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It got a generation of gamers off their arses with the Wii and its Wii Fit board accessory, but Nintendo's future-gazing "Quality of Life" plans may have wheezed to a halt.
Following the death of Nintendo CEO and president Satoru Iwata last month, a number of insider industry analysts have all come out stating that the QOL push (a partnership between Nintendo and ResMed) has now likely been canned.
“I think it’s been pushed to the back burner,” IDC research director for gaming Lewis Ward said.
“It’s supposed to be released in the US by the end of March , but I haven’t heard anything. [However,] I do think Nintendo has always had an interest in ‘Blue Ocean’ markets and health care and the intersection with their hardware and their software is something they’ve viewed as an opportunity.”
Though controversially outspoken (and not always right in his projections), analyst Michael Pachter shares a similarly bleak outlook for Nintendo's health plans.
“I think it’s probably dead – just like the Wii Vitality Sensor was before and they didn’t tell anybody," he said.
“They have been completely invisible as a company since [Iwata] got sick. The whole point of helping with lifestyle was getting people to buy more Nintendo devices – and I think they’re hurting so badly in devices that they’re trying to [stop] the haemorrhaging there. I would say they’re probably focused on just getting their mobile initiative working. That’s far more important than [QOL].”
It seems then that the Quality of Life programme may have been a pet project of Iwata's and, presumably, one that lacks backing since his passing.
“What Nintendo will try to achieve in the next 10 years is a platform business that improves people’s Quality Of Life in enjoyable ways," said the late Nintendo CEO when announcing the plans back in January last year.
“The theme of ‘health’. It has been a long time since people started to say that the console era has now shifted to a new mobile era, with wearable technology in the spotlight at CES this month. Yet again, it is our intention to go into a new blue ocean. With that said, we wish to achieve an integrated hardware-software platform business that, instead of providing mobile or wearable features, will be characterized by a new area of what we like to call non-wearable technology.”
With the Nintendo NX waiting in the wings and a push into mobile gaming on the way, a dedicated health device (when smartphones and wearables already do such a great job of fitness tracking) probably doesn't make all that much sense. Still, Nintendo could always mash the new plans together – a "5K Goomba Run" app, anyone? [Fortune] | <urn:uuid:845191e7-61f0-40bd-aee0-3227ef307915> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2015/08/nintendo-may-ditch-iwatas-health-focused-qol-plans/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281649.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00444-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973221 | 615 | 1.5 | 2 |
Aimed at departing from the oft-used criminalization approach in dealing with the issue of sex trafficking, a presentation at the 2012 American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting in San Francisco examined the issue through the lens of public health prevention as a growing strategy to combat human trafficking. The definition of human trafficking includes labor and sex trafficking. Sex trafficking, however, is often conflated to include sex work. Many advocates argue that this results in the sex work being unfairly targeted by law enforcement authorities as a “problem”, and also demonized by global health policies such as PEPFAR.
During this presentation, Associate Law Professor Jonathan Todres of Georgia State University, gives an interesting perspective on how solving the problem of human trafficking typically uses a three-pronged approach:
- Protect & Assist
- Adopt Prevention Programs
In these three approaches, Todres notes the disparity in how resources are parceled out – specifically saying that a”vast amount of resources” are spent for criminalization and prosecution. Close to “nothing” is devoted to prevention, a central concept of public health.
But the manner and amount of resources and support are distributed to address the problem may only be the tip the iceberg. Todres further reasons that the present “criminal-centric” model fails to address the scope of violence and harm predicated upon the sex trafficked, including dangerously conflating sex work with sex trafficking. Conflating the two results in a lack of understanding of how both are truly different – often subjecting sex workers to marginalization and criminalization at the hands of law enforcement.
Todres recalls a legal concept known as the Multiple Goals Theory, as an underlying rationale as to why prosecution and criminalization might be so often used, and ineffective. The theory states that when entities are faced with multiple goals, they often default to their primary mandate. If the goal is to address sex trafficking, then the (usual) default mandate to achieve the goal is to criminalize and prosecute. Since law enforcement department mandates seldom change, there is always incentives to prosecute and criminalize – their default mandate. Very rarely are there mandates that provide incentives for prevention or protection. In effect, prosecution does not get at the root causes. Additionally with such incentives to prosecute, there is less motivation for law enforcement to delineate sex work from sex trafficking when it is viewed as one big ‘problem’ that authorities are paid to take-down.
In adopting a public health approach, the framework relies on these key points:
- Evidence-based approach to the problem
- Focusing on prevention
- Changing unhealthy and high-risk behaviors
- Identifying and engaging stakeholders
- *Understanding human trafficking unique attributes*
The last point maybe a key step in really extrapolating the attributes of sex trafficking and sex work. Through distinguishing the two, applying a thorough framework that properly addresses root causes, can properly divert resources in an effective manner without trampling on the rights of sex workers by making them part of the “problem” . Properly understanding the unique attributes for both as well, would be crucial in reforming law enforcement departmental policies that rely too much on prosecution, rather than prevention, as a strategy to mitigate human trafficking. As Todre aptly put it as a key takeaway from the session: “We simply cannot prosecute ourselves out of this problem”.
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An all-hands meeting is where the entire company comes together to discuss the vision, company and team updates, wins and losses, and ask questions. In the early days, communication is typically in the form of ad-hoc discussions, brainstorming, or simple email updates. As you grow, this becomes an unsustainable approach and the team will need more.
All hands meetings are an important practice to begin when you have enough people on the team that it becomes too difficult to keep everyone on the same page. You may be adding many new team members each month, teams will grow and become more siloed, and the leadership team may shift priorities that impact the whole organization. This is where you focus on the big picture to ensure everyone, and every team is aligned.
There is usually one main moderator who can effectively communicate the vision, where we’re at, and where we’re going. Then, each team lead can share updates on what’s happening in their world, and what they need from the other teams. It’s important to highlight wins and successes to keep team morale high.
We recommend all hands meetings are held monthly. These meetings require effort to prepare for but a successfully led all hands meeting can have a huge positive impact on your team. | <urn:uuid:9008d50f-fa5a-4018-8e3c-e92229235a60> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://mindup.co/template/all-hands-meeting/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570765.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808031623-20220808061623-00268.warc.gz | en | 0.952079 | 262 | 1.742188 | 2 |
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Art Deco Diamond and Enamel Brooch by Georges Fouquet
Art Deco geometric black and turquoise enamel brooch with diamonds, set in platinum.
Parisian jeweler Georges Fouquet (1862-1957) joined his father, Alphonse (1828-1911), in the family business in 1891. Most famous for his Art Nouveau creations, his work spanned multiple styles as he adapted to changing times. This brooch reflects the new aesthetic of the Art Deco movement, when sinuous lines and organic forms were abandoned in favor of geometric designs and bold colors.
By Georges Fouquet, Paris, 1928
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Will it be in a plane crash? A shark attack? Will someone break into your house with a knife, or will you be caught in the crossfire in a botched robbery? You might overdose. Drop dead from a massive heart attack. Maybe you’ll take your own life, or some misguided fool will blow up his underwear on the bus. The house will catch on fire or a drunk will veer into your lane or you’ll drown.
Or will you one day notice that something isn’t quite right? Will there be tests and waiting and halting conversations in hushed rooms? Will you be sick? Will you sign documents and move into some sort of facility? Will you suffer? Will you be alone?
Al Qaida, trench coats and tiger sharks notwithstanding, you will probably not go out in a blaze of glory, tragedy or anything else. Nine out of ten of us will depart this life after an illness. It is very, very likely that you will one day get some kind of sick that does not get better, and that hours or weeks or years later, you will die in a quiet room.
And so will the people you love.
As Lani Leary writes in No One Has To Die Alone, most of us will be badly unprepared for death when it arises in our lives–whether for ourselves or for our loved ones–and often with painful consequences. Far too often, those facing the death of someone close to them find themselves confronted by a physical, emotional and spiritual challenge for which nothing in their experience has prepared them. Having lived in a society that segregates death from the rest of live, Leary writes, we don’t know what questions to ask, what steps to take, or how we can best be of service.
Leary, a Hawaii native now living in Kaneohe, writes from extraordinary experience. The book opens with a recounting of her mother’s death at a relatively early age, and of Leary’s memories of the silence and isolation that befell the remaining members of her family. She recalls the sense of being lost that followed–a feeling familiar to all who have lost a parent but, as Leary reveals in wrenching prose, one that is almost all-consuming for a child. Leary went on to a career as a psychotherapist for the dying and the bereaved, and her professional engagement with more than 500 deaths informed the insights of this book.
No One Has to Die Alone is ultimately a reference book with a soul. Written not as a theoretical text but rather as a roadmap for what can be one of life’s most treacherous roads, Leary’s book offers both deep wisdom and simple practical tips for those facing the death of a loved one. At the core of Leary’s message is that listening and love are the keys; that if we listen with love–and without judgment–to what the dying need, we can help bring peace and fulfillment and grace to their final journeys.
The standout quality of Leary’s book is its comprehensive approach, which is surprising for such a slim volume. No One Has to Die Alone is beautifully balances the need to care for the dying with the need to care for ourselves while we are doing so. This is particularly important, as Leary notes, when a loved one is faced with a relatively long illness, as mourning in such cases begins long before the person’s death. Also of great value to those facing death for the first time are Leary’s checklists, a set of key concepts that appear at the end of each chapter: “How to Say Goodbye” and “How to Respond to Your Loved One’s Expressions of Pain” — these things may seem glib, even fatuous, out of context, but in the moment of crisis their value is immense.
No One Has to Die Alone is not for everyone, at least not as a casual read. Leary delves into a personal near-death experience and reports on the afterlife with an odd certainty. Her own experience with the dying is vast, and perhaps as a result there is a kind of death-zen here to which some readers probably will not relate.
These are small concerns measured against the yawning chasm that opens in our lives when a loved one is facing the end. Neither Leary’s book nor anything else can come close to filling that void, but No One Has to Die Alone offers wisdom, compassion and humanity.
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Beets are amazing and incredibly healing veggies. Regardless of whether they are cooked or raw, beets preserve their nutritional value.
Hippocrates used beets as a healing plant. Beets have been used in the treatment of various ailments for centuries.
They have been a common remedy for blood disorders like anemia, or iron deficiency. This vegetable is abundant in iron, and it has the highest content of iron, right after garlic.
When it comes to iodine content, this vegetable is second to kale. Beets offer a wide range of nutrients and boost your metabolism. They also give your body potent antioxidants that are more common in red beets.
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-- Beets are abundant in polyphenols and betalains. These prevent free radical damage and oxidative stress.
-- This vegetable contains B vitamins and PP which strengthens capillary walls.
-- It has great mineral content. Potassium and folate protect heart, magnesium strengthens bones, iron and phosphorus stimulate energy, copper targets free radicals, and iodine participates in the biosynthesis of thyroid hormones.
-- Cobalt found in beets supports the formation of vitamin B12. This vitamin is synthesizes by your intestinal microflora. The formation of erythrocytes is practically impossible without vitamin B12 and folic acid.
-- Eat more beets to rejuvenate your body. Beets are rich in folic acid which aid in the formation of new cells.
-- Betalin pigments flush toxins out of the body.
-- Betacyanins inhibit cancer cell growth.
-- Dietary fiber stimulates digestion.
-- Beets boost metabolism.
-- It makes easy for your body to digest vitamin D.
-- Beets are high in nitrates. When ingested, these turn into nitrites. This is of great help when it comes to preventing dementia. According to researchers, nitrites open up blood vessels and provide normal blood flow. This makes easy for oxygen to reach oxygen lacking areas.
-- Beets contain more pectin than carrots. Pectin aids in the elimination of radioactive and heavy metals from the body. It also prevents the spreading of dangerous intestinal bacteria and various ailments.
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In continuation with the theme of last week’s sermon, Huzoor (aba) focused today’s sermon on the aspect of spiritual healing that is also part of the Divine attribute of Ashaafi (The Healer). After reciting Surah Al Fatihah, Huzoor (aba) reminded us that God is the source of all healing; and when prayer becomes a source of such miraculous healing through the Will of God, a Believer makes great progress in his faith in the Oneness of God and His dominion over creation, and he is reminded of his purpose in life which is to continue to progress and advance in spirituality. Allah Almighty reminds us that man is created to worship Him and to obey His commandments. It is a great favor of Allah that He has given us complete guidance in the form of the Holy Quran through the Holy Prophet (saw). Huzoor (aba) said that as the honeybee is a cure for physical ailments (details provided in last week’s sermon), so is the honeybee a cure for the diseases of the soul, if only we ponder. Huzoor (aba) presented a series of verses from the Holy Quran to elaborate this point.
In the Holy Quran, we read:
And thy Lord has inspired the bee, saying, ‘Make thou houses in the hills and in the trees and in the trellises which they build. (16:69)
If we delve upon this verse, it was through revelation that an ordinary bee was instructed the way and the process to make honey, a cure for physical ailments, and in fact, all animals are guided in a similar way. In reality, revelation is essential for every activity, therefore, how can man reject the value of this divine scheme. The Promised Messiah (as) said that a worldly man believes that his own efforts suffice him to achieve success in all his endeavors, but we must remember that without supplication, there is no success, and what we achieve as a result of this supplication is also a type of revelation. Man should be concerned not only about achieving success in this world, but also in the Hereafter. It is God’s divine law that He sends guidance through His prophets and saintly people. In this regard, He has bestowed His grand favor and mercy upon mankind by sending the Holy Prophet (saw), a perfect human being, and revealing the Holy Quran to him, a complete and perfect guidance and source of physical and spiritual healing.
In a Hadith, we find that one of the companions went to the leader of a tribe and treated him with the help of Surah Fatiha. The companion was compensated for the treatment which he refused. Upon his return, the Holy Prophet (saw) was pleased with his method of treatment, but he also said that he had the right to receive compensation, but should never ask for a payment. (Bukhari). This Hadith sheds light on the fact that the Holy Quran contains healing for all types of ailments. It is the Word of God revealed, but it is not the end of revelation. Prior to the advent of the Holy Prophet (saw), God communicated with His Prophets, and similarly, the process continues even today. The Promised Messiah (as) says that after the Torah was revealed to Prophet Moses (as), God continued to send Prophets in his lineage to remind nations to follow the revealed path of truthfulness. Therefore, revelation is a process that continues even today, and the Promised Messiah (as) has been appointed in modern times to revive the teachings of the Holy Quran and instill these teachings by spreading the word far and wide. This mission continues under the umbrella of Khilafat today. If we analyze the situation of the Muslim world today, we do not find that the Muslims are benefiting from the teachings of the Holy Quran despite the presence of the Book and scholarly people who write commentaries and explain its teachings. Does this mean that, God forbid, the Quran has lost its glorious meaning for modern world? Absolutely not! What this does mean is that the scholarly people who claim to understand the Book have lost their ability to truly comprehend its teachings and today the only path that leads to its understanding is being paved by the Ahmadiyya Community. May Allah guide the Muslim Ummah to the right path, Ameen.
Huzoor (aba) then recited the following verses:
And We are gradually revealing of the Qur’an that which is a healing and a mercy to the believers; but it only adds to the loss of the wrongdoers. (17:83)
This is a perfect Book; there is no doubt in it; it is a guidance for the righteous, (2:3)
From these verses, it is clear that guidance is present in the Quran for those whose hearts are clean. If the teachings are practiced, man will progress in spirituality. But Huzoor (aba) explained that just like medicine alone cannot cure, it is important to follow the directions of usage and the proper way of administrating it, similarly, the guidance is present, but people do not know how to follow it. The Promised Messiah (as) said that many who have entered the Jamaat were those who indulged in all sorts of bad habits before their pledge of allegiance, yet, after joining the Jamaat have brought about a great change in their habits and keep a great desire to cleanse themselves of all bad habits. Huzoor (aba) said that these are clear indications that today, the only way to salvation is through the Promised Messiah (as), therefore believers should rejoice that they are the heirs to the promises contained in the Quran and the result of these promises will be in their favor.
O mankind! there has indeed come to you an exhortation from your Lord and a cure for whatever disease there is in the hearts, and a guidance and a mercy to the believers. (10:58)
In this verse, God has addressed the entire mankind, warning them not to undermine the importance of this Book or the Prophet. The Holy Quran contains all sorts of guidance for man to become righteous and Godly. The Prophet is a Mercy for all mankind who also guides us towards God’s mercy. Through these, man can find the true purpose of his creation and ameliorate not only his worldly affairs but also his position in the Hereafter by following the guidance. If we ponder deeply, this verse also responds to those allegations against Islam that accuse it of imposing its message forcefully upon people. This verse contains but a suggestion and an advice from Allah purely for our own benefit. Therefore, Ahmadis should feel sympathy for mankind and it is with this compassion that they should invite every man to become closer to God as this is the only way to achieving salvation. Huzoor (aba) said that a small faction of extremists have hijacked the name of Islam and due to their hostile activities, Islam is earning false allegations. Therefore, it is the duty of Ahmadis to show the beautiful teachings of Islam to the world.
Huzoor (aba) also mentioned that the heart and the soul are connected. Research in this field is also proving this to be correct to a great extent. Remembering God appeases the heart and the mind and thus the soul. In this regard, Huzoor (aba) mentioned the Tahir Heart Institute in Rabwah, where Ahmadi doctors (Huzoor (aba) specifically mentioned Dr. Noori) are doing a tremendous job and their treatment along with prayers are miraculously healing patients. Doctors from overseas are stunned at the recovery of some patients. May Allah enable the doctors to continue to serve humanity, Ameen.
And if We had made it a Qur’an in a foreign tongue, they surely would have said, ‘Why have not its verses been made clear? What! a foreign tongue and an Arab?’ Say, ‘It is a guidance and a healing for those who believe.’ But as to those who believe not, there is a deafness in their ears, and it is blindness for them. They are, as it were, being called to from a far off place. (41:45)
In this verse, God says that there are some people who will always find fault when guidance comes their way. They are deaf and cannot be reasoned with. They have distanced themselves to a far off place and do not wish to hear the message. Huzoor (aba) mentioned that those Westerners who keep finding faults without trying to understand the true message, fall into this category of people. On the contrary, there are others who wish to benefit from this guidance and these are the ones whose hearts are pure. Therefore Allah helps them in their effort and rewards them with His Mercy.
In the end, Huzoor (aba) prayed and requested Ahmadis to pray for the entire Muslim Ummah. May Allah guide them to understand the true meanings of the Holy Quran and restore their lost glory once again and raise high the banner of Islam. May Allah bestow upon them the intelligence to find cure for their spiritual ailments. May Allah enable all of us to remain true to our understanding of this Holy Book and continue to reap benefits from it. Ameen. | <urn:uuid:69a17b00-efb0-4b35-82bd-7d55bb675a4a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.alislam.org/friday-sermon/printer-friendly-summary-2008-12-26.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281424.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00328-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967835 | 1,901 | 2.125 | 2 |
A well offshore Abu Dhabi was deemed a success despite deployment challenges during the lower completion phase. Opportunities to address these challenges existed for a succeeding well, and in the search for improvement to the productivity index (PI), multilateral acid-jetting technology was adopted as a more-effective approach than typical drainage methods. Following successful adoption of this technology, the well has been producing for 1 year at the time of writing with positive results.
The subject reservoir consists of a carbonate multilayer formation with differing porosities and permeabilities. The conventional method to inject or produce from these layers is by drilling slanted or horizontal holes followed by acidizing using conventional 15 or 28% hydrochloric acid (HCl). These holes sometimes do not meet the target because of low productivity (high drawdown) caused by tight reservoirs with less surface contact even after acidizing because the acid tends to propagate more in the highly permeable streaks than in the low-permeability ones. | <urn:uuid:90298002-e6e6-4592-be29-48df14ba7dc6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://employmentclassifiedsonline.com/multilateral-jetting-technology-results-in-increased-production-in-offshore-field/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00677.warc.gz | en | 0.935409 | 199 | 1.960938 | 2 |
Yesterday I talked to M. Sanjayan, Lead Scientist for the Nature Conservancy, about one of his mentors, Michael Soule. Back in the 70s, Soule, who was Paul Ehrlich’s first graduate student and a population biologist, had the insight that landscapes increasingly fragmented by human incursion would sooner rather than later lead to inbreeding depression among species and then, in short order, extinction.
There were others involved, of course, but Soule led the call to action and founded conservation biology, a new science to deal with the crisis. He also founded a nonprofit the mission of which is to link protected landscapes and so physically ameliorate the fragmentation.
I had been reading Reinventing Nature?: Responses to Postmodern Deconstruction, which Soule co-edited with Gary Lease in 1995; the volume of essays was instigated by a conference at UC Irvine, hotbed of deconstruction, which was set to address “the forces of cultural construction” in forming our ideas of nature. In Soule’s essay he writes: “When I discovered that social critics were deconstructing both nature and wilderness, even questioning their existence and essential reality, I wondered how and why.” Indeed. Bring on the Roland Barthes, I love reading that stuff, but it gets extremely cloying and practically stupid when biological processes are thrown against the screen of human relativism.
What could be more arrogant, and also, more destructive — placing nature at some sort of remove from ourselves makes it that much easier to treat it as a commodity.
Soule founded what is now the Wildlands Network based on “Deep Ecology,” a philosophy articulated by Arne Naess, which argues that nature has a right to exist unmolested by us, just because it does exist. While Soule avers that you can’t save nature without addressing people, because “it’s all one system,” yet he does feel people should stay out of cores of wilderness so it can do it’s own thing without our interference. Sanjayan credits Soule with teaching him that “empathy” needs to imbue the dialogue about nature, and true to the political position of the Nature Conservancy for which he works, Sanjayan promotes sitting down at the table with people with whom you disagree, and listening to them. In general Soule retains a more staunch position about just doing the right thing by nature whether people want to or not. Enough listening to people already – we’re losing land and species fast.
Sanjayan describes his job as that of a “story teller,” and he’s a great messenger, not only in his charm and ebullience, but also in his ethnicity, something that is hardly ever seen in conservation, which tends to be very white. Especially in the upper ranks, it is almost entirely male. As quipped in an Outside Magazine article about Sanjayan, we wouldn’t need conservation if it weren’t for white males. And back to the deconstructionists, who after all are about taking apart received hegemonies, we have all become colonialists when it comes to nature, taking it, controlling it, pretty much mindlessly consuming it until it ain’t no more. What we should be deconstructing isn’t nature, but ourselves. | <urn:uuid:6e37f7e9-2381-46cb-a648-c7125f9fe535> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://thereadersreview.org/2011/10/unnatural/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284405.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00035-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964116 | 710 | 2.125 | 2 |
Experts believe that almost eight in ten people will experience lower back pain at some point in their lives. In fact, back pain is one of the main reasons people seek medical treatment, and some even look for alternative therapies including acupuncture. Acupuncture may be beneficial to those who have back pain.
A study conducted by Lizhou Liu for Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2004 demonstrated a link between acupuncture and the short-term relief of chronic back pain. It also revealed that acupuncture has positive long-term effects on some people’s pain, especially those who received several treatment sessions.
Guidelines from the American College of Physicians suggest that doctors should consider acupuncture as an alternative therapy for patients who suffer from chronic pain and whose condition has not improved through conventional treatments.
How Acupuncture May Help Back Pain
Acupuncture had been around for centuries, and it was first used in China more than 2,500 years ago. This procedure will involve the insertion of needles in specific points on the body called acupoints. According to TCM, the body has more than 2500 points which are connected by meridians, responsible for the flow of energy called Qi. Stimulating these points may help correct the imbalance of Qi. Once there is balance in our body, it is believed that our overall health may eventually improve, in turn reducing the extent of discomfort.
Acupuncture may have the potential to stimulate our central nervous system, which may trigger chemicals into the muscles, brain, and spinal cord. These natural chemicals can alleviate pain and produce bodily changes that promote a sense of well-being.
Practitioners also believe that acupuncture may speed the relay of electromagnetic signals, which can help the flow of pain-killing chemicals like endorphins. But, most importantly, it may help release immune system cells in the body, which could boost our body’s natural healing potential.
The release of natural opioids, a chemical in our brain, can lessen pain and promote better sleep. Changing brain chemistry may alter the release of neurohormones and neurotransmitters, which usually dampen or stimulate our nerve impulses. These natural hormones can also affect the activity and function of organs in our body.
Overall, acupuncture may be an effective alternative therapy that may help relieve pain. However, it must be conducted by a reliable and licensed practitioner. Check in with your local acupuncturist for an initial consultation to find out about their experience with lower back pain and how they may be able to help you. | <urn:uuid:eb7f2949-38e4-459c-90d6-7ab8585d988e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://beacupuncture.com.au/lower-back-pain/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00269.warc.gz | en | 0.95566 | 507 | 2.65625 | 3 |
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A new threat is stalking nations, as terrorist organizations and rogue states alike appear intent on acquiring and using the "poor man's nuclear weapon": biological agents such as anthrax, smallpox, and plague. Attacks against Americans during the past dozen years may be an indication of more worrisome events to come. U.S. military forces in Japan were attacked in April of 1990 with botulinum toxin by the Aum Shinrikyo cult. Hundreds in Oregon were sickened with Salmonella after an attack in 1984. And small amounts of anthrax resulted in widespread panic and frequent evacuations across the United States in the fall of 2001. Ten experts discuss in detail the threats posed by bio-weapons and assess the current state of U.S. biological defenses. Chapters highlight the future prospects for biological warfare, bio-weapons in the Middle East, potential agroterrorism, the emerging bio-cruise missile threat, prevalent myths and likely scenarios, as well as the public health response. The promise of future world peace after World War II was quickly shattered by the Cold War. Indeed, the nuclear age was born at a time when the world seemed to be emerging from a dark past into a hopeful future. Are we to repeat history? With the end of the Cold War, does the future hold even greater threats? Or is an old threat merely resurfacing with a new level of lethality? This book should be required reading for anyone interested in national security, as well as concerned citizens who wish to know what form this new enemy may take and what can be done to stop it. | <urn:uuid:29f930de-7a78-4f5a-90be-93e982d1dbad> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/the-gathering-biological-warfare-storm/9780275983147-item.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280763.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00518-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961136 | 319 | 2.21875 | 2 |
Supporting Guidance: employer compliance: guidance by subject: penalties: abatement structure
The abatement structure is designed to arrive at
- an accurate judgement of the appropriate amount of penalty
- where that penalty is expressed not as a fixed amount but as a maximum, that is, an ‘amount not exceeding’.
This advice relates to ‘error’ penalties expressed as a maximum, such as
- S98A(2)(b), and
and not those under s98 where the penalty is
- a maximum of £3000.
- in these ‘maximum of’ cases to arrive at an appropriate penalty see COG914080.
The procedure in ‘error’ cases is to start with the maximum penalty and then reduce it by the appropriate percentages for
- the extent of employer’s or contractor’s disclosure of inaccuracy COG914100 - abatement for disclosure and COG914105 - things to consider under disclosure
- the extent of employer’s or contractor’s cooperation throughout the compliance check COG914110 - Abatement for cooperation and COG914115 - things to consider under cooperation
- the seriousness of the offences established by the compliance check COG914120 - abatement for seriousness and COG914125 - things to consider under seriousness.
The statutory basis is Section 100(1) TMA 1970.
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Today we were outside the Saudi Embassy—facing the Secret Service, the DC police, and Saudi security police—as we carried out a solemn commemoration of the tragic Saudi bombing of a funeral in Yemen one year ago that killed 140 and wounded 500. While our nation mourns the senseless killing in Las Vegas, we wanted to bring forth the senseless killing that the US is participating in, every day, in Yemen.
US participation in Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen is causing a humanitarian catastrophe that is manmade. Now there is a vehicle to stop it. The Khanna-Massie-Pocan-Jones bipartisan resolution (H. Con. Res. 81) is a rare opportunity for Congress to say NO. We have just one week before this resolution is debated and voted on. Tell your congressman this is the time to take a stand. Either they are on the side of killing innocent people with blood on their hands or on the side of humanity.
The ongoing US-backed Saudi war in Yemen has killed thousands, forced millions to flee their homes, resulted in the world’s worst cholera outbreak, and left 7 million people at risk of starvation. American-made bombs, dropped by American made planes and refueled by American military forces, have been used by the Saudis and their allies to destroy crops, cut off access to ports, and wreak havoc on the people of Yemen. This war could not happen without American support. We can stop this if we can raise the will of those in Congress.
The time to act is now and for the next seven days. Tell your member of Congress they must vote to end US engagement in the war on Yemen. Tell them to join the other members in support of H. Con. Res. 81
What is happening between Yemen and Saudi Arabia will need to be resolved at a peace table, but US military engagement delays that from happening and prolongs the human suffering. Let your members of Congress know you will hold them accountable for the blood on their hands.
Thank you for acting to end war!
Medea Benjamin and the entire CODEPINK Team
P.S. Come learn more about how we can Divest from the War Machine, October 21 in WDC and read Medea's latest article: From a Concert in Las Vegas to a Funeral in Yemen, We Must Stop Mass Murder, as well as this piece by Kathy Kelly: Great Hunger. | <urn:uuid:88605ea9-32b8-45a6-9f40-f4a27193dfea> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.codepink.org/you_can_make_it_happen | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00675.warc.gz | en | 0.952959 | 495 | 2.046875 | 2 |
(nationalpost.com, Nov. 17, Robert Fulford)
The producers of Without a Trace, a TV series about fictional FBI agents searching for missing persons who may be victims of crime, recently introduced a 16-year-old character who mentions casually that in high school she’s studied Dashiell Hammett and other crime writers of his day. Hammett, Raymond Chandler, James M. Cain and similar authors are of course discussed as a literary cluster because of the way they depict crime, cities, hard-boiled private eyes, Los Angeles and male-female relationships.
French critics gave the name film noir to the dark (literally and figuratively) movies made from their books, and now the same term attaches itself to the writers as well. The character on Without a Trace provide fresh evidence that the noir era never ended; it changes shape from time to time, but its central themes remain a vivid part of American entertainment.
In fact, persistent evidence suggests that noir functions as the mother lode of American storytelling, the source for a multitude of novels, movies and TV shows. Its tics and tricks are never far from the minds of producers and scriptwriters. In their eyes, the conventions of noir provide the most convincing and reliable way to enter the darker reaches of the American psyche.
The self-consciousness of the episode on Without a Trace made me sit up and pay attention. It was a highly literate moment in a rarely literary series, a turning inward – the sign of a style in its later stages. The script mentioned that an FBI agent, Samantha Spade (Poppy Montgomery) was named by her parents in homage to Hammett’s character, Sam Spade. The 16-year-old reader of noir books turned out to be a temptress working a scam that any noir reader would recognize as a classic case of a seductive female preying on an emotionally vulnerable and easily fooled male. The student, professing love, destroys a noble and talented young teacher and steals his money before vanishing (to Canada, a detective speculates).
“She played me,” wails the poor teacher as he’s led off in cuffs to face statutory rape and other charges. Many a noir male has said the same, sometimes with his dying breath.
An anthology published last year, The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps, edited by Otto Penzler, explains how this far-reaching and infinitely enriching category was born in magazines of low repute. Jazz, which did for American music what noir did for narrative, was developed in New Orleans whorehouses. The two movements made their way upward in parallel lines, both of them eventually conquering the world. In the 1920s, noir came alive in pulp magazines like Black Mask and Dime Detective. Writers, working for as little as a penny a word, created many of the conventions (tough-guy talk, casual brutality, etc.) that have since moved through the decades, eventually filling the Godfather films, The Sopranos and other expensive entertainments.
The magazine stories became novels which became movies which became TV shows, successive media both handing on and altering the tone, themes and plots, so that after a few decades even fairly careful students of noir couldn’t say for sure whether any given glance, gesture or wisecrack originated in print or on film. In 1944, when Billy Wilder made James M. Cain’s novel, Double Indemnity (the story that likely inspired the teenager on Without a Trace) he enlisted Raymond Chandler to work on the script, thereby blending two of the classic noir writers on one story. The novel fit so well into the movie format that it’s hard to separate them in memory.
The foreground of the typical noir plots turn on personal betrayal, while in the background we glimpse the corruption of cities by unseen power brokers. Wisecracks, now ritualized in TV dialogue, became part of crime fiction’s repertoire about the time when Chandler said someone looked “as guilty as if he’d just kicked his grandmother.”
Early or late, noir-affected writers love that shame-of-our-cities theme. The rich and the powerful lurk behind every murder and the anti-Establishment feelings of the old noir authors (Hammett, the communist, above all) remain to this minute embedded in crime fiction and crime TV. The Brass Verdict, this season’s novel by Michael Connelly, now one of the most admired of crime writers, reaches right back to the corrupt heart of noir for its villain, a Hollywood producer so powerful that his money and influence may help him get away with murdering his wife and her boyfriend. On Law & Order, any wealthy man who shows up on screen will surely turn out to a villain, unless he’s the helpless cuckold of his murderous trophy wife. At the very best, he’s trying to distort the law to save his wastrel son from being punished for a hideous crime. In the Spenser novels of Robert B. Parker (who wrote a PhD dissertation on noir before becoming a star among private-eye novelists), the rich are treated with contempt.
Often the secret Mr. Big, wealthy and respectable, pulls the strings of criminals and scoops up their ill-gotten gains. The city, with its devious ways, makes this possible. A great John Huston film, The Asphalt Jungle (1950) defines its theme in the title. The central figure, played by Sterling Hayden, is trying to pull off the one big job that will get him back to the farm where he spent a boyhood he now idealizes. But he and his fellow thieves are double-crossed by the vicious metropolis, in the person of a suave businessman (Louis Calhern, with the young Marilyn Monroe playing his girlfriend) who agrees to finance the heist but wants all the money for himself. Roman Polanski’s Chinatown, the greatest noir movie of the 1970s, was also the most paranoid, linking a murder to land developers manipulating the water rights of Los Angeles.
A couple of years ago, one of the most admired films, No Country for Old Men, was an exceptionally brutalized noir, complete with someone in an office far away issuing orders to killers. The Departed, with a plot grounded in mutual betrayal of criminals and police, rewrites the noir plot in 21st-century style. Only a few of those who write and those who enjoy these entertainments remember that they began life in the squalor of 10-cent pulp. | <urn:uuid:27a16bfb-4728-4080-8a5f-944fb5db76fe> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blog.vjbooks.com/2008/11/18/noir-they-played-us/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.963421 | 1,378 | 1.726563 | 2 |
: This is a lithograph of an oil painting of Shawnee leader Qua-Ta-Wa-Pea, commonly referred to as Colonel Lewis, published in "History of the Indian Tribes of North America" by Thomas Loraine McKenney and James Hall. Qua-Ta-Wa-Pea, whose name means "The man on the water who sinks and rises again," was born at Pickaway Plains, Ohio. He lived for many years near Wapakoneta, Ohio. McKenney and Hall say in their book that Colonel Lewis' rise to chief was entirely accidental. An American government official mistook Qua-Ta-Wa-Pea for the chief and his tribe followed suit, believing that was the wish of the government. Eventually, Colonel Lewis moved to land west of the Mississippi that was given to the Shawnee by the American government, and there he died in 1826.
Thomas Loraine McKenney (1785–1859) served as the U.S. Superintendent of Indian trade from 1816–1822 and superintendent of Indian affairs from 1824-1830. James Hall (1793–1868) was a lawyer, writer, and editor who lived in Cincinnati, Ohio from 1833 until his death in 1868. Their book was illustrated with portraits from the Indian gallery in the Department of War in Washington, D.C. View on Ohio Memory.
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UK small businesses face crippling costs unless the UK can show the EU that it has adequate levels of data protection, according to research from UCL’s European Institute and the New Economics Foundation.
The Cost of Data Inadequacy is the first major report to look at the impact on business and the economy if the flow of data between the EU and the UK is disrupted because of the lack of an ‘adequacy decision’. It puts the overall cost of that scenario to British companies at between £1bn and £1.6bn.
Data adequacy decisions, in which the EU certifies that a country has the appropriate level of data protection, are essential for everything from enabling online shopping to powering research collaborations.
In the event of a no-deal Brexit, or a deal but then no adequacy decision, small and medium-sized firms will be disproportionately affected by the disruption. The average compliance cost estimated at £3,000 for micro, £10,000 for small, almost £20,000 for medium and about £163,000 for large businesses.
Oliver Patel, Research Associate at the UCL European Institute said: “In recent years, the European Court of Justice has taken a much tougher approach to restricting data transfers between the EU and other countries, much to the consternation of the business community. Post-Brexit, there is a risk that EU-UK data transfers could be targeted by activists and European courts, seeking to exploit the rigid EU rules in this area”. | <urn:uuid:e86a6070-ef87-4838-aa01-b22558c3015d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://aboutmanchester.co.uk/british-companies-face-1-6bn-loss-without-post-brexit-data-agreement/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00078.warc.gz | en | 0.950014 | 310 | 2.109375 | 2 |
But many weary hours, in sooth, were also mine.
At night its little cradle stood
Close to my bed; so was I wide awake
If it but stirred;
One while I was obliged to give it food,
Or to my arms the darling take;
From bed full oft must rise, whene’er its cry I heard,
And, dancing it, must pace the chamber to and fro;
Stand at the wash-tub early; forthwith go
To market, and then mind the cooking too—
Tomorrow like today, the whole year through.
Ah, sir, thus living, it must be confess’d
One’s spirits are not always of the best;
Yet it a relish gives to food and rest.
[They pass on.]
Poor women! we are badly off, I own;
A bachelor’s conversion’s hard, indeed!
Madam, with one like you it rests alone,
To tutor me a better course to lead.
Speak frankly, sir, none is there you have met?
Has your heart ne’er attach’d itself as yet?
One’s own fire-side and a good wife are gold
And pearls of price, so says the proverb old.
I mean, has passion never stirred your breast?
I’ve everywhere been well received, I own.
Yet hath your heart no earnest preference known?
With ladies one should ne’er presume to jest.
Ah! you mistake!
I’m sorry I’m so blind!
But this I know—that you are very kind.
[They pass on.]
Me, little angel, didst thou recognize,
When in the garden first I came?
Did you not see it? I cast down my eyes.
Thou dost forgive my boldness, dost not blame
The liberty I took that day,
When thou from church didst lately wend thy way?
I was confused. So had it never been;
No one of me could any evil say.
Alas, thought I, he doubtless in thy mien,
Something unmaidenly or bold hath seen?
[Illustration: FAUST AND MARGARET IN THE GARDEN Liezen-Mayer]
It seemed as if it struck him suddenly,
Here’s just a girl with whom one may make free!
Yet I must own that then I scarcely knew
What in your favor here began at once to plead;
Yet I was angry with myself indeed
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This week’s power blackouts in India were a reminder of the fragility of our complex infrastructure systems. As we noted on Tuesday, the chief problem was not enough power (in part because of coal-related production problems) paired with too much demand (in part because of high temperatures).
Here’s a roundup of some of the smarter analyses of how these problems came together to plunge India into darkness.
The massive grid breakdown in India should not come as a surprise at all. The surprise part is why it did not happen before. It has been a ticking time bomb. Coal and nuclear will not solve the issue. Energy inefficiency, creaking infrastructure (increasing transmission and distribution losses), lowering of water tables and electricity theft all have to be taken care of at once. Increased urbanization is caused mostly by rural migrants. Proper planning of new urban houses is essential and also a great opportunity. For example, such housing could be designed for better day lighting (and easily could be designed in combination with renewables like solar from day one).
In Delhi, having modern buildings with glass facades that trap heat (increasing the need for heavy air conditioners) just does not make sense. Modern buildings have been designed with scant respect for the local environment and have been built for outward show.
In the name of satisfying voters, huge subsidies for electricity for agricultural water pumping have led to to rapid depletion of groundwater, thus leading to the need for more powerful water pumps, and thus the need for more electricity — a vicious cycle.
About that water.
The great summer storms—which provide three-quarters of India’s annual rainfall—came late to the country this year, leaving much of northern India gripped in a killer drought and unrelenting heat. While the slow monsoons are unlikely to have directly caused the blackouts—the rains finally began to fall recently, enough to reduce temperatures—parched farmers in agricultural areas are turning to electric pumps in large numbers to bring groundwater to the surface for irrigation. If the monsoons continue to be erratic and slow in a global warming future, the demand for electricity to compensate for the heat and the drought will only increase.
The cause, high demand, may only be remedied through politics.
“Solar Power Helped Keep the Lights On in India” (Scientific American):
[S]ome of the formerly energy poor — rural villagers throughout the subcontinent — found themselves better off than their middle-class compatriots during the recent blackouts, thanks to village homes outfitted with photovoltaic panels. In fact, solar power helped keep some electric pumps supplying water for fields parched by an erratic monsoon this year.
The thirst for electricity stems from burgeoning demand from India’s middle class, which has embraced everything from air conditioning to the electric-powered subway trains of New Delhi. India also enjoys some of the highest rates of what is known in the trade as “non-technical losses,” i.e. people hijacking electric supplies and not paying for it (as opposed to “technical losses,” like the amount of electricity lost via the physics of transmission itself and the like.) And then there are the politically popular programs like providing free power to farmers for irrigation pumps.
Such politics no doubt played a role. Tensions between state governments, the national government and power suppliers are legion, including some areas that take more electricity than they are supposed to at times.
“The Slow-Motion Political Crisis Behind India’s Power Outage” (The Atlantic):
The biggest problem afflicting the power sector today is a lack of market-based pricing for fuel. With the Manmohan Singh government seen on its last legs and elections expected either in 2013 or early 2014, his coalition government is crippled by expanding populist demands by local politicians. An estimated 20,000 megawatts of generating capacity is idle because of a lack of gas and coal. There is no shortage. The government is unwilling to allow market-based prices for the fuel and the power generated so utility companies are unwilling
In many ways, the present power crisis is a metaphor for how local politics is eating away at the Singh government’s ability to make rational policies at the central level. For example, the present grid crisis is being partially blamed on the largest state, Uttar Pradesh, overdrawing electricity from the northern grid. But Uttar Pradesh is ruled by a regional party that Singh needs in order to pass legislation. So though the outgoing power minister (he was transferred to another post even before Tuesday’s crisis was fully resolved) promised penal action against UP, everyone knows that electoral politics will ensure that nothing more than a slap on the wrist will follow.
Boing Boing looked at what lessons we can learn about our infrastructure.
“Meet the people who keep your lights on” (Boing Boing):
If you want to understand why our grid is weak, you first need to understand how it works. The key thing to know is this — at any given moment, in any given place, we must have an almost perfect balance between electric supply and electric demand. Fluctuations of even fractions of a percent can send parts of the system towards blackout.
More importantly, that careful balance does not manage itself. Across North America there are people working, 24-7, to make sure that your lights can turn on, your refrigerator runs, and your computer works. They’re called grid controllers or system operators. Most utility customers have never heard of these guys, but we’re all heavily dependent on them. They keep the grid alive and, in turn, they keep our lives functioning–all without the benefit of batteries or any kind of storage.
The Onion provided its distinct combination of sharp humor with the sensation of pouring acid into your heart.
According to estimates, roughly one-third of a billion Indian citizens were left without power Wednesday after workers successfully repaired the nation’s electrical grid and brought all of its systems back online. “Since restoring our infrastructure to 100 percent capacity following Monday and Tuesday’s blackouts, vast swaths of India are now completely without access to electricity,” said the country’s power minister, Veerappa Moily, who confirmed that three out of every four residents lacked access to such basic amenities as lighting, food refrigeration, and the use of simple appliances now that the country’s grid had fully recovered.
The real kicker is this.
NDTV interviewed Sushilkumar Shinde, India’s new home minister. He was promoted this week from his former position — as the guy in charge of the power system. Asked how he did in that role, he was frank. “Excellent.”
And here we thought there was a problem.
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Military training more traumatizing than war, say British Army veterans
A group of former military personnel will hand a letter to the Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Monday, calling for an end to what it sees as the brutalizing recruitment and training of 16 and 17-year-olds. The delivery of the letter coincides with the release of a video testimony by soldiers themselves.
The group claims in its letter that as “veterans of every conflict in which this country has been involved since the Second World War” they have seen that “16 and 17-year-olds are too young to be recruited and trained for war.”
“We have been through military training; it is a brutal form of psychological conditioning designed to fundamentally alter the way your mind works, leaving the army in control of what you value and how you react,” the group said.
“These values and reactions are very difficult to switch off and cause all sorts of problems later on in civilian life. No other country in Europe subjects 16-year-olds to this process, it’s time this country caught up.”
The campaign is being fronted by Veterans for Peace UK (VFPUK) in conjunction with the human rights NGO Child Soldiers International.
The testimony comes in the form of short video interviews, including former child recruit Wayne Sharrocks, who joined the army at 17 before serving in Afghanistan as part of the Rifles infantry unit and the Special Forces Support Group (SFSG).
He witnessed his colleagues being maimed by hidden bombs and was himself badly wounded by an improvised explosive device (IED).
He and others cover topics like recruiting, training and the reality of killing in war.
However, despite his wartime trials, Sharrocks said that training itself can cause lasting mental damage by creating “an insane amount of aggression” which cannot simply be “switched off.”
“You’re crawling through mud and [are] screamed at, kicked, punched while you’re on the floor, anything to get you angry... enough to stab another man on the flick of a switch. For a young person at 16 that’s pretty traumatic.”
