House
- Buying a Car
First, you should plan for Primary goals.
4. Expected Rate of Return: – The expected rate of return can be assumed by taking the historical performance as a measure but this doesn’t guaranty the future return. Let’s assume that you have decided to invest in Franklin India Prima Fund. This fund has generated 23.49% of average return over the last 10 years and you have allocated 30% of your corpus. You have invested remaining 70% in debt fund. It’s expected rate of return is 8%, we have the following:
Expected return (portfolio) = (0.23)*(0.3) + (0.08)*(0.7) = 0.125, or 12.50%
5. Time Frame: – Each goal has a different time frame. Measure the time frame, measure the expected rate of return of asset class you have chosen, measure the monthly surplus available, measure required amount needed for each goal, then take a decision on which Investment Plan suits your needs.
Among the 10 Best Investment Plans and their sub plans, you can choose the best plan according to your need. I will explain the need and the fund you can opt for.
Investment Plan You Need to Choose As Per The Need: –
You need to choose Investment Plans as per the need. There are usually 5 kinds of needs.
- Emergency Fund
- Short-Term Goals
- Long-Term Goals
- Monthly Income
- Tax Saving
Best Investment Plans for Emergency Fund:
- Liquid Mutual Funds
- Savings Bank Account
- Locker at Home
You can read complete post on Emergency Fund Investment Here
Best Investment Plans for Short-Term Goals:
- Bank Fixed Deposits
- Bank Recurring Deposits
- Short-term Debt Mutual Fund Schemes
- Equity Linked Saving scheme(ELSS)
- Arbitrage Funds
Best Investment Plans for Long-Term Goals:
- Equities/ Stocks
- Mutual Funds – Equity-Based
- Public Provident Fund (PPF)
- Sukanya Samriddhi Deposit Scheme (For Girl Child)
- Real-Estate investments
Best Investment Plans for Monthly/ Quarterly Income:
- Bank or Post Office Monthly Income Scheme
- Bank or Post Office Senior Citizens Savings Scheme
- Bank or Post office Fixed Deposits
- Rental income from Real estate property investments
Best Investment Plans for Tax Saving:
- Equity Linked Savings Schemes
- Provident Funds
- Tax Saving Mutual Funds
- Public Provident Fund (PPF)
- Sukanya Samriddhi Deposit Scheme
Now, take a piece of paper and write down your goals first. Categorise them whether they come under short-term or long-term or immediate requirement. Then shortlist the investment plans that suits your requirements. I will explain Emergency Fund, Short-Term Goals, Long Term Goals & Where Monthly Income is needed and explain each and every investment plan that I have mentioned here in detail in the upcoming blog posts. Thanks For Reading…
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In my graduate studies in city and regional planning, one thing became very obvious to me: cities, by definition and at their best, are densely-populated places. However, with the rapid rise of automobile use, North American cities have been on a low-density trend. Think about it, big vehicles for every individual require tons of big roads, big parking spaces, etc.
One key way to increase density is to provide good mass transit that people will use instead of cars. Attractive, modern mass transit that follows a specific, dedicated line (e.g. streetcars and light rail) is actually as much of a development tool as a transportation option. Building such transit lines results in high-density development, especially near the transit stations, which, for many, means a better city and a better quality of life. (Of course, it is also important to coordinate such transportation planning with land use planning, but that is a subject for another day….)
A recent piece by JJ Sutherland of NPR goes into this topic a bit more, focusing on the increasing number of cities across the U.S. that are going this route (no pun intended).
Here’s the intro:
It’s hard to find a city in America that isn’t planning, proposing, studying or actually building a light rail system. Cities as diverse as Dallas, Seattle and Washington, D.C., all see light rail as part of their future — a way to reshape their development.
There are 35 light rail systems operating in the U.S. today. At least 13 metro areas are currently building others. Many more are being planned.
Perhaps the most ambitious light rail project in the country is being built in Denver. Downtown, behind Union Station, lies a cityscape that doesn’t quite exist yet.
Much of the area is empty, fenced off. Construction crews are digging a huge hole in the ground in preparation for some of the final stages of a multiyear transportation project that is already changing the city.
Read the full piece, which covers the Denver experience in a little more detail as well as some of the challenges of implementing such systems and more on the reasons for choosing light rail, here: Light Rail Transforming Cities, Guiding Development.
One section I like, in particular, focuses on how even people scared of the ‘s’ word (socialism) are getting behind mass transit like light rail:
Tom Clark, of the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation, says that when the conversations first began about mass transit, “it sounded a little bit too close to socialism for some of us.” What changed the business community’s mind, he says, were simple economics.
“We had a worker housing problem. The roads were getting congested enough that workers from the north side could no longer commute by car to the south side. They needed an alternative.”
Similar to the light rail rush, streetcars are getting a lot of support in cities around the country for the same reason, despite very little federal support for this option.
Eric Jaffe of Infrastructurist writes:
Federal money for public transit will likely be hard to come by with Republicans now in control of the House. But Yonah Freemark feels optimistic about the future of streetcars. Why? Well, several big cities, including Atlanta, Detroit, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C., continue to develop their lines at pace. And a quartet of other localities announced financial commitments to their own streetcar programs this month:
- Cincinnati will break ground on its streetcar line next year, after the state’s transportation authority awarded the city $35 million.
- Dallas received nearly $11 million to extend its streetcar — to go along with $23 million the city recently wonin a TIGER grant.
- New Orleans, which recently got $45 million in federal grants for a streetcar on Loyola Avenue, may direct local money to adjacent lines.
- Tempe, Arizona, would like to complete a 2.6-mile line by 2016 and is willing to pitch in part of the $160 million price tag, though it will have to ask the federal government to cover half.
Hopefully, the federal government will take notice that light rail and streetcars are popular across political boundaries around the U.S. and will get behind them more in the years to come.
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(especially in the 1960s) a young person, especially a hippie, rejecting conventional society and advocating love, peace, and simple, idealistic values.
A member of the hippie movement or counterculture, who typically advocated love, peace, and nonviolence: a caricature of a London flower child who is about as interesting as a boiled potato/ Woodstock is long over, and the bloom has gone off these flower children/ the flower people of the late 1960s, mostly middle-class kids trying to create a gaudy secular religion (1960s+)
[plural is flower children or flower people]
- Flower cluster
flower cluster See inflorescence.
[flou-er-duh-loos] /ˈflaʊ ər dəˈlus/ noun 1. the iris flower or plant. /ˈflaʊədəˈluːs/ noun (pl) flowers-de-luce 1. an archaic name for iris (sense 2), lily (sense 1)
[flou-erd] /ˈflaʊ ərd/ adjective 1. having . 2. decorated with or a pattern: a flowered dress. [flou-er] /ˈflaʊ ər/ noun 1. the blossom of a plant. 2. Botany. 3. a plant, considered with reference to its blossom or cultivated for its floral beauty. 4. state of efflorescence or bloom: Peonies were in flower. 5. an […]
[flou-er-er] /ˈflaʊ ər ər/ noun 1. a plant that at a specific time or in a certain manner. /ˈflaʊərə/ noun 1. a plant that flowers at a specified time or in a specified way: a late flowerer
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Now, let’s review
We Americans are famous for forgetting. In fact, author Studs Terkel says we suffer from a “national Alzheimer’s disease”—a kind of historical amnesia wherein we’re capable of forgetting anything that doesn’t fit neatly into our perception of our own lives and the life of our country. In hopes that Terkel is wrong and that we are still occasionally capable of taking the long view, SN&R hereby offers a few essential memory-refreshing observations about the war in Iraq.
“ America, with a population of 280 million, has a $400 billion defense budget. Iraq, with a population of 25 million, had a $1.4 billion defense budget. When the big country attacked the little one, it took three weeks for the little one to be toppled. Given the numbers above, are we supposed to have been in doubt about the outcome?
“ The war was carried out in the name of homeland security—to protect the United States from the Iraqi regime’s alleged weapons of mass destruction. Before the war, President George W. Bush’s justification for war and absolute focus was on these weapons and the danger they posed. Now that hardly any such weapons have been found, 58 percent of Americans say that finding them was not necessary. Neither was finding Saddam Hussein. The only thing that mattered, apparently, was that the war have a successful outcome.
“ There remains no credible link between the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda, the group behind the awful attacks on the World Trade Center. Ergo, the recent war did not assail those who perpetrated 9/11. In fact, many believe terrorists have been strengthened by the Iraq war because it has served to enrage about a billion Muslims, thereby ensuring the rise of more Islamic violence against American targets.
“ CNN showed Iraqis dancing in the streets when the Iraqi regime was toppled. (A deposed brutal dictator is always a good thing.) But CNN’s 24-hour news coverage did not show the smashed and bloody bodies of innocent civilians (sure to number in the thousands) who now crowd the hospitals and makeshift morgues of Iraq. A real turnoff.
“ Despite a famously wrecked domestic economy, Bush convinced Congress to cough up the requested $75 billion it cost to go to war in Iraq. The next expenditure? Experts say post-war reconstruction and occupation of Iraq will cost at least $100 billion.
“ A recent Field Poll noted that, unable to distinguish between criticizing the troops and denouncing the politicians who put the troops in harm’s way, nearly half of all Californians feel anti-war protesters are unpatriotic and were wrong to criticize the attack on Iraq when the war was ongoing. So, we’ll support and fight for freedom of speech in a remade Iraq but don’t much like it here.
They say those who forget the past are destined to repeat it, so let’s try not to forget the above. Otherwise, in the end, all that remains is a tragic loss of lives and a war that became its own justification for war.
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It’s understandable that Georgians wouldn’t want to have “The Nut State” emblazoned on their license plates, but if the largest crop grown were the determining factor, that’s what it would be.
Long known as the peach state, today Georgia is famous for its pecans. And some of the best come from Pearson Farm. The Pearson family has farmed for five generations in Fort Valley, Ga.—since 1885. Big Six, the actual farm operation owned by Al Pearson and his sisters, primarily produces pecans and peaches. Al and his wife Mary created Pearson Farm, a separate company, as a retail outlet for Big Six produce.
This time of year, Mary is busy in the retail shop with the business’s biggest mail-order season. Come January, you’ll find her in the test kitchen perfecting products like peach pound cake (which has a troublesome tendency to stick to its pans) or developing new ones such as spicy salad bits made with culled pecan pieces. Her product development has had a big effect on the pecan groves. Pointing to a few rows of color-marked trees, Al says, “Those are Mary’s pecans.” He’s referring to the round, fat little Elliot pecan that she favors. Short-bodied and hard-shelled, it shells out cleaner and with less breakage than the popular larger varieties. It also has more natural oils than most pecans, making it exceptionally sweet and flavorful and winning it attention from top chefs.
With careful planning, good marketing and a reputation for quality products, Al and Mary hope to leave their son and his heirs a business that will thrive for generations to come. Biting into one of their salty-sweet, perfectly toasted Elliot pecans, food lovers can only hope the same.
To read more about Pearson Farms, go to www.pearsonfarm.com
By Damon Lee Fowler, a writer in Savannah, Ga.
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The Petty Harbour Mini Aquarium is the first catch-and-release aquarium in the Province of Newfoundland & Labrador. Situated within the local fisherman’s cooperative building, our modest space comes to life each season with up to thirty live animal displays, exhibits and hands-on educational programming. Our marine habitats help bring the ocean to eye level, allowing visitors to get up-close to both common and little known local species.
A unique experience awaits everyone who visits, whether you are learning about squid anatomy, exploring whale biology, or just watching sea urchins go about their daily business. Get your hands wet in our seven touch tanks, where curious minds can discover and hold a variety of invertebrate animals from the intertidal zone. And the best part of the Mini Aquarium? We return all of the animals and plants back into the ocean areas from which they were collected.
The Mini Aquarium is open to the public seven days a week from 10 am to 6 pm, June to September. Off-season marine educational outreach programs are available from October to April by request.
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Carciono Embryonic Antigen ( CEA ) ( 1 )
Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is one of the most widely used tumor markers worldwide. CEA is normally produced during the development of a fetus. The production of CEA stops before birth and it is usually not present in the blood of healthy adults. It is a glycoprotein consisting of ~ 60% carbohydrate and a molecular mass of —180-200 kD. CEA exhibits considerable heterogeneity, which appears to be attributable to variations in its carbohydrate side chains. Most of the carbohydrate is composed of mannose, galactose,
N-acetylglucosamine, fucose and sialic acid.
Structural similarity of CEA to certain immunoglobulin-related proteins, such as ICAM-1 and ICAM-2, initially suggested that CEA might act as an adhesion molecule. The principal functions of the CEA family are unknown but they’ can act as homophilic aand heterophilic cell adhesion molecules. These alterations in cell adhesion are causally involved in cancer invasion and metastasis. Evidences suggest that it plays a role in cancer dissemination. It is normally present in circulation at very low concentration in adults but its normal range is higher in smokers than non-smokers. The- expression of CEA is up-regulated in epithelial cell membranes and in the cytoplasm of the cells in almost all types of carcinoma ovarian cancer.
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Posted: December 22nd, 2017
Which statement is true regarding balanced skeletal traction?
❍ A. Uses a Steinman pin
❍ B. Requires that both legs be secured
❍ C. Utilizes Kirschner wires
❍ D. Is used primarily to heal the fractured hips
Place an order in 3 easy steps. Takes less than 5 mins.
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Our eyes are important, that should go without saying.
With how important our eyes are, it is disturbing to think of the large number of ailments that may befall our eyes. Conditions such as glaucoma, cataracts, refractive concerns, and macular degeneration... and that is only a few of many possibilities!
While this is concerning, there is hope, and it comes in the form of great news for tea lovers. There are recent studies that have shown the the catechins and polyphenols in green tea are helpful in protecting your overall eye health. The effects also appear to be longer lasting than when these compounds are derived from synthetic sources; in fact, one cup of green tea may provide eye health protection for up to 20 hours!
In addition to the tea itself, there are a number of additives to the teas that may be helpful in protecting the eyes. These additives are simple herbs and spices, and can include cayenne pepper, bilberry, and fennel, just to name a few.
The Whistling Kettle is an on-line tea store and retailer Albany, Saratoga and Greater Capital Region, NY area for loose leaf tea. We have a large online catalog of unique teas including herbal and weight loss, pu-erh tea, organic tea and customized wellness blends. Our tea rooms and cafes are located in Troy and Ballston Spa NY and feature delicious, made to order food, beer, wine, coffee and of course tea!
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C2D System House conducts comprehensive deployments on Windows XP and Windows 7 environments, the operating system’s distribution with its pilots on the basis of an automatic detection of the equipment from the server as well as the distribution of the applications, repackaged if necessary and deployed on the desktops, regardless of the user’s profile.
Deployment of servers
Operations that must be performed during the automatic deployment of servers require some manual interventions. This deployment however remains completely transparent for the user, since the implementation occurs only once the preparation phase is terminated.
Deployment of physical desktops
C2D System House masters both automatic workstation deployment techniques, namely the « silent » method and the use of tables (see box).
In practice, it is generally machines running under Windows, whose profiles’ operation (set of parameters for each user) has no secret for C2D System House’s engineers, both at the level of files and backup.
The deployment of desktops is made via the Novell ZEN Works software. Just as, in a store, a PC is sold with an installation CD/DVD and with a series of utilities (graphic card, sound card, etc), C2D System House provides the same type of packages to its customers, with one difference : instead of a CD/DVD, support of this package is the company’s server itself, where softwares are installed. C2D System House conducts the depackaging of these applications: it « undoes » the initial package, looks how it works and « packs » the package back.
Thus, connect a new PC on the network returns to plug it and simply push on a button in order to automatically install all the features, without the intervention of a specialist.
Programs are being installed on the PC depending on the needs and assignments of the person who connects, without his intervention other than a simple click on the program icon that he/she wants to start.
Virtual desktop deployment
Since 2012, C2D System House also specializes in « Virtual Desktop Infrastructure » (VDI). In this case, it is not a server that deploys its content on the different PC anymore, but PCs are transformed into simple terminals connected to a high capacity server that starts virtual PCs as many times as there are people who connect on it.
If the deployment functionality remains the same as in a physical desktops deployment context, this is the method that differs... while some benefits are added: the deployment is not only 10 times faster, but the ability of a company to restart its activity in the twinkling of an eye if needed, from C2D System House’s datacenter (version française : mettre un point après « C2D System House » et avant « où est stocké ») where the original or a copy of the physical server is stored (and why not the IP telephony), on which virtual PCs depend.
After several projects using the major sales brands of the filed, C2D System House is now the Belux distributor of the FOSS Group open-source solution.
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Dark surface materials on the plateau surrounding Rima Marius (17.63°N, 309.02°E). LROC Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) observation M137882287R, LRO orbit 5453, August 31, 2010; solar illumination incidence 35°, image field of view is 660 meters. View the spectacular full-resolution LROC Featured Image HERE [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
LROC News System
The Moon's surface is thought to be covered almost everywhere by a layer of regolith. Regolith is a term meaning soil produced by weathering of local rock. On the Moon weathering is mostly caused by impacts, both large and small. In fact the smaller impacts, micrometeorite impacts, produce most of the upper portion of the regolith. An abundance of super fine and unconsolidated grains are produced by the astounding number of micro-impacts that have occurred over the past 4 billion years. In addition to rocks breaking apart into finer and finer fractions, over time space weathering makes rocks darker and redder. This effect is especially noticeable around steep surfaces where unweathered material slides down and stands in high contrast with its surroundings.
Medium resolution view of the full field of view (2.2 kilometers) showing Rima Marius as seen in LROC NAC observation M137882287R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Today's Featured Image focuses on a portion of southern bank of Rima Marius. Dark material, likely mature regolith, shows forked shapes at the edge of the mare. How were these irregular patterns formed? They could be remnants of collapsing plateau edges, which exposes fresh and bright slope surface in between the dark remnants. Or it might be flow marks of darker materials. If these dark fingers are flows how did they form? Perhaps small moonquakes destablized mature regolith, which then slid a bit down the slopes of the rille?
LROC Wide Angle Camera (WAC) 100 meter-per-pixel monochrome mosaic of the vicinity of Rima Marius. The blue box and while arrow indicate locations of full NAC frame and the LROC Featured Image released May 17, 2011. View full-sized WAC context frame HERE [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Explore the walls of this fascinating rille by viewing the full NAC frame!
Dark streaks in Diophantus crater
Erosional trough on crater wall
A Dark Cascade at Sulpicius Gallus
Alphonsus crater mantled floor fracture
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Drug testing is another precaution to have a peaceful working place. Drug testing can eliminate drug users in your firm. There are many types of drug test procedure that you can do. There are many applicants that use illegal drugs. Drug testing helps you determine a good worker. Check this article to learn some drug testing procedures.
Drug Testing is one pre-employment requirement that many Organizations implement. The primary objective is to maintain a workplace that is free from unnecessary and ugly scenarios arising from drug abuse.
High productivity is one of the goals of any corporations. By ensuring that all its employees are not hooked on illegal drugs, the performance of the company is geared toward success.
Of course, the success of the organization does not rely on having a drug-free working environment; however, drug abuse is a culprit that can affect the enterprise’s overall output.
Medical experts explained that people who use illegal drugs get high fast, making them feel powerful, and causing them to act fearlessly. Depending on the kind of illegal drug and the frequency of its use, these drugs can cause hallucinations and paranoia.
Now, without conducting drug testing, you are putting the safety and welfare of your company and its employees at higher risks. It could also damage your company’s reputation if managers already employed use drugs.
With employment drug screening, the company ensures that new hires are not into drug use. There are also corporations that initiate random drug tests on its existing employees to monitor and eliminate drug-abuse habits.
As drug screening becomes popular, some applicants may lie low in using drugs for the sake of passing drug tests, and resume their habits once they get hired. Hence, it is also necessary to conduct regular drug testing on all potential employees and existing employees.
Employment drug screening also creates a safer and drug-free working environment. It can reduce the conflict incidences involving employees who use illegal drugs. This is not to say that those who are involved in corporate brawls or verbal fights are using drugs.
Rather, statistics and medical evidence authenticate that people who are addicted to illegal drugs are quick to anger, vulnerable to physical violence, and an initiator of chaos. Mostly, drug users have frequent absences, low-productivity, utilization and cost of health benefits, higher insurance premiums and accidents.
Small and medium scale businesses can benefit more from initiating drug testing as drug users are more inclined to apply at their company. Just the thought of drug tests can scare away drug abusers. As a major determinant of employment, drug screening allows business owners to save time and effort by hiring the right individuals.
Since there are many types of substance abuse, it is important to specify which drug tests are necessary to administer to your employees and applicants. There are marijuana testing, cocaine drug tests, and many other drugs test that can be done.
Generally, companies follow a standard five-panel test, which is composed of Marijuana, Cocaine, PCP and Amphetamine. There is also a 10-panel test to include prescription substances that can be obtained legally, but which can also be addictive and abused. Only few companies use this type of drug testing.
Usually, all drug substances linger in our system between 2 and 4 days. In conducting the drug tests among regular drug users, the results become available in 14 days or even more. If the drug testing is done with hair, the substance can be detected for a period of 3 months.
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Workers in schools and daycare centres including teachers, school administrators, and other child care professionals — are entrusted with parental responsibilities.
Prominent among those responsibilities is a duty to make sure children at the establishment avoid injury and illness.
Beyond planning lessons and supervising playtime, day care and education professionals devote time to ensuring the health and safety of their wards. With that goal in mind, here are 6 tips aimed at making safety and good health security in child care and educational settings more achievable.
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Child care workers in Australia are required to have advanced credentials in first aid — namely in the management of asthma and anaphylaxis — as mandated by the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA).
The course to satisfy this requirement is HLTAID012 Provide First Aid in an education and care setting.
Along with learning techniques specific to providing first aid for children and infants, this training also includes how to engage effectively and responsibly with fellow care staff, parents, and medical personnel.
Investing in this course takes care of your professional obligation. Better still, it will allow you to respond competently and confidently when it comes to taking care of the children in your charge.
Keeping emergency first aid kits on hand is sound practice at schools and daycare centres. Usually, this means at least one kit per floor, plus portable kits for sanctioned activities, such as field trips.
Make it a weekly routine to check these kits to make sure that restocking of bandages, ointments, medicines, clean water, and the like, is done in timely fashion.
Foster a culture of tidiness among your colleagues and your wards. School supplies, books, and toys in disarray can quickly become safety hazards.
Everyone, young and old, needs to be mindful and return items to their regular safe storage locations.
Tidy shelves, desks and tables, and clean unobstructed floors will go a long way toward preventing accidents among both children and adults.
Keeping things clean and sanitised is a time-tested method that is still the best way to guard against pathogenic micro-organisms which, as the COVID-19 pandemic has shown, are to be found everywhere.
Teach the children to wash their hands often, especially before they eat or handle food.
Day care facilities and schools should make provisions to ensure kitchen utensils and surfaces are clean and disinfected at all times. This will decrease the risk of contamination and infection.
Eagle eyes for supervision need to remain ever vigilant outdoors. Playground and sporting areas might convey a harmless appearance but this is where young bodies usually reach peak velocity.
Children should be warned against rough play, jumping off ledges, and wandering too far from the line of vision of the adults.
They may need to have sunscreen applied and require assistance to put on sun-protective clothing or accessories, such rash guards and caps.
