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In October 1998, General Augusto Pinochet, former dictator of Chile, was arrested in London. He had been charged with crimes against humanity by a Spanish magistrate, but over the 16 months that Pinochet was detained, equally intriguing questions went unanswered about his links with Britain.;Why was Margaret Thatcher so keen to defend the General? Why was Tony Blair's usually cautious government prepared to have him arrested? And why was Britain the General's favourite foreign country? Andy Beckett offers a compound of history, investigation and travelogue that unravels this strange story. | <urn:uuid:445d1c9a-bdab-41f1-a898-e6ed199668f2> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.wildy.com/isbn/9780571215478/pinochet-in-piccadilly-new-ed-paperback-b-format-faber-and-faber | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279650.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00432-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977126 | 159 | 2.234375 | 2 |
Posted by Janine
on April 26, 2000 at 14:05:41:
In Reply to: Re: Sugar posted by Alan on April 19, 2000 at 23:46:54:
: : Someone close to me in my family is starting to take insuline with a needle in the stomach, he is around 49-50 years of age, we have a history of high sugar in the family on both sides. I was just wondering if there was anything i could do to help or is there any kind of exercises the person could do. High Blood pressure is also a problem, anyone's input would be helpfull.
: : thanks
: Get on a low carbohydrate diet. In particular, cut out the sugar (this includes honey, corn syrup products, and most fruits also) and starch (flour, potatoes, rice, corn, etc.). Read Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution. It will be money well spent. Alan
Watching your carbs is a definite plus. Any nutritionist should be able to help you with that. I play a lot of sports and have found that weight lifting or anything that has to do with resistance training does wonders for my control. Spending as little as a half an hour every other day seems to keep my metabalism up and my numbers lower. | <urn:uuid:7219b6e5-445a-4319-9c25-337941660b9e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.healthboards.com/diabetes/1520.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280791.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00362-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97511 | 266 | 1.632813 | 2 |
Bone Key Elegies
by Danielle Sellers
Reviewed by Heather Matesich Cousins
Danielle Sellers’s first book of poetry, Bone Key Elegies, is a staring contest with death. In this impressive, autobiographically-inspired debut, Sellers examines Key West, evoking the geography of her childhood and adolescence. The poet-speaker of these poems has moved from Key West, but she is haunted by memories of home and a cast of family, friends, and former lovers.
Bone Key Elegies is filled with highly charged, beautifully devastating poems about lost loved ones, including the poet’s father, who died of a heart aneurysm when she was nineteen, and—most heartbreakingly—her younger sister, Alesha, who died in a 1983 car crash. Grandparents, ex-lovers, a murdered friend, and a sexually-abused classmate round-out an assemblage whose presences and absences fill these pages. Rather than striking the expected minor chord, the down-drifting sigh or moan of an elegy, Bone Key Elegies insists on “slamming,” “rustling,” “slapping,” asserting a deep energy that propels itself forward against the sleight-of-hand of time.
These poems bloom with the textures and tastes of southern Florida: US-1, Navy jets, cane toads, salt ponds, hibiscus, tequila, salt, conches, bonefish, and yellow rice. Sellers creates a world and then whisks it out from underneath us, making us aware that, despite the evocative sensory details, we have only been provided with glimpses. The focus often zooms out: fish spook at the echo of human voices, a father disappears in darkness under an “anemic moon,” a 19th century bride searches among flotsam for a corpse, whale bones sit in a backyard, “bleached white and forgotten,” and a lover stands “mouth open, kissing nothing but the sea.” Such images of dissolution allow Sellers to recreate her speaker’s experiences: death, violence, change, and movement.
The opening poem, “Winter Elegy,” set in the speaker’s early childhood, asserts the theme of loss by turning in its final lines: after a parade of Floridian imagery—jalousie windows, seaweed smells, blooming cacti, rustling bottlebrush, a mother’s sighs and a father’s snores, the poem steps back, concluding, “…I never imagined / this was not the way it would always be.” The rest of the collection continues to dissect this loss, exploring what no longer exists or what has been grossly altered.
In the final poem, “December Evening, Key West,” the speaker describes mullet circling in a canal behind her house: “Some thing unseen hunts them, / most likely barracuda.” What pursues these fish makes them “raise their silver bellies to the sun, / flashing like strobe-lights under water.” The final line Bone Key Elegies evokes a suicidal impulse: “How close I came to jumping in.” However, this line could also be read as expressing the speaker’s connection to life. Like the mullet, the speaker flees a “thing unseen,” but she still lives, even with a soft part of herself exposed. This is a poem about writing: bereavement has led to the flashing strobe-lights of these poems.
Sellers’s debut is difficult to put down, emotionally involved and full of unforgettable imagery. While the speaker may identify with mullet, Sellers is a barracuda. Memory becomes clouded or shadowed, but the images, language, and music that rise out of these poems make Bone Key Elegies sparkling, sharp, dangerous, hunting as much as haunting, and very much alive. | <urn:uuid:cb3c5686-da92-44bb-86be-7cc4e6270d2f> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://southernlitreview.com/reviews/bone-key-elegies-by-danielle-sellers.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280065.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00542-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940791 | 849 | 1.679688 | 2 |
Citing threats of violence and ongoing law enforcement investigations, the Florida Sugarcane Farmers are now calling the anti-sugar grassroots organization Bullsugar a “radical hate group.”
“As you may know, Florida’s sugarcane farming industry provides more than 12,500 jobs and contributes more than $3.2 billion to Florida’s economy,” Frierson Farms owner Ardis Hammock wrote in an email. “Our industry is made up of generational, family farmers that have planted, harvested, and processed sugarcane for generations, dating back to the early 1900s when Florida was just getting started as one of our nation’s largest farming states.”
Hammock went out to say sugar farmers’ way of life “is under attack by radical hate groups such as Bullsugar, which is driven by an agenda aimed at shutting down farming in Florida.”
The email cited numerous articles published by POLITICO, Sunshine State News, the Orlando Sentinel and other outlets describing the behavior of Bullsugar representatives and allies. Also included in a 15-page packet compiled by Florida Sugar Farmers were snapshots of posts on Bullsugar’s Facebook advocating violence.
“All of this crap should have been run through a filtration system before it was discharged, who ever did this should be shot on national television,” one of the comments reads, presumably referring to the sugar farmers Bullsugar blames for the toxic blue-green algal blooms in Lake Okeechobee.
Hammock noted that similar threats of violence directed at Glades farming communities have spurred the sheriff’s offices in Palm Beach, Hendry and Glades counties to open investigations into Bullsugar members.
Also noted was the dissonance between Bullsugar’s attacks on politicians who have received campaign funds from the sugar industry and the group’s own status as a 501(c)4 organization. Such organizations are not required to disclose their funding sources.
Bullsugar is one of several organizations that place considerable blame on the sugar industry for Lake O algal blooms, though most scientific research concludes that even though human activity is the root cause of the blooms that the agriculture industry’s role in the recurring environmental crisis is minimal.
Florida Atlantic University professor Brian Lapointe recently presented research concluding that the tens of thousands of septic tanks surrounding Lake O as well the state’s aging and inadequate wastewater infrastructure were responsible for most of nutrients behind the algal blooms rather than agricultural runoff.
“Where reducing fertilizers tremendously in the Sunshine State, so where are the nutrients coming from?” Lapointe asked in a presentation last month. “All you have to do is read the headlines.”
“Septic tanks are the major source of nitrogen. Around the Tallahassee area, 50 percent of nitrogen is from septic tanks and only 8 percent is from agricultural sources,” he said.
Hammock concluded the anti-Bullsugar email by asking readers to “consider these facts, and consider facts from independent sources showing sugarcane farmers are not to blame for coastal water quality issues. We appreciate your careful consideration of these issues.” | <urn:uuid:84d90575-a770-4968-be41-40ef98fb0a19> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://floridapolitics.com/archives/278389-sugar-farmers-label-bullsugar-a-radical-hate-group/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.955328 | 669 | 1.734375 | 2 |
These cheese crisps can be made in a nonstick sauté pan one by one, but it's more efficient to make them in batches on baking sheets in the oven. The goal is to let the cheese melt to create a texture that's lacy but that still holds together, so be sure to sprinkle the cheese lightly. Serve as an hors d'oeuvre or to garnish a green salad.
Heat the oven to 375°F. Cover two large baking sheets with parchment. Combine the cheese and spice. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of the mixture to form a 4- to 4-1/2 inch round. Spread the cheese evenly with a fork. Repeat with the rest of the mixture, leaving 2 inches between each round. Bake each sheet (one at a time) until the crisps just begin to color, 6 to 8 minutes. Don't let them fully brown or the cheese will be bitter. Use a spatula to lift the edges of the crisps and loosen them from the pan. Remove the crisps and immediately lay them over a rolling pin or the side of a bottle to give them a curved shape. Or for a flat frico, just transfer to paper towels. When cooled, store the crisps in an airtight container for up to two days.
nutrition information (per serving):
per crisp, Calories
6, Fat Calories
60, Saturated Fat
5, Monounsaturated Fat
0, Polyunsaturated Fat
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2020 has been a whirlwind of a year, to say the least – and many business owners are left wondering how they can end the year on a high note. There have been many wins and losses, especially for SMEs and e-commerce brands. SEO is one of the best ways for smaller companies to attract new customers and build brand recognition.
However, figuring out how to manage SEO correctly is not easy. Search engines are designed to promote the most relevant results and they are typically quite “hush-hush” about how they determine rankings. In fact, Google alone implements between 500 to 600 changes to their algorithm each year.
How on earth are you supposed to know what to do to improve your site’s SEO if the rules are changing so often?
Well, in addition to following some of the proven SEO strategies, you must also know which tactics to avoid. There are plenty of little mistakes that marketers and web designers make – which decrease their ranking signals and lower chances of attracting organic traffic.
5 SEO’s Don’t To Avoid
So, here are five of the SEO mishaps to avoid in 2020 and beyond.
#1. DON’T Forget to Use Titles in Your Tags
Many of the little behind-the-scenes website features have a big impact on SEO. One of these small details are tags, which are HTML elements that describe and categorize the “name” and objective of the page. Essentially, this is a short description of the content of the page that Google uses to understand the purpose and subject of its contents.
Title tags are typically limited to 50 to 60 characters (spaces included), whereas meta tags are generally between 150 to 160. Since you can only use such a limited number of letters, you need to be extremely strategic with keyword choice.
Title tags and meta descriptions are meant to be concise, so you must use keywords (that have been properly researched) in your title and meta tags. According to Moz, keyword presence in titles and other on-page signals make up 26% of the signals that Google uses to determine a link’s ranking.
Here are some tips for writing proper tags that will benefit your SEO:
- Try to place the keyword close to the beginning of the tag.
- Avoid keyword “stuffing” (including multiple keywords unnaturally). Just stick to one or two.
- Try to be as detailed as possible to give search engines and readers a “glimpse” into what your page is about.
- Make sure all of your pages have unique titles and meta tags so search engines can determine the differences.
- Match up your tags with the search intent. Think about what both search engines and users will be looking for within your content.
- Be sure that you are formatting your tags correctly. Meta tags are visible on the SERPs, so they need to be grammatically correct and spaced appropriately.
#2. DON’T Create Surface-Level Content
Long-form content pages are a great way to boost your site’s SEO and drive in more organic traffic. However, many business owners overlook the importance of quality when it comes to content marketing – especially when they can source writers for bottom dollar on freelancer sites.
Now is the time to move from short blog posts to full-fledged, in-depth posts. According to the latest research, the average length of content pages that appear on the first page of the SERPs is over 1,400 words. This means that having short, basic posts that primarily serve to include keywords are not going to help you rank any higher.
Keep your visitor’s search intent as the primary focus of all of your content strategies. For content pages to be optimized for SEO, you must understand both what your target readers – as well as Google bots – are looking for. Remember, most people are not searching for solely promotional content most of the time – they want factual information. This includes incorporating statistics and facts (from trustworthy sources), how-to guides, explanations, and long-form comprehensive articles.
Additionally, seeking out high quality backlinks to your content is an integral part of getting rankings. In fact, long-form articles have an average of 77.2% more referring domain links than ones under 1,000 words. The longer your content is, the more opportunities you have to connect links to other pages within your own website as well as attract inbound links.
Although you should aim for longer pieces, know that hitting a certain word count number is not some SEO magic trick. Google will not automatically boost your ranking simply because your content is longer than your competitor’s.
#3. DON’T Be a Copycat
One of the biggest mistakes that many companies make with their websites is looking at their competitors for keyword and content inspiration. Although you may be targeting overlapping keywords and audiences as competing sites, copying other site’s content strategy is a huge mistake.
First of all, Google will penalize your site if your content is an obvious copy from another site. The search engine generally tries to locate the earliest source of content and typically gives it credence over any duplicates. Additionally, if the original author finds out that you have copied their content, they may file a request under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
This means that Google will delete the content and may even terminate any Google accounts services, such as your analytics or Google AdWords accounts.
Originality is key when it comes to content marketing, branding, and SEO. Although you may feel a bit limited based on your targeted keywords, you must create unique content. Plus, original content that is different from the rest will help you to stand out on the SERPs – even if you don’t rank first.
#4. DON’T Leave Old Content to Rot
Many content writers feel the pressure to constantly churn out new pieces so their site always has fresh pages. However, this can be quite tedious, and many marketers struggle with coming up with fresh ideas or inspiration. But here is some great news: your old content can be used for today’s SEO purposes, too.
Older pieces (generally three or more years old) can be updated or repurposed to boost your SEO – and there are plenty of ways to do it. But first, you need to find the right pieces to transform. Start by looking at the performance metrics for these pieces.
Pay attention to numbers like pageviews, bounce rates, and the time spent on each page. Pieces that maybe once performed well but have started to taper off could use a little facelift.
One way to freshen up content is to simply go through and update any old statistics or external links with newer information. You can also go through and refresh any keywords by removing outdated ones or including new phrases you want to target.
You can also repurpose the piece entirely by turning it into something new. Perhaps you could compile bits and pieces into a long-form guide or even an e-book. If you have any self-published internal data or customer testimonials, they can be combined to create case studies. You can even take snippets from older pieces and create social media posts with them.
You can even transform older pieces into completely different forms of content. For instance, you could gather some industry experts to discuss a piece on a podcast episode to share their opinions, insights, and experiences. Or, you could use the content to create an infographic, video, webinar, or a Slide Share presentation.
#5. DON’T Get Lazy with Your Content Calendar
It’s easy to let your posts become irregular during holidays or busy peaks of the season – but don’t fall into this trap. The majority of content writers publish weekly or several times a month. But evidence shows that sticking to a consistent and frequent publishing schedule offers some SEO benefits.
According to HubSpot’s latest report, it is best to post between three to five times every week for optimal organic traffic growth! Their research also showed that the more monthly blog publications a site had, the higher amount of inbound traffic it attracted. Google loves to see fresh, recent content. If you are consistently publishing new posts, it signals to Google that your site is extremely active and responsive – which could help you rank higher.
However, don’t get too caught up in quantity over quality here. Each piece needs to serve a purpose and support your overall SEO strategy. Plus, these pieces can include either brand new pages or content updates, too.
Your brand’s online presence is more important than ever before. These days, most initial interactions with new customers start with a basic search engine query. So, your SEO strategy needs to be on point if you are going to make 2020 a successful year.
Take a look at all of the content work you have done over this past year and ask yourself: have I made any of these SEO mistakes? How can I improve?
Now is not the time to slack off or give up on your SEO efforts. It is a better time than ever to fix your mistakes and test out some new tactics to grow your online traffic and improve your site’s ranking.
About the Author!
Jack Shepler is a Marketing and Search Engine Optimization expert. He founded Ayokay, award-winning marketing, and web design firm in Indianapolis, Indiana that has built brands and increased sales for businesses since 2011. He uses his decades of experience to educate through the Ayokay blog and through public speaking. You can follow him on LinkedIn. | <urn:uuid:d2cab1c1-652b-4892-aca5-767f914f8c1c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ibrandstudio.com/articles/the-big-website-seo-donts | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00477.warc.gz | en | 0.943129 | 1,985 | 1.726563 | 2 |
Today I came across a MarketingCharts ‘chart of the day’ from Harris Interactive highlighting the leading smartphone and computer activities among smartphone users.
Overall, their analysis of the data is very straightforward – there are clear differences in the key activities, and it’s not surprising that emailing is the most regular activity across either device. However, what is most notable is just how much information is being consumed through a smartphone regularly. Beyond playing games and texting, half (or more) of consumers with a smartphone are:
- Using maps and navigation
- Downloading music/video and apps
- Finding or researching restaurants
- Keeping track of what’s happening on social media
- And, even researching goods
Undoubtedly, over the past few years, the percentage of consumers engaging in these activities has grown as exponentially as the numbers of smartphone owners.
Earlier this year, Forrester predicted more than one billion consumers will own a smartphone by 2016, As Ted Schadler, a principal analyst at Forrester and an author of the study said well “Mobile is the new face of engagement, … Businesses should stop thinking about it as a small Web site on a tiny computer, and start thinking about mobile as being deeply embedded systems of engagement. That turns out to have huge implications.”
As we continue to see growth of smartphone adoption and as these devices become more and more integral and vital in consumers’ lives, mobile will become the critical channel for marketers to find ways to integrate and engage seamlessly within the lifestyle of their target. | <urn:uuid:ebba5f4b-8353-472f-b10f-b20e284ff105> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://taylorstrategy.com/mobile-dont-market-in-2013-without-it/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.955424 | 320 | 1.648438 | 2 |
Obesity is a prevalent disease in Western Society today. Over the past two decades, the incidence of obesity has increased and is reaching epidemic proportions. The results of the most recent National Health and Nutrition Examination survey indicates that close to 60% of Americans are overweight with 25% being obese and as many as 1.6 million Americans have extreme obesity (BMI>40).
As our body fat increases, our life expectancy starts to decline. Over the next few decades the life expectancy for the average American could decline by as much as 5 years unless aggressive efforts are made to slow the rising rates of obesity. If the current trends continue close to 100% of the US population will be obese by the year 2230.
We now know that obesity and insulin resistance often go together. Insulin should be measured on traditional blood work, but it is most often overlooked by Physcians. Patients who are being very careful about their carbohydrate intake might have insulin levels on their blood work of less than 2.0; this is actually very good and could be noted on the lab test results as being too low. A low number is indicative that the pancreas is not being overworked and that you are at a very low risk of developing diabetes. An insulin level above 5 should be considered elevated and you should consult with your Doctor. When writing blood work prescriptions for patients I will always make sure that I include fasting insulin levels in addition to many other markers often overlooked by conventional medicine.
Obesity is associated with metabolic syndrome, hypertension, coronary heart disease, arthritis and many other chronic disease of aging. If you want to live a long, healthy life, than optimal body composition is mandatory to achieve that goal.
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The inspiration behind the machine was derived using NASA technology to create the first‐ever sports medicine and post‐op recovery device that simultaneously delivers active pneumatic compression and adjustable cold therapies.
Game Ready features patented ACCEL Technology (Active Compression & Cold Exchange Loop) to help accelerate recovery. Integrated active compression and cold therapies reduce pain and swelling, minimize muscle spasms, enhance lymphatic function, and encourage oxygenated blood flow — all to stimulate natural healing.
The Game Ready has an extensive presence in the professionalsports arena including the NFL, NBA, MLB, MLS and the NHL.
I am proud to announce that we now have this great technology available to our patients in our office. The unit is equipped to provide therapies for the neck, mid‐back and low back. In addition I have custom wraps to fit shoulders, elbows, wrists, fingers, hips, groin, knees, ankles and the foot.
From personal experience and tremendous feedback from patients it makes ice therapy easy. Spinal decompression therapy followed by 15 minutes of the Game Ready is a game changer and has helped herniated disc patients recover much quicker.
Whatever joint in your body has been injured from sports, auto‐accidents, from the workplace or wear and tear from the aging process, the combination of compression and cryotherapy is a home run. Game Ready helps patient’s recover in less than half the time without the use of toxic pharmaceutical drugs for extended periods of time.
Aromatase is an enzyme found in increased amounts in fibroids, endometriosis and breast cancer cells. The key to aromatase management is phytochemical complexity from fruits and vegetables. Research has shown plant based chemicals in food inhibit human aromatase. This simple fact helps improve breast health and reduces one’s chance of developing breast cancer. In addition to a plant-based diet, I personally use I3C or DIM (diindolylmethane) to assist in reducing aromatase with my patients.
There are certain genes to be investigated through blood or saliva. These include: MTHFR, CYP 1B1, COMT and GSTP +/-. I feel that the genes load the gun and the environment pulls the trigger. We live in a very toxic world. Toxicity is metabolized through different pathways. Also for consideration are the timing of vulnerability, the influence of multiple chemical exposures and the effect of low dose toxicity.
According to the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research, 2009, more than 50% of cancers have a nutritional component in their etiology. We are talking about organochlorinated pesticides, herbicides including atrazine and glyphosate (Roundup), plastics and plasticizers, fuels, PBDE’s (flame retardants), Dioxin, Teflon, phthalates, air fresheners, cosmetics, personal additives, and heavy metals.
The maker of Tamoxifen and Arimidex is AstraZeneca. This company is the main sponsor of Breast Cancer awareness month. The joke is their subsidiary company, Syngenta makes Atrazine! This is an herbicide that causes human cancers. You must be kidding me!!!
These are the companies selling both pharmaceuticals and pesticides:
This is Dr. Banks’s nutritional therapy in dealing with estrogen imbalance and how to deal with excess estrogen in the body.
Sugar, caffeine, alcohol and junk food
Toxic chemicals and xenoestrogens
Avoid unnecessary drugs and artificial hormones
If you have any questions or concerns about your lifestyle choices, please feel free to contact me about a nutritional consultation. I am a Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner and am here to help you add years to your life and life to your years.
The following are several key principles:
· Exposure to synthetic environmental toxins is widespread, increasing and lifelong.
· The total body burden of these toxins can act synergistically to cause physiological dysfunction.
· This dysfunction can lead to chronic illnesses in susceptible individuals.
· Susceptibility is largely defined by an individual’s ability to bio transform, detoxify and eliminate exogenous (environmental) and endogenous (from within) toxins.
· Lifestyle, diet and nutraceuticals can enhance detoxification, prevent disease and restore health.
I attended a symposium this past year in NYC and had the opportunity to hear Philip Landrigan, MD, M.Sc. speak. His statement stuck in my mind, “What typically will happen is smart chemists will develop a new product, see that it has useful properties, put it into consumer goods and the chemical then gets disseminated widely in the marketplace. Typically ten, fifteen or twenty years later, scientists begin to realize that this chemical is really quite toxic.”
Over long periods of time, small daily doses of multiple contaminants, such as persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals, pesticides/insecticides and our own metabolic waste, have cumulative detrimental effects on physiological pathways that can eventually impair health and cause disease. Chemicals combine in our bodies, but are rarely tested that way. The combination of all these toxins is known as total toxic load. The exposome is combined exposures from all sources that reach our internal environment.
In my practice I help patients implement the detox core food plan. This will provide patients with specific instructions on how to choose a healthy distribution of diverse phyto-nutrients. Dietary intervention will optimize detoxification pathways in my patients that I suspect have toxicity and impaired detoxification. A high dietary intake of vegetables and fruits results in a reduced dietary net acid load (and improved alkalization) and indirectly improves the detoxification processes.
In combination with a colorful diet I often will add a medical food and several key nutraceuticals that are well researched to assist the body in eliminating harmful toxins. A high quality medical food will optimize bio transformation and the clearance of xenobiotics. You may wish to consider the following:
· Metagenics Ultra Clear Renew®
· Metagenics Clear Change™ Daily Essentials
· Metagenics Clear Change™ 10 day Program
· Dr. Banks Functional Solutions Microbiome Support
Go slow and ensure a safe, healthy detoxification program.
For more information on detox solutions, please visit www.spinelife.com .
There are alternatives that can help you get through the season without taking OTC and prescription drugs. These drugs might make you feel better, but come with a long list of side effects. For children these side effects include, nervousness, wheezing, fatigue, hyperkinesia, abdominal pain, conjunctivitis, dysphonia and upper respiratory tract infection. For adults and children over the age of 12, the side effects include, headache, insomnia, dry mouth, somnolence, nervousness, dizziness and fatigue.
Flonase a popular nasal spray is associated with bloody or unexplained nosebleeds, shortness of breath, headache and vomiting. Overuse can lead to blindness.
There is a better way that has no side effects and is quite effective in reducing symptoms. It will not kill you, make you tired, give you a headache or make you go blind.
I recommend three specific formulas:
1. AllerDHQ incorporates bioflavonoids, micronutrients, proteolytic enzymes, and herbs into a comprehensive formula that provides multifaceted support for individuals with immune imbalances. Dihydroquercetin, a key component in Allergy Rescue, inhibits oxidation, is bioactive and highly absorbable. Allergy Rescue supports patients with elevated histamine and irritation due to common environmental allergens.
2. ProbioMax ENT is a chewable, strawberry flavored probiotic that activates in the oral cavity to support ear, nose and throat health. By supporting mucosal membranes with friendly flora, symptoms will be greatly reduced.
3. Immune Protect is a proline rich polypeptide spray is an immune modulating formula that will quite inflammation and boost your immune response so that allergies will not manifest as symptoms.
I have found the above combination to be very effective in reducing symptoms without any unwanted side effects. If you would like more information, please visit my online store at www.spinelife.com for information on how to order these products
We could write an entire book and devote a conference to this most important subject, but for the purpose of this blog I will keep it short and sweet.
Methylation is a process that occurs in the body millions of time per day. In this process, a single carbon plus three hydrogens known as a methyl group is applied to facilitate many crucial functions in the body.
Methylation is critical in repairing DNA, removal of environmental and metabolic toxins plus boosting your immune system just to name a few.
Methylation defects are associated with estrogen related cancers (breast, ovarian, prostate etc.), stroke, cardiovascular events, depression, anxiety, Alzheimer’s, autism and many autoimmune disorders. Defects in methylation reduce your ability to detoxify.
Neurotransmitters such as adrenaline, dopamine and serotonin need to be broken down and eliminated. Methylation defects such as the C677T and the A1298C regardless if homozygous or heterozygous needs to be addressed.
This is an overlooked health crisis in mainstream medicine. Why? I hate to sound cynical, but if there were a drug to address the genetic polymorphisms and treat elevated homocysteine then everyone would know about it. For a minimal amount of money, one can address their genetic uniqueness with a personalized protocol.
Whenever I perform an initial blood workup on my Functional Medicine clients I always include this genetic profile. Once it is determined which genotype you express, we then customize an individual protocol. The good news is, this test is covered under most insurance plans including Medicare.
Glutathione levels are always evaluated on traditional blood work and confirmed with Functional testing. If levels are low we would then treat. Low levels of glutathione are often associated with the MTHFR genetic trait. Low levels of glutathione can contribute too many disorders including Alzheimer's, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.
The most important nutrients to address the MTHFR genotype with or without elevated levels of homocysteine are:
Genetic polymorphisms are very common. When you know your genotype you now have the ability to modify that genetic expression with the correct nutritional and lifestyle intervention. Just because you have the genes does not mean you will get a specific disorder. Genes are pleomorphic meaning they can express themselves differently based on how well you treat them.
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City officials are investigating after anti-Obama paraphernalia was found at a South Florida fire station last week.
City officials say expressing political views in such a way could be considered offensive or divisive and don’t belong on city property.
Pompano Beach spokesperson Sandra King said, “If you have an opinion, you’re certainly entitled to it. Everyone has their opinion. Put it on your own personal vehicle or your own personal things.”
“But you don’t display it on city property, on city grounds that maybe someone else doesn’t agree with; that’s politically motivated, and it’s inappropriate,” she added.
The administration has launched an investigation. King told the Sun-Sentinel the incident is “being fully investigated as a ‘politically motivated, conduct-unbecoming situation,’ and will continue to be considered accordingly unless the investigation reveals other motivations.”
Last November, a complaint was filed about an anti-Obama bumper sticker found on the outside of a firefighter’s locker. He was ordered to take it down immediately.
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Does not rest
On human wisdom,
But on the power of God.”
ἵνα ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν μὴ ᾖ ἐν σοφίᾳ ἀνθρώπων ἀλλ’ ἐν δυνάμει Θεοῦ.
Paul thus said that their faith (ἵνα ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν) does not (μὴ ᾖ) rest on human wisdom (ἐν σοφίᾳ ἀνθρώπων), but on the power of God (ἀλλ’ ἐν δυνάμει Θεοῦ). Paul made it clear that their faith was not based on his weak ineffective human words. The power of God is what made their faith strong, not his words. Do you recognize the power of God in your life? | <urn:uuid:c6012d4c-24c7-4909-918a-c4da7f8331d4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://efinne1540.wordpress.com/2020/12/31/not-human-wisdom-1-cor-25/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570765.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808031623-20220808061623-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.954061 | 266 | 1.78125 | 2 |
There have been signs on two fronts this week that the Obama administration is willing to work toward warmer relations with Cuba that have been all but frozen since Havana jailed a U.S. government subcontractor in 2009.
Two days of talks between U.S. and Cuban officials on resuming direct mail to Cuba — a service that has been cut off for five decades — began Tuesday in Washington, and, perhaps more significantly, sources said that U.S. and Cuban officials plan to resume migration talks in July.
Migration between the long-hostile countries has come under closer scrutiny since Havana eased its restrictions on travel abroad on Jan. 14, raising the prospects that many more Cubans will leave the island and head to the United States, legally or illegally. Cubans are no longer required to obtain an exit visa or a mandatory invitation letter from a foreign host to leave the island.
But because Cubans still need an entry visa to visit the United States, some analysts say migratory patterns could change as Cubans travel to countries that don’t require visas and then use them as a hopping-off point to enter the United States.
The migration talks will start July 17 in Washington between State Department and Cuban Foreign Ministry officials, knowledgeable sources told El Nuevo Herald on Tuesday.
Although the resumption of the migration and mail talks are not especially significant by themselves, they signal an effort by the Obama administration to improve its relations with Havana and provide a setting for quiet discussions on other issues.
The talks on resumption of direct mail service, which was suspended in 1963 — the same year the Kennedy administration tightened the embargo and made most travel to Cuba illegal for U.S. citizens — were held at the U.S. Postal Service headquarters and included representatives of the U.S. State Department, USPS and the Cuban government.
“We believe it [direct mail service] is consistent with our interest in promoting civil society and the free flow of information to, from and within Cuba,” said William Ostick, a spokesman for State’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs.