Sharrocks also said that rather than the advertised sense of camaraderie, it is a “gang mentality” that the military aims to instill – which can have serious negative effects on internal culture.
“You either conform, or you don’t and you’re separated from the pack and you’re going to be preyed on. So you can either be the person that’s preying on people or the person that’s preyed on, it’s like survival of the fittest, basically,” he said.
“So these people that aren’t the fittest or mentally the fittest, they’re going to get preyed on and people are going to take advantage of that.”
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Part 6 out of 7
Benedetto was silent.
"It appears to me, _caro mio_," said the friend, turning his head alone
towards his colleague, "that this promises to be the first time your
eloquence has failed you. Here the model of the _nihil respondit_ is
taken very seriously."
Benedetto shuddered, horrified at this allusion to the Divine Master,
and the fear of seeming a presumptuous imitator. At that moment he
ceased to feel his illness--the fever, the thirst, the heaviness of his
"Oh, no!" he exclaimed, "now I will answer! You say you are not Pilate.
But the truth is that I am the least of Christ's servants, because
I have been unfaithful to Him, and you repeat to me Pilate's very
words:--_Quid est veritas?_ Now you are not disposed to receive truth,
as Pilate was not disposed to receive it."
"Oh!" his interlocutor exclaimed. "And why not?"
His friend laughed noisily.
"Because," Benedetto replied, "he who performs deeds of darkness is
surrounded by darkness, and the light cannot reach him. You perform
deeds of darkness. It is not difficult to understand; you are the
Minister of the Interior--I know you by reputation. You were not born
to perform deeds of darkness; there has been much light in some of your
deeds, there is much light in your soul, much light of truth and of
kindness; but at this moment you are performing a deed of darkness. I am
here to-night because you have entered into a shameful bargain. You say
you adore Truth, and you ask a brother if he possess Truth, while you
hide the fact that you have already sold him!"
During Benedetto's speech, the Minister's friend--himself an Excellency,
but of lower rank--had raised his head from the couch at last. He seemed
to be only now beginning to consider the man and what he was saying
worthy of attention. He also seemed amused at the lesson his chief had
received. He admired his friend's great genius, but scoffed in his heart
at his passing fits of idealism. The chief was at first amazed; then he
started to his feet, shouting like a madman:
"You are a liar! You are insolent! You do not deserve my kindness! I
have not sold you, you are not worth anything; I will give you away! Go!
He looked for the button of the electric bell, and not finding it in the
blindness of his rage, he shrieked:
The Under-Secretary of State, who was used to these scenes--they were
nothing worse than "fires of straw," for the Minister had a heart of
gold--at first laughed in his sleeve. When, however, he heard his friend
call the usher in that tone, knowing well the indiscretion of ushers and
how much dangerous gossip might arise from this incident, reflecting
ridicule also on himself, he resolutely restrained the Minister, almost
commanding him to calm himself. Then he said sharply to Benedetto:
"Go, at once!" The Minister began to walk up and down the room in
silence, his head bowed, with short, hurried steps, struggling to
conquer the child in him, which would have liked to stamp its feet.
Benedetto did not obey. Erect and severe, glowing with the invisible
rays of a dominating spirit, which kept the Under-Secretary of State at
a distance, he forced the other, through this magnetic power, to turn
towards him, to stop and to look him in the face.
"_Signor Ministro_," he said. "I am about to leave not only this palace,
but very soon, I believe, this world also. I shall not see you again;
listen to me for the last time. You are not now disposed to receive
the Truth; nevertheless, the Truth is at your door, and the hour will
come--it is not far distant, for your life is on the wane--when night
will fall upon you, upon all your power, all your honours, all your
ambitions. Then you will hear Truth calling out in the night. You can
answer 'Begone'--and you will never meet her again. You can answer
'Enter'--and you will see her appear, veiled, and breathing sweetness
through her veil. You do not now know what you will answer, nor do I
know, nor does any one in the world. Prepare yourself, by good works, to
give the right answer. Whatever your errors may be there is religion in
your soul. God has given you much power in this world; use it to good
purpose. You who were born a Catholic say you are a Protestant.
Perhaps you do not know Catholicism well enough to understand that
Protestantism is being shattered upon the dead Christ, while Catholicism
evolves by virtue of the living Christ. But now I speak to the
statesman, not, indeed, to implore him to protect the Catholic Church,
which would be a misfortune, but to tell him that though the State may
not be either Catholic or Protestant, neither may it ignore God, and you
dare to ignore Him in more than one of your schools, in those you call
high, and this in the name of freedom of science, which you confound
with freedom of thought and of speech; for thought and speech are free
to deny God, but the negation of God neither partakes nor can partake of
the nature of science, and you are bound to teach science alone. You
are well acquainted with that petty statesmanship which forces you to a
private compromise with your conscience, in order to obtain in secret
some favour from the Vatican, in which you do not believe, but you are
ill acquainted with that grand statesmanship which upholds the authority
of Him who is the eternal principle of all justice. You work harder to
destroy it than the atheistic professors themselves; for, after all, the
atheistic professors have but little power; you statesmen, who sometimes
talk of your belief in God, you undermine His authority far more deeply
than those professors, by the bad example of your practical atheism.
You who imagine you believe in the Godhead of Christ are, in reality,
prophets and priests of the false gods. You serve them, as the
idolatrous Hebrew princes served them, in high places, in the presence
of the people. You serve, in the high places, the gods of all earthly
"_Bravo_!" interrupted the Minister, who was well known for the
austerity of his life, his domestic virtues, and his carelessness
concerning money. "You amuse me!"
And he added, turning to his friend:
"It was really not worth while."
"Understand me well!" Benedetto continued. "Yes, you also are one of
these priests. Do I then speak of ordinary revellers? I speak of you and
of others like you, who esteem yourselves honest men because you do not
plunge your hands into the coffers of the State, who esteem yourselves
moral men because you do not give yourselves up to the pleasures of the
senses. I will tell you two things: All the while you are worshipping
pleasures which are still more sinful. You make false gods of yourselves
unto yourselves; you worship the pleasure of contemplating yourselves in
all your power, in all your honours, in the admiration of the world.
To your false gods you wickedly sacrifice many human victims, and the
integrity of your own character. There is a compact among you by which
each is bound to respect his colleague's false god, and promote its
worship. The purest among you are at least guilty of this complicity.
You look away when there is a suggestion of foul conspiracies with vile
aims, or of the shameful intrigues of factions which crawl in the dark,
letting them go by in silence. You regard yourselves as incorrupt, and
you corrupt others! You distribute the public money regularly to people
who sell you their honour and the probity of their consciences. You
despise and you nurture this infamy, which goes on under the shadow of
your authority. It is more sinful to buy votes and flattery than to
sell them! You are the most corrupt of all! Your second sin is that you
consider lying a necessity of your position; you lie as you would drink
water. You lie to the people, lie to the Parliament, lie to the Crown,
lie to your adversaries, lie to your friends. I know--some of you do not
personally indulge in the general prevarication, but you tolerate it in
your colleagues. Many of you shrink from assuming this on entering the
seat of government, as, upon entering a mine, we put on a dirty dress to
protect our own and, on coming out, lay it down joyfully. But can these,
who are the best, call themselves faithful servants of Truth? You
believe in God, and perhaps on your death-bed you will believe you have
offended God most seriously, as statesmen, by your acts of violence
against the Church, in the name of the State. No, these will not be your
greatest sins. If men go into Parliament, and through Parliament into
the Government, who profess, as philosophers, not to know God, but who
rise up in the name of Truth against this arbitrary tyranny of Untruth,
they are serving God better than you and will be more pleasing to God
than you, who believe in Him as an idol and not as the Spirit of Truth,
than you who dare to talk of the putrefaction of Catholicism, you who
stink of falsity. Yes, who stink of it! You make the air of the heights
so impure, so contrary to what it should be, that it is difficult to
breathe it. You have a devout heart, _Signor Ministro_; do not tell me
that in this palace one cannot serve God."
"Do you know--" the Minister exclaimed angrily, crossing his arms
upon his breast, while the Under-Secretary of State extended his hand
graciously towards him to check the indignant words.
"Gently, gently, gently!" said he. "Allow me. I find this most
The Under-Secretary of State was short and round, and full of respect
for his own secretaryship, like an egg in the conscious possession of
a sacred chick. As a man he was far inferior to the Minister, and very
unlike him. He had none of the intellectual curiosity of his superior,
and had consented to be present at this interview simply to please him.
His superior, possessed of a keen wit, was in the habit of throwing his
own light now on one, now on another of the persons who revolved around
him, and, at such moments, lie was apt to believe that they shone of
themselves, as perhaps the sun may believe is the case with the orbs
that pay their court to it. The Under-Secretary of State reflected
light upon the Minister, and the Minister reflected admiration upon the
Under-Secretary of State. The Minister had desired his presence at this
interview, not comprehending that this little Mercury of his planetary
system, having resolved in his youth to free himself from the
supernatural, which hampered the most spontaneous movements of his
selfish nature, had come to hate the supernatural with much the same
hatred which the sick conceive for the man who, they know, has gloomily
diagnosed their illness. As these unfortunates seek to persuade
themselves that the prophet is not worthy of faith, and, whilst his
prophecy is gradually being fulfilled, become more and more impatient,
and struggle ever harder to overthrow that threatening authority,
so this man, the more he felt his youthful vigour declining, felt
materialistic dogmas losing credit, and from time to time perceived in
his heart certain stabbing apprehensions of a formidable truth which,
wakened by degrees, became the more embittered in his hatred hidden
beneath careless irony.
"Look here, my good sir," said he, when he had, by his words and
gesture, made room for himself in the conversation. "You talk a great
deal about false and true gods. I don't know whether yours be false or
true. He may be true, but He is certainly unreasonable. A God who made
the world as he chose, in such a way that it must wag as it does,
and then comes and tells us that we must make it wag in a different
way--well now, you know! He is certainly not a reasonable God! You have
taken the liberty to empty out a whole bagful of abuse, a bagful of
accusations against statesmen; they are calumnies, especially if you
apply them to that gentleman over there, or to me; but I am willing to
admit that politics are not a suitable business for saints. He who made
the world did not intend that they should be! He is to blame for that.
Nevertheless, some one must attend to politics. At present we are doing
this, and if we ourselves be not saints, at least you see how patiently
we deal with saints. And listen,"
The Under-Secretary looked at his watch.
"It is getting late," he said, "and saintliness may encounter some
dangers, at such a late hour, in the streets of Rome. You had better go,
He stretched out his hand towards the electric bell, meaning to summon
"_Signor Ministro!_" Benedetto exclaimed, with such vehemence that the
Under-Secretary remained motionless, his arm extended, as though frozen
in the act. "You fear for the State, for the Monarchy, for liberty,
you fear the socialists and the anarchists, but you should be far more
afraid of your colleagues, who scoff at God! for socialism and anarchism
are merely fevers, while scoffing is even as gangrene! As for you," he
added, turning to the Under-Secretary, "you deride One who is silent.
Fear His silence!"
Before either of the two potentates could speak a word, or move,
Benedetto had left the room.
* * * * *
He descended the great stairway, all quivering with the reflex action of
the words which had burst from his heart, and with the feverish fire
in his blood. His legs shook and bent under him. He was once or twice
obliged to seize the banisters and stop. On reaching the last column,
he leaned his throbbing forehead against it, seeking its coolness. But
immediately he drew away, with a feeling of repugnance for the very
stones of this palace, as if they were infected by treason, were
accomplices of the atrociously vile bargain which had been struck there
between ministers of Christ and ministers of the State. He sat down on
one of the lower steps, quite exhausted, without noticing the lighted
lamps of a carriage which was waiting close to him, doubtless the
Minister's carriage, and not caring who might see him. He breathed more
freely; his indignation was beginning to cool down and turn to sorrow,
and a desire to weep for the sad blindness of the world. Then he began
to feel so lonely, so bitterly lonely. Only she, the partner of his past
errors, had watched, had discovered, had acted. Only through her had
he been able to hold his own with the Minister, knowing what manner of
language to use with him. His other friends, the friends devoted to his
religious ideas, had slept, and were still sleeping. The bitter thought
that they no longer cared for him was pleasing to him. It was pleasant
to give himself up, for once at least, to pity for his own fate, for
once to drain the cup to the dregs, to picture his fate even more
painful and bitter than it really was. All were against him, all were
in league against him! Alone, alone, alone! And was he really strong
at heart? That man up there, that Minister who possessed genius
and personal kindliness--what if he were right, after all? What if
Catholicism were really past healing? Lo! the Lord Himself, the Lord he
had served, the Lord who had struck down his body, and delivered him
into the power of his enemies, now was abandoning his soul. Anguish,
mortal anguish! He longed to die on that very spot and to be at peace.
Above him he heard the voices of the Minister and the Under-Secretary,
who were coming down. Benedetto rose with an effort, and dragged himself
into the street. On the left, a few paces beyond the door, he saw
another carriage waiting. A servant in livery stood on the sidewalk
talking with the coachman. When Benedetto appeared the servant hastened
towards him. In the gaslight, Benedetto recognised the old Roman from
Villa Diedo, the footman of the Dessalles. It suddenly flashed across
his troubled brain that Jeanne was there in the carriage, waiting for
him, and he started back a step.
"No," said he. Meanwhile the carriage had moved forward; Benedetto
imagined he saw Jeanne, that he was being forced to get into the
carriage with her, and that he had not the strength to resist. Seized
with giddiness he staggered back again, and would have fallen had the
footman not caught him in his arms. He found himself in the carriage
without knowing how he had got there, with an unpleasant bright light
opposite to him, and a loud buzzing in his ears. Little by little he
understood. He was alone; an acetylene lamp was shining in his face. The
door on his right was open and the footman was speaking to him. What was
he saying? Where should they drive? To Villa Mayda? Yes, certainly, to
Villa Mayda. Could not that light be extinguished? The servant put it
out, and spoke of a paper. What paper? A paper the Signora had placed
in the inside pocket of the _coupe_, ordering him to give it to the
gentleman. Benedetto did not understand, or see. The footman took the
paper and slipped it into Benedetto's pocket. Then he inquired about the
gentleman's health, as his masters--this time he said 'his masters'--had
ordered him to do. If he had seen him lying dead this scrupulous
individual would have carried out the order just the same. Instead of
answering, Benedetto begged that a little water might be brought to him.
The footman fetched some from a neighbouring _cafe_ and Benedetto drank
it eagerly, experiencing great relief. As he took the empty cup from
him, the footman thought it best to complete his message:
"The Signora ordered me to tell you, if you inquired, that they sent the
carriage because they knew you were not well, and they thought that in
this place and at this hour it would be impossible for you to find one."
* * * * *
The _coupe_ had excellent springs and rubber tires. What a rest it
was for Benedetto to roll along thus, silently, alone in a dark soft
carriage, in the heart of the night! From time to time vistas of bright
streets loomed on the right and on the left, and this was painful
to him, as if those long rows of lights had been his enemies. But
immediately there came back the darkness of the narrow streets and the
flight, on footpaths and houses, of the unsteady lights of the _coupe_.
The coachman set the horse to a walking pace, and Benedetto looked out
into the darkness. It seemed to him they had just begun to ascend the
Aventine Hill. He felt better; the fever, intensified by the physical
and moral strain of that night of strife, was now rapidly decreasing.
Then, for the first time, he perceived the subtle perfume of the
_coupe_, the perfume Jeanne always used, and there rushed upon him the
vivid memory of the return from Praglia with her, of the moment when,
having left her at the foot of the hill leading to Villa Diedo, he had
gone on alone in the victoria which was still filled with her warmth and
her perfume, alone, and intoxicated with his love secret. Terrified at
the vividness of these memories he pressed his arms to his breast, and
strove to withdraw himself from his senses and his memory, into the very
centre of his being. He gasped, with parted lips, unable to banish
that image from his inner vision. And others flashed through his mind,
leaving his unyielding will unconquered, but causing it to tremble like
a tightly drawn rope. Now it was the idea that only Jeanne really loved
him, that only Jeanne suffered through his suffering. Now it was her
voice, complaining that her love was not returned, her voice asking for
love, in the tones of a little song by Saint-Saens, so sweet, so sad,
and familiar to them both, and concerning which he had once said to her
at Villa Diedo that he could never refuse anything to one who prayed
thus. Now it was the idea of fleeing far, far away and for ever, from
this pagan and pharisaical Rome. Again it was a vision of peace and pure
converse with the woman whom he would win over to the faith at last. It
was an ardent desire to say to the Lord:--"The world is too sad, let me
adore Thee thus." Then there came the thought that in all this there was
no sin, there was no sin in abandoning his mission in the presence of
so many enemies. He began to doubt whether he really had any mission
at all, whether he had not rather yielded to deceitful suggestions,
believed in the reality of phantoms, and been deceived by chance
appearances. He saw the spiritual and moral features of his friends
and disciples, deformed as in a convex mirror; he felt a disheartening
certainty that all he had hoped of them was vain. Then again that sad,
tender little song returned, no longer beseeching but full of pity, of a
pity comprehending all his bitter struggle, the sorrowing pity of some
unknown spirit that was also suffering and complaining of God, but
humbly, gently, pleading for all that suffers and loves in the world.
The carriage stopped at a cross-way, and the footman got down from
the box and approached the window. It seemed that neither he nor the
coachman knew exactly where this Villa Mayda was. On the right, a narrow
lane sloped down between two walls. Behind the higher one, on the left,
huge black trees rustled loudly in the west wind, which had torn the
clouds asunder. In the background, the Janiculum and St. Peter's loomed
black in the pale starlight. It was a narrow footpath. Was that where
the Signore must get out to go to Villa Mayda? No, but the Signore was
determined to get out at any cost, to quit that poisoned carriage. He
dragged himself as far as Sant' Anselmo, struggling with his poor weak
body and with the wind. Exhausted once more, he thought of asking the
monks for hospitality, but did not do so. He went down, skirting the
great silent refuge of peace belonging to the Benedictines, passed,
sighing, before the closed door, which said in vain _quieti et amicis_,
and at last reached the gate of Villa Mayda.
The gardener came, half dressed, to open the gate, and was greatly
astonished to see him. He said he had believed he was in prison, because
a _delegato_ and a policeman had been there to look for him at about
nine o'clock. Indeed the _Signora_, the Professor's daughter-in-law, had
at once ordered the servants not to admit him if he returned, but the
order had been angrily countermanded by the Professor himself, to the
great joy of the gardener, who was as fond of Benedetto and of the
master as he was averse to the _Signora_. Upon hearing this Benedetto
would have departed at once had his strength allowed him. But he was not
in a condition to go a hundred paces.
"It will be for this one night only," he said.
He occupied a small room in the gardener's little house. He had hoped,
on entering it, to find the peace of the heart, but it was not to be.
They were driving him away even from here: that was what he said in his
heart to his poor little bed, to the poor furniture, to the few books,
to the smoky tallow-candle. Fixing his eyes on the Crucifix, which hung
above a footstool at the side of the bed, he groaned, with an effort of
his will: "How can I complain so bitterly of my crosses, Lord?"
In vain; his spirit had no living sense either of Christ or of the
Cross. He sat down in despair, not wishing to go to bed in this mood,
waiting for a drop of sweetness, which did not come. A gust of wind made
him turn his head towards the window, which had burst open. He saw a
great planet tip there in the brilliant sky, above the black battlements
of Porta San Paolo, and. the black summit of the pyramid of Cestio,
above the tops of the cypresses which surround the tomb of Shelley. The
wind howled around the little house. Oh! that night in the asylum, where
his wife was dying, and the shrieks of the violent patients, and the
Bending his head, heavy with grief, he happened to notice the paper
which the footman had placed in his pocket. It was a large black-edged
envelope. He opened it, and read the name and titles of his poor old
mother-in-law, the Marchesa Nene Seremin, and the simple words that
He was as one turned to stone, holding the open, sheet in his hand, his
eyes fixed on the words. Then his hands began to tremble, and from his
hands trembling rose to his breast, growing more and more violent till a
storm of tears burst from his eyes.
He wept as many memories came to his mind, some sad, some sweet, brought
back to him by the poor dead woman. He wept with his eyes fixed upon the
crucifix, upon Christ, to whom in her last moments she surely yielded
herself up with the fullest confidence, like that other dear one, like
his Elisa; he wept in gratitude to her, who even from that unknown world
was kind to him, and softened his heart. He recalled the last words he
had heard her speak: "Then shall we never meet again?" In his prophetic
soul he smiled, turned to the open window, and gazed upon the great
A small band of workmen was coming towards Via della Marmorata, It
was about noon, and they had been at work on a house in course of
construction in Via Galvani. Seeing little groups of people standing
under the trees, other little groups at the doors, and people also at
the windows of the two last houses on the right and left, a workman, who
was following the others at a short distance, called out in a loud voice
to his companions:
"What a lot of fools for one knave!"
A big, bearded man, who was standing on the threshold of a small shop,
heard this, and, coming forward, accosted him threateningly."
"What's that you say?"
The other stopped and stared at him, answering mockingly:
"Get out! Just what I please!"
The big man struck him a blow, and then the other workmen fell upon
the big man in defence of their comrade. Cries, oaths, the flashing of
knives, the shrieks of women from the windows, people rushing up from
the avenue, policemen and guards hurrying to the spot; in an instant the
whole street was in a black ferment, while the surging, howling mob was
pitching from right to left and from left to right, as if the street
were a ship in an angry sea. Two yards from the spot where the guards
and the workmen were struggling, it would have been difficult to
ascertain what had happened. The crowd was blind in its fury against
those who had insulted the Saint. Who these were they did not know; a
hundred discordant voices called for the blood of the big man, of the
workmen, of the guards, of one who had laughed, of one who had tried to
make peace, and of one who was using his elbows to work his way forward,
as well as of one who was trying to elbow his way out. The driver of a
tram on the San Paolo line, passing Via Galvani, saw the tumult, and
amused himself by calling out to a group of women, a hundred yards
beyond, that the Saint of Jenne had been discovered in Via Galvani. The
rumour ran along the avenues, full of chattering groups and isolated
onlookers, as fire along a trail of powder. The groups broke up, the
people rushed towards Via Galvani, questioning one another as they
ran. The isolated onlookers followed more slowly, more cautiously, and
presently saw many vexed faces returning. The Saint indeed! It was only
one of the usual false alarms. Some one saw people coming down in haste
from Sant' Anselmo. Another report went round: they are from Villa
Mayda, they are sure to know! And people come from right and left, all
hastening towards the mouth of Via di Santa Sabina, as pigeons hasten
towards a handful of corn. The isolated onlookers follow, more slowly,
more cautiously. _Che_! Nonsense! At Villa Mayda nothing is known, and
they will not even answer any more questions, for they are exasperated
by the procession of people ringing the bell. A squad of _carabinieri_
comes upon the scene, and charges down Via Galvani in serried ranks.
Hisses are heard, and angry cries: "They know! They took him away!" "No"
shouts a woman who sells fruit, and who was one of a group on the corner
of Via Alessandro Volta. "It was a _delegato_! It was the police!" The
members of that group are less enraged with the _delegato_ and the
policemen than with the stupid bystanders, who might easily have thrown
_delegato_, policemen, cab, horse and driver into the river, and,
instead, had allowed themselves to be dispersed by a few words and a few
drops of water! The little old woman who had brought Benedetto to the
unfrocked monk was there also. They stop her as she is coming out of the
bakers' shop, and now she is telling for the hundredth time the story of
the arrest, and crying, also for the hundredth time, as she tells of the
roses, of the pious words, and describes how very ill the Saint looked.
Her audience is moved also, and mumbles praises of the Saint. One
relates a miraculous cure he has effected, another tells of a second
cure; one mentions his way of speaking, which goes to the heart; another
praises his face, which is as good as a sermon; one speaks of his
poverty, and another tells of his charities, which are many, in spite of
his poverty. There they come from Via Galvani, _carabinieri_, policemen,
prisoners, and the crowd. One of the solitary onlookers, moved by
curiosity, approaches another spectator, and inquired what has occurred
in the district. The other is in complete ignorance. The two join
company, and question a citizen, who appears to have had enough of it;
to be about to leave. The citizen replies that up there at a villa near
Sant' Anselmo lives a holy man, who is adored by the whole quarter,
because he visits the sick, healing many, and talking of religion better
than the priests themselves: so they call him "the Saint"; or rather,
"the Saint of Jenne," because he performed many miracles in a town in
the hills, called Jenne. Why, even the newspapers talked of him! Last
night, while he was ministering to a poor sick man, the police carried
him off, no one knows why. It was reported that he had been set free
again, and had returned to the villa, where he was gardener, but at the
villa they deny that he is still there, and will give no explanation.
The people are excited, they want----
A tram was approaching. Some of the passengers made signs to the people,
who shouted and rushed towards the next stopping-place. The citizen
forsook his two questioners and also ran towards the spot, where a
crowd was rapidly gathering round the tram. The slow train of curious
spectators moved forward in the wake of the crowd; the two learned
that the tram had brought six citizens of the district, who--_motu
proprio_--had been to see the Chief of Police. The six alighted among
the crowd, which was impatient to hear, to know. They did not seem
happy, and answered the storm of questions by recommending the people to
be calm. They promised to speak presently, to tell all, but not there in
the open street. Many were already protesting, insults trembled on many
lips. He who appeared to be the leader of the six--a tobacconist--had
himself raised on the shoulders of his colleagues, and briefly harangued
"We have brought news," he said. "We can assure you at once that the
Saint is not in prison."
Applause burst forth, and cries of _viva_ and _bravo_.
"But we do not know exactly where he is," the orator continued.
Howls and hisses! The orator was much dismayed, and, after a weak
attempt to speak, bent before the storm, and slid down from his living
rostrum. But another of the six, braver and more daring, climbed up and
retorted with violence. Then the howls and invectives were redoubled,
"They have fooled you!" the people shouted. "Idiots that you are! They
have put him in prison! In prison!" The cry spread; those at a distance
heard it, who had heard nothing else, and those who could hear neither
the cry nor anything else felt the dark, magnetic waves of wrath pierce
their breasts. Many howled "_Abbasso_! Down with him!" without knowing
whose fall they desired. And here are the _carabinieri's_ big hats
again, and the policemen. In vain the six protest, shouting themselves
hoarse; the yells of "Down with him!" and "Death to him!" drown their
voices. A _delegato_ orders the bugler to sound the "disperse." At the
third blast there is a general stampede. The deputation, led by the
tobacconist, flees also; but each member manages to drag after him in
his flight one or other of the less violent citizens, promising further
information, impossible to give in the open street, when they shall have
reached a fitting place. They take refuge in a yard, where building
material is stored, and which is surrounded by a wooden fence. Several
people follow them, filtering, one by one, through the opening in the
fence. Then the tobacconist, conscious that he hides in his breast
things fit to cause the downfall of the world, speaks, in the presence
of the pyramid of Caio Cestio, rising there indifferent, and waiting
for silence, for ruin, for the coming of the wild forests, when the
centuries shall have rolled away. The tobacconist speaks in measured
tones, surrounded by some thirty eager faces. He says the Saint of Jenne
Is certainly not in prison, that they do not know where he is, but that
they do, alas! know other things! Then he relates the other things! If
he had told them to the mob on leaving the tram, they would have torn
him to pieces. At the police-station they laugh at the Saint, and at
those who believe in him. They say he has a mistress, a very wealthy
lady; that he was examined by the Director-General of Police during the
night on some not over-pleasant matters, and that after the interview he
drove away from the ministry with his mistress, who was waiting for him
in a carriage.
"I would not believe this," the tobacconist concluded, "but then--well,
now let him tell Ms story!"
One of the six, a man who kept a tavern at Santa Sabina, immediately
began to relate that his wife had heard a carriage stop near the tavern,
in the middle of the night; she had gone to the window, and had seen a
private carriage, with coachman and footman in tall hats. The footman,
standing at the carriage door, was helping some one to alight. The
person who got out had then walked past the window, going towards
Sant' Anselmo, and she had recognised in him the Saint of Jenne. The
tavern-keeper added that he had not believed she had really recognised
him, for there was no moon, and it had rained until after eleven
o'clock, so the night must have been quite dark; therefore he had not
spoken. But when he had heard this story at the police-station, he had
been convinced. Besides, his wife could tell something more. She had
risen at six. Between seven and eight a cab had passed, going in the
direction of Sant' Anselmo. Shortly afterwards the cab had returned, and
this time his wife had seen the Saint of Jenne inside it. She was ready
to swear to this.
At this point several of those present slipped out of the enclosure,
and hastened to whisper the news in the district. Thus it happened that
while the tobacconist, the tavern-keeper, and their friends were still
in the enclosure, people began to gather on the road to Santa Sabina,
and a large group started in the direction of the tavern, two policemen
They entered the courtyard. The hostess was gossiping with a client,
under the pergola. They questioned her, and she related the story she
had told her husband. They cross-examined her, wishing to know this and
that, with many details. The woman ended by saying she did not remember
anything more. She would go and fetch something to drink, something to
refresh their throats and her memory. _Che_! Nonsense! They had not come
to drink, and they told her so, rudely. Two railway men, sitting at
a table under the neighbouring pergola, were annoyed by this
cross-examination. One of them called the hostess, and said to her, in a
"What is it they want to know? I myself saw the man they are after. He
left this morning at eight o'clock, with a girl, by the Pisa line."
The crowd turned to him, questioning him now, and he swore, angrily,
that he was telling the truth. Their Saint had started at eight o'clock,
in a second-class carriage, with a handsome fair girl, who was very well
known! Then the people slowly slunk away. When they were all gone, a
policeman in plain clothes approached the railway man, and, in his turn,
asked him if he were quite sure of what he had said.
"I?" the man replied. "Sure? Curse them! I know nothing about it, but I
have quieted them, anyway; and they may go to the devil for all I care,
the silly fools! Now they will run as far as Civitavecchia at least, and
may the sea swallow them and their Saint too!"
"But then, where has he gone?" the hostess exclaimed.
"Go and look for him in the cellar," the man answered. "The flask is
empty, and we are still thirsty."
"If you go on like this," Carlino exclaimed, hearing Jeanne order her
maid to bring her hat, gloves, and fur, "if you leave me alone all day
long, I swear to you we will return to Villa Diedo. There, at least, you
will not know where to go." "I have arranged to send Chieco to you," she
said. "To-day at two he is to play for the Queen, and then he will come
to you. Good-bye."
And she went out without giving her brother time to reply. Her
_coupe_ was waiting for her. She gave the footman the address of the
Under-Secretary of the Interior, and entered the carriage.
It was Saturday. For several days Jeanne had not slept and had eaten
little. On Tuesday evening she had learned from Signora Albacina of the
plot against Piero, and how her husband, the Under-Secretary of State,
had been invited by the Minister to join him at the Ministry of the
Interior, where an interview was to take place with this man so greatly
feared and hated at the court of the Sovereign Pontiff, by that
non-concessionist faction which wished to rule at the Vatican. She
hastened to Noemi, got her to write the letter, and then telephoned to
a young secretary, her friend and admirer, begging him to come to the
Grand Hotel. She charged him to find some one to deliver the letter, for
it was probably too late to send it to Villa Mayda. She knew also, for
Noemi had told her so, that Piero was feverish. She determined to
send her carriage to wait for him at the door of the Ministry of the
Interior, with the footman who had known Maironi at Villa Diedo. It was
imprudent, but what did it matter? Nothing mattered save that dear life.
The announcement of the death of Marchesa Nene had reached her that very
evening by the last post. She wished Piero to have it immediately, that
he might at once pray for the poor dead woman. It was strange, but
nevertheless true, that she could merge herself in him, forget herself,
her own incredulity, could feel that which he with his faith must feel
and desire. That same night the footman gave her an account of his
errand. He described Maironi as a ghost, a corpse. She was in
despair. She knew of the conflict between Professor Mayda and his
daughter-in-law, knew the Professor was often called away from Rome; she
considered him a great surgeon, but not a great doctor; she believed
that daring these absences the young lady would take no care of the sick
man, would show him no attentions. And she also knew about the three
days the Director-General had allowed him. Oh! it was not possible to
leave Piero at Villa Mayda! He must be removed! A hiding-place must be
found, where neither the police nor the _carabinieri_ would be able to
unearth him; where he would be well nursed, have every attention, and be
in the hands of a skilful physician.
She did not think of consulting the Selvas. Neither did she communicate
to Noemi her intention of sending the carriage to the Ministry of the
Interior. It did occur to her to propose that they take Piero to their
house, but the idea did not please her; the terms upon which Piero and
Giovanni Selva stood were too well known for his house to be a safe
hiding-place. Within this prudent consideration lurked a secret jealousy
of Noemi, a jealousy of a special nature, neither violent nor burning,
for Noemi did not love Piero with a love like hers, but perhaps--for
this very reason--even more painful, because she understood that Piero
might accept Noemi's mystic sentiment; because she herself was incapable
of such a sentiment, and because she had no just cause of complaint
against her friend, no reason to reproach her, to give way to this
Another possible hiding-place occurred to her, the house of an elderly
senator with whom she was acquainted, and who had been an intimate
friend of her father's. He was very religious, and full of affectionate
admiration for Maironi. She held fast to this idea. But if she intended
appealing to the Senator, asking of him no less a favour than to take
into his house a sick man threatened with arrest, she must at least
offer some explanation of her zeal. She did not figure among Piero's
disciples, and the Senator was in complete ignorance of the past. But he
knew Noemi, for he was the old gentleman with the white hair and the red
face who had been present at the meeting in Via della Vite, and Noemi
and he often met in the "Catacombs." Jeanne wrote to him at once,
stating that she did so in the name of her friend Noemi, who did not
dare to come forward. She described the state of Maironi's health, and
the circumstances which, for this reason, rendered it advisable to
remove him from Villa Mayda; she did not, however, allude to the danger
of arrest. She explained her friend's request to him, and added that the
invalid's condition rendered the matter most urgent. Should the Senator
consent, she begged him to give the bearer of her note his card, with a
word or two of invitation for Maironi. She ended by asking him to
grant her an interview at the Senate sometime during the day, and by
requesting him, in the meantime, not to mention the matter to any one.
Then she wrote to Noemi, informing her of what she had done in her name,
and charging her to persuade her brother-in-law--in case the Senator
sent his card--to take a carriage and carry the invitation to Villa
Mayda at once. He must persuade Maironi to accept the offer, and the
Professor to allow him to go, laying before them the political reasons
for taking this step. When she had written these two letters she had an
attack of prostration, with symptoms of such a serious nature that the
maid was alarmed. She did not, however, call Carlino, for Jeanne found
strength to forbid this absolutely, but she sent for the doctor without
telling her mistress she had done so. The doctor himself was alarmed.
During his visits to Carlino he had noticed that she was highly strung,
but he had never before seen her in such a condition. She was livid,
perfectly stiff, and unable to speak. The attack lasted until six
o'clock in the morning, the first sign of improvement being when Jeanne
inquired what time it was. The maid, accustomed to these attacks
whispered to the doctor: "It is passing," and then said aloud:
"Six o'clock, Signora."
The words seemed to have a miraculous effect. Jeanne, whom they had
placed on the bed without undressing her, sat up, rather dazed it is
true, but quite mistress of her limbs and her voice. She inquired for
Carlino immediately and anxiously. Carlino was asleep; he had not heard
anything, and knew nothing of the attack. She breathed more freely, and
said to the doctor, with a smile:
"Now I shall drive you away."
She was not satisfied until the doctor had departed. Then the maid
prepared to undress her, whereupon Jeanne first called her a stupid, and
then apologised almost tearfully.
"Oh!" said the girl. "You wish to send off those letters first! Yes,
yes, do send them off, those horrid letters which did you so much harm!"
Jeanne gave her a kiss. The girl adored her, and she herself was fond of
her, treating her sometimes like a dear, silly little sister.
She sealed the two letters, sent the maid to call the footman, and gave
him his instructions. He was to take a cab and drive to senator----'s
house, 40 Via della Polveriera, present the letter addressed to the
Senator, and wait for an answer. If they told him there was no answer he
was to return to the Grand Hotel and report; but if the Senator gave him
a note, he was to take it to Casa Selva, in Via Arenula, with the other
letter. An hour later the servant returned, and reported that he had
executed the orders. Two hours later a note from the Senator announced
to Jeanne that Benedetto was already at his house. Later on in the
forenoon Noemi came. Jeanne was sleeping at last. Noemi waited for her
to awake, and then told her that her brother-in-law had gone to Villa
Mayda without delay. He had not found the Professor, who had left for
Naples the night before at half-past twelve. Maironi had accepted the
Senator's invitation at once. Knowing her temperament, Giovanni had
judged it wiser not to let young Signora Mayda know what was going on.
He had found Maironi very weak, not feverish, however, so he felt sure
the drive from the Aventine to Via della Polveriera had not harmed him.
Besides, that kind gardener, his eyes full of tears, had wrapped him up
warmly in a heavy blanket. Perhaps Jeanne was mistaken, but it seemed to
her that although Noemi displayed much interest in speaking of Piero,
much consideration for Jeanne's feelings, she spoke to her in a tone
differing from her former tone; as a friend who has not changed her
language, but whose heart has become estranged. Had she perhaps wished
Piero to go to Casa Selva? Probably.
Ever since that Wednesday morning she had been constantly rushing about.
At Palazza Madama they smiled at a certain much respected colleague with
white hair and a red face, who received daily visits in the _sala dei
telegrammi_ from a lady, both handsome and fashionable. From the Senate
Jeanne would rush to the Grand Hotel to give Carlino his medicine; from
the Grand Hotel she would hasten to Via Arenula to give or receive news,
or to Via Tre Pile to see the Senator's doctor, who was attending Piero.
Errands in the daytime, and tears at night! Tears of anguish for him who
was being wasted by a hidden incurable disease, and again consumed by
fever after four-and-twenty hours of perfect freedom from it. Other
tears also, other bitter tears for the accusations which had been spread
among Piero's friends and disciples, and which not all of them had
rejected. Noemi told her these things. The accusations concerning the
presumed love affairs of Piero at Jenne were not credited, but on the
other hand there were many who believed he had secret relations with a
married woman in Rome, with whose name, however, no one was acquainted.
It was not believed that these relations were of the guilty nature
implied by the slanderers. The most faithful--and they were few in
number, did not even credit the existence of an ideal bond. Once when
Noemi was relating to Jeanne certain defections, certain acts of
coldness, she suddenly burst into tears. Jeanne shuddered and frowned;
but presently she saw in her friend's eyes a look so full of despair, of
supplication, that, passing from angry jealousy to an impulse of unheard
of affection, she opened her arms to her, and clasped her to her heart.
This had happened on the Friday evening the last of the three days by
the end of which Maironi was to leave Rome. Towards noon on Saturday
Jeanne received a note from Signora Albacina. The wife of the
Under-Secretary of State was expecting Jeanne at her own home at two
o'clock. It was in consequence of this invitation that Jeanne drove away
shortly before two, regardless of Carlino's protests.
As soon as the carriage had started Jeanne raised her veil and took the
note from her muff, bending her lovely pale face over it, gazing at it,
but not reading it or studying the sense, clear and simple enough, of
the words it contained. She was wondering what Signora Albacina could
have to tell her; imagining all sorts of impossible things. Had they
decided to leave Maironi alone? Or had the police discovered his
dwelling-place and were they about to arrest him?
"It will surely be the worst!" Jeanne said to herself. "_Ah, Dio!_"
And, forgetting herself for a moment, she raised her muff to her face,
and pressed it to her forehead. Ah, perhaps not! Perhaps not! Raising
her head quickly she looked out to see if any one had noticed her. The
carriage was moving rapidly, silently, on its rubber tires. She returned
to her conjectures, losing herself in them to such an extent that she
did not notice that the carnage had stopped until the footman opened the
Signora Albacina met her on the stairs, ready to go out. Jeanne must
come with her at once. At once? And where were they to go? Yes, at once,
at once, and in Jeanne's carriage, because Signora Albacina could not
have her own at the present moment. She herself gave the address to
the coachman, an address with which Jeanne was not familiar. She would
explain on the way. The carriage started off once more.
Ah! Signora Albacina had forgotten her visiting-cards! She stopped the
carriage, but, looking at her watch, saw they would lose too much time.
Drive on! Jeanne was trembling with impatience. Well? Well? Where
were they going? _Ecco!_ They were going to see Cardinal----! Jeanne
shuddered. To see Cardinal----? This Cardinal had the reputation of
being one of the fiercest non-concessionists. Signora Albacina really
must see him, and a quarter of an hour later she might not find him. Ah,
what a complicated affair! She could not explain everything in a few
words. The object of the visit was, of course, still that for which
Donna Rosetta Albacina had laboured for three days, her ostensible
reason for so doing being the interest she took in the ideas and the
person of the Saint of Jenne; her real reason being the pleasure she
took in managing an intrigue, without scruples of conscience. She had
taken a fancy to Jeanne at Vena di Fonte Alta, but knew nothing of her
past. She suspected her of being in love with the Saint, but believed
hers to be a mystic love, born on hearing him speak in the "Catacombs"
of Via della Vite. She was convinced that Jeanne had had a hand in his
disappearance from Villa Mayda, that she knew his hiding-place, and did
not wish to disclose it, having promised secrecy to his friends. But
Jeanne had little confidence in the lady, who seemed to her frivolous,
and who was--this she could not forget--the wife of a powerful enemy,
and she had repeatedly assured her that she did not know. Jeanne's want
of confidence offended her a little because really she, Donna Rosetta,
wife of an Excellency, was risking much; but after all her vanity was
staked on this game, in which the winnings were the permanent freedom of
the Saint of Jenne in Rome, and she was determined to go on with it.
A truly complicated affair then! In the meantime, up to Friday night the
police had not discovered the Saint's place of refuge. Ah, yes! they
believed he was in Rome. Here Donna Rosetta paused, hoping Jeanne would
speak. Not a word. She admitted, continuing her discourse, that her
husband might have some suspicion of the intrigue which she was
concealing from him, that, perhaps, he was not perfectly sincere with
her. This, however, was not likely. When her husband was not speaking
quite sincerely to her, she, Donna Rosetta, could feel it in the air.
As to that, she understood the others also. Donna Rosetta was for once
mistaken concerning her husband. Ever since Wednesday night they had
known at Palazzo Braschi where Maironi was, but he would not tell her
so, for the Under-Secretary of State had still less confidence in his
wife than Jeanne herself.
But the most important news came from the Vatican. The Pope had been
informed of what had taken place in Via della Marmorata, and His
Holiness was much irritated against the Government, for they had given
him to understand that the Government had lent itself, in this matter,
to the hatred of the Freemasons against a man esteemed by the Pope
himself. There was disunion among those about the Pope. The more
fanatical of the non-concessionists, opponents of the Cardinal Secretary
of State, warmly supported the nomination to the archepiscopal see of
Turin, so displeasing to the Quirinal, and disapproved of the secret
intrigues with the Italian Government. According to their leader, who
was the very eminent personage Donna Rosetta now proposed calling upon,
other measures should be adopted to liberate the Holy Father from the
pestiferous influence of a rationalist varnished over with mysticism.
These things Donna Rosetta had learned from the Abbe Marinier, who
smiled knowingly about them in her salon. It was inconceivable how
many poisonous accusations were being sown broadcast with the greatest
cunning by the non-concessionists all united against this poor devil
of a mystical rationalist, at whom the Abbe smiled no less than at his
There was news also from the Ministry of the Interior. What news? Donna
Rosetta was about to answer when the carriage stopped before a large
convent, The Cardinal lived here. Donna Rosetta alighted alone. Jeanne's
presence was not necessary at this interview; indeed, it would be
inopportune. It would be necessary somewhere else. Jeanne waited in the
carriage, distressed at not having as yet discovered the object of this
visit, in spite of Donna Rosetta's flow of words. Five minutes, ten
minutes, passed. Jeanne drew herself up out of the corner where she
had leaned, absorbed in her thoughts. She watched the entrance to the
convent to see if Donna Rosetta were not coming. Rare wayfarers, passing
slowly along the quiet street, looked into the carriage. It seemed to
Jeanne almost an offence that there were people who could be so calm.
Ah, God! The doctor had promised to send her a bulletin to the Grand
Hotel at seven o'clock. It was not yet three. More than four hours to
wait. And what would the bulletin say? She bit her lips, stifling a sob
in her throat. Ah! here is Donna Rosetta at last. The footman opens the
door, she gives him an order:
"Palazzo Braschi!" As she enters the carriage she casts a little book at
her feet, and, instead of speaking, rubs her lips vehemently with her
perfumed handkerchief. Finally she says, with a shudder, that she was
obliged to kiss the Cardinal's hand, and that it was anything but clean.
But at any rate the visit was successful. Ah, if her husband only knew!