The minimum age for accredited first aid training is 14 years. Despite that, younger people can benefit from a first aider’s sensibility being instilled with the help of a teacher or day care worker.
Younger children can be taught how to keep themselves safe and to call on adults to help them in cases of emergency.
Older students can help administer simple treatments and dress minor wounds, or be called on to dial Triple Zero in an emergency situations.
Working in a care or education setting might sound like it’s all about taking care of others, but watching out for yourself should not be forgotten. After all, taking the best care of those in your care depends on your good health.
Read more about our Child Care first aid course.
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Plato argued that human sight is made possible through a "visual fire" emitted from our eyes and which, when combined with daylight, can detect objects in the world.
If brain space indicates the importance of a sense, then vision is the most important. Roughly 30% of neurons in the brain's cortex are devoted to vision, compared with 8% for touch, and 2% for hearing.
A genetic mutation found in approximately 2-3% of women allows them to see up to 100 million different colors—one hundred times more than the average person.
Scientists have devised a way of reading your mind—or at least determining what you're looking at. By looking at your brainwaves, scientists at Stanford, Ohio State University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are able to tell whether you're looking at a photo of a beach, cityscape, forest, highway, mountain or office, just by the pattern in which your neurons fire.
Unlike other senses, human vision is processed in the back of the brain (in a location called the occipital lobe). The senses of smell, taste and hearing are processed in the sides of the brain (in the temporal lobes).
Astronauts have often reported having a diminished sense of taste when in outer space. Scientists believe this has to do with the way that fluids in our bodies react to weightlessness, causing a buildup of fluids in the nasal sinuses.
Based on a study of 190-million-year-old fossils, paleontologist Tim Rowe of the University of Texas has proposed that the reason that mammals (including humans) have larger, more complex brains than other animals is that mammals needed a larger brain to improve their sense of smell—and thus their chances of survival.
While scientists are unsure about how exactly the human nose can detect odors, a recent study suggests that the explanation is based in quantum mechanics—small changes in the energy levels, or quanta, in the electrons of odor molecules.
Between 1% and 4% of people are believed to have synesthesia, a condition in which sensory input automatically triggers multiple senses. Author Vladimir Nabokov, for example, wrote that he often heard sounds in colors, as did the artist Wassily Kandinsky.
While humans can hear sounds whose frequencies range between 20 Hz and 20,000 Hz, we're most sensitive to frequencies between 2,000 Hz and 4,000 Hz—which happens to be the range of human speech.
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have calculated that the human eye can transfer data at the rate of approximately 8.75 megabits per second —roughly triple the speed of the average Internet connection in the United States.
Scientists have found evidence that birds can literally see the earth's magnetic fields.
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5-10 (Find your hardiness zone.)
When to Plant:
Plant seeds outdoors between late winter and early spring. Do successive plantings every few weeks to extend your harvest.
Incorporate compost into the top 6 inches of the soil before planting seeds. Radishes do best in slightly crumbly soil.
Thin seedlings to 2 inches apart in rows 6 inches apart.
Weed carefully so as to not disturb delicate root structures.
When to Harvest:
Radishes can be ready in as little as 21 days. Their taste improves with a light frost, but you can begin picking them when they are a useable size. Do not let them grow too long or they become woody.
One packet of seeds can generate hundreds of radishes.
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Fruit and Vegetable Gardening A-Z: Radishes
A Guide to Gardening, Growing, and Harvesting Edibles
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In contrast to UK law, restrictive covenants in German employment contracts
are usually regarded as enforceable. Sascha Grosjean of German law firm Velten
Franz Jakoby explains how they are applied
In the UK restrictive covenants are regarded as unenforceable unless the
employer shows a legitimate business interest requiring protection. But in
Germany the view point is in direct contrast – that restrictive covenants are
likely to be enforceable.
The reason for this is that the employer has to pay the employee a
compensation payment during the restriction period. Furthermore, while UK
employment contracts usually contain different types of restrictive covenants –
for example, non-competition, non-dealing and non-solicitation regarding
clients, and non-solicitation of employees clauses, contracts under German law
usually only include a simple non-competition clause.
A typical non-competition clause in a German contract might be along the
lines of, "For two years after termination of employment, the employee
will not work for any company which is in the same business as the employer
which is particularly but not exclusively [business type]".
Generally speaking, the employer still has to show that there are legitimate
business interests – such as trade secrets or client connections – that require
protection by the non-competition clause. The non-competition clause must not
usually exceed two years from termination of employment and normally it is
necessary for the employer to limit the extent of the clause by reference to the
type of business and territory.
The most important prerequisite for a valid non-competition clause is the
payment by the former employer of a monthly compensation payment during the
restriction period. Unless such compensation payment has been agreed in the
employment contract, the non-competition clause is null and void.
The compensation must amount to at least half the total cash remuneration of
the employee immediately prior to leaving. This is why only a few German
employment contracts contain non-competition clauses. On the one hand the
employer does not want to pay compensation to low-salaried employees who are
not expected to exert serious competitive pressure in the future. On the other
hand, the compensation payments to relevant senior executives who could be a
threat after termination, could, depending on their salary, become an
unbearable financial burden for the former employer. Consequently such
non-competition clauses are usually only agreed with a few key employees within
Although the former employer is obliged to make such compensation payments
throughout the restriction period, the employee is obliged to try to find
another job during that time.
The former employer has the right, subject to an earnings threshold, to set
off against the compensation payment actual earnings of the employee from their
new job, or notional earnings which they should have received if they had made
an effort to find a new job.
This set-off against the compensation payable is only allowed in relation to
earnings over 110 per cent of the employee’s total cash remuneration with their
previous employer. For example, if the former employee previously earned
DM100,000, during the period of restraint they are entitled to compensation of
DM50,000 from their former employer. If they earned DM60,000 at a new
organisation, the former employer could not make any set-off deductions, but if
the employee earned DM80,000 in a new job, the former employer could deduct DM20,000
from the compensation payable.
Breach of clause
Under a German contract if an employee acts in breach of a non-competition
clause, the former employer can apply to the German employment tribunal for an
injunction to stop the breach and also for compensation from the employee,
based on damages.
Many German employment contracts include a clause specifying the financial
penalty for breaching the contract. For example, an amount equal to three times
the employee’s monthly compensation for every month they are in breach of the
restrictions. This is in addition to the employer’s right to seek an
injunction. An employer who applies to an employment tribunal for an injunction
can usually secure it within one to two weeks of making the application.
Exceptions to the rule
The restrictive covenants are not enforceable if the employer terminates the
employment in breach of contract. In such circumstances the employee would send
a notice to the employer stating that they are terminating the contract with
immediate effect and are no longer bound by the non-competition clause. The
restrictive covenants do apply, however, if the employee resigns or if there is
a normal termination by the employer.
Finally, an employer has the right to withdraw from the non-competition
clause and from the obligation to pay the compensation payment, but only if it
gives at least one year’s notice of such a withdrawal to the employee.
Therefore the employer cannot simply decide on termination that it does not
require the employee to comply with the restrictive covenants. In this instance
the employee could sue the employer for the compensation payment, provided, of
course, they comply with the non-competition clause.
Cases of non-competition clauses in Germany have been few to date. However,
this is an area of increasing concern, particularly in light of the growing
global workforce. The idiosyncrasies of the German system without doubt present
certain headaches for human resources professionals trying to adopt a unified
approach to restrictive covenants across worldwide organisations.
Edited by Clare Murray, employment law partner at Fox Williams and editor of
Fox Williams’ online employment law information service www.hrlaw.co.uk
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The ethanol bubble has been bursting a bit lately. I don’t say that with glee, because I hate to see people lose money, especially when it was due largely to misleading claims. (I say that even though 95% of the hate mail I get comes from ethanol investors). I hope the end of the irrational exuberance we have seen in the ethanol market will lead to a more fact-based look at which technologies are needed to replace or supplement fossil fuels, and what technical challenges must be overcome before that happens.
There are certain things we can do to help ethanol along that I completely agree with. Because of the great potential, I think we need to heavily fund cellulosic ethanol research. I think we need to encourage the pursuit of closed-loop ethanol processes, like the one E3 Biofuels is building. I have no problem with making most vehicles flex-fuel. I do have a problem with requiring E85 pumps at some percentage of gas stations. We can’t even produce enough ethanol to roll out E10 nationwide, so why force gas stations to put in a lot of E85 infrastructure when we can’t possibly produce the E85 to justify the expense? I also have a problem with forcing oil companies to pay for the pumps. If ethanol producers insist on E85 pumps, they should be required to pay for their installation, since they are the ones who will primarily benefit from E85 sales.
While I support the production of more flex-fuel vehicles, the CAFE loophole for flex-fuel vehicles is appalling. The government regulates fuel efficiency in the U.S. with Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency, or CAFE standards. When the average fuel efficiency falls below a certain level for a car manufacturer, they must pay a penalty. This provides an incentive for auto makers to produce fuel-efficient vehicles.
However, there are a couple of loopholes that have limited the effectiveness of the standard. One is that light trucks have an exemption that allows them to get worse fuel efficiency without being penalized. Because SUVs are classified as light trucks, there is an incentive for the auto maker to produce SUVs. The good news is that the government recently passed legislation to close the loophole. The bad news is that it doesn’t take place until 2011, meaning we have 5 more years of gas-guzzling SUV sales to contend with.
While this loophole is being closed, another is being opened. Did you wonder why automakers have embraced E85? Have they suddenly gone “green”, and therefore E85 just seems like the right thing to do? No. By making flex-fuel vehicles, they are able to exploit another loophole in the standards. This loophole has recently been reported on in the press. Car and Driver was the first to bring this to my attention in Tech Stuff: Ethanol Promises. The article explains:
With fewer than 600 stations selling E85 fuel in 37 states, why have GM, Ford, and DaimlerChrysler been cranking out these flex-fuel vehicles by the millions?
The answer is the mandatory Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. Federal law requires that the cars an automaker offers for sale average 27.5 mpg; light trucks must achieve 22.2 mpg. Failure to do so can result in substantial fines. However, relief is available to manufacturers that build E85 vehicles to encourage their production.
The irony here is that although E85 in fact gets poorer fuel economy than gasoline, for CAFE purposes, the government counts only the 15-percent gasoline content of E85. Not counting the ethanol, which is the other 85 percent, produces a seven-fold increase in E85 mpg. The official CAFE number for an E85 vehicle results from averaging the gas and the inflated E85 fuel-economy stats.
GM’s advertising says, “Energy independence? The answer may be growing in our own backyard,” and has coined the slogan “Live green, go yellow,” referring to the corn from which most U.S. ethanol is made. DaimlerChrysler, Ford, and GM have said that they plan to double production of FFVs and other biofuel vehicles to 2 million by 2010.
The FFV surge is being motivated by generous fuel-economy credits that auto-makers get for every FFV they build, even if it never runs on E85. This allows them to pump out more gas-guzzling large SUVs and pickups, which is resulting in the consumption of many times more gallons of gasoline than E85 now replaces.
With the loophole in place, their motto should be “Live green, go yellow, consume more fossil fuels.” By all means, build flex-fuel vehicles. But close this loophole, which may very well result in much higher gasoline consumption in the future.
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Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch told reporters that suicide bombings fell to 23 in November, which he attributed to successful U.S.-Iraqi military operations against insurgent strongholds in the Euphrates River valley west of the capital.
“His weapon of choice is suicide bombers,” Lynch said of the insurgents. “In the month of November: only 23 suicide attacks; the lowest we’ve seen in the last seven months, the direct result of the effectiveness of our operations.”
I guess I’d say that the “weapon of choice” of the insurgents is the IED. Suicide bombings are the weapon of choice of the terrorist.
UPDATE: This is odd. MSNBC has another Associated Press story on this entitled U.S. general: Suicide attacks down in Iraq. Note the coverage of the same thing:
Lynch, who is an operations officer as well as a spokesman, said as a result the main entry point for foreign fighters has now been shut down and al-Zarqawi is having a difficult time carrying out attacks. At least 96 percent of suicide bombers are from outside of Iraq, he added.
“His weapon of choice is suicide bombers,” Lynch said. “In the month of November: only 23 suicide attacks; the lowest we’ve seen in the last seven months, the direct result of the effectiveness of our operations.” [emphasis mine]
I can’t say for sure, but I don’t know that this second story made the front page on MSNBC.com. I found it via the Counterterrorism Blog. The earlier story (going by ID number, anyway, though it was last “Updated” more recently) makes no mention of the 96% figure. Seems pretty relevant to me.
This 96% claim seems to support the controversial claims that 90% of suicide bombers in Iraq were not Iraqi made earlier this year.
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The Penny Red was a British postage stamp, issued in 1841. It succeeded the Penny Black and continued as the main type of postage stamp in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until 1879, with only minor changes to the design during that time. The colour was changed from black to red because of difficulty in seeing a cancellation mark on the Penny Black; a black cancel was readily visible on a Penny Red.
Initially, some of the same plates that were used to print the Penny Black were used to print the Penny Red and about 21 billion Penny Reds were printed by Messrs. Perkins, Bacon & Co. Initially, the stamp had no perforations, and had to be cut from the sheet using scissors in the same manner as for the Penny Black and the early printings of the Two pence blue. Perforations, (experimental gauge 16), first came into use in 1850 and were officially adopted in 1854 (in the same size as the experimental issue). The experimental issue can be distinguished from the general issue as the later was applied to stamp which used a different alphabet type for the letters in the lower corners. Each stamp has unique corner letters AA, AB, AC ... AL etc., so its position on the plate can be identified.
In January 1855, the perforation size was changed from 16 to 14 as it was found that the sheets were coming apart too easily. The reduced size allowed the sheets to remain intact until pressure was applied to force the separation.
The stamps were printed in sheets of 240 (20 rows of 12 stamps), so one row cost 1 shilling and a complete sheet one pound. This 240 stamps per sheet configuration continued with all British postage stamps issued until 1971 when decimal currency was introduced when the sheet size was changed to 200, (20 rows of 10 stamps) making the lowest value denomination (half penny) one pound per sheet.
On 1 April 1864, the stamp was issued with the plate number engraved in the design, in the left and right side lace work. At this time, the stars in the top corners were also replaced with the same check letters as used in the lower corners, but in reverse order.
Because of wear, over 400 different plates were used to print the Penny Red. Two different basic watermarks were used for the paper, small crown, (on the early issues) and large crown, introduced on 15 May 1855. The first stamps printed on the large crown watermarked paper showed two small vertical lines in the central portion of the crown. Later printings showed a revised watermark on which these central lines are not present.
The era of the Penny Red came to its close at the end of 1879, along with Perkins Bacon's contract. It was superseded by the Penny Venetian Red printed by De La Rue, which was in use for a little over a year before being succeeded in turn by the long-lived Penny Lilac. Since then, the stamp has become in demand amongst stamp collectors.
- 10 February 1841 - first issue: colour of 1d stamp changed from black to red-brown.
- 24 February 1854 - perforations 16 introduced.
- January 1855 - perforation size changed from 16 to 14.
- 15 May 1855 - watermark changed from small crown to large crown.
- 1858 - letters in all four corners, colour lake-red
- 1 April 1864 - letters on all four corners and plate number engraved on each stamp from plate 71 onwards.
- 27 October 1879 - last plate (225) put to press.
- 3 December 1879 - contract to print the Penny Red formally ended.
- Archer Roulette
- List of British postage stamps
- List of notable postage stamps
- Postage stamps and postal history of Great Britain
References and sources
- "1840 2d and 1841 2d a plating aid". Steven Allen British and Colonial Stamps. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
- "The Penny Red". The Penny Red Collector. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
- Stanley Gibbons Ltd, Specialised Stamp Catalogue Volume 1: Queen Victoria (8th ed. 1985) p. 207.
- "Classic British Stamps - the Penny Red Plate 77 Stamp". Collectors Club of Great Britain. 2012-11-06. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
- Press Association (2016-03-10). "Rare Penny Red stamp sells for £495,000". Daily Mail. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
- SG7, Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, Commonwealth & British Empire Stamps 1840-1970, issued in 2009
- http://www.pennystars.com Penny Red at pennystars. Retrieved 10 November 11.
- Stanley Gibbons Ltd, Specialised Stamp Catalogue Volume 1: Queen Victoria
- J.B. Seymour & C. Gardiner-Hill The Postage Stamps of Great Britain Part 1 (Royal Philatelic Society London, 3rd. edition, 1967)
- W.R.D. Wiggins (Ed.) The Postage Stamps of Great Britain Part 2 (Royal Philatelic Society London, 2nd edition, 1962)
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Ruth Mercer, Chris and Helen Cosstick from Hanwell St Mary’s Graveyard Survey Group explain the fascinating results of a survey of a church, its churchyard and its crypt. You can find out more during an open weekend they have organised, too.
In 1826, Pigot’s Directory of London described a ‘small and respectable village’ with a ‘very pleasant situation [where the] air is considered exceedingly pure… several families of distinction, sensible of these attractions, have fixed their abode here.’
Believe it or not, the village in question was Hanwell. And, at the centre of the village in 1826 was the church of St Mary, familiar to many readers of Around Ealing as the church by the Bunny Park and Hanwell Zoo.
There has been a church on this spot since before the Domesday Book was completed although the present church is Victorian and was one of the first designs of George Gilbert Scott, consecrated in 1842. The spire above the bell tower is visible for some distance around, dominating the Brent valley below it.
During 2020, the first survey of the churchyard for more than 40 years was undertaken, revealing the history of some interesting earlier residents as well as throwing light upon the history of Hanwell in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Among those buried in the vaults in the crypt of the church is the man who brought the umbrella into common usage in London, Jonas Hanway, as well as General William Edmeston, a hero of the British expansion in 18th Century North America – who was subsequently held captive by the father-in-law of Alexander Hamilton (the star of Hamilton the musical).
In the churchyard is the surprisingly plain tomb of the two daughters of the artist Thomas Gainsborough. But, of course, the churchyard was not just the resting place of the rich and famous, although Hanwell has its fair share of these. Children from the nearby Central London District School, the Cuckoo School as it was known locally, were buried in the churchyard. Local tradesmen and their families and staff from the County Asylum were also buried at St Mary’s until the churchyard was officially closed in 1885.
The earliest surviving stones now date from the early 1700s – and one William Sheppard, citizen and haberdasher, was buried at St Mary’s in 1707. One of the exciting discoveries made during the survey was of a gravestone dating from 1742, beautifully carved, buried deep in the ground. No-one knows why it had been buried – perhaps it had just been ‘lost’ during the subsequent construction of larger churches?
Using a range of documentary sources, we have been able to piece together the history of many of those who were laid to rest in the churchyard and have been able to throw light on the development of Hanwell from the small and respectable village of 1826. But there are also some mysteries – we can only speculate about what really happened to some of those buried in the churchyard.
Hanwell St Mary’s Church and Churchyard Open Weekend
A free open weekend in the summer will give you the chance to learn more about this historic church and its churchyard and the stories of earlier residents of Hanwell. Join members of Hanwell St Mary’s Churchyard Survey Group and other members of the public on Saturday and Sunday 16-17 July, between 2-4pm, at St Mary’s Church.
You can find out more about the survey of the churchyard undertaken in 2020-21 and how it throws light on the development of Hanwell. You will be able to see the crypt, enjoy refreshments, and there will also be children’s activities.
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A court decision to order a state kindergarten to remove crucifixes from its classrooms has caused controversy in Italy.
The ruling by a judge in the central town of L'Aquila, following a complaint by an Italian Muslim leader, has re-opened a bitter debate about religious symbols.
The judge ruled that crucifixes on classroom walls showed "the unequivocal desire by the state, when it comes to public education, to place the Catholic religion at the centre of the universe", disregarding other religions.
Do you agree with the decision? Or could it inflame tensions between faiths?
This debate is now closed. Read your comments below.
The following comments reflect the balance of views we have received:
I think there should be no crucifixes in the classrooms. Its no problem for me that children learn about the Christian religion but if so then why not to learn about all religions. They should know other point of views to become more tolerant and to retard conflicts. I grew up in Poland with the crucifixes in the classrooms but now I live in Germany. I was told in the school to love all human beings but on the other hand I heard that the other religions are dangerous. Generally each religion can be dangerous.
Bozena , Germany
Crosses bearing idols of Jesus breach the First Commandment as does worship of Jesus' mother and should be banned everywhere. As a Christian I wear an empty cross to remind me there is no death, that I am free and I have promised to treat others as I would like to be treated. All symbols are personal and should not be backed by government organisations, especially schools. Jesus directed we pray at home, in privacy. If all followed his advice, there would be no churches with their power to exert power, gather wealth and manipulate gullible and superstitious people.
Lionel Hurst, Australia
This is clearly a problem of intolerance of the host country by an outsider, Mr Smith the Muslim leader has also called for the removal of a 15th century Christian Fresco in Bologna Cathedral on the grounds that it shows the prophet Mohammed This man is absolutely determined to ignore the fact that as a immigrant he should respect the culture and customs of his new adopted land.
The cross simply says, "Truth will set you free." It is thus the perfect symbol for what we call an education. It shows us the cosmic relationship between truth and sacrifice. But it is more that just a symbol. It is a guide that helps us find meaning in notions like equality, democracy, love and it beckons us to love our neighbours as one. It is a guide to peace. Who would dare take it down?
As an Italian I'm very happy about the judge's decision, it's about time the crucifixes get removed from state schools, and I know many other Italians who think the same. It's only unfortunate the case was brought up by a Muslim because this gives crucifix supporters an easy excuse to blame "foreigners" for destroying Italy's culture. This has nothing to do with culture, as a non religious Italian I demand crucifixes to be removed from any state building too, they belong in churches! Why should my children be confronted daily with a quite macabre symbol of one particular religion that is loosing support fast in Italy anyway?
Andrea, Italy (currently UK)
Yes! They should be banned in all 'State' schools and establishments. In a 'Religious' school of whatever faith, and where there are clear alternative schools where pupils can be sent, then they should be allowed. This gives the choice of 'Education and Indoctrination' to the parents of the pupils. 'Religion' should also be taken out of any school curricula. If any parent wants their offspring to be educated in a 'religious' way then let them go to the nearest appropriate religious establishment, be it a Christian on or for any other religion.
B W Moore,
I think that everyone is missing the real reason behind the banning of the crucifix. Islam, Judaism and Christianity (in its true Aramaic form) strictly forbid the use of idols, pictures etc depicting what Prophets looked like. This is primarily to stop the practice of idol worship which many modern day Christians are accustomed to. The crucifix in the past has been used as a tool by the Missionaries to 'tame the savages' into believing that Jesus Christ (peace be upon him) was a Blonde-Haired, Blue-Eyed European rather than a Palestinian. Muslims are opposed to the depiction of the Prophet Jesus in this way. They are not opposed to the fact that they are being misrepresented in the classroom!
E Malik, UK
As a Roman Catholic, I am shocked that one guy can change thousands of years of tradition. Italia is a Catholic country and the cross is part of Italia's culture...If Mr. Smith doesn't like to raise his children in a place where Catholics and Catholic symbols are predominant, then he needs to pick up and move to Saudi Arabia or Albania... does it bother Mr. Smith that his children see the crosses on top of all the great churches of Italy? Should we remove all crosses and Church towers around the Catholic world, or should we just put a Muslim symbol on top of each tower next to the Cross to make it to his liking? Should we not offer pork in our stores, because Muslims don't want to see it?