Currently, there is U.S. mail service to Cuba but it travels through third countries and is considered slow and not very reliable. A number of types of service, such as express mail international, aren’t available for Cuba.
Sources said letter service, express mail and parcel service are all expected to be discussed during the talks.
Through the years, depending on the state of U.S.-Cuba relations, there have been discussions on resumption of direct mail to Cuba but none have been successful.
Migration talks between the two countries used to be a twice-a year event but President George W. Bush’s administration suspended them in 2003, complaining that Havana did not want to take up many of the issues of interest to Washington.
Those issues have included a new sign-up period for the lottery used by the U.S. government to fulfill its promise of granting 20,000 visas to Cubans per year. The last such sign-up embarrassed Havana when hundreds of thousands sent in applications.
The Obama administration agreed to resume the migration talks in 2009. One U.S. diplomatic dispatch published by WikiLeaks at the time noted that Havana would use the talks to “hammer” at the U.S. wet-foot, dry-foot policy, which allows Cubans who reach U.S. land to stay. Havana criticizes the policy as an enticement to illegal departures.
Four rounds were held but the talks were suspended again in 2011 after Alan Gross, a U.S. Agency for International Development subcontractor, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for giving Cuban Jews sophisticated communications equipment paid for by a USAID pro-democracy program.
The most recent talks on direct mail were held in September 2009 — the year the Obama administration lifted travel restrictions for Cuban-Americans and limits on their money transfers to the island. Bisa Williams, then U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere Affairs, met with Cuban officials in Havana to discuss technical aspects of resuming direct mail service.
At the time, the relationship between Havana and Washington seemed to be warming.
But the arrest of Gross in December 2009 and his subsequent conviction froze any further opening toward Cuba, although the Obama administration further tweaked travel restrictions in 2011 by reviving and expanding people-to-people cultural trips to Cuba for Americans.
Although the U.S. government has pressed for the release of Gross, Havana has seemed more interested in a swap for the release of five Cubans convicted in 2000 of spying on anti-Castro groups in Miami and military installations. Federal prosecutors contended the men’s spying led to the shoot-down of two Brothers to the Rescue planes, killing four members of the exile group in 1996. The Cuban government, meanwhile, considers USAID pro-democracy programs to be subversive.
Cuban observers say the stalemate over Gross has been an obstacle to any further opening with Cuba despite recent Havana’s recent travel and economic reforms.
Although the Cuban Democracy Act, which Congress approved in 1992, is generally thought of as tightening the embargo, it does contain provisions in support of the Cuban people and directs the U.S. Postal Service to “take such actions as are necessary to provide direct mail service to and from Cuba.’’
“We’re hopeful that we’ll be able to move things forward,’’ said spokeswoman Jen Psaki at a U.S. State Department briefing the day before the direct mail talks began.
But Florida Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen said the mail talks aren’t in the interest of the United States. She also predicted the migration talks would go nowhere.
“There is no reason to have this talk because the ones not complying with the mail accords from years ago are the Castro thugs,’’ she said in a statement. “The regime is once again manipulating the U.S. administration in this game because it wants us to lift the embargo and make further concessions. Meanwhile, a U.S. citizen languishes unjustly in a Cuban prison and brave freedom Cuban activists are risking their lives while on hunger strikes to protest the island tyranny.”
Mauricio Claver-Carone, director of the pro-embargo U.S. Cuba Democracy Political Action Committee, concurred. “We look forward to the day the Obama administration stops rewarding the Castro regime for taking an American hostage and for its dramatic increase in repression.”
However, Pepe Hernández, president of the Cuban American National Foundation, said his exile organization favors the mail talks. “It’s been our position for quite some time that we favor anything that improves the relationship with the people of Cuba,’’ he said.
“It’s interesting that the Cuban government is now willing to sit down for these talks,’’ said Hernández.
Advocates of improving relations with Havana have been urging the White House to remove Cuba from the U.S. list of countries that support international terrorism as an opening gambit for Gross’ release.
Wayne Smith, a former head of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana and now director of the Cuba project at the Center for International Policy, said he had hoped that the Obama administration would have taken steps beyond the mail and migration talks to repair the tattered relationship with Havana. But he added, “It’s something.’’
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Royal Dutch Shell has abandoned its controversial attempts to drill for oil off Alaska's northwest coast, citing disappointing results from exploratory wells. According to a report from The New York Times, the company said that while it had found "indications of oil and gas" in the region's Burger prospect, "these are not sufficient to warrant further exploration." The decision, which will be welcomed by environmental campaigners, means billions of dollars of writedowns for Shell, which spent $7 billion — or around 20 percent of its exploration budget — since 2007 developing prospects in the Arctic.
"Shell will now cease further exploration activity in offshore Alaska for the foreseeable future," said Marvin Odum, director of Shell Upstream Americas, in a press statement. "This decision reflects both the Burger J well result, the high costs associated with the project, and the challenging and unpredictable federal regulatory environment in offshore Alaska."
falling oil prices and environmental protests have made operations difficult for shell
The US government gave approval for Shell to drill in the area earlier this year, but the price of oil has since fallen dramatically, from above $110 a barrel in June, to less than $50 now. Shell's plans have also been hampered by environmental protests, with campaigners pointing out that any spills in the fragile region would be especially damaging, and that opening up new long-term wells only extends oil dependency.
Greenpeace welcomed the news, with the UK director John Sauven stating: "Big oil has sustained an unmitigated defeat. They had a budget of billions, we had a movement of millions. For three years we faced them down, and the people won. The Save the Arctic movement has exacted a huge reputational price from Shell for its Arctic drilling program. And as the company went another year without striking oil, that price finally became too high. They’re pulling out." | <urn:uuid:dbf46c33-f804-4885-a58d-ca7eedc1d3f7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.theverge.com/2015/9/28/9407737/shell-arctic-drilling-stopped | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00666.warc.gz | en | 0.974217 | 379 | 2.0625 | 2 |
Publish a web using HTTP
Publish the files in the current web when you are ready to present your web
for public viewing, or when you want to update the files in your web. You can
publish using HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) if the the FrontPage Server Extensions
are installed on the Web server to which you are publishing.
Before you publish your web, you can specify which pages you want to publish.
Then, when you publish your web, you have the following options:
- Publish only the files that
have changed. FrontPage compares the files on your local web to the files
on the Web server, and only those files that are newer than those on the
Web server are published. However, files that have been marked Don't
Publish will not be published.
- Publish all files, except
those that have been marked Don't Publish. The files from the
local web will overwrite all files on the destination Web server, even if
the files on the Web server are newer.
- Publish subwebs, if the
current web has subwebs. All files and folders in subwebs will be
recursively published in addition to those in the current web.
- Publish the web using a
secure (SSL) connection. For example, use this feature if your Web
server uses the HTTPS protocol to authenticate its users.
- On the File
menu, click Publish Web.
- Click Options
to expand the list of options.
- Specify whether you want to
publish only pages that have changed, or all pages.
- To publish subwebs, select
the Include subwebs check box.
- To publish using a secure
connection, select the Secure connection required (SSL) check
box. Your destination Web server must support SSL for this feature to
- In the Specify the
location to publish your web to box, type the location of a Web
server, click the arrow to select a location to which you have published
before, or click Browse to find the publishing location.
- Click Publish.
FrontPage publishes your web. If you want to verify
that your web was successfully published, click the hyperlink that is displayed
after the web has been published — your Web browser will open to the site
you just published.
If you cancel publishing in the middle of the
operation, files that have already been published remain on the destination Web
Tip To publish only pages that have changed to
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Singapore’s Law Minister K Shanmugam made an offensive retort to the UK who have earlier urged Singapore to abolish laws that oppresses free speech in the name of “scandalising the judiciary”.
“It’s issued on Friday, on the eve of this debate. It says it urges Singapore and all countries … to abolish ‘Scandalising the Judiciary’, and says it is not specific to Singapore. With the deepest respect to the High Commissioner, one can only say that this answer is extremely intriguing, and very interesting. If you want to intervene in a debate and make a comment, then at least have the courage of your convictions, and not beat a hasty retreat at the first question.”
Minister K Shanmugam said that Singaporeans have “decided consciously” to decline free speech and claimed that UK did not change for the better when their people are free to criticise their judges:
“The changes in Britain have not been for the better. We have decided, consciously, not to go that way.”
The new Contempt of Court bill will criminalise all comments that criticise the judgments of the government-controlled judiciary, implying that the government’s judgment is absolute. The single-party PAP government voted for the bill in an overwhelming support with 72 votes for and 9 votes against. Legalised corruptions are enacted in Singapore through similar single-party voting system.
The move is the latest of a string of new laws enacted by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to squash criticism and bad press. New censorship laws under the Media Development Authority require all websites that touches on current affairs to register with the government and put up a S$50,000 bond. Only websites based overseas are not subjected to Singapore’s draconian media control laws.
Earlier this week, the Prime Minister’s elderly sister Lee Wei Ling spoke against her dictator brother and denounced Singaporeans for being overtly apathetic. There has been no discussion generated among the general populace, signaling their blinded trust in the ruling party. | <urn:uuid:f8d214d7-99ec-40d6-91e5-fb109cd6e56e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://statestimesreview.com/2016/08/16/minister-k-shanmugam-to-uk-we-dont-want-free-speech/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280872.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00311-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958234 | 434 | 1.726563 | 2 |
Posted on the 28/08/2019 – The toolkit created along the project to enhance skills for youth employment has just been published. The material is a useful resource for those working with young people (especially those at risk of exclusion) and contains all the activities and practices collected and tested by the project partners.
The toolkit of EXPERTISE is the final output of this two-year partnership on which training entities, education bodies and NGOs from six countries have exchanged practices to train young people and promote their employability. The document contains all the activities tested by partners along the project as well as detail guidelines for those who could aim to replicate them as facilitators with young participants. All the practices contained on the toolkit are based on a non-formal approach to facilitate that they can be adapted to different contexts, target groups and the active participation of young people in a fun and dynamic way. Building with bricks, group dynamics, simulations, self-assessment strategies, etc. are just some the training resources that you will be able to find on this new toolkit.
What are you waiting for? Click here to download it! or use our QR code.
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We aren’t stagnating, after all.
Well, it’s not so. That’s the message — perhaps unintended — from the Congressional Budget Office, which reports periodically on the distribution and growth of the nation’s income. It recently found that most Americans had experienced clear-cut income gains since the early 1980s.
This conclusion is exceptionally important, because the CBO study is arguably the most comprehensive tabulation of Americans’ incomes.
Most studies of incomes have glaring omissions. Some examine only before-tax income; others, after-tax. Many don’t include some government benefits — for example, food stamps, Medicare or Medicaid (health programs for the elderly and the poor). Others exclude employer-paid health insurance, which is a big item. The CBO study covers all of these areas.
It confirms that the rich have catapulted ahead of most Americans, including many with six-figure incomes. The richest 1 percent of U.S. households had average pretax incomes of $1.855 million in 2015. The growth has been astonishing. From 1979 to 2015, pretax incomes of the top 1 percent jumped 233 percent. That’s more than a tripling. (All figures are corrected for inflation.)
But it’s not true that no one else had gains. If the bottom 99 percent experienced stagnation, their 2015 incomes would be close to those of 1979, the study’s first year. This is what most people apparently believe.
The study found otherwise. The poorest fifth of Americans (a fifth is known as a “quintile”) enjoyed a roughly 80 percent post-tax income increase since 1979. The richest quintile — those just below the top 1 percent — had a similar gain of nearly 80 percent. The middle three quintiles achieved less, about a 50 percent rise in post-tax incomes.
These seem small, but over four decades, they’re meaningful. It’s doubtful that most Americans would prefer to revert to the world as it was in 1979 — a world without smartphones, the Internet, most cable television or laparoscopic surgery.
Why then the belief in stagnation?
One plausible theory is that the gains in any one year are so small that most people don’t recognize them. Instead, they feel they’re marching in place. The demands on their income — for housing, food, college tuition, vacations and much else — swamp tiny gains.
Certainly, what’s occurring today is less impressive than the great gains of the 1950s and 1960s, when there was a flood tide of new technologies and products: television, modern appliances (washers, dryers), jet travel, air conditioners and antibiotics, to name a few.
Some economists legitimize the stagnation thesis by selective studies and their use of language. For example, former treasury secretary Lawrence H. Summers has used the term “secular stagnation” — which was coined in the late 1930s — to describe today’s economy.
Glance at the table below. It shows that modest income gains were widespread.
For the period 2000 to 2015, it gives the average gain in after-tax and after-transfers (government benefits) income for each quintile, from poorest to richest. The year 2000 was chosen as the base to dispel any notion that income gains occurred in the 1980s or ’90s. Interestingly, the relative gain for the poorest quintile was about twice the increase of other quintiles (again: a quintile represents a fifth of the population).
Although higher incomes could — in theory — reflect generous tax cuts, that doesn’t appear to be the case. In 2015, the richest 1 percent paid an average federal tax rate of 33 percent, close to the 1979 rate of 35 percent.
With income inequality rising, it’s not surprising that richer groups have actually provided an increasing share of federal tax revenue. In 2015, the richest quintile of Americans paid 69.5 percent of revenues, up from 55.1 percent in 1979. The share of the top 1 percent (included in the richest quintile) went from 14.1 percent in 1979 to 26.2 percent in 2015.
(Note: Because President Trump’s tax bill wasn’t passed until 2017, the CBO study doesn’t include its effect. Neither does this column. Still, it would cut taxes for wealthier Americans.)
All the numbers seem complex and confusing. Piercing the statistical fog is essential to anchor our debates in reality and not in journalistic or political mythology. It may seem that, except for the fortunate few, hardly anyone is getting ahead. That’s convenient rhetoric, but it just ain’t so.
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We had Jeramy and Jerusha Clark on our Focus on the Family Broadcast last year to talk about what’s going on in our teens’ brains. It was fascinating.
We learned that teenagers often can’t articulate what they’re feeling. They don’t recognize that they’re lonely and insecure, or that they need more attention from you. Since they can’t ask for specific help, they often express their emotions through behavior.
We have Jeramy and Jerusha back with us again to discuss the way teens think. They suggest that parents connect with their teens with the concept of “ask, listen, and respect.”
The order there is actually important. Questions stimulate the prefrontal cortex area of the brain, which is still developing in teenagers.
Listening is next. We can easily jump to conclusions and assume that we know exactly what’s going on inside of our teenagers. And when you’ve decided you know the problem, you’re likely already prescribing solutions.
Finally, teens respect the same character in their parents that parents expect from their teens: Honesty, control over their emotions, authenticity, and the ability to let go of the need to be right.
When you understand how your teenager’s brain is wired, you can better connect with and influence him or her. Jeramy and Jerusha Clark discuss how neuro-science and God’s Word intersect in the lives of our teens on our broadcast “Understanding How Your Teen Thinks.” Tune in on your local radio station, online, on iTunes, via Podcast, take us with you on our free phone app, or watch the program on our YouTube channel.
Dr. Jeramy Clark served as a youth pastor for 17 years. He’s now senior associate pastor at Pacific Coast church in San Clemente, Calif. Jerusha is a writer and speaker. Together, they’ve written a great book, Your Teenager Is Not Crazy: Understanding Your Teen’s Brain Can Make You a Better Parent.
I hope you’ll consider participating in our “Friends of Focus on the Family” program by becoming a monthly partner. When you do, I’ll send you a free copy of Jeramy and Jerusha’s book as a way of saying thank you. To make your pledge, or for more information, visit our website or call 1-800-A-FAMILY (232-6459). | <urn:uuid:624bfacb-5a3b-4d2d-a47f-e1839be7ec34> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://jimdaly.focusonthefamily.com/understanding-how-your-teen-thinks/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571745.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812170436-20220812200436-00471.warc.gz | en | 0.932485 | 517 | 1.851563 | 2 |
Keep An Eye On Your Contact Lenses While Diving – Eye Parasites Live In Water
British (and other nationalities’) media recently reported on an 18-year-old British girl, Jessica Greaney, who suffered an attack by an eye parasite.
The parasite entered her eye by way of her contact, which she had cleansed in contaminated water.
Her story can be read in-depth on British news media The Daily Mail (note: some imagery in the article might be unpleasant to some readers!).
Can this affect divers using contact lenses?
As scuba divers, we spend a lot of our time in water, and while we do wear dive masks which theoretically should protect our eyes, these do leak or fall off sometimes.
And many divers also wear contacts. What if you drop one and replace it? Could we become infected as well?
Here's more about Diving With Contact Lenses
Let’s look at the real life case
First up, let’s take a look at what happened to poor Ms. Greaney.
The specific parasite she was infected with was of the type Acanthamoeba Keratitis, and is a particularly nasty one.
It often attacks contact lens wearers, when they rinse their lenses in tap water or wear them in the shower.
The parasite lives in water, and is trapped between the eyeball and the lens, leading it to burrow into the eyeball and start eating from the inside out.
Loss of eyesight is a definite risk, but in rare cases, the parasite has been known to enter the spinal cord (via the optical nerve) which can lead to death.
Ms. Greaney is believed to have attracted the parasite when she stored her contacts near the sink, and water was accidentally splashed on them.
Here's a short video report.
Are Divers at Risk?
So, washing your contacts in tap water is a bad idea. But are divers at risk? While Acanthamoeba Keratitis is predominantly found in water with extensive bacteria growth, it is also a normal occurring microbe in most water sources, and can be found in non-contaminated water.
Many people, like ms. Greaney, are infected by perfectly healthy tap water. And the parasite can live just fine in fresh and saltwater alike.
So the short answer to the question is, yes, divers are indeed at risk.
How big is the risk for divers?
How big is that risk, though? In the UK, the government health officials state that the number of cases is around 200 a year (in a country with a population of 64 million), and in the US, the CDC (lacking hard numbers) estimate that some 30 to 60 people are infected each year.
The majority of these cases are contact lens wearers.
What can divers do to avoid the parasite
So what can we do to reduce our risk?
First of all, realize that the risk of infection is very small.
If you wear contact lenses, it is generally recommended that you replace them according to the package description and only rinse and store them in purpose-made contact lens liquid.
Here are 11 Tips For Safe Diving
Contact lens wearers should avoid wearing contact lenses while showering and doing water sports such as swimming or, yes, scuba diving. The problem is that the lenses make a perfect trap for the parasite, and if it can’t get away, it might start digging.
So if you wear contacts, consider a prescription-glass dive mask, rather than diving with your contacts on.
And if you do dive with your contacts, and you drop one, don’t replace it until it has been rinsed with either a sterile saline solution or your contact lens liquid.
Again, the risk of infection is small, but the consequences can be unpleasant, to say the least, and quite serious. So taking a few, small precautions might well be worth it.
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Moodle is the centrally managed learning management system (LMS) at HKU. Moodle courses are accessible through the “My eLearning tab” of HKU Portal by students. The system facilitates students participating in online interactive learning activities, collaborating with peers and communicating with teachers.
The Lecture Capture Services (LCS) is powered by Panopto video capture system. Panopto supports teachers and students to do video recording, playing back, video management, editing, sharing, and inside-video searching. Students can apply for a Panopto account to start their recordings in study rooms of the Learning Commons.
After attending this one hour introductory session, students will learn:
- The basics of HKU Moodle
- How to use Moodle to obtain class materials
- Submit assignments and communicate with others in the class
- How to view a LCS recording (called Pancast) if a teacher has posted it
- How to capture a video presentation with a combination of multiple video/audio sources and PowerPoint
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ICPE research spotlight: Part III: Standard-setting research to advance the use of RWE
This year at ICPE All Access, Aetion’s scientific research is represented across 15 posters and presentations spanning novel applications of real-world evidence (RWE), regulatory uses of real-world data (RWD), and innovative methods for epidemiologic research. In our “ICPE research spotlight” series, we share what you need to know about each, including important takeaways, a breakdown of the study design, and how the work shines new light on the ways RWE can inform decision-making.
While industry awaits guidance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on RWE, stakeholders from across health care are collaborating on standard-setting initiatives to advance and inform the use of RWE by regulators and other decision-making bodies.
In the following four posters and presentations, all prepared by Aetion scientists for ICPE All Access, we share research projects aimed at setting standards for RWE generation and use.
Read on to learn more about how external control arms generated from RWD can support regulatory submissions, how visualizations can facilitate transparency in RWE studies, how following principled database epidemiology can support credible RWE research, and how a decision guide for data feasibility assessments can enhance an RWE generation framework.
For the full list of Aetion’s ICPE All Access research, see here.
Review of oncology real-world comparator arm submissions in support of effectiveness claims in 2019 FDA original approvals reveals label-grade real-world study best practices
Ilker Oztop, Ph.D.; Wesley Eddings, Ph.D.; Amanda Patrick, M.S.; Pattra Mattox, S.M., C.M.P.P.; Christina Purpura, M.P.H.; Nicolle Gatto, Ph.D.
As interest in using RWD to generate external control arms increases, and these external controls are used to support regulatory submissions for new drugs and biologics, there is much to learn from past examples of RWE used in FDA approvals. While industry awaits the FDA’s formal RWE guidance, publicly available FDA statistical review documents help shed light on when and why an external control arm submission met the regulatory evidence requirements and was deemed fit to support a regulatory decision—or when it was not.
This research shares a literature review of 2019 oncology new drug applications and biologics license applications that included an external control arm generated from RWD to support effectiveness or safety. Learn more about the FDA’s methodological critiques, learnings from an instance in which an external control arm was not deemed regulatory-grade, and best practices to help generate high quality RWD external controls.
Metabolic surgery and cardiovascular benefits: The consequence of information bias in an EHR-based real-world evidence study
William Murk, Ph.D., M.P.H.; Jeremy Rassen, Sc.D.; Sebastian Schneeweiss, M.D., Sc.D.
A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association by Aminian et al. reported that metabolic surgery is associated with a 39 percent reduction in risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) compared with non-surgery among obese patients with diabetes.
Drs. Murk, Rassen, and Schneeweiss hypothesized that the results of that study were spurious due to differential information bias—people preparing for surgery receive a pre-diagnostic workup that could identify potential complications, which those who don’t undergo surgery wouldn’t receive. In this research, they replicated the study and modified its design so that the comparison groups had similar levels of baseline information. In the replicated study, they compared the metabolic surgery group to a control group consisting of patients undergoing an unrelated surgery, and used high-dimensional propensity scoring to match patients. The goal of the study was to demonstrate that metabolic surgery itself is not protective against MACE.
This work shows the importance of following principled database epidemiology when working with nonrandomized health care data, including selecting the appropriate control group.
Developing a Structured Process to Identify a Fit-for-purpose Data (SPIFD) framework
Ulka B Campbell, M.P.H., Ph.D.; Robert F Reynolds, Sc.D.; Emily Rubinstein, M.P.H.; Nicolle Gatto, Ph.D.
The SPACE framework, which stands for A Structured Preapproval and Postapproval Comparative study design framework to generate valid and transparent real-world Evidence, established a process for designing valid and transparent real-world studies.
This study aimed to build on the SPACE framework to provide researchers with a decision guide for conducting feasibility assessments to identify regulatory grade, fit-for-purpose data. Using the FDA’s definitions of regulatory-grade and fit-for-purpose RWD, researchers developed SPIFD to operationalize the steps needed to conduct data feasibility assessments.
This structured process helps to ensure the systematic identification of candidate data sources that align with the criteria needed to address a research question. It offers an easy to digest graphical representation of the data to help communicate the rationale behind the selection of the data source.
Visual space: Using visualization in pharmacoepidemiology to design and disseminate valid real-world evidence in a structured framework
Jeremy Rassen, Sc.D.; Shirley Wang, Ph.D.; Nicolle Gatto, Ph.D.; Alan Brookhart, Ph.D.; William Murk, Ph.D., M.P.H.
In order to generate credible, trustworthy RWE, researchers must ensure transparency throughout all stages of the study. Using visualizations can help reduce the risk of implementing poor study designs or misinterpreting the results, but there is no specific guidance around how visualization can support transparency.
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Throughout the month of November in celebration of American Diabetes Month, we will bring you facts about the prevention and the management of prediabetes and diabetes – starting with prediabetes and Type 1 and 2 Diabetes.
Recently the American Diabetes Association surveyed the American public to find out how much people know about diabetes. The results were telling in that there are still many misconceptions about diabetes. Some of common myths and facts include:
Myth: Diabetes is not that serious of a disease.
When asked to rank which disease (diabetes, breast cancer, AIDS) was responsible for the greatest number of U.S. deaths each year, not even half of respondents chose diabetes (42%).
Fact: Diabetes causes more deaths a year than breast cancer and AIDS combined. Two out of three people with diabetes die from heart disease or stroke.
Myth: Eating too much sugar can lead to diabetes.
According to the survey, approximately one third of respondents knew this myth was false (32%).
Fact: No, it cannot. Type 1 diabetes is caused by genetics and unknown factors that trigger the onset of the disease; type 2 diabetes is caused by genetics and lifestyle factors. Being overweight does increase your risk for developing type 2 diabetes, and a diet high in calories, whether from sugar or from fat, can contribute to weight gain. If you have a history of diabetes in your family, eating a healthy meal plan and regular exercise are recommended to manage your weight.
Myth: If you are overweight or obese, you will eventually develop type 2 diabetes.
According the survey, approximately three in five respondents (59%) did not know that this is a false statement. In addition, more than half (53%) of respondents did not know that risk for developing type 2 diabetes increases with age.
Fact: Being overweight is a risk factor for developing this disease, but other risk factors such as family history, ethnicity and age also play a role. Unfortunately, too many people disregard the other risk factors for diabetes and think that weight is the only risk factor for type 2 diabetes. Most overweight people never develop type 2 diabetes, and many people with type 2 diabetes are at a normal weight or only moderately overweight.
RELATED: Find out your risk for type 2 diabetes.
“Diabetes prevalence continues to be a leading cause of death,” said George Huntley, Chair of the Board of the American Diabetes Association. “In spite of this, our research shows that many people still may not take diabetes seriously; they consider it more of a condition than a disease. Many also incorrectly believe that if a person with diabetes doesn’t appear to be ill, then their disease must not be serious or damaging. In fact, people we encountered did not believe us when we told them that diabetes, if left untreated, can be deadly. They thought this was an untrue statement. It’s obvious that a more aggressive approach is desperately needed, and that we need to engage more people in the fight to stop diabetes.”
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4th January is World Braille Day
Braille helps blind and visually impaired people to read and write and creates awareness to the challenges faced.
World Braille Day is celebrated annually on January 4th to celebrate the birthday of its inventor Louis Braille. Louis Braille was born in France, he was born being able to see but lost his sight at the age of 3. Despite this, he was still keen to learn to read and write in the same way as his contemporaries and devised the Braille system at the age of 15.
What is braille?
*braille is the system of raised dots to represent letters of the alphabet
*it includes symbols for punctuation, music and foreign languages
*learning to read Braille isn’t as difficult as you might think although it can take some time to get used to
*initially, training focuses on finger sensitivity
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University of Wisconsin dairy economists predict a recovery period for dairies.
Despite the slow arrival of spring in the Midwest and the nation's large supply of milk, the dairy outlook is optimistic, say the University of Wisconsin’s Bob Cropp and Mark Stephenson.
The two dairy economists, speaking in their monthly "Dairy Situation and Outlook" podcast, say softening corn prices, rising prices for dairy products and strong export demand point to a "bull-oriented" market.
"The second half of the year ought to be a recovery period" for dairies, Stephenson says.
He believes Class III milk prices are likely to reach $20 per cwt. by mid-summer. Class IV futures prices have already hit $20, while Class III futures have climbed to the $19 level.
The milk supply continues to tighten in the West, with California – the nation’s leading milk producer – cutting production by 3.3%, according to USDA’s March Milk Production report. Arizona’s output dropped 2.8%, while New Mexico cut its production by 2.9%. Texas was down 4.1%.
Wisconsin and Michigan both increased their milk output by 3%.
Overall, U.S milk production dropped one-tenth from year-ago levels. "That’s still a lot of milk," Cropp says, "A year ago, we were drowning in milk."
Even so, processing facilities in the Upper Midwest are handling the milk supply, adds Cropp.
Stephenson said he had heard concerns that some farmers were going to run out of feed as supplies dwindled from last year’s drought-reduced crops.
"Alfalfa hay prices have jumped quite a bit here in the Upper Midwest," Cropp says. "Soybean meal is also up."
In the West, however, hay prices have dropped as area alfalfa growers begin their first-cutting harvest.
Prices for butter, cheese and milk powder have increased, with butter climbing 21 cents per pound this month, while cheese blocks are up 30 cents. New Zealand’s drought and reduced milk production in the European Union and Argentina are driving concern that supply won’t meet demand, say the two economists. With burgeoning overseas markets seeking more dairy products, the projected shortfall is driving dairy prices higher.
Cropp and Stephenson also say that some movement has begun in farm bill discussions, with expectations that May could possibly see some legislative action. | <urn:uuid:960b7895-553a-4347-a675-e6c8904769b8> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.agweb.com/usfr/article/dairy_enters_a_%E2%80%98bull-oriented_market/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719215.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00200-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965399 | 513 | 2.25 | 2 |
It’s no secret that I’m a hybrid wannabe. Here’s the thing, though: the biggest reason why I don’t do much hybrid stuff is because I never have enough time (or motivation) to get out a whole bunch of yummy, textural stuff then create stuff with actual scissors and glue and rulers and cutters while making sure that my younger kids don’t accidentally, say, touch the hot glue gun and then clean everything up after. Phew! See how tiring that was just to read? Can you imagine actually doing it? (Hybrid experts, I salute you!) 😀
So when one of my sons takes home a school project that requires parental participation, I sigh and scratch my head, but really, I’m secretly delighted because I have no choice! I have got to get down on my knees and put my hybrid skillz (whatever little I have 😉 ) to work!
This weekend, it was my six-year-old boy’s turn to be my school-project-partner. The task: Create a toy laptop using at least 5 different recycled or old materials.
Well then… there was nothing to do but get to work! (And maybe get the camera out, too, so that in case you ever find yourself having to create a toy laptop from recycled materials, you just might find some cool ideas here! 😉 )
STEP 1: Do the caveman thing: hunt and gather!
First order of the day: Collect all the junk you can get your hands on. Never mind if you won’t end up using half of them. It’s just nice to know that you’ve got enough junk to create with (and by using them, you make space for even more junk to collect! Win!)
STEP 2: Have the essentials ready.
Essentials in this particular case would be the project instructions, your hand-drawn diagram of what the finished project might look like, a list of possible materials to use for each part, and yes, that ever-essential super-mug of coffee (or Diet Mt. Dew or hot cocoa, or whatever makes your little hybrid heart happy).