She had played a really horrible part. The Cardinal was the very one
who had once met Giovanni Selva in the library of Santa Scolastica at
Subiaco, and had assailed him, telling him he was a profaner of the
sacred walls, and promising him that he would most certainly go to hell,
or even further down! Donna Rosetta had fanned his fire, in order to
break up the secret accord between the Vatican and Palazzo Braschi. She
had told him that the religious _haute_ of Turin much desired the
man chosen by the Vatican, and obnoxious to the Quirinal. The wily
Cardinal--whom she had once met in the salon of a French prelate--had
at first answered only, with that accent of his, neither French nor
_"C'est vous qui me dites ca? C'est vous qui me dites ca?"_
In fact, Donna Rosetta had replied, laughing:
_"Oh c'est enorme, je le sais!"_
It was a speech which might cost her husband his title of Excellency.
But then "the most eminent one" had as good as promised her that the
desires of the Turin _haute_ should be satisfied.
_"Ce sera lui, ce sera lui!"_ Finally he had said to her:
_"Comment donc, madame, avez-vous epouse un francmacon? Un des pires,
aussi! Un des pires! Faites lui lire cela!"_
And he had given her a little book on the doctrines of hell and the
inevitable damnation of Freemasons. It was this little book she had cast
at her feet on entering the carriage.
"Fancy my husband reading that rubbish!" she said.
But what was all this to Jeanne? Jeanne was impatient to hear the news
from the Ministry of the Interior. And now, whom were they going to see?
The Minister, or the Under-Secretary of State?
They were going to see the Under-Secretary of State, going to see Donna
Rosetta's husband. Up to the present moment Donna Rosetta had kept
silent concerning the purpose and object of this visit, in order that
Jeanne might not have time to draw back or to prepare herself too
carefully. The Right Honourable Albacina was aware of his wife's
friendship for Signora Dessalle as well as of Signora Dessalle's
friendship for the Selvas, who in their turn were so devoted to Maironi.
He had told his wife that he wished to speak with this lady, for reasons
of his own, which he did not intend to reveal. He should expect her at
the Ministry of the Interior soon after three o'clock. She, his wife,
might come with her if she liked, but she could not be present at the
interview. Jeanne's first movement on hearing this was an exclamation of
refusal. Donna Rosetta, however, had little difficulty in persuading her
to change her mind. She could not tell what projects her husband had in
his mind, she did not know; but in her opinion it would be madness not
to go, not to listen, because there could be no danger, and Jeanne need
not commit herself in any way. Jeanne yielded, although the silence
Signora Albacina had maintained up to the last moment in a matter of
such importance made her tremble. She felt like an invalid to whom after
much frivolous talk the visit of a celebrated surgeon is announced, who
is coming to examine the patient.
"I would not advise you to go alone," Signora Albacina concluded,
smiling. "The ushers saw many things in the times of certain ministers
and their deputies! But I am going with you, and I am well known at the
Ministry of the Interior! Besides, the things that used to happen do not
The Right Honourable Albacina was with the Minister. A deputy, who had
just been requested to enter, recognised Donna Rosetta, and offered to
announce her to her husband. He had only a word or two to say, and would
come out at once. Indeed, in about five minutes the deputy reappeared
with Albacina, who begged Jeanne to enter the Minister's room with
him. The two ladies had not expected this, and Donna Rosetta asked her
husband if it were not he himself who wished to speak with Jeanne. His
Excellency did not allow himself to be disturbed for so little; he
dismissed his wife in a summary manner, and hurried Signora Dessalle,
taken by surprise, into the Minister's presence. When he presented her
to his superior, she was embarrassed and almost angry.
The Minister received her with the most respectful courtesy, with the
manner of a stern man, who honours woman, but keeps her at a distance.
He had known the banker Dessalle, Jeanne's father, and immediately spoke
"A man," he said, "who had much gold in his coffers, but the purest gold
of all in his conscience!" He added that the memory of this man had
encouraged him to speak with her about a very delicate matter. When he
had spoken those words, or rather while he was speaking them, Jeanne
felt sure that this man knew the past. She could not refrain from
glancing stealthily at the Under-Secretary. She read the same knowledge
in his eyes, but the Under-Secretary's expression troubled her and
irritated her, while the Minister's gaze seemed to open a paternal heart
to her. The Minister introduced the topic by speaking of Giovanni Selva,
whom he freely praised. He expressed regret that he had no personal
acquaintance with him. He said he was aware that Jeanne was a friend of
the Selvas. He must beg her to persuade her friends to undertake a most
important mission to another person. And then he spoke of Maironi,
always careful to place the Selvas between Maironi and Jeanne, and
careful to avoid allusion to any possible direct communication between
them. Jeanne listened, striving to pay close attention to his words,
to prepare a prudent and pertinent answer, and ever conscious of the
discomfort the presence of this little Mephistopheles of an Albacina
caused her. The Minister's discourse did not prove to be what she had
expected; more favourable perhaps, but more embarrassing. He told her he
was not speaking as the Minister, but as a friend; that he did not wish
to hide things from her; that certain shadows had had absolutely no
substance; that neither ministers, nor magistrates, nor police-agents,
had any right to interfere with Signor Maironi, who was perfectly free
to do as he liked, and had nothing to fear from the laws of his country.
He was, he said, convinced of the inanity of certain accusations which
had been brought against him out of religious animosity. He felt much
sympathy for Signor Maironi's religious views, and much esteem for his
proposed apostolate, but Signor Selva must really convince him of the
wisdom of leaving Rome for some time at least, and this in the interest
of his apostolate itself; for his religious antagonists in Rome were
waging war against him so violently, dealing him such slanderous
blows, that very soon he must inevitably find himself entirely without
disciples. Here the Minister, thinking to please Jeanne, assured her
of his own interest in religion. What a tragic illusion! she thought,
bitterly. He trusted that in the near future Signer Maironi would be
able to exert his influence freely in a very high place; there were many
signs of an imminent transformation, of an imminent misfortune to befall
the non-concessionists; but, for the moment, it would be more prudent
for him to disappear. This was the friendly but pressing advice which
they desired to convey to him through his distinguished friend. Would
Signora Dessalle consent to speak to that distinguished friend?
Jeanne trembled. Could she trust him? Would she be revealing things
which perhaps these two did not know, and were trying to find out from
her? Involuntarily she glanced at the Undersecretary, and her eyes spoke
so plainly that he could not avoid taking a decisive step.
"Signora," he said, with his habitual sarcastic smile, "I see that you
do not want rue here. My presence is not necessary, and I will go, in
obedience to your wish; it is a just wish, and one easily explained."
Jeanne blushed, and he noticed it, and was pleased at having succeeded
in wounding her by the covert allusion contained in his last words, and,
above all, in his malicious smile.
"Nevertheless," he added, still smiling in the same way, "I cannot leave
without assuring you, on my honour, that my wife is a most loyal friend
to you; that she has never uttered an indiscreet word to me concerning
you, as I myself have never been guilty of indiscretion when discussing
the same subject with my wife."
Having thus taken his revenge, the little man departed, leaving Jeanne
greatly agitated. Good God! Did they really intend to oblige her to
speak to Piero? Did they suppose she saw him? Did these men also believe
that Piero's saintliness was a lie? By an effort she composed herself,
seeking help in the Minister's grave, sad, and respectful gaze.
"I will speak to Signer Giovanni" she said. "But I believe," she added
hesitatingly, "that Signor Maironi is ill, and not able to travel."
When she uttered Maironi's name flames rushed to her face. She felt them
far hotter than they appeared, but the Minister noticed them, and came
to her aid.
"Perhaps, Signora," he said, "you fear to compromise your friends the
Selvas. Do not fear this. I once more repeat that Signor Maironi has
nothing to fear from any quarter, and I will add that we know all about
him. We know he is in Rome, that he is staying--but only for a few hours
longer--in the house of a senator in Via della Polveriera. We know he is
ill, but that he is able to travel. You may even tell Signor Selva that,
if he desire it, I will request my colleague, the Minister of Public
Works, to place a reserved compartment at Signor Maironi's service."
Jeanne, trembling violently, was about to interrupt him, to exclaim,
"Only for a few hours longer?" but, controlling herself with difficulty,
she took leave of the Minister, anxious to hasten to the Senate, to
As he accompanied her to the door the Minister said:
"Perhaps Signor Selva is unaware that the Senator is expecting visitors,
relations I believe, and so will not be able to keep Signor Maironi
any longer. He much regrets this. What a fine man he is! We are old
Jeanne shuddered, fearing to have guessed the truth. They had been
scheming to oblige the Senator to send Piero away; they were indeed
pushing him out of Rome! But was it possible the Senator had allowed
himself to be persuaded? To drive out an invalid in his condition! She
entered her _coupe_ and drove to Palazza Madama, where she inquired
for the Senator. He was not there. The usher who gave her this answer
appeared rather embarrassed. Was he acting under orders? Not daring to
insist, she left her card, with a request that the Senator would call at
the Grand Hotel before dinner. She herself started for the Grand Hotel,
her heart quivering and groaning, the point of her shoe beating upon the
little book against Freemasonry, which Donna Rosetta had forgotten. She
would have liked the two sorrels to fly. It was a quarter to five, and
at half-past four it was daily her duty to prepare Carlino's medicine.
Half an hour before she reached the Grand Hotel Giovanni and Maria Selva
arrived there. Young di Leyni arrived at the same time. He also had come
to inquire for Signora Dessalle, and expressed his satisfaction at this
meeting; but he was far from cheerful.
Upon learning that Signora Dessalle was out, the three visitors asked to
be allowed to wait for her in the parlour. The Selvas seemed even less
cheerful than di Leyni.
After a brief silence Maria observed that it was already a quarter past
four, therefore Jeanne would not be long, for every day at half-past
four she was engaged with her brother. Di Leyni begged that they would
present him to her on her arrival. He had a message for her, but was not
acquainted with her. The message, indeed, concerned all of Benedetto's
friends, therefore concerned the Selvas also. Maria trembled.
"A message from him?" she asked eagerly. "A message from Benedetto?"
Di Leyni looked at her, astonished at her eagerness, and hesitated
slightly before answering. No, it was not from Benedetto, but it
concerned him. As Signora Dessalle might come in at any moment, and as
the matter was rather lengthy, rather complicated, he judged it as
well not to begin discussing it until she arrived. Then he inquired,
innocently, how this Signora Dessalle had come to take such an interest
in Benedetto's fate. She had never been seen at the meetings in Via
della Vite, and he had never even heard her name mentioned.
"But what makes you think she does take an interest in his fate?" said
"Because, you see," di Leyni answered, "I have a message for her which
is about him."
Di Leyni, whose devotion to Benedetto was boundless, had never credited
the scandalous rumours which had been spread concerning him; he had
repulsed them with passionate indignation. He would not admit that his
master could habour either a guilty or an ideal love. In asking that
question, he could have had no idea that a relation of a shameful nature
had existed between Jeanne and Benedetto. Giovanni changed the subject
by remarking that Signora Dessalle might not come in for some time, and
that, therefore, di Leyni had better speak.
Di Leyni spoke.
He had been to see Benedetto. On reaching Via della Polveriera from San
Pietro in Vincoli, he had recognised two policemen in plain clothes, who
were walking up and down. He might have been mistaken, or this might
have happened by chance. At any rate it was something to take note of.
As soon as he entered the house the Senator had sent to beg him to come
into his study. There, speaking with much affability but with manifest
embarrassment, he had told him that he was glad to see a friend of his
dear guest's at that special moment; that Benedetto was fortunately free
from fever, and, in his opinion, on the road to recovery. A telegram, he
said, had just announced to him that his old sister was to arrive very
shortly, that his apartment contained only one bedroom besides his own
and the one occupied by the servant; that he could not possibly send his
sister to an hotel, neither could he telegraph her to delay her visit,
for she had already started; therefore--
The Senator had allowed di Leyni to complete the sentence for himself.
Di Leyni who, with a few other faithful ones, was aware of the secret
plots against Benedetto, was amazed. What should he answer? That the
Senator alone was master in his own house? That was, perhaps, the only
answer possible. Di Leyni had ventured, with much circumspection, to
express his fear that a move might prove fatal to the sick man. The
Senator was convinced of the contrary. He believed a change of air would
greatly benefit him. He had not as yet been able to consult the doctor,
but he had no doubt of this. He suggested Sorrento. As di Leyni did
not know what to say, and did not move, the Senator had dismissed him,
begging him to go, in his name, to the Grand Hotel, and see Signora
Dessalle, at whose request he had received Benedetto into his house, and
desire her to arrange matters, for his sister would arrive that same
evening before eleven o'clock.
Then di Leyni had gone in to see Benedetto. Good God! in what a state
he had found him! Without fever, perhaps, but with the appearance of a
The young man's eyes were full of tears as he told of it. Benedetto did
not know he would be obliged to leave. He had spoken of it to him as of
something not yet certain but possible. Benedetto had looked at him in
silence, as if to read in his soul, and then had questioned, with a
smile: "Must I go to prison?" Then di Leyni repented of not having at
once told the whole truth to a man so strong and serene in God, and he
repeated to him all the Senator had said.
"He took my hand," the young man continued, his voice broken with
emotion, "and while he held it and caressed it, he said these precise
words: 'I will not leave Rome. Do you wish me to come and die in your
house?' I was so deeply moved that I had not the strength to answer, for
indeed I am not sure that he is not really in danger of arrest; perhaps
this incredible act of the Senator's may be a pretext to prevent the
arrest taking place in his house. And how could he be carried to another
place of safety, with the police watching for him? I embraced him,
murmured a few meaningless words, and hastened away; hastened here to
speak to this Signora Dessalle. Perhaps she will come and persuade the
The Selvas had often interrupted di Leyni with exclamations of surprise
and indignation. When he had finished his recital, they were speechless
and amazed. The first to break the silence was Signora Maria.
"If Jeanne would only come!" she said softly.
She made an imperceptible sign to her husband, and proposed that they
both go and see if by any chance she had returned and they had not been
informed. While they were crossing the Jardin d'Hiver she said she
thought di Leyni should be told who Jeanne really was. Signora Dessalle
had not yet returned. Giovanni took the young man aside, and spoke to
him in a low tone. Maria, who was watching him, saw him tremble and turn
pale, his eyes dilate; saw him, in his turn, speak, asking something.
Jeanne Dessalle entered hurriedly, smiling.
The porter had given her a note from a doctor. It said:
"I do not expect to be able to come back. This morning he was without
fever. Let us hope the attack may not return."
Jeanne saw at once that there was no question of removing the patient.
She embraced Maria and shook hands with Selva, who presented di Leyni.
Then she apologised to them all because she was obliged to leave them
for five minutes. Her brother was waiting for her. As soon as she had
left the room, promising to return at once, di Leyni drew Selva aside
once more. Maria saw the look of anxiety he had worn before reappear on
his face, saw that he was asking many questions, and that her husband's
answers seemed to be calming him. At last she saw her husband place
his hands on the young man's shoulders, and say something to him, she
believed she knew what; it was something secret, not yet known to
Jeanne. She saw emotion and profound reverence in the young man's eyes.
A waiter came to say that Signora Dessalle was waiting for them in her
apartment. There was much movement in the hotel. The rustling of long
skirts, the muffled beat of footsteps mingled on the carpets of the
corridors; subdued foreign voices, gay, plaintive, flattering or
indifferent, came and went; the lifts were being taken by storm. Each
member of the little silent group experienced the same bitter sense
of all this indifferent worldliness. Jeanne was in her salon next to
Carlino's room, where he was accompanying Chieco's violoncello on the
piano. She came forward to meet her friends with a smile that, combined
with the music--antique Italian music, simple and peaceful--made their
hearts ache. She seemed rather surprised to see di Leyni, from whom she
had not expected a visit. She had really asked them to come up stairs
that they might speak more freely, but she told them she had wished to
offer them a little of Chieco's music, and now he would not allow the
door to remain open. However, one could hear very well with the door
closed. Giovanni at once informed her that the Cavaliere di Leyni had a
message for her from, the Senator.
"While you are speaking together we will listen to the music," he said.
He and his wife stepped aside from Jeanne, who had turned pale, and who,
in spite of her violent effort to do so, could not entirely conceal her
impatience to hear this message. Di Leyni sat down beside her, and began
to speak in a low tone.
The violoncello and the piano were jesting together on a pastoral theme,
full of caresses and of simple and lively tenderness. Maria could not
refrain from murmuring, "_Dio!_ Poor woman!" and her husband could
not refrain from following, on Jeanne's face, the painful words her
companion was speaking to the sound of this tender and lively music.
He watched the young man's face also, who, while speaking to the lady,
often looked towards him as if to express his grief and to ask for
advice. Jeanne listened to him, her eyes fixed on the ground. When he
had finished she raised to the Selvas those great eyes of hers, so full
of pitiful distress. She looked from one to the other saying mutely,
involuntarily, "You know?" The sad eyes of both husband and wife
replied, "Yes, we know!" There came a loud outburst of joyous music.
Maria took advantage of this to murmur to her husband:
"Do you think he told her what he said about wishing to die in Rome?"
Her husband answered that it would be best for her to know, that he
hoped he had told her. Jeanne let her gaze rest on the door whence came
the sound of the music. She waited a moment, and then signed to the
Selvas to approach. She said, her voice quite firm, that she felt the
Senator should have informed them, that she did not understand why he
had appealed to her. They must now arrange what was to be done.
The music ceased. They could hear Carlino and Chieco talking. Di Leyni,
who occupied bachelor's quarters on the Sant' Onofrio hillside, offered
them eagerly. But what about the warrant? What if they were only waiting
to serve it until Benedetto should have left the Senator's house?
Jeanne calmly denied the possibility of an arrest. The Selvas looked at
her, full of admiration for that forced calm. For some time past Jeanne
had suspected that they were acquainted with Benedetto's real name. Was
it then possible that Noemi (though, indeed, she had admonished her
often enough) should never have allowed a word to escape her? A moment
before, when they had exchanged those silent and sorrowful glances, the
Selvas and Jeanne had understood one another, Giovanni and his wife saw
that if Jeanne were thus heroically controlling herself it was not on
their account, but on di Leyni's account. And now, after Giovanni's
words, di Leyni himself knew everything! It seemed to them they had
almost been guilty of treason.
They were convinced that Jeanne must have reasons of which they were
ignorant for saying she did not believe in the possibility of an
arrest. They remarked that Benedetto might now accept their proffered
hospitality. Jeanne was quick to remind them that Benedetto himself had
expressed a desire, and that the Sant' Onofrio hillside would seem more
suitable than the Via Arenula as the residence of an invalid who needed
quiet. Nevertheless, it was her opinion that they could not possibly
allow him to be moved without the doctor's express permission. All were
of one mind on this point. The Selvas charged di Leyni to inform the
Senator that Benedetto's friends would find him another place of refuge,
but only on condition that the physician in attendance gave a written
permission to remove him. While Giovanni was talking, a noisy _allegro_
burst from the piano in the next room, an _allegro_ all sobs and cries.
He ceased speaking, not wishing to raise his voice too high, and let
the rush of sad music pass. And sad was the word which his eyes and the
young man's eyes uttered to each other, while their lips were silent.
Di Leyni had no time to lose, and so took his leave. He disliked going
alone; he could have wished to appear before the Senator with some one
of Benedetto's friends whose presence would intimidate him a little, for
his conduct was inexplicable.
Giovanni muttered something about the vice-presidency of the Senate,
to which that old man aspired, and which he would not obtain. It is
a bitter grief to discover such sordid motives where they are least
expected! Maria rose and offered to accompany di Leyni.
"You will stay?" Jeanne asked Giovanni anxiously. Her tone said, "You
must stay!" Selva said that he had, indeed, intended to remain, and the
expression of his voice, of his face, was such as to acquaint Jeanne
with the fact that sad words, not yet spoken, were weighing on his
heart. Oh! thought Jeanne, what if Chieco should leave now, and Carlino
call? Then it would not be possible for us to speak together! For she
also had something to say to Selva. She must repeat the Minister's
discourse to him. The two musicians had once more ceased playing, and
were talking. Jeanne knocked softly on the door, and blew a few gay
words against it:
"_Bravi!_ Have you finished already?"
"No, pretty one," Chieco answered from the other side. "So much the
worse for you if you are bored!"
He sent forth a fiendish whistle, fit to pierce a hole in the door.
Jeanne clapped her hands. The piano and the violoncello attacked a
She turned to Selva, who was coming in again after having accompanied
his wife into the corridor, in order to tell her to telegraph to Don
Clemente. She went towards him with clasped hands, her eyes full of
"Selva," she murmured in a stifled voice, "you know everything now. I
cannot hide my feelings from you. Is there something worse? Tell me the
Selva took her hands and pressed them in silence, while the violoncello
answered for him, bitterly and sadly: "Weep, weep, for there is no fate
like thy fate of love and of grief." He pressed the poor icy hands,
unable to speak. He saw clearly di Leyni had not dared to repeat the
terrible words to her--"I will come and die in your house." It was his
lot to deal her the first blow.
"My dear," he said, gently and paternally, "did he not tell you at the
Sacro Speco that he would call you to him in a solemn hour? The hour is
come, he calls you."
Jeanne started violently. She did not believe she had heard aright.
"Oh, how is this? No!" she exclaimed.
Then, as Selva continued silent, with the same pity in his eyes, a flash
shot through her heart. "Ah!" she cried, and her whole being went out in
mute and agonized questioning. Selva pressed her hands still harder, his
tightly closed lips twitched, and a suppressed sob wrung his breast. She
said never a word, but would have fallen had not his hands upheld her.
He supported her, and then led her to a seat,
"At once?" she said. "At once? Is it imminent?"
"No. no. He wishes to see you to-morrow. He believes it will be
to-morrow, but he may be mistaken. Let us hope he is mistaken,"
"My God, Selva! But the doctor writes that he has no fever!"
Selva made the gesture of one who is obliged to admit the presence of a
misfortune without understanding it. The music was silent, he spoke in
subdued tones. Benedetto had written to him. The doctor had found him
free from fever, but he himself foresaw a fresh attack, after which
the end would come. God was granting him the blessing of a sweet and
peaceful respite. He had a favour to ask of Selva. He was aware that
Signora Dessalle, a friend of Signorina Noemi's, was in Rome. He had
promised this lady, before an alter at the Sacro Speco, to call her to
him before his death, that they might speak together. Probably Signorina
Noemi would be able to explain the reason of this to him.
Selva paused; he had the letter in his pocket, and began searching for
it. Jeanne saw his movement, and was seized with convulsive shuddering.
"No, no," said he. "I repeat he may be mistaken."
He waited for her to become calm, and then, instead of taking the letter
from his pocket, he repeated the last part of it by heart:
"The attack will return this evening or in the night; to-morrow night,
or the day after to-morrow in the morning, the end will come. I wish to
see Signora Dessalle to-morrow, to speak a word to her in the name of
the Lord, to whom I am going. I asked the Senator, a few moments ago,
to arrange this meeting for me, but he found excuses for not doing so.
Therefore I appeal to you."
Jeanne had covered her face with her hands and was speechless. Selva
thought it best to say something hopeful. Perhaps the attack would not
return; perhaps the fever was checked. She shook her head violently, and
he did not dare to insist. Suddenly she fancied she heard Chieco saying
good-bye. She shuddered, and removed her hands from her face, which was
ghostly, under her disordered hair. But, instead, the first gay notes of
the _Curricolo Napoletano_ burst forth; that was the piece Chieco
always played last. She started to her feet, and spoke convulsively,
"Selva, I know Piero is dying, I know he is not mistaken. If possible
make him stay where he is. Bring his friends to him--swear to me that
you will bring his friends to him, that he may have that comfort! Tell
them about me, all about me; tell them the truth. Tell them how pure,
how holy Piero really is! I will wait here, I will not stir. When he
calls me I will come, as you shall direct me. I am strong. See, I am no
longer crying! Telegraph to Don Clemente that his disciple is dying, and
that he must come. Let us do all we can. It is late. Go now. You, in one
way or another, will see Piero to-night. Tell him----"
At this point a spasm of grief checked her words. Chieco came in,
whistling, and beating one hand against the other in his own peculiar
fashion, Selva slipped out through the door. Jeanne ran after him into
the dark corridor. She seized one of his hands and pressed a wild kiss
* * * * *
A few hours later, towards ten o'clock, Jeanne was reading the Figaro to
Carlino, who was--buried in an easy-chair, his legs enveloped in a rug,
a large cup of milk, which he was holding with both hands, resting
upon his knee. Jeanne read so badly, was so heedless of commas and of
full-stops, that her brother was continually interrupting her, and was
growing impatient. She had been reading about five minutes when her maid
entered and announced that Signorina Noemi was there. Jeanne threw
the paper aside, and was out of the room in a flash. Noemi related
hurriedly, standing the while--for she was anxious to leave again on
account of the lateness of the hour--that while Giovanni and Maria were
at the Grand Hotel, Professor Mayda, just back from Naples, had come
to their house, perfectly furious, and demanding an explanation of
Benedetto's disappearance from his house. Then she had told him
everything, and Mayda had gone directly to Via della Polveriera. There
he had found Maria, di Leyni, the Senator, and the doctor, whose opinion
was that Benedetto could be moved. A discussion had arisen between Mayda
and the doctor on this point, to which Mayda had finally put an end by
saying: "Well, rather than leave him here, I will carry him away again
myself!" In an hour's time he was back again with a carriage full of
pillows and rugs, and had indeed carried him off. It seemed the journey
had been accomplished successfully.
When she had heard the story, Jeanne embraced her friend in silence,
clasping her close. And her friend, trembling and full of tears,
whispered to her:
"Listen, Jeanne! Will you pray for tomorrow?"
"Yes," Jeanne replied.
She was silent, struggling against a rising tempest of tears. When she
had conquered it she went on, in a low tone:
"I do not know how to pray to God. Do you know to whom I pray? To Don
Noemi buried her face on Jeanne's shoulder, and said in a stifled voice:
"How I wish that, afterwards, he might see us working together for his
Jeanne did not answer, and Noemi went away.
* * * * *
Jeanne returned to Carlino to continue the reading, but he received her
roughly. He declared he was tired of this sort of life, and that she was
to prepare to leave with him to-morrow for Naples, Jeanne replied that
this was folly, and that she would not leave. Then Carlino fired up,
caught, her wrists, and shook her so that he really hurt her. She must
absolutely go! Now that she tried to resist, the moment had come to
tell her that he was acquainted with the reasons of her windings and
twistings, of her mysteries, her red eyes, her bad reading, and also of
her not wishing to leave Rome. He had been informed of these things by
anonymous letters. Woe to her if she did not break with that madman! Woe
to her if she sacrificed her convictions to him, if she allowed herself
to be won over to superstition, to bigotry, to the religion of the
priests! He would never look on her face again. He would disown her as a
sister, he who wished to live and die a free-thinker. No, no, she
must break, break! They would go to Naples, to Palermo, to Africa if
"A free-thinker? Certainly. And what about my liberty?" Jeanne said
without anger, simply reminding him of a right, but without the
intention of taking advantage of it. Carlino thought, on the contrary,
that she intended taking advantage of it in the way he feared, and
lost his head completely. Jeanne grew faint as she listened to the abuse
which this man poured forth with so much bitterness, this man whom she
had known to be nervous, but had believed to be good and kind. She spoke
no word in reply, but withdrew to her own room, trembling violently. She
wrote him a few lines telling him that her dignity would not permit her
to remain with him unless he apologised for his insults; that she was
going away, and that if he wished to send her a word, he would find her
at Casa Selva. She took only a small bag with her, and, leaving the
letter on the writing-desk, went out accompanied by her maid.
She could not see any cabs near the hotel, so she started towards the
Esedro intending to take the tram there. The west wind was blowing. The
evergreen oaks along the avenue were writhing and groaning. It was dark,
and hard walking on the uneven soil. The frightened maid exclaimed:
_"Gesummaria, Signora! Where are we going?"_
Jeanne, her head aflame, her heart and her pulse in a tumult, went on
without answering. It seemed to her she was being borne through the
darkness towards him, on the tide of an unknown sea.
Towards him, towards him. Towards his God also? The mighty wind confused
her, roaring above and around her. Noemi's words, Carlino's words were
rending her soul in a violent struggle. Towards his God also? Ah! how
could she tell? In the meantime, towards him!
IN THE WHIRLWIND OF GOD
At two o'clock on the following day Jeanne, with Maria and Noemi, was
waiting at Casa Selva for news from Villa Mayda, her thoughts dwelling,
from time to time, on the persistent silence at the Grand Hotel.
Giovanni had gone to Villa Mayda before seven o'clock. He had returned
at nine. He had not been able to see Benedetto. Professor Mayda would
not allow him or any one else to enter. He knew that the sick man had
received the Sacraments, but more as an act of devotion than because
he was in immediate danger. However, in the night a trace of fever had
reappeared. It was hoped the attack might be conquered or checked.
Perhaps, in making this report to Jeanne, Giovanni had slightly coloured
it with optimism. Benedetto was in the Professor's own room. Giovanni
said it would not be possible to describe how full of exquisite, womanly
tenderness were the attentions lavished upon him by this terrible Mayda,
who was believed by many to be harsh and proud. Giovanni had gone back
again after lunch about mid-day. From Carlino nothing had come, neither
a written word, nor a message. Notwithstanding her other great sorrow,
Jeanne could not help thinking of him also. What if his grief, his
anger, had really made him ill? Her friends reassured her. Either
the maid or the footman would have come to tell her. She had little
confidence in the intelligence of these servants. What was to be done?
Jeanne was about to beg that some one might be sent to inquire, when, at
a quarter-past two, hurried steps were heard in the hall, and Giovanni
entered, in his great-coat, his hat in his hand. Jeanne glanced at his
face, and understood that the moment was come. She rose, as white
as death. Silently and immediately Maria and Noemi rose also, Maria
watching Jeanne, while Noemi gazed at her brother-in-law, who,
confronted by Jeanne's ghostly face, could find no words. Five or six
terrible seconds passed, but not more. Then Maria said, in a hushed
"Are we to go?"
Her husband answered:
"We had better go."
Nothing more was said.
The three ladies went to put on their cloaks and hats, Jeanne into one
room, Maria and Noemi into another. Giovanni followed his wife and
Noemi. Well? The fever had greatly increased, and the Professor no
longer hoped. Noemi, hearing this, put on her hat quickly, and went to
the other room, where Jeanne was dressing. She turned, saw that Noemi
was coming to kiss her, and checked her, with a gesture placing her
finger on her lips. Noemi understood. It was a time for fortitude;
Jeanne would have neither kisses, nor words, nor tears. She did not ask
for particulars, asked no questions. They all met presently, and Maria
told her husband, in a low tone, to send for two closed cabs, for the
sky had become overcast, and one of the thunderstorms of the Roman
winter was threatening. No cabs would be necessary, for Giovanni had
come in the landau, belonging to Casa Mayda. They entered the landau,
which was closed. Then Jeanne noticed that her companions had on
dark dresses, while she was wearing a gray dress, too light and too
fashionable. She started slightly, and the others looked at her
questioningly. She hesitated a moment, but reflected that she had
neither the time nor the means to make a change, and answered:
"It is nothing."
The carriage moved on. No one spoke again.
Upon turning into Via del Pianto the carriage was stopped by an
obstruction. It had grown darker still and was thundering. The horses
were frightened, and Maria looked anxiously out of the window. Jeanne,
seated opposite Giovanni, asked him in a low tone if he had telegraphed
to Don Clemente. Giovanni answered that Don Clemente had been at Villa
Mayda ever since half-past ten. The carriage started forward. When they
reached Piazza Montanara it began to rain. The horses were trotting
rapidly. When at last the coachman brought them down to a walk Maria
looked at her husband--Is not this the Aventine? We must be near. This
was said with the eyes, not with the lips. Jeanne had never passed that
way, but she also felt that they would soon reach their destination.
Holding herself very straight, she stared at the wall, which passed
before her eyes. She stared at it attentively, as if striving to count
the chinks between the stones. The horses broke into a trot. Beyond
Sant' Anselmo the road leads downwards. People standing on the right
and on the left looked into the carriage. Involuntarily Giovanni Selva
"Here we are."
Then Jeanne started violently, and covered her face with her hands.
Maria, who sat next to her, put her arm round her neck, and, bending
close to her, whispered:
But Jeanne drew back, avoiding her as much as possible, while Noemi
shook her head, signing to her sister not to insist. Maria sighed, and
the carriage, turning to the left, between two dense lines of people,
passed through a gateway. The wheels grated on the gravel and then
stopped. A servant came to the door. The Professor desired them to come
into the villa. Not until then did Giovanni Selva tell his companions
that Benedetto was no longer in the villa, that he had begged to be
carried to his little old room in the gardener's house. The carriage
moved forward a few yards, and the four friends alighted before a
flight of white marble steps, between two groups of palms. It was still
raining, but not heavily, and no one thought about it, neither the
populace crowding round the gate, nor a group of people who were
watching the new arrivals, from the avenue bordered by orange trees,
which ran parallel with the inclosing wall down to the gardener's little
house. Some one left the group. It was di Leyni, who mounted the marble
steps behind Selva, and, stopping him under the arch of the Pompeian
vestibule, spoke to him in a low tone, without so much as a glance at
the magnificent scene which was spread out before them between the two
groups of palms: the river of begonias, tumbling down the slope of
the Aventine, between two banks of _musae_; the black and stormy sky,
striped with white down above the battlements of Porta San Paolo, above
the pyramid of Caio Cestio, and above the little grove of cypress which
springs from the heart of Shelley.
* * * * *
Selva entered the vestibule, and reappeared a moment later with his
wife. They went down the steps with di Leyni, and turned in the
direction of the people, who seemed to be expecting them in the avenue
of orange-trees. At that moment a volley of angry voices rang out at the
gate. The road was full of people. They had been waiting for hours, ever
since the rumour spread in the Testaccio quarter that the Saint of Jenne
had returned to Villa Mayda, but was ill. So far they had asked only for
news. Now they demanded that a deputation be allowed to enter, and to
see him. The servants refused to take the message, and an exchange of
angry words was the result, which, however, suddenly stopped as
the tall, dark figure of Professor Mayda appeared, coming from the
orange-grove. The men took off their hats. He ordered the gate to be
opened, told the people that all should see Benedetto later, but not
now. In the meantime they might come into the garden. "Of course, poor
And the people entered, slowly, respectfully, some gathering around the
Professor and asking, with tears in their eyes:
"Is it true, _Signor Professore_? Is it true he is dying? Tell us!"
And behind them others pressed, anxiously awaiting the answer. The
answer was only:
"Alas! What can I say to you?"
But the sad, manly face said more than the words and the crowd moved
away mournfully, along the green slopes, which had taken on a livid hue
under the black sky streaked with white and formed a mystic symbol of
death, of the dark passage from terrestrial shadows to the upper regions
of infinite brightness.
Benedetto loved Professor Mayda. When, at the Senator's house, he heard
that the Professor had decided to carry him away to Villa Mayda, he
showed great pleasure, He loved this man, who was perhaps, as yet,
incapable of faith, but was profoundly convinced that there are enigmas
which science cannot solve; who was generous, haughty with the great,
but gentle with the humble. He loved the garden also, the trees, the
flowers, and the grass, whose friend and servant he had been, as he had
been the friend and servant of the Professor. Everything in this garden
was full of sweet, innocent souls, in whose company he had adored God
in certain moments of spiritual ecstasy, placing his lips on the
tiny beings, on a flower, on a leaf, on a stem, in a breath of green
coolness. He was happy in the thought of dying amidst them. Sometimes,
under one of those pine-trees, its canopy, full of wind and of sound,
turned towards the Coelian Hill, he had thought of the last scene in his
vision, and had imagined himself stretched there on the grass, in the
Benedictine habit, pale and calm, and surrounded by mournful faces,
while the pine-tree above him sang the mysterious song of Heaven. Each
time he had stifled in his heart this sense of pleasure, which was not
unmixed with selfish, human vanity, and not entirely controlled and
suppressed in submission to the Divine Will. But he had not been able to
tear out its roots. Therefore he stretched out his arms gratefully
to the Professor. But immediately he was assailed by scruples.
His intelligence and his Christian sentiment were in a state of
contradiction. He was aware that he was not liked by the lady who had
married the Professor's son, a naval officer, now in the East; he saw
that his return to Villa Mayda would be displeasing to her, and a source
of discord between her father-in-law and herself. But how could he say
so now, without implying a want of justice and of charity in a person
whom, from the very fact that she was his enemy, he was especially bound
to love? He entreated the Professor to let him go to Sant' Onofrio.
The change was so sudden that it surprised Mayda. He thought a moment,
understood, and then said, knitting his brows:
"Do you wish me never to forgive some one for something?"
Benedetto offered no further opposition. Only when that night the moment
came to go down to the carriage, and he realised that he could not stand
alone, he said to the Professor, smiling, and placing his hand on his
"You know that, if I continue thus, you will have a dead man in your
house to-morrow or the day after?"
The Professor replied that he would not lie to him, that this was
possible, but not certain.
"You know," Benedetto continued, no longer smiling, "that first you will
"I understand what you mean," the Professor interrupted him. "Come in
peace, dear friend. I am not a believer, as you are, but I wish I were;
and I will throw my doors open respectfully to all whom you may wish me
to see. Meanwhile shall we not take this with us?"
From the wall he took the Crucifix which Benedetto had brought with him,
and then lifted the sick man in his powerful arms.
The journey was accomplished without accident. Stretched across the
landau, upon a bank of cushions, Benedetto, who seemed to have shrunk in
stature, answered the Professor's frequent questions more often with
a smile than with his feeble voice. The Professor kept his finger
continually on Benedetto's pulse, and from time to time gave him a
cordial. At the entrance to the villa, either from emotion or from
fatigue, the sick man's poor, fleshless face blanched, and was covered
with sweat, and he closed his great, shining eyes. Mayda carried him
to his own bed, and thus it happened that when Benedetto regained
consciousness he was quite bewildered.
In his state of extreme weakness he did not regain consciousness without
passing through shadows of vain imaginings. He thought he was dead, and
lying on the ever-dark face of the moon, in the centre of a funnel,
formed by the solar rays, which streaked away to the infinite; and at
the dark bottom of this funnel he saw the flaming eyes of the stars.
Little by little be realised he was on an enormous bed which stood in
darkness, but was surrounded by a pale light, so dim that the walls were
hardly visible. Great shadows were moving about him. Opposite him was
a blue, open space, all strewn with specks of light. His heart beat
faster. Were they not, indeed, stars? He was obliged to remind himself
of the feeling of the bed, and that he was alive, in order to convince
himself that they were stars, but that he was not lying on the moon.
Where was he, then? He gave himself up to a sense of sweetness which was
coming over him, the sweetness of hardly feeling his body any longer,
but of feeling God in his soul, so near, so tender, so warm. He was
where God wished him to be.
A hand was laid on his forehead, an electric light dazzled his eyes, and
an affectionate, strong voice said:
"Well, how do you feel?"
He recognised Mayda. Then he asked him where he was, why he was not in
his little old room? Before the Professor could answer, Benedetto was
assailed by a painful doubt. The Crucifix? The dear Crucifix? Had it
been left at the Senator's house? The Crucifix was standing on the table
by his side. The Professor showed it to him.
"Do you not remember," he said, using the affectionate "thou", "that we
brought it with us?"
Benedetto looked at him, pleased at the new word of affection, and
stretched out his hand in search of Mayda's; the Professor took it
tenderly between his own.
At the same time he felt humiliated by his own forgetfulness. Was he
about to lose his reason? All the previous day he had thought about the
words he should speak to his friends, and to the person who had made
her invisible presence so keenly felt. But if he lost his reason?
The Professor began to saturate him with quinine. At first Benedetto
accepted these painful injections and bitter doses willingly, in his
desire to grow a little stronger, and thus to ward off the darkening of
his spirit, and also because he wished to suffer. Oh yes! to suffer, to
suffer! During the preceding days he had suffered greatly, not from
any local pain, not from any acute pain, but his was an inexpressible
suffering, which extended from the roots of his hair to the soles of his
feet. It had been a beatitude for his soul to be able, in such moments,
to associate his own will with the Divine Will, to accept from this Love
all the pain which he was destined to suffer, without revealing to him
the mysterious reason, a reason hidden in the designs of the Universe,
certainly a reason bringing good; bringing good not only to him who
suffered, but universal good; a good radiating from his poor body, and
without known limits, like the movement of a vibrating atom of the
world. Oh! to suffer great things, like Christ, humbly, to continue the
redemption, as a sinner may, making amends by his own pain for the ills
of others. There on that lonely path leading to the Sacro Speco, In
the roaring of the Anio, among the everlasting hills, Don Clemente had
spoken thus to him.
And now that mortal suffering was past. When the quinine began to ring
in his head, he felt discouraged. These remedies were stupefying him.
He called the Professor; a sister answered him. He begged that a priest
might be sent for from Bocca della Verita.
The Professor, who had gone to rest for an hour, came to reassure
him, and judged it best to tell him what he had before concealed. Don
Clemente had telegraphed to Selva that he would reach Rome the next
morning at ten o'clock. This was a great joy to Benedetto.
"But will it not be too late?" he said. "Will it not be too late?"
No, it would not be too late. At present he was not in immediate danger.
It would be a question of life and death if the fever should return, but
even in the worst event many hours would elapse. Mayda feared he had
spoken too plainly, and whispered to him.
"But you will recover."
He left the room. Benedetto, thinking of Don Clemente, passed from the
quiet of his contentment into a light sleep, into dreams, whither the
spirits of evil descended, and conjured up for him a deceitful vision,
suggested by the Professor's last words. He saw himself confronted by a
colossal marble wall, crowned with rich balustrades, which shone white
in the moonlight. Up there, behind the balustrades, a dense forest
swayed in the wind. Six flights of stairs, these also flanked by
balustrades, slanted down, across the face of the great wall, three on
the left, and three on the right, and terminated upon six landings,
jutting out from the wall. The upper balustrades were divided by small
pilasters, supporting urns. And now, between the urns, six beautiful
maidens appeared; they seemed to be dancing and all came forward at the
same time, with the same graceful motion of the head. They were all
dressed alike, in pale blue robes, which left their shoulders bare. With
the same harmonious movement of their bare arms, bending their bodies
forward, they offered him from their elevation, six shining silver
goblets. Then, at the same moment, all withdrew from the balustrade, to
reappear again simultaneously, on the six flights of stairs, down which
they came with uniform swiftness, and reaching the landings they again
offered him the six shining goblets, bending their bodies forward
gracefully, and gazing at him with a strange gravity. No word fell from
their lips, but nevertheless he knew that the six maidens were offering
him, in those six silver goblets, an elixir of life, of health, of
He felt a distressing, mortal fear of them; still he could not remove
his glance from the shining goblets, from the lovely, grave faces
bending over them. He strove to close his eyes, and could not; strove to
cry out to God, and could not. At last the six dancing-girls inclined
the goblets towards him, and six flowing ribbons of liquor streamed
through the air. "Just as I did, at Praglia!" the sleeper thought,
confusing persons in his clouded, mind. Then everything disappeared, and
he saw Jeanne before him. Holding herself erect, wrapped in her green
cloak lined with fur, her face shadowed by the great black hat, she
gazed at him as she had done at Praglia, at the moment of their first
meeting. But this time the sleeper perceived a resemblance between the
gravity of that look and the gravity of the dancing-girls' faces. In his
spirit he read the silent word of the seven souls: Unhappy man, you now
recognise your grievous error; you now know that God is not! The gravity
of the glances was only the sadness of pity. The goblets of life, of
health, of pleasure, were offered him discreetly, and without joy, as to
one in mourning, who has lost all he held dearest; offered as the only
poor comfort left him. Thus Jeanne offered her love. And the sleeper was
filled with what seemed to him fresh evidence that God is not! It was,
indeed, a real physical sensation, a chill creeping over all his limbs,
moving slowly to the heart. He began to tremble violently, and awoke.
Mayda was bending over him, the thermometer in his hand. Benedetto
murmured, with straining eyes: "Father!--Father!--Father!" The sister
suggested, "Our Father who art in Heaven," and would have gone on in
her unfortunately colourless voice, had not the Professor checked her
sharply. He applied the thermometer to Benedetto, who hardly noticed
what was being done. He was absorbed in the effort to detach from his
innermost self the images of those tempting figures, and of their
horrible words; in the effort to cast himself, soul and conscience,
upon the Father's breast, to cling to Him with his whole being, to
lose himself in the Father. Slowly the images began to give way, their
assaults becoming each time more brief, less violent. His face was so
transfigured in this mystic tension of the soul, that Mayda, watching
him, was as one turned to stone, and forgot to look at his watch, until
the features, which had been contracted in that anxious prayer, finally
began to relax into a peaceful composure. Then he remembered, and
removed the thermometer. The sister, standing behind him, held up the
electric lamp, trying to see also. He could not at first distinguish the
points, and during those few seconds of fixed attention neither of them
noticed that the invalid had turned upon his side, and was looking at
the Professor. At last Mayda gave the instrument a shake. How many
points had it marked? The sister did not dare to inquire, and the
Professor's face was impenetrable. Without his noticing the motion, the
sick man stretched out his hand and touched him gently on the arm, Mayda
turned towards him, and read in his smiling eyes the question, "Well?"
He did not speak, but answered with that undulating movement of open
hands which meant neither good, nor bad. Then he sat down beside the
bed, still silent, impenetrable, looking at Benedetto, who had sunk upon
his back once more, and no longer looked at him, but was gazing at the
specks of light in the immense expanse of blue.