Marko Latinovic, Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina
In Poland there are at least 95 % classrooms with crosses. It is really funny and ironic. People don't care about them. They should be removed as should be removed "religion" lesson -- and moved to the church! We've got to learn about other religions too, how to live and understand others. I think that place of crosses and religion is home, church or hearts of believers...
Italy's constitution promises freedom of religion, just as most modern western constitutions do. Religious symbols are not appropriate in government schools.
Christopher C. Tew, USA
Groups come in and want to take over and change centuries of tradition and culture with one shout of discrimination. If you choose to go to another country with a different culture and religion, it is the immigrant who has the responsibility for adapting, not the society itself.
I find it extremely depressing to see that, again, the wishes of a few surpass the wishes of the many. Culture and heritage are being erased in order to avoid offending the intolerant.
Shannon Simons, USA
It's common for Christians to feel that this is an act against them, but so would the placing of other religion's symbols next to their own. The use of the crucifix to me is seems a bit like idol worship. My relationship with God is not governed by having pictures laying around, but by the conversations we have.
Wwill Foster, USA
If religious symbols are to be endorsed by the state and placed in classrooms, then all religions must be represented. This raises two issues. Firstly, what constitutes a religion? Many people put "Jedi" on their census form, would that mean a light-sabre has to be on the wall too? Secondly, many people would object to, say, Satanist symbols, but they too would have to be displayed. Clearly, the only option is to keep the state and all state operated organisations totally secular. This does not prevent anyone practicing their religion, nor force religion on them.
Paul Qureshi, UK
Like the old saying goes, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do." Obviously, the Muslim leader has never heard this before and does not understand the wisdom behind accepting the cultural aspect of one's adopted country.
Don't forget that this man went to court when the school refused to display a symbol from the Koran alongside the crucifix in his children's classroom. So who is being intolerant here? If you're for freedom of religion, let all religions have freedom. If you're for secularism, then ban all religious symbols. People shouldn't use this issue to unfairly attack Muslims yet again when it's clear that the intolerance stems from others.
Bilal Patel, London, UK
I am not very passionate about religion and this issue. However, perhaps a better option would be to add some symbols of other religions and so to acknowledge and invite their contribution to national/local culture rather than pretending none of them counts or exists.
The decision is technically correct because true democracies must be secular. But I would question why anyone would find this offensive. Christ isn't going to jump off that cross and start converting children of other faiths by force. The fact that the plaintiff originally wanted another religious symbol added, rather than the removal of the crucifix, proves he was not motivated by democratic ideals. This is a case of a harmless tradition taken away for childish motives - "If I can't have my way, you can't have yours either".
Jim , NJ, USA
Yes. I agree with the ruling. Christians need to realize that they are just one religion with no more authenticity than any other.
Tom Cunningham, USA
If you go to the beach, the wear a swimsuit. If you're going to a board meeting, you wear a three-piece suit. If you going to school, you're going to study math, literature, biology, and if you want to read the bible, koran, torah or whatever and pray and all that stuff, you go to church, which is where the cross belongs. It's very logical, very simple, and the rule of law. A swimsuit would be out of place in the board room as would a three-piece suit at the beach. Can the cross - it's out of place, and get over it. Let's get on with education our young.
What happens to Christian residents in Muslim countries? Does any Muslim judge dare to ban the half moon or whatever from classrooms in respect of Christians??? Guests must respect the country in which they are hosted, its law and its traditions too. Host countries must surely respect their guests but must respect FIRST their traditions and their native people.
Children should not be indoctrinated with religion. There is enough time when they are adults and more knowledgeable for them to decide if they want to join a religious group. In the meantime, let us keep any kind of religious symbols out of the classrooms of public schools.
Nyakairu, Novi, USA
Like it or not, Europe is the main place where Christianity grew, in the same way the Middle East and Asia is where Islam grew. Hence a lot of Christian symbols here and a lot of Islamic symbols in the Middle East etc. Some largely Muslim countries have crescents on their flags in the same way crosses often appear on European flags.
What we need is mutual respect which means Muslims must respect our faith, culture and history in the same way they want us to respect theirs. The judge's decision was wrong because it will only cause resentment not respect.
When any country has a national recognized religion, the result will be the creation of second class citizens, that don't profess this religion, and suffer discrimination in jobs, education, and opportunities for improvements. By promoting religious symbols, freedom of religion in a democratic country is curtailed in favour of the main official credo.
In public schools absolutely. In religious ones, no problem.
Leduc Jean-Francois, Bangkok Thailand
What business does a crucifix have in a classroom to begin with? If you want to teach your children about a religion, go for it; however that has nothing to do with public schooling. If I were a school teacher and decided that I would like to have a statue of Ganesh, I think I might get a little flack about it, so why should a crucifix be allowed?
As long as the teacher does not try to convert the children to a particular faith, we should not take away the right to free speech and beliefs.
I think the cross should have stayed on the wall. I would suggest, if the man disagrees with the symbol as much as that, then he take his children to a kindergarten that does not outwardly show it's moral standpoint and not enforce oppression upon the other 99% of class attendees
Callum W, UK
Many contributors are missing the point. Italy is a secular state, therefore the separation of state and religion (unlike the majority of Muslim countries that profess nothing of the sort - the comparative argument thus being moot). The kindergarten being state run had no authority to place a Catholic religious symbol in classrooms to the exclusion of all other religions. The court's decision was not only fair but based on the rule of law. People who think otherwise are feeding the debate and controversy regarding Islam and the West. What they should remember is that the crux of all major world religions is tolerance.
H. Schmitt, Germany
Not banned nor compulsory. States should not rule on religion. People must be free to choose their faith and symbols.
As Muslim child I went to a Church of England primary school, as did all my siblings. We even went to Church on numerous occasions with school! In no way did this affect my religious identity or my faith. All my family are devout Muslims. We never had any problems with the symbols of Christianity that we visible in school. The decision in Italy will definitely inflame tensions. Rather than removing symbols of Christianity, symbols of other religions should be allowed in schools, so that we can celebrate or differences in a spirit of understanding, mutual respect and tolerance.
If the crucifix was on the wall of a Catholic or Christian School then what is the problem? If the Muslim Leader is in such a school and being in a predominantly Christian country surely he must respect the local customs and cultures as he would expect anyone else to if they were in a Muslim country, as others have said "when in Rome etc."
A crucifix is a reminder that Jesus the Son of God died for our sins. This is valid for Moslems, Jews, Christians and atheists alike, even though some may not want to accept this truth.
Why should we remove the symbols of our faiths? I follow no religious order but I respect the views of people who do, if we went to Muslim countries and started demanding they stop/remove items of their faith, we would be thrown out, this is pc gone mad, next thing on the hit list will be stopping xmas/easter etc. And people wonder why extreme political parties are gaining ground, why does no one listen?
J Mulligan, UK
How are children expected to learn about religion, if we keep banning it? Surely this teaches intolerance!
As dominant as Christianity is in Italy, the crucifix symbolizes centuries of oppression to those not of the faith. The current Saudi style of religious intolerance is no more extreme, or irrational, than that practiced by Vatican inspired governments. What Islamic, Jewish, Hindi, Wiccan, Agnostic or Atheistic child or adult benefits from the singular presence of a religious symbol in a secular learning environment? Can the cross? AMEN!
The crucifix (which is, either you like it or not, a somewhat morbid symbol with Jesus nailed on the cross, bleeding to death) and portrays the Catholic religion with all the respect that it deserves, like any other religion. Therefore it should be only displayed in religious schools. Likewise, Islam should abstain to portray religious symbols in non-religious schools. Islam should also refrain from getting into squabbling over religious issues as it will only lead to a growing divide between the West and Muslim countries. It is shameful that both religions fight over spirituality and the same God, despite the way He is perceived and loved by each other.
What's next - banning Christmas Trees, Carol Singers and Easter Eggs...They are all symbols of Christian festivals...
We think that it could be a good decision, because many and many Italian don't believe in God, especially young people and the school is lay and everyone could believe in what he or she wants. Anyway if someone wants a crucifix in his classroom, he has to allow everyone to put on the walls his own idols. However we have to identify this case like a case of destroy the catholic religion at the base.
Giovanni & Riki,
In our opinion, the cross is a religious symbol so it hasn't to be on school's walls because the school is lay institution. So putting away from school's walls the cross is right also because Italy is a democratic country and it shouldn't impose its religion. We're Christians so we believe in God but we think that the school isn't the place to show our religion because there are others buildings for this (churches)! That's all!
Pamela & Roberta,
Lately it seems we are bothered when there are mixed displays of sentiment and opinion. The crucifix is intrinsic to history. It is a monument of a culture and a movement and though you may not personally prescribe to it, it is still an integral part of the societies of today. Should we forget history because it bothers us?
Faith/religion must be placed in the classroom. It's ignorant to deny its role in history, politics, culture... and the day-to-day life of Italy. It's bigoted to deny any metaphysical dimension to the world. However, as a Christian, i aint impressed with suppression of other religious views. 'Elites' set themselves up as religions; but goodness knows what Mr. Keesee is banging on about: the EU... international socialism.... yeah right. International capitalism more like! You should pray for socialism if you care for God's world.
Andrew Falconer, UK
I agree. Religious symbols should be removed from any place of veneration in a secular school system.
If Italy truly has laws that apply to this situation, then I don't have a problem with the ruling. What I find sad though is that all this talk of multi-culturalism is really leading us to no-culturalism. If everything that any one person disagrees with are banned, it will be a very boring world indeed that we leave to our children.
Gary Patterson, USA
The cross should stay, when in Rome do as the Roman's do.
UK expat/ Canada
Why shouldn't there be religious symbols in schools? Religions are part of human history. Religions are the base of the different cultures. There is a lot of wisdom in all the different religions. I think teaching about religions should be compulsory. It is ignorance that creates intolerance, not knowledge.
Let Muslim countries ban their religious symbols in their own countries before complaining about religious symbols in other countries.
It is surely a bit like complaining that Italians speak Italian.
It appears to me that Islam is one of the most extremely intolerant faiths around. May be Islam should be banned.
Edwin Thornber, UK/Romania
Since Christianity lies at the very foundation of European civilisation, history and law - and most especially Italy's - it is perfectly acceptable to have Christian symbols in places where children are educated. When we abandon the principles of Christianity in order to please those of other faiths we tread a dangerous path.
I am an Italian boy and my point of view is all religious symbols should be kept out from public schools and courts. All religions must be respect each other, and one day we'll live in a multi-cultural society.
Italo P., Ripatransone Italy
I find it scary that signs of some religious affiliations are being banned, but others are somehow protected. Why is it OK to wear a headscarf, but not OK to wear a cross? Why can children in the US swear and threaten their teachers in the name of free speech, but they cannot pray in school? We have effectively removed God (by any Name or Form) from the public life in the US, now we wonder why our children lack direction and honour?
Separating religion and state should be a must in all countries. This means removing religious icons from classrooms, courthouses and other public places.
However there should also be freedom of religion. This means that individuals should be allowed to wear a cross or a headscarf even in school or at work, individuals not government paid institutions should have the choice whether or not to display their religion publicly.
Another option would be that public institutions should allow individuals to request their own religious symbol to be added if one of another religion is already present. This might even help boost the tolerance between religions.
As an atheist I find all religious symbols to be at worst offensive and at best, irrelevant. I would rather my children not have to observe these blinkered symbols of spiritual oppression, whichever of the main faiths they come from, they have no place in schools although nor does prayer or any other type of faith based activity.
This issue is primarily one of national sovereignty, as far as I am concerned. There is clearly a general consensus and a deep-rooted tradition among the Italians to display the crucifix symbol. Italy is not bound by the formal law in France of 1905 entirely separating religion and state, nor should it be made to bow to the whims of the Eurocrats in Brussels. The way things are going, one day the flags of England, the UK, the Scandinavian countries, and Greece may be forced to remove their cross symbols on the grounds that they portray religious exclusivity.
I could not imagine Jesus Christ or Mohammed arguing over these symbols. All parties involved have missed the point. Those with true faith and confidence would not trifle themselves with this issue. The right to have the symbol is as strong as the right to remove the symbol. Let the Children decide!
Is Italy not a predominantly Catholic country? Could a Christian go to a Muslim country and demand that they remove all Islamic symbols? I think not. If a Muslim wants to reside in a Christian country they have to tolerate the religion. Unlike in Muslim countries where it is a crime to display crucifixes and possess Bibles. I cannot believe the stupidity of the Italian judge. Shame on him.
Ben Aldorino, UK
I fail to see how the banning of religious symbols sends a message of multiculturalism and tolerance. Schools should encourage discussion about different religion and cultures because, far from being irrelevant, it seems to be increasingly relevant in the age we are living in.
Having lived and worked in Saudi Arabia for 11 years where you can't even wear a crucifix on a chain round you neck, take a bible into the Kingdom, hold any kind of religious service, or even enter the city of Mecca. Where they even stopped Swiss Air from flying into the Kingdom because there plane had a red cross on the tailplane. All I can say to this Muslim leader in Italy is "when in Rome do as the Romans do" and think him self lucky he has some where to go and pray in Italy, because in Arabia Catholics and Christians don't.
Why should crosses or any religious symbols be removed?
If we want a free, tolerant and open minded society, I see no reason why religious symbols should be banned.
I think the decision shows a lack of maturity - just another sign of cultural sanitisation.
JS, Norwich, UK
It is strange that one insists that a cross be removed from a classroom and another is permitted a headscarf in the classroom. Looks like some have their cake and get to eat it.
Such traditions are difficult to change, but the value of having a genuinely secular state is now known to be strongly positive. The change is correct.
The crucifix is an important symbol for Christians. As a Catholic I don't see any point in removing our Christian symbols for fear any other religion would not like or approve of it. If I were living in a Muslim country for example, I wouldn't feel scandalized just to see women in their burkas and veils, or men wearing their turbans. Moreover, I suppose "judges" or the like in Muslim countries are not really concerned if we Christians approve or disapprove of their habits and customs, so why should we? The Italian judge put his foot in it by taking such a wrong unfair decision, which might as well offend Catholics.
Raimundo L. Santos,
If Italy's present laws do, at least on paper, separate the church from the state, then it definitely should have been removed. I'm actually surprised this is getting so much attention--while living in Italy, going to church in Italy, I found most Italians didn't regularly attend church. As for Christians in Muslim countries, mentioned below--perhaps that's why these Muslims do not live in said countries?
The EU elites see religion as an obstacle not an asset. The Catholic church is a symbol of Italy as is the Lutheran Church in Germany and the Anglican Church in Britain and the Orthodox Churches in Eastern Europe. The Euro elites want people from Sicily to Scandinavia to bow to them. Eliminating the religions that are associated with nations and replacing it with their rootless worship of international socialism then the EU elites can further their agenda against national sovereignty.
It's a shame that no mention was made that the Muslim man had requested an Islamic symbol be represented along side the crucifix. I'm not sure I agree with going to court over such an issue when clearly in a country that is predominantly Christian. However, I believe that religious symbols should be removed and teaching kids about different faiths and religions is important to bridge the gap of ignorance between us all.
In any country that went through the reformation this would be a non-issue. But this is Italy: the Church still plays a massive role in the country's political life and people's mind set is not ready yet to deal with a society that only recently has started to become relatively multicultural. Religion should stay out of the classroom.
Matteo Garavoglia, Italy, EU
Interestingly, many of the non-religious contributors seem to be as, or more, intolerant of religious expression than the religions they view with disdain as intolerant!
Unfortunately Italy has the Vatican within its borders, all the political parties try to seek favour with the Catholic faith, see the recent debacle on the proposed law for a quick divorce. I would ban crucifix not only in the schools, but in the courts (yes, they are present there too). I would ban the religious lessons in schools, taught by teachers that the bishop chooses, not the state education. A crucifix in the class room is the tip of the iceberg in Italy, the church interferes everywhere, unfortunately an, in my view, unpleasant man like Smith has started this debate that has been long overdue.
The crucifix is as much a cultural symbol as a religious one. It represents centuries of European civilisation and should not be lightly discarded.
Richard Cotton, London, UK
The problem of separation of 'religion in schools' would go away if the government followed the Bastiat principle of limiting the law to its task and letting private institutions educate and provide services. Then the private institutions could be religious or a-religious and it would be fine.
It seems reasonable to remove the crucifix from the classroom if it affects the sentiments of people in the community. However by taking out a so-called religious symbol, are we not endorsing another symbol? Let's just remember that having 'no symbols' is not fair to all. It is still subscribing to a particular view.
In the new Europe whose culture is becoming dominated by (or reduced to) shopping centres, clearly the elite find the Catholic Church to be an obstacle to be suppressed. Clearly it is disadvantageous if people have things on their minds other than consumption. The Muslim minority is essentially a tool in the hands of the Euro-buros in this case in the suppression of traditions that do not suit their taste.
All this fuss over religion - what about the kids? In schools they should be "educated" to be tolerant and loving! Plaster casts on walls or symbols of this or that are irrelevant. It's what's taught them about love and international caring that matters - otherwise shut the schools!
I believed Italians were smart and educated - how can they allow such nonsense in a classroom and mislead their children? Religion should be a personal matter and it should never be symbolised in a place where there are people of mixed or no faith.
Amjad Farooq, US
I do not tend to agree with the judge's decision.
If the other religion's leader is not happy with the crucifix because this may influence Muslim children in my opinion it would be more prudent if he asked to fix a Muslim symbol on the walls near the Catholic symbol.
I think the separation of church and state is so heavily enforced in the West that in a way it actually promotes atheism. I would prefer the way we handle this in Bangladesh. We are a multi-religious country where most of the major religions in the nation are recognised. If I'm not mistaken, the Muslim leader initially asked for the school to put a Muslim symbol beside the cross in the classroom, but the school refused. I therefore support the judge's decision to hold every religion with equal respect.
Arif Joarder, Bangladesh
It's unfair that the initial suggestion by Adel Smith to display a symbol from the Koran alongside the crucifix should have been denied. Therefore it's only fair that the crucifix be removed altogether to avoid creating a kind of religious superiority which is totally out of place in a multi-racial society.
It will inflame tensions between faiths, but I think it is a fair ruling as long all faiths are respected
Religious symbols have no place in a classroom. Religion is undoubtedly a private matter and should be kept so in the future.
Neil Jones, United Kingdom
Religion should stay out of the classroom, period.
Italy was born (less than 150 years ago) when the laws of Piedmont (a secular country) were extended to Italy at unification. Italy stayed secular until fascism, when Mussolini bought the support of the Catholic Church by turning back the clock on separation between religion and state. Hence the recent court judgment is in line with Italy's history and gives back to the Italians the secular state that is part of their democratic traditions.
Silvio Sandrone, Turin, Piedmont (Italy)
Muslims want to have religious rights in Christian countries, do they grant the same rights to Christians in Muslim countries?
Adam Schott, Australia
I strongly agree with the judge's decision. A fascist state was responsible for the current law. This issue is a no-brainer and the Vatican must be stopped from imposing its agenda on people who do not subscribe to it.
Richard , US
Here in Italy, we have one hour a week of confessional catholic teaching in every school. If you don't like that you have to opt-out. In my opinion, that's the problem, not the crucifix.
Religious symbols should never be displayed in schools. And especially not symbols that promote one faith over all others.
I don't mind religious symbols in public (as art). However, as children are so susceptible to the ideas of others above their own, it seems inappropriate for public school to "endorse" any religion. If children wish to express themselves (wearing crosses, headscarves), this seems innocent. It is the expression of the child and his or her family, rather than the state communicating a preference to the children.
Aleta, United States
I can't accept that a judge is trying to erase a part of our culture and history with a sentence. And I can't accept that this request comes from a man who believes to be the head of Italian Muslims and who has always talked so badly of the Catholic religion. And so why don't we sweep off the Red Cross symbol?
As a Christian I strongly believe that the Church and state must be kept separate and state must not and should not support or favour or endorse any one religion as this is a step toward state control of freedom. Crosses I feel are fine in home or in a local church but not in government-run institutions.
I can't help thinking that if it had been the opposite and a Catholic had sought the removal of Islamic symbols, they would have been slammed for being racist. Once again national culture and history are sacrificed on the altar of political correctness.
All religious symbols should (must) be removed from public places and public use. They should be allowed in places of worship of the particular religion/belief or in any individual's home. Public no, schools no.
In state schools there is no place for one religion over another and there should be no display of any symbol - crucifix, head scarf or turban.
Of course it will inflame tensions between faiths. Italy is, and has within it, the centre of the Catholic faith. To coin a phrase "When in Rome!"
Religion should be in schools only as part of history or psychology, studied with myths, legends, fairytales and superstitions.
Nigel Rees, UK/USA
It will inflame tensions - Europe has been Christian for thousands of years and many will see this as foreigners removing our heritage.
A complete ban on all religious symbols on the walls of schools could be put in place to "show the unequivocal desire by the state... to place Atheism at the centre of the Universe". Whatever is done will be wrong. As for inflaming tensions between religions, the whole effect of serious and committed religious belief is to preclude tolerance of others. No religion has ever accepted that others have a right to exist let alone that they might also be correct in their beliefs. After all their 'Holy Book' proves that they are right.
Barry P, England
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U.S. Cellular to Give $1 Million to Help Thousands of Teachers Erase Classroom Needs
CHICAGO, April 14, 2009 — For the second time this year, U.S. Cellular is putting up $1 million to help schools across the country. The company's new CALLING ALL TEACHERS campaign will funnel the funds directly into the hands of thousands of teachers to subsidize classroom materials and educational experiences for students. Between now and Teacher Appreciation Week May 4-8, 2009, the wireless company and its 9,000 associates are encouraging teachers to post projects on DonorsChoose.org, a philanthropic Web site that helps public school educators find money for classroom projects that exceed their limited budgets.
"Teachers go above and beyond for children every day, while extra funding for classrooms is in short supply," said Karen Ehlers, vice president of public affairs and communications for U.S. Cellular. "With Calling All Teachers, we want to help alleviate some of the budget worries of teachers, who on average spend about $1,200 out of their own pockets each year on basic student supplies."
This new school-focused giving initiative comes on the heels of U.S. Cellular's 2009 Calling All Communities campaign that awarded $1 million to 10 schools. The company has committed to helping schools in 2009-2010 through funding and volunteerism. Associates will adopt schools to encourage participation in the Calling All Teachers campaign and to open doors for volunteer projects.
"We are excited by the number of students who will benefit from this campaign," said Charles Best, founder and CEO of DonorsChoose.org. "Since the recession hit, more than 10,000 teachers have posted requests for basic supplies like pencils, books, chairs, even hand sanitizer. In most cases, it will take only a small amount of this generous donation to make a big difference in a classroom filled with students."
U.S. Cellular associates will drop into classrooms across the country during Teacher Appreciation Week in early May, to surprise selected teachers with the good news. The program is open to all public school teachers in the markets where U.S. Cellular does business. For more information about Calling All Teachers, visit uscellular.com/callingallteachers or your local U.S. Cellular store.