Step 3: Rule it!
Grab the biggest carton that you can find. (I knew there was a good reason to hold on to that box of my laptop stand! 😆 ). Get the metal rulers out (a metal ruler doesn’t get nicks like plastic rulers do, in case your cutter decides to get naughty and cross paths with it). Start trimming off the edges you won’t need.
Step 4: Get a super-cute hybrid helper.
Just because it’s always fun to work with a cutie. 🙂
Step 5: Slot it.
Cut little slots into the sides to create flaps, which will then become the fortified sides of your box.
Step 6: Nip and tuck.
Or, actually, fold and tuck… the sides of the box. Use masking tape to keep the flaps down, in case your carton is thick and refuses to stay down.
This is going to form the body of the laptop. (I’m just sayin’… you know… just in case the box starts to resemble something a pizza would be delivered in… which I think it kinda did for a while. And that’s how I knew we needed to break for a snack 😆 ).
Step 7: Tape and cut.
Oookay. When your tummy is settled and happy, get one side of an old gift box and measure it so that it fits inside your main carton. This will form the base upon which your keyboard will rise. 😉
Tape the sides of the keyboard base. Then cut out 4 strips (measured to fit in the inner part of the other side of your main box). The leftover carton trimmed from the box comes in handy for these little pieces.
Step 8: Got foam?
If your old box came with packing foam inside it, like mine did, do the happy dance! If it didn’t, any semi-stiff material that you can find lying around will do the lift-up job.
Let me explain the how’s and why’s:
Cut up strips of foam and stick them around the sides of the keyboard base. Oh, and the middle part too! This will take care of the extra cushioning you’ll need so that the keyboard base doesn’t lurch inward once eager kid-fingers start “typing” on the keyboard.
Step 9: Bring out the gun.
Turn the keyboard base over, take your glue gun and shoot glue over the sides where the keyboard edges meet with the lower part of the carton.
Step 10: Slice and dice.
Take the leftover carton and cut little strips for the trackpad (scissors come in handy for curving the corners of the trackpad) and then cut the strips into little squares to form the keys.
Stick all of these temporarily with masking tape on any expendable piece of carton, just so you can see how the keys will all line up (plus it makes it much easier to paint them, which is the next step coming up).
Step 11: Go forth and spray.
Step outside into the great green garden, carrying old newspapers to protect the grass… and spray away with old paint left over from various projects.
Step 12: Be Sharp(ie)!
When the paint has dried, take your Sharpie pen and write the letters and symbols of the keys on the little painted cardboard squares.
TIP: It helps to copy from a real laptop! 😀
Step 13: Monitor, monitor.
Print out whatever image you want to use as your monitor image. For our project, I transformed my Facebook page into my son’s using Photoshop. I replaced the profile photo strip with photos of him working on the project. I included an imaginary conversation between his teacher and him, which was a great place to list all the materials he used on the project. 😀
Step 14: Have an apple.
Print out your logo, cut, and paste on the cover of your “laptop.” (I briefly considered using a mango or some other tropical fruit, but Apple won in the end. Hahaha).
Step 15: Watch the wires!
Take a pipe cleaner and bend it a bit. Stick this onto a strip of black leftover carton (folded in half to create both sides). Tape a tiny piece of cut-off pipe cleaner to form the other metal side of the plug. Stick back and front sides of folded carton with glue gun.
Step 16: Check it out!
Check if your laptop looks fine. Do a whoop and a victory battle cry together with your cutie hybrid helper!
Step 17: Fall in love…
… when you see the look of sheer delight and excitement on your little project-partner’s face!
And voila! You’re done! Wooooooot!!!
PS. And if it looks like your little ones aren’t going to sleep early that evening because they’ve “got work to do” on their laptop, don’t say I didn’t warn you! 😉 | <urn:uuid:716dd518-7ae8-4c12-8521-0b11daf9d39d> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://livesteban.com/category/projects/hybrid-schtuff/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285289.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00148-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.911772 | 1,549 | 2.078125 | 2 |
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Chip on Glass Interconnection using Lateral Thermosonic Bonding Technology
Ha, Chang-Wan ; Yun, Won-Soo ; Park, Keum-Saeng ; Kim, Kyung-Soo ;
Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering, volume 27, issue 7, 2010, Pages 7~12
In this paper, chip-on-glass(COG) interconnection with anisotropic conductive film(ACF) using lateral thermosonic bonding technology is considered. In general, thermo-compression bonding which is used in practice for flip-chip bonding suffers from the low productivity due to the long bonding time. It will be shown that the bonding time can be improved by using lateral thermosonic bonding in which lateral ultrasonic vibration together with thermo-compression is utilized. By measuring the internal temperature of ACF, the fast curing of ACF thanks to lateral ultrasonic vibration will be verified. Moreover, to prove the reliability of the lateral thermosonic bonding, observation of pressured mark by conductive particles, shear test, and water absorption test will be conducted.
Dynamic Parameters Identification of an Air Spring for Vibration Isolation of a Complex Testing System of COG Bonding Process
Lee, Ju-Hong ; Kim, Pil-Kee ; Seok, Jong-Won ; Oh, Byung-Joon ;
Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering, volume 27, issue 7, 2010, Pages 13~20
Due to the recent quantum leaps forward in bio-, nano-, and information-technologies, the precisionization and miniaturization of mechanical and electrical components are in high demand. The allowable margin for vibration limits for such equipments is becoming stricter. In order to meet this demand, understandings on the characteristics of vibration isolation systems are highly required. Among the components comprising the vibration isolation system, air spring has become a focal point. In order to develop a complex defect tester for COG bonding of display panels, a vibration isolation system composed of air springs for mounting is considered in this study. The dynamic characteristics of the air spring are investigated, which is the most essential ingredient for reducing the vibration problem of the tester to the lowest level. Uncoupled dynamic parameters of the air spring are identified through MTS experiments, followed by suggestion of a model-based approach to obtain the remaining coupled dynamic parameters. Finally, the dynamic behaviors of the air spring are estimated and discussed.
The Effect of Bubble Generated during COG Bonding on the Joint Reliability
Choi, Eun-Soo ; Yun, Won-Soo ; Jeong, Young-Hun ; Kim, Bo-Sun ; Jin, Song-Wan ;
Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering, volume 27, issue 7, 2010, Pages 21~27
The effect of COG bonding parameters, especially the bonding temperature, on the bonding quality and reliability was investigated in this paper. We measured the bubble area formed in the ACF resin during the bonding process and tried to investigate the relationship between bubble area and bonding peel strength. 85/85 test which exposes a sample to a 85% humidity and
temperature condition was also carried out. The bubble area was dramatically increased under ~
lower than recommended bonding temperature. The bubble area formed at the edge of IC chip was larger than the other parts of IC chip. But the peel strength was not associated with the bubble area. High temperature and humid condition made the bubble area larger, but we could not find clear trend of change in the peel strength.
A Study on the Bonding Performance of COG Bonding Process
Choi, Young-Jae ; Nam, Sung-Ho ; Kim, Kyeong-Tae ; Yang, Keun-Hyuk ; Lee, Seok-Woo ;
Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering, volume 27, issue 7, 2010, Pages 28~35
In the display industry, COG bonding method is being applied to production of LCD panels that are used for mobile phones and monitors, and is one of the mounting methods optimized to compete with the trend of ultra small, ultra thin and low cost of display. In COG bonding process, electrical characteristics such as contact resistance, insulation property, etc and mechanical characteristics such as bonding strength, etc depend on properties of conductive particles and epoxy resin along with ACF materials used for COG by manufacturers. As the properties of such materials have close relation to optimization of bonding conditions such as temperature, pressure, time, etc in COG bonding process, it is requested to carry out an in-depth study on characteristics of COG bonding, based on which development of bonding process equipment shall be processed. In this study were analyzed the characteristics of COG bonding process, performed the analysis and reliability evaluation on electrical and mechanical characteristics of COG bonding using ACF to find optimum bonding conditions for ACF, and performed the experiment on bonding characteristics regarding fine pitch to understand the affection on finer pitch in COG bonding. It was found that it is difficult to find optimum conditions because it is more difficult to perform alignment as the pitch becomes finer, but only if alignment has been made, it becomes similar to optimum conditions in general COG bonding regardless of pitch intervals.
A Study on Stereo Vision-based Local Map Building and Path Generation for Obstacle Avoidance of the Hexapod Robot
Noh, Gyung-Gon ; Kim, Jin-Geol ;
Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering, volume 27, issue 7, 2010, Pages 36~48
This paper is concerned with stereo vision-based approach to detect obstacles and to generate the path of destination from the start. The hexapod robot in the experiment is cable of walking by legs and driving by wheels simultaneously. The hexapod robot operates under the driving mode normally, and it changes driving mode to walking mode to overcome obstacles using its legs. Disparity map, which is the correlation between two images taken by stereo camera, is employed for calculation of the distance between the robot and obstacles. When the obstacles information is extracted from the disparity map, the potential field algorithm is applied to create the obstacle-avoidance path. Simulator, based on OpenGL, is developed to generate the graphical path, and the experimental results are shown for the verification of the proposed algorithm.
A Study on the Dispersion Characteristics of Carbon Nanotubes using Cryogenic Ball Milling Process
Lee, Ji-Hoon ; Rhee, Kyong-Yop ;
Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering, volume 27, issue 7, 2010, Pages 49~54
The cryogenic ball milling was performed on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) at an extremely low temperature to increase the dispersion of CNTs. The effects of milling speed and time on the deagglomeration and structural changes of CNTs were studied. FESEM was used to analyze the dispersion and the change of particle size before and after milling process. Transmission electron microscopic (TEM) analysis was also investigated the effect of cryogenic ball milling on the morphological characteristics of CNTs. The structural changes by the cryogenic ball milling process were further confirmed by x-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman spectroscopic analysis. The results showed that the agglomeration of CNTs was significantly reduced and amorphous structure was observed at high milling speed. However, the milling time has no great effect on the dispersion property and structural change of CNTs compared with milling speed.
A study on the Biped Walking Robot applying a Gravity Compensator
Choi, Hyeung-Sik ; Na, Won-Hyun ; Kim, Dong-Ho ; Chu, U-Heon ;
Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering, volume 27, issue 7, 2010, Pages 55~62
In this paper, the structure of a new gravity compensator was studied, and the biped walking robot applying a gravity compensator was presented to improve the performance of the robot. The robot had 13 degree of freedom and is driven by the joint actuator with the gravity compensator. Each leg of the robot is composed of six joints three joints at the hip, a joint at the knee, and two joints at the ankle. The leg of the robot was designed to support 74kg weight including 30kg payload thanks to the gravity compensator. The performance of the robot was presented by reducing the payload applied to the leg joint of the robot thanks to the gravity compensator.
Development of a Punching System for Pin-hole Type LED Display Board
Choi, Hyeung-Sik ; Kang, Jin-Il ; Her, Jae-Gwan ; Han, Jong-Suk ;
Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering, volume 27, issue 7, 2010, Pages 63~70
We developed a new punching system that generates pinholes expressing texts or images on a plastic plate. The pin-holed plate is used as a new glamorous display board reflecting colorful lights from the light emitting diode (LED) installed on the edge side of the plate. The four degree-of-freedom punching system was designed to make same multiple holes on four plastic plates simultaneously. For this motion, we designed a structure for a simultaneous motion of the system. For even reflection of the lights from texts or images on the board and fast production of the pin-holed boards, fast motion including precise position control is very important. We also built a PC-based integrated control system including a GUI program to help users easily design luminous texts or images on the plastic plate. Also, we conducted a performance test of the system to verify the punching speed and position control of the pin holes on the plate.
Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Effect of Fiber Reinforced Composites with Stainless Fiber Conductive Filler
Han, Gil-Young ; Song, Dong-Han ; Ahn, Dong-Gyu ;
Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering, volume 27, issue 7, 2010, Pages 71~78
The objective of this research is to investigate the influence of material characteristic and design on to the electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding characteristics. Basalt glass fiber reinforced composite specimens with stainless fiber conductive filler were manufactured to perform the electromagnetic interference shielding effectiveness(SE) experiments. In order to reflection and absorb the specimen in electromagnetic fields, flanged coaxial transmission line sample holder was fabricated according to ASTM D 4935-89. Electromagnetic shielding effectiveness(EMSE) was measured quantitatively to examine the electromagnetic shielding characteristics of designed specimens. The result of EMI shielding experiments showed that maximum EMSE value of sandwich type specimens with GSG(basalt glass fiber/stainless fiber/basalt glass fiber) and SGS(stainless fiber/basalt glass fiber/stainless fiber) were 65dB and 80dB at a frequency of 1,500MHz, respectively.
A Study on Blasting for Paint Exfoliation on Plastic Coated Faces Using the Environment-Friendly Abrasive Materials of Starch Series
Li, Li-Hai ; Kim, Yeon-Sul ; Lee, Hi-Koan ; Yang, Gyun-Eui ; Mun, Sang-Don ;
Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering, volume 27, issue 7, 2010, Pages 79~86
The environment-friendly abrasive materials of starch series has a wide range of application value such as deburring of plastic injection products, paint exfoliation and surface treatment of painted products and polishing, etc. In this study, an experiment of paint exfoliation was performed by using the environment-friendly abrasive materials made of cheap starch, and its performance was reviewed. By adjusting the grit size of abrasive materials, nozzle pressure, nozzle feed and number of nozzle repetition, paint could be exfoliated effectively. In this experiment, it was found that the most suitable condition was grit size 0.75~1.0 mm, nozzle pressure 0.4 MPa, nozzle feed 5 mm/min and number of processing repetition 2 times.
Evaluation of Efficiency on Glass Precision Machining by using Abrasive Water-jet
Bahk, Yeon-Kyoung ; Park, Kang-Su ; Kim, Hyung-Hoon ; Shin, Bo-Sung ; Ko, Jong-Soo ; Go, Jeung-Sang ;
Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering, volume 27, issue 7, 2010, Pages 87~93
This paper presents an evaluation of efficiency on glass precision machining by using abrasive water-jet machine. In this study, problems of conventional water-jet machining are examined experimentally and are analysized numerically. Especially, the reason of whitening on the machined surface of biochip glass is determined. It is found that the mass flow rate of abrasive input and transverse speed of water-jet are key parameters to control the direct machining of micro hole and channel on a glass substrate. Based on results of experimental analysis, possibility of direct fabrication of micro holes and channels on a glass substrate is successfully confirmed.
Design and Evaluation of an Ultra Precision Rotary Table for Freeform Machine Tools
Hwang, Joo-Ho ; Park, Chun-Hong ;
Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering, volume 27, issue 7, 2010, Pages 94~100
This paper describes the design and evaluation procedure of an ultra-precision rotary table for freeform generating machined tools. Design of the thrust and journal hydrostatic bearings and experimental evaluation of the table were performed. To get the compact size and less lost motion direct drive servomotor with ultra precision encoder. From the considered design, following performance were confirmed by experiment. The total stiffness of the prototype rotary table was 483.6
for axial and radial direction, respectively. Rotational accuracy of the table was investigated by capacitive sensor and reversal measurement technique, and 0.10
radial direction and 0.05
axial direction of the rotational accuracy were confirmed. The micro resolution of the table was also investigated with displacement of capacitive sensor, and
of micro resolution was confirmed. Index accuracy of the table was evaluated by the autocollimator and polygon mirror, and the
arcsec accuracy and
arcsec repeatability of the table were confirmed. Those are under the general requirements of ultra precision rotary tables for freeform generating machined tools.
Premature Failure Prevention design of Three-way Catalyst Substrate using DOE
Lee, Dong-Woo ; Cho, Seok-Swoo ;
Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering, volume 27, issue 7, 2010, Pages 101~108
Domestic three-way catalyst satisfies exhaust gas conversion efficiency or pressure drop etc. but doesn't satisfy thermal durability. Thermal stress analysis for three-way catalyst was performed based on experimental temperature distribution. Thermal safety of three-way catalyst was estimated by safety factor. Aspect ratio variable had the most significant effect on thermal stress. Thickness variable had the least significant effect on thermal stress. Optimal conditions for premature failure prevention of three-way catalyst were as follows : (1) aspect ratio of three-way catalyst : 0.6:1 (2) 2.84mm thick (3) silicon nitride. The safety of Taguchi-optimized three-way catalyst were 4.7 times higher than that of existent three-way catalyst.
Contact-less Conveyance of Conductive Plate by Controlling Permalloy Sheet for Magnetic Shield of Air-gap Magnetic Field from Magnet Wheels
Jung, Kwang-Suk ; Shim, Ki-Bon ; Lee, Sang-Heon ;
Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering, volume 27, issue 7, 2010, Pages 109~116
The magnet wheel which generates on its interfacing conductive part a repulsive force and a traction torque by rotation of permanent magnets is used to manipulate the conductive plate without mechanical contact. Here, the air-gap magnetic field of the magnet wheel is shielded partially to convert the traction torque into a linear thrust force. Although a magnitude of the thrust force is constant under the fixed open region, we can change the direction of force by varying a position of the shield sheet. So, the spatial position of conductive plate is controlled by not the force magnitude from each magnet wheel but the open position of shield sheet. This paper discusses non-contact conveyance system of the conductive plate using electromagnetic forces from multiple magnet wheels.
A Study on Ultra Precision Grinding of Silicon Carbide Molding Core for High Pixel Camera Phone Module
Kim, Hyun-Uk ; Kim, Jeong-Ho ; Ohmori, Hitoshi ; Kwak, Tae-Soo ; Jeong, Shang-Hwa ;
Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering, volume 27, issue 7, 2010, Pages 117~122
Recently, aspheric glass lens molding core is fabricated with tungsten carbide(WC). If molding core is fabricated with silicon carbide(SiC), SiC coating process, which must be carried out before the Diamond-Like Carbon(DLC) coating can be eliminated and thus, manufacturing time and cost can be reduced. Diamond Like Carbon(DLC) is being researched in various fields because of its high hardness, high elasticity, high durability, and chemical stability and is used extensively in several industrial fields. Especially, the DLC coating of the molding core surface used in the fabrication of a glass lens is an important technical field, which affects the improvement of the demolding performance between the lens and molding core during the molding process and the molding core lifetime. Because SiC is a material of high hardness and high brittleness, it can crack or chip during grinding. It is, however, widely used in many fields because of its superior mechanical properties. In this paper, the grinding condition for silicon carbide(SiC) was developed under the grinding condition of tungsten carbide. A silicon carbide molding core was fabricated under this grinding condition. The measurement results of the SiC molding core were as follows: PV of 0.155
(apheric surface) and 0.094
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Research Wizards (6th Grade)
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you use to answer
complicated questions. The good news? That's all research is: finding an answer to a question. Answer. So what's the big deal? I answer questions all the time! :) Have you ever answered a question before? Some questions are easy... What is Ghana like? What was significant about the life of Julius Caesar? What was life like in ancient Egypt? How does my body break down food? Why is there so much conflict in the Middle East? How do bees communicate? How can we use more alternative energies? What is poetry? What was the significance of the Revolutionary War? Some questions are more complicated. There are steps you can take to help you get off to a good start. Step #2:
Start with a Question If you start with a question, you can find a specific
ANSWER. ? ? This is the magic of research: BECOMES What are three scientific facts that prove the existence of sasquatch? Turn your topic ideas into a research question. Keywords to Questions Research Project Topic: Sasquatch
3 body paragraphs
1 fact per paragraph Step #3:
Gather Information Time to get the good stuff.
But there's a lot to remember when you're searching for knowledge. Starting Lineup Google is great for some things, but Google has to search the ENTIRE INTERWEBS. It might be easier to start somewhere a little smaller. Like a... Where should I search first?
Maybe not... DATABASE Super Searcher I'm ready to search. So I type in my question, right?
When you search, search with... KEYWORDS O U . ' 0 l l l . . www.what? What is each website for?
.mil WWW... With ANY website, you need to know:
Who wrote this?
Why did they write it?
Why can I trust it? The Nastiest
"-ism" I can just copy
and paste stuff, right? PLAGIARISM NONONO What you CAN do is... And then summarize and paraphrase
Both of which just mean... Put things in your own words. NONONO NONONO NONONO NONONO NONONO NONONO NONONO NONONO NONONO Cite your sources Where do I find databases? INFOHIO You can also find them through your public library, universities, or access them online. Databases are your most powerful tool. Investigate! Look for a link. It might say:
etc. Why use keywords? Because EVERYONE ELSE DOES. No really. They do. Okay, clearly some
websites are goofy. How do I tell the good from the bad? Step #4:
Evaluate Information oo Like a superhero, you must be
about the information you find. . . l But Mr. Boles,
websites don't lie! D D D D D D o o o o o o 0 l Step #1:
Topic Selection This is your chance to become an
So pick a topic that you want to be an on! BECOMES Goaltending
The Snow Leopard Just pulling a topic out of the air?
Get more specific! Pick a topic that isn't too broad, or too shallow. General vs. Focused Hockey
Animals Expert! Wizard's Review Research Wizards: #1 Choose good
#2 Start with a
#3 for info effectively
#4 their sources TOPICS QUESTION SEARCH EVALUATE I I I I I I I I The Art of being an
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|Chesterfield Charter Township, Michigan|
|— Charter township —|
|• Total||30.7 sq mi (79.4 km2)|
|• Land||27.9 sq mi (72.2 km2)|
|• Water||2.8 sq mi (7.2 km2)|
|Elevation||591 ft (180 m)|
|• Density||1,341.7/sq mi (518.0/km2)|
|Time zone||Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)|
|• Summer (DST)||EDT (UTC-4)|
|ZIP codes||48047, 48051|
|GNIS feature ID||1626074|
Chesterfield Charter Township is a charter township of Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 37,405. The 2008 census estimate places the population at 44,612. The township was organized in 1842, formed out of a portion of Macomb Township. The Township is part of Metro Detroit.
- Chesterfield is a name place along M-59 & M-3. Latitude: 42.6628105 Longitude: -82.8424208
- Milton is a ghost town that was once a station on the Grand Trunk Railroad at . The first post office in the township was established here in 1837 in the house of Robert O. Milton, with the name of "New Haven Post Office". This was moved to New Haven and Alfred D. Rice established another post office in Milton. That post office closed at some point and another was reopened in January 1856 with Edmund Matthews as postmaster. This office operated until July 1904. Milton was home to a school, three churches, a doctor, a blacksmith, and a couple of saloons. The last saloon survived until 2004 when it was torn down, at that time it was known as the "Teddy Bear Bar." The school, known as Milton School, was incorporated into another building which was torn down in 2002.
- The city of New Baltimore, on the eastern side of the township, incorporates land that was formerly part of the township.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 30.7 square miles (79.4 km²), of which, 27.9 square miles (72.2 km²) of it is land and 2.8 square miles (7.2 km²) of it (9.07%) is water.
Chesterfield Township is bordered on the north by Lenox Township and the village of New Haven; on the east by Ira Township and New Baltimore; on the southeast by Anchor Bay, which is a part of Lake Saint Clair; on the south by Harrison Township; and on the west by Macomb Township.
In the first decade of the 21st century, much of Chesterfield Township is dominated by subdivisions, shopping developments, and an increasingly heterogeneous ethnic demographic, in contrast to previous decades when the community was considerably more rural and Caucasian. The far northern end of the township is still largely rural. Anchor Bay influences the southeastern part of the community, where many pleasure boats, docks, and marine-related businesses can be found.
As of the census of 2000, there were 37,405 people, 13,347 households, and 10,076 families residing in the township. The population density was 1,341.7 per square mile (518.0/km²). There were 13,967 housing units at an average density of 501.0 per square mile (193.4/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 93.43% White, 2.97% African American, 0.40% Native American, 0.76% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.87% from other races, and 1.56% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.52% of the population.
There were 13,347 households out of which 43.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.1% were married couples living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.5% were non-families. 19.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.22.
In the township the population was spread out with 29.8% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 36.4% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 6.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 98.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.6 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $61,630, and the median income for a family was $69,554. Males had a median income of $50,834 versus $30,275 for females. The per capita income for the township was $24,410. About 3.9% of families and 4.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.8% of those under age 18 and 3.8% of those age 65 or over.
Chesterfield Township is covered by two primary and secondary school districts, the Anchor Bay School District, and L’Anse Creuse Public Schools.
The township is governed by a board of trustees and a township supervisor.
Chesterfield Township was home to Lionel, LLC; maker of Lionel Trains. In 2002 they moved their company out of the United States to China.
- ^ a b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ USGS GNIS: Chesterfield Township, Michigan
- ^ "Chesterfield Township Statistics". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFPopulation?_event=Search&geo_id=06000US2609950480&_geoContext=01000US. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
- ^ a b Leeson, Michael A. (comp.) (2005) . "Chesterfield Township". History of Macomb County, Michigan. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Library. pp. 900 ff.. http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty;cc=micounty;idno=arh7613.0001.001;frm=frameset;view=image;seq=924;page=root;size=s. Retrieved 2006-12-17.
- ^ USGS GNIS: Chesterfield, Michigan
- ^ USGS GNIS: Milton, Michigan
- ^ Romig, Walter (1986) . Michigan Place Names. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1838-X.
- ^ Local History Tales Archive, Macomb County Historical Commission, Alan Naldrett
- Official Web-Site of the Charter Township of Chesterfield
- Chesterfield Township historical society.
- Tachyon Corporation - Chesterfield based company serving the machine tool industry
- Lionel Trains Website
- Chesterfield Library
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Editor's note: Richard Barrett is a senior vice president at the Soufan Group, a security consultancy in New York. He is also a national security fellow at the New America Foundation and an associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute. He is a former coordinator of the al Qaeda and Taliban Monitoring Team at the United Nations and worked in the British Secret Intelligence Service, where he was in charge of counterterrorism before and after the 9/11 attacks. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the writer.
(CNN) -- About a year after the 2005 London bombings, right-wing British journalist Melanie Phillips published a book that she called "Londonistan." It was an extended lament about what she called the decline of British values and the destructive consequences of multiculturalism. U.S. security agencies and others began to call the British capital Londonistan -- and only partly in jest.
London, one of the great cities of the world that transcend nationality, had attracted dissidents from many countries, but particularly from Arab states that might have treated them harshly had they dared to voice their opposition to the ruling cliques at home. The Londonistan label was meant to draw a parallel between what was happening in London and what had happened in Afghanistan, where many opponents of the regimes of Muslim majority countries had congregated, first to join a war against the Soviet occupation, and then to fight a broader enemy.
Now, Douglas Murray has written a similar article in the most recent edition of The Spectator, a well-respected British periodical, following the gruesome killing in Syria of the American journalist James Foley, apparently by a British member of ISIS.
Murray argues that the nationality of the executioner should come as no surprise, given the misguided tolerance of extremism in Britain. It is true that British citizens have taken part in terrorist attacks, or attempted to, since the rise of global terrorism in the 1990s. But to suggest that Foley's beheading was somehow related to the laxness or timidity of the British security authorities, or a decline of the British state more generally, is going too far. It is also the wrong way to look at the problem.
Britain, like the United States, has a well-deserved reputation for acting in accordance with the rule of law. And by and large, British justice is fair and impartial. That is surely one of the reasons why so many people have tried to enter the country. Those who have faced persecution at home have found the freedoms of expression and assembly denied them elsewhere available in every corner of London and other British cities. And British life has been enriched by their presence.
Certainly it's led to social tensions. New communities establish traditions that the original population finds strange and even threatening. Immigrants seem to keep themselves apart and are prepared to work longer for less. Originally the government aimed to assimilate these newcomers, but realized that defining "Britishness" was hard enough for the British, let alone a concept that a new arrival could understand. Integration became the new objective, but this too is difficult in a society that's under strain and believes the best policy is a clear set of rules that still allow people to find their own way within them.
Committing terrorist acts is not within the rules. And recent British legislation has tried to set firmer and clearer rules that make plotting terrorist acts a crime -- however hard it may be to identify a crime before it has been committed. This may help to deter and prevent terrorism, or it may not. It is always hard to measure what did not happen as a result of government action.
The best way to deter terrorism is not to introduce ever-more draconian laws -- which inevitably miss their targets but affect everyone else -- but to continue to hold true to the values that terrorists seek to challenge. In the dark world of the self-described Islamic State, the law and its implementation are arbitrarily applied by those who hold the guns. There is no appeal against them. It is a world of intimidation and dictatorship, similar to but worse than the totalitarian states established by Saddam Hussein and Hafez Assad.
Some British people may feel alienated from society in the United Kingdom; they may believe that they lack opportunity. But they are lucky to have the opportunity to say so, and to advocate for change. They would not have that in the "Islamic State." They would be dead.
British people may have gone to join the "Islamic State'" hoping to find a new sense of purpose and self-expression, and perhaps the British fighters associated with Foley's death believe they have succeeded. But they are not the product of the United Kingdom. They are the product of something far deeper, rooted in the evolution of their own societies and the transitional period between immigrant parents and integrated children. If society is not fluid, and does not accept the rough ride that fluidity can bring, it will not move forward. Terrorism, as expressed by Foley's executioner, is reactionary and backward looking. It offers nothing to anyone.
The "Islamic State" will never attract support from more than the handful of people who run it, and of the few hundred British people who may think it offers Nirvana and have gone to join in, I predict that the great majority will sooner or later look back at what they left and wish they were still there, however imperfect the conditions. Freedom comes at a price, but it is what we are fighting for as we combat the "Islamic State." | <urn:uuid:149539d4-cde9-4b6f-9183-a603c49556fa> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/22/opinion/barrett-isis-islamic-state-britain-terror/index.html?hpt=op_t1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279368.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00320-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975281 | 1,099 | 1.90625 | 2 |
3268. Robert Southey to Caroline Bowles, 18 March 1819 *
Keswick. 18 March. 1819.
I wrote to Murray on the sixth of last month to enquire the fate of your poem, – & this day I have received an apology for not answering my letter <till now> stating (which no doubt is the truth) that not having answered it by return of post it went out of his head.
I feared what his reply would be, – & from this long silence you will have expected it. These are his words – “The MSS poem is such as to do its author very great credit. But the fact is that no poetry except your own & that of some four or five others, has the least chance of sale at present, & I am obliged to refrain.” – There is but too much truth in this. Poets who would <have> obtained universal applause thirty years ago, cannot now obtain a hearing, – however xxx great the promise which their works may contain, – & the vilest trash will be received from one who, by fair means or by foul, has obtained a reputation. As for the incivility of Murrays long delay, you must remember that a great bookseller is a much greater man than the Prime Minister.