"Professor," he said, "what time is it?"
"At five you must send for the priest from Bocca della Verita."
"Will it be too late?"
This last question the Professor answered with a loud and ringing "No."
After a moment of silence he added, in a lower tone, another "no" as
if in answer to his own thoughts. The thermometer had gone up to
thirty-seven point five; more than one degree since the evening before.
Should the fever increase, should there be danger of delirium, he would
send at once, to Bocca della Verita, even before five o'clock. It did
not seem probable the fever would increase rapidly, although that
thirty-seven point five had a black look.
He asked the invalid if the electric light troubled him. Benedetto
replied that materially it did not trouble him, but that spiritually
it did, because it prevented his seeing the sky, the starry night.
"_Illuminatio mea,_" said he, softly.
The Professor did not understand, and made him repeat the words. Then he
asked him what his light was, and the feeble voice murmured,
Mayda was not familiar with the Psalms, with the profound word of that
ancient Hebrew, to whom our little sun seemed dark, the sun which
conceals the higher world. He understood, without understanding. He
remained reverently silent.
Benedetto sought the stars with his eyes. His own conscience was passing
in those stars, which gazed upon him so austerely, knowing he was about
to review--before the threatening hour of death--the whole moral history
of his life, to tell it in words which would be a first judgment,
pronounced in the name of the God of Justice, impelled by the God of
Love; in words that would not be lost, because no movement is lost;
which would appear--who knows how, who knows where, who knows when?--to
the glory of Christ, as the supreme testimony of a spirit to moral
Truth, directed against itself. Thus the silent stars spoke to him,
animated by his own thoughts. And his life was pictured in his mind from
beginning to end, the external, salient outline less strongly marked
than the inner moral substance. He saw all the first part of it
dominated by a religious conception in which egotism prevailed, and so
ordered as to make the love of God and the love of man converge into an
individual well-being, the aim being personal perfection, and reward. He
was grieved that he had thus obeyed in words only the law which places
the love of God before the love of self; and it was a gentle grief, not
because it was easy to find excuses for this error, to impute it to
teachers, but because it was sweet to feel his own minuteness in the
wave of grace which enveloped him. And he felt his own minuteness in
that past, spoiled by imperfect beliefs, influenced by the uprising of
the senses, in the central depression of his life, which had been one
vast tissue of sensuality, of weakness, of contradictions, of lies. He
felt his own minuteness in his life after his conversion, the impulse
and work of an inner Will, which had prevailed against his own will, and
during this last period it seemed to him, he himself had weighted the
scales against the good impulse. He longed to drop off this "self" which
held him back like a heavy garment. He saw that the affection for the
Vision was part of this burdensome "self." He aspired to Divine Truth in
all its mystery, whatever it might be, and gave himself to Divine Truth
with such violence of desire that the spasm of it nearly rent him
asunder. And the stars shone forth upon him such a lively sense of the
immeasurable vastness of Divine Truth as compared with his own and his
friends' religious conceptions, and at the same time such a firm faith
that he was travelling towards that vastness, that he suddenly raised
his head from the pillow exclaiming:
The sister was dozing, not so the Professor.
"What is it?" said he. "Do you see something?"
Benedetto did not reply immediately. The Professor raised the lamp, and
bent over him. Then Benedetto turned his face and looked at Mayda with
an expression of intense desire, and after gazing at him a long time,
"Ah, Professor! Indeed you must come where I am going!"
"But do you know where you are going?" Mayda said.
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Preface to Energy Psychology in Psychotherapy
Perhaps as many as five millennia have passed since the idea emerged throughout the globe, but especially in India and China, that our bodies possess energy systems of utmost relevance to our health and consciousness. We can only speculate as to how these inspirations arose, but increasing evidence abounds that the ancients were correct. This and related understandings gave birth to meridian and chakra therapies, yoga, and more.
The idea for this volume came out of a number of significant events that spanned several decades at the close of the last millennium. First and foremost was the discovery, about thirty-five years ago, that the integral interconnection between body and mind can be observed indirectly via manual muscle testing. In concert with this new view was the finding that mind and body are energetically interconnected and that psychological problems can be treated through the body’s acupuncture meridian system, as well as through other little known bodily systems, including neurovascular and neurolymphatic reflexes (Goodheart, 1987). These discoveries led to the development of several kinesiologically-based approaches that address physical and psychological conditions via energetic means (Callahan, 1985; Diamond, 1978; Thie, 1973). Also emerging during this time period was the new field of psychoneuroimmunology that additionally revealed a holistic interconnection.
After studying these and related systems, I published Energy Psychology (1998), Energy Diagnostic and Treatment Methods (2000), Energy Tapping (2000), and The Neurophysics of Human Behavior (2000) in order to communicate these findings to a wider professional community and to the public as well. In those books I used the term energy psychology to designate this newly evolving and burgeoning field. After attending several conferences on various approaches to energy psychology, I decided to invite key proponents to write chapters for a source book that would further assist in defining, cross-pollinating, and advancing the field of energy psychology. Thus we give you Energy Psychology in Psychotherapy: A Comprehensive Source Book, in which we explore the various permutations of energy psychology theory and practice. Cases are included, and when possible, empirical studies are cited. Since we are all trying to find our way through this energy maze, differences of opinion and theory (sometimes radical) abound.
Energy Psychology in Psychotherapy is divided into four parts, containing chapters by key proponents in the field. A brief synopsis of each chapter follows.
In the Introduction I discuss a paradigm shift, rooted in physics, that views psychological function and dysfunction from the standpoint of bioenergy factors. This new view challenges prevalent psychological theories that focus on behavioral, cognitive, neurologic, systemic, and/or chemical parameters to the exclusion of the underlying energetic component.
Part I provides an overview of approaches to energy psychology. In “Thought Field Therapy: Advancements in Theory and Practice,” John H. Diepold, Jr. significantly expands on the theoretical underpinnings and clinical applications of thought field therapy and presents models of diagnosing treatment sequences that are contrasted with the algorithm approach. He also he offers several conceptual models for involving a “dynamical energy systems approach” to understanding this evolving paradigm-challenging method of psychotherapy.
In “Energy Diagnostic and Treatment Methods,” I cover the history and development of these methods and introduce a wide range of diagnostic and treatment protocols. Both global and more precision-oriented aspects of the system are explored and the relevance of integrating thought recognition and protocols that do not involve tapping on acupoints into the overall psychotherapeutic process is also highlighted.
Tapas Fleming’s chapter on the “The Tapas Acupressure Technique,” traces the roots of energy healing in traditional Chinese medicine and yoga as applied to today’s psychological field. She cites applications ranging from trauma-induced stress to allergies and pain and outlines the basic steps for achieving stress reduction and a balance of yin and yang energies to attain wellness. She also explains how to use her technique to help groups of people deal with traumatic events.
In “Healing From the Body Level Up,” Judith A. Swack describes her holistic system that addresses the somatic, psychological, and spiritual aspects of an issue simultaneously. Using what she calls the Standard Balance Protocol, she integrates biomedical science, psychology, applied kinesiology, NLP, and energy based healing systems such as thought field therapy, emotional freedom techniques, and Tapas acupressure technique with original research on the structure and healing of complex damage patterns.
In “Instant Be Set Free Fast,” Larry Phillip Nims discusses his method, involving a basic four-step algorithm, developed from Callahan’s original model of energy therapy. Nims’s development of his approach over the past ten years has led to a radical departure from the theory and practice of many other energy therapies. These key departures (especially treating subconscious processes without tapping on meridian acupoints) are addressed and his psychodynamic theory of how and why the energy therapies work is presented.
Nahoma Asha Clinton details her system of Seemorg Matrix Work, a synthesis of energy psychology, trauma work, analytical psychology, self-psychology, psychoneuroimmunology, and spiritual principles in “Seemorg Matrix Work: The Transpersonal Energy Psychotherapy.” She explains her theoretical underpinnings with the use of clinical examples drawn both from her practice and those of other therapists. Then, utilizing a longer case presentation, she exemplifies the structure of treatment including many of the protocols and core belief matrices with a client who has received multiple diagnoses.
In “Dynamic Energetic Healing: Trauma and Soul Work at the Origins,” Mary Hammond-Newman and Howard Brockman highlight the steps to healing in their model based on process-oriented psychology, human development, shamanism, as well as energy psychology strategies and regression work. Dynamic Energetic Healing is a dynamic model that combines meridian therapies, manual muscle testing, and regression to the Energetic Origins™ of a client’s issue. Arnold Mindell’s process-oriented methods and his construct of shifting realities in combination with energy psychology theory and strategies, create an expansive model for healing mental and physical illnesses as well as for clearing “blocks to discovering one’s soul’s purpose.”
Part II covers integrative approaches that combine modalities into a unified treatment plan. In “Incorporating Biofield and Chakra Concepts into Energy Psychotherapy,” Dorothea Hover-Kramer notes how concepts of working with the human biofield and energy centers have become known in mainstream healthcare settings over the past 30 years through the practice of therapeutic touch and healing touch, (both are highly visible in the nursing literature and have a strong research base). Hover-Kramer addresses three aspects of the human vibrational matrix-meridians, biofield, and chakras in terms of their psychodynamic functions and treatment applications. She also provides self-help principles for clients and energy hygiene for therapists who are at risk for vicarious traumatization. Case examples identify situations in which a biofield or chakra intervention may be more helpful than meridian work.
Brian Grodner’s “Using Hypnotic Language Patterns to Enhance Energy Psychology Therapy: Optimal Energy Techniques” integrates the use of energy psychology with hypnosis, hypnotic language, and neurolinguistic programming to promote synergistic change. He emphasizes how language shapes and influences (and is shaped and influenced by) our energy, emotions, and internal processing and how it can be used to facilitate and enhance every step of energy therapy.
In “The Integration of Energy Psychology with Hypnosis: Beyond Positive Cognition,” Lee Pulos discusses the purpose of hypnosis as one of re-educating and reprogramming the subconscious. Following the resolution of psychological issues by using emotional freedom techniques and thought field therapy, specific hypnotic procedures can be applied to create a symptom-free future. Techniques for identifying subconscious “road-blocks” are also described.
Observing that there has been a rapid increase in the number of practitioners trained in both EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) and the energy psychotherapies, John Hartung and Michael Galvin describe ways to combine these modalities to increase their effectiveness in “Combining EMDR and Energy Therapies.” Topics include correcting psychological reversals prior to initiating and during EMDR; muscle testing with EMDR; EMDR along with energy therapies to limit the severity and disruption of abreaction, dissociation, “looping,” and blocking beliefs; treatment of addiction; using one method to further client receptivity to use of the other; self-use of EMDR and the energy techniques; and, among others, energy training for paraprofessional crisis teams for use in residential programs with EMDR clients.
Philip Friedman’s “Integrative Energy and Spiritual Therapy” focuses on shifting from a path strewn with fear, grievances, and energy imbalance to one of love, forgiveness, and energy balance. His approach uses empirically derived assessment tools, muscle checking, intention and inner guidance and integrates 30 techniques including meridian energy tapping/holding, chakra holding/releasing, creating and intending, meditation, imagery, relaxation, trance, and hypnosis to name but a few.
Part III explores the special applications of energy treatment methods with a wide variety of challenging conditions. In “Use of Hypnosis and EMDR Combined with Energy Therapies in the Treatment of Dissociative Disorders, Posttraumatic Stress Disorders, Eating Disorders and Phobias,” Lillian Gross and Harold Ratner discuss the treatment of conditions that are frequently difficult and traumatizing for the patient. They describe working with patients who were previously unresponsive but who experienced rapid transformations with the combination approach.
Willem Lammers’s “Inner Child, Inner Parent Resolution (ICIPR): Meridian-Based Treatment Focused on Archaic States and Introjects,” describes the use of meridian-based psychotherapy techniques with introjects (inner parent) and archaic states (inner child). Experience has shown that noncontextual treatment for symptoms that have their roots in early childhood tends to relapse after a short period of time. Lammers has developed a number of methods that address the complexity of early childhood wounds and are especially useful in the psychotherapy of trauma, fear, and addiction.
In “Integrating Past and Present: The Early Recollection Technique,” Mary Wheeler draws upon her background in Adlerian psychology to bring together energy psychology into a traditional treatment method. Core beliefs are healed through uncovering their origins in early recollections in a way that does not retraumatize the client. A step-by-step process is presented that describes how to heal the traumatic events that shape our beliefs about the world and ourselves.
Marie Green records a variety of venues for “Energy Applications in Medical Settings.” Hospitalized patients in various areas of the hospital (medical, surgical, oncology, obstetrics, pediatrics, rehabilitation, cardiology, nuclear medicine, and emergency) can benefit from energy psychology methods that shorten hospitalization or treatment time and improve outcomes.
Loretta Sparks’s chapter on “Addiction and Energy Psychotherapy” offers a comprehensive approach to treating addiction that utilizes a three-stage developmental model of recovery incorporating energy psychotherapy at every stage. The recovery needs of the individual suffering from the addictive disease as well as his or her family are addressed. She describes the powerful impact of trauma on the formation of addictive processes and the necessity of treating the associated stress and anxiety. The chapter is full of practical suggestions to facilitate the recovery process.
In “Multiple Pose Applications of Tapas’ Acupressure Technique with Special Populations,” Jane Wakefield discusses the development and use of her variations of the Tapas acupressure technique using distinct hand poses to promote healing in the treatment of dissociative identity disorder, personality disorders, head injury, and children suffering from various psychological maladies. She also explores the plausible electromagnetic basis of these procedures.
Part IV is host to the outermost frontiers of energy psychology, where contributors propose highly speculative-and creative-underpinnings to the nature and function of energy in relation to psychological issues and dynamics. In “EMDR and Subtle Energy: A Proposed Mechanism of Action,” Rick Leskowitz draws on 12 years of experience with energy healing to formulate a mechanism of action for EMDR (and all phenomena that involve subtle energy interactions) that integrates neuroscience with energy dynamics. Partly speculative, his chapter is a step towards a fuller understanding of energy-based therapies.
John A. Frisco’s chapter on “Duct Tape, Goggles, and Correcting Hemispheric Imbalances” integrates John Diamond’s work on behavioral kinesiology with the neuropsychological research of Frederic Schiffer on the dual mind hypothesis. Theoretical insights on the embodiment of energy fields are offered, with special attention given to the role of cortical hemispheric dominance and meridian pathways. The use of lateralized visual field goggles is presented to illustrate the phenomenon of hemispheric energy along with a proposed protocol for the treatment of recurring psychological problems.
In “Using the Biomonitor-An Energy Gauge for Mind and Body,” Hank Levin discusses how the clearing biomonitor-a relatively simple version of galvanic skin response (GSR) instrumentation-can be used to explore and observe the direct effect of mental “pictures” on a person’s feelings, behavior, and body, specifically in relation to the energy attending the mental picture associated with arousal. Its utilization drastically reduces the time it takes to come to an understanding of the spiritual significance of an individual’s issues.
In “Radiant Circuits: The Energies of Joy,” Donna Eden and David Feinstein focus on an energy system associated with feelings of joy, the awakening of psychic abilities, and the channeling of healing energy. Distinct from meridians, chakras, or biofields, their appearance is described by people who see energy as having a radiant quality. And they, in fact, bring a radiant, joyful, uplifting vibration to all they touch. The radiant energies are a limited, precious resource, and it is the body’s design that, like hyperlinks, they jump to wherever they are most needed. Recognizing their unusual characteristics, the ancient Chinese physicians called them the “strange flows” or “extraordinary vessels.” They are significant for working with psychological issues because a person cannot feel joy if the radiant energies are not flowing and cannot move through life in an integrated manner if the radiant energies are not connecting and harmonizing the other energy systems. This chapter includes a wide array of precisely described exercises designed to develop one’s radiant energy system and thus greater intuition, inner joy, and psychic ability.
In “Grounding Energy Psychology in the Physical Sciences,” Mark Evan Furman discusses some of the principles and foundations of a cross-disciplinary branch of science that has redefined psychotherapeutic intervention in neurophysical terms and provided a physiology-based foundation for understanding the relevance and effectiveness of energy psychology methods. Cognitive neurophysics is a branch of science that studies the effects of information processing on cognitive neurodynamics, as well as the relatively stable, recurrent, cognitive patterns that emerge as properties of these dynamics. Psychotherapeutic intervention is defined as the systematic reorganization of “energy patterns” and their relative stability, resulting in a qualitative change in the “state of motion” within the energy landscape of the neurocognitive system. This change in the state of motion both permits and constrains the development of the relatively stable, but transient and recurring “energy structures” commonly referred to as behaviors, thoughts, perceptions, and emotions-collectively thought of as mind. Such energy landscapes can be visually and mathematically modeled by using a system of algorithms referred to as NeuroPrint, providing the practitioner with the ability to understand, predict, and change human behavior with greater precision.
This volume closes with a discussion seminar that I participated in with James V. Durlacher, developer of acu-power; Scott Walker, developer of neuro-emotional technique (NET); and several participants at the second annual energy psychology conference in Las Vegas, Nevada: “An Energy Psychobiology Trialogue: The Body Docs’ Perspective.” The interesting discussion focuses on acu-power, neuro-emotional technique, energy diagnostic and treatment methods (EDxTM), thought field therapy, manual muscle testing, biofeedback, and quantum theory. Fred P. Gallo, Ph.D
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President Obama the agency extraordinary authority in Pakistan. Now it wants these powers in Yemen too.
An eye-opening report published last November in the Wall Street Journal revealed that the Obama Administration was permitting the CIA to kill people in Pakistan without even knowing who they were: "Signature strikes target groups of men believed to be militants associated with terrorist groups, but whose identities aren't always known. The bulk of CIA's drone strikes are signature strikes." As I noted at the time, this is the same CIA that is known to have jailed innocent people, subjecting them to harsh interrogation tactics and years of wrongful imprisonment. Despite those errors, and the CIA's lack of transparency and accountability, the Obama Administration loosed it in Pakistan, where we've killed lots of innocent people. And while it's been operating in Yemen for some time, the CIA now wants official permission to kill people whose identities it can't confirm in that country either.
Is President Obama going to agree? "If approved, the change would probably accelerate a campaign of U.S. airstrikes in Yemen that is already on a record pace, with at least eight attacks in the past four months," The Washington Post reports. "For President Obama, an endorsement of signature strikes would mean a significant, and potentially risky, policy shift. The administration has placed tight limits on drone operations in Yemen to avoid being drawn into an often murky regional conflict and risk turning militants with local agendas into al-Qaeda recruits."
It's worth pausing at that line about the "tight limits" on current drone operations in Yemen. Here's how Jeremy Scahill, who reported on the ground there, described the reality of American policy:
For years, the elite Joint Special Operations Command and the CIA had teams deployed inside Yemen that supported Yemeni forces and conducted unilateral operations, consisting mostly of cruise missile and drone attacks. Some of the unilateral strikes have killed their intended targets, such as the CIA attack on Awlaki. But others have killed civilians--at times, a lot of civilians. And many of these have been in Abyan and its neighboring province of Shebwa, both of which have recently seen a substantial rise of AQAP activity. President Obama's first known authorization of a missile strike on Yemen, on December 17, 2009, killed more than forty Bedouins, many of them women and children, in the remote village of al Majala in Abyan. Another US strike, in May 2010, killed an important tribal leader and the deputy governor of Marib province, Jabir Shabwani, sparking mass anger at the United States...
The October drone strike that killed Awlaki's 16-year-old son, Abdulrahman, a US citizen, and his teenage cousin shocked and enraged Yemenis of all political stripes. "I firmly believe that the [military] operations implemented by the US performed a great service for Al Qaeda, because those operations gave Al Qaeda unprecedented local sympathy," says Jamal, the Yemeni journalist. The strikes "have recruited thousands." Yemeni tribesmen, he says, share one common goal with Al Qaeda, "which is revenge against the Americans, because those who were killed are the sons of the tribesmen, and the tribesmen never, ever give up on revenge." Even senior officials of the Saleh regime recognize the damage the strikes have caused.
Put another way, the status quo, with its relatively greater protections, resulted in dozens of dead innocents and, according to some experts, created the conditions for blowback. And since Scahill did his reporting, the pace of drone strikes has increased, "with about as many strikes so far this year as in all of 2011," the Post reports. "Which U.S. entity is responsible for each strike remains unclear." Also secret are the identities of the people targeted and the people killed, a confluence of opacity that make abuses likely and more dead innocents all but certain.
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The first major success of drones - the 2002 strike that took out the leader of Al Qaeda in Yemen - also resulted in the death of a U.S. citizen. More recently, a drone strike by U.S. forces in Afghanistan in 2010 targeted the wrong individual - killing a well-known human rights advocate named Zabet Amanullah who actually supported the U.S.-backed government. The U.S. military, it turned out, had tracked the wrong cellphone for months, mistaking Amanullah for a senior Taliban leader. A year earlier, a drone strike killed Baitullah Mehsud, the head of the Pakistani Taliban, while he was visiting his father-in-law; his wife was vaporized along with him. But the U.S. had already tried four times to assassinate Mehsud with drones, killing dozens of civilians in the failed attempts. One of the missed strikes, according to a human rights group, killed 35 people, including nine civilians, with reports that flying shrapnel killed an eight-year-old boy while he was sleeping. Another blown strike, in June 2009, took out 45 civilians, according to credible press reports.And astonishingly:
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Offering rewards – as in “get good marks in school and I will buy you a new toy/game” – is an oft used parenting strategy. The question is, does it actually work? Research shows that for mundane, repetitive tasks, rewards do work. For more complex tasks where nuanced learning is involved the answer is usually “yes” – for a while. In the short-term, it will work. Your child will get better marks, not fight with their siblings, or do whatever is your desired goal. Long-term however, offering rewards as a means to change behaviour for complex tasks does not work. The marks will not be sustained and the fighting will resume. Ever tried a star chart and wondered why it worked for the first month but then stopped working?
The clue as to why this happens is in the statement, “whatever is your desired goal.” The goal is yours, not your child’s. Your child will understand you requesting an outcome that is yours, not theirs, as an attempt to control behaviour.
As Jessica Lahey points out in The Gift of Failure, extrinsic rewards are viewed as attempts to control behaviour, and humans don’t respond well to others trying to control what we do. We are much more likely to stick with something that comes from personal choice. In order for lasting change to happen, the rewards need to be intrinsic; the motivation for the change needs to come from within your child. And they need to have choice – if there is a choice between doing something imposed or something chosen by free will (i.e. either responding to the reward or not responding to the reward) – they will choose free will and not respond to the reward.
Seeing external rewards as an attempt to control isn’t a conscious decision. Seven years olds don’t consciously think, “My parents are trying to make me learn piano by offering me candy if I practice every day of the week. I will do it for five weeks, and then I think I’ll hold out for something bigger.” What happens is that what is seen as motivation by parents is unconsciously seen as an attempt to control behaviour by the child.
Alfie Kohn, a parenting and human behaviour author and educator, writes:
“…an impressive body of scientific research has shown that the more we reward people for doing something, the more they tend to lose interest in whatever they had to do to get the reward. Now the point isn’t to draw, to read, to think, to create – the point is to get the goody, whether it’s an ice cream, a sticker, or a ‘Good job!’”
So, what’s the answer? How do you encourage the behaviours you would like to see in your child? As suggested above, the key is intrinsic motivation. The pride and sense of accomplishment that come with sticking with and figuring out a tough problem are examples of intrinsic motivation. Mastering a skill and the feeling of competence that accompanies that are powerful motivators.
This doesn’t mean that you walk away from your child when they are faced with challenges. It means that you stay close and present when they are working through them. Think of how you were when your child was learning to walk. You probably watched, held your breath as they wobbled, and offered a steadying hand here and there. You didn’t turn your back nor did you take their steps for them. We need to be able to offer the same scaffolding for our children as they learn and grow in all areas.
Children sense your trust in their ability to solve a problem or work through a challenge. Your belief in them gives them the courage and support they need to tackle a problem and to take the risks needed to solve an issue. As a result of this trust, your relationship with your child will become stronger. The connection between you and your child, knowing that they matter to you and that you have “got their back,” will encourage them to persevere, thereby allowing them to earn the delight and satisfaction of having accomplished a skill or task themselves.
Be warned, this way of parenting takes time and patience and you may be tempted to revert to rewards for what appears to be a “quick fix.” In times like this, take a deep breath and remember that for lasting changes, the motivation needs to be intrinsic. And that ultimately, children who experience mastery, feel competent, and have a sense of belonging, grow up to be capable and decent human beings.
For more on this topic, I highly recommend Jessica Lahey’s book, The Gift of Failure.
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Firstly, thanks for any assistance. Situation is as follows: Older home with electric power coming in off above-ground pole. Connection runs from pole to detached garage (meter is on the garage side) then to a disconnect (fairly old I think) with 100A and 60A switches. 60A goes through wall to a small panel in the garage. 100A goes back up to another weatherhead and travels suspended to house (about 30 ft away). Neither meter, disconnect nor garage panel appear to be grounded to earth. In the home there is a 100A panel that is earth ground (8ft copper rod) and bonded to copper plumbing also. Bonding screw is installed and ground and neutral bars are connected. There are only 3 wires (2 hot and neutral) going from garage to house (again, suspended in the air, so no conduit). House panel has a 40A dual pole breaker that feeds a subpanel with only one breaker (also 40A DP) that goes to the A/C unit. My questions concern:
(1) whether the house panel should be treated as a subpanel (i.e. should I separate the ground and neutral bars)
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The American folk custom of wearing or displaying a yellow ribbon to signify solidarity with loved ones or fellow citizens at war originated during the U.S. embassy hostage crisis in Iran in 1979. It does not have a connection to the American Civil War, beyond the use of the old British folk song "Round Her Neck She Wore A Yellow Ribbon" in the John Wayne movie of the same name, with a Civil War setting, released in 1949.
The story of a ribbon tied to a tree as a signal to a convict returning home that his loved ones have forgiven him is attested from 1959, but the ribbon in that case was white.
The ribbon color seems to have changed to yellow first in a version retold by newspaper columnist Pete Hamill in 1971. The story was dramatized in June 1972 on ABC-TV (James Earl Jones played the ex-con). Later that year, Irwin Levine and L. Russell Brown copyrighted the song "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree," which became a pop hit in early 1973 and sparked a lawsuit by Hamill, later dropped.
In 1975, the wife of a Watergate conspirator put out yellow ribbons when her husband was released from jail, and news coverage of that was noted and remembered by Penne Laingen, whose husband was U.S. ambassador to Iran in 1979 and one of the Iran hostages taken in the embassy on Nov. 4. Her yellow ribbon in his honor was written up in the Dec. 10, 1979, Washington Post.
When the hostage families organized as the Family Liaison Action Group (FLAG), they took the yellow ribbon as their symbol. The ribbons revived in the 1991 Gulf War and again during the 2000s wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
As "science teaching based on a fundamentalist interpretation of the Book of Genesis, the scientific theory attributing the origin of matter and life to immediate acts of God," opposed to evolutionism, it is attested from 1880. Century Dictionary (1897) defines creationism in this sense as "The doctrine that matter and all things were created, substantially as they now exist, by the fiat of an omnipotent Creator, and not gradually evolved or developed."
Creation science is attested by 1970 as an alternative name for a theory of science not inconsistent with Christian fundamentalism. Creationist (n.) in an "anti-Darwin" sense is attested by 1859 in a letter of Darwin's, and it is said to be used in Darwin's unpublished writings as far back as 1842.
James Ussher (1581-1656), Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of All Ireland, and Vice-Chancellor of Trinity College in Dublin was highly regarded in his day as a churchman and as a scholar. Of his many works, his treatise on chronology has proved the most durable. Based on an intricate correlation of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean histories and Holy writ, it was incorporated into an authorized version of the Bible printed in 1701, and thus came to be regarded with almost as much unquestioning reverence as the Bible itself. Having established the first day of creation as Sunday 23 October 4004 B.C. ... Ussher calculated the dates of other biblical events, concluding, for example, that Adam and Eve were driven from Paradise on Monday 10 November 4004 BC, and that the ark touched down on Mt Ararat on 5 May 1491 BC "on a Wednesday". [Craig, G.Y., and E.J. Jones, "A Geological Miscellany," Princeton University Press, 1982.]
c. 1200, perhaps mid-12c., "well-born man, man of good family or birth," also extended to Roman patricians and ancient Greek aristocrats, from gentle + man (n.); the compound probably is modeled on Old French gentilhomme (the English gentleman itself was borrowed into French in 18c.).
Given specific uses in late Middle English (small gentleman, gentleman-of-arms, gentleman-usher, etc.), hence in England the word often meant any man above the social rank of a yeoman, including the nobility, but it was sometimes restricted to those who bear a coat of arms but not a title; in U.S., "man of property, not engaged in business or a profession" (1789). The English word from the beginning also had a special sense "nobleman whose behavior conforms to the ideals of chivalry and Christianity," and gentleman came to be used loosely for any man of good breeding, courtesy, kindness, honor, strict regard for the feelings of others, etc.
[The Gentleman] is always truthful and sincere ; will not agree for the sake of complaisance or out of weakness ; will not pass over that of which he disapproves. He has a clear soul, and a fearless, straightforward tongue. On the other hand, he is not blunt and rude. His truth is courteous ; his courtesy, truthful ; never a humbug, yet, where he truthfully can, he prefers to say pleasant things. [The Rev. John R. Vernon, "The Grand Old Name of Gentleman," in Contemporary Review, vol. XI, May-August 1869]
Eventually, in polite use, it came to mean a man in general, regardless of social standing. Related: Gentlemen. Gentleman's agreement is first attested 1929. Gentleman farmer recorded from 1749, "A man of means who farms on a large scale, employs hands, and does little or none of the work himself" [Craigie, "Dictionary of American English"].
Old English woruld, worold "human existence, the affairs of life," also "a long period of time," also "the human race, mankind, humanity," a word peculiar to Germanic languages (cognates: Old Saxon werold, Old Frisian warld, Dutch wereld, Old Norse verold, Old High German weralt, German Welt), with a literal sense of "age of man," from Proto-Germanic *weraldi-, a compound of *wer "man" (Old English wer, still in werewolf; see virile) + *ald "age" (from PIE root *al- (2) "to grow, nourish").
Originally "life on earth, this world (as opposed to the afterlife)," sense extended to "the known world," then to "the physical world in the broadest sense, the universe" (c. 1200). In Old English gospels, the commonest word for "the physical world," was Middangeard (Old Norse Midgard), literally "the middle enclosure" (see yard (n.1)), which is rooted in Germanic cosmology. Greek kosmos in its ecclesiastical sense of "world of people" sometimes was rendered in Gothic as manaseþs, literally "seed of man." The usual Old Norse word was heimr, literally "abode" (see home). Words for "world" in some other Indo-European languages derive from the root for "bottom, foundation" (such as Irish domun, Old Church Slavonic duno, related to English deep); the Lithuanian word is pasaulis, from pa- "under" + saulė "sun."
Original sense in world without end, translating Latin saecula saeculorum, and in worldly. Latin saeculum can mean both "age" and "world," as can Greek aiōn. Meaning "a great quantity or number" is from 1580s. Out of this world "surpassing, marvelous" is from 1928; earlier it meant "dead." World Cup is by 1951; U.S. baseball World Series is by 1893 (originally often World's Series). World power in the geopolitical sense first recorded 1900. World-class is attested from 1950, originally of Olympic athletes.
curd of milk coagulated, separated from the whey, pressed and used as food, Old English cyse (West Saxon), cese (Anglian) "cheese," from West Germanic *kasjus (source also of Old Saxon kasi, Old High German chasi, German Käse, Middle Dutch case, Dutch kaas), from Latin caseus "cheese" (source of Italian cacio, Spanish queso, Irish caise, Welsh caws).
Of unknown origin; perhaps from a PIE root *kwat- "to ferment, become sour" (source also of Prakrit chasi "buttermilk;" Old Church Slavonic kvasu "leaven; fermented drink," kyselu "sour," -kyseti "to turn sour;" Czech kysati "to turn sour, rot;" Sanskrit kvathati "boils, seethes;" Gothic hwaþjan "foam").
But de Vaan writes, "no etymology can be found which does not require some poorly-founded assumptions," and suggests a loan-word. Also compare fromage. Old Norse ostr, Danish ost, Swedish ost are related to Latin ius "broth, sauce, juice."
Earliest references would be to compressed curds of milk used as food; pressed or molded cheeses with rinds are from 14c. Transferred to other cheese-like substances by 1530s. As a photographer's word to make subjects hold a smile, it is attested from 1930, but in a reminiscence of schoolboy days, which suggests an earlier use. Probably for the forced smile involved in making the -ee- sound.
Green cheese is that newly made; the notion that the moon is made of green cheese as a type of a ridiculous assertion is from 1520s. To make cheeses (1835) was a schoolgirls' amusement of wheeling rapidly so one's petticoats blew out in a circle then dropping down so they came to rest inflated and resembling a wheel of cheese; hence, used figuratively for "a deep curtsy." Bartlett ("Dictionary of Americanisms," 1848) defines head cheese as "The ears and feet of swine cut up fine, and, after being boiled, pressed into the form of a cheese."
"the Roman god Mercury," herald and ambassador of his father, Jupiter, mid-12c., Mercurie, from Latin Mercurius "Mercury," originally a god of tradesmen and thieves, from merx "merchandise" (see market (n.)); or perhaps [Klein, Tucker] from Etruscan and influenced by merx. De Vaan thinks it possible the whole stem *merk- was borrowed and the god-name with it.
Mercury later was identified with Greek Hermes and still later with Germanic Woden. From his role as a messenger and conveyor of information, since mid-17c. Mercury has been a common name for a newspaper.
The planet closest to the sun was so called in classical Latin (c. 1300 in English). A hypothetical inhabitant of the planet was a Mercurean (1855) or a Mercurian (1755). For the metallic element, see mercury.
In U.S. numismatics, the Mercury-head dime (so called by 1941) was in circulation from 1916; properly it is the female head of Liberty, in her characteristic cap, here winged to symbolize freedom of thought. But the resemblance to Mercury was noted in coin circles at once, and the coin design sometimes was popularly mistaken as the head of Mercury, Roman god of making money and thieving, in his winged hat. It was so-called in 1933 in newspaper articles calling attention to the fasces on the reverse. The coin is more correctly the Winged Liberty-head dime (simple Liberty-head dime being a designation of the previous design). The design was replaced in 1946, which made it necessary for it to have an agreed-upon specifying name.
There's the four-year-old who counted out 20 cents with the remark: "A boy dime and a girl dime."
Translated, this means a Roosevelt dime and one classified by coin books as the "new Mercury head" dime.
[Dothan Eagle, June 25, 1951]
Old English fyr "fire, a fire," from Proto-Germanic *fūr- (source also of Old Saxon fiur, Old Frisian fiur, Old Norse fürr, Middle Dutch and Dutch vuur, Old High German fiur, German Feuer "fire"), from PIE *perjos, from root *paewr- "fire." Current spelling is attested as early as 1200, but did not fully displace Middle English fier (preserved in fiery) until c. 1600.
PIE apparently had two roots for fire: *paewr- and *egni- (source of Latin ignis). The former was "inanimate," referring to fire as a substance, and the latter was "animate," referring to it as a living force (compare water (n.1)).
Brend child fuir fordredeþ ["The Proverbs of Hendyng," c. 1250]
English fire was applied to "ardent, burning" passions or feelings from mid-14c. Meaning "discharge of firearms, action of guns, etc." is from 1580s. To be on fire is from c. 1500 (in fire attested from c. 1400, as is on a flame "on fire"). To play with fire in the figurative sense "risk disaster, meddle carelessly or ignorantly with a dangerous matter" is by 1861, from the common warning to children. Phrase where's the fire?, said to one in an obvious hurry, is by 1917, American English.
Fire-bell is from 1620s; fire-alarm as a self-acting, mechanical device is from 1808 as a theoretical creation; practical versions began to appear in the early 1830s. Fire-escape (n.) is from 1788 (the original so-called was a sort of rope-ladder disguised as a small settee); fire-extinguisher is from 1826. A fire-bucket (1580s) carries water to a fire. Fire-house is from 1899; fire-hall from 1867, fire-station from 1828. Fire company "men for managing a fire-engine" is from 1744, American English. Fire brigade "firefighters organized in a body in a particular place" is from 1838. Fire department, usually a branch of local government, is from 1805. Fire-chief is from 1877; fire-ranger from 1909.
Symbolic fire and the sword is by c. 1600 (translating Latin flamma ferroque absumi); earlier yron and fyre (1560s), with suerd & flawme (mid-15c.), mid fure & mid here ("with fire and armed force"), c. 1200. Fire-breathing is from 1590s. To set the river on fire, "accomplish something surprising or remarkable" (usually with a negative and said of one considered foolish or incompetent) is by 1830, often with the name of a river, varying according to locality, but the original is set the Thames on fire (1796). The hypothetical feat was mentioned as the type of something impossibly difficult by 1720; it circulated as a theoretical possibility under some current models of chemistry c. 1792-95, which may have contributed to the rise of the expression.
[A]mong other fanciful modes of demonstrating the practicability of conducting the gas wherever it might be required, he anchored a small boat in the stream about 50 yards from the shore, to which he conveyed a pipe, having the end turned up so as to rise above the water, and forcing the gas through the pipe, lighted it just above the surface, observing to his friends "that he had now set the river on fire." ["On the Origins and Progress of Gas-lighting," in "Repertory of Patent Inventions," vol. III, London, 1827]
early 14c., "actually existing, having physical existence (not imaginary);" mid-15c., "relating to things" (especially property), from Old French reel "real, actual," from Late Latin realis "actual," in Medieval Latin "belonging to the thing itself," from Latin res "property, goods, matter, thing, affair," which de Vaan traces to a PIE *Hreh-i- "wealth, goods," source also of Sanskrit rayim, rayah "property, goods," Avestan raii-i- "wealth."
The meaning "genuine" is recorded from 1550s; the sense of "unaffected, no-nonsense" is from 1847. Real estate, the exact term, "land, including what is naturally or artificially on or in it" is recorded from 1660s, but as far back as Middle English real was used in law in reference to immovable property, paired with, and distinguished from, personal. The noun phrase real time is from early 19c. in logic and philosophy, from 1953 as an adjectival phrase in reference to "the actual time during which an event or process occurs," with the rise of computer processes. Get real, usually an interjection, was U.S. college slang in 1960s, reaching wide popularity c. 1987. As a noun, the real, "that which actually exists," by 1818 (Coleridge). The real thing "the genuine article" is by 1818.
Real applies to that which certainly exists, as opposed to that which is imaginary or feigned : as, real cause for alarm ; a real occurrence ; a real person, and not a ghost or a shadow ; real sorrow. Actual applies to that which is brought to be or to pass, as opposed to that which is possible, probable, conceivable, approximate, estimated, or guessed at. [Century Dictionary]
Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand. [Margery Williams, "The Velveteen Rabbit"]
also dumbbell, "one of a pair of weighted bars used for exercise," by 1785, earlier (from 1711), according to OED, an apparatus like that used to ring a church bell, but without the bell (hence dumb); used for physical exercise but sometimes also to practice ringing changes. See dumb (adj.) + bell (n.). If this is right, the word must have been transferred; earlier 18c. references make mention of "pulling" or "ringing" dumb-bells and note that it can be done only indoors. The following is a footnote to the 1903 reprint of Joseph Strutt's 1801 "The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England":
The origin of the term is somewhat curious. Dumb-bells take their name by analogy, as was pointed out in Notes and Queries in 1861, "from a machine used for exercise, consisting of a rough, heavy, wooden flywheel with a rope passing through and round a spindle ... and set in motion like a church bell." This statement, however, does not sufficiently explain the transference of such a name to the short bar and rounded lead or iron ends of a hand dumb-bell. This difficulty was explained by the late Chancellor Ferguson in a paper read before the Archaeological Institute in 1895, wherein a dumb-bell apparatus, now at Lord Sackville's seat at Knowle, was described and illustrated. The roller round which the rope winds and unwinds has four iron arms, each of which has a leaden poise or ball at the end, just like the end of an ordinary hand dumb-bell. This Knowle example is fixed in an attic and the rope passed through to a gallery beneath. Anyone pulling the rope would get much the same exercise as in pulling a bell rope in a church tower, but without annoying his neighbours by the noise. There used to be a similar apparatus at New College, Oxford.
Figurative sense of "blockhead, stupid person" attested by 1918, American English college slang.
"that part of an animal body between the head and the trunk and which connects those parts," Middle English nekke, from Old English hnecca "neck, nape, back of the neck" (a fairly rare word) from Proto-Germanic *hnekk- "the nape of the neck" (source also of Old Frisian hnekka, Middle Dutch necke, Dutch nek, Old Norse hnakkr, Old High German hnach, German Nacken "neck"), with no certain cognates outside Germanic, though Klein's sources suggest PIE *knok- "high point, ridge" (source of Old Irish cnocc, Welsh cnwch, Old Breton cnoch "hill").
The more usual Old English words were hals (the general Germanic word, cognate with Gothic, Old Norse, Danish, Swedish, Dutch, German hals), from Proto-Germanic *halsaz, which is perhaps cognate with Latin collum (see collar (n.)); and sweora, swira "neck, nape," probably also from a PIE root meaning "column" (cognate with Old English swer "column," Sanskrit svaru- "post").
Oxen and other draught animals being yoked by the neck, it became a symbol of burdens, of submission or subjugation, and also resistance or obstinacy (compare stiff-necked). Figuratively, "life" (late 15c.) from the breaking or severing of the neck in legal executions. Meaning "narrow part at the top of a bottle" is from late 14c.; meaning "part of a garment which covers the neck" is from 1520s. Meaning "long, slender part of a stringed musical instrument" is from 1610s.
Sense of "isthmus, long, narrow strip of land connecting two larger ones" is from 1550s. Phrase neck of the woods (American English) is attested from 1780 in the sense of "narrow stretch of woods;" 1839 with meaning "settlement in a wooded region." To stick (one's) neck out "take a risk" is recorded by 1919, American English. Horses running neck and neck "at an equal pace" is attested from 1799; to win by a neck is from 1823. To be up to the neck "have a lot of" at first (mid-19c.) suggested "fed full," but since c. 1900 it has implied "in deep." | <urn:uuid:66b75919-cc89-4995-b50a-0b3525f676ae> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.etymonline.com/search?page=275&q=play%20out&type= | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00276.warc.gz | en | 0.965875 | 4,800 | 3.125 | 3 |
July 8, 2019: Solar Cycle 25 is coming to life. For the second time this month, a sunspot from the next solar cycle has emerged in the sun’s southern hemisphere. Numbered “AR2744”, it is inset in this magnetic map of the sun’s surface from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory:
How do we know this sunspot belongs to Solar Cycle 25? Its magnetic polarity tells us so. Southern sunspots from old Solar Cycle 24 have a -/+ polarity. This sunspot is the opposite: +/-. According to Hale’s Law, sunspots switch polarities from one solar cycle to the next. AR2744 is therefore a member of Solar Cycle 25.
Solar cycles always mix together at their boundaries. Right now we are experiencing the tail end of decaying Solar Cycle 24. AR2744 shows that we are simultaneously experiencing the first stirrings of Solar Cycle 25. The transition between Solar Cycle 24 and Solar Cycle…
They say all politics is local; so is all weather.
So on behalf of my fellow Westerners, I have to ask: What’s up with all this cold weather? It may not be a crisis yet, but in the two weeks leading up to Memorial Day — the traditional start of summer activities — much of the country has been donning sweaters and turning up the heat.
I know, I know. Weather is not climate, and you can’t generalize from anecdotal evidence of localized weather conditions to a unified theory of thermal dynamics, but isn’t that exactly what the climate alarmists have done, on a larger scale, for the past 25 years?
Haven’t we been brainwashed by political scientists (oops! I mean…
The study shows that throughout history and now, the sun plays a powerful role in climate change. Solar activity impacts cosmic rays which are tied to cloud formation. Clouds, their abundance or dearth, directly affects the earth’s climate.
Climate models don’t accurately account for the role of clouds or solar activity in climate change, with the result they assume the earth is much more sensitive to greenhouse gas levels than it is. Unfortunately, the impact of clouds and the sun on climate are understudied because climate science has become so politicized.
Geologist Gregory Whitestone provides a climate history lesson for warmists who skipped history classes protesting against global warming. Hist article at Town Hall is Ocasio-Cortez’s Climatology Lacks Historical Context. Excerpts in italics with my bolds. H/T Climate Depot.
When Sam Cooke sang “Don’t know much about history” in 1960 he could not have had U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in mind, but only because she lives a half century later.
Whatever Ocasio-Cortez got from history classes during her time at Boston University, it wasn’t an appreciation of historical context because it is sorely lacking in her assertions about climate and its effect on humankind. She and others promoting the Green New Deal have the facts exactly backwardswhen they claim that warming temperatures are an existential threat to humanity.
Ocasio-Cortez recently warned in a House Oversight Committee hearing that the United States would have “blood on our hands” if legislation to…
Solar experts predict the Sun’s activity in Solar Cycle 25 to be below average, similar to Solar Cycle 24
April 5, 2019 – Scientists charged with predicting the Sun’s activity for the next 11-year solar cycle say that it’s likely to be weak, much like the current one. The current solar cycle, Cycle 24, is declining and predicted to reach solar minimum – the period when the Sun is least active – late in 2019 or 2020.