About U.S. Cellular
The 9,000 associates of U.S. Cellular believe a wireless phone enhances people's lives and a wireless company should be in the business of bringing people together. U.S. Cellular has a wide range of monthly plans, including those with unlimited nationwide calling, unlimited free incoming calls and options to prepay. The company has a growing catalog of phones like the BlackBerry(R) Pearl and Curve, and the touch-screen Samsung Delve, which offer e-mail and Web access. Based in Chicago, U.S. Cellular is the nation's fifth-largest full-service wireless carrier, serving 6.2 million customers across the country. To learn more about the company visit one of its retail stores or uscellular.com
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Equally ours has convened a statement from our members and the wider network of UK civil society organisations, in response to the Human Rights Act Review report and Government consultation that were published today.
The government established the Independent Human Rights Act Review in December 2020 to examine how the Human Rights Act is working in practice and whether any change is needed.
With 60 signatories, this statement is a reminder to the government that our human rights are the hidden foundations that help us all live together freely and fairly, a safety net to protect us all.
We all want to live in an equal, just and fair society, where governments and public bodies respect, protect and fulfil our human rights. The Human Rights Act, along with other legal processes, gives people the ability to hold governments and public bodies to account when they fail to uphold our rights. It allows ordinary people to stand up to those in power and demand that their rights are respected.
The Human Rights Act is an essential tool that allows the courts to find the right balance between individuals’ different rights and between individual rights and the collective rights of society.
Being able to challenge governments and other public bodies and hold them to account is at the heart of our democracy. We all deserve effective access to justice and a fair hearing.
This is a deeply disappointing report, and one which seems to bear little relationship to the weight of the evidence submitted to it, that overwhelmingly demonstrated that changes to the Human Rights Act are both unnecessary and damaging.
Human rights are the essential tools that empower us to stand up to people in power, and to create a stronger, fairer, more compassionate UK.
The Human Rights Act is a sensible and transparent balance between the roles of the government, of Parliament, of public bodies, of the courts and for all of us who use human rights every day to ensure we are treated with dignity and respect. It’s the bedrock of a fair and free society, but it is delicately balanced. Even tiny changes to this framework undermine the basis of our rights and freedoms, placing them at the mercy of fate not fairness.
We agree this is time for change, but that change should be an end to the relentless attacks on the Human Rights Act. Now that this latest review has concluded, it is time for the government to acknowledge that our human rights are the hidden foundations that help us all live together freely and fairly, a safety net to protect us all.
We call on the UK Government to reject these unnecessary proposals, that would dangerously weaken the protection of our rights. Instead, it should commit to:
- Maintain the balanced and effective framework for securing our human rights, as set out in the Human Rights Act.
- Proactively raise awareness of our human rights and support a public dialogue on how they can be fully realised that is grounded in fairness, equality and justice, recognising that human rights are at the heart of how we treat one another and live our lives.
- Deliver the long overdue Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland.
- Consider how the models of incorporating additional rights being developed in Wales and Scotland, such as the rights of the child and economic, social and cultural rights, could be applied to the UK as a whole.
If you would like to support this statement, sign up here
List of signatories
British Institute of Human Rights
Children’s Rights Alliance for England (CRAE)
Disability Rights UK
Discrimination Law Association
End Violence Against Women Campaign
Fair Play South West
Friends, Families and Travellers
Gender Identity Research and Education Society (GIRES)
Law Centres Network
National AIDS Trust
National Alliance of Women’s Organisations (NAWO)
Press for Change
Race on the Agenda (ROTA)
Royal National Institute of Blind People
Royal National Institute for Deaf People
Trades Union Congress (TUC)
UKREN (UK Race in Europe Network)
Women’s Budget Group
Women’s Resource Centre
Chronic Illness Inclusion
Migrants’ Rights Network
Race Equality First
Restorative Justice for All International Institute
Alliance for Choice
Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations
Asylum Link Merseyside
Best for Britain
Changing Our Lives
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Equality Network, Edinburgh
Freedom from Torture
Human Rights Consortium Scotland
The Bridge Plus+
The Judith Trust
Northern Ireland Human Rights Consortium
Sheila McKechnie Foundation
Spinal Injuries Association
United Kingdom Programme Action Committee of Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland
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Not simply ‘s the built-in circumstances toward five maxims unsettled, so also ‘s the instrumental that-the newest conflict one to strengthening brand new four values on development guidance have a tendency to let write better socioeconomic consequences within the assistance-finding regions
Simply in the past a decade has actually a hefty level of experts and you will aid teams attempted to target that it drawback from the systematically investing in proof collection. So it emerging system of work-that is nevertheless within its incipient stage-is made up all of critiques out-of particular programs or systems and large critiques one make an effort to pull, code, and you can synthesize the findings of established training and you may cases. The Overseas Development Institute instance inside the 2008 achieved a great big report on “people voice and responsibility” interventions considering a diagnosis off 90 such as for instance systems within the 10 places and you can eight outlined country instance training. 19 A comprehensive 2013 report by Business Bank researchers Ghazala Mansuri and you can Vijayendra Rao furthermore made an effort to systematically measure the socioeconomic impact out-of ent inside assistance recipient countries. 20
But really trying distill which growing section Disabled dating online of research to the a coherent number of results that would encourage skeptical policymakers of deserves of important circumstances is tough. First, the latest general abstract imprecision off therapists utilizing the five rules overall performance during the a cluttered variety of interventions that can’t be nicely sorted to your kinds. Brand new previously-switching but usually overlapping application of the fresh new terms and conditions including helps it be hard to divide any one element of coding and you will level its specific effect on creativity outcomes. Furthermore, this new surprisingly complex and sometimes indirect causal organizations that hook up functions into the four axioms to help you socioeconomic consequences (compared, eg, into the direct causal link between a vaccination beginning system and you can a decrease in new incidence of targeted condition) twist high pressures so you’re able to experts trying trace creativity impact. A third obstacle is the complications out-of attracting generalizable training off very framework-specific interventions. Programming one to refers to new four prices tries and come up with transform within the sociopolitical affairs (in place of technical enters or even the infusion regarding funding) the new rider out-of developmental progress. Because of this people strategical success for alter often heavily count for the local strength constellations and you can bigger state-area affairs, and citizen capability of collective step, one of other variables.
not, you to definitely overarching message really does emerge from the existing facts: the necessity for a powerful dose away from realism and warning away from donor hopes of developmental effect. Many respected reports reveal that programs centering on responsibility, participation, visibility, or introduction is located at the very least somewhat winning on finding their advanced goals-eg setting up a social review techniques, strengthening the latest visibility away from a specific ministry, or improving resident type in toward a nationwide believe process. Yet not, converting for example achievement on expanded-term socioeconomic progress is a lot less frequent, or, at the least, more challenging to help you choose.
Despite the quick increase away from support coding per accountability, visibility, contribution, and you will addition at the time of for the last 15 years, seemingly little time and you can resource was invested in examining the long-term socioeconomic and you can governmental feeling of those efforts
Definitely, couples education advise that incorporating these maxims to your applications doesn’t have developmental impression anyway. Triumph tales manage occur: Inside Uganda, community monitoring enjoys resulted in improvements publicly service beginning, for example increased scholar and professor attendance from inside the schools and higher degree effects. 21 Furthermore, society track of fitness qualities having fun with citizen declaration cards so you’re able to support regular dialogue having fitness gurus regarding issues and you can expectations contributed to a rise in the aid of outpatient functions plus full developments during the medical treatments and a life threatening loss in baby mortality. 22 Participatory governance councils from inside the Brazil possess increased the fresh access to and you can quality of healthcare functions, and you may participatory cost management when you look at the locations such Porto Alegre enjoys sparked citizen involvement in regional politics and increased social funding for houses, wellness, and you will education. Although not, these attempts have also been slammed to have failing to guarantee inclusion of poorest otherwise perpetuating clientelistic politics in certain contexts. 23
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Viewed from the Big Horn Basin in NW Wyoming, Sheep Mountain is the final obvious peak along the ridge of the Big Horn Range as it gently descends north into Montana. As with most of the mountains on the eastern edge of the range, the spectacular rock formations that make up the summit area are split into pieces by gaping crevasses that are often twenty or more feet deep. There also small holes at odd intervals that appear to be very deep as well, so hikers should always watch that their footholds are solid and are located away from these features.
Sheep Mountain overlooks some of the beautiful forested areas of the northern part of the Big Horns, and summit views include the vast expanse of the Big Horn Basin, the Pryor Mountains to the west, and the cluster of peaks to the south that includes Medicine, Duncum, and Bald Mountains.
Vision quest circle
Located about eight miles south of here, the Medicine Wheel is the most famous example of Native American stonework in the area. However, Sheep Mountain was a very popular place for young men to go for their vision quests, and there are many stone circles and rock cairns still on the mountain that were used for this purpose. There are also circles that mark the sites of Native American camping grounds as well. For more information, see the External Links section.
On the eastern slopes
From Lovell, Wyoming, take U.S. Highway 14A heading east for about 25.5 miles and turn left on Road 14, which is marked for Devils Canyon. To approach from Sheridan, Wyoming, follow Highway 14 to Burgess Junction, turn right on Highway 14A, and travel for about 18.5 miles.
Stay on Road 14 for about 3 miles and turn right at the fork directing you to Sheep Mountain. This road climbs up over Duncum Mountain and eventually turns into Marble Quarry Road; at the fork, turn left onto road 11 and wind your way up onto the east side of Sheep Mountain. This road is pretty rough in places, but unless it is wet, 4WD is not needed though high clearance is nice to have.
Park off of the road about halfway along the side of the mountain and continue up the steep slope on foot, heading for the obvious split between the highest blocks of rock on the summit ridge. Once you attain the ridge, watch out for the large and deep chasms that fracture the entire summit area into a maze of pillars and boulders.
Chasm Summit view west
The summit has a rock cairn that is built around the USGS benchmark and a crude wooden structure that is laying on its side. There is some nice exposure looking down off of the summit to the west, and after scrambling down below the summit on the east side, you might be able to see a golden eagle on its nest high on the rock ledges. Standing on the summit, it looks like one of the rock points to the north is higher; after climbing this point from the north via one short and easy Class 3 section, it was fairly obvious that the first summit with the benchmark is indeed higher.
This is a quick climb, with a total distance from the car of a third of a mile and 500 feet of elevation gain.
Access to this area is very easy except during the winter and early spring, when Highway 14A is closed. This area has an abundance of wildlife, so be especially aware of moose, elk, black bears, and mountain lions when hiking in this area. There are no grizzlies in the Big Horns.
Places to camp in the Big Horns are numerous, with the majority of the range being open to dispersed camping. Camping is not allowed within 100 feet of lakes or streams, or within 1/4 mile of major roads. For complete rules and regulations, visit: http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/bighorn/recreation/camping/
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Dekker, T. M. and Nardini, M. (2016) 'Risky visuomotor choices during rapid reaching in childhood.', Developmental science., 19 (3). pp. 427-439.
Many everyday actions are implicit gambles because imprecisions in our visuomotor systems place probabilities on our success or failure. Choosing optimal action strategies involves weighting the costs and gains of potential outcomes by their corresponding probabilities, and requires stable representations of one's own imprecisions. How this ability is acquired during development in childhood when visuomotor skills change drastically is unknown. In a rewarded rapid reaching task, 6- to 11-year-old children followed ‘risk-seeking’ strategies leading to overly high point-loss. Adults' performance, in contrast, was close to optimal. Children's errors were not explained by distorted estimates of value or probability, but may reflect different action selection criteria or immature integration of value and probability information while planning movements. These findings provide a starting point for understanding children's risk-taking in everyday visuomotor situations when suboptimal choices can be dangerous. Moreover, children's risky visuomotor decisions mirror those reported for non-motor gambles, raising the possibility that common processes underlie development across decision-making domains.
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Macrobee with Iron Forte offers a comprehensive formula of various essential vitamins and minerals fortified with blood-forming nutrients such as iron and folic acid. The broad formulation is intended for the management of certain multivitamin, iron and folic acid deficiencies as well as various forms of anemia among adults, adolescents, pregnant women and the elderly. High-dose folic acid is incorporated to further ensure formation of healthy red blood cells, provide wider anti-anemia coverage, promote optimum fetal brain development and prevent neural tube defects.
Macrobee with Iron Forte contains Ferrous Fumarate, the iron salt with less metallic taste and minimal gastric irritating effects, making it beneficial for individuals with sensitive stomach, and sense of taste and smell.
The formula contains various essential vitamins and minerals reinforced with blood – forming nutrients such as iron and folic acid. It is intended for the management of certain multivitamin, iron and folic acid deficiencies as well as various forms of anemia among adults, adolescents, pregnant women and the elderly.
Women in their childbearing age are particularly susceptible to iron-deficiency anemia because of the blood loss from menstruation and the increased demands during pregnancy. Older people may also have greater risk of developing anemia because of poor diet and other existing medical conditions.
High-dose folic acid is incorporated to further ensure formation of healthy red blood cells, provide wider anti-anemia coverage, promote optimum fetal brain development and prevent neural tube defects (NTD).
Folic acid deficiency may result from inadequate dietary intake, impaired intestinal absorption secondary to gastrointestinal diseases, alcoholism and intake of drugs that inhibit folate absorption (i.e., anticonvulsants, phenytoin, oral contraceptives, and methotrexate). Dietary deficiency is common in the elderly, malnourished, and individuals who do not eat vegetables and fruits. Despite adequate dietary intake of folic acid, relative deficiency may be encountered in certain conditions where there are increased requirements for active DNA synthesis (such as in pregnancy, and hematologic disorders). In these circumstances, folic acid supplementation becomes important.
Ferrous fumarate is a clinically proven hematopoietic factor. Vitamin C is added for enhanced iron absorption. Vitamin B12 and folic acid further ensure wider anti-anemia coverage. Vitamin B9 (folic acid) is essential to numerous bodily functions ranging from nucleotide biosynthesis to the remethylation of homocysteine. The human body needs folate to synthesize and methylate DNA as well as to act as a cofactor in biological reactions involving folate. It is especially important during periods of rapid cell division and growth. As folic acid is necessary in the synthesis of DNA, it is essential in the formation of different body cells. Folic acid is necessary for the normal production and maturation of red blood cells. Deficiency of folic acid results in megaloblastic anemia.
By promoting the absorption of calcium in the body, vitamin D strengthens the bones and teeth. Vitamins C, E and Zinc are antioxidants that strengthen the body’s immune defense and protect the body against diseases. Vitamin A maintains healthy epithelial tissues of the skin and mucus membranes in the nose, throat, eyes, respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, and urinary tract.
These active substances which individually exhibit well-defined actions and which mutually complement each other, place this preparation of MULTIVITAMINS + MINERALS + IRON + FOLIC ACID (MACROBEETM with IRON FORTE) tablet in the class of select formulations which offer comprehensive coverage in the management of various forms of anemia.
For the treatment of Iron deficiency anemia associated with:
- Nutritional deficiencies
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- Old age and other conditions leading to poor iron absorption
- For the prevention of folate deficiency in pregnant women and neural tube defects, including spina bifida and anencephaly.
- For the prophylaxis and treatment of folic acid deficiency.
One tablet per day or as prescribed by the physician.
Because it may mask the hematologic abnormalities while neurological damage progresses, folic acid should not be used in the therapy of patients with vitamin B12 deficiency of any cause, unless there is associated folate deficiency. Megaloblastic anemia secondary to vitamin B12 deficiency; folic acid may obscure pernicious anemia and may produce hematologic remission while neurological damage progresses. The folic acid content of one tablet a day however, is unlikely to mask pernicious anemia should this condition be present. For iron utilization disturbances, excess iron storage may occur.
Folic acid may partially reverse the antiepileptic effects of phenobarbital, diphenylhydantoin, and primidone, and thereby increase seizure frequency. It is not recommended to take MULTIVITAMINS + MINERALS + IRON + FOLIC ACID and tetracycline antibiotics at the same time because these preparations may delay the absorption of iron.
Folic acid is generally well tolerated in prescribed dosage. Gastrointestinal disturbances and hypersensitivity reaction are rare. It should not be given alone or in conjunction with inadequate amounts of vitamin B12 in the treatment of undiagnosed megaloblastic anemia. Proper hematological diagnosis is essential.
As with all iron preparation, the stool may become black after administration. However, this is completely harmless.
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In the effort to modernize and transform, federal leaders should look beyond short-term and ad hoc solutions.
“It’s really about reimagining the world in a digital context, creating this roadmap that’s really game-changing,” said Cameron Chehreh, vice president and general manager of global public sector at Intel.
In a rapidly changing world, governments can take advantage of digital transformation to deliver a higher level of service to citizens and, on the defense side, to stay ahead of nearby adversaries. Intel can help: Beyond just making the microchips that support IT modernization, Chehreh said, the company also has the expertise to help the government make the most of emerging tools.
“We can really present ourselves as a trusted advisor, to help with technology adoption,” he said. Intel’s public sector team “is focused on ensuring that the government unlocks the full value of what it has already purchased or will purchase that is based on Intel technologies.”
In addition to this advisory role, Intel is of course focusing on the production of microchips. At a time when pandemic-related supply chain issues have strained chip availability, the company is investing heavily in domestic chip production, a move that Chehreh says will bolster the government’s long-term resilience. term.
The company is making multi-billion dollar investments to upgrade its existing US chip production facilities and plans to build the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturing site in Ohio.
“We serve the full spectrum of semiconductor needs across the spectrum of R&D, design, manufacturing and packaging capabilities, all in the United States at all of our locations, including the Ohio factory. . This end-to-end capability is important: it’s what allows us to make variations of the silicon for integration into the F-35 and other advanced systems,” Chehreh said.
Domestic production promises to help smooth the global supply chain and provide a higher level of security at a time when the Pentagon and others are concerned about the integrity of the IT supply chain. With strong domestic chip production, “the US government, as well as NATO and allied nations, will know they can build sovereign systems that will be safe and secure,” he added.
Currently, 80% of global microchip production occurs in the Asia-Pacific-Japan region, he said, with 8% of production in Europe and 12% in the United States. “We need to rebalance this supply chain,” Chehreh said. . “You can’t put all your eggs in one basket.
While Intel is globally focused on building greater resilience on the chip production side, Chehreh’s federal team is devoting much of its attention to helping the government get the most out of its digital assets. emerging.
With Intel chips serving as a key ingredient in a wide array of solutions, “our customers are already ingesting our technology, and we’re here to help them optimize,” Chehreh said.
“We have digital transformation experts helping them rethink their people, processes, placement and product capability – the four Ps. We help them rethink the world, digitally, onsite, offsite, in the cloud, at the edge,” he added. “We’re partnering with them to help them rethink how they embrace technology to fulfill their mission.”
Intel’s active engagements in the open source community typify this collaborative mindset. An open-source approach helps ensure the government has immediate access to the latest advancements “and that’s what it’s all about,” he said. “It’s about bringing together an ecosystem of partners to help government digitally transform.”
While Chehreh said he is optimistic about the potential for digital transformation, he would also like to see things happen faster. He would like to see Congress pass the CHIPS for America Act, which would provide “more than $50 billion in incentives to accelerate and catalyze domestic production of advanced semiconductors,” according to a Commerce Department analysis.
“We have to go extremely fast,” Chehreh said. “It should be a national imperative, because our adversaries do not stand still. We should not stand still. We need to be able to bring that value to the entire partner ecosystem: activating our technology and our defensive capabilities. You want to have these things available when needed, and in today’s world they are needed right now.
Having served nearly 30 years in public sector support, Chehreh said he was personally proud to be able to play a role in supporting the federal mission, particularly on the defense side. He had an early mentor, a Navy rear admiral, who gave him a deep appreciation for the mission and for the people who dedicated themselves to the security of the nation.
When he spends long hours, “it’s out of passion and love,” he says. “There are brave men and women protecting our country and the rest of the world, and they deserve the best. It’s what gives me a real sense of purpose every day.
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When was leprosy first diagnosed?
Leprosy is an ages-old disease, described in many historical texts. Mentioned in the Bible, leprosy was introduced in Europe in the 400s B.C., probably by the troops of the Persian ruler Xerxes (c. 519–465 B.C.) as they moved westward. By the twelfth century leprosy had reached epidemic proportions in western Europe, even claiming the lives of rulers (Portugal’s Alfonso II died from it in 1223, and Robert I, King of Scots, in 1329). Explorers and settlers from the European continent later carried the infectious chronic skin disease to the New World, where it was previously unknown.
The cause of leprosy was unknown. While some theorized it was contagious, others asserted that it was hereditary or was caused by eating certain foods (even potatoes were at one time blamed for originating the affliction). The disease gradually disappeared from Europe, attributable to improved living conditions, better nutrition, and, later, the advent of drugs that are effective in treatment.
The first clinical description was not made until 1874 when Norwegian physician Gerhard Henrik Hansen (1841–1912) discovered the leprosy bacterium. Since then the disease has also been called Hansen’s disease. Today, leprosy afflicts about 5 million people worldwide. It is endemic (native) to tropical or subtropical regions, including Africa, Central and South America, India, and Southeast Asia. Most cases of leprosy that occur in the United States are among immigrants from areas where the disease is endemic. Beginning in the mid-1950s, the Roman Catholic nun Mother Teresa (1910–1997) of Calcutta ministered to those afflicted with leprosy, setting up colonies for their care.
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This report will help inform the government's decision on whether to make regulations requiring business to report their GHG emissions.
Measuring emissions is an important first step to managing them, giving companies an understanding of their where their main emissions are. Emissions reporting can act as an import communications tool within companies, helping to gain senior management and Board support for emissions management. Companies also report benefits in terms of reputation and brand value.
In November 2010, as part of its obligations under the Climate Change Act (2008), Defra published a report considering the impact of company reporting of GHG emission.
This report includes some specially commissioned research on the contribution that reporting makes to emission reductions and the associated costs and benefits. This report will help inform the government’s decision on whether to make regulations requiring business to report their GHG emissions. An announcement on how the government intends to proceed will be made in spring 2011.
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Network Rail has announced details of a 20% increase in the number of seats on trains into London before the decade is out. Some 115,000 extra passengers a day will be able to rest their legs if the plans come to fruition.
The capacity increases include platform extensions at Waterloo to accommodate ten-car trains, and (finally) the recommissioning of the old Waterloo International platforms, which have stood empty — save for some Railway Children — since 2007. Aged signalling will also be replaced, allowing trains to run closer together. Down the line, Reading station will be rebuilt at a cost of almost £1 billion.
The improvements are part of Network Rail's £37.5 billion business plan for 2014-19. The document also includes more details of the capacity-increasing Thameslink upgrade, including the diversion of trains through Elephant and Castle during the £6 billion revamp of London Bridge station. Such schemes will be partly funded from those persistent above-inflation fare rises that we must endure, apparently, for another six years. The remaining funding will come from the cost savings and increased passenger numbers that the new infrastructure will allow.
The plans must now be approved by the Office of Rail Regulation.
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Advanced Materials board member Xiaodong Chen on his scientific and personal motivations.
Zhiyong Tang on the highlights of his career and science.
Celebrating 30 years of Advanced Materials and the 15th anniversary of the NCNST!
This month’s top Advanced Optical Materials papers and covers.
Submit your abstract for NANO2018 conference at City University of Hong Kong by 28 February 2018.
Special AM30 Symposium at NANO2018 in Hong Kong.
This week’s Advanced Healthcare Materials special issue with João Mano, Ali Khademhosseini, and Insung Choi.
Swiss researchers have used polymer actuators to create a two-fingered robotic gripper that can pick up objects of arbitrary shape, weight or deformability.
Researchers from Northwestern University have assembled silicate nanosheets into thin dielectric films for solution-processed field-effect transistors.