I am sorry for this, & perhaps more disappointed than you will be. A local poem, – such as I suggested in my last letter, – would have a better chance than one of any other kind, – because it carries with it a local interest. The New Forest is both in its history & scenery a rich subject – & with the help of prints a poem book might be made which would be bought by idlers at Lymington Southampton &c; – booksellers must look to the sale of what they publish, & this is a kind of sale on which they can in some degree calculate. – The Isle of Wight is not so extensive a subject but it would have the same advantage. The Forest however affords more scope, & would supply matter for a very interesting poem, especially to one who has so many feelings connected with it as you needs must have. – Have you ever accustomed yourself to write blank verse? – for that would be the most suitable metre. Think of this, – of the Convents & Castles within its xxx <ancient> precincts, – of Winchester, – of William the Conqueror & William Rufus, – of its natural history – both as relating to vegetable & animal life, – of what you have seen, & what you have felt there. Think of these things, & tell me what you think of them.
& believe me
* Address: To/ Miss Bowles/
Buckland/ near Lymington/ Hampshire
Stamped: KESWICK/ 298
MS: British Library, Add MS 47889. ALS; 3p.
Previously published: Edward Dowden (ed.), The Correspondence of Robert Southey with Caroline Bowles (Dublin and London, 1881), pp. 13–14. BACK
Bowles’s ‘Ellen Fitzarthur’, which Southey had drawn to Murray’s attention for possible publication; see Southey to John Murray, 9 June 1818, The Collected Letters of Robert Southey. Part Five, Letter 3149. Murray had expressed a cautious interest, and Bowles had then sent her manuscript to him; see Southey to John Murray, 6 February 1819, Letter 3241. BACK
Southey’s advice was to write a poem about the area (Hampshire) in which Bowles had been born and brought up. Bowles replied on 12 May 1819, rejecting the idea of a poem on the New Forest, but promising to send the manuscript of a blank verse poem, a draft of ‘The Birth-Day’, Edward Dowden (ed.), The Correspondence of Robert Southey with Caroline Bowles (Dublin and London, 1881), p. 15. BACK
William I, ‘the Conqueror’ (1027/8–1087; King of England 1066–1087; DNB), who turned the New Forest into a royal hunting park, and his son William II, ‘Rufus’ (c. 1060–1100; King of England 1087–1100; DNB), who died as the result of an accident there. Local legend claimed that William II’s death was to atone for the destruction wreaked by his father in appropriating the forest for the crown and inflicting harsh punishments on those who broke its laws. BACK | <urn:uuid:6b6380d6-8c5d-4a33-a726-bb70f4768d33> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.romantic-circles.org/editions/southey_letters/Part_Six/HTML/letterEEd.26.3268.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572163.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815085006-20220815115006-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.97385 | 998 | 1.609375 | 2 |
I took advantage of my recent trip to Denmark to make two short layovers in Barcelona. I had two days in total (one day on the way to Denmark, and one day on the return trip). Two days is definitely not enough to discover one of the most popular destinations in Europe. And there is so much to do and see in Barcelona that I was a bit overwhelmed even before I started exploring the city.
So I opted to start it all by visiting the museum on the history of Barcelona. The MUHBA (Museu d’Historia de Barcelona) is located in the Gothic Quarter of the city and focuses on the history of the city, from its Roman origins to the present day. The museum is especially interesting because it was built directly over the Roman archaeological sites of Barcelona.
Because yes, the origins of Barcelona go back to Roman times. In fact, although people have inhabited the area since the Neolithic period, it is really in Roman times, under Emperor Augustus, that Barcelona developed as an economic and commercial center. Barcino (the Latin name of the city) was known for its wine and its garum workshops (garum is a fermented fish sauce that was widely used in Roman times).
The MUHBA allows us to explore the ancient Roman city, from its fortifications to its first Christian church. Glass floors allow you to walk over the ruins that were discovered in the early 20th century. You can see the ruins of the old garum workshops (of which there remains the trace of the containers used for the fermentation of fish), shops, streets, walls and even the ruins of an old residence.
In all, it is more than 4,000 square metres of archaeological excavations under the Gothic Quarter that can be explored. The ruins can help us understand better what life was like when Barcelona was called Barcino. Most interpretation signs are available in Catalan, Spanish and English, but audio guides are also available at the entrance.
This trip in time is interesting and above all it is not too crowdy. I only met half a dozen tourists on site, which was surprising when you know how much Barcelona is a very busy tourist destination.
The rest of the museum (which is devoted mainly to the medieval history of Barcelona) is not uninteresting, but it seemed a little bland after the visit of the Roman ruins. In addition, explanations in English are rarer. But the magnificent Santa Agatha chapel that dates from 1302 and that has also been integrated into the museum is worth a look. Especially since I was completely alone there too.
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Christianity is not one-dimensional or monolithic. Nor is Islam. I don’t like it when all Christians are lumped into one category. For example, Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants differ on substantial points concerning Christianity. While many Christians will acknowledge that there are different Muslim communities (such as the Sunnis and Shiites), they may not be willing to account for differences concerning how various Muslims live. For example, given how the news media and Hollywood at times portray Muslims as hostile and violent people, and given certain events from history, we may tend to think that the Muslim tradition or Islamic beliefs lead to violence. Some critics of Christianity make the same assessment of our religion: Christianity at its core is destructive and fosters hatred and intolerance of those outside the camp. Not all Christians attack the homosexual community and many speak out against hatred of gay people. So, I would want to challenge the claim that all Christians hate gays and lesbians. The same goes for how we approach people of diverse ethnicities and religious traditions. One size of Christian does not fit all.
I believe Muslims feel the same way, based on my personal interaction with them. We need to guard against saying all Muslims act in the same manner. Moreover, when we find Muslims operating in a different manner than what we believe to be uniform for Muslims, we should not say they are out of step with true Islam, but allow them to define how they see and practice Islam. For example, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has developed an initiative titled Muslims for Peace. While persecuted by other Muslim groups as heretical given their claim that Jesus has already returned metaphorically through the founder of their movement, and while Christians may find their peaceable posture inconsistent with Islam as they perceive it, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community sees itself as an orthodox Muslim tradition due to their adherence to all pillars of Islam. Just as I don’t like it when some other Christian groups consider Evangelical Christianity as counterfeit, so I don’t like it when Christians, including Evangelicals, view the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in this way.
The former president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s mosque in Portland, Oregon said that Muslims and Christians need to move beyond who has been guilty of the most hatred and bloodshed in its treatment of the other. Mr. Richard Reno claimed that we need to get beyond who has committed the most “whack jobs” (See the chapter by the title “Whack Jobs” in my book, Connecting Christ: How to Discuss Jesus in a World of Diverse Paths, Thomas Nelson, 2012) and focus on core theological differences between Muslims and Christians such as what we make of Jesus, whom both religions honor, albeit in very different ways. More will be said about this matter in a future post.
Values I share with this Muslim community include promoting peace between religions, thoughtful reflection on the theological and ethical convictions that unite and distinguish us (see the exchange with Mr. Reno on Christianity and Islam in my book, Connecting Christ), and civil discourse that celebrates free speech and religious expression (see for example the op-ed piece in The Washington Post by Mr. Harris Zafar, the National Spokesperson for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community entitled “Making Islamic Sense of Free Speech” ). Mr. Reno, Mr. Zafar and I, among others in our immediate Muslim-Christian circles, are moving beyond claims about who has committed the most whack jobs to ways of working together in pursuit of the common good. | <urn:uuid:735bd833-c627-44cd-863e-9714c73d9fa1> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.patheos.com/blogs/uncommongodcommongood/2013/01/christian-muslim-whack-jobs-and-work-for-the-common-good/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285315.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00570-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953744 | 721 | 2.015625 | 2 |
Decommissioning and removal operations for offshore production plants are becoming very common and, being very sensitive for environment and safety, the certification guarantees that the work is planned and performed with a quality and a level of risk consistent with the reference international standards and tolerable for all the players involved.
The verification covers the planning and execution of the marine operations for the offshore cutting, handling and sea transport.
Key aspects of a removal operation include:
The certification service is made up of:
The certification involves the issue, before the operation starts, of formal approval which attests that the operation planning and the dedicated equipment design are in compliance with the requirements of RINA Rules or other applicable internationally-recognized standards.
After the operation is completed, a "Certificate of Conformity" is also issued which attests the suitability of the vessels, materials and equipment used in the operations, as well as their correct execution in conformity with approved procedures.
We are regularly involved in the verification and certification of offshore projects, especially as regards design, construction and installation activities, where we can provide a long list of references acquired in the last three decades.
We are recognized by National Maritime Authorities as technical body supporting them for the issue of the authorizations they are competent for. | <urn:uuid:42bbf4f4-2998-49f4-b4e6-afda74c2e086> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.rina.org/en/certification-of-decommissioning-operations | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571987.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813202507-20220813232507-00264.warc.gz | en | 0.965271 | 258 | 1.507813 | 2 |
Research on an arrangement of massive granite blocks in the Brazilian Amazon has indicated that they were used as an astronomical observatory about 1000 years ago.
After conducting radiocarbon testing and carrying out measurements during the winter solstice, scholars in the field of archaeoastronomy determined that an indigenous culture arranged the megaliths into an astronomical observatory about 1,000 years ago, or five centuries before the European conquest of the Americas began.
Their findings, along with other archaeological discoveries in Brazil in recent years — including giant land carvings, remains of fortified settlements and even complex road networks — are upending earlier views of archaeologists who argued that the Amazon had been relatively untouched by humans except for small, nomadic tribes.
I still remember reading Charles Mann’s piece in 2002 about the mounting evidence against the idea of a largely wild and pristine pair of continents civilized and tamed by Europeans.
Erickson and Balée belong to a cohort of scholars that has radically challenged conventional notions of what the Western Hemisphere was like before Columbus. When I went to high school, in the 1970s, I was taught that Indians came to the Americas across the Bering Strait about 12,000 years ago, that they lived for the most part in small, isolated groups, and that they had so little impact on their environment that even after millennia of habitation it remained mostly wilderness. My son picked up the same ideas at his schools. One way to summarize the views of people like Erickson and Balée would be to say that in their opinion this picture of Indian life is wrong in almost every aspect. Indians were here far longer than previously thought, these researchers believe, and in much greater numbers. And they were so successful at imposing their will on the landscape that in 1492 Columbus set foot in a hemisphere thoroughly dominated by humankind.
That article turned into 1491, which remains one of my favorite books.
See also Ars Technica’s recent piece Finding North America’s lost medieval city.
Charles Mann’s 1491 is one of my all-time favorite books. I mean, if this description doesn’t stir you:
Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine wilderness; rather, there were huge numbers of Indians who actively molded and influenced the land around them. The astonishing Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan had running water and immaculately clean streets, and was larger than any contemporary European city. Mexican cultures created corn in a specialized breeding process that it has been called man’s first feat of genetic engineering. Indeed, Indians were not living lightly on the land but were landscaping and manipulating their world in ways that we are only now beginning to understand. Challenging and surprising, this a transformative new look at a rich and fascinating world we only thought we knew.
On Twitter yesterday, Mann shared that a documentary series was being made based on the book. The eight-part series is being commissioned by Canada’s APTN (Aboriginal Peoples Television Network) and Barbara Hager, who is of Cree/Metis heritage, will write, direct, and produce.
This is fantastic news. I hope this gets US distribution at some point, even if it’s online-only.
One of the major points in Charles Mann’s 1491 (great book, a fave) is that the indigenous peoples of the Americas did not live in pristine wilderness. Through techniques like cultivation and controlled burning, they profoundly shaped their environments, from the forests of New England to the Amazon.
In the 1850s, the indigenous inhabitants of Yosemite Valley, who used controlled burning to maintain the health of the forest, were driven out by a militia. As Eric Michael Johnson writes in Scientific American, the belief in the myth of pristine wilderness by naturalist John Muir has had a negative impact on the biodiversity and the ability to prevent catastrophic fire damage in Yosemite National Park.
The results of this analysis were statistically significant (p < 0.01) and revealed that shade-tolerant species such as White fir and incense cedar had increased to such an extent that Yosemite Valley was now two times more densely packed than it had been in the nineteenth century. These smaller and more flammable trees had pushed out the shade-intolerant species, such as oak or pine, and reduced their numbers by half. After a century of fire suppression in the Yosemite Valley biodiversity had actually declined, trees were now 20 percent smaller, and the forest was more vulnerable to catastrophic fires than it had been before the U.S. Army and armed vigilantes expelled the native population.
As a belated recognition of Exploration Day, here’s Charles C. Mann’s piece on the history of the Americas before Columbus: 1491. This piece blew my doors off when I first read it.
Before it became the New World, the Western Hemisphere was vastly more populous and sophisticated than has been thought-an altogether more salubrious place to live at the time than, say, Europe. New evidence of both the extent of the population and its agricultural advancement leads to a remarkable conjecture: the Amazon rain forest may be largely a human artifact.
This article spawned a book of the same name, which is one of my favorite non-fiction reads of the past decade.
Tyler Cowen says that Charles Mann’s 1491 (a taste of which can be read here) is “one of my favorite books ever, in any field”, to which I add a hearty “me too”. Mann’s been hard at work at a sequel, 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created, which is due out in August, just in time for some seriously awesome beach reading.
From the author of 1491 — the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas — a deeply engaging new history that explores the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs.
More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed totally different suites of plants and animals. Columbus’s voyages brought them back together — and marked the beginning of an extraordinary exchange of flora and fauna between Eurasia and the Americas. As Charles Mann shows, this global ecological tumult — the “Columbian Exchange” — underlies much of subsequent human history. Presenting the latest generation of research by scientists, Mann shows how the creation of this worldwide network of exchange fostered the rise of Europe, devastated imperial China, convulsed Africa, and for two centuries made Manila and Mexico City — where Asia, Europe, and the new frontier of the Americas dynamically interacted — the center of the world.
David Grann, the author of The Lost City of Z (which my wife scooped up off the bookshelf the other day and has barely put down since), reports on some new findings that indicate that there was a large civilization that lived in the jungles of the upper Amazon basin.
The latest discovery proves that we are only at the outset of this archeological revolution — one that is exploding our perceptions about what the Amazon and the Americas looked like before the arrival of Christopher Columbus. Parssinen and the other authors of the study in Antiquity write, “This hitherto unknown people constructed earthworks of precise geometric plan connected by straight orthogonal roads… The earthworks are shaped as perfect circles, rectangles and composite figures sculpted in the clay rich soils of Amazonia.”
See also 1491.
Before European conquerers arrived, large areas of the Amazon River basin had been cleared away to make room for a network of towns and villages.
The findings raise big questions, says Susanna Hecht of the University of California in Los Angeles.
For starters, it forces a rethink of the long-held assumption that these parts of the Amazon were virtually empty before colonisation. What’s more, it shows that the large populations that did inhabit the region transformed the landscape.
“What we find is that what we think of as the primitive Amazon forest is not so primitive after all,” Heckenberger told New Scientist. “European colonialism wasted huge numbers of native peoples and cleared them off the land, so that the forest returned.”
I’m gonna plug 1491 again…the story above isn’t news to anyone who’s read this book, which argues that there was plenty going on in the New World before Columbus, et. al. arrived.
At PopTech a few weeks ago, Lester Brown, who has been a leading advocate of environmentally sustainable development for almost 30 years, spoke about the impact of the increasing production of ethanol. As more corn gets used for making automotive fuel, that reduces the amount of grain available for food production. As demand rises, so will the price…no matter what people are using the corn for, be it fuel or food. The countries that will really suffer in this scenario are those that import lots of grain for food.
When Brown said this, I immediately thought of Mexico. When you consider the food culture of Mexico, one of the first things to mind is corn. Corn (maize) was likely first domesticated in Mexico and remains the cornerstone of Mexican cuisine; in short, corn is far more Mexican than apple pie is American. In 1491, his excellent book on the pre-Columbian Americas, Charles Mann tells us that despite corn’s high status, Mexico is increasingly importing corn from the United States because it’s cheaper than local corn:
Modern hybrids are so productive that despite the distances involved US corporations can sell maize for less in Oaxaca than can [local farmer] Diaz Castellano. Landrace maize, he said, tastes better, but it is hard to find a way to make the quality pay off.
Those great tortillas you had at some local place while on vacation in Mexico? There’s an increasing chance they’re made from US corn. Mmm, globalizious! Of course, Mexican farmers are getting out of the farming business because they can’t compete with the heavily subsidized US corn and Mexico is losing control over one of their strongest cultural customs. Now that ethanol is changing the rules, there’s a bidding war brewing between Americans who want to fill their gas tanks and Mexicans who want to feed their children. Odds are the tanks stay fuller than the stomachs.
For reference, here’s what increasing ethanol production has done to the price of corn over the past three months:
And that’s despite a fantastic US corn harvest. The graph is from this article in the WSJ, which contains a quick overview of the effects that the growing ethanol industry might have.
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A tragic Manhattan fire has Councilman Corey Johnson calling for a bill that would require buildings higher than six stories to have public address systems in hallways and stairwells to guide residents in times of emergency.
The fatal fire on the 20th story of the Strand high-rise apartments on W. 43rd killed one man who attempted to flee the flames from his unit on the 38th floor. Daniel McClung is survived by his husband, Michael Cohen, who was badly injured in the blaze and remains hospitalized.
McClung was killed when he tried to escape the fire by going down a smoke-filled stairway when fire officials say he would have been safe had he just remained in his apartment.
“Many people don’t know if they live in a fireproof building, or whether or not they should stay or go during an emergency,” Johnson said. “He wasn’t given proper instructions when the fire broke out, and like many people, he just tried to flee and escape.”
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A unanimous vote overwhelmingly turned down one city proposal that would switch up the middle school enrollment process within District 27.
Following a 7-0 vote, board members of the district’s Community Education Council (CEC) defeated the city Department of Education’s (DOE) “Middle School Choice” plan, which would have allowed students to apply to attend almost any middle school in the district.
“From the very beginning, ‘Middle School Choice’ was a severely misguided attempt to address the issue of middle school enrollment in District 27, which would have resulted in a very confusing process that parents clearly did not understand or want,” said Councilmember Eric Ulrich, a staunch advocate throughout the proposal’s community input phase.
DOE and District 27 CEC officials had discussed the possibility of implementing “Middle School Choice” for the district, which includes Howard Beach, Ozone Park, Richmond Hill, Woodhaven, Broad Channel, Belle Harbor, Rockaway Park, Far Rockaway and parts of Jamaica, back in October 2011.
Under the plan, students would be eligible to attend better schools outside of their zoned residential areas, and DOE officials said the program would provide students and parents with more educational options.
While the ‘Choice’ proposal stated that zoned students would still have first priority for admission to their zoned middle schools, it had garnered much opposition throughout the affected southern Queens communities — especially from parents who were worried their children would lose seats in their zoned schools.
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瀬戸内海中部海域におけるマダイ0歳魚の成長と水温および分布密度との関係 Relationships between Growth of 0-Group Red Sea Bream and Water Temperature and Population Density in the Central Seto Inland Sea
Growth of juvenile red sea bream <i>Pagrus major</i> during the period from 1983 to 1993 was investigated in relation to sea water temperature and distribution density in the Bingo-nada area of the Central Seto Inland Sea. The temperature condition was evaluated as the sum of every ten days' water temperature anomaly from average values during the period from 1967 through 1982. The juveniles recruited from small-trawl fishing grounds in July had average fork length ranging between 47 and 63mm. At the end of the year, average fork length varied considerably between 96 and 131mm. Both correlation coefficients, between fork length and sum of temperature anomaly and density, were significant at the 5% level. Based on these results, a multiple regression formula was developed whose criterion variable was the maximum length (<i>FL</i> in mm) of red sea bream at 0 age, and three predictor variables were water temperature anomaly in July (<i>WT</i>), the number of catch in October (<i>C</i>) and the size of fish in July (<i>L</i>). The formula was <i>FL</i>=5.018<i>WT</i>-8.471<i>C</i>-4.917<i>L</i>. In this formula <i>L</i>, <i>WT</i>, and <i>C</i> were standardized by (original value-average)/standard deviation. It is statistically reasonable that the maximum length can be estimated by these 3 variables because each of the partial regression coefficients were significant at the 5% level.
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Technician Jobs Description
There are many different careers that fit into the category of technician jobs. You could go on to become an electrical technician, an auto technician, a medical technician, and more. Different technicians work in different types of settings such as labs, offices, or workshops. Additionally, different technicians must learn to work with different types of instruments in order to become the best at their specific job. Read on to learn more about some of the most popular technician jobs on the market today.
Types of Technician Careers
An electric engineering technician has a wide variety of responsibilities and duties including:
- Providing technician assistance when electrical issues are encountered.
- Putting together electronic systems and prototypes.
- Evaluating the performance of various electric systems and resolving any issues.
- Preparing project cost and work-time estimates.
- Performing supervisory duties such as approving leaves and recommending work assignments.
This type of position is ideal with someone who enjoys working with their hands and likes digging in and working with various technical and electronic gadgets.
There are many different types of medical technician jobs that deal with a wide range of facets of the health industry. However, for the sake of a general overview, following are some examples of duties that a medical technician would be responsible for:
- Performing echocardiograms on patients in order to monitor the rhythm of the heart (cardiovascular medical technician)
- Operating dialysis treatment equipment (dialysis technician)
- Performing laboratory testing (medical lab technician)
- Performing X-rays (X-ray technician)
If you’re interested in getting into the medical industry, there are many different medical technician options to choose from.
An automotive technician works with cars and engines. What used to be a cut-and-dry “blue collar” job such as this one has become more technical as advances have changed the type of equipment used and the knowledge needed for an auto technician to be successful. Some responsibilities of an automotive technician include:
- Maintaining service and repair records
- Writing automobile damage repair estimates
- Repairing mechanical components, electrical wiring, fixtures, and circuits
- Testing automobiles before and after the repair is made
- Installing systems and components
Automotive technicians enjoy working with their hands and—obviously—on cars.
Mobile Platforms Developer
Mobile platforms have seen an exponential growth in the past few years and the potential is far from being exhausted. Whether it’s working as a technical developer of a mobile website or app or creating your own app, there’s much work for those willing to dive into this exciting world.
These are just some of the most common technician jobs available. Others include careers as a copier technician, cable technician, veterinary technician, and more. Technical careers are becoming more and more popular with the recent strain on our country’s job market, so it’s important to review all of your options if you’re interested in pursuing a technical job.
Continue reading exploring this website to get in-depth information such as average salary, job requirements, and more about a wide range of technician careers and positions. The best way to approach getting into a technician job is to be well-prepared—and have done very thorough research. | <urn:uuid:ce3335b7-8f9c-42ce-ba26-93db023b20f5> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.technicianjobsguide.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719136.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00468-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952404 | 674 | 2.546875 | 3 |
The Hammam can be visited at any time of the day. The morning bath will give you high spirits and physical ease for the whole day, and the evening session will ensure deep regenerative sleep.
Hammam term can also be referred to Turkish Bath.
The roots of the Turkish Bath go back to Byzantium and the Roman Empire where public baths or thermae (facilities for bathing) were very popular. The Turkish Baths became widespread in Arab countries like Syria, Iraq, Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon and even Tadjikistan; they became integral part of Islamic culture.
Nowadays, Hammam is included into spa complexes of almost all high-end hotels in Turkey, Egypt, Tunisia, and can also be found in many countries outside of Middle East in Europe and Asia.
If you are coming to enjoy our Thermal rooms as a stand-alone experience please bring your own towels. Guests coming for treatments receive two towels.
Reasons for avoiding visiting the hammam include any diseases in acute condition, cancer, thrombophlebitis, varicose veins, tendency to form blood clots, and dermatosis. Do Not use the hammam when intoxicated by drugs or alcohol. Pregnant women and people with low or high blood pressure and other cardiovascular diseases can visit hammam after consulting their doctor.
The basic feature of Hammam is gradual warming up of the body that comes from hot marble of the central stone, benches, and the floor, which are heated to 40-50C. Warm and cold water evaporated from the stone surfaces provide humidity in the air which reach around 80-90 %.
During the recommended session, the body gradually heats up, and inhalation of the warm humid air creates a positive effect on the bronchial tubes and lungs. The rejuvenating effect on the skin is enhanced by using a special scrub glove to remove dead cells and open pores. Massaging the body in a heated room promotes restoration of the muscular tissue and joints, especially after physical activity. It is recommended to stay in hammam for no longer than 30 minutes for each session. As your body temperature increases, cool water from bowls are splashed over the body and face to bring your body to a neutral temperature. The stone table is usually covered with a towel or sheet for comfortable sitting. It is recommended to drink herbal and fruit drinks or teas in between the sessions. | <urn:uuid:06dc8131-0dfc-44ef-9f55-6c14546702cf> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://artofsauna.ca/saunas/hammam/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00071.warc.gz | en | 0.943776 | 493 | 1.898438 | 2 |
How science in Angus has changed international farming
A hotbed of farming research, people worldwide eat the fruits of Angus' labour
Whisky, luxury fruit juice and supermarket strawberries might not, on the face of it, have much in common. Yet, as Hannah Ewan learns, they’re all the focus of research and innovation being put into practice in Angus’ fields
The Scotch whisky industry needs over half a million tonnes of barley a year, and in 2011 exported a record £4.2 billion worth of the spirit – up 23 per cent on 2010. With such a valuable product at stake, it’s crucial that the country’s barley farmers are at the top of their game, both in the quality and quantity of their crop.
Which is where the James Hutton Institute (JHI) comes in. The JHI carries out research at Balruddery Farm, 118 hectares of prime arable land seven miles west of Dundee, just over the Angus boundary. Balruddery recently became part of a £1.25 million project to discover how barley genetics can be used to improve its yield, disease resistance, quality and sustainability.
This work could have come at just the right time, believes Bruce Ferguson, general manager of Angus Cereals, a cooperative of local farmers launched in 2011. Ferguson, who is also Scottish general manager of UK-wide farmers’ cooperative Openfield, hopes JHI’s research project will help with burgeoning international demand for Scotch whisky.
‘Projected demand for the end product, and therefore for the raw material, is set to increase,’ he explains. ‘What’s being looked at here is how we can enhance yield and reduce disease, and with it we will be able to have a potentially better product.
‘At face value, this is very encouraging. It’s positive for Angus Cereals growers, who are producing some of the best quality barley around, and it’s positive across the board for Scottish growers.’
The JHI’s past successes in the berry world are numerous, including breeding strains of blackcurrant that account for an impressive 95 per cent of varieties grown in the UK, and 50 per cent worldwide. They have also made a considerable difference to the fortunes of raspberry and blackberry growers, developing more flavoursome berries and higher yielding fruit plants that are better at fighting disease.
When it comes to strawberries, however, the majority of progress is made by commercial companies, and here Angus Soft Fruits take the lead. Ten years ago, the Seaton System was developed by a team of farmers working from East Seaton Farm, near Arbroath. This system of table-top polytunnel growing, that allows fruit and vegetables to be grown free of pesticide residues, has produced a successful supermarket range called Good Natured Fruit, and a variety of strawberry named AVA after the woman who first created it.
Lochy Porter, managing director of Angus Soft Fruits, was part of the original team that developed the AVA strawberry. ‘AVA made a big impact,’ he says. ‘It paved the way for the premium brand market. The main differences are the sweetness, the texture and the precise look of it – it looks nice to eat.’
AVA, and the newer strawberry varieties being developed from the AVA stable, along with popular varieties Elsanta and Sonata, are grown at East Seaton Farm. The holy grail of research, says Porter, is a fruit that is both simple and reliable to produce, but also has the taste to hook customers.
‘Strawberries are sweeter now. It’s a younger person’s taste, compared to back when they had a slight tartness to them,’ he explains. ‘AVA was a process of elimination from hundreds of thousands of varieties to just one. Now we’re doing that every year in a constantly evolving process. It’s not only about the premium variety now; you’ll see a big difference in the standard varieties over the next few years.’
The practical application of all this isn’t just a matter of satisfying demanding supermarket shoppers; there is a whole range of other businesses that rely on the best, most reliable fruit sources possible. Anne Thompson owns Brechin-based Ella Drinks, whose main product is Bouvrage, a range of berry juices that uses a higher quantity of juice than anything else currently on the market.
The trick to her vibrantly coloured and flavoured raspberry, strawberry and blaeberry juices has been finding the perfect combination of berries, something she rates more highly than any expensive production machinery. ‘The research and development being done provides a crucial supply of good fruit,’ she says. ‘The growth of Angus Soft Fruit is key to the industry’s survival. If you can’t keep plants alive you have nothing to sell. That combination of taste and the ability to grow is essential.’
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LIFE APPLICATION TRUTH-MORNING DEVOTION
JOHN SHIRK – From Mark 1:35.
Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.
As we look at the life of Christ, we see His consistent devotion to the Father. He prayed regularly. Luke 5:16 tells us that Jesus often withdrew to lonely places to pray. Consistent prayer is an opportunity that God has provided for us to pour out the concerns of our heart, praise Him for His attributes, intercede on behalf of others, and confess our sins to Him.
Prayer keeps the communication lines open with God, where we not only speak to Him, but He also speaks to us through the counsel of His Word. As we commit our lives to Him with a trusting heart, He directs our path.
As Jesus was praying in a solitary place, Simon and his companions went to look for him. When they found him, they exclaimed, “everyone is looking for you.” Jesus replied, “Let us go somewhere else.” He was not driven by man’s agenda, but rather the will of His Father. After spending time with the Father, He was in tune with the Father’s plans for his day ahead.
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I have two close friends, Tom and Peter. They are twins but they are very different in their hobbies.
Tom likes to read true stories and books on real life. He likes to watch the news, late movies and special programs on weekends. He does not like to play any outdoor sports, event though he does not miss a single minute of sports news on television. Instead, he prefers indoor games such as ping pong and some other electronic games. In contrast to Tom, Peter likes to read science fiction stories and mystery ones. He enjoys making battle-ships, carriers and freighters in cardboard. In addition, he likes to design things. Whereas Tom likes to play indoor games, Peter likes to play football and swimming.
I guess that you could say Tom is more of an intellectual and realistic, whereas Peter is more adventurous.
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With a $7.5 million grant from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, UMass Medical School will lead a team of academic partners to provide comprehensive relief efforts in Liberia, bringing doctors, nurses, and training and medical supplies to the Ebola-stricken country.