Solar Cycle 25 Prediction Panel experts said Solar Cycle 25 may have a slow start, but is anticipated to peak with solar maximum occurring between 2023 and 2026, and a sunspot range of 95 to 130. This is well below the average number of sunspots, which typically ranges from 140 to 220 sunspots per solar cycle.
The panel has high confidence that the coming cycle should break the trend of weakening solar activity seen over the past four cycles.
“We expect Solar Cycle 25 will be very similar to Cycle 24: another fairly weak cycle, preceded by a long, deep minimum,” said panel co-chair Lisa Upton, Ph.D., solar physicist with Space Systems Research Corp. “The expectation that Cycle 25 will be comparable in size to Cycle 24 means that the steady decline in solar cycle amplitude, seen from cycles 21-24, has come to an end and that there is no indication that we are currently approaching a Maunder-type minimum in solar activity.”
The solar cycle prediction gives a rough idea of the frequency of space weather storms of all types, from radio blackouts to geomagnetic storms and solar radiation storms. It is used by many industries to gauge the potential impact of space weather in the coming years. Space weather can affect power grids, critical military, airline, and shipping communications, satellites and Global Positioning System (GPS) signals, and can even threaten astronauts by exposure to harmful radiation doses.
Solar Cycle 24 reached its maximum – the period when the Sun is most active – in April 2014 with a peak average of 82 sunspots. The Sun’s Northern Hemisphere led the sunspot cycle, peaking over two years ahead of the Southern Hemisphere sunspot peak.
Solar cycle forecasting is a new science
While daily weather forecasts are the most widely used type of scientific information in the U.S., solar forecasting is relatively new. Given that the Sun takes 11 years to complete one solar cycle, this is only the fourth time a solar cycle prediction has been issued by U.S. scientists. The first panel convened in 1989 for Cycle 22.
For Solar Cycle 25, the panel hopes for the first time to predict the presence, amplitude, and timing of any differences between the northern and southern hemispheres on the Sun, known as Hemispheric Asymmetry. Later this year, the Panel will release an official Sunspot Number curve which shows the predicted number of sunspots during any given year and any expected asymmetry. The panel will also look into the possibility of providing a Solar Flare Probability Forecast.
“While we are not predicting a particularly active Solar Cycle 25, violent eruptions from the sun can occur at any time,” said Doug Biesecker, Ph.D., panel co-chair and a solar physicist at NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center.
A 2013 study estimated that the U.S. would have suffered between $600 billion and $2.6 trillion in damages, particularly to electrical infrastructure, such as power grid, if this CME had been directed toward Earth. The strength of the 2012 eruption was comparable to the famous 1859 Carrington event that caused widespread damage to telegraph stations around the world and produced aurora displays as far south as the Caribbean.
The Solar Cycle Prediction Panel forecasts the number of sunspots expected for solar maximum, along with the timing of the peak and minimum solar activity levels for the cycle. It is comprised of scientists representing NOAA, NASA, the International Space Environment Services, and other U.S. and international scientists. The outlook was presented on April 5 at the 2019 NOAA Space Weather Workshop in Boulder, Colo.
Extreme scientists and politicians warn we will suffer catastrophic climate change if the earth’s average temperature rises 2.7°F above the Little Ice Age average. They claim we are in a climate crisis because average temperature has already warmed by 1.5°F since 1850 AD. Guided by climate fear, politicians fund whacky engineering schemes to shade the earth with mirrors or aerosols to lower temperatures. But the cooler Little Ice Age endured a much more disastrous climate.
The Little Ice Age coincides with the pre-industrial period. The Little Ice Age spanned a period from 1300 AD to 1850 AD, but the exact timing varies. It was a time of great droughts, retreating tree lines, and agricultural failures leading to massive global famines and rampant epidemics. Meanwhile advancing glaciers demolished European villages and farms and extensive sea ice blocked harbors and prevented trade.
Dr. Michael Mann who preaches dire predictions wrought by global warming described the Little Ice Age as a period of widespread “famine, disease, and increased child mortality in Europe during the 17th–19th century, probably related, at least in part, to colder temperatures and altered weather conditions.” In contrast to current models suggesting global warming will cause wild weather swings, Mann concluded “the Little Ice Age may have been more significant in terms of increased variability of the climate”. Indeed, historical documents from the Little Ice Age describe wild climate swings with extremely cold winters followed by very warm summers, and cold wet years followed by cold dry years.
A series of Little Ice Age droughts lasting several decades devastated Asia between the mid 1300s and 1400s. Resulting famines caused significant societal upheaval within India, China, Sri Lanka, and Cambodia. Bad weather resulted in the Great Famine of 1315-1317 which decimated Europe causing extreme levels of crime, disease, mass death, cannibalism and infanticide. The North American tree-ring data reveal megadroughts lasting several decades during the cool 1500s. The Victorian Great Drought from 1876 to 1878 brought great suffering across much of the tropics with India devastated the most. More than 30 million people are thought to have died at this time from famine worldwide.
The Little Ice Age droughts and famines forced great societal upheaval, and the resulting climate change refugees were forced to seek better lands. But those movements also spread horrendous epidemics. Wild climate swings brought cold and dry weather to central Asia. That forced the Mongols to search for better grazing. As they invaded new territories they spread the Bubonic plague which had devastated parts of Asia earlier. In the 1300s the Mongols passed the plague to Italian merchant ships who then brought it to Europe where it quickly killed one third of Europe’s population. European explorers looking for new trade routes brought smallpox to the Americas, causing small native tribes to go extinct and decimating 25% to 50% of larger tribes. Introduced diseases rapidly reduced Mexico’s population from 30 million to 3 million.
By the 1700s a new killer began to dominate – accidental hypothermia. When indoor temperatures fall below 48°F for prolonged periods, the human body struggles to keep warm, setting off a series of reactions that causes stress and can result in heart attacks. As recently as the 1960s in Great Britain, 20,000 elderly and malnourished people who lacked central heating died from accidental hypothermia. As people with poor heating faced bouts of extreme cold in the 1700s, accidental hypothermia was rampant.
What caused the tragic climate changes of the Little Ice Age? Some scientists suggest lower solar output associated with periods of fewer sunspots. Increasing solar output then reversed the cooling and warmed the 20th century world. As solar output is now falling to the lows of the Little Ice Age, a natural experiment is now in progress testing that solar theory. However other scientists suggest it was rising CO2 that delivered the world from the Little Ice Age.
Increasing CO2 also has a beneficial fertilization effect that is greening the earth. The 20th century warming, whether natural or driven by rising CO2 concentrations, has lengthened the growing season. Famines are being eliminated. Tree-lines stopped retreating and trees are now reclaiming territory lost over the past 500 years. So why is it that now we face a climate crisis?
At the end of the 1300’s Great Famine and the Bubonic Plague epidemic, the earth sustained 350 million people. With today’s advances in technology and milder growing conditions, record high crop yields are now feeding a human population that ballooned to over 7.6 billion.
So, the notion that cooler times represent the “good old days” and we are now in a warmer climate crisis seems truly absurd.
Jim Steele is retired director of the Sierra Nevada Field Campus, SFSU
Credit: PAR @ Wikipedia This looks significant, pointing directly at solar influences on climate patterns. The researchers found evidence that atmosphere-ocean coupling can amplify the solar signal, having detected that wind anomalies could not be explained by radiative considerations alone.
An international team of researchers from United Kingdom, Denmark, and Germany has found robust evidence for signatures of the 11-year sunspot cycle in the tropical Pacific, reports Phys.org.
They analyzed historical time series of pressure, surface winds and precipitation with specific focus on the Walker Circulation—a vast system of atmospheric flow in the tropical Pacific region that affects patterns of tropical rainfall.
They have revealed that during periods of increased solar irradiance, the trade winds weaken and the Walker circulation shifts eastward.
The sun’s magnetic field is ten times stronger than previously believed, new research from Queen’s University Belfast and Aberystwyth University has revealed.
The new finding was discovered by Dr. David Kuridze, Research Fellow at Aberystwyth University, reports Phys.org.
Dr. Kuridze began the research when he was based at Queen’s University Belfast and completed it when he moved to Aberystwyth University in 2017. He is a leading authority on the use of ground-based telescopes to study the sun’s corona, the ring of bright light visible during a total eclipse. | <urn:uuid:a0ea0ad1-59e0-4807-90de-c84f8716ac13> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://hifast.wordpress.com/category/the-sun/sunspots/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00670.warc.gz | en | 0.936223 | 2,835 | 3.171875 | 3 |
23.10.2012 [Register] - It is also exactly the type of product that Steve Jobs ruthlessly weeded out of Apple when he took back the reins back in the nineties - when he famously wiped out 20-odd product lines and focused in on only four devices. Steve Jobs, credit Apple site
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Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American entrepreneur and inventor, best known as the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc. Through Apple, he was widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution and for his influential career in the computer and consumer electronics fields. Jobs also co-founded and served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios; he became a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company in 2006, when Disney acquired Pixar.
23.12.2013 [guardian] - …The company behind the ubiquitous iPhone and iPad is famously secretive, but there a few little known facts about the California-based company. 1 Steve Jobs was adopted and half Syrian…
26.10.2012 [Huffington Post UK] - Six years prior to his death, former Apple CEO Steve Jobs delivered an almost haunting lecture on how to live life to the fullest. Total views: 5,444,022 Year released: 2005
26.10.2012 [Hargreaves Lansdown] - Company prospects change all the time, and for a number of reasons. These could be internal, such as a change in CEO (for example many investors were worried about the impact Steve Jobs's death would have on Apple). They could also be external, such
26.10.2012 [Huffington Post UK] - After the earnings call, Cook addressed comments made in 2010 by the company's late founder Steve Jobs that it would never make a seven-inch tablet. Cook stood by the remarks, saying that the iPad Mini was in a "whole different league". "We would not
Was George Orwell right about 1984? - Keynote address at Apple's annual sales conference first introducing the Macintosh "1984" commercial, which ends with the announcer saying "On January 24th, Apple Computer will introduce Macintosh. And you'll see why 1984 won't be like 1984." (October 1983) - (online video)
23.10.2012 [V3.co.uk] - That's hard to answer as I admire quite a few people, from Steve Jobs, to Mark Benioff to the late Thomas Watson Junior, who had a huge impact in the building of IBM. I try to take inspiration from everywhere and it's important to learn from as many
26.10.2012 [SmartPlanet.com (blog)] - “Edwin Land was one of Steve Jobs's first heroes,” writes the late Apple CEO's biographer, Walter Isaacson, on Instant's back cover. “Just as Apple stories almost always lead back to Jobs, Polaroid lore always seems to focus on Land,” Bonanos writes.
24.10.2012 [ITProPortal] - When developers write iPad apps, they assume a certain number of pixels per inch. Remember how Steve Jobs went on and on about iPad virtual buttons being just the right size for fingers? Fingers don't change, but the buttons just did, because the same
24.10.2012 [Tech Digest] - Steve Jobs had mused over how to make up the difference, stating that "one could increase the resolution of the display." Apple have failed to do that, with the iPad Mini sitting at the same 1,024x768 resolution as the iPad 2, giving it a lower pixel
23.10.2012 [ITProPortal] - Though Steve Jobs called the form factor "dead on arrival," the Apple versus Samsung trial shows that his feelings about that weren't as strong as his words. With product decisions now left to Tim Cook, who as a former supply guy also knows an
23.10.2012 [ITProPortal] - Rumours were circulating that Amelio had cut a deal with Steve Jobs' NeXT computer company, licensing its OS to serve as the underlying software architecture of its future operating system. Remember, Steve Jobs had been fired from Apple in 1984 and his
24.10.2012 [Phones Review] - Tuxinoo. I'm really upset, disappointed, duped… It's a complete break with Steve Jobs's ideals. If Tim Cook doesn't propose any compensation to ipad3 owners (early adopters included), he will confirm he doesn't consider Apple customers/fans. Reality
23.10.2012 [ITProPortal] - He paid tribute to Steve Jobs in a poignant moment, thanking the late Apple CEO for "showing what would be possible in a mobile world." He heralded the PC age and gave recognition to Bill Gates and sometime-nemesis Larry Ellison for leading the PC
22.10.2012 [ITProPortal] - It became apparent that once Steve Jobs returned to the company, he had transformed it from a computer and technology company, to a fashion company that sells computers and technology. The only difference between modern fashion designers and Apple
23.10.2012 [PSFK] - The iPad mini is the first to be added to Apple's portfolio of compact devices under Tim Cook, who took over as chief executive from co-founder Steve Jobs just before his death in October 2011. The move is a crucial part of Apple's plan to beat back
23.10.2012 [The BLN. News about growth companies in the UK. (blog)] - Dan Lyons is the writer behind the Fake Steve Jobs blog, which at one point was supposed to be turned into a TV show. In the process Dan learned that the TV business is completely broken. Lesson learned – writing a blog is way more fun than writing a
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25.08.2011 Steve Jobs dropped a bombshell on the tech world Wednesday night, when the iconic founder of Apple announced that he was stepping down as CEO of the computer company. Here's a selection of some of the responses from tech industry and ...
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If you need to undergo surgery, you will first have an appointment at the outpatient clinic. The anesthesiologist will take you through the course of events of the operation. The purpose of your visit is to determine your state of health, the surgical risks and the most suitable anesthesia technique. You will find more information here.
With every surgery comes anesthesia. Thanks to the improved monitoring equipment, the availability of modern medication and the proper training of anesthesiologists and their staff, anesthesia today is very safe.
There are different forms of anesthesia:
- general anesthesia
- regional anesthesia
- local anesthesia
With general anesthesia, you will go into a sleeplike state. This form of anesthesia is also referred to as narcosis. Side effects
After a general anesthesia, you may experience nausea, vomiting, sore throat and hoarseness. There is no need for concern. These complaints usually disappear after a day or two. Furthermore, you may feel under the weather, drowsy or sleepy for a few days. Complications
Despite all due care, complications cannot always be prevented. There may be allergic reactions to medication. Inserting the breathing tube can damage your lip or, in exceptional cases, your teeth. Sometimes patients have temporary urinary problems. An unfortunate lying position during the operation may trap a nerve in the arm or leg causing a tingling feeling and loss of strength. Except in the event of calamities, the occurrence of a serious complication due to the anesthesia will be associated with the state of your health prior to the operation. Discuss with your anesthesiologist whether the anesthesia presents any special risks in your case.
Regional anesthesia makes a specific part of the body numb. Generally this is done by means of a spinal puncture (epidural/spinal). Side effects
Post-operation urination can be temporarily difficult. Furthermore, you might experience headaches, which usually disappear with the help of painkillers, extra moisture and by lying down. Sometimes temporary back pain may occur. Nausea occurs from time to time. Complications
In very rare cases tingling or nerve damage may occur.
Regional anesthesia of the arm
Another possibility is anesthetizing an arm via an injection in the armpit or via an infusion needle.
When you receive a local anesthetic in your arm, the feeling and control of the arm may be reduced during the first day. It is important to wear a sling or support the arm. Try not to lie on the arm at night. Complications
In very rare cases tingling may occur for some time after surgery or there may even be nerve damage. In some cases, regional anesthesia may prove not be sufficiently effective. In that case, you will be given narcosis.
If you are given local anesthesia, the area of the body that will be operated on is anesthetized by means of injections (for example in eye surgery).
Preparing for the operation
No eating or drinking after midnight
On the day before the operation, you must not eat anything after midnight. A sip of water to take medication is permitted. If your operation is later in the day, you are sometimes allowed to drink clear drinks such as water, tea and lemonade up to two hours before the time of the operation. If you are to undergo surgery in the afternoon, the anesthesiologist may decide that you can have a light breakfast.
When you come to the hospital for your appointment at the outpatient clinic, please bring all the medication you are using with you.
The anesthesiologist will discuss with you what medication to take on the day of the operation. If you are taking blood thinning medications (including Ascal, Aspirin, Sintrom, as well as certain painkillers), you should always tellthe anesthesiologist. Sometimes on the evening before the operation or on the day of the operation itself, the anesthesiologist will arrange for you to take medication, for example if you are very nervous.
Of course it is better not to smoke at all, but in the hours before the operation you should certainly not do so. Smokers have irritated airways. It is thus more difficult to control the breathing of a smoker. Be aware also that coughing is very bothersome after the operation.
If you are allowed to go home on the same day as the operation, make sure that you are accompanied by an adult and that you won’t be at home alone. Arrange transportation by taxi or private vehicle, but do not drive yourself!
Arrival at surgical complex
In the ward you will usually have to put on a gown and you will need to leave your dentures and glasses behind. Before entering the operating room, you will be moved temporarily to a waiting area. If the previous operation takes longer than expected, it may be some time before you are actually taken to the operating room.
Arrival at operating room
In the operating room you will meet the anesthesiologist responsible for the anesthesia during the operation. He or she will administer the anesthesia. This might be a different anesthesiologist than the person who saw you at the outpatient clinic. You will always be given a drip before the operation. You will also be connected to a monitor that monitors, among other things, your heart rate, blood pressure and the oxygen level in your blood.
During the operation
The anesthesia team will monitor you throughout the operation. During the operation, it may be necessary to place a tube in your bladder or your stomach. This will still be there after the operation. You may also need blood during or after the operation. Should you have any fundamental objections to receiving blood, please make sure you mention this during the pre-operative consultation at the outpatient clinic.
After the operation
After the operation, you will first go to the recovery room. The anesthesiologist will assess when you can return to your own nursing ward, to the PACU (Post Anesthesia Care Unit) or to the ICU (Intensive Care Unit). Pain relief
The anesthesiologist will arrange sufficient pain medication for you after the operation. This medication can come as suppositories, tablets and/or injections. You may be given a pain pump, allowing you to control the pain medication yourself. In some occasions a tube will be inserted in the back (epidural catheter) via which a pain relieving analgesic is continually administered. After the operation, the anesthesiologist can see you at your request.
We strongly recommend you take things easy at home during the first 24 hours after the operation. Do not operate any machinery, do not make important decisions. Eat and drink food and drinks that are easily digestible. It is not uncommon to feel unfit for a while after surgery. This is not only anesthesia-related, the stressfulness of the operationalso takes a toll. It takes time for the body to recover.
In the period between your visit to the anesthesiologist and the day of the operation, there may be changes in your health situation. You may have had new complaints or have started taking new or different medication. You may also now be treated by a different specialist. Should there be changes in your health, it is important to notify Erasmus MC's anesthesiology outpatient clinic. If you have any questions, please call the number below.
Anesthesiology outpatient clinic of Erasmus MC , telephone number: (010) 704 01 02.
You can reach us from Monday until Friday from 8.30 to 9.00 a.m.
Fax number: (010) 703 29 25
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It may be famous for hosting spectacular sights such as the Tucana Dwarf Galaxy and 47 Tucanae (heic1510), the second brightest globular cluster in the night sky, but the southern constellation of Tucana (The Toucan) also ...
Supercooled water sounds smooth enough to be served at espresso bars, but instead it hangs out in Earth's atmosphere, unpredictably freezing on airplane wings and hampering the simulations of climate theorists.
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba's sales soared 55 percent in the last quarter, thanks in part to a more than doubling of revenue from cloud computing, the company said Wednesday.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have identified a mechanism that causes low clouds - and their influence on Earth's energy balance - to respond differently to global warming depending on their spatial pattern.
US software colossus Microsoft Thursday reported a slip in quarterly profit but still topped expectations due to rising demand for offerings in the internet cloud.
The weather forecast for faraway, blistering planets called "hot Jupiters" might go something like this: Cloudy nights and sunny days, with a high of 2,400 degrees Fahrenheit (about 1,300 degrees Celsius, or 1,600 Kelvin).
Cloud computing rivals VMware and Amazon Web Services have announced an alliance that will let them play off each other's strengths.
A new study chronicles how central Asia dried out over the last 23 million years into one of the most arid regions on the planet. The findings illustrate the dramatic climatic shifts wrought by the ponderous rise of new mountain ...
The pre-industrial atmosphere contained more particles, and so brighter clouds, than we previously thought. This is the latest finding of the CLOUD experiment, a collaboration between around 80 scientists at the CERN particle ...
The International Space Station has tracked Hurricane Matthew all week, providing images and video from low Earth orbit as the storm hit the Caribbean Sea and made its way towards Florida. | <urn:uuid:7ea5a53d-41b1-41df-8303-c32d7b905b00> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://phys.org/tags/clouds/page4.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280128.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00388-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.902702 | 397 | 1.835938 | 2 |
Social Identity Development and Discordance in an Intersectional Diversity and Inclusiveness Workshop
Diversity and inclusiveness training is a critical component of developing and maintaining an inclusive workplace or college campus. The more social justice educators can understand the process of learning that takes place in diversity workshops, the better prepared we will be to increase workshop effectiveness, and work toward building inclusive environments. As such, Hardiman and Jackson’s social identity development model is considered in this study. Qualitative interviews from faculty participants of an intersectional diversity and inclusiveness workshop at a 4-year public institution of higher education demonstrate a potential missing stage in their model. Termed discordance in this paper, this stage is offered as a step between their model’s acceptance and resistance stages, and is characterized by reactions that suggest participants’ being caught between these two stages. It is argued that discordance can be so profound among diversity workshop attendees, that it could be considered a separate stage of its own. The study further focuses on how participants’ social group memberships affect their reactions to the workshop, and explores the emotional component inherent in diversity and inclusiveness workshops. Implications are provided for understanding the learning process of participants for any social justice educator and/or diversity and inclusiveness workshop facilitator.
This journal is an academic publication. Its sole purpose is the dissemination of knowledge to as wide an audience as possible. The journal is free to individuals and institutions.
Copyrights for contributions published in this journal are retained by the authors, with first publication rights granted to the journal.
Copies of this journal or articles in this journal may be distributed for research or educational purposes free of charge and without permission. However commercial use of the journal or the articles contained herein is expressly prohibited without the written consent of the author.
NOTE TO AUTHORS:
A new model, the Creative Commons approach, with split copyright is rapidly evolving and worth considering. | <urn:uuid:246fc5af-2527-43c7-84e1-97eb03da0d83> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.wpcjournal.com/article/view/6446 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573667.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819100644-20220819130644-00073.warc.gz | en | 0.936791 | 395 | 2.34375 | 2 |
California. Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots. Transcripts, Depositions, Consultants Reports; and Selected Documents. California. Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots. Los Angeles: 1965.
5 reels. 35 mm.
On August 24, 1965 California Governor Edmund Brown appointed a commission to investigate the causes of the Los Angeles Riots and to make recommendations to prevent future outbreaks. The commission gathered testimony from " administrators, law enforcement officers, [state, county and city officials], representatives of business labor, and residents of the area where the riots occurred." This testimony is reproduced here.
Reel 1. v.1: Table of Contents. Selected Document List (bibliography of works about minorities and riots, especially in California).
v.3- Transcripts and Depositions, listed 5: alphabetically by the person making the deposition.
Reel 2. v.6- Transcripts and Depositions, con't.
Reel 3. v.9- Transcripts and Depositions, con't.
Reel 4 v.12 Transcripts and Depositions, con't.
v. 15: Selected interviews and other documents of the Governor's Commission, listed alphabetically by person or organization.
Reel 5 v.16: Selected Documents con't.
v. 17: Reports of consultants to the
v.18: Governor's Commission, listed alphabetically.
Reel 1 has a table of contents. The library also has a printed copy of the report of the Governor's Commission (California. Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots, Violence in the City-An End or a Beginning. Los Angeles: 1965). This includes the names of the consultants to the Commission and a "List of Sworn Witnesses and Other Witnesses."
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Health remained at the forefront of public discourse in 2021, and the Natural Medicine Journal continued to offer their expertise as the world tried to navigate the ever-shifting landscape. As we kick off a new year, let's take a look back at the content that garnered the most attention this past year.
As we all adjusted and adapted to a year like no other, health was at the forefront of everyone's minds. The integrative healthcare community stayed at the forefront of medical developments, and naturopathic physicians and other experts shared their knowledge to help us find footing in an ever-shifting landscape.
According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, approximately 60 to 70 million Americans have a digestive disease. In addition, the American Cancer Society estimates that 1 in 23 men and 1 in 25 women will be diagnosed with colon cancer this year and about 24,000 people will be diagnosed with stomach cancer. Issues involving the gastrointestinal (GI) tract are diverse, common, disruptive, and sometimes deadly. That’s why we devoted an entire issue of the Natural Medicine Journal to this important topic. | <urn:uuid:ffe5d421-8c34-4c73-84a5-f8283490e083> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.naturalmedicinejournal.com/healthcare-perspectives | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570765.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808031623-20220808061623-00278.warc.gz | en | 0.94922 | 231 | 2.140625 | 2 |
How many arrangements in the word NUMBER begin and end with a vowel ??
and if there were 720 arrangements of the word NUMBER, how many of the arrangements be beginning and ending with a vowel ?
would it be like, there are 4 non vowel words, which could be arranged in 4!= 24 different ways, and there are 2 vowel words which could be arranged in 2!= 2 different ways. So, 24 X 2 = 48.... Am I correct ??? | <urn:uuid:3af8f39c-f693-4c50-a9db-4c2751534ee2> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://mathhelpforum.com/discrete-math/111044-permutations.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282926.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00392-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953739 | 96 | 2.890625 | 3 |
As the main page notes: "This site provides access to the pre-1930 Canadian pamphlet and broadside holdings of the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library by supplying both page images in full colour, and full searchability of the contents of each item. To date the site consists of 597 broadsides (single sheets, printed on one or both sides) and 2062 pamphlet titles which amounts to 71508 page images. Additional titles will be added on a regular basis. The collection includes items printed in Canada, by Canadian authors, or about Canadian subjects, mainly of a non-literary nature."
A quick review of the collection - visitors can search the collection by specific words or browse it based on subjects - shows quite a few items of interest to students of Canadian military history. Three examples include: J.D. Craig (comp.), "The 1st Canadian Division in the battles of 1918" (London, 1919); G.E. Hewitt, "The story of the Twenty-Eighth (North-West) Battalion, 1914-1917" (London, 19?); and Henry Charles Fletcher, "Memorandum on the militia system of Canada" (Ottawa, 1873). In each of these cases, the images of the publication are available in "small", "medium" and "large" formats, each of which can be captured as a downloadable JPG graphic. | <urn:uuid:cccb10d8-a06b-4371-9a33-4f34523add68> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://cmhistorians.blogspot.com/2008_03_01_archive.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282926.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00401-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927282 | 284 | 2.015625 | 2 |
Leaves either linear and no more than 11 mm wide or narrowly lanceolate, narrowing gradually at the base, midrib above variable in width and mostly c. 0.3 mm high but lower in some species, broader and less prominent beneath (and in some species drying into a channel), in most species more than 3 vascular resin canals, frequently a well-developed or continuous upper hypoderm, especially where there are no extra resin canals. Seed with its covering also variable in size, at least 8 mm long by 6 mm diam., globular, in some species with a weak crest.
Asia-Tropical: Sumatera (Sumatera present), Pacific: Fiji (Fiji present)
Mostly in highly localized stands from Sumatra to Fiji, 10 spp., 5 of which are in Malesia.
This section can be divided roughly into two parts, one with more or less parallel-margined leaves with extra resin canals and normally at least two fruits on each fertile structure as well as small pollen cones 10-28 mm long and a strong relationship to ultrabasic soils; the other part with lanceolate leaves, which only in some cases have extra resin canals and normally only one fruit in each fertile structure as well as larger pollen cones 3-4.5(-6) cm long and a relationship to a variety of habitats. In all species the foliage buds on vigorous shoots surpass 8 mm, a condition found in the subgenus only elsewhere in sect. Acuminatus. The female foliola usually or always at least 3 mm long are rare elsewhere in the genus. | <urn:uuid:0cbe142e-2ea7-4150-a997-e2200f6f4946> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/flora-malesiana/cdm_dataportal/taxon/bc512f15-8515-4524-8e5c-d6a7a68d009e | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571869.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813021048-20220813051048-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.939778 | 331 | 2.796875 | 3 |
|May 26, 1997|
Embargoed: 11:30 AM (AEST)
Longer lives, fewer babies
Australians are living longer and having fewer babies according to a publication about demographic trends released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Australian Demographic Trends provides an overview of Australia's past and current population trends with an emphasis on changes in the past 10-20 years. The publication covers population growth and distribution, age and sex composition, fertility, mortality, international and internal migration. In addition, time series from the turn of the century for the main demographic indicators are presented.
The following excerpts are taken from the publication:
Population growth and distribution
- Australia's population reached 18 million in 1995, five times the size it was at federation. The main component of population growth has been natural increase, contributing around two-thirds of total growth.
- In 2051, Australia's population is projected to be between 24.9 and 28.3 million depending on levels of fertility and immigration.
- New South Wales was the most populous state with 6.2 million people in 1996. Victoria followed with 4.5 million, then Queensland with 3.4 million. Queensland however, is set to overtake Victoria as the second most populous state by 2029 and should contain about a quarter of Australia's population by 2051.
- In 1991, 85 per cent of Australian residents lived in urban areas. The most urbanised States\Territories were the Australian Capital Territory (98.6 per cent), New South Wales (87.7 per cent) and Victoria (87 per cent). The least urbanised were Tasmania (72.3 per cent) and the Northern Territory (67.6 per cent).
- Australia's Indigenous population was estimated to be 283,600 in 1991, growing at an average of 2.5 per cent per annum since 1986 (compared with the total Australian population's average growth rate of 1.5 per cent. The Northern Territory had the highest proportion of Indigenous people, with one in four Northern Territorians identifying as being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin.
- In the mid 1990s, the median age increased by 0.3 years per year. This was the most rapid rate this century, and the most rapid in the foreseeable future.
- The Indigenous population of Australia has basically the same age structure that it did in the 1930s, one that reflects low life expectancy and high fertility
- There are 99.1 men per 100 women in Australia, the lowest ratio since European settlement, compared to 110 at the turn on the century.
- On 1993 rates, one in four women (27 per cent) will have no children, compared to 9 per cent of women who went through the baby boom (those born in 1936) and 18 per cent of those who went through the great depression (those born in 1909).
- 75 per cent of mothers are married, 12 per cent are in defacto relationships, and 12 per cent are single. Victorian mothers are the most likely to be married.
- Australian women are having an average of 1.82 babies each, the lowest rate on record, compared to about 3.5 at the turn of the century.
- Since the beginning of the century, life expectancy at birth has increased by approximately 20 years for males and 22 years for females, 75 years and 81 years respectively in 1993-95.
- The Northern Territory has consistently had the highest mortality rates in Australia. Despite a decline of 43 per cent over the last 20 years, the 1995 standardised mortality rate of 9.9 death per 1,000 population was about 50 per cent above the National level. The high level of mortality in the Northern Territory reflects the high death rate among the relatively large Indigenous population.
- Diseases of the circulatory system and malignant neoplasms (cancer) together accounted for 70 per cent of deaths in 1995, a slight reduction from 73 per cent in 1975.
- Since 1945 the population has increased by more than 4 million people as a direct result of immigration and another 2 million indirectly.
- Long-term visitor arrivals have increased markedly in the last twenty years. During the 1990s about half of these arrivals have been young students from Asian regions coming to study in Australia.
- At 30 June 1996, 23 per cent of the population had been born overseas, the same proportion as in 1901. In 1947 this proportion had fallen to a minimum of 10 per cent.
- 365,920 people moved interstate in 1995-96.
Australian Demographic Trends (cat. no. 3102.0) is available at ABS Bookshops.
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Suppose you are searching for a Gmail error code. So you are in the right place. Here you will find all the information regarding Gmail temporary code. With our help, you will get an idea of all kinds of Gmail error codes and their steps.
As we all know, Gmail is a popular webmail service provider known for its user-friendly accessibility on multiple devices through several users across the world.
So let us begin with some of the standard Gmail error codes that its users may encounter while accessing its platform.
|Error 101||unauthorized error 401 Gmail|
|Error 204||error 102 Gmail|
|Error 205||error 0x800cccd2 Gmail|
|Error 103||Gmail error code 718|
|Error 550||error 707 on Gmail|
|Error 554||error 552 Gmail|
|Error 7||Gmail temporary error 500 numeric code 193|
|Error 758||Gmail Error 502|
|Error 12029||error 0x800ccc0b Gmail|
|Error 793||Gmail error 851|
|Error 767||error number 0x800ccc0e Gmail|
|server error 718 Gmail||Gmail error 0x800ccc92|
|Error 8||error 0x800ccc18 Gmail|
|not found error 404 Gmail||error 717 Gmail|
|error code 93 Gmail||Gmail error code 413|
|Error 550||Gmail bad request error 400|
|Error 103||Gmail error 78754|
|Error #76989||Gmail temporary error 500|
|Error 76997||Gmail error 5967|
|internal error 6 Gmail||Gmail error 008|
|Error 793||Gmail error message #007|
|Error 17099||Gmail error 400|
|Error 869||Gmail error 758|
|Error 204||Gmail internal error 6|
|Error 404||Gmail error 72744|
|Error 421||Gmail error 78144|
|Gmail 403 error||69585 Gmail error|
|Error 534||Gmail error 001|
|Error 767||error 414 Gmail|
|Error 6502||Gmail error 0x800ccc0e|
|Error 193||Gmail error 0008|
|Error 102||Gmail Temporary Error 009|
|Gmail Temporary error 4||gmail temporary error 602|
|gmail temporary error 6922||gmail error 1010|
|gmail temporary error numeric code 1||gmail temporary error numeric code 2|
|gmail temporary error numeric code 4||gmail temporary error numeric code 9|
|gmail temporary error numeric code 7||gmail temporary error numeric code 6|
Here are the measures to cope with Gmail error code 1
Before correcting this Gmail temporary error: 1, you have to check the online link you employed. When there’s a fluctuation in it, you could get this kind of error when obtaining your Gmail account. Many times, website info gets corrupted in the cache and biscuits because you had to confront this kind of error. Consequently, it’s highly suggested to clear off the cookies and cache from the browser.
To remove this numerical error code, you have to examine the extensions installed on your browser. Consider disabling the extensions while loading up your Gmail accounts in another tab will allow you to know which you would have been creating the error.
The Way to Cope with Temporary mistake Numeric Code 2?
Here are the measures to cope with Gmail error code two
Disable browser expansion one-by-one to assess which is casing Gmail numerical code two in your display.
Try accessing your accounts in another web browser that supports Gmail. After performing this, re-launch your browser and then check whether Gmail temporary error 2 is solved.
Here are the measures to cope with error code 4.
Assess your browser you’re accessing if it requires upgrades that may have been accessible on its menu segment. After that, restart your browser and check into the Gmail accounts if you’re successfully logging into your account.
Be sure to have disabled all of the browser plugins, extensions, and add-ons. If not, then take action after the browser restart.
Evaluation utilizing another supported browser at which works finely and assess if you’re getting Gmail error code 4 on there.
Temporarily disable the virus checker — net safety applications, firewalls, and anti-virus programs. When there would have some changes in the configurations, just by resetting your browser could reachable as it was at the right time of the new setup.
Here are the measures to cope with server error 7.
By minding the Gmail labs desktop send, you may easily handle this matter. After that, check on loading your accounts if you’re receiving precisely the identical error.
You have to disable the browser extensions installed to remove the numerical code without additional issues.
The last checkpoint would become your browser may be the leading agent showing the mistake. Thus, it would help if you employed a few diagnostic evaluations to your browsers — such as apparent off cookies and cache, convert the browser to some default, etc..
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Here are the measures to cope with numeric code 9
Be sure you’ve been using the upgraded version of your browser. If you’re using the old version, your browser may get slow to obtain the Gmail account and end up revealing a mistake.
It might be helpful if you tried disabling your browser expansion one after another to clean off the numerical code 9 in Gmail.
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There are a number of studies that have linked a regular journaling practice to lower levels of depression and higher levels of overall well-being. Writing down our thoughts forces us to get clear on our feelings, wants and needs - which helps us better understand ourselves and gives clarity to make more informed decisions. Our journals are a safe space to connect with ourselves, explore who we are, where we came from and where we want to go in life. We hope this journal helps you on the path to living a happy, healthy and rewarding life.
How to Journal
Journaling looks different for everyone and there is no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ approach.
Despite this, here are some tips we’ve found helpful when journaling:
- Journal every day. Consistency is key.
- Writing at the beginning and end of each day. This can help you prepare for / unwind from your day and cultivate mindfulness
- Don’t censor your true thoughts or feelings. Be honest with yourself and your journal - it’s a safe space that’s free of judgement!
- Your journal doesn’t need to read well or be poetic, it’s a place to organize your thoughts. Don’t feel the need to use full sentences and use it however feels authentic to you.
- Date your entries. Keeping a log of dates will allow you to reflect later and keep yourself accountable to what you’re saying
- Free writing. Start filling a page without worrying about sentence structure or grammar - simply let the words flow. This can help unpack suppressed thoughts and emotions you may otherwise censor.
- Unsent Letter. Write a letter to someone who you’ve left things unsaid with. This could be an ex, someone who’s passed away or someone currently in your life. This can help you find closure or foster forgiveness. For people currently in your life, it can help clarify your feelings and organize what you need to say to them in real life.
- Art Journaling. Connect with your inner self and draw how you feel, let whatever comes to mind take shape on the paper.
- Gratitude bomb. List 25 things that bring you joy (ex. a place, person, activity, smell, food, thing)
- What are 3 goals you’re working toward?
- What are 3 things you’re letting go of?
- What are 3 things you’re grateful for?
- What would hurt the most to lose right now? What am I valuing and prioritizing the most? Do these two things line up?
- Gratitude journaling
- What moments brought you joy today?
- What are you thankful for today?
- What lesson did you learn today?
- Name your biggest task / greatest challenge in your life right now. Imagine how you’ll feel when you’ve accomplished it.
- Where are you when you feel your best?
Common Regrets In Life
- I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to yourself, not to others’ expectations “
- I wish I’d had the courage to express my true feelings
- I wish I didn’t work so hard
- I wish I’d stayed in touch with friends
- I wish I’d let myself be happy
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Did you know that the federal government has rules about gift cards? Did you know that some gift cards may come with additional fees? Read on to learn more…
The basic rules of gift cards
By federal law, gift cards that will expire in less than 5 years can not be sold. In addition, gift cards cannot charge inactivity or service charge fees for the first 12 months, but after that first year, those fees could begin to take away from the face value of the card. In view of these rules, here are some tips for giving (and using) gift cards:
- If you have some old gift cards laying around, they may still be valid, but you ought to verify their available balance before use. Call the phone number on the card to find out.
- If you have a gift card with an expiration date, call the number on the card to see if the funds are still available, remembering the 5-year rule. If the funds are still available to you, a new card must be issued at no cost.
- If giving a gift card, it is a good idea to include the terms and conditions and the receipt, too. This will help protect you (or the recipient) and ensure the full benefit is received, especially if the card is lost or misplaced for an extended period.
- Some gift cards may have special fees that should be spelled out in the terms and conditions paperwork. Read the fine print! Merchant policies may set out additional terms from the federal rules.
If you lose a gift card, the merchant may not replace them. But it is still a good idea to write down the card number, security code and customer service phone number and store in a safe location in case you or the person you gifted loses the card. It might help.
Here’s another tip: Keep the card until you are sure you will not be making returns. Some merchants require refunds be applied to that gift card account number.
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Kayakers haul bluefin tuna ashore in Cornwall
- 14 July 2014
- From the section Cornwall
A rare tuna fish has been towed to a Cornish beach after a group of kayakers found it floating in the sea.
The fish, believed to be a bluefin tuna, was discovered floating in the water at Kingsand by a group of friends on holiday.
The species is currently listed as critically endangered.
Although potentially worth hundreds of thousands of pounds internationally, it is illegal to catch or sell the species from British waters.
Claire Wallerstein, a volunteer strandings recorder for the Cornwall Wildlife Trust, said she "just could not believe it" when she saw the fish, which took six men to lift.
"Someone came to my house to tell me there was a dead dolphin on the beach.
"They were coming out of the sea with this huge monster, but then I could see it was a tuna."
The find by the five friends - Charlotte Chambers, Shauna Creamer, Hannah Ford, Sarah Little and Laura Pickervance - was reported to the authorities, Ms Wallerstein said.
Dr Matthew Witt, of the University of Exeter's campus in Penryn, Cornwall, said the tuna was brought to its Environment and Sustainability Institute on Monday morning and some pathology tests might be conducted.
He added: "The specimen will be used for educational purposes as it will be of great interest to students learning about the biology of these inspiring fish."
Bluefin tuna is found in the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, with smaller quantities fished from the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean.
Bluefin numbers began to decline in the 1960s with the introduction of new fishing methods, with over-fishing leading to its critically endangered status.
The biggest market for the fish is Japan, where people eat it raw in sushi.
Prices can be high for such tuna because of its rarity.
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What is the definition of mayhem?
The crime of mayhem refers to serious assaults on an individuals that leave a lasting physical impact. The definition of mayhem makes a crime any serious infliction of injury to a victim's body part in way that removes it or renders it useless.
Definition of Mayhem - Specifics
In the United States, most state laws have incorporated the definition of mayhem into the crimes of assault and battery. However, some state statutes still define mayhem in their criminal codes as a separate offense. In California, for example, every person who maliciously deprives another human being of a body part, or renders it useless,or cuts out an eye or the tongue, or slits the nose or a lip, is guilty of mayhem. Additionally, if the person commits the act under circumstances exhibiting an extreme indifference to the physical or psychological well being of the victim, he is guilty of aggravated mayhem. For the offender to be convicted, the injury must be permanent and not a temporary loss.
Under California law, a person convicted of mayhem can receive a sentence of two, four or eight years in prison, depending on the nature and circumstances of the offense. Additionally, a person convicted of aggravated mayhem - a felony - can receive a sentence of up to life in prison with the possibility of parole. In Massachusetts, a person convicted of mayhem can receive up to twenty years in prison.
Getting Legal Help
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The conference, held as part of the European LeTSGEPs project, was organized by the ICM in coordination with the CSIC Equality Committee and the CSIC Women and Science Committee.
The event, which brought together one hundred professionals from thirty the CSIC centers, was held yesterday within the context of the European Project Leading Towards Sustainable Gender Equality Plans in Research Institutions (LeTSGEPs). This project aims to implement Gender Equality Plans (GEP) with the integration of the gender budget approach (GB) in the research centers and universities of the consortium.
The first online meeting of the Equality Committees of the CSIC centers accomplished three objectives: to present the LeTSGEPs project to the CSIC community and inform about the processes that ICM is articulating to implement its Gender Equality Plan; to promote the creation of a Network of Equality Committees from the different CSIC centers as a space for the generation of knowledge, and the articulation and exchange of good practices around the Gender Equality Plans under the leadership of CSIC's Equality Committee; and finally to discuss possible mechanisms for articulating the CSIC Equality Plan with the centers’ specific Equality Plans.
The CSIC president, Rosa Menéndez, opened the event and stated that “CSIC is firmly committed to achieving equality in all areas of its research, administrative and technical staff".
The president also stressed that the work of the CSIC Women and Science Committee, since it was created in 2002, "has been remarkable” and led to the decrease of the glass ceiling index, as a measure of gender imbalances, from 2.33 to 1.35 at present.
In this sense, Menéndez pointed out that since 2013, after the first CSIC Equality Plan was approved followed by a second plan in 2015, an evaluation report has been made yearly. She has also added that in 2018, CSIC introduced the Gender Equality Accreditation Seal, which is now in its third edition. But "we must continue to work more and with more effort", concluded Menéndez.
Josép Lluís Pelegrí, the director of ICM, who has recently received the Severo Ochoa Excellence Award, has mentioned the work carried out at the Institute in the area of gender equality: “ICM aspires to be a research center that encourages collaboration in all areas. A collaboration from and for equality, especially gender equality, cooperation that is enriched by complementarities and that accepts differences without imposing hierarchies”.
After that, Pilar López Sancho (CSIC) presented the work of the CSIC Equality Committee, Beatriz Esteban (CSIC) described the CSIC Equality Plan, and Francisca Puertas explained the work of the CSIC Women and Science Committee.
For her part, Elena Torrecilla (ICM) gave an overview of some of the projects on Gender Equality that are being carried out with European Union funds, whereas Esther Garcés and Silvia Donoso (ICM) presented the European project LeTSGEPs, and described how ICM understands the articulation of the center’s Equality Plans with CSIC's Equality Plan.
The second part of the meeting began with the socialization of routes, work experiences and articulation in networks by the Equality Commissions of different CSIC centers. This include experiences of Sara Soto (ICM), Rosa Fernández (IBE-CSIC), Elena Gómez (IPBLN-CSIC), Cristina Carnerero (IDAEA-CSIC), Silvia Gallego (ICMM-CSIC), Anna May (ICMAB-CSIC) and Josefa Masegosa (IAA-CSIC). The ICMM-CSIC and ICMAB-CSIC have also shared what it has meant to obtain the CSIC Equality badge.