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USA Hockey Considers Eliminating Fighting
Posted at: 12/22/2013 9:35 AM
Photo: Photo: MGNOnline
(KSTP) - Next month, USA Hockey's board of directors will consider banning fighting from all levels of amateur hockey in the U.S.
Most levels of the game already ban fighting, but in a hockey-crazy state like this, we wanted to know what Minnesotans think about the potential across-the-board change. We went to the Johnson High School alumni game, where they're celebrating 100 years of hockey, to find out.
Greg Pogreba, who played on Johnson's 1972 team, thinks the ban is a good idea
"I just think that they're going in the right direction," Pogreba said.
Pogreba's wife, Lynn, has a different take and most people tended to agree.
"I had a son who played junior hockey and we enjoyed the fights," she said.
USA Hockey's board of governors will hear the proposal to ban fighting at their winter meetings in January. The new rules could be put into place as early as next season.
Its difficult to talk about where hockey is going without talking about where hockey has been. And if you ask an old timer or two about Johnson High hockey memories, chances are you're not going to hear about a fight.
"It's something I'll never forget my whole life," recalled Zahradka. "It's still the hardest thing for me to take. And this is 50 years later."
He's talking about playing on Johnson's 1967 team. They went undefeated until losing in the championship game.
"You're from Johnson, you had to be the best. You had to be," Zahradkapaused before starting up again, "I start talking too much, I'll start crying.That's about it."
Maybe that's about it for fighting in amateur hockey, too. What we do know is losing a fight can hurt a whole lot less than losing a game.
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There are so many different types and aspects of autism. Likewise, parents and carers of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) find that no single intervention addresses their many concerns. But increasing numbers of people living on the spectrum find significant support from natural solutions like essential oils and many other ways to support their daily needs.
This book contains up to date research and facts surrounding the different aspects of ASD and how aromatherapy can help to relieve some of the symptoms associated with ASD. You will also find in this materials recipes to support other areas often associated with autism like:
- Sleep Deprivation
- Tantrums / Aggression
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A team of researchers from The Australian National University (ANU), Deakin University and Monash University surveyed more than 1200 Australian teenagers and in-depth interviews with 30 teens.
“The religious exempting is really out of step with what young people are saying,” said Professor Mary Lou Rasmussen from The ANU’s Research School of Social Sciences.
The Australian Research Council funded the $300,000 national survey which quizzed 13-18 year olds across Australia.
Researchers found that most young people interviewed did not support religious exemptions.
“This national survey demonstrates diverse young people's emphatic support for inclusion of sexual and gender diversity at school and their emphatic rejection of religious exemptions,” said Professor Rasmussen.
According to the survey, 84 per cent of Australia’s teens think school students should be allowed to openly express any sexual or gender orientation, while 80 per cent agree sex education in schools should include information relevant to LGBTQI people.
“Many of the young people we spoke to were not aware of the existence of religious exemptions and surprise and shock was a common response to hearing about them,” said Professor Rasmussen.
“Young people strongly supported religious freedom, but not when it impeded their own, and others’, freedoms. They want to learn about religion in schools, and they want schools that are inclusive of sexual and gender diversity,” she added.
During in-depth interviews teens were asked what they thought about religious exemptions, and specifically whether schools should be able to discriminate in relation to what gets taught at school along with hiring and firing staff in line with their religious beliefs.
“Most teens in the study rejected religious exemptions but some participants expressed an understanding for the position faced by religious institutions while still being personally against them,” said Professor Rasmussen.
Professor Mary Lou Rasmussen
Professor, School of Sociology, Research School of Social Sciences
Australian National University
612 6125 2659
For media assistance, contact Rachel Curtis +61 459897726 or the ANU Media Team on +61 2 6125 7979 or at .
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U.S. Should Stop Funding Israel, or Let Others Broker Peace
As Israel’s primary patron of economic, military and diplomatic support, the United States has a duty and the capacity to help resolve the Palestinian-Israel conflict. It should either comply with its domestic laws and cease military aid to Israel or simply step aside and allow international mechanisms to function without obstruction.
Ending aid will either restrain Israel and facilitate a political resolution or encourage a backlash that induces the global community to intervene.
Between 1949 and 2008, the U.S. has provided Israel with $103.6 billion, more than all of the foreign aid it has provided to Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America combined. Since 2000, it has provided Israel with $3.5 billion worth of F-16s and $77 billion in Apaches. Military aid to foreign states is subject to several U.S. laws including the Arms Export Control Act , the Foreign Assistance Act and the Leahy Law. Each of these laws conditions the receipt of aid on the furtherance of human rights.
The Department of State annually notes Israel’s systematic abuse of human rights against Palestinians. Congress has nevertheless renewed aid to Israel without scrutiny either by willful ignorance or disregard. In the eyes of our 535 elected representatives, Israel can do no wrong.
This has not always been the case. The Reagan administration halted its cluster munitions sales to Israel between 1982 and 1988 in response to Israel’s disproportionate and indiscriminate attack on civilians in Beirut. In 1991, the George H.W. Bush administration conditioned its loan guarantees to Israel on the cessation of its settlement expansion in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
The United States has ample evidence of Israel’s human rights violations that should trigger these laws today. In its most recent offensive, Israel has dropped over 100 one-ton bombs, hardly precise and discriminate weaponry, onto the densely populated and besieged Gaza Strip. Human Rights Watch documented Israeli ground forces shooting and killing fleeing Palestinian families in Khuza’a between July 23 and 25. Amnesty International documented the killing of 45 civilians in the Occupied West Bank over the past three years.
Cessation of American military aid to Israel will create at least two possibilities in the long run. On the one hand, it can restrain Israel, thereby creating more opportunities for a political resolution to the conflict. On the other hand, it could have the opposite effect and motivate Israel to pursue more maximalist policies, thereby increasing the cost of its transgressions. This will likely induce the international community to effectively intervene à la the South African model.
Short of complying with its own laws, the United States can also step aside and allow international mechanisms to function. The United States has incapacitated the U.N. Security Council by using its veto power to shield Israel from accountability 40 times between 1972 and 2011. The only other situation where the U.S. used its veto power so systematically was to protect colonial and apartheid regimes in South Africa, Rhodesia and Namibia. The United States has similarly undermined the efficacy of the International Court of Justice, the Human Rights Council and, as we are currently witnessing, the International Criminal Court.
The U.S. is a central part of the problem in the Palestinian-Israel conflict. To be a part of the solution, it needs to do less, not more.
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Hi everyone, our most recent coloring sheet that your kids can have some fun with is Ostrich Buried His Head In The Ground Coloring Page, listed on Ostrich category. This below coloring sheet dimension is around 600 pixel x 503 pixel with approximate file size for around 45.36 Kilobytes.
For more sheet related to the sheet right above you, your kids can browse the below Related Images widget on the bottom of the webpage or maybe exploring by category. You could find lots of other fascinating coloring picture to obtain. Have a great time!
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An accident is any unplanned event that results in personal injury or in property damage. The cause of most accidents is the failure of people, equipment, supplies, or surroundings to behave or react as expected.
An accident investigation determines how and why accidents occur. The investigation will lead to the cause(s) of the accident. By eliminating one or more causes, most accidents are preventable.
Information obtained from an accident investigation is used to help prevent future accidents from happening. Accident prevention is also accomplished by conducting work safety inspections, reporting unsafe conditions, providing training and performing regular "check ups" on equipment and tools.
What Can You Do to Prevent Accidents?
1. Report Any Unsafe or Potentially Hazardous Conditions to:
a. Your supervisor/boss
b. Your Environmental Health and Safety Office (Wash. U. or BJH/SLCH)
c. Or, take care of it yourself, it could be as easy as closing a file cabinet drawer so no one trips over it, keeping your work area clean, labeling hazards in the workplace etc.
2.Make Sure the Equipment, Tools or Machines You Use Are:
a. In good working order
b. Have machine guards in place
c. Are certified or maintained on a regular basis
d. Used properly and safely by yourself and others
3.Wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
a. Know what type of PPE to wear, for example, you need to know the proper type of glove for the work you do and the materials you work with.
b. Know the proper way to wear your PPE for maximum protection.
c. Know how to take care of your PPE and perform regular inspections to check for holes in gloves or protective clothing, tears in respirators, chemical saturation etc. If your job requires you to wear a respirator for protection, you need to be fit tested annually to ensure proper fit and protection.
1. Ensure workers attend Annual Safety Training
a. Office Staff
b. Laboratory Staff
c. Clinical Staff
d. Facilities Management Staff (divisions)
In each training session, accident prevention topics are discussed.
1. Use Caution When Your Work Environment Changes:
Just like you know you should use more caution when you are driving in the rain, you should use more caution when your work environment changes as well. Beating deadlines, lack of sleep, being required to do something new with little or no training etc. All these factors can lead to an accident because of carelessness, lack of training/knowledge or rushing to get something done. We’ve all been there and a lot of us have had accidents because of these factors. Next time you find yourself in this situation, take the time to think about what you are doing and how you can be safe so you don’t cause an accident.
Please do all you can to prevent accidents and make this a Happy and Safe New Year!
If you need help with your Safety Initiatives contact one of our Safety Specialists.
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Ads can be deceiving, that is no secret. And while this ad did not make the cut to be on the television screen, it is still one that the whole world needs to watch and through social media that is finally happening.
This advert was made by Greenspeace but the group had given supermarket Iceland permission to use it as their Christmas campaign video. That being said, it was deemed to breach political advertising rules and will not be aired. Since Iceland became the first major UK supermarket to pledge for the removal of palm oil in their brands, this was the perfect video for them to use.
You won’t see our Christmas advert on TV this year, because it was banned. But we want to share Rang-tan’s story with you… 🎄 🐒
Will you help us share the story?https://t.co/P8H61t6lWu
— Iceland Foods ❄️ (@IcelandFoods) November 9, 2018
Clearcast who was in charge of approving or denying this video access on air said as follows in regards:
We assess all ads against the rules of the UK Code of Broadcast Advertising; Clearcast is not a regulator and we do not ban ads. The Iceland ad submitted to us is a Greenpeace film which has been appearing on the Greenpeace website for a number of months.
The specific rule Clearcast and the broadcasters have considered is:
An advertisement contravenes the prohibition on political advertising if it is:
An advertisement which is inserted by or on behalf of a body whose objects are wholly or mainly of a political nature.
Clearcast’s concerns do not extend to the content or message of the ad.
As you can see, they did not have much to say on the matter at all. They marked it as too political and went about their business. While the company did not say that it was outright banned, they made it clear that they had no intent in allowing it to be aired. This video highlights how the use of palm oil in our products is strongly connected to deforestation in big ways.
In this ad video, you will see ‘rang-tan’ the monkey playing around in a young girls room, and she asks why the animal is there and gets an answer that will bring everyone who sees the video to tears. To see this video for yourself please take a peek below. It is truly one of the best I have come across thus far.
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Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1979-Jan
Reference Count: 0
Social Problems Courses: A Set of Syllabi and Related Materials.
Weston, Louise C., Ed.
This publication contains syllabi from 12 college-level, social-problems courses. The syllabi are being made available in an effort to share various ideas about the content, conceptual organization, and procedures used by sociology professors. The syllabi selected for inclusion represent different approaches to teaching a social problems course (such as macro-sociological, institutional, political, and interactionist). They also represent courses offered in community colleges, four year colleges, and universities. All are for undergraduate courses except one which is for a graduate course and is included here because of its approach and its extensive bibliography. The information provided for each syllabi includes an outline and schedule of course topics, required readings, course requirements, and some general statements about course format and evaluation procedures. Although all of the courses made use of the lecture technique to some extent, some courses include class discussions, oral presentations, use of films, and field projects. Also included in the publication is a description of the American Sociological Association's Section on Undergraduate Education and its activities and a selected bibliography on the teaching of social problems. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Models, Social Problems, Sociology, Teaching Guides, Teaching Methods
ASA Teaching Resources Center, American Sociological Association, 1722 N Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20036 ($3.00).
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reference Materials - Bibliographies
Education Level: N/A
Authoring Institution: American Sociological Association, Washington, DC.
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In my Skillshare course there’s a brief moment where I show a ratio calculator that I use for doing things like figuring out dimensions of containers while designing.
The idea is simple. You have a ratio like 16:9, 4:3, 9:6, etc. and want to see how to scale another object with that ratio using a fixed dimension, e.g. you know the width.
Here are a few that I like:
Aspect Ratio Calculator, a free web calculator by Andrew Hedges that I’ve used for years.
Aspect Ratio Calculator for Mac, by David Wolf. Available via the Mac App Store for $3.99.
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It warms my heart that you should give me such a reception, but it is
not of myself that I wish to think to-night, but of those who have just
become citizens of the United States. This is the only country in the
world which experiences this constant and repeated rebirth. Other
countries depend upon the multiplication of their own native people.
This country is constantly drinking strength out of new sources by the
voluntary association with it of great bodies of strong men and
forward-looking women. And so by the gift of the free will of
independent people it is constantly being renewed from generation to
generation by the same process by which it was originally created. It is
as if humanity had determined to see to it that this great nation,
founded for the benefit of humanity, should not lack for the allegiance
of the people of the world.
You have just taken an oath of allegiance to the United States.
Of allegiance to whom? Of allegiance to no one, unless it be God.
Certainly not of allegiance to those who temporarily represent this
great Government. You have taken an oath of allegiance to a great ideal,
to a great body of principles, to a great hope of the human race. You
have said, "We are going to America," not only to earn a living, not
only to seek the things which it was more difficult to obtain where you
were born, but to help forward the great enterprises of the human spirit
- to let man know that everywhere in the world there are men who will
cross strange oceans and go where a speech is spoken which is alien to
them, knowing that, whatever the speech, there is but one longing and
utterance of the human heart, and that is for liberty and justice.
And while you bring all countries with you, you come with a
purpose of leaving all other countries behind you - bringing what is
best of their spirit, but not looking over your shoulders and seeking to
perpetuate what you intended to leave in them. I certainly would not be
one even to suggest that a man ceases to love the home of his birth and
the nation of his origin - these things are very sacred and ought not to
be put out of our hearts - but it is one thing to love the place where
you were born and it is another thing to dedicate yourself to the place
to which you go. You cannot dedicate yourself to America unless you
become in every respect and with every purpose of your will thorough
Americans. You cannot become thorough Americans if you think of
yourselves in groups. America does not consist of groups. A man who
thinks of himself as belonging to a particular national group in
America, has not yet become an American, and the man who goes among you
to trade upon your nationality is no worthy son to live under the Stars
My urgent advice to you would be not only always to think first
of America, but always, also, to think first of humanity. You do not
love humanity if you seek to divide humanity into jealous camps.
Humanity can be welded together only by love, by sympathy, by justice,
not by jealousy and hatred. I am sorry for the man who seeks to make
personal capital out of the passions of his fellow men. He has lost the
touch and ideal of America, for America was created to unite mankind by
those passions which lift and not by the passions which separate and
We came to America, either ourselves or in the persons of our
ancestors, to better the ideals of men, to make them see finer things
than they had seen before, to get rid of things that divide, and to make
sure of the things that unite. It was but an historical accident no
doubt that this great country was called the "United States," and yet I
am very thankful that it has the word "united" in its title; and the man
who seeks to divide man from man, group from group, interest from
interest, in the United States is striking at its very heart.
It is a very interesting circumstance to me, in thinking of those
of you who have just sworn allegiance to this great Government, that you
were drawn across the ocean by some beckoning finger of hope, by some
belief, by some vision of a new kind of justice, by some expectation of
a better kind of life.
No doubt you have been disappointed in some of us; some of us are
very disappointing. No doubt you have found that justice in the United
States goes only with a pure heart and a right purpose, as it does
everywhere else in the world. No doubt what you found here didn't seem
touched for you, after all, with the complete beauty of the ideal which
you had conceived beforehand.
But remember this, if we had grown at all poor in the ideal, you
brought some of it with you. A man does not go out to seek the thing
that is not in him. A man does not hope for the thing that he does not
believe in; and if some of us have forgotten what America believed in,
you, at any rate, imported in your own hearts a renewal of the belief.
That is the reason that I, for one, make you welcome.
If I have in any degree forgotten what America was intended for,
I will thank God if you will remind me.
I was born in America. You dreamed dreams of what America was to
be, and I hope you brought the dreams with you. No man that does not see
visions will ever realize any high hope or undertake any high
Just because you brought dreams with you, America is more likely
to realize the dreams such as you brought. You are enriching us if you
came expecting us to be better than we are.
See, my friends, what that means. It means that America must have
a consciousness different from the consciousness of every other nation
in the world. I am not saying this with even the slightest thought of
criticism of other nations. You know how it is with a family. A family
gets centered on itself if it is not careful and is less interested in
the neighbors than it is in its own members.
So a nation that is not constantly renewed out of new sources is
apt to have the narrowness and prejudice of a family. Whereas, America
must have this consciousness, that on all sides it touches elbows and
touches hearts with all the nations of mankind.
The example of America must be a special example. The example of
America must be the example not merely of peace because it will not
fight, but of peace because peace is the healing and elevating influence
of the world and strife is not.
There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight. There is
such a thing as a nation being so right that it does not need to
convince others by force that it is right.
So, if you come into this great nation as you have come,
voluntarily seeking something that we have to give, all that we have to
give is this: We cannot exempt you from work. No man is exempt from work
anywhere in the world. I sometimes think he is fortunate if he has to
work only with his hands and not with his head. It is very easy to do
what other people give you to do, but it is very difficult to give other
people things to do. We cannot exempt you from work; we cannot exempt
you from the strife and the heartbreaking burden of the struggle of the
day - that is common to mankind everywhere. We cannot exempt you from
the loads you must carry; we can only make them light by the spirit in
which they are carried. That is the spirit of hope, it is the spirit of
liberty, it is the spirit of justice.
When I was asked, therefore, by the Mayor and the committee that
accompanied him to come up from Washington to meet this great company of
newly admitted citizens I could not decline the invitation. I ought not
to be away from Washington, and yet I feel that it has renewed my spirit
as an American.
In Washington men tell you so many things every day that are not
so, and I like to come and stand in the presence of a great body of my
fellow-citizens, whether they have been my fellow-citizens a long time
or a short time, and drink, as it were, out of the common fountains with
them and go back feeling that you have so generously given me the sense
of your support and of the living vitality in your hearts, of its great
ideals which made America the hope of the world.
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In a whisper, in track, in broken English â she finds a approach to converse for herself, for Rebecca, and for all those who battle to be heard. Delving into relationships, identification politics, and one womanâs search for belonging, Queenie is a characterful, topical and bracingly real debut by Carty-Williams. Her missteps and misadventures are snort-your-tea-out funny one moment and completely heart-breaking the following. And I contemplate it my job to verify individuals donât neglect the late Steven Corbin, who died in 1995. His works include âFragments That Remainâ, âA Hundred Days From Now,â and âNo Easy Place To Be.â He was additionally an advocate for different writers, and taught at UCLA. Essex Hemphillâs writing has been printed in dozens of journals, anthologies, and magazines includingGay Community News, The Advocate, andEssence, https://handmadewriting.com/buy-term-paper/ amongst countless others.
The e-book drew from the harrowing actual life story of an African American slave and remains an essential example of Morrison’s incorporation of Black experiences into literature. He started his professional career as a preacher, however later shifted to turn into a author by penning e-book evaluations. Baldwin went on to publish a number of works, including novels, essays, and plays, many of which pulled from his private experiences and explored race and sexuality. Some of his most influential works embody the novelsGo Tell It on the Mountain and The Fire Next Time, and his essay collection,Notes of a Native Son. He is revered for his dedicated activism as a member of the Congress on Racial Equality, http://asu.edu in addition to his iconic pieces of literature.
Iceberg Slim, also referred to as Robert Beck, was born in Chicago in 1918 and was initiated into the lifetime of the pimp at age eighteen. He briefly attended the Tuskegee Institute but dropped out to return to the streets of the South Side, the place he remained, pimping till he was forty-two. After several stints in jail he determined to give up the life and turned to writing. I apologize I donât bear in mind the writer or name of e-book I do know it is an African American creator.
Both of their mothers are decided that their daughters get one of the best in life, consequently resulting in choices that will last a long time. This novel recounts the story of younger Sandy Rogers, an intelligent however sensitive black boy in a small town in Kansas. It traces his childhood and adolescence together with his grandmother within the middle of his existence.
Walker revealed her first quick story in 1965 and became closely concerned in the Civil Rights Movement after commencement. She participated within the 1963 March on Washington and was one of the many African American Writers to detail the march. Alice Walker quotes about race and identification impressed activists to undergo challenging times. Her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Color Purple was adapted into a movie of the same name by Steven Spielberg.
Harriet Jacobs ( March 7, 1897) was a previously enslaved Black American writer and activist. Born into enslavement in North Carolina, Jacobs was sexually abused by her enslavers for years. In 1835, Jacobs escaped, hiding for the following seven years in a tiny crawlspace within the roof of her grandmotherâs home. In 1842, she fled to the North, first to Philadelphia, then to New York City where she gained her freedom and became energetic in the abolitionist motion organized by Frederick Douglass. In the late seventeenth century, American abolitionists cited her poems as proof that Black people were simply as succesful as Whites of excellence in both creative and mental pursuits.
From conventional cozies to cozies with heavy supernatural themes, you will find them right here. Darden collaborated with writer Dick Lochte to createThe Trials of Nikki Hillseries. It options Nikki Hill, an ambitious African-American legal professional, and Mercer Early, a lawyer at the most prestigious African-American regulation firm on the West Coast. Thus, by his personal instance of how a slave can become a free particular person by way of changing into literate Douglass did not only state that one can emancipate from slavery but confirmed how it could be accomplished. Nicola Yoon is a Jamaican-American writer finest recognized for herEverything,Everythingyoung grownup novel launched in 2015.
This contributed to advancing their message about African-American girls’s company and countered the dominant racist and sexist discourse of early American society. Early African-American spiritual autobiographies were printed within the late 18th and early nineteenth centuries. Authors of such narratives embrace James Gronniosaw, John Marrant, and George White. William L. Andrews argues that these early narratives „gave the twin themes of the Afro-American 'pregeneric fable’âknowledge and freedomâtheir earliest narrative kind”. These non secular narratives have been important predecessors of the slave narratives which proliferated the literary scene of the 19th century.
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The Year of Pride and Praise, 67 B.U. L. REV. 783 (1987)
This is the year for pride and for praise. Gladstone said it was "the most
wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of
man." When one is young, one smiles indulgently at such hyperbole; what
an old windbag that Gladstone was! I got a little older, and one wise day I
asked myself, "Alright, if not the American Constitution, then what is the
most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the human mind and
will?" I'm still asking. I haven't been sleeping with the Constitution at my
bedside; it's just across the room. But I may move it closer, where I can stir
and touch it during the night, just to remind myself, in these of all times, that
fifty-five American people, in about a hundred days, could create such a
thing, without even hurrying.
Date of Authorship for this Version
Black, Charles L. Jr., "The Year of Pride and Praise" (1987). Faculty Scholarship Series. Paper 2536.
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When Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) acquired mobile messaging platform WhatsApp last month, CEO Mark Zuckerberg quipped, "After buying a company for $16 billion, you're probably done for awhile."
But what's another $60 million here and there?