“We at the University of Massachusetts Medical School are grateful for the support of the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, which will allow us to specifically work with our strategic partners on this grant and our Liberian colleagues to help stem the Ebola epidemic and strengthen Liberia’s fragile health care system,” said Chancellor Michael F. Collins. “Our academic collaborative has worked productively in the past with the Liberian leadership and health care workforce, and we look forward to continuing that partnership by engaging directly with our Liberian collaborators and providing on-the-ground relief, training and supplies.”
Built on a years-long relationship between UMMS and Liberia, the UMass Medical School Ebola Relief efforts funded by the grant are a new component of philanthropist Paul G. Allen’s increased commitment of at least $100 million to the Tackle Ebola campaign he has launched.
“UMMS will provide immediate relief on the ground through the provision of emergency medicine physicians, infectious disease specialists and disaster management teams to work with NGOs and provide expanded capacity for care at Ebola treatment facilities,” said Dune Ives, senior director of philanthropic initiatives for Vulcan Inc., which is Allen’s and his sister and business partner Jody Allen’s umbrella corporation comprising the Foundation and other entities.
“This collaboration capitalizes on the strong partnerships and relationships that UMMS and its academic partners have developed in Liberia to provide a multifaceted, cohesive response to the Ebola virus outbreak, and to provide critically needed routine health care to the people of Liberia,” said Katherine Luzuriaga, MD, professor of molecular medicine, pediatrics and medicine, director of the UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science, and vice provost for clinical and translational research.
Dr. Luzuriaga has led past UMMS efforts in Liberia, and worked with faculty to submit the grant proposal on behalf of the Academic Collaborative to Support Health Care Education in Liberia. Established in 2006, the collaborative comprises UMass Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital, Mt. Sinai Medical School, the University of Florida Medical School, the University of Maryland Medical School and Vanderbilt University, and its newest member, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Transportation and Logistics.
Led by Patricia McQuilkin, MD, clinical associate professor of pediatrics at UMMS and a pediatrician at UMass Memorial Medical Center, and Michelle Niescierenko, MD, pediatric emergency physician and director of the Global Health Program at Boston Children’s Hospital, the UMass Medical School Ebola Relief initiative will:
Earlier efforts by UMMS to help rebuild health care in Liberia include nurse and physician education and training in collaboration with the HEARTT (Health Education and Research through Training) Foundation; developing a pediatrics curriculum for a country with only two native-born pediatricians; and working with the Liberian Post-Graduate Council to develop a post-graduate training program.
UMMS has also worked with the University of Liberia and Indiana University to create the UL Center for Excellence in Health and Life Sciences, which, with United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funding, has developed health science and public health academic programs; trained doctors, nurses and public health workers; installed a computer lab at Liberia’s medical school; and increased access to print and digital medical libraries.
Most recently, UMMS and clinical partner UMass Memorial Health Care have collected and delivered two shipments of personal protective equipment to West Africa since the current Ebola outbreak began.
All efforts under the new grant will adhere to extensive guidelines and training information issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to protect health care workers going to countries in West Africa in response to the 2014 Ebola outbreak, including guidelines for health care workers on their return to the US.
Visit umassmed.edu/ebola/ to learn how to contribute to the UMass Medical School Ebola Relief effort.
Boston Globe, Oct. 23: UMass Medical School to lead Ebola team in Liberia
Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Oct. 23: UMass Medical School gets $7.5 million to fight Ebola
MassLive, Oct. 23: Worcester's UMass Medical School to send Ebola health team to Liberia
Mashable, Oct. 23: Microsoft Cofounder Paul Allen Pledges $100 Million in Fight Against Ebola
Reuters, Oct. 23: Microsoft co-founder Allen commits $100 million to Ebola fight
USA Today, Oct. 23: Microsoft co-founder Allen to give $100M to fight Ebola
Geekwire, Oct. 23: Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen donating $100 million to Ebola fight
Los Angeles Times, Oct. 23: Billionaire Paul Allen pledges at least $100 million to fight Ebola
Boston Business Journal, Oct. 24: Microsoft co-founder gives $7.5M to UMass Medical School to help fight Ebola
Wall Street Journal, Oct. 24: Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen Pledges $100 Million to Fight Ebola
Seattle Times, Oct. 24: Billionaire Paul Allen pledges $100 million in Ebola fight
Related links on UMassMedNow:
Ebola free, Rick Sacra continues call for prayers, support for his ‘adopted country’
UMass Medical School partners to send Ebola relief to Liberia
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UMMS faculty form strong bonds with Liberia
Library projects lending order to chaos in Liberia
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Orlando, Florida (PRWEB) June 17, 2013
Summer provides the ideal opportunity to enjoy outdoor activities, and for many people these activities center around water—whether it be pools, lakes or even waterparks. When enjoying water activities, it’s important to remain safe, even for adults and experienced swimmers.
The safety and security professionals at AlarmSystemReport.com, a site providing home alarm system reviews of the top home alarm companies, created a list of the most valuable water safety tips for individuals of any age.
1. Learn to swim. This may seem obvious, but many people take to the water without knowing how to adequately swim. Even adults can enroll in swim classes, and this greatly reduces the risk of injury and drowning. Even if only swimming in a few feet of water, lessons are a valuable tool for remaining safe.
2. Home pools should include top alarm systems. Pool alarms are a great way to prevent drowning and are one of the best alarm systems for children to remain safe. There are a variety of pool alarms, including those that go around the perimeter of the pool, as well as those that sound an alarm if the surface of the water is broken.
3. Always know the area where swimming is taking place. This is of particular importance when swimming in oceans or lakes. Know shallow areas, rocky areas and other geographical concerns that could make swimming more challenging. It’s also important to be educated on changes in depth and about the currents at a particular location.
4. Never combine alcohol with water activities. Alcohol not only affects judgment, but also coordination, which can make swimming more difficult.
5. Always keep a constant eye on children when they are engaged in water activities. This is regardless of the swimming skill level of the child or how shallow the water may be. For children that are younger in age, the best rule of thumb is to ensure they are always within arm’s reach.
6. Try to choose swimming areas that are supervised by well-trained lifeguards whenever possible.
7. Know the rules of the area in which swimming is taking place, whether it be a lake, ocean or pool.
8. Create safety rules for family members prior to beginning any water or swimming activity and ensure that everyone in the family is clear on the rules, and the plans in case of emergency.
AlarmSystemReport.com is the leading provider of information for consumers when choosing an alarm system. The site provides comprehensive reviews and rankings of the top home alarm system companies and equipment in the country, as well as access to coupons, discount codes and instant quotes that can save consumers as much as 35% on the installation of a home alarm system.
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Whanganui High School is a modern, state funded, co-educational school of approximately 1500 students and over 160 staff, which prides itself on caring for individual students in a quality academic environment.
The school provides a balanced education for its students from Year 9 through to Year 13.
Whanganui High School is a leading co-educational secondary school. We have nearly 1500 students (including International students); over 100 specialist teachers and more than 50 support and administration staff.
The choice of secondary school for your daughter or son needs to be a carefully considered decision. Whanganui High School is an outstanding school, with nationally significant points of difference across all academic, cultural, sporting, and service to the community areas.
In addition, our school values of LIFE (Learning, Integrity, Fellowship, Excellence) constantly underpin the balanced and caring education we offer to all of our students.
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Top 10 Cat, Dog Poisoning Claims of 2008 Revealed
Raisins, grapes are most likely to make pets sick according to pet insurance company.
Posted: March 20, 2009, 5 a.m. EDT
Seven grapes might be all it takes for cats and dogs to get sick from eating them, according to Veterinary Pet Insurance. The California-based pet insurance company recently reviewed the more than 400 claims from 2008 for toxic plant ingestions to find out which plants and plant products were most likely to get pets sick.
At the top of the list are raisins and grapes. Mushrooms were second and marijuana was third. In 2008, the average amount claimed for plant poisoning was $427.
Top Plant Poisoning Claims of 2008:
- Sago palm
- Macadamia nuts
In addition to the top 10 plant poisonings, VPI received claims for ingestion of the following plants or plant products: delphinium, crocus bulbs, hemlock, rhododendrons, gladiolus, tea tree oil, poison ivy, nightshade, tobacco, poinsettia, oleander, brunfelsia, hibiscus, almonds, scarlet pimpernel, potpourri, and kalanchoe. Nearly all claims for lily ingestion were submitted for felines.
Dr. Carol McConnell, vice president and chief veterinary medical officer for VPI, said most plant poisonings in pets can be avoided. "Prevention is a simple matter of keeping these hazards out of a pet's environment,” she said.
When ingested in large portions, grapes can cause kidney damage in pets. Even in low doses, ingestion can place pets at risk for acute renal failure.
Symptoms include anorexia, lethargy, depression, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain.
The mushrooms most responsible for poisoning pets are the "backyard" variety. These often grow in grassy places, especially after a heavy rain, and contain toxic components that disrupt the functioning of the digestive tract and liver.
If ingested, mushrooms can cause salivation, dehydration, vomiting, diarrhea, and liver failure. To prevent an accidental ingestion, pet owners are advised to regularly scan a yard or any other grassy area a pet may occupy, and pull wild mushrooms.
Fertilizer is another garden variety toxin often ingested by pets. The strong smell of fertilizer can motivate dogs to taste or eat it.
Some fertilizers contain organophosphate pesticides, which impair the nervous system. In 2008, VPI received 60 claims for organophosphate poisoning.
Pet owners can avoid accidents involving fertilizer by not using pesticide-containing fertilizers in an area frequented by pets. As with plant poisonings, prevention of fertilizer poisoning is primarily a matter of observation and awareness of a pet's environment.
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LOS ANGELES - When the hit television series "Beverly Hills, 90210" premiered on the Fox network nearly two decades ago, many viewers pointed out that the show did not reflect the reality of Beverly Hills High School.
The real Beverly Hills High is both predominantly Jewish and heavily Iranian. While the original cast included two explicitly Jewish characters, the show was, nevertheless, far from an actual representation of the tony school, which was fictionalized in the iconic series as "West Beverly High." What's more, the sizable Iranian community, mostly made up of Jews, was absent.
But the television show now has a second chance. Come September 2, when the CW network premieres "90210," a new version of the original show, viewers will see - in addition to a half-Jewish character - an Iranian character.
"At least it's a nod to what the real storylines are at the school, and an attempt to deal with what is, in fact, a major part of life in the Beverly Hills area itself," said popular culture critic Josh Kun, an associate professor at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication.
Still, Kun noted, television is never - nor should it be, as far as he is concerned - a realistic take on life. "Part of the fun of '90210' is watching a show that's obviously about fantasy," he said.
While actual statistics are unavailable, Beverly Hills High School is, by all accounts, overwhelmingly Jewish. Joy Horowitz, author of the recent book "Parts Per Million: The Poisoning of Beverly Hills High School," an investigative foray into allegations that oil wells at the high school caused thousands of cancer cases, estimates that when she attended the high school in the late 1960s, its student body was about 90 percent Jewish. Since that time, the primary demographic shift has been the influx of Persians, who now constitute an estimated 40 percent to 50 percent of the total population. Shirley Eshaghian, a 21-year-old Iranian Jew who has been anticipating the new show, said that she is particularly interested in seeing how the series portrays its Iranian character, a student named Navid Shirazi, who produces the school's student-run TV station. "I just hope that they don't play on stereotypes," she said. "I hope people can maybe see into the culture."
Even with the addition of the Iranian character, "90210" is still far more fiction than reality. In fact, the real Beverly Hills High isn't even in the 90210 ZIP code. It's in 90212. And in a typical Hollywood casting decision, the actor playing Navid Shirazi, Michael Steger, is not actually Iranian. This is in keeping with Tinseltown tradition: Going back decades, most Jewish parts in American film and television have not been played by Jews. "
In fact, according to Gabrielle Carteris, a Jewish actress who portrayed the most explicitly Jewish character on the original "Beverly Hills 90210" - the brainy Andrea Zuckerman - the show's producers had no idea she was Jewish when they hired her to portray the school newspaper editor from the wrong side of the tracks.
And while several episodes addressed her character's religious background (in one, she learned about her Jewish family history from her grandmother, played by Lainie Kazan), her Jewish identity on the show had its limits.
When Carteris, who is now in her 40s, showed up on set wearing a Star of David around her neck, the network honchos balked. They called her into their office, she said, and asked her to remove the Jewish symbol. "The executives said that 'Middle America' really doesn't want to see it," Carteris said in an interview with the Forward. "'Middle America' is a phrase that is always used in this industry. I want to know, who is this 'Middle America'?"
Carteris, who is a member of Temple Beth Hillel, a Reform synagogue in Valley Village, Calif., refused to take off the Star of David unless the other cast members were asked to remove their crosses. As a result, the executives mandated that no religious jewelry could be worn. The irony? The executive who asked Carteris to remove the star was himself Jewish. Moreover, the creator of the original show was the prolific Aaron Spelling, a Jewish television and film producer who almost specialized in creating white-washed depictions of American reality (think "Charlie's Angels" and "Dynasty").
While the new show seems to embrace diversity in a far more explicit way than the original, which was roundly criticized for its all-white cast, there are no wholly Jewish characters this time around. The closest is a female character known as "Silver," who, according to a spokesman for the show, is half-Jewish. Silver is presumably a descendant of the original show's other Jewish character, David Silver, who dabbled in being a hip-hop DJ, as did the actor who played him, Brian Austin Green. Green is now a series regular on the Fox show "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles."
The executive story editor of the original "Beverly Hills 90210, Amy Spies, said that times have changed since she worked on the show in the 1990s. "Because of cable, there's been all kinds of diverse, ethnic shows," said Spies said, citing "The Sopranos" as an example. "It's much more the norm to have more accurate representations of their world.
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Published: 16 November 2020
The Influences of Interest Rate, Inflation and Market Risk on the Performance of Stock Mutual Funds Through to the Variables Moderating of Stock Index LQ45 Registered on IDX 2016-2019
Nur Anny Rahayu, Zainul Kisman, Dwi Sunu Kanto
Trilogi University, Indonesia
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Keywords: Performance of Stock Mutual Funds, Interest Rates, Inflation, Market Risk and Stock Index LQ45
This study aims to determine the effect of interest rates, inflation and market risk on the performance of stock mutual funds with a stock index of lq45 as the moderating variable. The independent variable in this case is the interest rate (x1), inflation (x2), market risk (x3) and the dependent variable is the performance of stock mutual funds (y) and the stock index lq45 as the intervening variable (m). The type of research used is associative research, with a quantitative approach. This study takes all time series data that converts interest rates, inflation and market risk, stock index lq45 and the performance of stock mutual fund for the period 2016 to 2019. The number of research samples using saturated sampling techniques obtained is 40 samples. Data analysis used multiple regression analysis and moderated regression analysis using spss23. The results of the F test show that the lq45 index is able to moderate the independent variable interest rate, inflation, market risk together on the performance of stock mutual funds. The t test results show that the stock index lq45 is able to moderate the relationship between the variable interest rate and market risk on the performance of stock mutual funds, while the inflation variable cannot be moderated by the stock index lq45 on the performance of stock mutual funds.
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Podcast Season 2 Episode 3: Xchange Snapshot Survey Findings
A Young Rohingya Refugee Girl Waits For Treatment At MOAS Shamlapur Aid Station Bangladesh
Hello and welcome to MOAS. What’s life like for a Rohingya refugee in Bangladesh and how do they survive? They’re just some of the questions the Xchange Foundation has been asking in their latest Snapshot Survey.
Using the Shamlapur and Unchiprang camps as a starting point, the team’s been able to explore the daily lives and challenges the refugee community face. We caught up with Xchange just as they were analyzing the findings of over one and a half thousand surveys.
Here’s Maria Jones and Ioannis Papasilekas…
What is the purpose of this Rohingya Snapshot Survey?
MJ: Well Xchange was on the ground during the most recent Rohingya exodus following August 25th. We were trying to understand the reasons for the movement in more detail. For this survey we wanted to see what the daily lives of the Rohingya in the two camps, Unchiprang and Shamlapur were like six months on with a view to researching certain areas further or advocating on their behalf to plug gaps in the system.
So, we really wanted as the name suggests, a snapshot into the daily lives of populations in two camps in Bangladesh, Cox’s Bazar.
What kinds of areas did you focus on and why?
IP: So in general we wanted to get a better image of the demographic of all those people living in Shamlapur and Unchiprang and the people who go to these MOAS Aid Stations and then we wanted to find out what the general image of a household looks like, how people spend their lives in the camp, if they’re employed, if they’re not, what they like to do in their free time, if they have children, if their children go to some kind of school formal or informal, that’s basically it yes.
What would you say are your key findings so far?
IP: Well some basic demographic information to begin with. Our sample consisted mostly of women, 70% were women and most of them being new Rohingya, meaning they came after August 2017 to the region. One really interesting finding is that unsurprisingly that almost a fifth of women are widowed which has to do with the situation before coming to the camps.
Then on the household information I would say that more than three quarters of households are run by a male, whereas we could say that there are more houses run by females in Shamlapur compared to Unchiprang. Most households consist of 5 to 9 people and most of them are run by people who are in their mid 20s to mid 30s.
To broaden that further, how do they fund themselves and looks after themselves day to day?
MJ: I can start off with this because in fact, the Rohingya they’re not officially allowed to work and this is something which is obviously very difficult because they have time on their hands in the camps and they would normally be trying to work. However, our findings have suggested that, of course, people are working, they are trying to earn some money.
They receive donations and aid and this is how they survive; food aid, non-food items, but ultimately people still want to earn a living, they still want to have some kind of semblance of normality. They want money so perhaps they can have some form of savings and a safety net. These people came with nothing, they arrived with absolutely nothing, they left everything behind.
IP: In our basic findings I would say that the means that they pay for their needs depends on each camp. We found that most people sell non-food aid items like everything they would have in their possessions already in order to make a living, whereas in Unchiprang, most people rely on assistance from a family member either by a child or somebody else living abroad or with them.
Then we also found that fishing plays a small part in earnings in Shamlapur whereas in Unchiprang, no. In Unchiprang people mostly rely on charity as well.
MJ: and this is what was particularly interesting about our findings was that these are two quite diverse locations. Shamlapur is a host village, it’s a predominantly fishing and farming.
Unchiprang is a sort of pop-up camp that has only happened since August 25th and so there are more opportunities to live, inverted commas, a normal life in Shamlapur than in Unchiprang. Unchiprang is a particularly difficult environment for the Rohingya to live in.
IP: this can also explain how they spend their time in camps because we found that in Shamlapur for example they collect wood, food, water, all the basics that they need whereas in Unchiprang they spend most of their time in the household caring for the sick people that they have in their houses.
In Shamlapur you could say that it’s a more stable environment, they just care for their children and keep them safe.
What does this tell us about the Rohingya people and in a wider sense, the situation on the ground?
MJ: Well we should be reminded that these are human beings and they have the same needs and desires that you and I do.
They want some kind of normality whatever that might be, they’ve come from an extremely difficult situation mostly from Northern Rakhine state but they still want the things that we do, they still want to be able to provide for their families. They want to be able to eat the food that they’re used to, that’s normal for them, not just beans and rice. This is what they have everyday but if you’re eating this three times a day, everyday, you would want to eat something that is similar to back home, try and get some fish, try and get some vegetables.
So, I think this really gives us an indication that they are still human beings, they are trying to find the same things as we do and they’re trying to find some kind of sense of normality there.
You’ve found that there’s a gap in the provision of education to children beyond the age of 13. Can you give me some explanation behind this and why?
MJ: Education has been particularly difficult to provide to children in Unchiprang and Shamlapur, particularly in Unchiprang and what our findings have shown us is that actually most children are in some form of education but this education varies so there’s formal education which is a normal school situation that you and I might go to and there’s informal education which is set up as educational spaces that are mostly for children up to the age of 5 or 6.
Then we have the madrassas that run parallel to this. Most children are in some form of education but not the standard that you or I are used to and certainly not over the age of 12 or 13, in fact much younger. Most children after the age of 12 would be helping their family out, they would be trying to earn some money, they would be involved in chores, girls as well culturally, the parents would try to keep them inside because this is the time of puberty. So, there are many factors involved in this.
IP: I would like to add an interesting finding that we had concerning that most of the parents that have at least one boy and one girl do not seem to distinguish between who goes to school and doesn’t. So, we have 80% of those people saying that both their daughter and their son goes to school or receives some kind of education.
Based on your sample size, you found that the vast majority of the Rohingya feel safe in Bangladesh. It may seem completely obvious but what should we conclude from this figure, certainly in connection with repatriation efforts?
MJ: I would say actually, it’s not all that obvious. When you reflect on how these people are living in very crowded, unhygienic environments in a host country. On the ground, recent reports from other international organisations have indicated that there are some quite serious safety concerns, particularly for women and children. Many wash facilities are not separated for women and men, putting women at risk of things like sexual harassment, they don’t feel comfortable.
Children are taking on adult jobs like collecting firewood because maybe they’re not in school and they’re vulnerable to being abducted and trafficked. So these are certainly not easy environments to live in at all. However, what our results indicate is a wider understanding perhaps emotional feeling of safety.
The camp environments are extremely tough yes, but not compared to the constant threat that the Rohingya were under in Myanmar where they were constantly feared for their own lives and were made to feel unwelcome in their homeland. Respondents mentioned that for the first time in their lives they were actually able to sleep at night.
So, regardless of some of the petty crime that is going on and the difficulties with a very large population all living on top of each- other in extremely uncomfortable conditions which is a breeding ground for certain levels of crime, overall, people certainly felt safer in the wider sense compared to what they were facing back home.
IP: An interesting answer that we received also is when we asked people at the end of each interview if they would like to add something, it was only women, those who said that they’re not thinking of going back anymore. It’s only a small number of women but they chose to share that with us which is something important I think.
MJ: particularly because many of the women we spoke to in Shamlapur especially were widows and had obviously been subjected to terrible things and had witnessed horrible things, many had witnessed their own husbands and families killed and for them the idea of going back is intolerable.
Where do you go next?
MJ: Well the whole point of the snapshot survey is to get some kind of indication of what’s going on in the day to day lives of those in the camps but it has a wider purpose which is, depending on the findings, it may give us some indication of what needs to be looked into further.
So, based on this survey we may be looking into certain issues which we think are important and need further investigation but besides that, we at this particular point in time with what’s going on with talk of repatriation, we would like to understand this in more detail. So it would make sense to create some kind of a trilogy with the surveys, to have a more qualitative look into what people are really feeling about repatriation.
This interview just scratches the surface of Xchange’s findings.
And, with the cyclone and monsoon season coming, their research builds a broad picture for the work of MOAS and fellow organisations operating on the ground. You can follow this link to read the latest report and keep up-to-date on Xchange’s research.
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It's the first great human rights dividend of the turmoil in Arab countries: Tunisia will abolish the death penalty and it will ratify several human rights treaties, including the Second Additional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Aiming at Abolition of the Death Penalty.
The Council of Ministers of the transition government announced on the evening of 1 February 2011 that Tunisia was going to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, as well as the two optional protocols to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The second protocol concerns the abolition of the death penalty. In addition, the Council of Ministers has announced deliberations on the lifting of reservations against the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) by the Tunisian government.
“This is unprecedented in the entire region, and this should well be emphasized”, says Khadija Cherif, General Secretary of the Fédération internationale des droits de l'homme. “However, we are still impatiently awaiting the lifting of reservations against CEDAW, as we would hope that these ratifications will enable the country to move forward and embrace the true safeguard of human rights of each and every individual”, she concluded.
Tunisia's last execution dates to 1981, and the country has been deemed de facto abolitionist for some time.
Abolition of the death penalty is a very important symbolic gesture when there are dramatic changes of political orientation in a country. Let us hope that Tunisia's example is followed by other countries. The new government in Egypt, when it replaces Mubarak, should demonstrate the importance of the change by abolishing the death penalty.
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Ernest and Linda Lambert, retirees living in a shaded suburban cul-de-sac just off Woonsocket's Mendon Road, have an unusual backyard project.
There, in a series of plywood coop houses, sit more than three dozen chickens — Rhode Island Reds, Guinea Hens, and other pedestrian breeds. And some that are more exotic, like Araucana, known for their turquoise eggs, and Silkies, covered with fluffy plumage to the tips of their toes.
A wire fence surrounds the hen house, but during the day the gate is open and the birds run about the yard. They've scratched small pits into the earth where they sit and rub their feathers in the dust, a behavior said to ward off mites. They also pursue any squirrel that tries to mooch some feed.
Linda collects 10 or 12 eggs a day. "They taste better than the ones you get in a supermarket," she says. "Buy them in a store, and you have no idea how old they are."
As it turns out, breakfast eggs that fresh can be a rarity, in Rhode Island and elsewhere. The Lamberts' flock is tolerated in Woonsocket only because their coop is older than a zoning ordinance that bans farm livestock from the city. Other families in the old mill town have been ordered to bid their birds goodbye. Many communities in America's urbanized areas — yes, the Blue States — have similar laws, adopted in an age when anything that smacked of Old MacDonald was viewed as a dirty, stinky nuisance.
But these days a revolution's brewing. Foodies and locavores across the country are pushing to end local restrictions, and a half dozen websites now advise urbanites on how to raise "pets with benefits." The argument: backyard eggs are cheaper, tastier, and healthier, with higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids. Sustainability is an issue, too. Grow your own and you eliminate the energy consumption and carbon emissions that go with transporting food. What's more, chicken shit is a great fertilizer for your organic garden plot.
In just a few years grassroots activists have overturned ordinances in more than 30 major cities, including Los Angeles, Houston, Ann Arbor, Madison, and Missoula. They've gained ground in the Ocean State, too. Providence, West Warwick, and even snooty Barrington have all revised their laws, allowing residents to keep hens in limited numbers, so long as there are no crowing roosters in their coops. And in Cranston and Warwick, city council members are now reviewing proposed changes.
"It's definitely a national movement, and I think the Internet has a lot to do with it," says Douglas Stuchel, a professional chef who now teaches at the Hospitality College at Johnson & Wales University. "People can research and learn how agriculture has become big business. They know it's not simply about feeding the world."
Stuchel has taken up the banner himself. He's constructing a coop behind his West Warwick home where he plans to keep some Rhode Island Reds. "As a chef, I know the food your raise yourself is better," he says. "Pesticides are one concern, but taste is an issue, too."
Chicken fancier Sam Abram believes snobbery fuels anti-avian sentiments in some Rhode Island suburbs. The real estate manager raised hens while living in New Hampshire and never heard any complaints. Shortly after he moved to Barrington, he built a backyard hen house. A few days later an animal control officer told him it had to go. | <urn:uuid:1528b1be-76a1-4f3f-a0fe-78ff5c2dfd15> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://thephoenix.com/Boston/news/147912-urban-chicken-roost-movement-hits-rhode-island/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280730.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00247-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972242 | 745 | 2.1875 | 2 |
Almost Everyone Can Not Be Wrong
I have been writing about customer service for years and sometimes I feel like a broken record. Am I focusing to much on one topic? Is there another way to say this? Why does this one point seem to be so important? A recent study may provide a few answers.
Statistics show that 97 percent of people believe that customer service is the primary factor when selecting a brand or company to do business with. Even after doing business with a company, customer satisfaction is seen as critical in how a person feels about that brand and whether or not they will promote the brand among their friends.
Ninety seven percent! Almost everyone feels the same way about customer service. As a matter of fact, 65% of people are likely to change brands after one incident of poor customer service. An old axiom states that each angry customer ultimately affects 250 people. Social media may have expanded that number exponentially. Now, more than ever, it is crucial that we create an atmosphere that makes quality customer service as natural as the sun coming up each morning. How do we accomplish this?
There are three basic steps that can be implemented that will lay a foundation for a quality customer service atmosphere. These steps are generic but may be applied to any business.
1. Make service accessible twenty four hours a day, 7 days per week. Not everyone works nine to five and it is crucial that when a customer perceives that there is a problem they can contact your company at their leisure. Twenty four hour phone support, online contact forms, help desks, contact information and mobile app's all provide opportunities to offer customer service support. These technologies each require a timely response, without it they are useless.
2. Develop a Company wide strategy that clearly outlines the customer service mood you wish to create. Emphasize the type of response you expect when a customer presents questions, complaints, product returns and support requests. Establish acceptable parameters for staff when interacting with customers. Studies show that when people are surprised by quality customer service they tend to remember the incident and tell their friends about it.
3. Think first! This step is critical. When confronted with an angry customer, take the time to think things through. Your calm demeanor may diffuse the situation. Approaching the problem with a professional attitude may not save the immediate customer relationship but it might deter that customer from creating ill will amongst other potential customers. Each step of the customer service process should be thought out in advance.
These three basic steps will help you avoid the costs associated with customers leaving due to poor service. A carefully thought out plan will help create a customer service atmosphere that will serve potential and existing customers. Letting people know that you are committed to customer service creates confidence that you are doing your best to ultimately achieve customer satisfaction. | <urn:uuid:b7e28fbc-caa7-4374-a59c-a516ebd3f712> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://pppdesign.net/blog.asp?bkey=72&Akey= | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284405.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00042-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951952 | 565 | 1.828125 | 2 |
Having a small garden can be pretty daunting, especially if you have to design and remodel it. Luckily, in this article, we’ll show you some of the most wonderful and modern small garden design ideas for you. You don’t have to worry anymore about designing your small garden, these ideas will just help you through. When it comes to a small garden, what you want to pay attention to the most is landscaping. Landscaping could make and break the appearance of your garden. If your garden landscape is done right, it could make your small garden look spacious and great. Same can be said if it’s placed incorrectly, there’s a chance that you’d make your small garden appear way smaller than it is.
So, opt for a landscaping method that works for your garden shape. There are different types you can go for, natural landscaping with stones and shrubs, or artificial landscaping done with fences and garden boards. There’s also a simple trick to make your small garden look enticing and modern, that is to put couches and other seating plans in it. Of course, you need to pick something with a modern and sleek look but doing that is considered to be easier than just trying to shape your garden with a modern vibe. If you have the budget, you can also go for modern street lights and lamps to enhance the appearance of your garden. So, what are you waiting for? Go create your dream garden and have fun.
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“In a return to the surreal Wayside School, this book stays perfectly in touch with the earlier works in the series. The characters remain wonderfully quirky, and the everyday oddities of the school are just as riveting as before. Sure to appeal to school-aged children who can recognize the weird in their schools.”
— Gwendolyn Baltera, Buttonwood Books and Toys, Cohasset, MA
Wayside School is back in session in this brand-new, fourth installment in the perenniallybeloved and bestsellingseries byNewbery Medal-winning author Louis Sachar.