Next, with the aim of advancing in the configuration of the Network of Equality Commissions of the CSIC centers, discussion groups have been organized to specify mechanisms for articulation between the commissions, but also between the CSIC Equality Plan and the Equality Plans that are being developed in the different centers.
Within the discussion groups, a great diversity of routes by the different equality commissions has been evidenced concerning their training, budget and actions. Among the conclusions of the meeting are the need to create equality commissions per center, as well as create community and give visibility to the commissions already created.
Likewise, attendees have requested support from the Network of Equality Commissions to share knowledge, good practices and to advance in the implementation of gender measures. Finally, training and qualification -at different levels- of personnel and the recognition of equality training as merit have been considered key.
The meeting closed with the commitment to continue taking firm steps towards the institutionalization of effective gender equality in the centers of the CSIC and for this, an agenda of actions is drawn up for the Network under the leadership of the Equality Commission of the CSIC.
LeTSGEPs is a European project under the Science With and For Society (SWAFS) call and is funded by the European Commission through its Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme (GA num. 873072).
The LeTSGEPs consortium includes, in addition to the ICM, the RWTH Aachen University (Germany), the Institute of Mathematics of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Belgrade (Serbia), the Università degli Studi di Messina (Italy), the Faculty of Economics of the University of Tirana (Albania), the Max Planck Society (Germany), and the CY Cergy Paris Université (France), coordinated by the Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia (Italy).
The main objective of LeTSGEPs is to implement institutional changes through Gender Equality Plans. To do so, the project will study the state of the art of the existing measures to achieve gender equality in six research institutions. It will also design and ensure continuity to sustainable Gender Equality Plans inside those institutions, with a particular focus on Gender Budgeting.
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The last few weeks have flown by! Here are a few of the AMAZING things we have done!
We have continued our discussion about wonder. What it makes us feel like and what we are wondering about. Each student colored in the word wonder with how wondering made them feel, each one is very unique! I really love the wonder wall we have created and excited to see it when everyone is done.
I can be a social thinker.
We are lucky enough to have Ms. Dahlin join us for some mornings! She’s working with students to develop social thinking skills and how to form strong relationships.
I can make close observations about adaptations of birds.
Working in small groups students are practicing making close observations about bird adaptations. We’ve been focusing on the differences in beaks and feet. I’m excited to see them continue to learn about how bird’s adaptations help them survive.
I can identify coins and their value.
Students have been working very hard on identifying coins, understanding their value, adding them together and making change with coins.
This tends to be pretty difficult and is a great skill to practice with the family!
I can spell grade level words accurately.
I can write well-written sentences that uses details.
We are continuing to practice spelling words weekly. Please continue to help support your students in practicing their spelling.
Students have also been practicing writing well written sentences and details based on a topic or picture. This has been very difficult but students are starting to get the hang of it. Encourage your student to describe what they see, in detail, when driving somewhere or looking at a picture, this will help them be able to write using details in the classroom!
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"The Sun is still blank (mostly).
Ever since Samuel Heinrich Schwabe, a German astronomer, first noted in 1843 that sunspots burgeon and wane over a roughly 11-year cycle, scientists have carefully watched the Sun’s activity. In the latest lull, the Sun should have reached its calmest, least pockmarked state last fall.
Indeed, last year marked the blankest year of the Sun in the last half-century — 266 days with not a single sunspot visible from Earth. Then, in the first four months of 2009, the Sun became even more blank, the pace of sunspots slowing more.
'It’s been as dead as a doornail,' David Hathaway, a solar physicist at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., said a couple of months ago.
The Sun perked up in June and July, with a sizeable clump of 20 sunspots earlier this month.
Now it is blank again, consistent with expectations that this solar cycle will be smaller and calmer, and the maximum of activity, expected to arrive in May 2013 will not be all that maximum." | <urn:uuid:aa5b7762-a3be-4911-aded-37f3f135040e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.sej.org/print/headlines/is-sun-missing-its-spots | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281226.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00376-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949939 | 244 | 3.078125 | 3 |
Elkins has a population of 7,032 and is located in Randolph county.
Management schools in Elkins charged students an average tuition of $19,170.00 if they were West Virginia residents, and $19,170.00 if they were non-residents, during the 2009 - 2010 school year.
The cost, on average, for books and supplies needed for management schools in Elkins is $1,200.00. Students living on campus at management schools in Elkins paid an average of $7,450.00 for room and board during the 2009 - 2010 school year. Students living at home incurred costs of $3,000.00. Students have a choice of one management college in Elkins to attend. Management programs in Elkins reportedly graduated 5 students in the 2008 - 2009 school year.
|Profession||Average Salary||Number Employed in City|
|General and Operations Managers||$74,970.00||1,490|
|Advertising and Promotions Managers||$49,830.00||50|
|Administrative Services Managers||$53,470.00||190|
|Computer and Information Systems Managers||$84,400.00||70|
|Human Resources Managers, All Other||$78,700.00||30|
|Industrial Production Managers||$81,140.00||110|
|Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers||$79,450.00||70|
|Food Service Managers||$41,440.00||140|
|Medical and Health Services Managers||$67,160.00||270|
|Natural Sciences Managers||$85,140.00||30|
|Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers||$32,160.00||80|
|Social and Community Service Managers||$39,420.00||150| | <urn:uuid:89dc9fe9-409a-402b-95c9-97b107af973f> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.unixl.com/dir/management/west-virginia/elkins/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280763.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00517-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.893113 | 401 | 1.585938 | 2 |
Student or Learner
Team members would be available at any time should they be needed by Jamaican police but he said now he wanted to see them home with their families who were "very worried and disturbed". The team had been though "unbelievable stress and trauma", he said.
I understood the highlighted sentence as :
Team members will be available at any time if they are needed by Jamaican Police.
Am I right?
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What is counseling?
Counseling, also known as psychotherapy, is a professional relationship that empowers diverse individuals, families, and groups to accomplish mental health, wellness, education, and career goals. Counselors work with clients on strategies to overcome obstacles and personal challenges they are facing. Professional Counselors are equipped to diagnose and treat mental and behavioral health disorders. The field of counseling, unlike coaching, is regulated by state boards and in most states, a professional license is needed to practice. Marquita Myrick is a “Licensed Professional Counselor” in both Colorado and Georgia and she’s also a National Certified Counselor (NCC.)
She’s worked in a variety of settings to include a college counseling center, outpatient work at community mental health centers, residential, an eating disorder hospital and private practice settings. She currently practices telehealth which involves the practice of caring for clients remotely via a HIPAA compliant platform.
She’s skilled at treating adolescents and adults and her specialties include depression, anxiety, trauma, relationsip issues, parenting and career performance. She has experience working with military families and individuals adjusting to major or minor life transitions.
If you are a full-time resident of Colorado or Georgia and desire counseling via an online platform, Marquita invites you to click the link below to schedule a complimentary 15-minute consultation.
Marquita is now able to provide telehealth counseling only to residents of Florida as well. You can verify her registration with Florida Health by visiting the link HERE and searching for her name by choosing “Telehealth” under “Licensing & Regulation.”
We all go through trials in life and everyone experiences anxiety or sadness on some level. If you feel you’ve maxed out your mental capacity when it comes to dealing with your problems, it may be time to seek therapy. Frequent tearfulness, feelings of hopelessness, questions about your existence or loss of desire to participate in previously enjoyed activities can all be signs of depression.
Marquita can help…but only if you take the first step by reaching out. She looks forward to helping you on your life journey!
The investment for a 50 minute clinical session is $150. Marquita is not contracted with insurance providers, however, an insurance ready statement (Superbill) can be provided for clients interested in applying the cost of services towards their annual deductible or getting reimbursed through their insurance carrier’s Out-of-Network benefits. | <urn:uuid:c5e35931-e9b4-4654-a489-33e0e43fdfa7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.marquitamyrick.com/counseling/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572021.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814083156-20220814113156-00076.warc.gz | en | 0.950956 | 515 | 1.882813 | 2 |
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- November 13, 2018 at 12:20 pm #389366FreebieQueen
Mindroid is an avs (auditory visual stimulation device – aka mind machine or psychowalkman) app for android.
it provides each of your brain hemispheres with a signal (either audible or visual) with a slightly different frequency in order to stimulate your brain waves. for more info on this phenomenon please refer to this wikipedia article.the aim of this app is to induce either relaxation, meditation, creativity or sleep state of your mind depending on the selected program.
audible stimulation is full-featured and comparable with single purpose avs devices. headphones needs to be used in order for the audible stimulation to be effective!
visual stimulation is experimental. in order to perform visual stimulation close your eyes and match the red spots on your display with your eyes.#budget101 #Freebies
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Norton from Symantec unveiled the 2011 beta versions of the Norton AntiVirus and Norton Internet Security, which are now available for free download from the Norton beta website.
Additionally, the company launched its first beta security application for Facebook and two standalone security tools to address the increasingly common menace posed by fake antivirus programs and other infections.
The company said that the 2011 Norton betas were being developed to improve or maintain key performance benchmarks in installation times, scan times, and memory usage. In addition, the products will include System Insight 2.0 which goes beyond security and alerts users when applications are significantly impacting their system resources.
At the heart of this Norton release is the reputation-based security technology. This technology, only available in Norton security products, has been proven to attain unmatched detection of new malware far beyond what is possible with traditional security technologies. New to 2011, Download Insight 2.0 increases the breadth of the product?s reputation protection by applying it to virtually every download regardless of the client (browser, email, IM). Additionally, Norton 2011 uses the reputation information to report on the "trustworthiness" of files on a system and help users understand if their download behavior is more or less risky versus the 53 million Norton Community Watch members today.
In addition to the Norton 2011 beta offerings, Symantec announced several new free tools in the fight against cybercrime:
- Norton Safe Web for Facebook - This free beta application protects computer users by scanning their Facebook news feeds for malicious URLs, allowing them to identify risky sites before clicking through. Facebook members can find the free Norton Safe Web application here
- Norton Power Eraser - Some threats impersonate legitimate programs, modify browsers or boot screen graphics, and even redirect traffic. Due to their deceptive appearance, users will often times allow the installation of programs that may appear legitimate, but are actually harmful. Sometimes, these "scareware" programs can require special tactics to remove them. With Norton Power Eraser, these threats (and others) are specifically targeted, detected and removed. Learn about it and download it here
- Norton Bootable Recovery Tool (only available to Norton subscribers) ? This tool allows Norton users to boot a PC into a safe state when a system is so deeply infected that it will not properly start up. New this year, the Norton Bootable Recovery Tool wizard automatically creates a CD/DVD/USB bootable device in an easy way. Learn about it and download it here
The Norton Internet Security 2011 beta includes critical features such as Norton Identity Safe which has a new look for 2011, and Norton Safe Web, a Web site rating service that annotates Google, Yahoo! and Bing.com search results with safety and ecommerce ratings. The Norton Internet Security 2011 beta toolbar rolls all browser protection technologies into a single interface that not only indicates Safe Web ratings, it prevents users from visiting sites which contain malware, browser or media plug-in exploits, phishing attempts, or which have been determined heuristically unsafe.
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This application was financed by the Tourism Agency of the Xunta de Galicia in the call for the revitalization of Xacobeo 21-22 within the O Teu Xacobeo program.
PictoXacobeo is an Android application designed to facilitate the interaction of pilgrims on the Way of St James with communication needs (speech disorders, reading and writing comprehension, language difficulties, etc.). This technological solution of inclusion and social participation allows to select pictograms and create phrases, facilitating communication between pilgrims and the different communication profiles of the Way (restaurants/cafes, hostels, shops and churches) in the most common languages of the Way (Spanish, English, French, German, Italian and Portuguese).
The application uses the Picts of ARASAAC (http://arasaac.org/), created by Sergio Palao and distributed with Creative Commons license (BY-NC-SA), but you can configure it to use other Picts and even real images.
We’ve uploaded this new app PictoXacobeo to Google Play and our web:
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From IWU Magazine, Spring 2010
Story by TIM OBERMILLER
As a student at St. Mary’s College in Maryland, Robert Erlewine planned to become a lawyer. It wasn’t until he read the German philosopher Nietzsche that he felt pulled on a different path.
“It forced me into all sorts of roads of inquiry,” says Erlewine, who joined Illinois Wesleyan’s faculty as an assistant professor of religion in 2006. “And also ruined my chance of ever making money,” he adds with a laugh.
Assistant Professor of Religion Robert Erlewine (Photo by Marc Featherly)
Erlewine’s latest road of inquiry led him to the publication of Monotheism and Tolerance: Recovering a Religion of Reason. Published this year by Indiana University Press, the book has drawn praise from several scholars in his field. Leora Batnitzky of Princeton University called it “an important corrective to recent discussions of the relation between monotheism and tolerance.”
Erlewine says the book was inspired by his sense of frustration with the way religion is now discussed and considered. Central to his book’s thesis is the concept of tolerance, especially as it relates to the world’s major monotheistic religions: Christianity, Judaism and Islam.
It has long been recognized that a lack of tolerance among religious followers towards the beliefs of others often leads to exclusion and violence. On the other hand, expecting those followers to show tolerance by not insisting on the superiority of their particular religion “is just not realistic,” Erlewine says.
“With the modern concept of tolerance, there is an insistence that all religions must recognize that other religions are their equals, and they have no special claim,” he says. “In reality, part of the nature of monotheistic religions is to claim an elect status, so denying that creates barriers to dialogue with those who belong to these traditions.”
Erlewine’s book examines a wide spectrum of religious and philosophical thought over the centuries to find ways that religion and tolerance can be reconciled in more realistic and satisfying ways. He is particularly interested in Moses Mendelssohn and Hermann Cohen, two Enlightenment-inspired thinkers who “don’t curb the notion of election but rather transfigure and transform it in ways that don’t diminish the stature of others,” he says.
That these philosophers lived long ago actually works in their favor, says Erlewine. Modern secular thought holds that certain “assumptions of religions make them intellectually invalid, or at least beyond the reach of rational discourse.” In contrast, these earlier thinkers did not dismiss religious thought, but rather engaged in its premises “with honest intellectual rigor.”
Erlewine regards Cohen’s writings as “particularly relevant to issues we face today.” He first discovered Cohen while in graduate school at Rice University. “From the very beginning, I knew something very profound was going on. The more I’ve studied him, the more I’ve realized just how sophisticated his position is.” Cohen’s works, many of which remain untranslated from the original German, “are only now getting the appreciation they deserve,” Erlewine says.
Writing in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Cohen developed his concept of “ethical monotheism” by carefully tracking the evolution of Judaism through its texts and history.
In his new book, Erlewine examines how philosophy can offer new ways to interpret sacred texts and traditions.
“He’s trying to show how an idea that was brought into existence and developed by a particular religious community can be rational, true and therefore of universal significance,” says Erlewine.
Cohen uses the “history of philosophy and Judaism to read Jewish holy texts in terms of their highest possible ethical meanings,” Erlewine explains. “This allows him to maintain such core features of monotheism, like notions of election and a world historic mission, while also being able to sculpt them so as to be amenable to life in modern, liberal societies.”
Cohen does not, however, embrace tolerance as we often employ the term today, Erlewine says. He retains the primacy of the Jewish worldview but binds it to “an ethical responsibility for those who do not share those beliefs, such that the refusal to commit violence becomes an essential component of bearing witness to the truth of Judaism.
“This is what makes Cohen so relevant today,” Erlewine continues. “What he did using the sources of Judaism could be applied to other religious traditions. Philosophy can offer new ways to interpret the sacred texts of those traditions, and new ways to explain one’s values and commitments to those outside of a particular tradition.”
Erlewine sees promise in this approach as a means to improve “the polarizing atmosphere that now exists between secularists and the religious that has led to both sides hardening their positions and moving further and further apart.
“Really, the idea behind this book is ‘How can we get secular and religiously conservative thinkers to speak to one another? Indeed, how can we get them speaking in a common language?’ These thinkers from the past show us ways these tensions might be softened, or even made productive, in the modern world.”
In writing his book, Erlewine “drew a lot of inspiration from classroom discussions with students.” Among his courses is a Gateway Colloquium for first-year students titled “Facing Evil.”
For the course, students read “The Grey Zone,” an essay by Auschwitz survivor Primo Levi about a group of Jewish prisoners who assisted guards in shepherding their victims to the gas chambers and disposing of their bodies. Prisoners who refused were killed on the spot while those who cooperated were granted special privileges.
“That piece, and others I assign for the course, break down our customary ways of thinking — between us and them, between the good guys and the bad guys, between the evil and the innocent.
“The point I’m trying to get across” says Erlewine, “is that there are no easy answers out there. And I think the best thing a liberal arts education can do is make you question the easy answers and consider issues more deeply, with appreciation of their true complexity.
“I hope all my classes make my students’ lives more complicated,” he adds, “but in a good way.”
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15 April 2016 Current Affairs: Kalash (Kalasha), are a Dardic indigenous people residing in the Chitral District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.The community considered unique because in Pakistan they are the smallest religious minority with a population of around 3000. They speak their own Kalasha language and celebrate their gods through music, dance and alcohol.According to the Kalash Peoples Development Network (KPDN), the Kalash who ruled Chitral centuries ago maintained their separate cultural traditions and their language Kalasha belongs to the Dardic family of the Indo-Iranian branch.
Importance of Kalash community : Sexes of the community mingle easily and their marriage can be sealed with a dance. Women of the community are free to move on to new loves.They do not mourn their dead; instead they celebrate it as “the completion of the journey” that begins with birth with three days of dancing, music and feasting.Their fair skin and light eyes, made academicians to speculate that they might have be descended from the ancient Middle East or even from soldiers of Alexander’s army, which conquered the area in the fourth century BC.Their traditional practice is Bashali, in which women are required to stay within home and not touch others during their menstrual cycle.
People from Kalash community attempt to get listed on the UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List began in 2008 as they feared that their unique culture will not endure as their youth are converting to Islam.Apart from this, their children take a compulsory class on Islam at the school but not about their own traditions. Due to which it practicing their culture is becoming more and more difficult for them.They also fear from people of the region as they have to face their angers because they feel that the tribe’s un-Islamic practices unleashes natural disasters – floods and earthquakes – on the area as punishment.Kalash women are termed as ‘The Black Kafirs’ because they usually wear long black robes, often embroidered with cowrie shells.Due to these factors, they fear that they may lose their identity like the neighboring Nuristani people of the adjacent Nuristan (historically known as Kafiristan) province of Afghanistan. Nuristani people once practiced the same religion as the Kalash.
Kalash people and their cultural appearances are available in : They have their mention in a Novella ‘The Man Who Would Be King’ by Rudyard Kipling. He in the novella shows their reputed connection to Alexander the Great. The story was made into the film with same title in 1975, starring Sean Connery and Michael Caine. They have a mention in a book ‘The Tenth Unknown’ by Jvalant Nalin Sampat. The pivotal chapter in the World War II novel revolves around the Kalash people and their unique customs.The Kalash are briefly visited in the first episode of the 2004 BBC television series Himalaya with Michael Palin.
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Brain Pop has activities that students can do individually and you can track their progress and get a grade as well using this feature. Once your students are set up to have their own accounts. Using the district username and password will not allow these benefits. There is soo much more to Brain pop aside from the whole group instruction lessons. If you are interested in learning more. Please RSVP down below.
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FBI Targets 'Black Identity Extremists' Despite Surge in White Supremacist Violence
A leaked FBI counterterrorism memo claims that so-called black identity extremists pose a threat to law enforcement. That’s according to Foreign Policy magazine, which obtained the document written by the FBI’s Domestic Terrorism Analysis Unit. The memo was dated August 3, 2017—only days before the deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, where white supremacists, Ku Klux Klan members and neo-Nazis killed one anti-racist protester, Heather Heyer, and injured dozens more. But the report is not concerned with the violent threat of white supremacists. Instead, the memo reads: “The FBI assesses it is very likely Black Identity Extremist perceptions of police brutality against African Americans spurred an increase in premeditated, retaliatory lethal violence against law enforcement and will very likely serve as justification for such violence.” Civil liberties groups have slammed the FBI report, warning the “black identity extremists” designation threatens the rights of protesters with Black Lives Matter and other groups. Many have also compared the memo to the FBI’s covert COINTELPROprogram of the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s, which targeted the civil rights movement. We speak with Malkia Cyril, co-founder and executive director of the Center for Media Justice as well as a Black Lives Matter Bay Area activist.
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. We end today’s show by looking at a leaked FBIcounterterrorism memo which claims so-called black identity extremists pose a threat to law enforcement. That’s according to Foreign Policy magazine, which obtained the document written by the FBI’s Domestic Terrorism Analysis Unit. The memo was dated August 3rd, 2017, only days before the deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, where white supremacists, Ku Klux Klan members, neo-Nazis killed an anti-racist protester, Heather Heyer, injured dozens more. But the report is not concerned with the violent threat of white supremacists. Instead, the memo reads: “The FBI assesses it is very likely Black Identity Extremist (BIE) perceptions of police brutality against African Americans spurred an increase in premeditated, retaliatory lethal violence against law enforcement and will very likely serve as justification for such violence,” end-quote.
Civil liberties groups have slammed the FBI report, warning the “black identity extremists” designation threatens the rights of protesters with Black Lives Matter and other groups. Many have also compared the memo to the FBI’s covert COINTELPRO program of the ’50s through ’70s, which targeted the civil rights movement.
For more, we’re going to San Francisco, California, where we’re joined by Malkia Cyril. She’s the co-founder and executive director of the Center for Media Justice as well as a Black Lives Matter Bay Area activist.
Malkia, welcome back to Democracy Now! Can you talk about this report and what your assessment is of this term they have used, “black identity extremists”?
MALKIA CYRIL: Well, thanks for having me. You know, it’s a great question. What is a black identity extremist? I think we’re all trying to figure that out. Nobody knows, in part because it doesn’t exist. It’s a term fabricated by the FBI, constructed. And it has a history. I mean, for a very long time, for many decades in this country, probably centuries, the FBI has criminalized black dissent. We saw it through the COINTELPRO, the Counter Intelligence Program, as you mentioned, in the 1950s, '60s and ’70s. We're seeing it again today. This term, this idea of black extremism are coming up by the FBI, being used as a way to criminalize democratically protected speech and activity. It’s wrong, it’s erroneous, and it should be withdrawn.
AMY GOODMAN: So, what is your understanding of where it stands now?
MALKIA CYRIL: You know, right now, we don’t know. I mean, that’s part of the problem. You know, we need some information from the FBI. It’s clear that the FBIshould provide an unredacted description. What do they mean by a “black identity extremist”? Right now that description is pretty vague. It refers to some anti-white ideologies. It compares—you know, it talks about ideologies of black separatism. But it doesn’t have anything concrete. I mean, I think that’s part of the problem, that this is a categorization that has been constructed. The definition has no—makes no sense. And we need some more information from the FBI, so that we can actually respond effectively to this categorization.
AMY GOODMAN: It doesn’t refer to Black Lives Matter specifically.
MALKIA CYRIL: Right.
AMY GOODMAN: Can you talk about that, Malkia?
MALKIA CYRIL: Well, I mean, you know, it doesn’t refer to any specific organization, because the FBI, through its own guidelines, can’t really do that, number one. Number two, its guidelines say it can’t start investigations or investigate anyone solely on the basis of race. So what it’s done is it’s constructed, out of, you know, looking at six different cases over three years that have absolutely nothing to do with each other, of people who have committed violence against police officers. They have constructed a relationship between these cases that doesn’t exist, and then assigned some political ideology to those cases that doesn’t exist. So, anti-white feelings or sentiment doesn’t lead to police violence. Being angry as a black person in America about the—excuse me, doesn’t lead to violence against police. Being angry about police violence in America, police violence that is targeting largely people of color, also does not lead to violence against the police.
So, the bottom line here is that we have a rampant situation where white nationalism is on the rise. And yet the FBI has chosen to use its resources to construct and fabricate a threat that does not exist, instead of addressing a threat that does exist. So, whether it refers directly to Black Lives Matter as an organization or not, it’s clear this is an attempt to criminalize black dissent, which will have an outsized negative impact on those who are working in organizations like Black Lives Matter.
AMY GOODMAN: I wanted to ask you about another issue, about these allegations a Russian company spent more than $100,000 buying thousands of ads that sought to politicize the U.S. electorate ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Some of the allegations relate to Russian Facebook ads specifically referencing Black Lives Matter, targeting audiences in Baltimore and Ferguson, Missouri.
MALKIA CYRIL: Yes.
AMY GOODMAN: Meanwhile, Google also says, quote, “suspected Russian agents,” unquote, paid for tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of political advertisements last year also aimed at swaying the 2016 presidential election. Your thoughts?
MALKIA CYRIL: First of all, we have to be really clear. This is not simply about what Russia has done. This is about how Russia and the right wing of the United States has collaborated to undermine democracy. So I want to be very clear. When we talk about, you know, Russia buying these ads or using these Facebook pages, so on and so forth, what we’re really talking about is a collusion, a collaboration between a global right wing. That’s really important. We need to be really clear about that, number one.
Number two, whether the ads or the Facebook pages seem to be pro- or anti-Black Lives Matter, the fact is that these pages and these ads were anti-black. That’s what’s clear. They were using anti-black tropes of black militancy to sway an election and undermine democracy. This is not new. The CIA has done this for decades. This is a tactic that has been used by the United States internationally for decades. We should not be surprised that it is being used now. And we need to think very carefully about what is going to happen over the next several years to undermine the next presidential election. And we need to get ready.
AMY GOODMAN: I wanted to ask you about a CNN report, a social media campaign calling itself “Blacktivist” and linked to the Russian government used both Facebook and Twitter in an apparent attempt to amplify racial tensions during the election. Again, they attribute it to two sources with knowledge of the matter talking to CNN. The Twitter account has been handed over to Congress. The Facebook account is expected to be handed over in the coming days, was the report. Your response to Blacktivist? Have you looked into this?
MALKIA CYRIL: You know, I’ve heard about it. I’ve actually seen the page in the past. You know, I spend a lot of time working on social media issues and looking at, you know, possibly fake pages that talk about black issues, trying to weed them out from pages that are related to real, on-the-ground organizations. And what we’ve seen is, interestingly, while this has come to light, you know, the Blacktivist page has come to light as being associated with this disinformation campaign, it’s clear that this is just the tip of the iceberg. There are dozens of fake pages on Facebook, dozens of fake accounts on Twitter, that claim to be related to some black movement, but in fact are not.
What we need to be is very careful making sure that the pages we follow, the accounts we follow, are actually connected to real organizations that are doing real work on the ground. And it’s hard to do. It means that Facebook and Twitter have to take real responsibility for this kind of disinformation on their site, really do something to protect the black activists who are working on their site, and differentiate between the fake pages and the real pages, because it has real consequences for black activism.
AMY GOODMAN: Malkia Cyril, for young people who may not be familiar with COINTELPRO—you certainly are—can you talk about your own family experience? We have just about a minute. But, you know, December 4th, 1969, Mark Clark and Fred Hampton—Fred Hampton, the head of the Black Panthers in Chicago, Illinois—are gunned down by police as they’re sleeping in bed. What the Counter Intelligence Program did and the effect, for example, on your family?
MALKIA CYRIL: My mother was a member of the Black Panther Party in New York. She ran the breakfast program in New York. And my mother was visited by the FBIjust weeks before she died in 2005. So this is not something—this harassment, the kind of FBI harassment of black activists, didn’t end in 1969. It didn’t end when COINTELPRO was, you know, exposed in 1971. It is continuing today. There are hundreds of political prisoners in our prison system—black political prisoners, Puerto Rican political prisoners, Native American political prisoners—because of the Counter Intelligence Program. And we need to make sure that never, ever happens in America again.
AMY GOODMAN: Malkia Cyril, thanks so much for taking this time with us, co-founder and executive director of the Center for Media Justice, also a Black Lives Matter activist.
MALKIA CYRIL: Thank you.
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Polycarbonate: The Present And The Future
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Today, the world has come to an entirely different stage. Things today are much different and difficult than they were yesterday. A lot of new technologies and innovation has arrived and people are working to buy and sell more. A lot of developments are going all over the world and people are working on different things to make them even better and popular. The more use of products means more consumption and that means more production. A lot of residential and commercial structures are built everyday with all the required things and many things are used. Polycarbonate sheet is one of those products that are consumed at a faster pace and its all due to the kind of advantages and features they provide to the users.
These sheets can very much popular for all the things they can offer to the people. These are not only a popular product in the construction industry but have been impactful in many other too. Today, the plastic industry is gaining new heights with the popularity of the products like polycarbonate. It is a very good product prepared from thermoplastic and is making a lot of buzz in the market for their features and properties for common use. Earlier prior to the release of these products the glass is used as one of the prominent materials for all the roofing needs of people.
There are many people who still use glass as their roofing materials but it means that they are not aware of the properties and advantages of the polycarbonate sheet. Once a person comes to know about the advantages of this product then they are sure to get attracted and attached to it. However, in the recent developments these products have been catching up really fast and getting noticed among many for their price and features. People are adapting to changes and new methods of building and construction. And the polycarbonate products are catching a lot of attention and people are demanding for various products of these materials.
Let’s go through some of the features of this popular product and they are:
• Temperature resistance
• Impact resistance and
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THE last winter may have been one of the coldest on record, but if one group of academics is to be believed it could be the first of many.
The coldest winter for 31 years was caused by low solar activity hitting a key weather system, according to researchers at the University of Reading.
They claim the changes to the North Atlantic Jet Stream could create colder winters in the UK and Europe, despite global trends of rising temperatures.
Lead author of the research, Professor Mike Lockwood said: “This year’s winter in the UK has been the14th coldest in the last 160 years and yet the global average temperature for the same period is the fifth highest.
“We have discovered this kind of anomaly is significantly more common when solar activity is low.”
The research compared data charting temperatures in the UK over the last 350 years, with past levels of solar activity and found there were more cold winters in the UK when solar activity was low.
The data used recorded the Maunder Minimum, a period in the late 17th century which was characterised by harsh winters and low solar activity.
The coldest winters on record come from this period and it was so cold that it was common for the river Thames to freeze over.
“Frost fairs” would be held on the ice when the river froze and during the Great Frost of 1683-84, the Thames was completely frozen for more than two months.
The research, which was published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, favours the explanation that the drop in temperature could be due to a meteorological phenomenon called “blocking.”
“Blocking” occurs when the jet stream, which brings in warm air from the west, folds back on itself due to conditions caused in the stratosphere, causing the UK to be exposed to biting, eastern Arctic winds.
Prof Lockwood also stressed that the findings of the report do not guarantee colder winters.
“If we look at the last period of very low solar activity at the end of the 17th century, we find the coldest winter on record in 1684 but the very next year, when solar activity was still low, we saw the third warmest winter in the entire 350 year record.
“The results do show however that there are a greater number of cold UK winters when solar activity is low.”
Earlier this year Britain ground to a halt as snow, sleet and hail caused widespread disruption to the transport network.
Thousands of schools were shut and temperatures plummeted.
Wales had an average temperature of 2.09°C from December 2009 to the end of February, making it the coldest on record since 1979.
Jonathan Powell, senior forecaster at Positive Weather Solution, Wales’ largest independent forecaster group cautiously welcomed the findings of the report, but said only time would prove if the conclusions were correct or not.
He said: “I am a little bit sceptical of the findings, it seems to be a tenuous link, but I would not be surprised if solar activity does have blocking affect on our weather.
“It would explain a few things we see when we look at historical data.
“If parallels can be drawn between our own weather and solar activity then it needs to be considered and taken more seriously, but if this is the case we should have had a run of cold winters already.
“We have forecast another cold winter for next year, but it will be nowhere near as cold as it was this year.”
Michael Dukes, broadcast manager of business weather forecasters Meteogroup, said: “There is a tentative link between solar activity and the rise and fall of temperatures.
“ It has been suggested for many years that there may be a link with low solar activity and cold spells.
“If you look at the Little Ice Age period from 1500-1850 for example, you will see much more cold winters than there are now.
“It was noticed that this could be to do with solar activity, so this idea has been around for a long, long time.”
“If you cut off the Atlantic weather, then we look to the east and get a continental block pattern.
“With activity in the stratosphere causing a block pattern, there are likely to be other long-term factors going on which can affect our weather as well.”
But if the research is correct it will not mean that all parts of the world can expect to get colder when there is low solar activity.
The researchers from the Department of Meteorology at the University of Reading, the Max-PlanckInstitute for Solar System Research in Germany and the Science and Technology Facilities Council Space Science and Technology Department also stressed that the phenomenon was regional and not global.
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The cold years
The Big Freeze of this winter, which started in December and ran right into the middle of February, resulted in thousands of school closures, widespread disruption to the transport network, including low supplies of grit for motorways and major roads, cancellations on the Eurostar and at airports.
January 2010 was the coldest January since 1987 and Wales recorded an average temperature of just 2.09°C during December, January and February.
After heavy snowfall of up to 30cm and 6m tall snowdrifts across England and Wales in December 1962, the UK experienced a nationwide freeze in January with temperatures falling to as low as minus 16°C in places. At Herne Bay in Kent, the sea froze half a mile off land and sporting events were cancelled up and down the country.
The harsh winter came in three stages as post-war Britain struggled to cope with the cold and fuel shortages.
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Keeping Rollover Pass open could be messy
Time has passed?
Keeping ravaged Rollover Pass open may require too steep a cost
Published 6:30 am, Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Rollover Pass has been roundly consecrated and regularly cursed since dredges sliced the 1,600-foot channel across the narrowest neck on Bolivar Peninsula, creating a direct aquatic connection between East Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.
As soon as the state of Texas opened the artificial channel during the winter of 1954-55, Rollover Pass exploded into a wildly famous fishing spot because of its accessibility and productivity.
Just as immediately, the pass began exacting an economic and environmental toll that triggered irregular calls for closure of the man-made ditch.
For more than a half-century, the forces allied to keep the pass open easily beat back the efforts of those who would close it. And those pro-pass forces were considerable: Bolivar-area businesses that saw it as economically beneficial because of the streams of anglers it attracted; local residents who considered it a fine quality-of life amenity and a nice boost to their property values; and, most effectively, local and state politicians who, at their constituents’ urging, used their influence to torpedo attempts to close the pass.
But in the wake of Hurricane Ike, which swept away all but one precarious lane of the Highway 87 bridge spanning the pass and nearly severed vehicle access to most of Bolivar Peninsula, and mounting concern about erosion gnawing away the Bolivar beachfront and mountains of sediment clogging the bay side of the pass, a new call for closing the pass has surfaced. And it has some powerful proponents.
“Closing Rollover Pass needs to be done,” said Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson. “I’m asking the Legislature to come up with the money to do it.”
While Galveston County officials have not taken an official stand, some are willing to seriously consider supporting a closure.
“It’s something that’s going to have to be looked at very hard,” said Galveston County Commissioner Patrick Doyle, in whose precinct Rollover Pass resides. “There are some huge economic factors (supporting closing the pass), and Commissioner Patterson and the GLO (General Land Office) are moving forward with this.
“I know keeping Rollover Pass is very important to a lot of people, economically and personally. But I’m not sure the positives outweigh the negatives.”
The good, the bad, the sandy
The positives are easy to see. It’s one of the most popular bank-fishing locations on the Texas coast. The cut is legendary for its great fishing.
The annual autumn flounder and croaker “runs” through there trigger shoulder-to-shoulder crowds lining the rusting bulkheads bracketing the channel.
Access is its best attribute. Anglers can, at no charge, drive right up to the pass and fish mere feet from their parked vehicles.
Rollover is a place for angling’s Everyman, from the hardcore wadefisher wielding a $500 rod-and-reel to the just-out-for-fun family of five who hope to use a few pieces of twine and a bag of chicken necks to collect enough blue crabs for a meal.
But the cost of that opportunity is high, both environmentally and economically, Patterson said. Sand carried by Gulf waves and tides slowly moved down the coast is swept into Rollover Pass and deposited in Rollover Bay and the adjacent Intracoastal Waterway and East Galveston Bay.
The sand — as much as 290,000 cubic yards per year, according to some studies — has almost completely filled once-deep Rollover Bay and constantly clogs a reach of the Intracoastal behind it.
To keep the Intracoastal open, the U.S. Corps of Engineers spends approximately $1 million a year clearing out sand.
The “loss” of sand through Rollover Pass is accelerating erosion along Bolivar Peninsula, according to studies over the past 40-plus years.
Over time, some of that sand “spoil” has been pumped, at great expense, from Rollover Bay and the Intracoastal and an adjacent spoil compartment to renourish the beach. But the rebuilding is short-lived as the Gulf’s littoral drift constantly moves sand.
A smaller but still considerable economic issue is constant maintenance of the Highway 87 bridge over the pass and the cost and public safety issues surrounding its vulnerability to storms.
The most effective way to address problems caused by Rollover Pass is to close the cut — fill it in — Patterson said. Acknowledging the loss of public recreational opportunity should it be closed, Patterson said he will push for fishing piers to be built on the site.
But supporters of keeping the half-century-old pass open reject any notion of filling the famous channel.
“Closing the pass should be the last resort, not the first,” said Mark Faggard, a Beaumont lawyer with century-deep familial roots on Bolivar Peninsula who’s staunchly opposed to plugging the pass. “There are viable alternatives out there that aren’t even being considered.”
No easy fix
Those alternatives could include building jetties on the Gulf side of the pass, creating an artificial “delta” on the Gulf side to deflect sand flow from entering the pass, as well as other options, Faggard said.
“With the money they are talking about spending to close the pass (Patterson estimates the cost at $6 million), they could solve the problem and keep the pass open,” he said.
Those ideas will be up for discussion over the coming months as Patterson and the GLO pursue Legislative funding for closing the pass and the inevitable public meetings on the topic are held.
“Nothing is going to happen overnight,” Patterson said. “We’re looking at a year or more down the road.”
But should Rollover Pass actually be closed, it would be a cruel blow to the hundreds of thousands of anglers and others who have enjoyed the recreational opportunities it has provided, say proponents of the pass.
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The proposed Medicare cuts by President Obama and the Congressional “Super Committee” does not bode well for physicians and geriatric medicine in the country. Although the cuts would ensure that Medicare bankruptcy would be postponed and the Federal deficit reduced, it has long term negative consequences for long-term care hospitals, nursing homes, home health facilities, and rehabilitation facilities. The cuts in the form of reduced reimbursement for providers of geriatric care would be eventually borne by seniors and baby boomers of the country whose population is set to dramatically increase in a decade.
The White House Fact Sheet
The fact sheet released by the White House called “Bipartisan Debt Deal: A Win for the Economy and Budget Discipline” states that – “The enforcement mechanism in the deal exempts Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare benefits, unemployment insurance, programs for low-income families, and civilian and military retirement.” However, it also states that any cuts to Medicare would be capped and limited to the provider side. This essentially means that geriatricians would be losing out on revenue and may consider dropping Medicare patients altogether. Moreover, many nursing homes and long term care hospitals are already losing money due to poor stock market performance after the cuts were announced.
The Cascading Effect
Medicare cuts in reimbursements of hospitals, physicians, and nursing homes would have a cascading effect in the form of physicians shifting the costs to private insurers which in turn would be shifted on patients. The effect would not stop there and shift to employers resulting in a crisis in the employment sector. Although there is a need for cost cutting for reducing the Federal deficit, targeting Medicare would only result in long term financial and physical depredation for seniors and older citizens with chronic illnesses.
Baby Boomers Projections and Medicare
The number of baby boomers, according to the U.S census bureau, would reach almost 58 million in the year 2030. This would essentially mean that geriatric care would be in very high demand making Medicare a prime component of the health industry. However, since many physicians and hospitals would drop Medicare patients due to reduced reimbursements it would become very difficult for senior citizens to afford health care. Moreover, because of the dearth of physicians opting for elderly care and geriatrics, it would prove to be double whammy for older people in the country.
Dealing with Medicare Cuts
The cuts in reimbursements have been postponed for many years but with the automatic cuts which start in the year 2013, it is a looming reality that has to be dealt with by physicians, geriatricians, and nursing homes sooner or later. There are some ways to ensure that, as a provider, your revenue is not affected and at the same time senior citizens are not at the receiving end when the cuts do take place. However, many physicians feel that they would be forced not to accept new Medicare patients if the cuts take place which would be an ideal solution but with negative consequences for senior citizens in the future along with the efficiency of already floundering geriatric practices in the United States. One of the best solutions for at least partially dealing with such cuts is to focus on preventive health care and ensuring that older people get sick less often. Another way of dealing with the cuts is just to put more time and effort in order to increase revenue which would be a win-win situation for physicians as well as senior citizens.
Another solution is cutting down on the in-house staff and delegating or outsourcing auxiliary services to a third party in order to save time, money, and effort. However, it cannot be denied that there are no quick fix solutions for dealing with Medicare cuts and many providers are still puzzled over the course of action to be taken if such cuts do take place.
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Of fickle changelings, and poor discontents,
Which gape, and rub the elbow, at the news
Of hurly-burly innovation.
And never yet did insurrection want
Such water colors, to impaint his cause;
Nor moody beggars, starving for a time
Of pellmell havock and confusion.
P. Hen. In both our armies, there is many a soul
pay full dearly for this encounter,
If once they join in trial. Tell your nephew,
The prince of Wales doth join with all the world
In praise of Henry Percy. By my hopes,-
This present enterprise set off his head,
I do not think a braver gentleman,
More active-valiant, or more valiant-young,
More daring, or more bold, is now alive,
To grace this latter age with noble deeds.
For my part, I may speak it to my shame,
I have a truant been to chivalry;
And so, I hear, he doth account me too :
Yet this before my father's majesty,—
I am content, that he shall take the odds
Of his great name and estimation ;
And will, to save the blood on either side,
Try fortune with him in a single fight.
K. Hen. And, prince of Wales, so dare we venture
Albeit, considerations infinite
Do make against it.—No, good Worcester, no,
We love our people well; even those we love,
That are misled upon your cousin's part;
And, will they take the offer of our grace,
Both he, and they, and you, yea, every man
Shall be my friend again, and I'll be his.
So tell your cousin, and bring me word
What he will do.—But if he will not yield,
Rebuke and dread correction wait on us,
1 i. e. anxiously expecting a time.
2 Mason suggests that we should read, “ Know, good Worcester, know," &c.
And they shall do their office. So, be gone ;
We will not now be troubled with reply:
We offer fair ; take it advisedly.
[Exeunt WORCESTER and VERNON
P. Hen. It will not be accepted, on my life.
The Douglas and the Hotspur both together
Are confident against the world in arms.
K. Hen. Hence, therefore, every leader to his
charge; For, on their answer, will we set on them. And God befriend us, as our cause is just!
[Exeunt King, Blunt, and PRINCE John. Fal. Hal, if thou see me down in the battle, and bestride me,' so; 'tis a point of friendship.
P. Hen. Nothing but a colossus can do thee that friendship. Say thy prayers, and farewell.
Fal. I would it were bed time, Hal, and all well. P. Hen. Why, thou owest God a death. [Exit.
Fal. 'Tis not due yet; I would be loath to pay him before his day. What need I be so forward with him that calls not on me? Well, 'tis no matter; honor pricks me on. Yea, but how if honor prick me off when I come on? how then? Can honor set to a
? ? leg? No. Or an arm ? No. Or take away the grief of a wound ? No. Honor hath no skill in surgery then? No. What is honor? A word. What is in that word, honor? What is that honor ? Air. A trim reckoning! -Who hath it? He that died o’ Wednesday. Doth he feel it? No. Doth he hear it? No. Is it insensible then? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living ? No. Why? Detraction will not suffer it.Therefore I'll none of it; honor is a mere scutcheon, and so ends my catechism.
1 In the battle of Agincourt, Henry, when king, did this act of friendship for his brother the duke of Gloucester.
SCENE II. The Rebel Camp.
Enter WORCESTER and VERNON.
Wor. O, no, my nephew must not know, sir
The liberal, kind offer of the king.
Ver. 'Twere best, he did.
Then we are all undone.
It is not possible, it cannot be,
The king should keep his word in loving us;
He will suspect us still, and find a time
To punish this offence in other faults:
Suspicion all our lives shall be stuck full of eyes; '
For treason is but trusted like the fox;
Who, ne'er so tame, so cherished, and locked up,
Will have a wild trick of his ancestors.
Look how we can, or sad, or merrily,
Interpretation will misquote our looks;
And we shall feed like oxen at a stall,
The better cherished, still the nearer death.
My nephew's trespass may be well forgot ;
It hath the excuse of youth, and heat of blood;
And an adopted name of privilege, -
A hare-brained Hotspur, governed by a spleen.
All his offences live upon my head,
And on his father's ;-we did train him on;
And, his corruption being ta’en from us,
We, as the spring of all, shall pay for all.
Therefore, good cousin, let not Harry know,
In any case, the offer of the king.
Ver. Deliver what you will, I'll say, Here comes your cousin.
Enter Hotspur and Douglas; and Officers and Sol
Hot. My uncle is returned.—Deliver up
My lord of Westmoreland. —Uncle, what news?
Wor. The king will bid you battle presently.
Doug. Defy him by the lord of Westmoreland.
Hot. Lord Douglas, go you and tell him so.
Doug. Marry, and shall
, and very willingly. [Exit. Wor. There is no seeming mercy in the king. Hot. Did you beg any? God forbid !