According to sources familiar with the situation, that's the amount Facebook might spend to acquire Titan Aerospace, a maker of high-altitude, solar-powered drones.
A drone maker -- really?
So, what could the social media giant possibly want with Titan Aerospace?
Look no further than Titan's involvement with the Internet Africa Project, for which it aims to "strategically deploy Solara UAVs to provide ubiquitous Internet access to previously isolated populations."
Take Titan's SOLARA 60 platform, for example, a zero emissions UAV capable of flying for up to five years at a time, with a payload up to 250 pounds, and at altitudes of 65,000 feet. Those payloads include a wide variety of voice and data communications hardware, and can currently support data rates up to 1 Gbps.
That meshes beautifully with Facebook's launch of Internet.org last Summer, which it described as "a global partnership between technology leaders, nonprofits, local communities, and experts who are working together to bring the Internet to the two thirds of the world's population that doesn't have it."
Here's where WhatsApp comes in
So, what does this all have to do with WhatsApp?
Well ... everything, actually.
Speaking at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week, Zuckerberg reminded everyone he and WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum had known each other for years, but hadn't actually talked about combining their companies until they had aligned in their vision for Internet.org.
And considering the group of people currently connected to the Internet is largely derived from the most wealthy parts of the world, WhatsApp arguably has the most potential building its 450 million (and counting) user base through helping mobile users in emerging economies find a simpler way to communicate.
For instance, take the most recent report from the state-affiliated China Internet Network Information Center, which states the country ended last year with 618 million total Internet users. Of those, 500 million -- or nearly 81% -- accessed the Internet through mobile devices.
What's more, Koum also announced last week WhatsApp will soon add voice calling to its repertoire -- but that'll be of little help for citizens of countries with inadequate wireless data networks.
If Facebook can also serve as the source of those data networks by implementing the drone-based solution offered by Titan Aerospace, it'll open the doors for WhatsApp to, in Zuckerberg's words, "focus on connecting one, two, three billion people."
And that, my fellow Fools, has always been Facebook's end goal.
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A quick filler for the empty ground around a house, a lawn isn't always the best solution, especially in a dry climate. But four years ago, this ridgetop in Bel Air was engulfed in grass—almost 3,700 square feet of it. "It demanded so much water!" says the owner, an architect who bought the property for its glass-walled midcentury house and mountain and city views.
Not only did the environmental impact of his lawn disturb him, it wasn't even pretty. "I wanted a garden that changed with the seasons," he recalls. The grass was static, and its bright green clashed with the subtler tones of the surrounding natural landscape. What's more, since his third-of-an-acre dropped off precipitously behind his home, it was unsettling to walk outside.
"The yard needed containment, security and a foreground to the mountains," says Lisa Gimmy, a landscape architect based in Culver City and a longtime professional acquaintance of the owner. While he renovated the house, she developed a garden plan that reduced his turf-grass sea to one-sixth its original size. In the front yard, she added privacy from the street by planting ironbark and arbutus trees, a westringia hedge and a mix of tall-growing ornamental grasses. In the back, she hedged the scrap of surviving lawn—retained as entertaining space—with a zigzag of bush germander, a smoke-blue shrub that contrasts with the mixed greens and relates to the blue of the sky. Nearby, she planted succulents, and beside the house, where the ground falls away toward a neighbor's lot, she combined South African and Australian plants—proteas, acacias, leucadendrons.
All, says Gimmy, are drought-tolerant and suited to the Zone 10 climate. They also harmonize visually. "In plants adapted to the same conditions," she explains, "you see similar characteristics—for example, soft greens and a frosty coating to the leaves for protection against the sun."
The garden's color palette blends oranges and golds—in the blooms of aloes and kangaroo paws, in the fleshy leaves of echeverias— with the cool silvers of other succulents, tall grasses and shrubs. Many of the plants—agaves, aeoniums, senecio—are highly sculptural, which connects them to the inside of the house. "I collect art," the owner says, "and I wanted the garden to read as part of the collection as your eye moves from the indoors out."
Just as critical to him was carrying the strong geometry of his Tshaped house into the landscape, creating courtyards, strolling paths and patios for parties. Gimmy linked these new spaces with warmtoned Palm Springs gravel—embedded in terrace pavers, loose in the seams of walks and as topdressing for planting beds.
The planting is colorful, low-maintenance and often surprising (flowering unexpectedly throughout the year). Only the bush germander needs trimming, three times annually; the grasses require a single cutback in late winter. The owner mows his small lawn himself, with an old-fashioned, nonpolluting push mower. And though his garden pleasures have increased exponentially, reducing the turf has trimmed his water bill by 40 percent.
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Dragon Boat Festival
Transcript of Dragon Boat Festival
durian than do that" Have you ever been to a Dragon Boat Festival? What do the respondents think? Demographics Av. age: 34 yrs old 62% Male - 38% Female Origins of the participants: 1) What is the name of the Chinese poet? 2) What are the two things people did to prevent the poet's body to be eaten? 3) What is the food item commonly eaten during the festival? 4) What groups of respondents were eager to take the survey? 5) How do the Chinese still pay tribute to the poet? Cite 2 examples. The play Scene 1 At Pamela's house Scene 2 In the park Scene 3 At the festival Thank you :) Raj, Sheelagh, Pamela, Diego, Mariana. * Qu Yuan, patriotic Chinese poet
(343- 290 BC)
* No. 1 adviser of Kingdom Chu
* Loyal to King and the country * Jealousy about his position amongst government
* Falsely accused by the government;
King loses trust
* Sent to exile
* Commits suicide due to helplessness * His "admirers" raised boats to recover his body, beat drums and threw rice dumplings.
* Each year, 5th day of the 5th Lunar month, people carry on with the tradition - Dragon Boat Festival. Zongzi
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When NATO leaders convene in Madrid this July, their principal objective will be to extend invitations to "accession negotiations" to several democracies of Central and Eastern Europe.
NATO members are currently deliberating over which democracies should be invited to this first round of negotiations. The Clinton administration has made it clear that it will support the application of just three countries: Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. My view is that we should add Slovenia to this list. Each of these four nations has made clear progress concerning human rights, democratic self-government, market-based economies, and dedication to the rule of law. Each would be an asset to, and a valuable ally within, the alliance.
There is also the issue of how the alliance should conduct the process of enlargement. Four conditions are needed to achieve a successful outcome:
* NATO must ensure that enlargement remains a continuous process. The first nations to join must not be the last. The alliance has repeatedly stated that it will be an ongoing process, open to all European democracies that apply and that are in a position to make a net contribution to NATO's roles, missions, and security. To give credibility to this assurance, NATO should establish annual consultations with the European nations that have applied for membership but are not among the first invited.
* As NATO expands eastward, it must enhance not only its members' security but also that of all European nations. Toward this end, the July summit should be used to reaffirm that the political independence and territorial integrity of the emerging democracies of Central and Eastern Europe are vital to European peace and security. This would help reassure nations like the three Baltic states and Ukraine, giving them confidence that the alliance perceives them as vital to its interests, whether or not they are candidates for membership.
* The Founding Act between NATO and Russia, signed last month, must be properly managed. The act establishes a historic partnership of cooperation and transparency between Russia and NATO. It demonstrates that NATO enlargement and good relations with Russia are not contradictory goals, but can be mutually reinforcing objectives. However, like all successful international agreements, the Founding Act begins a process whose outcome will be determined more by deeds than by words.
For example, the rules and guidelines of the Joint Consultative Council have yet to be determined. It will take strong leadership to guarantee that the council does not become a tool of those who seek to undercut NATO enlargement, derail the NATO-Russia partnership, or undermine the alliance's consensus-building process.
* NATO must openly and fairly address the costs associated with enlargement. A commitment in Madrid to publicly address the matter of costs will help member states and applicants prepare psychologically, politically, and budgetarily for the enlargement process. How the costs of NATO expansion will be shared will be critically important in the ratification debates, especially in the US Senate. If this issue is not addressed publicly and decisively, it could emerge as the Achilles' heel - not only of NATO enlargement but of the alliance itself.
These four conditions must be openly and unambiguously addressed at the Madrid summit this July. They not only will ensure that NATO enlargement moves decisively forward but also will ensure that the process supports the spread of peace, stability, and democracy throughout post-cold-war Europe.
* William V. Roth Jr. (R) of Delaware is chairman of the Senate NATO Observers' Group and president of the North Atlantic Assembly.
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"What's at the Center of the Earth? Troglobites!" - The Drill Engine Train burrows into an underground limestone cave, where the Pteranodon Family meets some strange creatures without eyes called "troglobites." In a contest to see who would make the best troglobite, Buddy, Tiny, Shiny, and Don participate in a treasure hunt - with their eyes closed! The kids have to rely on their other senses (with some guidance from the actual troglobites) to navigate the cave and find the prize. Story A Educational Objectives: A speleologist is someone who studies caves. Also, there are creatures called troglobites whose bodies are specially adapted for living in deep caves without any light. "What's at the Center of the Earth? Minerals!" - While digging even further underground, the drill bit on the Drill Engine Train breaks. The Pteranodon Family find themselves in the Cave of Giant Crystals, where they learn all about rocks and crystals (what they are, how they're different, how they form). In order to get back home, the Pteranodon Family has to fix the drill bit by finding a mineral harder than the mineral that broke the bit in the first place. Story B Educational Objectives: Minerals form naturally in the Earth and are made of the same thing all the way through, while rocks are made up of a bunch of different kinds of minerals. Minerals come in thousands of different types (more than 4000 to be more exact), many of which form large and beautiful crystals, some of which are harder than others.
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The North Korean vessel Chong Chon Gang, which Panama stopped at the Canal, was loaded with armaments in good condition intended for North Korea’s use in its conventional military defenses, not, as Cuba claimed, to be repaired and returned to Cuba:
A report by SIPRI and 38 North reveals new details of the North Korean ship seized in Panama that contained weapons hidden beneath the 200,000 bags of sugar. In total, 25 shipping containers and six military vehicles were recovered by inspectors, far more than what the Cuban government previously claimed.
The report, Full Disclosure: Contents of North Korean Smuggling Ship Revealed, states that the cargo included
anti-aircraft missile components, two jet fighters and related engines, in fact a total of 25 shipping containers have now been recovered, together with six military vehicles.
the ship was also transporting a variety of small arms and light weapons (SALW) ammunition and conventional artillery ammunition for anti-tank guns and howitzer artillery as well as generators, batteries and night vision equipment, among other items.
The various rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and conventional artillery ammunition, many in mint condition, were unused and much of it was in original packing cases. They clearly were not “to be repaired and returned to Cuba.” Rather, these items were intended simply for delivery to North Korea for its own use.
The article’s authors, Hugh Griffiths and Roope Siirtola, ask,
One question that may confront the United Nations Panel of Experts currently investigating the case is whether this concealment device was created specifically for this voyage or is simply evidence of a long-standing practice employed by North Korean-owned vessels transporting illicit materials in a clandestine fashion.
On top of the sanctions question, Panama and the rest of the hemisphere would be correct to ask how many other arms shipments Cuba has covertly sent through the Panama Canal and where they have gone. It seems unlikely that this shipment was the only one Cuba has done.
Meanwhile, over in Cuba, General Pedro Mendiondo Gomez, who was in charge of the armaments found on the Chong Chon Gang, and who was scheduled to be questioned by the UN investigators, had an auto accident last Sunday that killed him and his wife and injured the other passengers in the back seat: his mother- and father- in-law.
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There is an intimacy about living on the boat with the people you have rescued that isn’t present in other projects or jobs. We live with, feed, care for, and hang out with our passengers and patients. When something terrible happens, it hurts all the more.
As an ER doctor, I am regularly visited by death. I don’t have an adversarial role with death – some deaths are timely and beautiful but others are tragic. I accept that I will see both types of deaths in the ER. When working with MSF, I expect to see death in its most heinous form because MSF goes where many others refuse to, or cannot, go.
While working on the MV Aquarius with MSF/Doctors Without Borders, I had actually avoided meeting with death for nine weeks – a long time in this line of work. After all, you can only have so many people risking their lives on flimsy overcrowded dinghies before something terrible happens.
Perhaps it is the rarity and the close quarters that we share with our fellow passengers that has made this patient’s death so upsetting. Like almost all of our rescued passengers, I am sure he survived a horrific time in Libya. He had survived 21 hours on a boat without food or water. We had him on Aquarius where he appeared to be healthy until he woke up in the middle of the night and his heart stopped. He was on a boat in international waters. He was so close to Europe and the end of this terrible leg of his journey, but he died. Despite all of our best efforts and intentions, he died.
This patient’s death wasn’t really unique – the only difference was that I witnessed it. There have been over 3000 documented deaths in the central Mediterranean this year and likely thousands more undocumented deaths.
At what point do we, as individuals and as a collective, say: “ENOUGH! This is insane!” At what point do we do more than yell? Why are we forcing desperate people to flee over dangerous routes when there could be safer alternatives? Why do we allow our elected officials to build walls in the sea and fortify countries against the very people who need help most? Why is the idea of safe passage abhorrent to many who enjoy the luxuries of peace, security, and hope?
The floor of the Mediterranean is littered with the potential of a generation. The MV Aquarius is currently carrying the remains of a man who dreamt of a better life.
To the young man who died: I am so profoundly sorry I couldn’t resuscitate you. We all tried so hard to help you survive so that you could realize your dreams. When you died, you were surrounded by people who cared about you and countless others like you whom we never get a chance to meet. Tomorrow, we will continue to look for people who find themselves pushed into the Sea in search of a life free from war, persecution, poverty, and systematic discrimination. Tomorrow we will continue our fight for safe passage. I deeply wish you had a tomorrow too.
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CHICAGO – (April 20, 2021) – A new economic impact study conducted by the Illinois Utilities Business
Diversity Council (IUBDC) – including Ameren Illinois, Aqua, ComEd, Illinois American Water, Nicor Gas,
People’s Gas, and North Shore Gas – shows Illinois utilities’ diverse supplier spend contributed $11.8
billion to the Illinois GDP from 2017-2020, with $4 billion in purchases from Illinois-based diverse
businesses. From 2017 to 2020, the seven electric, gas and water utilities combined spent an average
year-over-year increase of $576 million – more than a 28% increase each year on average.
Additionally, the IUBDC companies supported an average of nearly 20,000 jobs every year from 2017-
2020, providing a total of $1.1 billion in employee wages.
“Businesses owned by people of color, women and veterans are playing a major role in the efforts of all
Illinois utilities to modernize energy infrastructure, meet the evolving needs of customers, and support
the transition to clean energy in Illinois,” said Joe Dominguez, CEO of ComEd and 2021 Chairman of the
IUBDC Board of Directors. “The IUBDC is evolving in its efforts to help diverse suppliers navigate the
procurement process of Illinois utilities, providing mentorship and forging partnerships that lead to
opportunities, which is more important than ever. These in-state businesses have the necessary
capabilities, they just need an opportunity to demonstrate it.”
In 2020, while companies in many sectors were forced to reduce staff due to the COVID-19 pandemic,
IUBDC members spent nearly $2 billion with Illinois diverse suppliers, including $1 billion with minority-owned businesses – an increase of 104% from 2017; $831 million with women-owned businesses – a 58% increase from 2017; and $110 million with veteran-owned businesses – up 168% from 2017. Illinois Commerce Commissioner Maria Bocanegra said the IUBDC is making good on its promise when it was formed in 2015.
“The IUBDC has become a strong voice for diverse suppliers in Illinois and its members are national
leaders in supplier and workforce diversity spend and initiatives,” said Bocanegra. “We commend this
effort to dig even deeper and assess the economic impact of increased spending with diverse suppliers,
and we remain proud of the work, progress, and efforts the Council has undertaken since its inception.”
ComEd, along with Ameren Illinois, Aqua, Illinois American Water, Nicor Gas, Peoples Gas and North
Shore Gas, formed the IUBDC to advance the effectiveness of business diversity initiatives among their
respective utility companies, and to encourage diverse businesses to forge effective working
relationships with utilities. The goal of the IUBDC is to help develop a strong economy and create a
productive environment for growth and access to diverse businesses. Since 2014, all electric, gas and
water companies under the jurisdiction of the Illinois Commerce Commission with at least 100,000
customers report annually in April on their procurement goals and actual spending with diverse
suppliers. The most recent numbers demonstrate IUBDC’s effectiveness, according to Charles Matthews,
president and CEO, Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas and former IUBDC chairman.
“The goal of this coalition was to come together and collaborate on additional ways to make a positive
impact,” said Matthews. “The IUBDC is proud to have a large impact when it comes to partnering with
minority-owned, women-owned, and veteran-owned businesses and we will continue to look for new
and innovative ways to continue to grow this impact.”
For more information about the IUBDC and to view the full report, visit www.iubdc.com
About the Illinois Utilities Business Diversity Council
The Illinois Utilities Business Diversity Council (IUBDC) members include Ameren Illinois, ComEd, Illinois
American Water, Nicor Gas, North Shore Gas and Peoples Gas. The mission of the IUBDC is to provide
Illinois utilities a forum for best practice sharing and information exchange with a focus on advancing the
growth and utilization of utility-based diverse businesses in the state of Illinois.
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Philip-Lorca diCorcia’s surreal photographs of people and places have been part of the art world’s vocabulary for over 20 years now. He’s used the photograph gaze to turn observable reality into stinging fictions and his current exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, A Thousand Polaroids, takes a look at some of his most influential series. The exhibition, curated by Charlotte Cotton, includes images from Hustlers, Streetwork, Heads, and Lucky 13 but it also features a staggering installation of 1,000 Polaroid photographs. DiCorcia has been accumulating these Polaroid images for two decades and, in this video, he discusses his decision to combine these images in a single project. He decided to “intentionally create chance,” letting the images relate to each other intuitively and illogically, creating an ebb and flow between ideas that emerged over the course of his career.
DiCorcia studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Art Boston before receiving an MFA from Yale University. His received his first solo show in 1985 and has since exhibited at MoMA, the Centre National de la Photographie in Paris, and Whitechapel Gallery in London. He also participated in the 1997 Whitney Biennial. A Thousand Polaroids will be on view through September 14th.
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Paul Makonda, regional commissioner for Dar es Salaam, the most populous city in Tanzania, has launched a crackdown on gay people, announcing a surveillance squad to identify them on social media so they can be arrested. He has also appealed to the public.
The Guardian reports: “By Tuesday, he said he had already received 5,763 messages from the public, with more than 100 names. A 17-member committee will also be established to identify gay people on social media and arrest them. Many LGBT activists, who fear violent attacks from police and members of the public, have either fled their area or remain shut in their homes.”
Said Makonda to reporters: “I have information about the presence of many homosexuals in our province. These homosexuals boast on social networks. Give me their names. My ad hoc team will begin to get their hands on them next Monday.”
Asked about criticism from outsiders, Makonda said “I prefer to anger those countries [instead of] angering God. [Homosexuality] tramples on the moral values of Tanzanians and our two Christian and Muslim religions”.
Said Geofry Mashala, a Tanzanian LGBT activist now living in California, to the Guardian: “Every gay person is living in fear. Even the parents of gay children are also living in great fear.”
Same-sex acts are punishable by life in prison.
In 2017, twenty people attending a training seminar for HIV/AIDS relief work were arrested in Zanzibar.
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Input sought on critical-habitat plan
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service says it is reopening a public comment period on a plan to designate nearly 19,000 acres of land on the Big Island as critical habitat for three plant species.
Nearly two-thirds of the land is owned by the state of Hawaii. The proposal includes designating more than 2,800 acres associated with Kamehameha Schools, plus 87 acres associated with the Department of Hawaiian Homelands.
The agency says the plans are threatened by urban development and non-native plants, feral pigs, sheep and goats.
The agency said Tuesday it plans to hear public comments until Sept. 3 on a proposal that includes listing 15 species as endangered. It will also hold an informational meeting Aug. 7 in Kailua-Kona.
U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa said in a statement that there are still unanswered questions about the plan.
“We are committed to finding a compromise that provides for our communities and protects our native species,” Hanabusa said.
Hanabusa said she met with the agency’s director, Dan Ashe, last month about the issue.
Wildlife officials say they have to make a decision on whether to list the 15 species as endangered by the end of September.
An economic impact analysis prepared for the agency in April said designating the areas as critical habitat could affect development and transportation projects, including the expansion of a new highway. The analysis said the area doesn’t include any grazing or farming activities, or plans for renewable energy projects.
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Conditioning means modification of the natural response. The natural stimulus results in the natural response. According to the conditioned response, the natural stimulus is substituted by an artificial stimulus. In this way, a new connection between the artificial stimulus and the natural response is created and consequently,
conditioning takes place. Conditioning is a kind of learning that involves associations between environmental stimuli and the organism responses. To me, conditioning refers to the ways in which events, stimuli and behavior become associated with one another.
Classical conditioning (conditioned response learning) :Classical conditioning refers to the conditioning process in which an originally neutral stimulus, by repeated pairing with a stimulus that normally elicits a response comes to elicit a similar response. This conditioning is also termed as ‘Pavlovian conditioning’.
- Classical conditioning refers to a basic form of learning in which existing reflex responses come to be elicited by new stimulus.The theory Of classical conditioning was introduced by the Russian physiologist, Ivan Pavlov. His contribution to the field of learning is highly regarded throughout the world. He arrived at the theory of learning by Conditioning following his experiments on hungry dogs. He is interested in the process of digestion in dogs. He developed a surgical technique whereby the dog’s salivary secretions could be collected in the tube attached to the outside of its check so that the drops of saliva could be easily measured. In the course of his investigations, he noticed that the dog would often start salivating before any food was given to it, for example, it looked at the food, or saw the feeding bucket or even when it heard the footsteps of the person who was coming to feed it. These observations led to the study of what is now called classical conditioning, whereby a stimulus (a bell) which would not normally produce a particular response (salivation) eventually comes to do so by being paired with another stimulus (food) which normally does produce the response. This learning theory has wide ranging educational implications. Love and hatred, fear and freedom, respect and disrespect all are the results of classical Conditioning. It is often observed that children develop a particular kind of distaste for a certain Subject and an equal amount of interest in another subject of study. This is the result of conditioning.
Operant conditioning (instrumental conditioning) :Operant conditioning is a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by reinforcement or
diminished if followed by punishment.
- Operant conditioning is the conditioning in which the probability that an organism will emit a response is increased or decreased by the subsequent delivery of a reinforcer or punisher. To me, operant conditioning refers to the learning based on the consequences of responding. The Operant conditioning is also called instrumental conditioning for the reason-that some act of behavior of the learner is instrumental in bringing about a change in the environment that makes the action get repeated. Prof. Skinner coined the term Operant conditioning for instrumental conditioning. He indicated that ‘when a response operates on the environment, it may have Consequences that can affect the likelihood that the response will occur again. Pavlov’s theory of classical conditioning dominated the scene for many years. Skinner came forward to challenge the theory of Pavlov. He was not rejecting the discoveries of Pavlov but arguing that most animal and human behavior is not elicited by specific stimuli in the way they described. Instead, he was interested in how animals operate on their environment and how this operant behavior is instrumental in bringing about certain consequences Which then determine how probable that behavior is to be repeated. Skinner’s view of learning saw the learner as much more active than Pavlov had, for whom behavior was automatically brought about by stimuli-unconditioned stimuli before learning and conditioned stimuli after learning. The most essential feature of operant behavior is that it can be made more likely or more appropriate to occur in the situation by the appropriate use of reinforcement. The response is, therefore, changed according to need, and demand of the individual: The response is made and determined by the organism itself. This is the most distinguished feature of operant behavior. The operant conditioning is not as simple as the classical conditioning.