Your favorite students and teachers are all here. That includes Sharie, who loves her striped-and-spotted umbrella more than anything; Kathy, who has a bad case of oppositosis; Jason, who has to read the longest book in the world; and the rest of Mrs. Jewls’s class on the thirtieth floor, who are busily collecting toenail clippings.
Everyone is scrambling to prepare for the all-important Ultimate Test, but meanwhile, there is a mysterious Cloud of Doom looming above them…
More than fifteen million readers have laughed at the clever and hilarious stories of Wayside School. So what are you waiting for? Come visit Wayside School! Kids 7 to 13 will zoom through these chapter books—laughing their way through the fast, funny, silly but relatable stories.
This funny chapter book series includes:
Sideways Stories from Wayside School
Wayside School Is Falling Down
Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger
And now also Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom, the brand-new, fourth installment in the series, and the first in twenty-five years!
About the Author
When Louis Sachar was going to school, his teachers always pronounced his name wrong. Now that he has become a popular author of children’s books, teachers all over the country are pronouncing his name wrong. It should be pronounced “Sacker,” like someone who tackles quarterbacks or someone who stuffs potatoes into sacks.
Mr. Sachar's first book, Sideways Stories from Wayside School, was accepted for publication during his first year of law school. After receiving his law degree, he spent six years asking himself whether he wanted to be an author or a lawyer before deciding to write for children full-time. His books include Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Wayside School Is Falling Down, Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger, and Holes, winner of a Newbery Medal and National Book Award.
“Rejoice! 25 years later, Wayside School is still in session, and the children in Mrs. Jewls’ 30th-floor classroom haven’t changed a bit.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Sachar’s return to Wayside continues the same side-splitting formula, but a little added polish, overall cohesion, and character development may make this one the best of the bunch. An unbeatable read-aloud option for early middle-grade audiences." — Booklist
"Sachar’s snappy comedic stride doesn’t miss a beat in his series’ fourth installment—the first since 1995’s Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger—as the curiosities of Mrs. Jewls’s 30th-floor classroom multiply more quickly than ever... Into the regaling levity, Sachar characteristically slips worthy nuggets about the rewards of kindness and friendship." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"After 40 years, Wayside School is still a delight. It still tickles the funny bone with the most ridiculous scenarios." — School Library Journal
"With its gonzo humor, nonsensical non sequiturs, and mysterious mustachioed grownups, Wayside School fans should eat this up (spaghetti and feetballs, anyone?)." — Horn Book Magazine
"Even with more of a traditional through-line, this book maintains the chaotic sense of randomness that was so appealing in earlier volumes. And there are still plenty of puns (“spaghetti and feetballs” is served in the cafeteria), pileups (that skateboard left on the stairs will come into play) and jabs at educators (like the implication that anytime a teacher asks a student to write a word on the board it’s because the teacher doesn’t know how to spell it), with that touch of Dada-esque lunacy that “Wayside” veterans have come to expect." — New York Times Book Review
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Some countries are divided into provinces. The word "province" comes from the Latin word provincia.
provinces are also given other names:
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- Canton: Switzerland
- State: United States, Mexico, Australia
- Bundesland: Germany and Austria
- Voivodship: Poland
- Estados: Venezuela
- County: United Kingdom
- Suba: Pakistan
- Pradesh = the Hindi word for states: Republic of India
- Fylke: Norway
- Parish : Jamaica , Trinidad and Tobago
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Leesburg artist Dasher Chagnaa has to paint every day, but he cannot say why.
"Why is not important," said the 26-year-old, who uses a red stamp and his first name to sign his hundreds of watercolors and oil paintings.
Dasher said this in a Leesburg gallery filled with his artwork, small and large pieces framed and hung on every available wall. The 38 pieces are on display at Gallery 222 for his first gallery showing "In My Dreams," which is being held now through Nov. 1.
The show's title reflects Dasher's evoking the history and culture of his homeland while expressing his thoughts and dreams about his experiences in America, as described in a statement about the show.
Dasher came to America four years ago from his native country of Mongolia. He first moved to Maryland, then to Leesburg two years later, where he lives with his sister Tami Auysh and her family. He followed Auysh to America three years after she had moved here, wanting to learn what he could and to find out if he could make it as an artist. Mongolia, an Eastern Asia country of more than 2 million people, has few artists and provides little in the way of art education, he said.
"This is the same art but different," Dasher said.
DASHER began painting at age 15. His grandfather Chagnaa, a nomadic farmer in Mongolia who is a jeweler and artist, taught him how to make jewelry. Dasher learned jewelry design for horse bridles, harnesses and other gear and started to learn how to paint, mostly from books. "You need good knowledge about art," he said.
"With his grandfather as an influence, he's self-taught," said Gale Waldron, manager of Gallery 222 and vice-president of the Loudoun Arts Council. "He's open-minded to a lot of ideas. His imagination is always at work."
Dasher typically works on several paintings at once, which now are stacked underneath an easel and beside his desk in a room upstairs where for the past 10 months, he has rented studio space near the gallery. There he paints all day and every day, a full-time job that allows him to support himself.
"People who know Dasher's work love his work," Waldron said. "When people walk in the door, they go, 'Wow.' ... It's different. It's obviously an Eastern artist."
Dasher works with several themes or subjects, including portraits of women that incorporate the beauty of women of different cultures into the "universal woman," a phrase Waldron used.
From his own culture, Dasher paints warriors on horseback and nomadic farmers. He depicts landscapes, typically with camel caravans and herds of horses. And he tries to capture the beauty of Mongolia's wildlife and countryside.
"He has combined his cultural Asian art style with that of his favorite painter, who is Salvador Dali. The result is a very neat special visual affect I've never seen before," said Laura George, a Purcellville artist who works in oil. "I know the people who know local art better than I are gobbling it up. ... He's getting to be quite a celebrity."
DASHER paints "little people" pieces, paintings with several small human figures. "They're all about how Dasher expresses his thoughts and emotions and his ideas about things," Waldron said, adding that when Dasher sees something, he interprets it in his own way on canvas.
In one of his "little people" pieces, Dasher depicts a pregnant cow with 10 udders surrounded by little people scrambling for her milk. In another, "The Kiss" has little people forming two larger people who are kissing, an image that changes from different vantage points.
In another painting, Dasher shows life-sized people in "To Shopping." A crowd of shopping bag and purse-laden women are depicted on one half of the canvas as they scramble to shop, their arms and legs hurled about. Dasher got the idea after seeing several women on a shopping trip.
"He's very creative," Waldron said. "He has ideas all over the place, and he makes paintings out of his ideas. All of his paintings have something to say."
Waldron describes Dasher's work as being "very powerful" with command of the paintbrush and a crispness to the look.
"I like painting. I don't know why," Dasher said.
"It's him. He has to do it," Waldron said.
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Puppy Potty Training Tips
Puppy potty training can be very frustrating at times since it is hard for them to tell us when they need to go. Crate training is the easiest and most effective way I have found for puppy potty training. Dogs are den dwelling animals and do not soil where they eat and sleep. Over time we want your dog to view the entire house as their den, but most people rush this process. When do I consider a puppy potty trained? Between 1.5 – 2 years. I’ll give you a moment to soak that in. This does not mean they have accidents that long and some people get lucky with a dog that catches on quickly, but most owners want to be done with puppy potty training and crate free at 4 months. It’s just way too much responsibility for your pup and really unfair for you to expect them to understand.
Some people like to teach their dog to ring a bell to go out. I have found that the dog will learn to ring the bell for various reasons. They may want a treat, or they may want to go outside and play, but it is not always to go potty. When your dog is an adult they will develop a “tell”, but for that first year or two it is all about conditioning and micro managing. I have successfully raised many dogs who have never had a single accident because I take my time and do not rush the process.
When you are puppy potty training your pup should be in one of three places.
1. In their crate
2. Outside for potty or play (you should be with them)
3. With you inside (attached to a leash or in a blocked off area)
Sound like a lot of work? Keep in mind young puppies sleep about 18 hours a day so if you can not be with them then let them sleep in their crate. Trust me, they need it.
It is important for your puppy to drink plenty of water, but keep in mind that with the increase in water there will be an increase in bathroom trips outside. Also monitor the amount of water they drink. I usually pick up water in the early evening and do not leave water in the crate. I know if I drink a bunch of water before bed then I will be uncomfortable, well the same goes for your puppy.
Any kind of extra excitement can interfere with puppy potty training and add to puppies having “accidents” in the home and crate. The best way to avoid this is to let your puppy rest in their crate after play and take them out once they have become relaxed again. This may mean another trip outside 30 minutes after the last one, but when puppies get excited they tend to drink more water than usual.
There is a difference between a puppy potty training accident and a puppy that submissive pees. A puppy that pees out of fear is different from normal puppy potty training and should be addressed separately. If your puppy pees when you reach to pet them or during play, this may be submissive peeing. It is also important to rule out any medical problems. If your puppy is peeing more often then you think they should (on average a puppy can hold their bladder an hour for every month old they are) and there has been no excitement in their regular routine, then make sure to take them to your vet to check for a urine or bladder infection.
Puppy potty training is a process and can be frustrating at times, but above all else remember they are learning too. When your puppy goes potty in their crate don’t get angry or frustrated, instead think back; what was puppy doing last? Did they just meet someone new? Go someplace new? Excitement and stress are major accident factors when working on puppy potty training. Even though they “just went out,” it’s probably best to make that extra trip.
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Keeping up with your credit and making sound financial decisions is a necessity for everyone today. Oftentimes, articles about finance and credit overlook the specific needs of women. Good credit is certainly important for everyone, but men and women don’t always take the same approach when it comes to their credit. Regardless of marital status, it is important for women to take an active role in financial matters. This includes smart financial planning, performing a credit score check, and an understanding of what’s a good credit score.
Common Credit Mistakes Women Make
Much financial advice is the same regardless of gender. Men and women both can make the same mistakes with their credit, such as taking on too much debt, not paying down their balances in full, and so on. However, some financial experts believe that certain women are more susceptible to certain credit mistakes. In particular, it’s often mothers who are more likely to make particular financial mistakes that can prevent them from having good credit scores.
One credit mistake women sometimes make is putting others first or being too generous with their own credit. Heather Jarvis, a student loan expert, says that mothers often “borrow more than they should to finance their children’s college educations.”One important step in financial planning for women is to make sure their own finances are on track before taking out loans that will help others. Mothers are also sometimes more likely to co-sign for loans. The act of co-signing can hurt their credit because they become legally responsible for those loans. If the other person doesn’t make payments, this can prevent the co-signer from being in a good credit score range.
Another common credit mistake that women make is relying too much on their partner’s credit. Some women assume that a spouse’s good credit score means that they also have a good credit score. However, a divorce can leave a woman’s credit score in shambles if she doesn’t have her own credit line. It’s important for women to understand that their credit score ranges are not directly tied to their spouse.
The Importance of Credit Scores for Women
Regardless of marital status, good credit scores are an important aspect of financial planning for women. Even if a spouse has a high credit score, every woman needs her own line of credit and her own high credit score in case she goes through any life-changing events. A divorce is just one major change that can affect a woman’s overall financial standing. The death of a spouse can also have a big impact. Because women often earn less than men, they can face more challenges financially. Losing a spouse can have a huge effect, especially on older women who are getting closer to retirement. Having a high credit score and being aware of sound financial planning can help women overcome these life changes.
A divorce often means the need to refinance an existing loan or secure a new loan altogether. It can also lead to the need to rent. By having a high credit score, a divorcee can ensure that she will get the best loan rate possible or maximize her potential to secure a desirable rental property. The same can happen to a widow. High credit scores can help in the process of refiguring one’s financial life.
Regular Credit Monitoring
It’s important to regularly perform a credit score check regardless of your gender or your financial habits. A good credit score(typically, considered to be 700 or above)is a gateway to getting the best rates on loans. It also shows an overall picture of your financial health. When checking your report for the first time, it can help to have your credit scores explained to you by an expert. By checking your credit score on a regular basis, you can make sure you are handling all elements of your credit well. This is especially true for women with spouses who have high credit. Rather than just depending on a spouse’s credit rating, it’s important for women to keep their credit scores as high as possible. This can help with the best loan rates for new homes, and it can also be incredibly valuable for the woman down the road.
While sound financial planning and good credit scores are essentially the same for both men and women, oftentimes women aren’t prepared when it comes to these important matters. By understanding their credit habits and checking credit scores on a regular basis, women can put themselves in a good financial position. There are many situations where a good credit score can be a big advantage, and the only way to know your credit score is good is to check it on a regular basis. | <urn:uuid:4d77895e-fd62-4b90-8886-946300ef87a6> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://sylviabrowder.com/what-women-should-know-about-credit-reports-and-scores/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280718.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00400-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971279 | 947 | 2.140625 | 2 |
2012 Juneteenth Celebration
The 2012 Juneteenth Celebration was held Friday and Saturday, June 15 and 16, with many activities scheduled at the Main Street Farmer's Market. The oldest known celebration commemorating the end of slavery, the Juneteenth holiday dates back to June 19, 1865. On that date, a group of Union soldiers landed in Galviston, Texas with the news that the war was over and all slaves were now free. The Texas landing took place a full two and one-half years after President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation became official. Saturday's activities included a parade, a talent show, a wing contest and proclamations to several residents by Dyer County Mayor Richard Hill and Dyersburg Mayor John Holden. information for this article was obtained from www.juneteenth.com/history.htm. | <urn:uuid:c9a17b11-4e25-4982-88ff-38dda926bedf> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.stategazette.com/gallery/12124 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285001.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00308-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975529 | 169 | 2.828125 | 3 |
An article from Educational Leadership on "how to engage students whom seem unreachable, who resist learning activities, or who disrupt them for others." Larry Ferlazzo reflects on his yers of teaching and shares ways he engages students by developing "their intrinsic motivation."
The post provides eight detailed recommendations. The infographic above shares the short hand version!
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Celebrating patient diversity at "International Translators and Interpreters Day"
Located in one of the most culturally diverse regions in the country, UC Davis Health System faces a growing challenge: how to provide high-quality care to a patient population that increasingly is limited in its English-speaking abilities.
The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that one in six Americans speaks a language other than English at home. While most can comfortably speak English when needed, experts estimate that as many as 20 million people — about one in every 15 people in the U.S. — speak and understand little, if any, English.
To address the need of local individuals and ensure they can effectively communicate with their health-care providers, a diverse group of health system staff and administrators came together recently for a breakfast briefing on effective language services, organized around a week-long, worldwide celebration of "International Translators and Interpreters Day."
The breakfast briefing was coordinated and hosted by UC Davis Health System's Speaking Together team. For the past 10 months, they have been participating in Speaking Together: National Language Services Network, a project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Its aim is to identify, test and assess strategies for hospitals to provide effective language services to patients with limited English proficiency (LEP). UC Davis is the only medical center in California selected for the program.
"The main goal of the Speaking Together project is to demonstrate that the quality of language services that institutions like UC Davis Health System provide is directly linked to the quality of medical care that patients who are not proficient in English receive," said Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, director of UC Davis' Center for Reducing Health Disparities and the Speaking Together project leader at the health system. "If these patients have difficulty communicating with our medical staff, then they may not be able to relay accurate information like symptoms, underlying health issues, a list of medications they are taking or any allergies they have. It can affect the safety and ultimately the quality of care they receive."
Aguilar-Gaxiola noted that the project is about self-evaluation. "While all hospitals have health-care providers who are bilingual, those providers are rarely assessed for language proficiency," he said. "We're putting a mirror up to our faces to reflect how we're doing and identify areas for improvement."
The Medical Interpreting Services Department at UC Davis Health System provides oral interpreting, written translation, language line, video interpreting, language skills assessment, interpreter training, and cultural presentation services. The department employs 43 interpreters and translators — the largest team of dedicated health-care interpreters in California. The team offers written translation services in seven languages and oral interpreting services in 19 languages. The most requested languages are Spanish, Russian, Hmong and Mien. On average, the department provides interpreters for more than 55,000 patient encounters per year.
For more information about UC Davis Health System's interpreter services, contact Inez Talbott at (916) 734-5395 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.org. Additional information about the Speaking Together program is available at www.SpeakingTogether.org. | <urn:uuid:affca8ac-9dd6-4d6d-8418-c63c9542e3bf> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/welcome/features/20071017_interpreters/index.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719041.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00169-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929646 | 655 | 2.359375 | 2 |
Lavender Essential Oil Combined With Other Aroma-Therapeutic Oils
A study out of South Africa looked at the interaction between different essential oils to determine the validity of the combination of the oils in the treatment of ailments, especially Lavandula angustifolia. Essential oils, which form part of naturopathic therapy, are widely known for their antimicrobial properties. They have been found to be beneficial in the fields of dermatology, gastritis, respiratory complaints, wound healing and genital infections. Of all the essential oils used commercially, lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) is the most popular.
The researchers evaluated Lavender with 45 other oils to understand the possible interactive properties using a GC-MS with a flame ionization detector. When assayed in one to one ratios with other oils, lavender oil ended up being synergistic (26.7 percent), additive (48.9 percent), non-interactive (23.7 percent) and antagonistic (0.7 percent). In the one to one ratios, 75.6 percent were identified as either synergistic or additive giving credibility to the use of essential oil blends in aroma-therapeutic practices.
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Friday marked the 29th observance of World Food Day, celebrated around the globe each year to bring attention to issues of hunger and food insecurity.
The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates there are 1.02 billion malnourished people in the world, meaning that almost one sixth of all humanity is suffering from hunger. FAO says 70 percent of the world’s hungry live and work on small-scale farms and in rural areas throughout the world. The U.N. has also estimated that 70 percent more food will be needed to feed a population of more than nine billion people by the year 2050.
The 2009 World Food Prize was awarded Thursday to Dr. Gebisa Ejeta, whose work with sorghum hybrids resistant to drought and the devastating Striga weed have enhanced the food supply of hundreds of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa.
Ejeta received his award as part of the World Food Symposium, a full week of events held in Des Moines, Iowa, to discuss food security issues. Much more about those sessions, including video of speeches from Bill Gates and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, is available at http://www.worldfoodprize.org/symposium/2009.htm | <urn:uuid:43cbd9e6-d37a-40c3-b63e-5237b1ec99d8> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.wheatworld.org/news-events/2009/10/world-food-day-a-reminder-of-one-billion-hungry-people/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719784.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00426-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942722 | 259 | 3.046875 | 3 |
U.S. policymakers are divided over what to do with the glut of domestic oil. Both sides of the debate craft their rhetoric around economic issues, though a report from a Washington think tank with close ties to the Obama administration said that misses the broader point.
“The United States should accept the reality of energy interdependence, take steps to decrease domestic consumption and diversify supplies, facilitate broader energy exports, and more deeply and creatively integrate energy security into strategic policy and military planning,” a report from the Center for a New American Security said.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration said crude oil production for the week ending Jan. 31 was 8.04 million barrels per day, a 15 percent increase from the same time last year. That’s lead many political leaders to say now is the time to reverse the ban on crude oil exports enacted in the wake of the Arab oil embargo in the 1970s.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said reversing the ban is “critical” for American consumers.
“The International Energy Agency has warned that maintaining the ban may actually result in shut-in production, which would be to the detriment of the nation’s livelihood,” Murkowski said. “Lifting the ban is about increasing domestic production and creating jobs.”
The 35-page report from CNAS, written by senior fellow Elizabeth Rosenberg, said the economic connection that would come from exports could manifest itself as “coercive political influence” on the international stage. According to the Office of the Historian at the U.S. State Department, the oil embargo from Arab members of OPEC had globalimplications that lasted well beyond the 1970s. With crude oil exports, that same leverage would be in the hands of Washington.
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., chairman of the Senate energy committee, said he hasn’t taken a position on crude oil exports, but wanted to make sure U.S. consumers won’t wind up feeling more pain at the pump “because of some theory that everything is just going to turn out hunky dory in the end.”
Rosenberg’s report said oil prices in particular have been held down because of the increase in production from U.S. shale deposits. The Commerce Department said last year’s average price of $97.01 for a barrel of crude oil imported into the United States was less than 2012’s average. Nevertheless, oil is traded in a global market that’s “deeply interconnected,” meaning U.S. consumer energy products like gasoline won’t be shielded entirely from international issues, the CNAS report said.
The Commerce Department said the United States imported 2.81 billion barrels of oil last year, down 9.2 percent from 2012. But that’s not necessarily an indication of economic protection. CNAS said much of the debate over what to do now ignores the geopolitical aspects of energy however, suggesting the crude oil export debate is more than a dollars-and-cents issue in and of itself.
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Past studies have found that heavier people, especially women, are
more likely to develop osteoarthritis and often have more severe
This study goes a step further. It suggests that people with a
higher body mass index (BMI), a measure of weight in relation to
height, may have more pain than normal-weight people with the same
amount of arthritis-related damage.
“My main innovation here was that I wanted to link up BMI, OA
severity and pain to try to see what causes the pain,” Elizabeth
Weiss told Reuters Health.
Weiss, an anthropologist at San Jose State University in California,
studies the bones of past populations. She said that no matter where
and when populations existed, osteoarthritis seems to be as common
among those long gone as it is today.
Osteoarthritis occurs when the protective cartilage around joints -
such as in the hands, neck, knees and hips - starts to wear down.
When this happens, the bones begin to rub together, which can make
walking and other everyday activities painful.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about
14 percent of adults in the U.S over age 25 have some form of
Weiss studied modern people because she wanted to know whether knee
arthritis would have caused similar amounts of pain among past
peoples who were less likely to be overweight or obese, compared to
"I figured that if the data showed that BMI was the real culprit of
pain in knee OA patients, then past people would not have felt much
pain, and for (doctors) it would mean that decreasing BMI would help
patients feel better even if their OA was not improved,” she said.
Weiss studied the health records of almost 5,000 people between 45
and 79 years old who were part of the four-year National Institutes
of Health Osteoarthritis Initiative study.
Of the participants, 1,390 had already been diagnosed with knee
osteoarthritis, 3,284 did not have the disease but were at risk of
developing it and 122 did not have osteoarthritis or related risk
Weiss analyzed X-rays to determine the severity of patients’
arthritis and used the health records to gather information on their
BMI and pain levels during everyday activities.
She found that patients with a higher BMI reported more pain, even
after taking into account the severity of their joint damage.
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For each category of arthritis severity, pain scores were
substantially higher among obese patients than among normal-weight
patients. Scores for overweight patients fell somewhere in the
Excess weight can intensify the amount of stress on the
weight-bearing joints of the knees, and without a normal amount of
protective cartilage, moving around gets more and more painful,
Weiss said in her report. Certain hormones associated with obesity
may also play a role in the severity of both knee arthritis and
Even though osteoarthritis is a progressive disease and its effects
are irreversible, losing weight should help reduce pain related to
the condition, Weiss writes in the journal Rheumatology.
She said weight loss might be the best medicine for people with
osteoarthritis and doctors should consider suggesting the strategy
as opposed to more drastic treatments such as surgery. Other common
arthritis treatments include physical therapy as well as pain
relievers and anti-inflammatory medications.
Losing weight could jumpstart a healthy cycle, Weiss said: a
decrease in body weight could lessen pain, which in turn might make
people more likely to take on more physical activity, resulting in
even more weight loss.
It might be difficult for a person who is already experiencing a
high level of pain to become active in order to lose weight,
however. Weiss suggested trying to lose the weight before starting
“It is easier to lose weight through dietary changes than through
exercise. Small changes can sometimes make big differences,” she
said. “For example, drinking water rather than cola or finding ways
to increase activity that will become a habit, like parking further
from the store entrance or taking stairs instead of an elevator.”
Rheumatology, online June 17, 2014.
[© 2014 Thomson Reuters. All rights
Copyright 2014 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,
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5 Things You Should Look For in a Quality Shutter
1. Mortise and Tenon joints.
Shutter panels need to remain straight
and true to close and function properly. Most manufacturers use round wood
dowels and/or glue to hold the side rails (called stiles) to the top and bottom
rail. Shutters made this way will look great when new but over the years
temperature fluctuations in the window may cause the glue to dry out and fail
and the dowel to shrink. When this happens the panels don’t work properly and
may even fall apart.
and Tenon joints are more time consuming and expensive to make but the panels
will remain straight and true for a very long time. Much of the antique
furniture and many of the doors in our houses in New Orleans are made with
Mortise and Tenon joints and are still working great after 100+ years!
The stiles are the vertical sides of
the shutter panel that the louvers fit between. You’d think you would want that
stile to be a solid piece of wood, right? Well, have you ever looked at a new
fence and seen the one board that is warping? A solid piece of wood can warp,
and if that happens the shutter panel won’t close properly. An Engineered Stile
is made of multiple layers of hardwood laminated together; it won’t warp or
twist and will always remain straight and true in your window.
people that sell and install shutters have no idea what a Quarter-Sawn Louver
is or why you would want it in your shutter. Basically it is a way of cutting
the louver from the log to reduce the natural cupping and twisting inherent in
wood. It uses more wood to produce the louver but results in a tighter, more
even louver that closes uniformly.
seen what happens to a piece of antique wood furniture that is moved from New
Orleans’ humid climate to Phoenix’s arid climate? The wood dries out, splits and
cracks develop, seams separate; it’s not pretty. The reverses happens moving
furniture from Phoenix here; the wood swells with moisture, doors stick,
drawers won’t open. What’s this have to do with shutters? A good quality shutter
dries the wood to the average humidity level of the area where the shutter will
be used – we call it Prescription Wood Conditioning. This ensures the shutter
will work smoothly and properly for many years.
this is really simple it is amazing how many shutters don’t have it. Opening
and closing the louvers can cause wear on the mechanisms. If you’ve ever seen
shutters with “lazy louvers” that won’t stay in position it’s because they’ve
worn and there is no way to adjust the tension. Look for a screw in the side of
the panel to tighten them up.
shutters you choose have these basic features, like the PureVue line from
Budget Blinds, you are ½ of the way to a beautiful and functional window covering!
Unfortunately, just having a great product isn’t enough – it still has to be
installed to work properly and not void the warranty. We’ll cover installation
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We audit the websites in a holistic way, thoroughly verifying all areas of its operation. As part of the IT audit we will perform SEO, UX and performance audits for you.
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Search Engine Optimization (SEO) audit of a website is an analysis of implemented technical solutions as well as settings and configuration of a website or an online shop in order to optimize the website for search engine algorithms.
In other words, the SEO audit aims to verify whether the website is optimised for SEO and, consequently, whether it uses its potential in terms of SERP visibility and generated organic traffic.
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A UX (User Experience) website audit will allow our experts to determine whether the website is sufficiently intuitive, useful and easy to use for its users or customers of the online shop. The right UX is the key to provide a positive experience of interaction with a website or online shop.
A good UX allow to maintain a high level of conversion, low bounce rate or increase the brand's credibility in the eyes of its potential customers or counterparties.
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Scientists twist light to send data at more than 2 terabits per second
June 27, 2012
A multinational team led by USC with researchers in the U.S., China, Pakistan, and Israel has developed a system of transmitting data using twisted beams of light at ultra-high speeds — up to 2.56 terabits per second.
Broadband cable supports up to about 30 megabits per second. The twisted-light system transmits about 85,000 times more data per second.
Their work might be used to build high-speed satellite communication links, short free-space terrestrial links, or potentially be adapted for use in the fiber optic cables that are used by some Internet service providers.
“You’re able to do things with light that you can’t do with electricity,” said Alan Willner, electrical engineering professor at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. Willner and his colleagues used beam-twisting “phase holograms” to manipulate eight beams of light so that each one twisted in a DNA-like helical shape as it propagated in free space. Each of the beams had its own individual twist and can be encoded with “1″ and “0″ data bits, making each an independent data stream.
Their demonstration transmitted the data over open space in a lab, attempting to simulate the sort of communications that might occur between satellites in space. Among the next steps for the research field will be to advance how it could be adapted for use in fiber optics, like those frequently used to transmit data over the Internet.
“We didn’t invent the twisting of light, but we took the concept and ramped it up to a terabit-per-second,” Willner said. His team included Jian Wang *(now with Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China), Jeng-Yuan Yang, Irfan M. Fazal, Nisar Ahmed, Yan Yan, Hao Huang, Yongxiong Ren and Yang Yue from USC; Samuel Dolinar from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory; and Moshe Tur from Tel Aviv University.
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This guest blog post is from Deborah Weinberg, who is currently traveling in Burma (Myanmar). The post originated as an email to the author’s friends and was forwarded to Tricycle—it is being published with her permission. In it, she tells us of Burma’s new year political report card: A fresh wind of freedom is in the air, she says. Burma recently gained political attention when U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited the country in late November, ending a fifty-year estrangement between the U.S. and Burma. Despite this and though the government has been promising to continue reforms, Weinberg writes, “The generals are still holding the cards.”
Mingalaba and Happy New Year! Our ten days in Burma was an exhilarating mix of walking the streets and neighborhoods of Yangon, seeing old friends and meeting remarkable new people. It was an opportunity to see for ourselves what was happening on the “inside,” as the activists on the Thai border say, and to see for ourselves evidence of meaningful change. The Burmese report card is a hopeful one. However, in the same breath things could teeter and plunge back into darkness in a Rangoon second, but that seems unlikely.
We saw scenes that could not have happened six months ago. Images of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her father General Aung San are now displayed in all parts of the city without fear. They are plastered on the covers of every paper and journal sold at stalls on every corner in the city. The image of Hillary Clinton smiling broadly with Daw Suu, embracing like sisters, is displayed publicly and fearlessly. In past years, even hanging a photo of Aung San Suu Kyi in your shop could put you in prison for a lengthy stay. Even the mention of her name was not allowed by the military regime.
The busy teashops are the political barometer in Burma and now show much evidence of change. Before people would sit for hours drinking their green tea, nibbling on the snacks offered: spicy noodles, tea-leaf salads and crisp samosas, but their political discontent was only whispered for fear of arrest. The teashops were the places for receiving smuggled news from the free world, the latest report of the newest political prisoner and the voice of the struggle for democracy. News, gossip and jokes mocking the military junta and their misdeeds would swiftly pass from one tea sipper to the next, from shop to shop and block to block until the entire city eventually heard the unfiltered truth. The real news never made the press, only propaganda.