Wor. I told him gently of our grievances,
Of his oath-breaking ; which he mended thus,-
By now forswearing that he is forsworn.
He calls us rebels, traitors; and will scourge
With haughty arms this hateful name in us.
Re-enter Douglas. Doug. Arm, gentlemen ; to arms! for I have
thrown A brave defiance in king Henry's teeth, And Westmoreland, that was engaged, did bear it; Which cannot choose but bring him quickly on. Wor. The prince of Wales stepped forth before the
king, And, nephew, challenged you to single fight.
Hot. "O, 'would the quarrel lay upon our heads;
And that no man might draw short breath to-day,
But I and Harry Monmouth! Tell me, tell me,
A w showed his tasking ?? Seemed it in contempt?
Ver. No, by my soul; I never in my life
Did hear a challenge urged more modestly,
Unless a brother should a brother dare
To gentle exercise and proof of arms.
He gave you all the duties of a man;
Trimmed up your praises with a princely tongue;
Spoke your deservings like a chronicle ;
Making you ever better than his praise,
By still dispraising praise, valued with you ;
And, which became him like a prince indeed,
He made a blushing cital of himself,
And chid his truant youth with such a grace,
As if he mastered there a double spirit,
Of teaching, and of learning, instantly.
There did he pause; but let me tell the world, -
If he outlive the envy of this day,
England did never owe? so sweet a hope,
So much misconstrued in his wantonness.
Hot. Cousin, I think thou art enamored
Upon his follies. Never did I hear
Of any prince, so wild at liberty :
But, be he as he will, yet once ere night
I will embrace him with a soldier's arm, ,
That he shall shrink under my courtesy:-
Arm, arm, with speed ;-and, fellows, soldiers, friends,
Better consider what you have to do,
Than I, that have not well the gift of tongue,
Enter a Messenger.
Mess. My lord, here are letters for you.
Hot. I cannot read them now.-
O gentlemen, the time of life is short;
To spend that shortness basely, were too long,
If life did ride upon a dial's point,
Still ending at the arrival of an hour.
And if we live, we live to tread on kings;
If die, brave death, when princes die with us !
Now for our consciences,—the arms are fair,
When the intent of bearing them is just.
I That is, was master of.
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|Directed by||Frank Marshall|
|Produced by||Patrick Crowley
|Screenplay by||David DiGillio|
by Toshirô Ishidô
|Music by||Mark Isham|
|Edited by||Christopher Rouse|
|Distributed by||Buena Vista Pictures|
|Box office||$120.5 million|
Eight Below is a 2006 American adventure drama film based on Antarctica by Toshirô Ishidô, Koreyoshi Kurahara, Tatsuo Nogami and Susumu Saji. It was produced by Patrick Crowley and David Hoberman, directed by Frank Marshall with music by Mark Isham and written by David DiGilio. It stars Paul Walker, Bruce Greenwood, Moon Bloodgood, and Jason Biggs. It was released theatrically on February 17, 2006, by Walt Disney Pictures in the United States. The film is set in Antarctica, but was filmed in Svalbard, Norway, Greenland, and British Columbia, Canada. The film received positive reviews from critics and it earned $120.4 million on a $40 million budget.
In 1993, Jerry Shepard is a guide at an Antarctica research base under contract with the National Science Foundation. UCLA professor, Dr. Davis McClaren, arrives at the base. He presses Shepard to take him to Mount Melbourne to find a rare meteorite from Mercury. Shepard decides that the only way to get to Mount Melbourne is by dog sled.
Shepard and McClaren make it to Mount Melbourne, but are called back to base camp due to an approaching heavy storm. McClaren begs for more time, and Shepard gives him half a day, which is enough time to find a fragment of the meteorite. En route back to base, McClaren slips down an embankment, breaking his leg and falling into freezing water. Shepard uses the lead dog Maya to carry a rope to McClaren and pulls him out. The two battle hypothermia, frostbite and near whiteout conditions as the dogs lead them home. Once there, the entire human crew is immediately evacuated, while the dogs are left behind. Certain that their pilot will return within days for the dogs, Shepard tightens their collars to ensure they cannot get loose and run away. Because of the harsh weather conditions, no rescue will be attempted until the next spring - and by then the dogs will be dead.
Back at home, Shepard tries to secure a plane to return and save the dogs, but no one is willing to finance the risky expedition. Five months later, Shepard makes one last attempt to get back. McClaren realizes the magnitude of his ingratitude and uses the remaining balance of his grant money to finance a rescue mission. Shepard acknowledges that there is almost no chance that any of the dogs have survived this long, but he owes it to his team to go back for them.
After being left behind, the eight sled dogs – lead dog Maya, Old Jack, Shorty, Dewey, Truman, Shadow, Buck, and the young Max, wait in the freezing conditions for Shepard to return. After two weeks with no food, Max snaps his collar and attempts to hunt seagulls. All the other dogs follow suit, except Old Jack, who is too tired and weak to follow, and remains tied to the chain. Some time later, Dewey slips and falls down an incline, where he is fatally injured. The team stays with his body until morning, but have to leave. In the blizzard, Max becomes separated from the group. Maya manages to lead the team to the Russian base, which is unsecured and full of food, while Max finds his way back to the American base, which is still locked and abandoned. Setting back out into the wilderness, Max finds the carcass of a dead Orca, but is driven off by a leopard seal. Maya and the team are nearby, and Max lures the seal away so the team can eat. It doubles back and attacks Maya, who is badly injured when it claps its reptile-like maw onto her paw. The team, now reunited, continue traveling. They are starving, freezing and exhausted, and eventually the injured Maya collapses into the snow. The dogs lie down beside their leader as the snow piles up around them. They have been on their own for nearly six months.
Shepard makes it back to base and is dismayed to find the body of Old Jack, still attached to the chain, and no sign of the other dogs. He hears the sound of barking and sees Max, Shorty, Truman, Shadow and Buck come over the horizon. After a joyous reunion, Shepard attempts to load the dogs into the snowmobile, but Max runs off, with Shepard in hot pursuit. Max leads him to Maya, lying in the snow – weak, but alive. With six of his eight sled dogs in tow, Shepard heads back to civilization.
- Paul Walker as Jerry Shepard
- Bruce Greenwood as Dr. Davis McClaren
- Moon Bloodgood as Katie
- Jason Biggs as Charlie Cooper
- Gerard Plunkett as Dr. Andy Harrison
- August Schellenberg as Mindo
- Wendy Crewson as Eve McClaren
- Belinda Metz as Rosemary Paris
- Connor Christopher Levins as Eric McClaren
- Duncan Fraser as Captain Lovett
- Dan Ziskie as Navy Commander
- Michael David Simms as Armin Butler
- Daniel Bacon as Bureaucrat #2
- Laara Sadiq as Bureaucrat #3
- Malcolm Stewart as Charles Buffett
The 1958 ill-fated Japanese expedition to Antarctica inspired the 1983 hit film Antarctica, of which Eight Below is a remake. Eight Below adapts the events of the 1958 incident, moved forward to 1993. In the 1958 event, fifteen Sakhalin Husky sled dogs were abandoned when the expedition team was unable to return to the base. When the team returned a year later, two dogs were still alive. Another seven were still chained up and dead, five were unaccounted for, and one died just outside Showa Station.
The film was dedicated to the memory of Koreyoshi Kurahara, the director of Antarctica, who died four years before it was released.
In Eight Below there are two Alaskan Malamutes (Buck and Shadow) and six Siberian Huskies (Max, Maya, Truman, Dewey, Shorty, and Old Jack). Each actor-dog had help from other dogs that performed stunts and pulled sleds. In all, over 30 dogs were used to portray the film's eight canine characters. Max, Maya, Dewey, and Buck (Old Jack's stunt double) were played by dogs seen in Disney's Snow Dogs. The animal filming was supervised by the American Humane Association, and the film carries the standard "No animals were harmed..." disclaimer, despite an on-set incident in which a trainer used significant force to break up an animal fight.
On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes the film has a rating of 72%, based on 146 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads, "Featuring a stellar cast of marooned mutts, who deftly display emotion, tenderness, loyalty and resolve, Eight Below is a heartwarming and exhilarating adventure film." Roger Ebert from Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, and said "Eight Below succeeds as an effective story." BBC liked the movie as well, but did not like its long length (2 hours). Reel.com liked it, saying "the movie succeeds at drawing you into their incredible adventure". However, the San Francisco Chronicle disliked the film, saying: "The movie is overly long and much too intense for small children, yet it's filled with dialogue and plot turns that are too juvenile to thrill adult audiences." William Arnold of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reacted favorably ("the dog actors will melt your heart"), but pointed out, as did other reviewers, that "Antarctica buffs" will be critical of errors, such as portraying midwinter events occurring in "balmy, blazing daylight at a time Antarctica is locked in round-the-clock darkness and temperatures of 140 degrees below."
According to Box Office Mojo, the film opened at #1 on February 17, 2006, with a total weekend gross of $20,188,176 in 3,066 theaters, averaging to about $6,584 per theater. The film closed on June 1, 2006 with a total worldwide gross of $120,453,565 ($81,612,565 domestic and $38,841,000 overseas).
- Satellite Awards: Satellite Award, Best Youth DVD, 2006.
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The film was released on separate format widescreen and full screen editions on DVD on June 20, 2006. It was also released on PlayStation Portable (an original widescreen format) on June 26, 2006. The film was released on high definition Blu-ray for an original widescreen presentation on September 19, 2006.
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January 2010 we welcomed two new volunteers to our staff. Kathy and Monet are with us on different days of the week. Kathy is with us on Mondays, while Monet is with us Monday and Wednesday. So far, February has consisted of painting over defaced properties, woodchipping, and water quality testing.
Kathy and Monet showed alot of interest in the water quality test. For which they mixed chemicals with the crew, performed a nitrate test, a salinity test, and a dissolved oxygen test. Most of our downed trees this month were in the North Forest and South Forest, extensive work was needed in both areas of the park. The volunteers also learned safety techniques on woodchipping and forest restoration. During woodchipping operations the volunteers learned to feed trees from the root end to the canopy. Additionally, they were trained on the safety bar’s uses and life saving ability. They learned that while feeding the chipper you are best off to do so from the sides, but never from the center as this could pull you into the woodchipper.
Monet woodchipping behind Allerton ballfields
Kathy and Monet assisted us with other aspects of our job. We painted under Duncomb Bridge because graffiti has no place in our river corridor; French Charley’s container had to be painted as well. Furthermore, we are pleased to announce that due to tree growth and establishment we were able to remove fencing protecting our 2008 Million Trees site and two plots in Shoelace Park. | <urn:uuid:e57b7772-8653-4c09-b8bf-5c66fb833ca0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bronxriver.org/post/biolog/february-2010-woodchipping-and-volunteers | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00274.warc.gz | en | 0.980656 | 310 | 1.804688 | 2 |
August 13, 2013
Media Invited To Meet Astronaut Rick Mastracchio, Next Station Crew
NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio and two crewmates who are scheduled to travel to the International Space Station in November will conduct a news conference and be available for news interviews and social media opportunities Wednesday, Aug. 28, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Mastracchio, Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and veteran cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin of the Russian Federal Space Agency, make up space station Expedition 38.Their crew news conference will air live on NASA Television at 2 p.m. EDT (1 p.m. CDT). Journalists attending in person will receive priority. Those wishing to participate by telephone should call Johnson's newsroom at 281-483-5111 no later than 1:45 p.m. Questions by phone and social media will be taken as time permits.
Following the interactive news conference, interview opportunities are available in person, by phone or through the Internet. To reserve an interview opportunity, news media representatives must contact Johnson's newsroom by 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 26.
Media interested in attending these activities in person must request credentials by 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 26. The deadline for international journalists is 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 19.
Mastracchio grew up in Waterbury, Conn., and graduated from the University of Connecticut. He holds master's degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of Houston-Clear Lake. Mastracchio worked as an engineer in the space industry before joining NASA in 1990 as an engineer in the Flight Crew Operations Directorate. Selected as an astronaut in 1996, he is a veteran of three spaceflights.
This will be Wakata's fourth flight into space and second long-duration mission on the station. In March 2014, he will become the first Japanese commander of the space station. The mission marks Tyurin's third long-duration stay on the space station.
Mastracchio has been sharing his mission training and preparations via Twitter. He's encouraged followers to join his training via the "Ride with Rick" monthly trivia question series. Winners will have their photos sent to space and photographed in orbit with Mastracchio.
The trio will launch in their Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov. 6. They are scheduled to return to Earth in May 2014.
For Mastracchio's full biography, visit: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mastracc.html
To see training and mission posts from Mastracchio on Twitter, follow: @AstroRM
For more information regarding "Ride with Rick" Twitter trivia program, visit: http://go.nasa.gov/XWoP2c
For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
For more information about the International Space Station and its crews, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station
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The plastic flat mesh making machine line is made of HDPE, LDPE or PP as the main raw material, and new polymer materials such as anti-aging agents are added to extrude into a mesh.
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I would like to make a hotmail account so that I can access it when away from my PC. Will it work if I say @live in stead of @hotmail? It doesn't like the hotmail ending for some reason.
I do have an email address but this is not the sort that I can log into outside of my home. I also made an email with the name I would like but this isn't hotmail. I was wondering if I took the ending off and changed it to hotmail would this work, or If I came out of this email address would I still be able to have the same name or would the PC still think that address is taken?
Thank you. How do I delete one of my hotmail account.
1.Click Help on any Hotmail page (usually top right-hand corner).
2.Type Close Account in the keyword search section of the Help screen.
3.Click the Close Your Account link within the Help screen.
4.Click the go to the Close Account link that is highlighted in blue.
5.Read the instructions. When you are satisfied that you understand the terms associated with an account closure, click Close Account.
I have located the place where to delete, but it is telling me I will not be able to access anything to do with the email address which is my main one.
I have two names for myself with the same email address. It is telling me I will lose everything to do with this email address. I only want to close one down. i.e Joe which is a live ID and keep Les. (not sure if Les is a live ID. It does say Pop 3) With Joe being up on the screen will it be alright to go ahead and delete. Or will I lose every thing that comes under Les?
It is telling me, I do not have an in Box yet, under Joe.
(Sign up for Windows Live Hotmail and get a free, customizable inbox with lots of storage and great security.) copied from DT Screen
I have made myself another hotmail address using the same email address. Will I lose this?
I'm very confused by this. Surely 1 account = 1 email address and you can't have 2 names on the same email address. Perhaps somebody knows better and can explain?
Yes, I have the same email address, but have 2 different names for myself. I was just messing around one day when I had not had the PC long, but I never use it. But then I am not sure if I am just in messenger or not I have contacts under this name but as it said above I have no inbox. I copied (sign in""""""""""") from a pg I get up when I sign in.
I'm confused as well, you cannot have two email adresses the same,you have a 'les' address, what has that got after the '@' and a 'joe' what has that got after the '@'. How am I doing so far.
Which address do you want to delete? If 'joe' is just your live id,do you log in with the 'les' email?
My email address is letter for letter before the @ and after,but I have given myself a different name. from my email name. When I get my email it is addressed to Les. When I click on the red letter on Internet Explorer, I can then click on my email address which then come up with page saying I haven't got and in box yet. As stated above. I have copied from that pg to show you. It says sign out Joe in the top Right corner. If I sign out it comes up with sign in. If I click on sign in, I get MSN Sign In. Which has my mail address on that pg. Going back to Sign Out, If I click on sign out it come up with a different page with MSN on the left side. then if I close that pg down I get the pg with the red letter on it.
If it helps I do have 2 different Unique ID numbers. I also have contacts under that email I want to delete but that's not important. Not sure if it is an MSN and not an actual email address.
I wanted different names because if I choose not to let them contact me again I could delete the name. I thought it had to be the same email address so that it would come through. As you guessed, I guessed wrong. Help please.
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Unfortunately, due to the overwhelming response for this event, pre-registration has now closed.
From The Color Purple to Precious to The Help, what’s missing in representations of Black women in popular culture today? In Ladies Ring Shout–a performance using a combination of spoken word, movement and original soundtrack–Felicia Holman, Abra Johnson and Meida McNeal explore portrayals of women of color in popular culture and offer their own poignant and personal stories of resistance in this three-woman show. “There’s potency within this range,” says TimeOut Magazine. “It’s as if the trio’s work is fundamentally a tug-of-war between emotional and intellectual investigation.” Join us for this special multi-media performance and post-show conversation moderated by Sylvia Ewing.
Free and open to the public. Registration is required but is now sold out. For more information, call 312.422.5580.
Felicia Holman is, by trade, a Certified Personal Trainer with both the National Academy of Sports Medicine and the National Strength and Conditioning Association.Yet her lifelong passion for performance & expression motivated her co-founding The Ladies Ring Shout. Over the years, Felicia has co-devised evocative performances that confront/explore such notions as sexuality, home, race, history, and memory.
Meida Teresa McNeal is an Independent Artist and Scholar, Chicago Dancemakers Forum Lab Artist, Dance Researcher for the Chicago Artists Resource Web Project and an educator at Columbia College, Governors State University and in Chicago Public Schools. In addition to developing a number of performance projects, Meida is currently completing her first book-length manuscript “Compromised Subjectivities: Constructing Trinidadian Nationhood and Navigating Postcolonial Caribbean Performance” based on over ten years of ethnographic research in Trinidad.
Abra M. Johnson teaches sociology with the City Colleges of Chicago and its Bridge Program with DePaul University. Having scholarly interests in representations of race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and class in popular music, she recently travelled to Savannah, Georgia to study Gullah and Ogeechee African-American subcultures as a National Endowment for the Humanities Community College Faculty Fellow.
Sylvia Ewing is an award-winning journalist, writer and educator. She was the voice of WTTW Channel 11 for many years and continues to be their on-air pledge talent. She was a correspondent and producer for WBEZ’s Eight Forty-Eight program and produced the Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s Traffic art series. As a freelance journalist, she has contributed to Chicago Parent, N’Digo, Chicago Sun-Times, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer and South Africa Now, as well as the radio stations WMAQ and WVON. She is also an adjunct professor at Columbia College Chicago.
Kulvinder Arora is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Beloit College in Wisconsin. Formerly, she taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago in the Gender and Women’s Studies Program and directed the Model World Conference on Women’s and Girl’s Rights which educates and empowers Chicago high school students to work on women’s rights issues. She is currently writing a book on representations of women of color in feature films in which she analyzes only those films that depict positive representations of strong women of color. In shifting the conversation to positive representations, she highlights the similarities and differences in women’s struggles across the globe.
Emily Hooper Lansana is a storyteller and performance artist. Most notably recognized for her collaboration with Glenda Zahra Baker as the Performance Duo: in the Spirit. She works as the Theater and Literary Arts Curriculum Supervisor for the Chicago Public Schools/Office of Arts Education. She has consulted for a number of institutions including The Field Museum of Natural History and eta Creative Arts Foundation. As an adjunct professor, Ms. Lansana has taught at Columbia College, Chicago State University, the University of Chicago, and DePaul University. She also worked as the Director of Education at New York’s Lincoln Center Theater. Ms. Lansana is a nationally recognized performance artist and served on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Black Storytellers and as President of the Chicago Association of Black Storytellers. She received her BA in Theater Studies with a certificate in Teacher Preparation/Education from Yale University and an MA in Performance Studies from Northwestern University.
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Text neck is the term used to describe the neck pain and loss of curvature of the spine from looking down at your cell phone too frequently and for too long. To avoid it - When looking at your cell phones consider bringing it up to eye level to keep your head straight. Make sure to take hourly breaks to stretch your shoulders/back. Seek chiropractic care at the onset of pain.
It seems that text neck has become the new “Do not sit so close to the T.V.”. There is a reason for it, however. Text neck is more than just an excuse parents use to get their children off of electronic devices; it is a serious medical condition.
If left unchecked, text neck can lead to life-long damage to the spine. Here are some steps you can take to keep your spine happy and healthy, and free from text neck.
What Is Text Neck?
Text neck is the loss of curvature of the spine due to repeatedly looking down and forward; such as when staring at your cell phone.
Permanent damage can occur if the pattern goes unchecked, like herniated cervical discs, pinched nerves, and arthritis. Over a long period of time you can actually completely lose the natural curvature of your cervical spine.
Why Does Text Neck Happen?
The average human head weighs about 11 pounds. When your head is upright, your muscles, bones, and connective tissues work very little to keep it that way.
When you lean your head forward and down, you actually increase the amount of gravity pushing down on a relatively weak point in your spine, making your body work extremely hard to keep it in position.
Depending on the angle of your head, the force can be like 12 to 60 extra pounds of weight on your neck!
Symptoms Of Text Neck
As the name may suggest, text neck is most commonly associated with neck pain. Other symptoms range from mild to severe, and include:
- Upper back pain and shoulder pain.
- Pinched nerves resulting in sharp pain in the neck.
- Neurological symptoms like tingling, radiating pain or spasm down the arms.
The damage caused by the disorder may also lead to early symptoms of arthritis in some people.
How To Avoid Text Neck
To avoid text neck, you need to take steps to ensure you do not do the act which causes it. When looking at your cell phone or e-reader, consider bringing it up to eye level to keep your head straight.
Place your laptop computer on a stand or use an external monitor to bring your screen up to eye level. When working at a desk for long hours, make sure to take hourly breaks to stretch your shoulders and back.
The best thing you can do if you suspect you have text neck is to get to a chiropractor. Your chiropractor can help to realign your spine; and give you tips and exercises to do to help you strengthen and realign your posture.
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Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore new Asian School of the Environment seeks two full professor level positions in ecology as part of a terrestrial and marine initiative in Southeast Asia. The Asian School of the Environment, a new interdisciplinary School, that focuses on Asian environmental challenges. The school integrates Earth systems, environmental life sciences, ecology, engineering, humanities, and the social sciences to address key issues of the environment and sustainability.
To initiate this transformation, NTU opens position at the full professor level (tenure).
As part of the transformation, NTU will partner with the Smithsonian Institution, particularly the Tropical Research Institute (STRI), to expand science and education related to the Smithsonian Global Earth Observatories, including the Center for Tropical Forest Science (Forest Global Earth Observatory) and the newly established Marine Global Earth Observatory (Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network). The successful candidate will also be appointed as a Research Associate with the Smithsonian and expect to spend time each year in Washington, DC, and Panama. For this position we seek an individual who has established a world-class research program that deals with current topics of tropical forest science, such as population and community ecology, ecosystem science, forest-atmosphere interactions, forest-soil interactions, global change effects on forest diversity and function. The successful candidate will take a leadership role in the expansion of science related to the Asian network of the Smithsonian’s Center for Tropical Forest Science-Forest Global Earth Observatory.
NTU seeks scientist with outstanding track records in the field of (tropical) forest or marine ecology. The successful candidate will establish the new Asian School of the Environment as a leader in studies of tropical ecological and ecosystem processes.
The candidate is expected to:
- Establish a world-class research programme,
- Play a leading role in the formation of the new Asian School of the Environment,
- Enhance the new School’s visibility as an international leader in education and research in Ecology and Ecosystem Science,
- Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Ecology and related environmental sciences, and
- Actively collaborate with NTU faculty and researchers with existing strengths in Earth Systems Science and Environmental Life Sciences.
- Work to strengthen interactions between NTU and the Smithsonian Institution in building and enhancing the Forest and Marine Global Earth Observatories Programs.
NTU offers highly competitive salary as well as comprehensive benefits, including subsidized on-campus housing and childcare. A start-up package, state-of-the-art research infrastructure as well as a yearly research allowance for positions and consumables will be available.
Please address requests for further information to Professor Alexander J.B. Zehnder (AZEHNDER@ntu.edu.sg); and to Dr. Stuart J. Davies (DaviesS@si.edu) for information pertaining to the joint Smithsonian activity. Applications, including the applicant's experience/philosophy of research, teaching, and extension, a résumé, and contact information for three professional references should be sent to the Provost of NTU, Professor Freddy Boey (firstname.lastname@example.org). Review of applications will continue until the position is filled.
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Which direction should drawing room be?
– Your living room should always be in the East or in the North direction. However if you a have a south-facing house, then your living room can be in South East corner. North direction although is the more beneficial direction for a living room.
What should be the direction of bedroom according to Vastu?
Direction of bedroom, according to Vastu. The master bedroom should ideally be located in the south-west corner of the home, as it is linked with good health, longevity and prosperity. North-west is also a good option and suits the guest bedroom or your children’s bedroom best.
Which Colour is best for drawing room as per vastu?
Vastu-Approved Living Room Colours
- Brown for a grounded feeling (Wood element) Brown has become a popular choice in Vastu in recent years.
- Green for healing (Wood element)
- White for relaxation (Metal element)
- Blue for tranquility (Water element)
- Muted pink for warmth (Fire element)
- Orange for optimism (Fire element)
Which direction should a TV face?
Ideally, the TV should be installed in the southeast corner of the living room. The north east or the south west directions are best avoided when it comes to placing your TV in the social space in the house so that the positive energies in the room are not blocked.
Which Colour is good for bedroom as per Vastu?
1. Light Red or Pink. This shade represents warmth and love — elements that every home can benefit from. If you are married or in a relationship, pink or light red is the ideal master bedroom colour as per Vastu, as it not only deepens your bond with your partner but also helps keep conflicts at bay.
Which side facing house is bad?
Most homebuyers prefer East-facing houses as that direction is associated with good luck and prosperity. South-facing homes are generally considered inauspicious and get the bad rap many times due to the belief that Lord Yama, the God of Death, lives in the dakshina or South direction.
Which Colour is lucky for home?
Yellow: Sunny, Nourishing, Happy (Fire or Earth Element) The feng shui color of sunlight, cheerful and uplifting yellow will always brighten any home or office. Yellow color also creates cozy, welcoming feng shui energy in your kitchen, living room or children’s rooms.
Which wall is best for TV?
In the living room Ideally, the TV should be installed in the southeast corner of the living room. The north east or the south west directions are best avoided when it comes to placing your TV in the social space in the house so that the positive energies in the room are not blocked.
Which is the best Vastu for drawing room?
Vastu for drawing room is a methodical knowledge bestowed upon us by our seers. The principles laid down by this system can be cleverly incorporated in creating and designing beautiful modern-day living rooms which can make our lives healthier and more meaningful.
What do you need to know about Vastu Shastra?
Vastu Shastra has guidelines for every room in your home – the direction of the rooms, colours that can be used, ways to correct defects, if any, etc. In this article, we look at how to make your bath and wash space Vastu-compliant.
Which is the best zone in Vastu for worship?
1. Pooja Room / Room for Worship : – North East corner is governed by Eeshwar; Pooja room should be built in this corner. This corner should not be used for bed room, kitchen or any other room, and no other articles should be placed in the pooja room. Cleanliness must be maintained around it. One should sit facing north or east while worshipping.
Where does the Vastu drain in a bathroom?
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Misanthropy is a hatred or distrust of the human race, or a disposition to dislike and mistrust other people.
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- My hate is general, I detest all men;
Some because they are wicked and do evil,
Others because they tolerate the wicked,
Refusing them the active vigorous scorn
Which vice should stimulate in virtuous minds.
- I am misanthropos, and hate mankind
For thy part, I do wish thou wert a dog
That I might love thee something.
- Timon will to the woods; where he shall find
The unkindest beast more kinder than mankind.
The gods confound — hear me, you good gods all —
The Athenians both within and out that wall!
And grant, as Timon grows, his hate may grow
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Brands need to pay attention to the unprecedented growth in the recommerce market that’s being propelled by consumer demand for sustainability as well as e-commerce and massively scalable traceability technology.
Consumers’ growing attention to sustainability issues is driving significant growth in the recommerce space, particularly online clothing resale. Already gaining momentum prepandemic, the trend has been juiced by store closures and tightened budgets over the past year. Research firm Cowen
The forecast figures show that the recommerce opportunity is too big for fashion companies to ignore and is quickly becoming a core component of the consumer-brand relationship. For those who may have felt resale was antithetical to what brands are all about, it’s time to wake up and engage the new world. But while the likes of Stella McCartney, Levi’s, Lululemon and Patagonia have moved on the trend, and while sustainability-based startup brands such as Another Tomorrow are founded around it, scaling recommerce is a whole new challenge. Many brands have neither the technology nor the know-how to address it—and they risk being left behind as a result.
The dismal statistics are likely familiar to most. The World Economic Forum estimates that clothing production has roughly doubled in the last 20 years and that people bought 60% more garments in 2014 than in 2000, but kept them for only half as long. According to the Ellen Macarthur Foundation, “the equivalent of one garbage truck full of clothes is burned or dumped in a landfill every second.” On the face of it, the data suggest consumers are not focused on sustainability issues. Otherwise, why would they be buying more and using it less?
But there’s also no shortage of anecdotal and research data showing that Gen Zers and millennials in particular are values-driven consumers who are increasingly looking for brands that are transparent about their sustainability bona fides. A 2019 consumer survey from First Insight found that 62% of both Gen Zers and millennials prefer to buy from sustainable brands. Some of these younger consumers now shop almost exclusively secondhand for apparel and footwear because it gives them access to higher-quality products they might not otherwise be able to afford, while also allowing them to minimize their consumption footprint and reinforce their social credentials.
Consumers’ definitions of “sustainability” vary dramatically by region and demographic. In some markets, brands’ environmental impact and manufacturing processes are top of mind for shoppers. In others, ethical labor practices and animal welfare are bigger concerns. Younger consumers are especially interested in having access to information about the provenance of products and how companies treat their employees and the environment—and they’re pushing brands to be more transparent about their sustainability commitments and actions.
With the pandemic underscoring the fragility of our species and environment, consumers across all age groups seem to be showing more concern about the effects of their purchasing decisions. A recent survey from Boston Consulting Group found that sustainability’s impact on the buying decisions of consumers of all ages grew from 38% in 2019 to 53% in 2020. The increase was smaller among Gen Zers (48% to 52%) and millennials (46% to 57%), but from higher base points. According to First Insight data, a majority of every generation now says they shop secondary markets for goods. That’s a pretty big message when the brand-consumer relationship has been all about “what’s new” for the past 50 years.
Getting into Recommerce
Fashion and apparel recommerce marketplaces such as The RealReal
It’s notable that these early movers are all retailers selling branded products. Brands are beginning to respond to this invasion of primary market demand by both partnering with emerging secondary market power players and working with technology and logistics providers to set up their own secondary market operations. The Renewal Workshop and Trove enable recommerce for leading brands in a way that lets the brands maintain more control.
The Renewal Workshop, with facilities in Oregon and Amsterdam, has developed a zero-waste system that turns discarded clothing into renewed products that can be resold and upcycles or recycles items that cannot be resold. The company provides a technology platform and fully branded site for its brand partners, which include The North Face, Carhartt, Pearl Izumi and Prana, and shares data on the goods that flow through its system to help brands improve their product development and design practices. Trove powers branded resale for companies that include Patagonia, Levi’s, REI, Eileen Fisher, Arc’teryx and Taylor Stitch.
As Trove CEO Andy Ruben says, “The world produces 100 billion items for 7 billion people each year. Our platform helps brands keep their quality items in circulation longer. When brands and retailers do that, we all win.”
Brand engagement in recommerce is also about extending customer relationships and building new ones, finding shoppers who might not have purchased new items from them at full price and who are likely to become long-term, loyal customers. The cost-effectiveness of recommerce as a customer acquisition channel, combined with the ability it gives brands to build their sustainability credentials, is an appealing formula.
The Power of Authenticity
With the value for brands in the recommerce and secondary market space being heavily concentrated in the data—what’s being sold to whom, what’s being reprocessed or upcycled, and the ESG metrics achieved—the question is how brands can tap into it. Levi’s recently launched Levi’s Secondhand, a buy-back and resale program that lets customers purchase preowned Levi’s apparel online and exchange items in-store for a gift card that can be used toward a future purchase. The offering essentially turns the brand’s brick-and-mortar stores into environments that double as a sourcing channel for resale or recycling. Levi’s can reclaim its own goods and authenticate them immediately, while strengthening its customer relationships at the same time. Setting up and scaling an in-house recommerce platform is one strategy, but it’s unlikely to secure the lion’s share of the flow, given the fragmented nature of supply and the growing power and reach of secondary market retailers.
It seems clear that authentication and traceability technologies will play a key role in solving this issue. Authenticating product has been a major challenge for marketplaces, consumers and brands alike. How do consumers trust a branded item is the real McCoy when they’re purchasing it in a secondary market? Lack of consumer trust in product authenticity is an impediment to pricing items appropriately and capturing margin. A flurry of lawsuits between brands and secondary marketplaces has highlighted the issue, with brands contending that marketplaces cannot validate the authenticity of a product without the input of the brands themselves. “Only Chanel can tell you it’s Chanel” is a quote bandied about the industry. While many marketplaces have invested heavily in expensive inspection and assessment processes, the statement is hard to get away from.
Digital identity and traceability technologies are coming to the rescue. The World Economic Forum is facilitating an industry initiative to demonstrate how digital identities can be applied to products to scale recommerce. The model makes use of the digital identities brands attach to their products as they’re made to provide a means for automated authentication when the products find their way to a recommerce platform. The recommerce platform can scan a product’s identity—a unique QR code, for example—on the label of the item and authenticate it with the brand directly as the product is processed.
Consumers can similarly authenticate an item when they receive it from a marketplace. The model extends the application of digital identities linked to products that brands such as Ralph Lauren, Yoox Net-a-Porter and Puma are already deploying and it enables brands to participate directly in the recommerce process, gathering data, potentially connecting with the consumer and sharing in the value of the resale transaction. It’s a powerful model, analogous to the role Mastercard
As World Retail Congress Chairman Ian McGarrigle says, “Digitization is what allows brands to track the lifecycle of a product, which is a building block of the circular economy.”
New Models for a New World
Stella McCartney has long supported recommerce and rental models as a way to reduce waste and extend the life of products. Her brand is an official partner of The RealReal and she explained her participation in the secondhand market to Vogue in 2019, saying, “There’s $500 billion worth of waste in the fashion industry every year, and that, to me, is a business opportunity.”
Sustainable luxury brand Another Tomorrow is equally committed to supporting a circular economy and has personalized transparency by labeling every garment it produces with a QR code linked to a unique digital ID. Consumers can scan the code to verify an item’s authenticity and learn about its provenance, from the farm where the wool or cotton was harvested to the factory where the piece was manufactured. “Technology is really the foundation of a circular economy,” says Vanessa Barboni Hallik, the brand’s Founder and CEO.
With real consumer demand for sustainable recommerce models, brands are presented with an opportunity to score a win-win: address shoppers’ sustainability concerns by extending the useful life of products and moving toward a circular economy, while generating additional profits, protecting their brand equity, gathering crucial data and increasing customer lifetime value. It’s a powerful and important revolution that will play a fundamental role in determining which brands thrive and which survive in the post-pandemic world. | <urn:uuid:d01387b9-ec2d-49c0-8b47-1d769474c035> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmurphy/2021/02/17/theres-a-quiet-revolution-underway-with-recommerce/?sh=408b99515bfc | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572304.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816120802-20220816150802-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.948338 | 2,029 | 1.96875 | 2 |
A friend of mine who's just begun sinking some money into stocks was looking at picking up some shares in cigarette-maker Altria (MO) as a good dividend play.
"One question," he said. "Would that be unethical to invest in?"
I had no easy answer.
This is something every investor must wrestle with to some degree or another.
It's easy for folks who don't invest their own money to throw stones at those of us who choose exactly where it goes.
Seldom does a public conversation about stocks go by that someone isn't telling you to "buy solar" or some other way of "doing good" and not bad, with your dollars.
Not long after the Massey Energy coal mine disaster killed 25 miners last year, a read an investing columnist call the stock a good buy in response to a reader's question.
His answer prompted a passionate response from a reader who happened to be a university professor. The reader found it offensive that the "wealthy" investing class would make money on a company that risked its workers' lives the way Massey did.
As I read it, I couldn't help but wonder if the the prof thought about where his own money was invested. He is guaranteed a pension upon retirement. Massey was in the S&P 500 until just a couple weeks ago when it was bought out. The odds are pretty good that professor was benefiting from Massey, too, even though he isn't part of the investing class he envisioned.
Every portfolio has 'em.
When I look at my own portfolio, there are ethical questions. I'm invested in Chesapeake Energy, whose natural gas fracking is the subject of much environmental concern here in Pennsylvania.
I don't like that, and I'm hopeful some new environmentally friendly fracking fluids help clean the process up.
Just the other day, I read a story about Buffalo News editorial staffers being asked to sacrifice pay in order to preserve jobs. The paper was threatening a 20-25 percent reduction in staff. All at a time when it was turning a $16 million profit.
As a news reporter dedicated to providing good coverage to readers, cutbacks like these are tough to read about. Cutting staff often diminishes the quality of coverage. And of course, it hurts employee morale.
But I also see management's side, mostly because the paper is owned by Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B). Berkshire became one of my holdings earlier this year, and -- newspaper cuts or not -- I plan to add to what I have soon.
About those cigarettes
It's nice when you can feel good about the company you own, about the products it makes and the ways it goes about making them.
I have some of those in my portfolio, too. Sam Adams beer. Timberland. Cytori Therapeutics and Gilead Sciences. They all do good in their own ways.
But that can't always be the case, which brings me back to my friend's question. Would it be ethical to invest in a cigarette company? That's something only he can decide. People are going to continue to smoke. Altria will continue to take their money, and it will continue to hand back what's now close to a 7% dividend to those who hold shares of Big Mo stock.
If you are uncomfortable holding the stock, don't own it.
If you feel comfortable that you're not contributing to society's ills by keeping a piece of Big Mo for its high yield -- or you just don't care -- buy some.
What if you're feeling pretty good about it, but still have some lingering doubt that you might be contributing to people taking up the habit?
Pair it with a piece of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) or Novartis NVS). Both make a nicotine patch.
That way, you're also helping people quit.
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When you place an order for something you love with a business and you do not receive it in a pleasant manner, it is not going to make you want to shop with them again in the future. This is why you need to make sure that as a small business, you need to think about the same thing for your own clients. When you are sending out or shipping products to a client, always remember they are going to gain one impression about your business in an instant when they see the packaging. This is why you might want to think about eco friendly packaging for your business as this is going to make a bigger difference than you might think. Eco friendly packaging is going to be a great choice as a business for many reasons. This is why a lot of businesses today choose eco friendly packaging as this is going to be a game changer for sure. These are the benefits of using eco friendly packaging for your business packaging.
Eco friendly is best for the environment
We are going to have only one planet and this is why we need to do everything that we can to take care of our world. Many companies or large scale businesses do not think about how their resources and operations are going to affect the environment, leading to problems like climate change. With eco friendly shipping packaging you are going to be doing the best for the environment as the packaging is not going to use non renewable resources and cause harm. It is going to reduce your carbon footprint and it is not going to contribute towards any harmful problems that we see so often in the world. When you love the nature and the earth, you need to make sure you are doing everything in a way that does not cause harm!
You can become a sustainable business
The way that you are presenting your brand to the world is going to matter if you want to be hugely successful. This is why you might want to think about creating a sustainable business and brand. When eco friendly packaging is being used by you as a business, then this is going to be the start of creating a sustainable brand as a company. When you are sustainable as a brand, it is going to attract more customers to you and this is how you get to expand your brand! A sustainable brand is going to be a good fit in today’s times as well.
The packaging is going to be strong and durable
Last but not least, you need to know that eco friendly packaging is going to be strong and durable. As a business owner, you might be thinking eco friendly packaging is not as strong as regular packaging. When you are going to design and buy high quality eco friendly packaging, it is going to be strong and durable for clients. | <urn:uuid:1fa87eee-577d-4da8-8964-89b38f324250> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.airborneupperhunter.com.au/the-benefits-of-using-eco-friendly-packaging-for-your-business-packaging/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.980119 | 538 | 1.523438 | 2 |
Newcomers to Buddhism often ask whether a person's lifestyle has any special bearing on their ability to progress along the Buddha's path, and in particular whether the Buddha had a compelling reason for establishing a monastic order governed by guidelines quite different from those that hold sway over the lay Buddhist community. Doesn't it seem, they ask, that a lay person who follows the Buddhist precepts in daily life should be able to advance just as rapidly as a monk or nun and attain the same level of enlightenment? And, if this is so, doesn't that mean that the entire monastic lifestyle becomes something superfluous, or at best a mere matter of personal choice no more relevant to one's spiritual development than whether one trains to become a doctor or an engineer?
If we suspend concern for questions of status and superiority and simply consider the two modes of life in their ideal expression, the conclusion would have to follow that the monastic life, lived in the way envisioned by the Buddha, is the one that conduces more effectively to the final goal. According to the Pali canon, the ultimate goal of the Dhamma is the attainment of Nibbana: the destruction of all defilements here and now and ultimate release from samsara, the round of rebirths. This attainment comes about by eliminating craving and ignorance through the practice of the Noble Eightfold Path. The Eightfold Path is open equally to both monastics and lay followers; monastic ordination does not confer any privileged access to the path or an empowerment that enables a monk or nun to make more rapid progress than a lay follower. But while this is so, the fact remains that the monastic life was expressly designed by the Buddha to facilitate complete dedication to the practice of the path in its three stages of virtue, concentration, and wisdom, and thus provides the optimal conditions for spiritual progress.
The monastic lifestyle does so precisely because the final goal is a state of renunciation, "the relinquishment of all acquisitions" (sabb'upadhi-patinissagga), and from the outset the monk's life is rooted in renunciation. In "going forth," the monk leaves behind family, possessions, and worldly position, and even the outer marks of personal identity, symbolized by hair, beard, and wardrobe. By shaving the head and donning the yellow robe, the monk has given up — in principle at least — any claim to a unique identity as his own. Outwardly indistinguishable from a hundred thousand other monks, he has become simply a "Sakyaputtiya samana," an ascetic who follows the Sakyan son (i.e., the Buddha).
The life of the monk involves radical simplicity, contentment with the barest requisites, the need to be patient in difficulty. The monastic lifestyle places the monk in dependence on the generosity and kindness of others, and imposes on him an intricate code of discipline, the Vinaya, designed to foster the essential renunciant virtues of simplicity, restraint, purity, and harmlessness. These virtues provide a sound basis for the higher attainments in concentration and insight, which are essentially stages in the progressive purification of the mind and the deepening of insight.
Of prime importance, too, is the external freedom ideally provided by the monastic life. The monastic schedule leaves the monk free from extraneous demands on his time and energy, allowing him to devote himself fully to the practice and study of the Dhamma. Of course, as the monastic life is lived today, monks take on many responsibilities not originally mentioned in the canonical texts, and in a traditional Buddhist country the village temple has become the hub of religious activity, with the monks functioning as virtual priests for the wider Buddhist community. But here we are concerned with the canonical picture of the monastic life. If the monk's life so conceived did not promote smoother progress toward the goal, it seems there would have been no sound reason for the Buddha to have established a monastic order or to have encouraged men and women so inclined to "go forth from the home life into homelessness."
While the attainment of Nibbana is the ultimate goal of early Buddhism, it is not the only goal, and one of the shortcomings in the way Theravada Buddhism has been presented to the West is the one-sided emphasis placed on the final goal over the provisional aspect of the Teaching. In traditional Buddhist lands few Buddhists see Nibbana as an immediately realistic prospect. The great majority, both lay and monastic, regard the path as a course of "gradual practice, gradual progress, and gradual achievement" extending over many lives. Their practice as Buddhist followers centers around the performance of meritorious deeds and methodical mental purification, rooted in the confidence that the kammic law of causality and the spiritual power of the Dhamma will sustain them in their quest for deliverance.
To make clear the choices facing the lay follower we might posit two alternative models of the Buddhist lay life. On the first model lay life is seen as a field for gradual progress toward the goal through the development of wholesome qualities such as generosity, moral virtue, kindness, and understanding. The immediate aim is not direct realization of the highest truth, but the accumulation of merits leading to a happy rebirth and gradual progress toward Nibbana.
The second model recognizes the capacity of lay followers for reaching the stages of awakening in this life itself, and advocates strict moral discipline and strenuous effort in meditation to attain deep insight into the truth of the Dhamma. While there are in Buddhist countries lay people who follow the path of direct realization, their number is much smaller than those who pursue the alternative model. The reason should be obvious enough: the stakes are higher, and include a capacity for inward renunciation rare among those who must raise a family, work at a full-time job, and struggle to survive in a ruggedly competitive world. We should note further a point of prime importance: this second model of the Buddhist lay life becomes effective as a means to higher attainment precisely because it emulates the monastic model. Thus, to the extent that a lay follower embarks on the practice of the direct path to realization, he or she does so by conforming to the lifestyle of a monk or nun.
These two conceptions of the lay life need not be seen as mutually exclusive, for an earnest lay follower can adopt the first model for his or her normal routine and also stake out periods to pursue the second model, e.g., by curtailing social engagements, devoting time to deep study and meditation, and occasionally going on extended retreats. Though a monastic lifestyle might be more conducive to enlightenment than a busy life within the world, when it comes to individuals rather than models all fixed preconceptions collapse. Some lay people with heavy family and social commitments manage to make such rapid progress that they can give guidance in meditation to earnest monks, and it is not rare at all to find sincere monks deeply committed to the practice who advance slowly and with difficulty. While the monastic life, lived according to the original ideal, may provide the optimal outer conditions for spiritual progress, the actual rate of progress depends on personal effort and on the store of qualities one brings over from previous lives, and often it seems individuals deeply enmeshed in the world are better endowed in both respects than those who enter the Sangha.