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Manila mothers protest over GM rice
NGOs say trials are taking place without consent
Scientists say Golden Rice can save the lives of millions of children in developing countries each year
More than 100 ‘green’ mothers marked World Environment Day today with a protest in Manila against a genetically modified rice variety called Golden Rice.
First produced in 1999 by scientists in Germany and Switzerland, Golden Rice contains beta-carotene, an orange-colored pigment that is also a key chemical used by the body to make vitamin A.
Scientists behind it say the rice can save millions of children in the developing world each year from blindness and deadly diseases caused by dietary vitamin A deficiency.
NGOs, however, claim that lactating mothers and children from developing countries are being subjected to Golden Rice feeding trials, sometimes without their consent.
They also question whether the rice can produce enough vitamin A the body needs and that by imposing the crop on local farmers, developing countries will become more dependent on Western industry.
Velvet Escario-Roxas, convener of the Green Moms group, warned that Golden Rice, which has yet to undergo safety tests in the Philippines, may be approved for planting in the country.
Green Moms is a nationwide coalition of mothers advocating organic food and breastfeeding.
"For moms like us, the best source of nutrients for our children is that what comes naturally, like breast milk," said Roxas.
"I would not want my child, or any child for that matter, to be exposed to the risks of consuming genetically modified foods," she added.
A recent Philippine nutrition study revealed that vitamin A deficiency in the country has already decreased to less than five percent due to several successful government programs which included providing Vitamin A capsule supplements.
Tess Ramos Perez, former head of the Ateneo de Manila Environmental Science Department, said vitamin A, like other nutrients, comes from a diversified diet.
"Instead of allowing genetically modified foods into our market, the government must reinforce programs that will promote breastfeeding and organic gardening among families and individuals," Ramos said.
The Philippines, however, remains one of the first countries where Golden Rice is being developed and targeted for commercial release, she said.
Roxas lamented that women and children who belong to the most vulnerable sector of society are being exposed to unknown risks by consuming genetically modified food, particularly Golden Rice.
Most of the cast and crew are non-Christians, says Archbishop Soosa Pakiam of Trivandrum
The two main candidates for Chief Executive position are both Catholics
Around 6,000 people attended the fourth World Apostolic Congress on Mercy in the Philippine's Archdiocese of Lipa
Yanghee Lee given full access to most areas to investigate human rights situation
Pontiff advises young Catholics on how to be real Christians
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Investments are generally used to complete one’s financial requirements. But not many people actually realize that it is important to keep aside funds in a savings account or in an emergency fund where the money can be easily withdrawn without many hassles if any emergency or unfortunate event strikes.
If you had not foreseen this necessary requirement and stacked away most of your income into assets, then in case of emergencies you might have to liquidate assets, that will not only waste a lot of time and delay your requirement for funds but also reduce the overall returns on your funds since there will be a certain cost of prepayment penalty charges that will be involved.
If you do not plan to liquidate your assets because of various reasons and believe that buying a debt like a loan will be much easier, then you are wrong. It is true that these days it is easier to avail loans at lucrative interest rates, but if your current urgent requirement is fulfilled with the loan amount, your future financial plan can be disturbed if the loan in question is a big amount or if you are entitled to pay hidden charges that were earlier not mentioned to you.
In case you are trapped in such a situation it is best that you do not borrow another loan to repay the former loan. Instead, build a fund that will enable you to repay the loan amount, including the interest in the next six months to one-year time frame. The fund should consist of your income, apart from your regular expenses and the EMI of your loan.
In the eventuality of a job loss or a business loss, you are left with your fund payments, premium payments, your monthly regular expenses, etc., which cannot come to a halt if you stop earning due to any unfortunate circumstances. The expenses will continue to pile up nevertheless. If you want to secure yourself from any such situations it is best that you open an emergency fund.
Apart from naming your savings’ bank account as an emergency fund where your funds earn a mere interest rate, you can save your funds in short-term debt funds or liquid funds where they enjoy a good interest percentage and also provide you the flexibility of withdrawing your funds in 48-72 hours. Sweep-in accounts or flexi deposits are another good option wherein your funds can earn a decent percentage and enable you to withdraw as and when required.
Get yourself insured
Apart from your investments in assets and emergency funds, it is also important that you get a decent life cover protection that can provide you with the funds in case of any accidents. Also, investing into a general health insurance along with a critical illness cover can provide you a complete all-round medical protection in case of medical emergencies and provide for hospitalization expenses.
A personal accident cover can also be taken, which can provide you adequate financial aid in case of any disability, whether permanent or temporary, and ensures that you are not deprived of any immediate income loss.
Apart from the typical life and health insurance covers, the insurance market these days provide protection to you in case of a job loss, which comes as a rider with mortgage insurance products. Basically, they function by servicing the loan if in case you are not in a position to pay. There are various other features of these types of insurance covers: some covers are provided only if the job loss is due to a merger or an acquisition of a company and the cover is provided only for a period of three months. Therefore, it is always better to read the terms and conditions of the insurance policy before settling for any cover.
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Dear Readers, Today the topic is Tomato Health and Disease Cure Remedies, Pimples and Complexion, Acidity Problem, Obesity Cure, Diabetes Cure, Urinary Disorders Cure, Eye Disorders Cure, Respiratory Disorders, Intestine and Liver Disorders, Painful Joints-Arthritis. The tomato is one of the most important vegetable in the world. It is short-lived plant with vigorous tap root, extensive fibrous roots, solid hairy stem and oval leaves. Tomato is round fleshy, pink or yellow, furrowed, red and slightly curved seeds. Tomato have nutritional and health giving qualities.
Tomato contains water, fat, protein, fibre, minerals, carbohydrates, phosphorus, calcium, iron, vitamin C and vitamin B complex.
Curative Properties in Tomato
Tomato cures diseases and open natural channels of the body. It is stimulant for kidneys and wash away toxins. Ripe tomatoes are best as their vitamin content increase when they ripe. Raw tomato juice has alkaline reaction, when it get digest in concentrated form.
Pimples and Complexion
Tomato can be used as cosmetic in external form. Apply on face and wash off after 1 hour with light hot water. It removes pimples and give good complexion.
Tomato increases the blood alkaline and decreases urine and neutralizes the acid compounds of the body. It is excellent remedy for the treatment of acidity.
Morning 4 tomatoes in place of breakfast for 6 months or till weight gets reduce. It is beneficial remedy to lose weight it also provide essential food elements to preserve the health.
It is good for diabetic patients and for the people wants to reduce their body. It control sugar in the urine of diabetic patients.
Urinary Disorders Cure
Eat tomato early in the morning daily as it prevents the urine calculi or stone formation. It also prevents urine infection.
Eye Disorders Cure
Tomato is rich in vitamin A. It prevents from diseases which is caused by deficiency of vitamins like night blindness, short sight and other eye diseases. Leaves of tomato are useful in eye weakness and optic nerve. Soak tomato leaves in hot water for 15 minutes. Strain and take a spoon full before meals three times daily.
Mix a pinch of cardamom seeds powder, honey in a glass full of tomato juice. Take three garlic cloves peel and swallow and take this juice before going to bed every day as it beneficial in the treatment of lung infections, tuberculosis and asthma. It increases resistance power.
Intestine and Liver Disorders
Mix salt and pepper in tomato juice and take full glass early morning daily to cure sickness, sluggishness, biliousness, diminish responsiveness of the liver, indigestion, jaundice, formation of gas in the intestines, diarrhea, constipation, indigestion burning, burning sensation in the chest.
The juice of tomato plant including leaves mix in till oil and heat till water gets evaporate and preserve oil in a jar. Massage joints with this oil daily gives a great relief.
Note: If any serious health problem please consult to your doctor immediately. The above tips should be followed Under the guidance of your health-care practitioner.
So, these were the tips on Tomato Health and Disease Cure Remedies. What are your views on the topic? Do let me know in the comments. If you like this article please share and rate it. I will come back with new posts for Health, Recipes and Herbal Beauty tips soon.
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Though U.S. leaders try to convince the world of their success in fighting al Qaeda, one anonymous member of the U.S. intelligence community would like to inform the public that we are, in fact, losing the war on terror. Further, until U.S. leaders recognize the errant path they have irresponsibly chosen, he says, our enemies will only grow stronger. According to the author, the greatest danger for Americans confronting the Islamist threat is to believe-at the urging of U.S. leaders-that Muslims attack us for what we are and what we think rather than for what we do. Blustering political rhetoric"informs" the public that the Islamists are offended by the Western world's democratic freedoms, civil liberties, inter-mingling of genders, and separation of church and state. However, although aspects of the modern world may offend conservative Muslims, no Islamist leader has fomented jihad to destroy participatory democracy, for example, the national association of credit unions, or coed universities. Instead, a growing segment of the Islamic world strenuously disapproves of specific U.S. policies and their attendant military, political, and economic implications.
Capitalizing on growing anti-U.S. animosity, Osama bin Laden's genius lies not simply in calling for jihad, but in articulating a consistent and convincing case that Islam is under attack by America. Al Qaeda's public statements condemn America's protection of corrupt Muslim regimes, unqualified support for Israel, the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, and a further litany of real-world grievances. Bin Laden's supporters thus identify their problem and believe their solution lies in war. Anonymous contends they will go to any length, not to destroy our secular, democratic way of life, but to deter what they view as specific attacks on their lands, their communities, and their religion. Unless U.S. leaders recognize this fact and adjust their policies abroad accordingly, even moderate Muslims will join the bin Laden camp.show more
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There was a freezing mist in the air on Friday. Great weather for sitting inside — for the reading of books and the making of soup. It was wretched weather for driving or for walking, or for being outside at all. But because the freezing mist coated the entire area in a thin, barely perceptible but incredibly lovely casing of ice, outside is where I went.
Driving on primary roads was treacherous, but it was relatively easy to drive on the secondary gravel roads that abound in the American Midwest. Gravel means traction, even in icy conditions. So that’s where I went. And this is what I saw.
A great deal of nothing much. Eighty-five thousand years ago a glacier pushed its way through here. It hung around for about seventy thousand years, then gradually withdrew. It left behind a landscape that alternates between rolling hills and large swathes of flat terrain. Farmland. Good for growing things; not much to hold the eye.
Or so it seemed at first. As I drove down this gravel road I found my eyes drawn to the ditch. At first I gave my attention to the ice-coated weeds, but I quickly found myself more interested by the wind-sculpted snow, and the abstract patterns created by the windblown topsoil.
There’s an East Asian form of ink-and-wash painting that’s generally referred to by the Japanese name sumi-e. Other East Asian cultures practice the art, and they each have different names for the style. The Chinese (who likely invented it) call it shui-mo hua; in Vietnam it’s called tranh thuỷ mặc, and it’s sumukhwa in the Koreas. There are minor differences between the styles, but in general the techniques and the approach are the same.
In essence, sumi-e paintings are created using subtle gradations of black ink diluted by water. The approach attempts to interpret the spirit of the subject rather than to create an accurate representation of it. If, for example, the painting was of a duck, the artist would be more concerned with instilling it with duckness — with a sense of the way a duck moves, with that absurdly duckish dignified waddle — rather than with a detailed illustration of the bird. There are variations of the style in which color is used, but in its purest form it’s just black and white and spirit.
As I drove along, stopping periodically to get out of the car and walk the ditch, I realized I was seeing a sort of organic sumi-e. Not in the sense that some Cosmic Artist was at work interpreting the spirit of the wind along a quarter-mile stretch of earthen canvas, but in the sense that the wind itself had revealed something of how it moved, and did it largely in black and white.
The thing I found most intriguing, I think, was that the beauty of the dirty snow wasn’t limited by scale. I found the same delicate shading, the same unexpected lines and shapes, the same beautifully uneven distribution of soil whether I was looked at an area of a few inches or several yards.
I suppose I was out exploring the freezing mist for about ninety minutes. I spent maybe fifteen minutes getting out of town and finding that road, and another fifteen getting back to the warm, dry house. The other hour was spent rambling down a quarter-mile stretch of gravel road, looking at dirty snow in a ditch.
I’ll be meeting my brother for breakfast this morning, and at some point he’ll ask me what I’ve been up to. And when I tell him I’d spent an hour out walking in the freezing mist, getting cold and wet, looking at a ditch, thinking about glaciers and East Asian art and unevenly distributed bits of soil, I know he’ll grin and shake his head — because it sounds ridiculous.
And maybe it is. But we live in a wonderfully ridiculous world, and even in a great deal of nothing there’s a lot to see.
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The Sopron Basin and the hills and highlands around it have been inhabited since the VIth century B.C. due to their advantageous location. Remains of settlements protected by ditches from 2500-1900 B.C. during the Chalcolithic period can be explained by the junction of commercial roads which ran in the neighbourhood (Amber road). Tools and jewels are the proof for the presence of tribes that were settled here during the Bronze Age.
The first permanent settlement was established by Celtic tribes, probably around the 9th-8th century B.C. This settlement was located at the present Bécsi Hill at the bank of Ikva stream.
According to our knowledge, the first real castles, fortifications of soil appeared in the 6th-4th centuries B.C. (Iron Age). The age is referred to as the religion of Hallstatt-age. The plateau of Várhely (Burgstall, 483m) was a fortified settlement of Illyrians in the Hallstatt-age. Around 350 B.C. the area was occupied by the Celts. The building of fortifications and ditches was continued after the first appearance of the Romans; their final length reached 2000m. Similar fortifications were built at today's Károly-magaslat (Károly-hill). From the 2nd century B.C. onwards these strongholds were also fixed by stonewalls from the outside.
On Bécsi-hill remnants of another settlement were found. The ruins originate in the La Tène-age, and the settlement probably had a fort as well. The religion of the people contained similar elements to the Ethrusk-Greek system of goddesses who wove and cut the thread of life. Representations of these goddesses were found here. The edifices were dug into the ground. They had a form similar to a hole or a trench, and were supported by piles.
The real development of the settlement was a result of the arrival of the Romans to the bank of the streams Ikva and Rák during the reign of Tiberius (14-37). First they established a settlement on the nearby hills but later they also occupied the area of today's downtown (Oppidum Scarbantia Iulia). The centre (Forum) was where the Main Square lies today around which citizens’ houses were built. The Amphitheatre on Bécsi-hill (2nd century), the cemetery (on the St. Michael-hill) and the pottery workshops (today's Paprét) also belonged to the settlement. The Capitolium (the area of the City Hall) and the Basilica (the venue of judicature and commercial transactions) belonged to the Forum (the Basilica was located where now the Pharmacy House and the Gambrinus house stand).
The Roman Scarbantia was located at the junction of the Amber Road (North-South direction), and the road between Arrabona (Győr) and Vindobona (Vienna) (East-West direction). By this time, the filling up of the boggy areas, and construction using piles had already started between the streams Ikva and Rák. The Romans who also brought their art and culture, did not establish a military base, but created a mainly civilian town the inhabitants of which were mostly merchants and veterans.
During the reign of Vespasianus between 69-79A.D. the city became a municipium (a city with own public administration and inhabitants with full civil rights): Municipium Flavium Augustum. The ruins of 73 villas were found in the area: the remnants of villa-farms which were involved in the cultivation of wine grapes, handicrafts production and commerce.
The commerce of amber-stone became increasingly important in the 1st-2nd centuries. It was then that the artistically chiselled amber-stones appeared as commercial objects. At first, the picture of the city was of one loosely built; it was probably composed of a main road crossing the area diagonally and a number of streets perpendicular to it. The townscape was planned only around 50 A.D. (at the time of Vespasianus) but this was preceded by the building of an elliptic fortress. The two entrances of the fortress coincided with today’s Előkapu (Front Gate) and Hátsókapu (Back Gate) and the walls were fortified by several bastions. The main axis of the ellipse corresponded to the direction of the Amber Road. The pattern of the streets in the inner city took up the form in which they are visible today.
It is highly probable that at the time of the building of the castle the formation of another city-core had already started. This was located around the area of the St. Michael church, where at that time there was a Roman cemetery. Scarbantia also had a Paleochristian minority at that time and the settlement also was the seat of their episcopate. It was here that they built the first Christian church of Sopron and the former Roman cemetery later became a Christian one.
Signs of the early tribal migrations (Migration Period) can be traced in Sopron as well. The first phase was marked by the Germanic Quads, which was called the Foederati age (375-433). The second phase was the age of the Huns (especially remarkable in Eastern Pannonia). This period was followed by that of the Eastern Goths (455-471). The "Sveb heruls" is mentioned as the fourth age and lastly the Lombard age followed (526-586). Afterwards, when the Avars forged ahead (568), the fortress became uninhabited. There is an account about escaping Christians and some of the Romanised inhabitants still lived here sparsely up until 568. The castle then perished. The place gradually lost its significance as there were no borders in the neighbourhood at that time.
The significance of the area was not improved by the Franc invasion either, when Charles the Great stretched the borders of his empire to the river Rába. Hence, all territories lying to the North and West of the Rába became Franc territory. Because of the continuous attacks of Franc and Bulgarian tribes, the Avar empire which was already weakened from inside, was bound to collapse. Around that time the Francs adopted cristianity and a sort of feudal system formed in their society and new border guard fortresses were built. An important find from this period is the so-called Cunpald chalice.
After the Hungarian Conquest (about 900), the new county-system was established in the area. Sopron county was accorded to Prince Súr. At that time the Roman walls of the settlement were still 5-6m high. The genus Osl (Osli) were the descendants of the Súrs in medieval times and that is the reason why several settlements in the neighbourhood of Sopron today bear the name of heads of the Oslis. The borders of the Hungarian empire reached the river Enns. This was the period of "roams" or raids, which usually started out from Western Hungary. Silver coins that appeared after the taxation of Italian and Western areas, were found here as well. After the Hungarian conquest, considering the continuous offensives of Barbarian tribes, King Stephen built a border fortress on the ruins of the former fortress of Scarbantia in order to protect the roads and forego the offences. The King re-established the border line at the Leitha.
An enormous fire ruined the castle around 1030 and 1074: the wooden structures providing the protection of archers and catapults must have reached the lower parts of the walls, where the wooden piles stood.
The construction of houses started within and at the foot of the castle walls and the line of the streets followed that of the walls: this resulted in an elliptic town centre with two squares: the Main Square (the former Forum) and the Salt Market (today’s St. Ursula Square).
The early existence and significance of the castle is proven by the fact that according to the chronicle, when giving them their itinerary in 1096, King Clement authorised the crusaders of Gottfried Bouillon to cross the castle of Sopron. "Castellum Cyperon" (Sopron) is expressly mentioned in the agreement. The castle itself was a comital seat (the name Sopron itself probably comes from the first comes of the town, Suprun), and was attended by the villages nearby.
The ecclesiastic remnants of the city also give some hints about the history of the town. The earliest churches of the settlement were built on the Bécsi-hill probably because inhabitants were able to survey the main road (the former Roman road) from up there. The churches of St. John, St. Michael and the chapel of St. Jacob were all built here. Following the reconquest of the castle in 1247, Béla IV made the Knights Hospitaller settle here so as to protect the town from the side of the Bécsi gate.
In 1265 the chief in charge of the castle was comes Peter. Between 1253 and 1278 King Otakar II of Bohemia occupied the castle several times and in order to ensure the town’s fidelity, he took the children of Sopron's nobility with him as hostages. The city opened its gates though, when the army of King Ladislaus IV of Hungary arrived in 1277. The king rewarded Sopron for its fidelity by granting it the rank of free royal town and giving them border guard royal archers. The construction of the outer city walls dates from that time.
The privileges of Sopron (formerly given by Béla IV and Stephen V) were reinforced: the half of the toll of lake Fertő is to remain for them, so as to enable the proper maintenance of the gates and towers of the castle. Some royal domains were also attributed to Sopron. The inhabitants of Sopron no longer had to proceed to the royal comes for justice; their own judges were now entitled to rule in major criminal cases as well and the decima (tax of 1/20) of the town could be used for the maintenance of the walls. The citizens were also entitled to build towers for the protection of the city. It is also Ladislaus IV who prohibited settlement outside the walls and ordered that all who had already settled outside the city walls should - upon loss of their estates - move into the city (intra muros). This decree marks the appearance of new (probably German) settlers in the area, and the establishment of the Újteleki distrtict outside the walls.
Between 1277 and 1360, the former royal limes-fortress became a flourishing free royal merchant town in which the German inhabitants gradually became a majority. In 1339 Charles I supported the building of the town's fortifications by giving the half of the toll collected at the Lake Fertő for another two years to the citizens. The expenses of the regular maintenance of the castle was a heavy burden on the citizens of Sopron, so they applied for tax allowances at the king. King Sigismund ordered John, the bishop of Győr, to give the regular decima (tax of 1/20) to the city in order to provide financial support for the maintenance of the castle walls. In August of the same year, a decree was adpoted according to which the town would receive 200 Forints out of the 1/30 tax of Sopron, also to help the maintenance of the walls and the trenches.
Sopron was one of the seven Free Royal Towns, so the city's chancellery and archives were established accordingly. The first census for the number of houses dates from 1379. After 1379 the area which lay outside the core but within the outer walls was divided into four quarters (viertel= quarter, the four suburbs of today). These quarters were divided into four further smaller districts. The Outer Committee, a college of the town which had 24 members, thus consisted of 8 citizens from the centre, and 4x4=16 citizens from each of the suburban districts. By this time, the population of the town was probably around 2100-2300 people, but by 1427 the number of inhabitants rose significantly, up to 4000.
In 1440 Elizabeth, the widow of King Albert fled to Sopron with her baby son, Ladislaus V and her court. The next year the town was forfeited to the German King Friedrich III, in spite of protests by the league of Free Royal Towns to which Sopron also belonged. In 1447 the German king, Friedrich IV ordered the citizens of Sopron to complete the building of the balustrade (hiernweer) at the lower wall-strait (zwinger). It was in that year that the first guilds appeared in Sopron, which – at least in the beginning - not only meant representation of interests, but also guaranteed financial and moral support for poor members. There appeared another type of guild, the so-called "clerical guilds" the purpose of which was purely to support religious life of members. The oldest of these is the St. George Company which all priests and city councillors were bound to enter, so the company finally held both the profane and religious executive power up to the beginning of the 1550s.
During the reign of King Matthias Corvinus, the walls of the castle were again getting ruinous. It was him who finally managed to redeem the town in 1463 and a year later ordersed the inhabitants to repair the ruinous walls and urged the nobility to help them with their work. In 1469 King Matthew authorised the town have 100 forints out of the Crown toll of Sopron every year, so as to help the building of castle walls and towers.
In a decree adopted in Buda in 1477, he let the City Council know that he had ordered his troops lying near Sopron to amend and fortify the castle of Sopron. The castle and the town played an important role during Matthias's war against the German emperor, and was ruined during this period. To re-build the ruined parts, in a decree of 1483 the king allocated further resources (tax alleviation) for the fortification of the town.
The successor of Matthias, King Vladislaus II also adopted several measures to ensure the financial and human resources background of the fortificaton of Sopron castle. The renovation works must have been finally finished around 1526, as King Louis II then informed the royal treasurer, János Dóczi and the authorities of the Comity Sopron as well as the royal tax-collectors that the town was exempted from all tolls and taxes for one more year, to complete the strengthening of the castle walls properly.