Now, there is an undeniably positive and vibrant wind blowing in the hearts and minds of the people. We had numerous conversations on the street regarding the recent pro-democratic changes. People can now actually utter that word—“democracy”— without fear of imprisonment. We shared animated discussions with our poet friend, Aung. As we sat and drank tea he said that if the secret police were watching him now he would not be the least bit worried. “How can you arrest 55 million people?” he asks with a big grin on his face. I asked him if I could now email him news reports regarding Burma, democracy, and the freedom struggles from around the world without fear of reprisal and he laughed loudly saying that we could send him anything we wanted. Censorship of the Internet now seems to be a dead issue whereas before it was monitored severely. Really quite remarkable since only a year ago, BBC, Voice of America, Democratic Voice of Burma and all sites critical of the regime were dangerously off limits to Burmese citizens. Is this the beginning of the end of fear? It seems for the locals that there is no going back. We were told that if the changes were rolled back the reactions could be highly volatile and would generate a great deal of bad press which is the last thing the new administration wants. There is a strong mixture of hope and caution in the wind.
We are all now watching how the dramatic events in Burma impact the minority ethnic communities, refugees and political dissidents who have suffered so much abuse at the hands of the government. The promised release of political prisoners on January 4th disappointed all of us who are lovers of the Burmese people. Only a few prisoners—no more than 30—instead of the more than one thousand still suffering in the prisons were released. Strong pressure is on the government to release more in the coming weeks and months, but the generals are still holding the cards. We’ll find out in the coming months if the progress is real and a genuine road to freedom.
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Student Learning Outcomes for M.A. in History, No Thesis Option
The History Department at Kansas State University is committed to rigorous and analytical work in the field of history. Those who graduate with an M.A. in History should have achieved the following three skills:
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How do businesses cost lawn treatment costs? If you are one that always strives to make each finishes satisfy, it would really be helpful that you know why you are having to pay for some thing that you could always do if only you had the time. Lawn service pricing is a problem that most companies have too. If you are a businessman who wouldn’t want something than to get began in the business but doesn’t know how to accurately cost for his solutions, then you have also come to the right location.
Cutting your grass actually assists to stimulate your grass to develop. Schedule grass cutting is 1 of the keys to having a lush eco-friendly lawn. It is very best to cut your grass whilst it is dry. Reducing grass just before the hot part of the day isn’t good for your lawn, wait around and cut your grass in the evening. This provides your garden time to recuperate throughout the evening, while it is cool. For the health of your garden it is very best to alternate the path you cut your grass too, instead than heading in the exact same pattern every time.
Franchising men get cheated, too, the same way as over. Occasionally a franchisee decides his fee is too high and decides not to pay. However, sometimes the franchisor is prepared to rigid their franchisees if they’re not residing up to the franchise agreement.
The first factor garden owners should do is produce an perfect lawn type they are striving to achieve. It’s often stated that we can’t know where we are going unless we have a destination to begin with. Numerous garden owners make the mistake of winging it, or going with whatever evokes them that working day. This can lead to unexpected hurdles, as nicely as modifications of heart in the general style or landscape of the garden. To produce a visualization of the perfect garden ought to take time, and honest thought. As soon as you have a eyesight for your lawn, create it down, review it for plausibility, and begin to plan for what you will require. By visualizing your concept garden a clear set of steps to achieve such a garden will begin to come up.
Apart from the issues mentioned over, slime mold is an additional common Landscaping problem. Slime mildew resembles small powdery ice crystals that have covered your grass. Do not be misled by its harmless look, though. Slime mildew consumes natural matter that has decayed in the soil. After some time it increases in thickness and stops daylight from penetrating into the plant cells. This causes the grass to alter into a yellow color and then die.
This is one of just many company ideas for country kids, another option would be to make crafts, and promote these at craft fairs. Residing out in the country may be much more beneficial than at first thought. Maybe you did invest the first half of your life living in an condominium in town, but now you are caught in the country. Maybe this will be fun after all. Not many 12 and thirteen yr olds can go back to college and inform the course that they had their personal profitable company more than the summer.
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Officials in Newtown have notified police officer Thomas Bean that he could be fired.
Bean, a 12-year veteran, was off-duty when the Sandy Hook shooting happened just less than a year ago and responded to the scene, entering one of the classrooms where children were killed.
He hasn’t worked since then and a letter from his doctor states he suffers from permanent post-traumatic stress disorder.
At least 15 Newtown officers missed work time, but Bean is the only one who hasn’t returned.
Bean is currently on long-term disability and if fired, would lose all benefits and pay.
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Objects are the central concept of languages like Java, Python, C#. Applying best practices for object design means that your code will be easy to read, write, and maintain. Object Design Style Guide captures dozens of techniques for creating pro-quality OO code that can stand the test of time. Examples are in an instantly familiar pseudocode, teaching techniques you can apply to any OO language, from C++ to PHP.
about the technology
Well-written OO code is a pleasure to read, modify, and debug. Elevate your coding style by mastering the universal best practices for object design presented in this book. These clearly presented rules, which apply to any OO language, maximize the clarity and durability of your codebase and increase productivity for you and your team.
about the book
Object Design Style Guide presents dozens of professional techniques for writing OO code. In it, veteran developer Matthias Noback lays out design rules for constructing objects, defining methods, changing and exposing state, and much more. All examples use instantly familiar pseudocode, so you can follow along in the language you prefer. You’ll go case by case as you explore important scenarios and challenges for object design and then walk through a simple web application that demonstrates how different types of objects can work together effectively.
Universal design rules for a wide range of objects
Best practices for testing objects
A catalog of common object types
Exercises for each chapter to test your object design skills
about the reader
For readers familiar with an object-oriented language and basic application architecture.
about the author
Matthias Noback is a professional web developer with nearly two decades of experience. He runs his own web development, training, and consultancy company called “Noback’s Office.”
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This summer will be remembered for its record-breaking heatwaves and other extreme weather events around the world that have resulted in thousands of deaths. For some people, it’s also the moment they accepted that extreme heat will become more common as the climate changes.
A summer of extremes
Meanwhile, in north-west China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, more than 5,200 residents were evacuated after torrential rain battered Helan Mountain from July 22 onwards.
In Greece this week, wildfires killed over 80 people. The incredibly dry summer turned brushwood and cones to tinder. Gale force winds up to 124 kilometres per hour fanned the flames, such that they were “changing direction on a minute-by-minute basis”.
The risk of heatwaves has more than doubled due to climate change so far in large parts of the world.
Corinne Le Quéré, professor of climate change science and policy, University of East Anglia
The UK is better known for its wet summers but fire services have been stretched by a record number of blazes caused by high temperatures. In July, the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee warned that, “There will be 7,000 heat-related deaths every year in the UK by 2050 if the Government does not take action.”
Is climate change to blame?
“Studies that have separated the role of human-caused climate change from natural cycles show that the risk of heatwaves has more than doubled due to climate change so far in large parts of the world,” says Corinne Le Quéré, professor of Climate Change Science and Policy at the University of East Anglia.
Climatologists have been emphatic that in the future heatwaves will grow more frequent and intense.
“We know that the planet has warmed by around 1 degree Celsius since pre-industrial times, and we know that if you add that heat to the system it is very likely heatwaves will be more extreme,” says Grahame Madge, spokesperson for the UK’s Meteorological Office.
However, scientists have offered other detailed explanations for the weather.
Dr Marie Ekström, research fellow in climate change impacts at Cardiff University, attributes the changes in Europe’s weather to a weakened jet stream, which influences the weather on the surface.
A summer of extreme weather (May-July)
Temperature reaches 40.3 degrees Celsius, highest in 50 years. Millions are affected by flooding of the Yangtze in southern China due to heavy rainfall
Heatwave claims 7 more lives, brings the toll to 30
Hottest May since records began in 1885
15 deaths attributed to a heatwave
Monsoon floods kill hundreds, destroying vast swathes of agricultural land and livelihoods
Flooding and landslides from heavy rains, 222 fatalities
A mini-tsunami hits the coastline off Majorca and Menorca, caused by ocean weather fluctuations
Heavy rains trigger flash floods, and landslides kill 24. Tropical storm Son Tinh follows
International aid from Italy and Norway sent to battle wildfires, some beyond the Arctic Circle.
Fires in Oregon spread over 145,000 square kilometres. Fire destroys 50 square kilometres in California, threatens Yosemite National Park. Colorado also affected
Forest fires start following a lightning storm after dry weather triggers local state of emergency in Okanagan
Wildfires approach houses near Manchester. 225 wildfires reported in less than three weeks in Wales
“What we are experiencing now is a very weak flow in combination with a high-pressure system over central Europe. The high-pressure system is blocking weather systems from the Atlantic, pushing them northward rather than allowing them to move eastwards towards Europe,” she says.
Clare Nullis of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) also points to the warming of ocean currents. “This is the hottest La Niña year to date on record.”
Countries have appeared underprepared despite knowing extreme heat was coming.
Paulo Ruti of the WMO, for example, says that the recent weather patterns are broadly in line with forecasts of how rising emissions would affect the climate, such as that by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Heatwaves cooking up a storm
Extreme heat can also trigger other weather events, such as superstorms, tornadoes, floods and fires.
According to the World Resources Institute, a global research organisation that promotes sustainability: “Climate change also warms oceans, adding energy that can fuel coastal storms. Compounding this, a warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture, so there can be more moisture for storm systems, resulting in heavier rainfall.”
Vietnam has experienced a series of storms. Last month heavy rains caused flash floods and landslides that killed 24 people. This week the tropical storm Son Tinh made landfall, resulting in a further 27 deaths.
India has endured floods in 12 states this summer, killing thousands, damaging over 55,000 homes, and decimating over 81,000 hectares of agricultural land.
The domino effect
Extreme weather may create a cascade of related pressures –drought, the loss of infrastructure and agricultural land – but when events occur in conjunction or sequentially recovery systems become overwhelmed.
“Any time major fires burn large expanses of land, heavy storms bring an increase in flooding, mudslides and debris flows in and near the burn scar,” says Ken Clark meteorologist at Accuweather, a US weather forecaster.
In Japan, flooding and landslides killed 222 from late June to mid-July. This was followed by a severe heatwave, declared a natural disaster, that killed 30 more and hindered ongoing rescue and recovery efforts.
The extreme weather of this summer shows why acting on climate change is so important.
As professor Le Quéré concludes: “Limiting climate change to well below 2 degrees Celsius would considerably reduce the changes in heatwaves. Nevertheless, the average changes observed so far will persist for centuries.”
This story was published with permission from chinadialogue.
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What is Sleep Apnea Treatment?
Sleep apnea affects millions of people worldwide and can have a serious impact on your quality of life. Most often, being overweight, obese or having other respiratory issues can increase your chances of developing sleep apnea. The condition is caused by the soft tissues at the very back of the throat relaxing and covering the airway. This results in loud snoring and cessations in your breathing throughout the night, which causes you to continually wake up to catch your breath. We offer a simple oral device appliance that opens the airway, eliminating sleep apnea symptoms.
Why might Sleep Apnea Treatment be needed?
Sleep apnea is a medical condition that can seriously impact your way of life. Because you’re not sleeping properly, you’ll find that you are too exhausted to do anything throughout the day. You may even find yourself falling asleep on the job or when trying to spend time with your loved ones. The loud snoring at night can even be disruptive to your loved ones, causing them to stay awake as well.
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Patients with more mild sleep apnea symptoms can often benefit from the oral device that we make for them in the office. This device works by opening the airway, which makes it easier for you to breathe while you sleep. We will go over your health and medical history to ensure that treatment is right for you. If you have sleep apnea, it is important to consider treatment to improve your quality of life.
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We will take impressions of your mouth and teeth. These molds are then used to make the appliance that you’ll wear. You will come into the office to have the appliance fitted and adjusted as needed. You should wear the device each night in order for it to work effectively at treating your sleep apnea. We can then replace the device as it begins to wear or become damaged. Sleep apnea patients find that these oral devices are incredibly comfortable and highly effective at treating the condition.
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An Adventure Shared with Friends
An Adventure Shared is a great new historical book from Diggers & Dreamers Publications which tells the story of one particular community. In it we hear – first-hand – of the highs and lows of the first Bamford Quaker Community over its 25 year life. Rachel Rowlands plots the life of this small intentional community set in the Derbyshire Dales. From inspiration, through ‘forming, storming and norming’, to desperation and out the other side.
As well as a detailed history of the group Rachel uses the book to give a personal account of her motivations for wanting to live with others.
“I wanted the opportunity to worship with others more frequently than once a week at Sunday Meeting for Worship. I also wanted to share with others spiritually at a deeper level than I had found possible in a large Quaker Meeting... As a single person, I wanted to live with others with similar values and in a way that involved more commitment than had been the case in the shared households I’d lived in previously.”
Quakers have – throughout their history – been the inspiration, founders and source of funding for a whole series of social and community experiments such as utopian colonies, model villages and pacifist land groups. However, present-day Quaker-inspired projects with a high profile are somewhat thin on the ground. In a way, the Bamford group of Quakers were different from their predecessors in that the Quaker communities of the past had largely been set up by Quakers mostly for non-Quakers. Bamford was to be a community of Quakers run on Quaker principles – it was to be a Community of Friends.
In 2010 – after a quarter of a century of communal living – the group took the decision to move on and pass the baton to others who, phoenix-like, have established a new ‘second’ Bamford Quaker community – but that is another story.
Rachel sums up her own feelings well: “Many of my original hopes and ideas were fulfilled by living in Community. I appreciated the opportunity to live closely with others who shared many of my values, concerns and interests. I appreciated members’ commitment, much of the time, to living together through the inevitable ups and downs and times of conflict and tension. The Community was, for me, a place of acceptance where I could increasingly feel free to be myself.”
An Adventure Shared, Rachel Rowlands
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Koeberg Nuclear Power Station released radioactive waste into the environment in three separate incidents in 2014 and 2015, but the quantities were “negligible” and fell under the threshold that would have made it necessary to notify the public, Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has said in a Parliamentary reply.
Gordhan was responding to a written question from Freedom Front Plus MP Corné Mulder.
Mulder had asked whether there had been any incidents at South Africa’s sole nuclear power plant since January 2014 which could have caused the leakage or spillage of radioactive waste into the environment. Mulder also wanted to know if the surrounding residential areas were warned.
Gordhan, in response, confirmed there had been three incidents where “negligible” amounts of radioactivity either were, or were assumed to have been released through an “unmonitored pathway” in 2014 and 2015.
The dates were May 2014, and October and and November 2015.
However, Gordhan said the levels released were such that “there was no impact to staff, members of the public or the environment”.
“Assessments [concluded] that the maximum amounts of radioactivity that could have been released were well below any regulatory limit and did not require a response or notification of the public,” Gordhan said.
He said the three incidents were all reported to the National Nuclear Regulator and “thoroughly reviewed” by Koeberg to identify the causes and take corrective action.
Corrective steps were immediately implemented.
“Releases to the environment are closely monitored and have to respect regulatory limits.
“Any release that is unmonitored is taken seriously and would be treated as a leak or spillage of radioactive waste,” Gordhan said.
The FF Plus, in turn, said it was not satisfied with the answer.
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This job aid provides you with best practices to plan inclusive and accessible virtual events.
- Planning an inclusive and accessible virtual event requires you to anticipate potential accessibility issues and barriers, and to think about measures to address them.
- Too often in event planning, accessibility is an afterthought, and barriers are inadvertently created, which can be physical, informational, technological, communication-based, systemic, attitudinal and behavioural. They are often unintentional or invisible.
- As a critical first step, simply ask participants about their needs.
You should consider the participation needs of a broad range of people with varying abilities like people with physical, psychosocial, communication, or intellectual disabilities (e.g. mental health issues, autism, dyslexia.) Also include time for breaks to provide participants with the time to process information and take a mental break.
Research the features of the platform you're intending to use to ensure that it meets accessibility guidelines and aligns with participants' needs.
To make your event accessible by design, it is important to consult people with disabilities to ask questions and learn more about how to overcome barriers, which builds your awareness and capacity to plan inclusive and accessible virtual events.
Services such as real-time captioning and sign language interpretation can incur costs. Ensure that your budget allows for these services.
- Write all your documents in plain language. Avoid acronyms, jargon, complex graphs and charts, and send all documents to participants a few days prior to the event.
- For any visual elements, like presentations or physical demonstrations, you should include an audio description to mitigate vision-related barriers.
- Prior to your event, test all accessible technological equipment and services. Work with participants and service providers to alleviate any potential barriers that might come up during testing.
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Parent Handbook & School Year Information 2022
St Damien’s Catholic Primary School is a Catholic school where the staff, parents, children and members of the wider community, work together to achieve their total development in a harmonious environment.
Our School places importance on the development of such qualities and attitudes as honesty, kindness, tolerance, resilience, responsibility, fair play, initiative, reverence and respect, as modelled by Our Lord, Jesus Christ.
St Damien’s Catholic Primary School extends to you and your family a sincere welcome. The information in this booklet is to assist you and your family to become familiar with our school.
Here is our : 2022 – Parent Handbook
Here is our: 2022 School Year Information Letter
School Times 2022
- 8:45am – 3:00 pm 4 Year Old Kindergarten to Year 6
- 8:45am – 2:45 pm 3 Year Old Kindergarten (Friday)
Classroom doors are open at 8:15am for students to prepare their day. Parents are welcome to see their teachers from 8:15am-8:45am, but we ask them to consider the nature and time of the conversation as booking an alternate time may be required.
- Session 1: 8.45am – 11.10am
- Recess: 11.10am – 11.30am
- Session 2: 11.30am – 1.30pm
- Lunch: 1.30pm – 2.00pm (Fri 1.00pm – 1:30pm)
- Session 3: 2.00pm – 3.00pm
– Teachers will be on duty before school from 8.15 am and after school until all buses have departed at approximately 3.30 pm.
– It is requested that children are not on school grounds outside these times.
– Children are not permitted on any play equipment before or after school.
– Classrooms will be open and teachers available from 8.15 am each day.
– Students arriving at school before 8.15 am must report to the Kindergarten area, even if with parents or guardians.
– No student is to be at school before 8am.
Term Dates 2022
Term 1 – 2022
- From Monday, 31st January (Students)
- To Friday, 8th April
Term 2 – 2022
- From Tuesday 26th April (Students)
- To Friday, 1st July
Term 3 – 2022
- From Tuesday, 19th July (Students)
- To Friday, 23rd September
Term 4 – 2022
- From Tuesday, 11th October (Students)
- To Friday, 9th December (Students)
Pupil Free Days – 2022
Listed below are the days allocated towards staff.
Please note: These days are subject to change and advance notice will be given in the School Newsletter.
- Thursday, 27th January 2022
- Friday, 28th January 2022
- Friday, 3rd June 2022
- Tuesday, 7th June 2022
- Monday, 18th July 2022
- Monday, 10th October 2022
Uniform Shop – Opening Times
Wednesday: 2:45pm – 3:15pm
Friday: 8:30am – 9:00am
Uniform Shop – Price Lists
Please click Uniform Price List 2022 to view the price list.
NB Prices are current as of January 2022. Please be aware that prices may change throughout the year and families will be notified if and when major changes occur.
Welcome to the Funky Food Café where most of our food is prepared on the premises using fresh ingredients and recipes that have been approved by the Western Australian Canteen Association.
We offer theme days once a term for something different to coincide with the school curriculum, such as Italian Day, Naidoc Day or Book week.
Our canteen relies heavily on volunteers help so that we can keep the prices as low as possible. If you would like to help out please feel free to come and see me and add your name to the roster. We would love to have you on board.
Lynette Rubie, Canteen Manager
NB: Prices are current as of April 2022. Please be aware that prices may change throughout the year and families will be notified if and when major changes occur.
The children of St Damien’s Catholic Primary School will be catered for by the St Damien’s Catholic Primary School Canteen. It is open for lunch orders and recess requirements. A wide selection of food and drink is available throughout the year. Variations to the menu or special promotions will be communicated to families via the school newsletter and website.
The St Damien’s Catholic Primary School Canteen has attained Star Choice Accreditation. Only food recommended by the Star Choice programme will be sold from the Canteen unless there is a special promotion or occasion. Star Choice promotes healthy food choices. Students may only purchase one milk item and one ice cream per day.
Healthy Food—At St Damien’s Catholic Primary School we have a Healthy Lunchbox initiative where we promote only healthy food items packed in the children’s lunchbox (This initiative is also to be adhered to for class parties, birthdays, Sacramental celebrations). A list of permitted food is shown below. Any food items not found in the food list will not be permitted at school. This list is available from the office throughout the year.
Our policy is: If we can’t feed the children’s waste to the chickens, worms or compost, it will be sent home.
Food Allergies — Due to the increasing number of students at St Damien’s Catholic Primary School with food allergies, we have decided to be a “Nut Friendly” school. We therefore request that NO nut products are sent to school in lunchboxes. Eg. any nuts, Peanut Butter, Nutella, nut bars etc.
Our canteen relies on the help of parents who work on a roster system. New helpers are always welcome.
For enquiries telephone (08) 9583 2513
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Two buses travel south down the Old Coast Road. One services families around Bouvard and Park Ridge while the other one takes students as far south as Lake Clifton. This service is free to student passengers and further information can be found at www.schoolbuses.wa.gov.au
Transperth (Green Buses)
This is a public transport service that provides routes to and from Mandurah, to and from Melros and to and from Dawesville East. Students are required to pay a concession rate to travel on these services. To obtain concession rate students will need to apply for a Smartrider card from MonitorWA. Students are expected to display exemplary behaviour while travelling on the bus. Any student displaying inappropriate behaviour will automatically be suspended from using the bus service. If your child misplaces their bus fare they may borrow the fare from the office, this is to be repaid the following day. No money, No bus!
The school bank is open Thursday mornings from 8:15am – 8:45am.
At St Damien’s we are proud to participate in The Commonwealth Bank School Banking program.
It includes a fantastic Rewards Program designed to encourage children to get into the habit of saving regularly. The School Banking Program has been a great success amongst our students. Commonwealth Bank School Banking is also a good fundraiser for our school. Our School receives $5 when children open an account and we also receive a 5% commission on every deposit made through the School Banking program (to a maximum of $10 per individual deposit).
If you are interested in opening a Commonwealth Bank Youthsaver account for your child the fastest and easiest way to set up an account is to visit your local Commonwealth Bank. You will need to take your current driver’s licence or another form of photographic identification. Remember to take in your childs birth certificate or passport. Once you have your account number you can see the school banking assistants and we will give your child a student number to get started. School Banking is run entirely by volunteers.
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In January 2017, the Council released the 2016/2017 Sorghum Harvest Quality Report. The Report assessed the quality of that year’s U.S. sorghum harvest as it entered international merchandizing channels.
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Although capable of beating any other steamer, Captain Tobin refrained from challenging the record of the venerable Rob't E. Lee, still plying the waters, eight years after defeating the Natchez in a famous race. Tobin was a close friend of Captain John W. Cannon, the captain and owner of the Lee. Cannon was near retirement and still held the record for the New Orleans to St. Louis trip. Tobin decided the older Captain should retire with his record intact.
However, Captain Tobin was not friends with Captain Thomas Paul Leathers, the owner of the Natchez. Captain Leathers liked to allow boats docked at New Orleans to pull out in front of the Natchez and he would then pass the boat while under full steam. The show was well known to the people on the New Orleans wharf and never failed to impress the passengers of the Natchez. Once Leathers did this to Tobin while he was aboard another of his boats, the Ed. Richardson. Tobin vowed to get even and waited to use the J.M. White to do it.
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April 10, 2014 10:50:27 AM
MIAMI -- The National Hurricane Center has downgraded Hurricane Camille's strength at its catastrophic landfall in 1969.
The Category 5 hurricane came ashore along Mississippi's coast. The storm was blamed for 256 deaths in the U.S. and $1.4 billion in damage at the time.
Researchers from the hurricane center and Florida International University re-analyzed original observations from ships, weather stations, coastal radars, reconnaissance planes and satellite imagery. They determined that Camille's wind strength peaked at 175 mph, not the 190 mph previously recorded.
Category 5 hurricanes have maximum sustained winds of 157 mph or higher.
Camille is the second-strongest hurricane to strike the U.S. mainland since 1900. The Florida Keys Labor Day Hurricane in 1935 is first with 185 mph winds, and Hurricane Andrew in 1992 is third with 165 mph winds.
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A girl seeks peace and stability for living and dead family members.
Sukie and her parents move into elderly cousin Hepzibah’s ancient, haunted mansion because they can’t afford to stay in their old house. Sukie’s deceased sister Kitty comes too, as a ghost. In life, Kitty’s job was protecting Sukie; in death, she continues. But ghosts can’t change, and they become frustrated when the living do. Kitty’s fury ramps up as Sukie tries to help another ghost and makes some living friends from the New-York Circulating Material Repository, the circulating collection of objects from The Grimm Legacy (2010) and The Wells Bequest (2013). One friend is Andre, who was a young child in the previous volumes. Unfortunately, here, Andre’s personality is vague and his physicality, othered—he’s the only black character and walks “like a panther,” with his height and long arms and legs mentioned incessantly. Copious literary references and a trip into the repository’s Poe Annex, a “separate dimension” of haunted houses from fictional texts, create texture, though the repository doesn’t sparkle as it did in The Wells Bequest. The coolest idea—that Sukie’s family, including her ghost-ancestor, may have descended from within fiction—is fabulous but underemphasized.
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UK in 'Srebrenica was genocide' row
Britain and Russia are wrestling over whether the United Nations Security Council should call the Srebrenica massacre during the Bosnian war a genocide.
The row centres on a resolution commemorating the 20th anniversary of Europe's worst mass killing since the Second World War.
Britain has circulated a draft security council resolution, seen by the Associated Press, that "condemns in the strongest terms the genocide in Srebrenica". It recalls that both the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in 2004 and the International Court of Justice in 2007 determined that the killing of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims in July 1995 were acts of genocide.
Bosnian Serb leaders have been charged with ordering the mass killings of the Muslim men and boys taken from a UN-protected enclave in the eastern Bosnian town.
But calling what happened in Srebrenica a genocide has sparked a wave of protests in Serbia.
Serbian prime minister Aleksandar Vucic, a former extreme nationalist who now declares himself a pro-European Union reformer, has said he is ready to attend memorial ceremonies marking the Srebrenica anniversary, but refused to call it a genocide. Instead, he said a "big horrific crime" took place in Srebrenica.
Russia, which has close religious ties to Serbia, has circulated a rival draft resolution, also seen by the AP, which does not mention either Srebrenica or genocide.
Instead, it "condemns in the strongest terms the most serious crimes of concern to the international community as a whole committed during the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia against persons of various ethnic and religious backgrounds".
The UN General Assembly will commemorate the Srebrenica anniversary today, but whether the security council will adopt a resolution remains to be seen since Russia, as a permanent member, has veto power.
The council is due to discuss the commemoration on July 7 and Serbia has been pressing for a Russian veto of the Western-backed resolution.
Britain's UN ambassador Matthew Rycroft said: "The 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide is a moment to pause and reflect on the lessons learned of the darkest moments in UN history and commit to making 'Never Again' a reality."
He said the British draft would commemorate not only the Srebrenica victims but all those who suffered on all sides of the war and encourage further steps towards reconciliation in deeply-divided Bosnia and affirm the council's determination to prevent future genocides, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
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Bolloré Logistics creates new global standard operating procedures for risk analysis of out-sized, remote-location heavy industry projects.
Heavy industries have placed great emphasis on operational risk management over the years, focusing particularly on safeguarding employees from harm. But freight forwarders providing transport and logistics services to large industrial projects must go further to also protect and preserve the considerable material and financial stakes involved.
The challenges in doing that are numerous and complex. Construction of dams, mines, pipelines, offshore platforms, energy plants and other large industrial installations frequently require enormous, expensive and -- in some cases -- uniquely manufactured components. Transporting such gigantic material to remote locations poses considerable physical challenges that are further complicated by rudimentary or ill-adapted infrastructure crossing populated areas.
“You must protect the clients’ financial and industrial interests, but also human and environmental imperatives,” explains Patrice Dubois, Health, Safety and Environment Manager at Bolloré Logistics’ HSE department in Paris. “You need to carefully plan route, lifting and equipment details in advance and prepare use of alternate roads if primary itineraries can no longer be used. That requires a lot of on-the-ground scouting, and considerable collaboration and coordination with the client.”
To take that risk analysis and planning to an even higher level, Bolloré Logistics created a new global structure assembling its deep experience and insight into a single, synergy-generating network. That allows units in different countries and regions to share strengths with others, and forge a stronger unified approach to large project transport management.
It also facilitated the creation of uniform documentation for separate but inter-linked transport and lifting planning. As part of that global approach, a fixed chain of management and responsibility for preparation and execution of projects is also applied at the local level, where planning and reaction to changing variables is essential.
“The integrated structure allows us to capitalize on strengths across the network, and harmonize best practices,” says Audrey Becque, the Bolloré Logistics HSE Coordinator involved in standardizing transport and lifting documentation. “And at the local level, you have a Project Manager directing the project, overseeing risk analysis, designating partners, and following the project through to completion and review.”
Pooling talents also permits Bolloré units in regions like Asia and Africa – which are generating many large industrial ventures, often in difficult or remote locations -- to share their successful participation in projects with the global network.
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A formal demonstration of the dissection of a mouse eye, resulting in a whole mount of the retinal pigment epithelium.
Cite this Article
Claybon, A., Bishop, A. J. Dissection of a Mouse Eye for a Whole Mount of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium. J. Vis. Exp. (48), e2563, doi:10.3791/2563 (2011).
The retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) lies at the back of the mammalian eye, just under the neural retina, which contains the photoreceptors (rods and cones). The RPE is a monolayer of pigmented cuboidal cells and associates closely with the neural retina just above it. This association makes the RPE of great interest to researchers studying retinal diseases. The RPE is also the site of an in vivo assay of homology-directed DNA repair, the pun assay. The mouse eye is particularly difficult to dissect due to its small size (about 3.5mm in diameter) and its spherical shape. This article demonstrates in detail a procedure for dissection of the eye resulting in a whole mount of the RPE. In this procedure, we show how to work with, rather than against, the spherical structure of the eye. Briefly, the connective tissue, muscle, and optic nerve are removed from the back of the eye. Then, the cornea and lens are removed. Next, strategic cuts are made that result in significant flattening of the remaining tissue. Finally, the neural retina is gently lifted off, revealing an intact RPE, which is still attached to the underlying choroid and sclera. This whole mount can be used to perform the pun assay or for immunohistochemistry or immunofluorescent assessment of the RPE tissue.
1. Remove Extraneous tissue from the outside of the eye
- Pour 1X PBS into the lid of a 35mm dish. The level should be just below the lip of the lid.
- Using straight forceps, transfer eye(s) from the storage tube to the 35mm dish. Eyes are submerged in PBS for two reasons: 1. The extraneous tissues will "float" away from the eye so you can see and remove them easily, and 2. During dissection, the eye will naturally maintain its spherical shape while in suspension, allowing you to work with this shape rather than against it.