After the reign of King Matthias, however, the castle of Sopron basically lost its military significance. The triple castle walls, first depicted on a map of 1597 are the results of hundreds of years' of development. The big roundel was finished in 1631; a similar tower was built behind the Ursula convent. In 1641 a five-angled, Italian style tower was built at the South-Western corner of the castle.
As the fire-arms appeared, the former walls designed to old military equipments (archers, etc.) did not provide protection any more. Thus, the holes of the old walls were adjusted accordingly, enabling the soldiers to use the new military technologies. The castle trench was filled with the water of the stream Rák.
In 1524 the reformation appeared in Sopron, for the first time in the country. In spite of the auto-da-fes, the majority of the citizens soon converted to Lutheranism. In 1526 the Jews were expelled of the city.
In 1529 the Turks ravaged the suburbs, so the building of an up-to-date defence system came on the agenda once more. As the offensive fire-arms became more and more efficient and their range increased, the neighbouring heights (especially the St. Michael hill) were of great disadvantage for the defence of the city. Involving the St. Michael hill in the defence system would have meant such expenses for the constantly indebted Habsburg emperors, that they chose not to undertake this investment. Thus, when building the Western defence system of castles, the Military Council of Vienna did not modernise the castle of Sopron. Despite all this the Sopron finally did not fall under Turkish rule. Many people from the occupied areas fled to Sopron, and the city's importance grew progressively; it became the centre of the territory free of thraldom. In 1553, 1622, 1625, 1635 and 1681 parliamentary sessions were held in the town.
In 1605, the troops of prince Bocskai desolated Sopron. The citizens therefore undertook to fortify the walls and gates again. Before the Easter of 1617 the Chronicles mention several restoration of walls, pre-eminently at the gates. However, the chronicle states clearly, that the outer walls next to the gates were first established by Mayor Lackner, in 1617. After the building of the castle wall around the downtown had been finished, it took a longer time for the triple system of walls with all the towers to develop and for other settlements (quarters) outside the trenches to have fences made of stones around them. In the triple system of walls the one in the middle was most fortified with densely placed, circular towers. The inner walls could have been 5-6 metres higher than those of the wall-straits.
During the late XVIIth century a plague epidemic killed half of the population of Sopron. In 1676 a huge fire devastated the city and most of the houses possessed by the nobility who started to seek protection inside the walls, were damaged. A new town was born in the next few decades, when beautiful Baroque buildings were built in place of the medieval houses. It was in that period that the Firewatch tower was erected. Sopron became seat of the comitatus Sopron.
By the end of the 17th century, when the Ottomans left the country, one of the main commercial roads (trade of horses and cattle) crossed Sopron. At the beginning of the 18th century the town belonged to the first ten of Hungary. The trade of typography, the moulding of canons and church bells appeared, traditional “blue-painting” flourished. The castle trenches were filled up; little vegetable-gardens developed instead. The development of the Várkerület (Castle circle) was also completed.
In 1753 the first colliery of the country was discovered and opened, thanks to the first steam-driven conveyor. After 1775 the right of citizenship could also be possessed by inhabitants who did not own a house. After 1786 Sopron gradually became a town in spite of the fact that it still was the seat of Sopron county. The number of the inhabitants was more than 11 000 by this time.
In 1835, the Greatest Hungarian, count István Széchenyi became a honorary citizen of the town. He established a steam-driven mill in 1842, and saving banks with the help of the German merchants. After 1840 the formerly expelled Jews were allowed to return to town. By this time, the town had expanded beyond the four Viertels, towards the outer districts beyond the walls erected by Lackner in the XVIIth century. These areas were called Front-town (Vorstadt), in order to distinguish them from the quarters inside the outer walls.
During the revolution of 1848, the town did not play a significant role. In the same year Sopron was compassed by the troops of Windischgrätz and following the suppression of the revolution, the town became the centre of the Trans-danubian District (the financial, military and constabulary affairs of nine former counties were managed from here). In 1850 the City Council was dissolved and, as a consequence only Brennberg remained under the administration of Sopron. The railway between Sopron and Nagykanizsa was established; however, the city did not lie on the railway line connecting Budapest and Vienna.
After the establishment of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Sopron re-gained her position as county capital. At the end of the XIXth century, the capitalistic development of the town started inside the Monarchy, which was interrupted by the First World War and the proclamation of the Republic of Councils. In 1919, a significant portion of Western Hungary was awarded to Austria by the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
As a result of a referendum held on 14 December 1921 (antedated by the battle of Ágfalva), Sopron and the area around it remained Hungarian territory and the town received the prestigious title of "Civitas Fidelissima" (the most allegiant town). (According to some historians the town already acquired this acknowledgment in the decree of Ladislaus IV in 1277, and the title of 1921 was only a renewal of the former one, but the mentioned medieval decree does not refer to the term "Civitas Fidelissima").
The fact that Sopron became a border town had serious economic consequences during the interwar period. The town tried to countervail these detrimental conditions by developing the textile-industry and tourism. On the 19th March 1944 Sopron was invaded by the German troops. On Near New Year's Eve of the next year the city suffered heavy bombardments. On 31 March 1945 the Soviets reached Sopron.
During the post-war years most of the German-speaking population was evacuated. In 1950 Sopron lost her rank of a county seat. As the town was located in the so-called "border-line", it could only be visited with special permission during the Socialist era. The Iron Curtain was in the neighbourhood, so the harassments of visitors on trains, public roads, etc. was a regular inconvenience.
In the course of the years, the artificially boosted industry gradually regressed, the mines around the area were closed. This process evolved partly consciously, partly because of the town's vague accessibility, so it became rather culture-orientated. Luckily, the Baroque old town was preserved so the town well deserved the Award of European Monument Protection in 1975. Sopron tried to maintain itself by the means it was able to: through regular cultural events (Festive Weeks of Sopron) it could show her hidden beauties to the visitors.
On 19 August 1989 the so-called Paneuropean Picnic was held in Fertőrákos, when the barbed wire of the iron curtain was finally cut. Hundreds of East-Germans fled through the border to Austria. In the decade after the changes the town became that of guest-workers, of shopping tourism and services. Sopron nowadays thrives to become the venue of the high quality tourism, entertainment, wine-growing and conferences.
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Holiday Cooking with Family
The holidays are always such a celebratory time of the year. We get to have festive gatherings with our family and loved ones. I have a big extended family, and it is so much fun for us all to get together and catch up on each other’s lives. Of course, there is a lot of cooking and congregating in the kitchen that happens; these are the really special moments. Getting to watch my son and other kids in my family learning from my Mom, their grandmother, is so awesome. This is the time when family recipes are passed down to the next generation and they get to know more about their culture and lineage. Showing the kids how to use authentic ingredients like Cacique products is a great way to reinforce honoring traditions through food. We are Mexican, and there is such a rich history there that they can carry with them throughout their lives.
I feel incredibly proud of my heritage and love to see the next wave of Mexican Americans keeping in touch with their family’s culture and background. We like to instill good work ethic and integrity through family traditions, such as cooking. We also like to teach them the importance of using fresh, pure ingredients; a great example is the range of items that Cacique offers. Getting kids involved in holiday meal preparation is a fun way for them to learn that they must be attentive and focused on their task, but it is also fun and they can take ownership over their responsibility for a certain dish they are making. This is so important for them to feel independent and see that if they listen and learn, they can succeed at anything; and it all starts in the kitchen.
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Adulting is a difficult, albeit necessary, aspect of our lives if we wish to function in modern society. However, given the sheer number of things that we have to do throughout our lifetime, it can be easy to lose track of a few things here and there. What’s the key to adulting with ease? Everything will be made simpler and more manageable with proper planning. In this guide, we’ll take a closer look at what you need to do to prepare to buy your own house and car.
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Is Labour under-selling itself?
Despite its tagline of a "future fair for all", Labour's campaign has been highly defensive, even negative. Rather than telling a positive story about its own achievements and its vision for the future, Labour, especially in the figure of Gordon Brown, has sought merely to persuade voters that Tory cuts will result in a "double-dip" recession. This kind of defensive strategy is, perhaps, to be expected from a party that has been in power for 13 years, but it begs the question of whether Labour might have a more positive story to tell. In short: is Labour under-selling itself?
You can also add to the debate by leaving your comment at the end of the page.
Labour has changed the narrative on public services
The current emphasis on the need to cut the deficit has obscured the extent to which Labour has changed the narrative about public spending since 1997. Whereas the Major government focused on reducing government spending as a share of national income, the Blair victories in 2001 and 2005 demonstrated a public appetite for greater investment in public services. For example, NHS spending more than doubled between 2000-01 and 2007-08
[[http://www.civitas.org.uk/nhs/download/NHSfinances.pdf]] and, as a result, since 1997 it has nearly 100,000 more nurses, over 100 new hospitals and nearly 100 new walk-in centers [[http://blogs.channel4.com/factcheck/2010/04/27/nhs-has-more-nurses-and-a-hundred-new-hospitals/]]. Although all parties now recognize the need for cuts to public spending, none of the opposition parties challenges the wisdom of this spending, despite the fact that they would never have done it themselves. Indeed, the extent to which Labour has changed the narrative is apparent from the fact that the Tories are pledging to protect N.H.S spending.
Labour has defended equality/fairness
The Labour governments have also changed the narrative on issues around equality and fairness. Although the Tories strongly opposed it when it was introduced, they now have no plans to remove the minimum wage which, in conjunction with the minimum-income guarantee and the associated system of tax credits, has transformed Britain's treatment of its poorest citizens. The extent of this transformation is manifest in the Liberal Democrat commitment to ensuring that those who earn less than £10000 pay no income tax at all. The Labour governments have also, through the 2010 Equality Act, required equal treatment in employment and in the provision of goods and services regardless of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religious belief, and age [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equality_Act_2010]]. This is a transformation of which British people should be proud, but which would have been inconceivable under a Tory government.
Labour has been family-friendly
Labour has more than doubled maternity pay and more than doubled the period of statutory maternity leave, whilst also aiding 6 million families through child tax credits [[http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/domestic_politics/factcheck+labour+child+benefits/848147]].
It has also introduced the right to request flexible working, introduced the child trust fund, and founded 3,500 Sure Start Children's Centres [[http://www.labour.org.uk/policies/family-prosperity-and-flexible-working]], amounting to a revolution in support for families.
Despite the Tories' attempt to appear family-friendly, their promise to provide a modest tax break to some married couples pales in comparison.
Labour has overseen the biggest constitutional transformation since 1911
Labour has successfully overseen the devolution of power to Scotland, Wales and now Northern Ireland, re-introduced London-wide government, removed all but the last vestiges of the hereditary principle from the House of Lords (with the promise of further reform to come), and created a new Supreme Court.
This amounts to the single biggest constitutional transformation since the introduction of the Parliament Act in 1911.
Once again, this success story would have been inconceivable under the Tories.
Well then why doesn't labour toot its own horn?
There have to be disastrous loopholes in the fine adulation bestowed upon labours' great successes.
Bottom-line: Labour has widely disappointed the British people in it's short run. And Clegg is prettier than Gordon Brown
Labour has overseen the worst recession since the 1930s
Gordon Brown must regret promising to end boom and bust
Despite its successes in other areas, Labour has overseen the worst recession since the 1930s, leaving us with a budget deficit almost as large as that of Greece.
The general election campaign has rightly focused on this issue.
The financial crash of 2008 caused a global crisis to which no country was immune and Labour can legitimately point out that both unemployment and repossession rates are much lower not only than feared, but also than in the recessions of the 1980s and 1990s, under the previous Tory administration.
certainly the statement "leaving us with a budget deficit almost as large as that of Greece." is a hyperbole; no other party in Labour's situation during the international financial crisis could have done much better. At least; there is no credible proof that they could have.
Moreover, the fact that Britain experienced a recession after more than 10 years of uninterrupted growth doesn't change the fact that Labour has a very positive story to tell about its record over the last 13 years.
The question is why it refuses to tell that story.
Labour took Britain into the Iraq war
Tony Blair took Britain into a highly unpopular and possibly illegal war on the basis of scanty evidence. In so doing he brought about the deaths of 140 British servicemen [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3847051.stm].
Despite the Iraq war, Labour has a positive story to tell about its foreign policy record. Britain played a key role in the intervention in Kosovo which helped to reverse ethnic cleansing and to demonstrate to the international community that it did not have to stand aside in the same disastrous way that it had during the Rwandan genocide of 1994. Moreover, Labour created, for the first time, a Department for International Development and has trebled Britain's aid [http://www.labour.org.uk/policies/international-development], something of which we should all be proud.
Labour has excessively curbed civil liberties
"Almost 60 new powers contained in more than 25 Acts of Parliament have whittled away at freedoms and broken pledges set out in the Human Rights Act and Magna Carta, according to a new audit of laws introduced since Labour came to power in 1997"[[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/revealed-the-full-extent-of-labours-curbs-on-civil-liberties-1627054.html]]
Labour wants to issue biometric identity cards, at massive expense to the taxpayer
Labour want to create a "a massive central database known as the interception modernisation programme to store the details of phone calls, text messages, emails and internet use."[[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/apr/13/nick-clegg-liberal-democrats-manifesto]]
Labour has already increased habeas corpus. And initially wanted the law to be 60 days without trial. It took the house of lords to ensure this ancient right was not removed.
Increased Police stop-and-search powers. Curbed the right to peacefully protest. Modified the Public Order Act
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Google maps & caching
ajturner at highearthorbit.com
Sat Apr 7 15:56:57 CEST 2007
This isn't entirely a restriction set by Google, but by the
originating data providers such as NavTeq or Teleatlas. They have
licensed the data to Google to use through their API. This restricts
third parties from them storing & reusing this data in their own way.
Yahoo recently put down uses like this in other open-projects.
In the end, just don't do it. Their are other alternatives (trying to
run Gmaps mobile, OpenStreetMap, other data sources, appealing to GPS
On 4/4/07, thomas.cooksey at bt.com <thomas.cooksey at bt.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
> I've read through several threads on this list, and others, which
> discuss the use of Google Maps for mobiles. It has been mentioned
> several times that Google doesn't allow map tiles to be cached. I've
> any mention of caching being prohibited. Could someone please point me
> to the relevant section please?
> I find it a little odd that Google doesn't allow caching of map tiles as
> they are quite large and I can imagine Google's server & bandwidth costs
> are huge if every tile is fetched directly without going through a
> caching http proxy.
> My train of thought is going along the lines of running squid or similar
> on the actual phone...
> OpenMoko community mailing list
> community at lists.openmoko.org
ajturner at highearthorbit.com 42.4266N x 83.4931W
http://highearthorbit.com Northville, Michigan, USA
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08/24/16 HIST 1103 WEEK 2 ORIGINS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION DISCLAIMER: THESE NOTES WERE TAKEN FROM WHAT WAS RETAINED FROM CLASS LECTURE AND TEXTBOOK READINGS. THESE ARE IN NO WAY COMPREHENSIVE, BUT SHOULD BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH CLASS MATERIALS PROVIDED BY THE PROFESSOR. PART I CONTINUED ALBANY PLAN (1754) if the colonies organize it will challenge the crown colonies are very much independent from each other this possible unification is a partial reason for the colonial wars COLONIAL WARS first 3 wars occur in Europe: King William’s, Queen Anne’s and King George’s war early on is useful to the British because it keeps the colonists in line the French and Indian War (17541760) directly leads to the American Revolution the reason this war is more important is because it started in North America the dates (17561763) are known as the Seven Years War COLONIAL COMPETITION any war that starts in North America quickly involves everyone with these wars it provides solidarity (a useful imperial tool) at this time the French are pushing South WAR AS AN IMPERIAL TOOL colonists are scared of France British government uses this fear in order to keep colonial support FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR George Washington starts the French and Indian War by killing French Ambassador while Washington is surveying, the French send and Ambassador and when Washington sees the party, he wounds and kills the Ambassador Washington surrenders Fort Necessity and signs a document thinking it is noble warfare in actuality, the document says that he was ordered by British government to kill French Ambassador THE DEFEAT OF GENERAL BRADDOCK colonists aren’t really sure how to fight in war in the New World the French and Indian allies trap the British troops and 70% of them are killed or wounded Braddock gets wounded and dies a couple of days later European warfare doesn’t really work with the areas in which battles are fought (wooded areas where Indians and French can conceal location and surround) THE WAR SPREADS since French can’t bring reinforcements and the British can’t fight affectively, the war stalemates and spreads war is going on for two years before official declaration of war Britain sees the importance of the colonies and will spend any amount of resources to keep after the war, British declares that the colonists should pay for their defense GREAT WAR FOR EMPIRE Britain is fighting for survival at this point and is since known as the Great War for Empire this was the closest to a world war for this time period this all stems from Washington killing French Ambassador Putt puts enough resources in the American colonies and it eventually pays off END OF THE WAR most of the French forts begin to fall and now the British are able to win with the deaths of two enemy officers French army has no choice other than surrender war then expands on Spain Treaty of Paris secures the British Victory in this course there are three all three treaties are milestones for America WINNING A WAR/LOSING AN EMPIRE France loses entire North American Empire British again wants the colonists to pay for the upkeep since it was their fault Yankee Doodle song mocks Americans “American Idiot” British view that the colonists are dumb and should pay for their stupidity CREATING A EUROPEAN RIVALRY France is pissed and it creates a European rivalry angry sides will unify with the colonists later on to try and overthrow the British government Britain must answer the colonists demands to avoid a rebellion that could overthrow them Britain can’t afford the war that might happen so they approve of colonists demands ORIGINS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION PART II WIDENING GAP BETWEEN AMERICA AND BRITAIN colonists do not like to pay King George III does not want to acknowledge demands of colonists; they are considered subjects parliamentary sovereigntyall things stem from Parliament British says it always has supreme authority NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION it was an issue of representation Parliament represents Britain and its colonies if Englishmen, then Britain does have the authority to issue taxation we like direct representation; colonists can vote for the people they want we know who we are voting for and we have a say direct representation is having our best interest at heart; representing the people ENGLISHMEN OR AMERICANS the issue is whether they’re Englishmen or Americans accustomed to own way of living and having a better life average citizen in Britain only 3% could vote; but 20% in the colonies could vote realize we have it better and don’t want to lose the right to vote and our other rights white male property owners could vote because they have a stake in what they’re voting for (land) popular vote doesn’t mean anything; vote for the elector and then that person votes for the majority even with strict voting, more people are voting than anywhere else colonists don’t want to be treated any different than Englishmen, but then when they begin to be treated like Englishmen, they say ‘no’ because of more rights because of the benign neglect, they are used to doing things ourselves and we don’t like change we don’t want to get rid of our own rights we are then resistant from anything coming from the King the King is thousands of miles away, telling us what to do PROCLAMATION OF 1763 people start pushing West and creates an uprising with Indians British responds by drawing a line and preventing any expansion westward people start saying that they didn’t vote for the King, so why should they listen PRIVILEGE OF EMPIRE colonies want more British begin levying taxes even though no person in America voted for this tax is about 2% on select items and we start our own country taxing sugar2% tax a tax placed on commodity used by a lot of people in order to raise money ex. of new Oklahoma license plates people get grumpy because of taxes that we didn’t vote for the taxes are issued to create revenue to pay for the upkeep of the army ACTS AND REPEALS Townshend actstaxing all types of teas Stamp act repealed when people start avoiding purchasing goods British can’t afford to place troops so they keep repealing taxes to avoid rise ups we learned we can protest and it then gets repealed if it doesn’t get repealed fast enough, escalation occurs like the Boston Tea Party this crosses the line; it’s not just protesting, but destroys property BOSTON MASSACRE Americans are so angry that colonists attack and urge British to shoot 5 people killed and numerous wounded this shows the colonies drifting BOSTON TEA PARTY AND INTOLERABLE ACTS Britain’s goal is to create a debtor’s prison the Boston port is closed even though this port makes money quartering troopscolonists provide for them without reimbursement our response to quartering is later included to Bill of Rights (we remember quartering) British officials are moved to Britain if accused of a crime and trial is held in Britain events keep piling on THE COLONIES BEGIN TO UNIFY believed they were being mistreated committees of correspondencegroups that got together to talk about events and solutions to problems First Continental Congressfirst time they get together and see what they can do (illegal) not yet unified the south believes a war would destroy the south’s slavery colonythey have the most to lose try to stop trade with Britain issue is the treatment of Bostonnot necessarily taxation THE SHOTS HEARD AROUND THE WORLD have to go through Lexington militia’s plan is to form out of the way as a sign of protest 8 Americans are killed and militia disperses to warn surrounding colonies about 250 are killed or wounded not a good enough number for Americans killed SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS fighting for restoration of rights Congress creates the Continental ArmyWashington proposed to lead it he can keep the army intact needs southern colonies to support it; so Washington, a Virginian led it something needs to be done and it needs all 13 colonies to participate BRITAIN STIFFENS RESOLVE congress goes for peace and not independence at this point olive branch petition addresses rights and don’t want war before George receives letter; he declares proclamation of rebellion this is a turning point; how can there be any sort of reconciliation Britain recognizes power of American colonies and ready to go to war Britain hopes to end war by economic warfare by bringing colonists to their knees Britain seeks and hires German missionaries who are impartial and won’t hesitate to kill the only way the war can be won by colonies is the unification of all 13 colonies COMMON SENSE AND INDEPENDENCE most read in American colonies influences people to want independencemost people already wanted independence before second congress those who voted for the wealthy had the most to lose if it went badly, and were hesitant 12 yes, no objections, and New York just abstained BRAVING THE STORM we list everything that King George has done wrong these are not things given, but given by nature from the Creator REBELLION TO REVOLUTION transition from rebellion to revolution revolution is wanting to create new society wanted to get rid of slavery, but south would not sign declaration but all had to sign or they wouldn’t pursue independence new nation is built on the chains of slavery liberty must be bought
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Drug Makers’ Funding To Patient Groups Has Stifled Crucial Voice In Cost Debate, Critics Say
But one reason for the lack of interest in the topic could be that the organizations are focused on developing drugs to cure diseases. Meanwhile, Johnson & Johnson is halting trials of drugs in the same class as the one that left a patient brain dead and five others hospitalized in France.
Patient Groups Funded By Drugmakers Are Largely Mum On High Drug Prices
Drug companies provide so much of the funding for major patient groups that many critics say they've stifled a key voice in the policy debate over soaring drug prices, especially over those for cancer. The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, for example, gets $50 million a year from drugmakers, which comes to about 16% of their funding. The National Patient Advocate Foundation receives 60% of its $2 million budget from the pharmaceutical industry, while the Colon Cancer Alliance gets 15% of its $1.2 million budget. Several other groups get up to 20% of their revenue from drug companies. (O'Donnell, 1/21)
J&J Stops Trials Of Drug Similar To One Linked To Brain Death In France
Johnson & Johnson has suspended international trials of a drug in the same class as an experimental drug made by Portuguese pharmaceutical company Bial, whose tests in France left one person brain dead and five others hospitalized. A spokesman for Johnson & Johnson said in an emailed statement that it voluntarily suspended two mid-stage trials and had not received reports of serious adverse events in its studies of patients with social anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder with anxious distress. (Beasley, 1/21)
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