- Using both pairs of angled forceps (45° and 15°), gently remove as much muscle and connective tissue as possible, pulling the tissue against the grain (i.e. toward the cornea). Some connective tissue will remain. Effort should be made to squeeze the eyeball as little as possible.
- Trade your 15° forceps for spring scissors. While holding the eye steady with 45° forceps, use the spring scissors to cut away remaining muscle and connective tissue, as well as the optic nerve. *Tip: Use the outside edge of the scissors to push the tissue against the grain (toward the corneo-scleral divide) and then trim. Continue until all extraneous tissue has been removed from the eye.
2. Remove the cornea and lens
- With the cornea facing up, use the 45° forceps to pinch up a small fold in the center of the cornea.
- Using the spring scissors, make a small incision at the base of the flap. Let go of the flap.
- Holding the eyes still with your forceps, insert the lower scissor blade into and perpendicular to the incision and make a cut toward the corneo-scleral divide. Try to keep your lower blade under the iris so both the cornea and iris are cut. Do not cut all the way to the corneo-scleral divide. Keep scissors inserted in the eye.
- Using your 45° forceps, carefully rotate the eye so that your scissors are parallel to the corneo-scleral divide and make a small cut. Slowly rotate the eye 360°, making small incisions all the way around. Again, try to keep the lower blade of your spring scissors under the iris so both the iris and cornea are cut. Lift the iris and cornea away from the rest of the eye and discard them.
- Tilt the eye on its side and press down gently on the posterior half of the eye, forcing the lens out. Discard the lens. The inside of the remaining eyecup is lined by the neural retina, which should look smooth and opaque.
3. Quarter the resulting eyecup, resulting in a 4-"petaled", flower-like structure
- The eye should be positioned such that the opening of the eyecup is perpendicular to your body. Use your 45° forceps to steady and position the eyecup.
- Holding your spring scissors in front of you so they are perpendicular to your body, insert the lower blade of your spring scissors into the top edge of the open eye cup. Using your 45° forceps, carefully align the eye cup so that a single, straight cut can be made from the corneo-scleral divide toward the optic nerve head. All cuts should be perpendicular to the corneo-scleral divide and unless specified, should go as close to the optic nerve head as possible without cutting into it.
- Rotate the eyecup 180°, maintaining its perpendicularity with your body. Use technique in step 3.2 to make a second perpendicular cut.
- Rotate the eyecup and repeat the technique described in 3.2 to make two more cuts. All four cuts should be as close to 90° apart as possible. Keep in mind that the eye is not perfectly spherical so there will be some variability.
4. Cut each of the four "petals" in half, resulting in an eight-petal flower-like structure
- Transfer the quartered eyecup from the 35mm dish to a clean slide. With the eyecup facing up, scoop under it with the 45° forceps. Carefully lift it out of the liquid and place it on a clean slide.
- Using both pairs of angled forceps, gently open out the eye, with the neural retina facing up. DO NOT REMOVE THE NEURAL RETINA- it helps the eye maintain some of its spherical shape so you are not working against it. It also protects the RPE from being accidently damaged in the following procedures.
- Rotate the slide until one of the petals is perpendicular to your body.
- Use your 15° forceps, gently grab the corner of the petal. The corner of the petal should be cornea, not neural retina or RPE. Lift up on the corner gently, allowing it to retain its curvature.
- Insert the bottom blade of your spring scissors between the petal and the slide. Line up your scissors such that a single, straight, perpendicular cut can be made from the corneo-scleral divide toward the optic nerve head. Cut as close to the optic nerve head as possible without cutting into it. Let go of the petal, allowing it to lie on the slide.
- Rotate the slide 90°, so that the next petal is perpendicular to your body. Repeat step 4.5.
- Repeat steps 4.5 and 4.6 twice more. The resulting structure should look like an eight-petal flower.
5. Remove the neural retina
- Pipette 100-200 μL of 1X PBS onto the specimen. This will prevent the neural retina from sticking as you peel it off of the RPE.
- Typically the neural retina is loosely attached to the RPE. However, it does take practice and skill to remove only the neural retina and not the RPE. Gently grasp a petal of the neural retina with one pair of angled forceps while stabilizing (holding down) the rest of the eye with the other pair of angled forceps. Pull the neural retina away from the rest of the eye. Continue this procedure until the entire neural retina has been removed. *Tip: stick the tip of your 15° forceps into the optic nerve head to anchor the eye. Then use the 45° forceps to sweep up underneath the neural retina and lift it off and away. It is usually best to lift the neural retina from the optic nerve head toward the corneo-scleral divide. Be sure to pull away any loose remnants of the iris. The iris is quite sticky and can otherwise get stuck to the RPE.
- Rinse the specimen with 1X PBS. Pipette 100-200 μL of 1X PBS into the specimen and suck it back up. Discard the PBS. Repeat as necessary to remove dust and debris.
6. Mount you specimen(s) on a slide
- Pipette 80-90 μL of 90% glycerol onto a new slide in a rectangular shape. Use the side of the pipette tip to make an even, rectangular smear of glycerol. (This is the procedure for mounting two RPE on one slide.)
- Insert the lower arm of 15° forceps under the specimen. Gently lift the specimen off the dissecting slide.
- Slowly lower the specimen into the glycerol. Gently wiggle the forceps as you pull them out from under the specimen.
- Repeat steps 6.1-6.3 for the other specimen.
- Rotate the slide so that the long side is perpendicular to your body. Hold your cover glass at a 45° angle to the slide so that it is touching the slide. Move it toward the glycerol smear until they touch. Maintaining contact between the cover glass and slide, slowly move the cover glass away from the smear, toward the edge of the slide. Line up the long sides of the slide and the cover glass so that they are parallel. Hold the corners of the cover glass between your thumb and forefinger.
- Pick up the 15° forceps in your other hand. Cradle the upper (free) edge of the cover glass in the crook of the arm. Very slowly, lower the cover glass. When contact is made between the cover glass and the glycerol, stop and wait for the glycerol to migrate. Repeat this lowering and waiting until the RPE whole mounts are fully covered. This is to prevent the highly viscous glycerol from capturing air bubbles. DO NOT PUSH DOWN ON THE COVERGLASS - the glycerol will squeeze out from under it, making adhesion very poor.
- With clear nail polish, paint around the perimeter where the cover glass and slide meet.
- Place the slide on top of an empty rack to dry.
7. Representative Results:
The result of this procedure should be a structure that looks like a flower and should be fairly symmetrical.
Figure 1. Whole mount RPE from a wildtype C67Bl/6J mouse. RPE from black or agouti animals should be dark brown in color and should have a smooth surface. It is normal to notice undulations in the topography of the petals. The pigmentation on any give specimen may be somewhat variable, due to variable density of pigmentation of both the RPE and the underlying choroid. White arrows point to hypopigmented "channels"- this is normal and is due to the underlying vasculature of the eye. Blue arrow points to physical damage to both the RPE and the underlying choroid.
Figure 2. Whole mount RPE from a dilute mouse. Specimens harvested from dilute animals can range in color from nearly transparent to café au lait and any one specimen is like to have variability within it, indicated in black circles here. In general, RPE harvested from younger animals are lighter and those harvested from older animals are darker. Black arrows indicate some of the underlying vasculature, which appears hypopigmented.
Figure 3. Phalloidin staining can be used to detect physical damage to the RPE. Phalloidin staining clearly outlines the cell membranes, showing the hexagonal shape of the epithelium. (A) Example from a black mouse. (B) Example from a dilute mouse.
Figure 4. A poorly dissected RPE from a dilute mouse. (A) Brackets indicate margins of cornea that are too wide, which can cause buckling and/ or folding. Within the black circle you can see excessive amounts of extraneous tissue that have not been removed from the back of the eye. They are particularly obvious because the sample is from a dilute animal. The petal on the bottom left is partially folded over. (B) This whole mount has the appearance of a pinwheel. Black arrows indicate some of the cuts that were made. Many of the cuts from the corneo-scleral divide toward the optic nerve head are not in line with the diameter. (C) Black arrows indicate how the cuts should have been made, in line with the diameter and perpendicular to the tangent.
The RPE is the site of the pun assay, an in vivo assay of homology-directed repair. The pun assay has been used to study the effects of different DNA damages1,2 and DNA damage signaling and repair genes3,4,5 on the frequency of homology-directed repair. This assay is highly sensitive, detecting single-cell events on the RPE1 . It can also detect differences in the timing of homology-directed repair events during development6. The murine eye develops radially outward from the optic nerve7 and therefore, the relative distance of events from the optic nerve head correlates to the time in development in which they occurred.
The RPE is also of interest to those who study retinal development or retinal diseases. Although RPE cells can be cultured, there are significant limitations to doing so. Adult RPE cells are post-mitotic7 and predictably do not proliferate well in vitro. Furthermore, those cultures that do grow show many alterations, including but not limited to changes in pigmentation, morphology, and cell junctions8- some of the characteristics that are the focus of scientific investigation. Therefore, preparation of a whole mount of the RPE is a relevant technique for in vivo studies of development and diseases of the eye.
Dissection of this small tissue is very tricky at first. It is important to be relaxed and maintain the proper posture and positioning as shown in this video article. If a whole mount RPE looks like a pinwheel, this is because the long cuts were not made in line with the diameter, i.e. not perpendicular to a tangent. This is most likely to occur when the scissors are not held in front of and perpendicularly away from the body. A jagged appearance to the long cuts is likely due to a slight withdrawal of the scissor blades between cuts.
A rough or rugged appearance to the RPE surface is not normal and could be due to damage caused by rough handling of the specimen. Damage can be verified using phalloidin staining. White or clear spots are holes in the RPE and the underlying choroid, also caused by rough handling or puncture.
If the RPE appears rough and opaque, this is probably due to remnants of the neural retina. This can occur if the eyes are under- or over-fixed (less than 2 hours, more than 4 hours in 4% PFA). This may also occur in properly fixed eyes that have been in storage for an excessive period of time (>6 months). Dispase treatment can be used to remove such remnants, but can also cause the RPE to break up.
Detecting physical damage to the RPE is very difficult in dilute or albino specimens. We recommend using phalloidin staining on your early dissections so you can see any damage that may have occurred due to handling. To do this, block for 1 hour with 200μL 2% BSA in 1XPBS in a micro centrifuge tube. Next, add 2μL phalloidin and incubate in the dark at room temperature for 20 minutes. Then wash 3x with 1mL of 1XPBS for 30 minutes each at room temp in the dark. Mount slides as usual. *Note: the stain is very bright and we do not recommend using flouramount or similar flourescence-preserving media.
Despite all the cautioning, a whole mount RPE is not terribly delicate and can easily withstand the handling necessary to perform dissection, staining, immunohistochemistry, or immunofluorescence.
No conflicts of interest declared.
This work was supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences [K22ES012264 to A.J.R.B.] and an American Cancer Society InstitutionalResearch Grant [ACS-IRG-00-173-04]pilot projectaward [to A.J.R.B.]. We also thank members of the Bishop lab for critical reading of the manuscript and comments on the video and Adam Brown in particular, for the example of what not to do. We thank Dr. Donald McEwen of Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute for allowing us the use of his dissecting scope/ video camera set-up for filming of the dissection video. We thank Daron Brown at Corte Instruments for sharpening and repair of our microdissection tools.
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- Reliene, R. H. lavacove, Mahadevan, A., Baird, B., M, W., Schiestl, R. H. Diesel exhaust particles cause increased levels of DNA deletions after transplacental exposure in mice. Mutat. Res. 570, 245-2452 (2005).
- Bishop, A. J., Barlow, C., Wynshaw-Boris, A. J., Scheistl, R. H. Atm deficiency causes increased frequency of intrachromosomal homologous recombination in mice. Cancer Res. 60, 395-399 (2000).
- Brown, A. D., Claybon, A. B., Bishop, A. J. Mouse WRN helicase domain is not required for spontaneous homologous recombination-mediated DNA deletion. J. Nucleic Acids. (2010).
- Claybon, A., Karia, B., Bruce, C., Bishop, A. J. PARP1 suppresses homologous recombination events in mice in vivo. Nucleic Acids Res. Forthcoming (2010).
- Bishop, A. J. p53-, and Gadd45a-deficient mice show an increased frequency ofhomologous recombination at different stages during development. Cancer Res. 63, 5335-5343 (2003).
- Bodenstein, L., Sidman, R. L. Growth and development of the mouse retinalpigment epithelium. Part I. Cell and tissue morphometrics and topography of mitoticactivity. Dev Biol. 121, 192-204 (1987).
- Burke, J. M. Epithelial phenotype and the RPE: is the answer blowing in the Wnt? Prog Retin. Eye Res. 27, 579-595 (2008).
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The Bharat Ratna rules are being tweaked to include the great cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, who will ultimately get it. There is not much debate there. But it will be a travesty if Indian sport ends up producing just one Bharat Ratna in 64 years.
A look at five people who deserve the honour too…
Dhyan Chand: The Original Wizard
He won three Olympic hockey golds from 1928-36.
In the 1928 edition, he top scored with 14 goals but missed the final due to illness. He bettered his record by scoring 8 goals in the 1932 final when India thrashed hosts USA 24-1. They are yet to recover from that blow.
1936 was the icing on the cake. A strong India and Germany met in the finals and played in front of Adolf Hitler. Chand captained his team and top scored with 3 goals to thrash Germany 8-1. The goal we conceded was the only one in the tournament.
It is said that Hitler immediately offered Chand German citizenship and the rank of Colonel.
Dhyan Chand was the driving force in India’s utter domination of world hockey in that era. To give an example, in one season alone, India played 37 matches, losing none, scoring a whopping 338 goals (that’s 9 per match). And Chand scored 133 of these 338 goals!
His life was full of anecdotes. Once the opposition suspected foul play and broke his hockey stick to check. At another time he scored goals with a walking stick.
Roger Federer is the greatest in tennis. Pele is the greatest in football. Outside India, people still think of Donald Bradman as the greatest cricketer. Dhyan Chand is regarded as the world’s greatest field hockey player of all time.
The Dhyan Chand Award is already our country`s top sports award for lifetime achievement.
Isn’t it time to give him a Bharat Ratna?
And shouldn`t he be the first person to get it?
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Pregnancy: With dizziness & nausea from everyday work
In the first months of pregnancy, many women are plagued by nausea and vomiting. Nevertheless, they have to cope with their everyday work at this early stage of pregnancy as usual. Here Professor Ekkehard Schleußner, board member of the German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics (DGGG), gives the dpa news agency some tips to counteract pregnancy sickness.
For example, the expert advises that the daily meals be divided into many small portions, since the consumption of larger amounts of food can increase the nausea. Pregnant women should also take time to eat. Food that is quickly looped down is counterproductive in any case. Furthermore, pregnant women often have difficulty eating acidic fruits such as kiwi or orange. Sour fruit in the office in between can also increase nausea, according to the DGGG expert. The "dpa" cites ginger tea as a good home remedy for nausea during pregnancy, referring to Prof. Schleußner. "If the taste is not too extreme, you can also chew on the tuber," the news agency quotes the board member of the DGGG.
Drink a lot and exercise enough While ginger can provide relief from nausea during pregnancy, spicy foods and spices should be avoided here as they can lead to increased nausea, the specialist explained. In addition to certain changes in diet, the DGGG expert also advises the consumption of plenty of fluids in order to prevent the equally widespread dizziness and possible circulatory problems in pregnant women. Regarding the suitable drinks, Prof. Schleußner explained that coffee helps many professionals to get through the day-to-day work more cheerfully, but it can only be enjoyed in moderation. "Coffee during pregnancy is allowed", but the expert recommends a maximum of two to three cups a day, according to the "dpa." In addition, a healthy level of exercise or sport can help stabilize the circulation, reports the news agency, citing Prof. Schleußner. (fp)
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Kids in cars: Safety features you shouldn’t forget
This story is provided by our sponsor, Healey Brothers Chrysler Dodge Jeep RAM.
Driving with caution and astute awareness is always important, and so is owning a vehicle that has features that help you stay safe when you're out on the road.
But it takes on and even higher level of importance when you're responsible for the well-being of passengers – especially young children.
In order to keep everyone aboard as safe as possible, it’s smart to invest in a car that has all of the latest safety features. Not sure if your car is up to par? Here are the most up-to-date functions that will help protect your little ones and give you peace of mind while you're out on the road.
Automated safety features
It can be easy to get distracted whenever there are kids in the car. They can be loud, which isn't great for concentration, and as much as you try to keep full focus, you might find yourself trying to calm a crying baby, break up a fight between siblings or let your attention be taken away from the road by any number of occurrences. Automatic emergency braking systems help out in these situations. By detecting when your vehicle gets too close to another or there's potential for a collision, it will automatically apply your brakes to prevent a crash.
There are also options for onboard automatic crash notification systems. In the event of an accident, a timely first response can be crucial – especially when it comes to helping and treating children. A crash notification system will automatically track your location and notify the proper help you need so that they can get to you as soon as possible.
Surround view camera
Being able to see all around you when in reverse is helpful in any situation – especially when you have kids in the car whose antics might be distracting you from backing up or parallel parking. Not to mention, if you do end up hitting someone’s bumper, the process of exchanging insurance information while the kids are getting restless in the background can really ramp up the frustration. These features are also crucial to have in case the kids are moving around somewhere outside of the car.
It goes without saying that you don't want a car door opening while the vehicle is in motion. But sometimes kids have a tendency to fiddle with the door handle. Using safety locks will keep them from being able to open the back doors from inside the car, ensuring everyone stays safe for the duration of the ride.
Young children also shouldn't be operating the windows in the back seat, which could lead to accidents. Set up your window system so that only the driver can operate the windows' up and down functions.
Additionally, to make it easier on drivers and passengers (and to help prevent driver distraction) many vehicles now have windows that go upward or downward automatically at the push of a button. If you frequently have child passengers, you'll want automatic windows that have an anti-pinch feature. They detect when the glass has stopped moving – for example, if it made contact with an arm hanging out of the window – and will automatically reverse direction, so your kids won't painfully pinch any appendages in a closing window.
While nothing can take the place of cautious, mindful and safe driving, the above features will give you an even better chance of traveling safely.
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All about making whisky
If The Balvenie is often depicted as one of the Grands Crus of Speyside, it is more because of its artisanal nature than the fact that it was built at the foot of a castle (which is today in ruins).
A small quantity of its barley is even grown in the neighbouring farms. And although the preservation of its malting floors doesn’t allow it to be completely self-sufficient for its malt supply, it does contribute to firmly rooting the single malt in the locality and climate, an environment particularly favourable to maturation.
To reach Balvenie you must first pass by its older brother Glenfiddich, crossing over its immense estate, with the young Kininvie distillery nestled on its edge, a sort of large unattractive hangar that is somewhat uninviting. But missing out on it would be a shame, as its still room is very much worth a detour. On beautiful spring days, the air is filled with the smell of grain, honey and flowers bordering the paths.
David Stewart, The Balvenie’s Master of Malt, is something of a grand couturier when it comes to creating his blends, which are characterized by elegance, balance and sweetness. The old vintage versions, which are complex and sophisticated, often win prizes at competitions. The family business William Grant & Sons avoids selling single malt to blenders, for the most part to prevent the appearance of independent bottlings. It does, however, produce a blended malt, Burnside (named after one of the neighbouring farms owned by the Grants), which is composed of 99% The Balvenie and 1% Glenfiddich. | <urn:uuid:7692f888-0577-44de-87a9-58219d8e7d57> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.whisky.fr/en/balvenie-distillery | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279410.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00164-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96856 | 344 | 1.648438 | 2 |
Why the Rich Don't Gamble, and Neither Should You
James Bond doesn't pay your mortgage
It is a captivating scene. Perched high on a balcony, our man Bond, James Bond surveys the casino floor. At the Craps take he spies what he is looking for: Arch Badguy Euro McSlimy. Dripping in finery and fine women, Euro rears back, preparing to throw the dice. He never gets the chance, though. To the horror of all, he droops lifeless onto the table with one of Bond's silenced bullets through his temple. Bond slips away silently into the night.
The implied message in this and countless other Bond movies is that the rich gamble, that it is upscale and alluring, and you should too. According to Ian Fleming, the author who invented Bond, he was based on a real-life spy, in fact a Czech playboy he actually knew. But I believe Fleming would tell you that the model for Bond was engaged in the business for destroying his family's fortune, not building it.
Thomas Stanley is an author that has spent an academic lifetime studing the habits of the rich to determine in what ways they are, as the saying goes, different from you and me. In his book "The Millionaire Next Door," he notes that the rich are less likely than are the general public to buy lottery tickets, or to gamble in other ways. Further, those worth $10 million are even less likely than are run-of-the-mill millionaires, and those worth $100 million even less likely. Millionaire are generally good at math and understand that lotteries are a tax on People Bad at Math.
So let's take a look at the math, shall we? Don't let your eyes glaze over. What you're about to read could save you thousands.
Lotteries are the worst bet of all. They generally pay out about half of what they take in. If you play lotteries over a period of time, you can reasonably expect to lose half of what you pay. This is sort of like buying a house at the top of the housing bubble, only with the lottery you KNOW you will lose money.
But as the ad campaign for a large state lottery says, someone has to win, it might as well be you. Assuming this highly improbable event comes to pass, do you currently have the knowledge to wisely invest a million dollars? 10 million? My advice would be that the money you would spend on lottery tickets would be better spent on a financial education. I'd rather have the lottery endow me with the ability to manage the money than the money itself. Without the former, the latter will quickly vanish, as studies of lottery winners demonstrate over and over.
Table games at casinos pay a little better, but you still lose money. If you absolutely must lose money at a casino, plat Baccarat or Blackjack, two games where the odds are lowest at losing money. Over time, though, you can still expect to lose money at these games.
Depending on how they are set up, slot machines can lose you a relatively small amount as well. In places where casinos have to comete against each other, casinos can pay back to 93-97% of what is gambled. But let there be no mistake: over time the house still wins and you still lose, you just lose less.
Let's say that you do figure out a way to consistently beat the house, such as was done by the math whizzes portrayed in the movie "21." Do you really think that the organized crime figures that run the gaming industry are really going to let you succeed for any length of time?
I suggest reviewing this movie for the answer. Theirs is not a happy ending. Instead of gambling, simply write out a check to your favorite Organized Crime Family and mail it off; it's a lot simpler than actually travelling to a casino.
For all the damage mafia thugs can do, though, even more damaging is how gambling can destroy people and families. For those with addictive personalities, gambling can become an addiction that drains a family of all of monetary resources.
If you live in a town with a casino, have a chat with the operator of the local Homeless Shelter. He or she will tell you that when Mom decides to go gambling with the grocery money, the Homeless Shelter is the family's next stop. Have you ever seen a mother and daughter argue over who turns tricks that night for the family's income? Go to a homeless shelter and you just might, as did my father while volunteering at one. If every mother in America could simply visualize this scene, far fewer would ever set foot in a casino. | <urn:uuid:4d0b69ea-2a0a-4818-a3dc-8548b9af4164> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://hubpages.com/money/Why-the-Rich-Dont-Gamble-and-Neither-Should-You | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280410.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00447-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975774 | 965 | 1.710938 | 2 |
Chopin Theatre, Polish Cultural Institute NY and Seminary Bookstore welcome Polish writer Andrzej Stasiuk, one of the brightest literary talents to emerge in East and Central Europe since communism’s end.
Stasiuk, who spent time in prison after deserting the army, used this experience for his 1992 literary debut, Mury Hebronu, which established him as a literary force. His work has been widely translated throughout Europe with four books available in English. Outside of writing he breeds sheep and llamas with his wife in Czarne, a secluded Carpathian mountain range. Here they have established the small but prestigious publishing company, Wydawnictwo Czarne. In this his first US tour, Andrzej Stasiuk appears at PEN World Voices Festival alongside Salman Rushdie and Patti Smith. He has received many awards including the Nike, Poland’s highest literary prize. | <urn:uuid:bcc69a04-39b6-4bf1-ac65-156ca916849b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pen.org/press-clip/wydarzeniaevents/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572089.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814234405-20220815024405-00073.warc.gz | en | 0.959783 | 200 | 1.507813 | 2 |
The Bible is the primary source of Christian theology. The Catechism states that “God is the author of Sacred Scripture.” (CCC 105). But can we trust scripture? Is the Bible reliable?
Find out in episode four of the Catholic Christianity podcast, Season One: Reasons to Believe.
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Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey
Through December 7th
More than 80 works are presented in the Morris Museum’s current exhibition of art by contemporary artists who have stretched the boundaries of paper as a creative medium and source of inspiration.
The exhibition includes surprising objects made from paper ranging from life-size sculptures of human figures and whimsical figures to geometrically complex folded objects to jewelry and paper dresses. The “paper” includes dollar bills, book pages, florists’ wrapping, dress patterns and more. Included are papermakers, sculptors and engineers, whose methods and materials include handmade paper pulp, folded paper, molded paper, recycled paper and cut paper.
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Southcentral Montana check stations operated by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks saw hunter numbers and their harvest fall – to historic lows in some instances – for the final weekend of the 2019 general big-game season. Those numbers dragged season-long statistics down at all five locations.
Wintery weather during at least three of the six weekends which bracket the five-week general season influenced some of the hunter participation and harvest numbers.
Here are some details from the five check stations:
The number of hunters who stopped at FWP’s Columbus check station during the 2019 general big-game season was the lowest on record, as was the number of mule deer and white-tailed deer checked. The final weekend of the five-week general season punctuated the trend with the lowest number of hunters and mule deer on record and a white-tailed deer harvest that was 45 percent below average.
Over the weekend, FWP wildlife biologist Shawn Stewart checked 82 hunters at Columbus, down from 170 during the same weekend in 2018 and well below the long-term average of 219. Hunters checked 24 white-tailed deer, down from 35 a year ago and an average of 44. The had harvested 12 mule deer, down from 28 in 2018 and just a fifth of the average of 60.
For the entire season, Stewart checked 676 hunters down from 939 a year ago and a long-term average of 1,193. This year hunters checked just 91 white-tailed deer down from 136 in 2018 and an average of 176. They had harvested 98 mule deer, down from 155 in 2018 and an average of 288.
The elk harvest measured as Columbus was the sole bright spot with 24 elk checked, down just three from a year ago and down two from the long-term average.
The number of hunters who stopped at FWP’s Lavina check station Saturday and Sunday was the lowest on record, which dragged the year-end statistics to a historic low as well. The mule deer harvest measured at Lavina also was at a historic low both for the closing weekend and the whole season.
FWP wildlife biologist Ashley Taylor checked 277 hunters during the final weekend of the season, down sharply from 408 hunters during the same weekend in 2018 and well below the long-term average of 538. Hunters checked 23 white-tailed deer, down from 31 a year ago and less than half of the long-term average of 59. They had harvested 44 mule deer, down from 83 during the same weekend a year ago and less than half of the average of 92. Hunters had 29 elk, just three fewer than a year ago and 10 fewer than average.
Of those hunters who stopped at Lavina over the weekend, 35 percent had harvested an animal, down one percentage point from last year and two points from the average.
For the entire season, Taylor checked 1,438 hunters, the lowest on record and well off of the long-term average of 1,953. Hunters checked 70 white-tailed deer, the second lowest on record and less than half of the long-term average of 156. They also checked 148 mule deer, the lowest on record and well below the average of 254. Hunters had 101 elk, down only five from the average. Of those who stopped at Lavina during the season, 23 percent had harvested an animal, which is five percentage points below average.
The number of hunters who stopped at FWP’s Big Timber check station over the weekend was the lowest on record, along with the white-tailed deer and elk harvest. The number of checked mule deer was tied for the lowest ever during the closing weekend of Montana’s five-week general big-game season.
For the entire 2019 season, the number of hunters who stopped at Big Timber was well below the long-term average. While the harvest measured at Big Timber was below average for all species, those hunters fared better than in a number of previous years.
Over the weekend, FWP wildlife biologist Justin Paugh checked 137 hunters, 100 fewer than the closing weekend of the 2018 general season and well below the long-term average of 231. Hunters checked 31 white-tailed deer, down from 47 on the same weekend last year and an average of 52. They had harvested 27 mule deer, down from 50 a year ago and an average of 59. Hunters had harvested six elk, less than half of the 15 checked last year and an average of 16.
For the entire 2019 general season, Paugh checked 914 hunters, down from an average of 1,018. Hunters checked 144 white-tailed deer, down from an average of 162, and 181 mule deer, down from an average of 224. Elk hunters checked 55 elk during the season, down slightly from an average of 59.
At FWP’s Billings Heights check station, biologists checked fewer than half as many hunters and harvested animals over the weekend than the same time period last year.
FWP wildlife biologist Megan O’Reilly checked 171 hunters Saturday and Sunday, down from 370 during the closing weekend of the 2018 season. Hunters checked 23 white-tailed deer, 10 fewer than the same weekend last year, and 58 mule deer, down from 137 a year ago. They also checked nine elk, down from 15 in 2018. This past weekend, 53 percent of all hunters who stopped had harvested an animal, up three percentage points from the same period in 2018.
This was the first year that O’Reilly operated the check station all six weekends of the general big-game hunting season, so full-season statistics are not comparable to 2018 or a long-term average.
For the year, 1,438 hunters stopped at FWP’s Billings Heights check station with 92 white-tailed deer, 362 mule deer and 88 elk.
The number of hunters who stopped at FWP’s Laurel check station during the 2019 general big-game season was the lowest on record, as was the white-tailed deer harvest. The number of mule deer checked was the second lowest ever measured while the elk harvest was well above average.
During the four weekends that he ran FWP’s Laurel check station this year, FWP wildlife research specialist Jay Watson checked 405 hunters, the fewest on record and well short of the long-term average of 768. Hunters checked 40 white-tailed deer, a record low number and well below the long-term average of 94. The 85 mule deer checked at Laurel was identical to 2015 and lower than any year except 2014, when just 70 mule deer were checked. On average, hunters have checked 176 mule deer at Laurel.
The elk harvest measured at Laurel was the bright spot among the statistics with 14 checked in 2019, five more than the long-term average.
Numbers gathered at Laurel were dragged down during the final weekend of the 2019 season. Watson checked 65 hunters on Saturday and Sunday, down from 156 during the same weekend last year. Hunters checked 13 white-tailed deer, fewer than half of the 30 checked in 2018. They checked 15 mule deer, just a third of the 45 brought to Laurel during the same weekend in 2018. Elk hunters checked six elk, up from two in 2018.
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