In any case, whether for monk, nun, or layperson, the path to Nibbana is the same: the Noble Eightfold Path. Whatever one's personal circumstances may be, if one is truly earnest about realizing the final goal of the Dhamma one will make every effort to tread this path in the way that best fits the particular circumstances of one's life. As the Buddha himself says: "Whether it be a householder or one gone forth, it is the one of right practice that I praise, not the one of wrong practice" (SN XLV.24). | <urn:uuid:587b5b63-5a69-40fa-aacf-cd1c77bddb08> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/bodhi/bps-essay_39.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285289.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00151-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952096 | 1,623 | 2.484375 | 2 |
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Glass shelves usually don't work well for pantries unless they are small and narrow for storing little spice bottles. Openwork metal pantry shelves tend to be stronger than solid shelf pieces made from cheap, thin metals. Stainless steel openwork shelving is used in many professional kitchens for its sturdiness and efficient looks, but it can be expensive. White or silver-colored open wire pantry shelving is a less expensive option that is strong enough for most home kitchens.
If your pantry has a door, choosing wire shelving systems designed to attach to the top back of interior doors can give you maximum storage in a small area. These pantry shelves are often ideal for storing small items that are easy to misplace. The back of the pantry door, or a wall near the doorway, is also a good place for shelves for items used daily. This saves going to the back of the pantry for often-needed supplies.
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With kids remote learning, people working from home, and the cat wondering when everyone will leave, it is a crazy time for all of us. You probably have 165 items on your to-do list, and yet you feel like you can’t get anything done. You are not alone. That’s why I asked Autumn Nyby, co-host of the A to B Podcast and professional organizer, to help us. Follow these steps to organize your to-do list and infuse some sanity into your life.
Organize your to-do list into categories
Not all items on your to-do list are of equal importance. In order to organize your to-do list, it helps to break the list into categories. Autumn Nyby says, “The first thing you need to do is divide the tasks into categories like errands, computer work, calls to make, and bigger projects. Just breaking it up into categories, especially with such a large number of tasks, helps to see what is really on that list.”
Set a time limit for items on your to-do list
Once you have your to-do list broken down into categories, the next step is to put a time limit on each task. Nyby says, “This is the most important thing you can do.”
You may look at your to-do list and feel overwhelmed by the amount of time you think it will take. That’s why Nyby advises us to sit down and do a quick estimate of how long each task should take or how much time you want to spend on each item.
Next to “Respond to Jennifer’s email”, write down: “10 minutes”. Nyby says, “You are watching the clock. It makes you go a little faster even though you may not be exactly within the time limit. It gives you that pressure of ‘I’m going to spend this much time on it, and then I can say I’m done with this.’”
Kids at home? Organize your to-do list into light work and deep work
Gone are the days when I could complete a task uninterrupted at home on a Tuesday morning. That’s okay. There are perks to the constant buzz of family activity. However, I would still like to get some tasks accomplished. Luckily, Nyby shares her tips on how to stay organized during these unusual times.
In order to accomplish more, Nyby recommends breaking down your to-do list into “light work” and “deep work.” Light work is ideal for multi-tasking, tasks you can do in the background such as folding the laundry or making a quick call to a friend. Your deep work are items when you really need some quiet time, a place to hide from the kids, and an area to focus. Think about when you can get your deep work done during the day. Decide what you can do now and what you don’t have time for until later.
Declutter your paper pile by changing your way of thinking
When the mail arrives or your child gives you papers from school, you need to find a system so the paper stack does not live on your kitchen counter. “People get stuck with papers,” says Nyby. “One of the big habits is that we look at a piece of paper, think about it, and then put it down.” That’s not what we should be doing, though. As Nyby explains, “You didn’t finish thinking about it. The thought is, ‘What am I going to do with this paper? Where does this paper live? Do I need to take an action on it?’ You need to finish the full thought process with the paper before you just put it down.”
Consider where each paper should live
To help you keep the paper pile to a minimum, get into the habit of thinking about the paper. For example, let’s say a paper comes home from school. Nyby says, “You look at it and put it down. But, wait. Was there any information in it? Do you need to record something in your calendar? Was it just knowledge so you read it and you feel good? If it was just knowledge, trash it right then, so you are not picking up this useless paper multiple times. For important paper, put it in a place where you can find it when you need it.” Nyby recommends using a file folder box for the important paperwork.
Create a productive workspace at home
According to Nyby, the first thing you should do to create a productive work space at home is to keep important items accessible. You do not want to waste time hunting around for these items. Then, make a space where your items can be put away, so everything isn’t out on your desk. Finally, leave extra time at the end of the day to clean up your space. Nyby says, “The cleaning up part is why we sometimes feel our workspace isn’t productive. We wake up in the morning and you feel like you are starting off on the wrong foot.” If we straighten up our space at the end of the day, then the next morning we are ready to get to work. This is true for both adults and kids.
Pay attention to your energy levels, and limit what drains you
We can’t do it all. Especially now. Nyby offers great advice, “Yes, you can try your best, but think about what your priorities are during this time. Realize that some things on your to-do list need to go because it is impossible to do it all.” Focus on what you need right now. Nyby says, “Pay attention to your own energy levels, and think about when you are getting outside to get fresh air or what gives you more energy. Can you put on some music? What are the things that give you energy that can help you?” Consider the opposite, too. “What are the things that drain you? Is staying on the phone all day draining you? Limit that,” says Nyby. “We all need to be aware of our energy. You taking care of yourself, your attitude, the kids feed off of that.” | <urn:uuid:cec5d84b-7c83-43fa-a4c1-f64932e4bf02> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.artofhappymoving.com/organize-your-to-do-list-with-autumn-nyby/?shared=email&msg=fail | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570741.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808001418-20220808031418-00076.warc.gz | en | 0.958115 | 1,329 | 1.59375 | 2 |
Study Suggests that Dinosaurs were Warm-Blooded
Stony Brook paleontologist’s re-analysis of largest study of dinosaur growth published in Science
STONY BROOK, N.Y., May 28, 2015 – –Dinosaurs grew as fast as your average living mammal, according to a research paper published by Stony Brook University paleontologist Michael D’Emic, PhD. The paper, to published in Science on May 29,is a re-analysis of a widely publicized 2014 Science paper on dinosaur metabolism and growth that concluded dinosaurs were neither ectothermic nor endothermic—terms popularly simplified as ‘cold-blooded’ and ‘warm-blooded’—but instead occupied an intermediate category.
A microscopic image of the thigh bone (femur) of a dinosaur shows concentric rings. The rings represent unrecorded time, so an annual growth rate (dashed line in graph) is an underestimate relative to the true growth rate during the favorable growing season.
“The study that I re-analyzed was remarkable for its breadth—the authors compiled an unprecedented dataset on growth and metabolism from studies of hundreds of living animals,” said Dr. D’Emic, a Research Instructor in the Department of Anatomical Sciences as Stony Brook, when referring to “Evidence for mesothermy in dinosaurs.”
“Upon re-analysis, it was apparent that dinosaurs weren’t just somewhat like living mammals in their physiology—they fit right within our understanding of what it means to be a ‘warm-blooded’ mammal,” he said.
To learn more about this finding and Dr. D’Emic’s research, see this Stony Brook University video.
Dr. D’Emic specializes in bone microanatomy, or the study of the structure of bone on scales that are just a fraction of the width of a human hair. Based on his knowledge of how dinosaurs grew, Dr. D’Emic re-analyzed that study, which led him to the strikingly different conclusion that dinosaurs were more like mammals than reptiles in their growth and metabolism.
Dr. D’Emic re-analyzed the study from two aspects. First, the original study had scaled yearly growth rates to daily ones in order to standardize comparisons.
“This is problematic,” Dr. D’Emic explains, “because many animals do not grow continuously throughout the year, generally slowing or pausing growth during colder, drier, or otherwise more stressful seasons.
“Therefore, the previous study underestimated dinosaur growth rates by failing to account for their uneven growth. Like most animals, dinosaurs slowed or paused their growth annually, as shown by rings in their bones analogous to tree rings,” he explained.
Dr. D’Emic holding one of the many dinosaur bones he examined under the microscope in his Stony Brook University lab.
He added that the growth rates were especially underestimated for larger animals and animals that live in very stressful or seasonal environments—both of which characterize dinosaurs.
The second aspect of the re-analysis with the original study takes into account that dinosaurs should be statistically analyzed within the same group as living birds, which are also warm-blooded, because birds are descendants of Mesozoic dinosaurs.
“Separating what we commonly think of as ‘dinosaurs’ from birds in a statistical analysis is generally inappropriate, because birds are dinosaurs—they’re just the dinosaurs that haven’t gone extinct.”
He explained that re-analyzing the data with birds as dinosaurs lends more support that dinosaurs were ‘warm-blooded,’ not occupants of a special, intermediate metabolic category.
According to Holly Woodward, Assistant Professor in the Center for Health Sciences at Oklahoma State University, Dr. D’Emic’s re-analysis is crucial to building research on the metabolism and development of dinosaurs.
“D’Emic’s study reveals how important access to the data behind published results is for hypothesis testing and advancing our understanding of dinosaur growth dynamics,” said Woodward.
Dr. D’Emic hopes that his study will also spur new research into when, why, and how pauses or slowdowns in growth are recorded in bones, which may have implications in the development of other species and in the study of bone diseases such as osteoporosis.
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When writing a thank-you letter, you may think it's the middle of the note—the part where you express gratitude in a personable and specific way—that is the most challenging section to compose. That may be true, but the way you close your thank-you letter is important and shouldn’t be overlooked.
Review information on how to end a thank-you letter or email, examples of closings to use, and tips for choosing the best phrase to show your appreciation.
Thank-You Letter Closings
Letter greetings and closings may not seem critical, but they help form a well-written letter. When it comes to thank-you letters, the formalities are also important because letter readers have certain expectations of the style and tone of your letter. That's especially true when you're writing for business or professional reasons.
You should always include a polite closing, as well as an appropriate greeting, in a thank-you note, letter, or email message.
The close of your letter is a formal way to echo the appreciation you expressed throughout the body of the thank-you note.
It’s the part of the letter or email that may leave a lasting impression.
How To End a Thank-You Letter
Whether it's a simple "Thank you" or a more formal "Thank you for your assistance in this matter," the closing statement in your thank-you email should always be followed by a comma. Then, skip down a line and write your name.
Email Message Thank-You Example
If you’re writing a letter that you’ll print out and mail, leave two spaces between the complimentary closing and your typed name. This is where you will sign your name in black or blue ink.
Formal Letter Thank-You Example
Signature (printed letter)
Closing Options for Thank-You Letters
The following options will cover a variety of circumstances and are good ways to close a thank-you letter:
- Best regards
- Gratefully yours
- Kind thanks
- Many thanks
- Sincerely yours
- Thanks for all you do
- Thanks for everything
- Thank you
- Thank you for your assistance in this matter
- Thank you for your concern
- Thank you for your consideration
- Thank you for your recommendation
- Thank you for your time
- Thank you in advance for your help
- Thank you so much
- Thank you very much
- With appreciation
- With gratitude
- With sincere gratitude
- With sincere thanks
- With thanks and appreciation
- Your help is greatly appreciated
How to Choose the Right Closing Phrase
Any of the options listed above are appropriate. Some are more formal, while others are softer and warmer in tone. It's subtle, but "Kind thanks" has a different impact than the more formal phrase, "Thank you for your assistance in this matter."
The degree of formality you employ will depend upon your recipient. If they’re a friend or an acquaintance you know personally—or even a job interviewer with whom you felt that you established a good rapport—it’s fine to use the warmer tone.
If, however, you’re thanking a business associate or someone you have never met, the more formal, conservative phrases should be used. Read through your entire letter and think about what tone you're conveying in the text. Then select a closing sentiment that fits that tone.
Writing a Thank-You Letter for a Job Interview
One of the most important thank-you letters you'll write will be for a job interview. A well-written letter or email will help you secure a second interview or even a job offer.
It’s important to send a letter of thanks to your interviewer as soon as you can after completing your job interview. Of course, there's much more to a successful job interview thank-you letter than simply including an appropriate closing phrase.
You need to have several sections in which you thank the interviewer appropriately and add extra bits of information that may help keep you in the interviewer’s mind to give you a boost over the competition:
- Salutation: In the same way that it's inappropriate to close a business letter with "XOXO," you'll want to make sure that your opening greeting is not too casual or familiar. There are various salutations you can use, including the most common option, "Dear."
- Say thank you: This may seem obvious, but you'll want to open your thank-you letter with appreciation. If you’re writing a thank-you letter following a job interview, be sure to thank the interviewer for giving you the opportunity to interview and for taking the time to chat about the nature and requirements of the position.
- Mention your interest: When composing follow-up thank-you notes after job interviews, the opening paragraph of your letter is also a good opportunity to express and/or reconfirm your interest in the position. If interviewers are choosing between two candidates, enthusiasm could sway their decision.
- Make a case for your candidacy: While courtesy is the biggest reason for your thank-you note, the letter is also an opportunity to remind interviewers why you are a strong candidate. Use the body of the email to reiterate your relevant skills and experience. Callbacks to the conversation are helpful here. Ideally, your thank-you note will feel specific to the position at hand and not generic.
- Reiterate your thanks: Close your letter by thanking the recipient once again.
Review a Sample Letter
The following is a sample letter that can be printed or sent as an attachment. If you're sending an email message, include your contact information after your typed name.
Thank You Letter Example
City, State Zip
Your Phone Number
Your Email Address
Recipient’s Company’s Address
City, State Zip
Dear Mr./Mrs. Lastname,
Thank you for taking the time to interview me for the open bartending position at Antonio’s Steakhouse yesterday. I enjoyed speaking with you and Mr. Tortelli, the owner. Based on the interview and my experience as a customer, Antonio’s appears to be a great place to work.
I would make an excellent evening bartender due to my past experience in bartending and in other restaurant positions I’ve held over the years. I have all the skills needed for a job in the hospitality industry, and I enjoy working with people. In fact, at my current job, I was awarded employee of the month in June of this year.
Thanks again, and if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. My cell phone number is 555-555-5555, and my email is firstname.lastname@example.org. I look forward to hearing from you.
Your signature (printed letter)
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Many plants originally introduced for use in ornamental landscapes have since become invasive. To address these challenges, the Northwest Michigan Invasive Species Network (ISN) recommends the following planting guidelines for municipalities, homeowners associations, and other interested groups. ISN partners developed the lists of recommended and prohibited plants below based on scientific evidence, collective experience managing natural areas across the region, and with input from the City of Ann Arbor’s invasive plant list and Michigan Natural Features Inventory.
This resource can be downloaded above. It includes a list of suggested native plants, as well as four classes of invasive plants:
For identification assistance or to report a species occurrence, visit the Midwest Invasive Species Information Network. For management advice, visit the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ invasive species website, Midwest Invasive Plant Network’s control database, or contact us.
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Estimating how much money it will cost to reface kitchen cabinets involves calculating the number of doors and panels to be worked on and measuring the sizes of the cabinets. The cost of replacing drawers, molding and veneers also must be factored in.Continue Reading
Calculating an estimate for kitchen cabinet refacing begins with the type of wood. Examples of common cabinet woods are alder, beech, birch, cherry, hickory, maple, pine and red or white oak. All of these woods have different quality grades, which can influence the base cost.
The cabinets and pantry are measured to find out the linear footage length. Each section of countertop should be measured individually along the backsides of the cabinets and rounded up to determine the total length to the nearest foot. If new crown moulding and light rail are needed, include these as well.
The next step is to count the number of cabinet drawers, if these are being replaced. While calculating, remember to include any extra work needed, such as adjusting the height or placement of the cabinets. A typical refacing project includes replacing the fronts of drawers and doors, skinning frames, installing new knobs, handles and hinges, and adding on special touches like glass and crown molding. In general, refacing kitchen cabinets costs about 40 to 50 percent less than installing new cabinetry.Learn more about Home Maintenance | <urn:uuid:5a062e25-05aa-4ea7-aa32-041940dfd811> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.reference.com/home-garden/estimate-cost-kitchen-cabinet-refacing-53d5ec58f113b5c4 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281162.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00534-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933006 | 287 | 2.203125 | 2 |
A swimming pool has four faucets.
They fill the pool in following times :
1. The first can fill the entire pool with water in two days,
2. The second in three days,
3. The third in four days, and
4. The last one can fill the pool in 6 hours.
How long will it take to fill the pool using all 4 faucets together?
Since there are 24 hours in one day,
in one hour first tap fills 1/48,
the second tap 1/72,
the third tap 1/96 and
the fourth tap fills 1/6 of the Pool.
That is all together (6+4+3+48) / 288 = 61/288.
The Pool will be full in 288/61 hours,
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This paper explores the possibility of using diachronic case study comparisons to shed light on continuity and change in policy interventions to manage plant closures. It compares the early results of a survey of workers retrenched in the 2017 closure of Australia’s passenger vehicle manufacturing industry with the results of a similar survey of workers who lost their jobs in the 2005 closure of Mitsubishi’s Adelaide engine-casting and components plant. Despite the 12 years of accumulated expertise in plant closure and structural adjustment management, this comparison shows remarkable similarities in the profile of the cohort of retrenched workers and remarkable similarities in their employment outcomes. The discussion reflects on conditions that produce continuity and change.
This report describes epidemiology, burden, and treatment of osteoporosis in each of the 27 countries of the European Union plus Switzerland and the UK (EU 27+2). Introduction The aim of this report was to characterize the burden of osteoporosis in each of the countries of the European Union plus Switzerland and the UK in 2019 and beyond. Methods The data on fracture incidence and costs of fractures in the EU27+2 was taken from a concurrent publication in this journal (SCOPE 2021: a new scorecard for osteoporosis in Europe) and country-specific information extracted. The information extracted covered four domains: burden of osteoporosis and fractures; policy framework; service provision; and service uptake. Results The clinical and economic burden of osteoporotic fractures in 2019 is given for each of the 27 countries of the EU plus Switzerland and the UK. Each domain was ranked and the country performance set against the scorecard for all nations studied. Data were also compared with the first SCOPE undertaken in 2010. Fifteen of the 16 score card metrics on healthcare provision were used in the two surveys. Scores had improved or markedly improved in 15 countries, remained constant in 8 countries and worsened in 3 countries. The average treatment gap increased from 55% in 2010 to 71% in 2019. Overall, 10.6 million women who were eligible for treatment were untreated in 2010. In 2019, this number had risen to 14.0 million. Conclusions In spite of the high cost of osteoporosis, a substantial treatment gap and projected increase of the economic burden driven by aging populations, the use of pharmacological prevention of osteoporosis has decreased in recent years, suggesting that a change in healthcare policy concerning the disease is warranted.
A prospective hospital-based survey in representative regions of Saudi Arabia determined the incidence of fractures at the hip. The hip fracture rates were used to create a FRAX® model to facilitate fracture risk assessment in Saudi Arabia. Objective This paper describes the incidence of hip fracture in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that was used to characterize the current and future burden of hip fracture, to develop a country-specific FRAX® tool for fracture prediction and to compare fracture probabilities with neighbouring countries. Methods During a 2-year (2017/2018) prospective survey in 15 hospitals with a defined catchment population, hip fractures in Saudi citizens were prospectively identified from hospital registers. The number of hip fractures and future burden was determined from national demography. Age- and sex-specific incidence of hip fracture and national mortality rates were incorporated into a FRAX model for Saudi Arabia. Fracture probabilities were compared with those from Kuwait and Abu Dhabi. Results The incidence of hip fracture applied nationally suggested that the estimated number of hip fractures nationwide in persons over the age of 50 years for 2015 was 2,949 and is predicted to increase nearly sevenfold to 20,328 in 2050. Hip fracture rates were comparable with estimates from Abu Dhabi and Kuwait. By contrast, probabilities of a major osteoporotic fracture or hip fracture from the age of 70 years were much lower than those seen in Abu Dhabi and Kuwait due to higher mortality estimates for Saudi Arabia. Conclusion A country-specific FRAX tool for fracture prediction has been developed for Saudi Arabia which is expected to help guide decisions about treatment.
The National Osteoporosis Guideline Group (NOGG) has revised the UK guideline for the assessment and management of osteoporosis and the prevention of fragility fractures in postmenopausal women, and men age 50 years and older. Accredited by NICE, this guideline is relevant for all healthcare professionals involved in osteoporosis management. Introduction The UK National Osteoporosis Guideline Group (NOGG) first produced a guideline on the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis in 2008, with updates in 2013 and 2017. This paper presents a major update of the guideline, the scope of which is to review the assessment and management of osteoporosis and the prevention of fragility fractures in postmenopausal women, and men age 50 years and older. Methods Where available, systematic reviews, meta-analyses and randomised controlled trials were used to provide the evidence base. Conclusions and recommendations were systematically graded according to the strength of the available evidence. Results Review of the evidence and recommendations are provided for the diagnosis of osteoporosis, fracture-risk assessment and intervention thresholds, management of vertebral fractures, non-pharmacological and pharmacological treatments, including duration and monitoring of anti-resorptive therapy, glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis, and models of care for fracture prevention. Recommendations are made for training; service leads and commissioners of healthcare; and for review criteria for audit and quality improvement. Conclusion The guideline, which has received accreditation from the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE), provides a comprehensive overview of the assessment and management of osteoporosis for all healthcare professionals involved in its management. This position paper has been endorsed by the International Osteoporosis Foundation and by the European Society for the Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases.
Background Many elite athletes have suboptimal sleep duration and efficiency, potentially due to factors that may impact sleep onset and offset times. Variability in sleep onset and offset may negatively influence sleep. The sleep regularity index (SRI) is a novel metric for sleep regularity, however there are no published descriptions of SRI in elite athletes. Further, contributors to sleep efficiency and duration in elite athletes using objective measures have not been explored. Methods Sleep was monitored over a minimum of seven consecutive days (7 to 43)—in 203 elite team sport athletes (age range = 19–36 years; female, n = 79; male, n = 124, total sleep nights = 1975) using activity monitoring and sleep diaries. The sleep regularity index (SRI) was calculated to reflect the night-to-night shifts in sleep by accounting for changes in sleep onset and sleep offset. Sleep characteristics were compared between regular and irregular sleepers and important contributors to sleep efficiency and total sleep time were assessed using multiple linear regression models. Results The median sleep regularity index and interquartile range were 85.1 (81.4 to 88.8). When compared to irregular sleepers, regular sleepers demonstrated (1) significantly greater sleep efficiency (p = 0.006; 0.31 medium effect size [ES]), (2) significantly less variability in total sleep time (− p ≤ 0.001; − 0.69, large ES) and sleep efficiency (− 0.34, small ES), (3) similar total sleep time and (4) significantly less variation in sleep onset (p ≤ 0.001; − 0.73, large ES) and offset (p ≤ 0.001; − 0.74, large ES) times. Sleep characteristics explained 73% and 22% of the variance in total sleep time and sleep efficiency, respectively. The most important contributor to total sleep time was a later sleep offset time, while the most important contributors to sleep efficiency were an earlier bedtime and less variable sleep onset times. Conclusions Bedtime and a consistent sleep onset time are important factors associated with sleep efficiency in athletes, while sleep offset is an important factor for total sleep time. Coaches and staff can assist their athletes by providing training schedules that allow for both regularity and sufficiency of time in bed where possible.
This study includes 1005 men from the Gothenburg part of the Osteoporotic Fracture in Men Study (MrOS). Included are 66 men with anemia (hemoglobin < 130 g/L). The follow-up time was up to 16 years, and the main results are that anemia is associated with all fractures and non-vertebral osteoporotic fractures. Introduction Anemia and osteoporotic fractures are conditions that are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Clinical studies have suggested that anemia can be used as a predictor of future osteoporotic fractures. Method Men from the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study (MrOS) Sweden, Gothenburg, with available hemoglobin (Hb) values ( n = 1005, median age 75.3 years (SD 3.2)), were included in the current analyses. Of these, 66 suffered from anemia, defined as Hb < 130 g/L. Median follow-up time for fracture was 10.1 years and the longest follow-up time was 16.1 years. Results Men with anemia had, at baseline, experienced more falls and had a higher prevalence of diabetes, cancer, prostate cancer, hypertension, and stroke. Anemia was not statistically significantly associated with bone mineral density (BMD). Men with anemia had higher serum levels of fibroblast growth factor 23 (iFGF23) ( p < 0.001) and phosphate ( p = 0.001) and lower serum levels of testosterone ( p < 0.001) and estradiol ( p < 0.001). Moreover, men with anemia had an increased risk of any fracture (hazard ratio (HR) 1.97, 95% CI 1.28–3.02) and non-vertebral osteoporotic fracture (HR 2.15, 95% CI 1.18–3.93), after adjustment for age and total hip BMD, in 10 years. The risk for any fracture was increased in 10 and 16 years independently of falls, comorbidities, inflammation, and sex hormones. The age-adjusted risk of hip fracture was increased in men with anemia (HR 2.32, 95% CI 1.06–5.12), in 10 years, although this was no longer statistically significant after further adjustment for total hip BMD. Conclusions Anemia is associated with an increased risk for any fracture and non-vertebral osteoporotic fracture in elderly men with a long follow-up time. The cause is probably multifactorial and our results support that anemia can be used as a predictor for future fracture.
The IOF Epidemiology and Quality of Life Working Group has reviewed the potential role of population screening for high hip fracture risk against well-established criteria. The report concludes that such an approach should strongly be considered in many health care systems to reduce the burden of hip fractures. Introduction The burden of long-term osteoporosis management falls on primary care in most healthcare systems. However, a wide and stable treatment gap exists in many such settings; most of which appears to be secondary to a lack of awareness of fracture risk. Screening is a public health measure for the purpose of identifying individuals who are likely to benefit from further investigations and/or treatment to reduce the risk of a disease or its complications. The purpose of this report was to review the evidence for a potential screening programme to identify postmenopausal women at increased risk of hip fracture. Methods The approach took well-established criteria for the development of a screening program, adapted by the UK National Screening Committee, and sought the opinion of 20 members of the International Osteoporosis Foundation’s Working Group on Epidemiology and Quality of Life as to whether each criterion was met (yes, partial or no). For each criterion, the evidence base was then reviewed and summarized. Results and Conclusion The report concludes that evidence supports the proposal that screening for high fracture risk in primary care should strongly be considered for incorporation into many health care systems to reduce the burden of fractures, particularly hip fractures. The key remaining hurdles to overcome are engagement with primary care healthcare professionals, and the implementation of systems that facilitate and maintain the screening program.
Background The etiology of hamstring strain injury (HSI) in American football is multi-factorial and understanding these risk factors is paramount to developing predictive models and guiding prevention and rehabilitation strategies. Many player-games are lost due to the lack of a clear understanding of risk factors and the absence of effective methods to minimize re-injury. This paper describes the protocol that will be followed to develop the HAMstring InjuRy (HAMIR) index risk prediction models for HSI and re-injury based on morphological, architectural, biomechanical and clinical factors in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I collegiate football players. Methods A 3-year, prospective study will be conducted involving collegiate football student-athletes at four institutions. Enrolled participants will complete preseason assessments of eccentric hamstring strength, on-field sprinting biomechanics and muscle–tendon volumes using magnetic-resonance imaging (MRI). Athletic trainers will monitor injuries and exposure for the duration of the study. Participants who sustain an HSI will undergo a clinical assessment at the time of injury along with MRI examinations. Following completion of structured rehabilitation and return to unrestricted sport participation, clinical assessments, MRI examinations and sprinting biomechanics will be repeated. Injury recurrence will be monitored through a 6-month follow-up period. HAMIR index prediction models for index HSI injury and re-injury will be constructed. Discussion The most appropriate strategies for reducing risk of HSI are likely multi-factorial and depend on risk factors unique to each athlete. This study will be the largest-of-its-kind (1200 player-years) to gather detailed information on index and recurrent HSI, and will be the first study to simultaneously investigate the effect of morphological, biomechanical and clinical variables on risk of HSI in collegiate football athletes. The quantitative HAMIR index will be formulated to identify an athlete’s propensity for HSI, and more importantly, identify targets for injury mitigation, thereby reducing the global burden of HSI in high-level American football players. Trial Registration The trial is prospectively registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05343052; April 22, 2022).
Background Chronically medically ill patients often need clinical assistance with symptom management, as well as self-care interventions that can help to reduce the impact of bothersome symptoms. Experienced clinicians can help to guide the development of more effective self-care interventions. Objective To create a consensus-based list of common bothersome symptoms of chronic conditions and of self-care management behaviors recommended to patients by clinicians to reduce the impact of these symptoms. Methods A two-round Delphi study was performed among an international panel of 47 clinicians using online surveys to identify common and bothersome symptoms and related self-care management behaviors recommended to patients with heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, type 2 diabetes, or arthritis. Results A total of 30 common bothersome symptoms and 158 self-care management behaviors across the five conditions were listed. Each chronic condition has its own bothersome symptoms and self-care management behaviors. Consensus was reached on the vast majority of recommended behaviors. Conclusions The list of common bothersome symptoms and self-care management behaviors reflect consensus across four countries on many points but also disagreement on others, and a few recommendations are inconsistent with current guidelines. Efforts to encourage clinicians to recommend effective self-care management behaviors may reduce symptom impact in chronically ill patient populations.
Based on Hunt and Vitell’s theory of ethics, using three vignettes, we tested intrinsic and extrinsic religiosities and five ethical principles (justice, deontology, relativism, egoism, and utilitarianism) in the ethical decision-making process of 232 Indian business professionals. Intrinsic religiosity is positively related to ethical recognition and intent and extrinsic religiosity is negatively related to ethical intent in the vignette concerning duty of care. Although intrinsic religiosity predicted justice, deontology and relativism in three vignettes, it is also positively related to utilitarianism in one vignette. Egoism is not related to intrinsic and extrinsic religiosities. Extrinsic religiosity is negatively related to justice (one vignette), deontology (two vignettes), relativism (two vignettes) and utilitarianism (one vignette). Moreover, the intrinsic religiosity-ethical recognition and extrinsic religiosity-ethical intent relationships are varyingly mediated by the ethical principles. We extend Hunt and Vitell’s theory in a multi-faith context and our findings have implications for Indian business leaders and employees.
There is considerable variability in neurocognitive functioning within schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, and neurocognitive performance ranges from severe global impairment to normative performance. Few investigations of neurocognitive clusters have considered the degree to which deterioration relative to premorbid neurocognitive abilities is related to key illness characteristics. Moreover, while neurocognition and community functioning are strongly related, understanding of the sources of variability in the association between these two domains is also limited; it is unknown what proportion of participants would over-perform or under-perform the level of functioning expected based on current neurocognitive performance vs. lifelong attainment. This study examined data from 954 outpatients with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders across three previous studies. Neurocognition, community functioning, and symptoms were assessed. Neurocognitive subgroups were created based on current neurocognition, estimated premorbid IQ, and degree of deterioration from premorbid using z-score cut-offs; functional subgroups were created with cluster analysis based on the Specific Level of Functioning Scale and current neurocognition. The sample was neurocognitively heterogeneous; 65% displayed current neurocognitive impairment and 84% experienced some level of deterioration. Thirty percent of our sample was relatively higher functioning despite significant neurocognitive impairment. Individuals with better community functioning, regardless of neurocognitive performance, had lower symptom severity compared to those with worse functioning. These results highlight the variability in neurocognition and its role in functioning. Understanding individual differences in neurocognitive and functional profiles and the interaction between prior and current cognitive functioning can guide individualized treatment and selection of participants for clinical treatment studies.
Background Acute kidney injury (AKI) is accompanied by dysregulation of cellular energy metabolism and accumulation of intracellular lipid. Phosphorylation of acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) by AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) inhibits fatty acid synthesis and promotes fatty acid oxidation (FAO), vital for kidney tubular epithelial cells (TECs). The diabetes drug metformin is protective in models of AKI; however, it is not known whether ACC phosphorylation plays a role. Methods Cisplatin-induced AKI (CI-AKI) was established in ACC1/2 double knock-in (ACC1/2DKI) mice, harbouring mutations that disrupt fatty acid metabolism, and the role of metformin was studied in this model. Outcomes measured included serum biochemistry, expression of kidney injury markers such as neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), and metabolomic analysis. Findings ACC1/2DKI mice demonstrated more severe CI-AKI than wild type (WT), as assessed by serum urea and creatinine, histological injury, and expression of NGAL and interleukin-6. Metformin protected against AKI in WT mice, shown by reduced NGAL, but this effect was absent in ACC1/2DKI mice. In cultured TECs exposed to cisplatin, metformin reduced expression of cleaved caspase-3, however, this effect was diminished in ACC1/2DKI TECs. Analysis of kidney polar metabolites found numerous differences between metformin-treated CI-AKI in ACC1/2DKI and WT mice, involving multiple pathways of amino acid, nucleoside, and energy metabolism. Interpretation Severity of CI-AKI is exacerbated by the inability to regulate metabolism via phosphorylation of ACC. ACC phosphorylation contributes to the protective effect of metformin against AKI, influencing multiple mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of kidney injury.
Background A high proportion of adolescents worldwide are not doing enough physical activity for health benefits. Replacing short motorised trips with walking or cycling has the potential to increase physical activity at the population level. This study aimed to estimate the proportion of short distance motorised trips that could be replaced with walking or cycling, and the potential physical activity gains by sociodemographic and trip characteristics. Methods Data were from a subsample of the NEighbourhood Activity in Youth (NEArbY) study conducted among adolescents in Melbourne. A total of 217 adolescents with at least one motorised trip completed a survey and wore a Global Positioning Systems (GPS) device for eight consecutive days. Classification of travel modes were based on speed. GPS data points were geocoded in ArcGIS. Motorised trips within walkable (1.3 km) and cyclable (4.2 km) distances were identified (threshold based on 80 th percentile of walking and cycling trip distances among Victorian adolescents), and the additional physical activity minutes that could be accrued by replacing walkable or cyclable motorised trip to active trips were quantified. Multilevel linear regression was used to assess differences in physical activity minutes gain by sociodemographic and trip characteristics. Results A total of 4,116 motorised trips were made. Of these, 17% were walkable and 61% were cyclable. Replacing motorised trips by walking and cycling resulted in estimated gains of six minutes and 15 min of physical activity per day, respectively. Conclusion The sizable proportion of replaceable trips and potential physical activity gains from this shift calls for attention to improve safe and connected infrastructure to support active travel.
Learning with technology is increasingly understood to be a social process involving unique and telling discourses. An emerging research agenda has resulted, investigating the links between ‘talk’ and student technological practices but is yet to include home-education. Preliminary evidence exists of a relationship between particular types of ‘talk’ and success with particular online activities, namely online search. This may prove especially pertinent to home-educators who report that their most prolific online activities are those reliant upon search engines like Google. This paper presents select findings from a study into online search and the associated discursive practices among early primary students and their parent-educators in Australia. Data from observations, tests and interviews with five home-educating families were analysed recursively using a system guided by Fairclough’s Critical Discourse Analysis. Specifically, this paper seeks to investigate: which discursive practices are privileged in these sites during online search; the extent to which these practices contribute to relations of power and the extent to which these practices are found alongside effective online search. Findings revealed a prevalence of inequitable discursive practices, those that either inhibited the equal conversational power of speakers or which naturalised inequitable power relations more generally. These discursive practices were found alongside ineffective online searches. Notwithstanding, participants continued to speak positively about search engines and their educational power. This rhetoric-reality gap is theorized in the paper as the work of dominant ideologies surrounding technology in education. Findings can assist the growing number of home-educators and their students to use online search more effectively. Insights regarding links between discursive practice and search practice may also help ensure that discourse helps to maximise the educational benefits associated with online search.
Objective: To describe practice patterns in the use of instrumental swallowing assessment (ISA) for older adults in residential aged care homes (RACHs). Methods: A retrospective audit of medical records of residents living in RACHs in Melbourne, Australia to extract data on speech-language pathologist (SLP) involvement, indications for ISA and ISA practice patterns. Results: Medical files of 323 residents across four Melbourne facilities were reviewed. 36% (n = 115) of residents were referred to SLP for swallowing assessment. Referral to SLP was related to length of stay (U = 7393.00, p < 0.001), dementia status (χ2 = 7.06, p = 0.008), texture modification (χ2 = 93.34, p < 0.001) and an existing dysphagia diagnosis (χ2 = 112.89, p < 0.001). There were no referrals for ISA and no instances of ISA being used. Among 115 residents who were referred to SLP for swallowing assessment, there were 33 instances where ISA might be clinically relevant according to ISA indicators. Conclusions: Instrumental swallowing assessment is not being used for the management of swallowing in RACHs in Australia despite a clinical need for ISA and a potential role for ISA to improve swallowing care quality. Lack of timely ISA may fail to meet the complex health-care needs of older adults living with dysphagia in RACHs, increasing their vulnerability to complications of dysphagia and its management.
Purpose In the US, Black people diagnosed with schizophrenia experience worse psychosocial and clinical outcomes than their White counterparts. While racism-related factors contribute to these disparities, an additional understudied explanation may be that psychosocial treatments for psychotic disorders are less effective for Black than White individuals. The purpose of this study is to examine the extent to which best treatment practices for first-episode psychosis (FEP) are effective for Black and White participants. Methods We conducted a secondary data analysis of the Recovery After an Initial Schizophrenia Episode Early Treatment Program (RAISE-ETP), a two-year multisite trial that compared a coordinated specialty care intervention for FEP (NAVIGATE) to community care as usual (CC) in 34 sites across the US. Specifically, we compared interviewer-rated quality of life and symptoms, as well as self-reported mental health and stigma, between 139 Non-Latinx Black and 172 Non-Latinx White participants with FEP in NAVIGATE and CC. Results We found few differences between Black and White participants over two-year outcomes, either overall or in terms of benefit from NAVIGATE. Across both treatment conditions, Black participants improved less than White participants on positive symptoms, an effect driven primarily by suspiciousness/persecution. In NAVIGATE, self-reported mental health stigma decreased for both Black and White participants, while in CC stigma decreased for White participants but increased for Black participants. This effect was driven primarily by experienced stigma rather than self-stigma. Conclusion NAVIGATE benefits both Black and White individuals diagnosed with FEP. Mental health stigma and positive symptoms may be particularly important aspects of treatment for Black individuals diagnosed with FEP.
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Your home electricity and gas meters are how we gauge your energy bills.
The more often they are read, the more accurate your bills and the better you can map your energy usage.
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Maintaining an ideal body condition is vital to help reduce the chances of your dog developing weight related conditions that can both be painful for your dog and life shortening. Maintaining a lean body condition for dogs can actually extend their life.
The Purina Canine Lifespan study was the first of its kind. A result of over fourteen years of research, it began when the dogs (48 Labrador retrievers) were just eight weeks. The following conditions and results were observed.
- Dogs were assigned to a control or lean-fed group.
- All the dogs ate the same 100% nutritionally complete and balanced diet for the entire study.
- The control group was allowed to eat an unlimited amount of food during the 15 minute daily feedings.
- Dogs in the lean group were fed 25% less than their littermates. The dogs in the lean group maintained a significantly leaner body condition from six – twelve years of age than the control group.
- In the lean group the median lifespan was increased by 1.8 years or 15 percent vs the control group.
The study proved the significant impact that maintaining a lean body condition has on your dog’s life.
As the obesity levels rise in our pets, overweight and well-covered dogs have become the norm. Interestingly a dog in ideal body condition might be considered by many as too skinny, purely as we have been conditioned to see cute roly-poly puppies and fuller, chubbier dogs as the norm.
It also gets confusing as to how we really check body condition, especially when taking in to consideration different dog breeds. However, it’s absolutely possible to use the same methods no matter the breed as you are focusing on a few key things to assess.
To help you with these methods, Purina has created the body condition chart.
Working out a body condition score can help identify the proportion of fat and lean tissue or muscle.
1. Ribs visible on shorthaired cats; no palpable fat; severe abdominal tuck; lumbar vertebrae and wing of ilia easily palpated.
2. Shared characteristics of BCS 1 and 3.
3. Ribs easily palpable with minimal fat covering; lumbar vertebrae obvious; obvious waist behind ribs; minimal abdominal fat.
4. Shared characteristics of BCS 3 and 5.e
5. Well-proportioned; observe waist behind ribs; ribs palpable with slight fat covering; abdominal fat pad minimal.
6. Shared characteristics of BCS 5 and 7.
7. Ribs not easily palpated with moderate fat covering; waist poorly discernible; obvious rounding of abdomen; moderate abdominal fat pad.
8. Shared characteristics of BCS 7 and 9.
9. Ribs not palpable under heavy fat cover; heavy fat deposits over lumbar area, face and limbs; distention of abdomen with no waist; extensive abdominal fat deposits.
Checking your dog’s body condition regularly will help to assess whether your dog is getting the right amount of food to maintain the best body condition with an ideal body weight score around 4 or 5.
A dog with an ideal body condition will have:
- An obvious waist behind the ribs when you are looking down on them.
- A tuck in the belly when viewed from the side
- Ribs that are easily felt but not seen – view how you can use your own hand to understand the feel of the ribs.
Just like humans it’s all about diet and exercise, and maintaining the correct body condition is much easier than having to lose weight. Here are some tips to help get your dog back to his optimal health:
- Try not to feed his daily food amount in one serving. Instead evenly spread out his meals to two or three smaller meals. By doing this you’ll help reduce him feeling hungry.
- Always ensure the food is measured rather than just poured into a bowl. It’s also easy to give titbits and leftovers but this can add extra calories so best avoided.
- Treats are a great way of building a relationship with your dog; as rewards during training, or time occupiers while you’re out. Just be careful not to be adding extra calories. Choose treats that are lower in fat.
- Put aside a small amount of their daily healthy weight management food and use these throughout the day to treat them. Also, rather than rewarding with food, give them attention through pats or a tummy rub or a play with their favourite toy.
- Exercise is great for losing or maintaining weight and is an ideal way to increase your bond and enjoyment together. Introduce variety, take toys with you, play fetch with a tennis ball and racket or special tennis ball thrower. It’s important to note that if your dog is older, has had an injury or has arthritis, consult with your vet to determine the best exercise routine.
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For Release: March 4, 2008
DOE Releases Alternate Route Certification Study
New Jersey’s Alternate Route (AR) teacher certification program has allowed school districts to find more candidates for hard-to-fill positions and has brought more diversity to the teaching profession, according to a report on a study of the program conducted by The College of New Jersey and released recently by the Department of Education.
The report also notes that the methods by which novice teachers receive classroom training and mentoring should be strengthened and made more consistent throughout the state. It is available on line here: http://www.nj.gov/education/educators/license/research/.
“This study contains very valuable information that will help us in our ongoing efforts to improve the alternate route teacher program and attract even more people to the teaching profession,” said Education Commissioner Lucille E. Davy.
New Jersey’s AR program was launched in 1985 to help increase the quality and quantity of the teaching pool by attracting talented liberal arts graduates and people from other fields seeking to make a career change to education. Candidates are required to hold a bachelor’s degree and pass a Praxis test in the subject area they wish to teach in order to receive a provisional license.
Once employed, they complete a mentor-guided induction period and receive 200 hours of formal instruction in subjects such as teaching techniques, classroom management, lesson development and student motivation before receiving a permanent teaching license.
Approximately 40 percent of the newly-hired teachers in New Jersey are AR teachers.
The two year study included questionnaires and interviews with more than 1,400 AR teachers, AR instructors, AR mentors and district administrators. It was funded by a US Department of Education Teacher Quality Enhancement grant.
Among the findings in the report:
The study also found that there was a high degree of inconsistency from district to district in the quality of the mentoring experience that AR teachers receive.
Only 46 percent of the teachers rated their mentors as “very effective.” Many expressed concerns about their own abilities to deal with some of the more complex aspects of teaching – such as dealing with students with limited English proficiency or emotional or learning disabilities, interpreting and implementing Individualized Education or 504 (special education) plans, and interpreting and using standardized test scores – even after receiving their 200 hours of outside training.
Administrators surveyed said that satisfaction with AR teachers’ performance was higher at the high school and middle school levels; many AR teachers at the elementary level seemed to require a better understanding of child development issues in order to increase their effectiveness.
The administrators also recognized that while all novice teachers need support, AR teachers tended to need more assistance, particularly in the areas of classroom management, instructional planning and accommodating students with special needs.
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Tax Law Notes
Tax Law Note:
How Should Tax be Withheld on Fringe Benefits?
Last Updated: December 02, 2004
This note discusses the collection of income tax with respect to fringe benefits by way of withholding by the employer. Several issues are involved:
Most countries value fringe benefits for income tax purposes at fair market value as a general rule (i.e. the price the employee would normally pay for the benefit).2 In cases where it is difficult to establish the fair market value, countries often use rules of thumb, such as statutory formulas, presumptive values or other special valuation rules (e.g. the cost of the benefit to the employer). These rules of thumb usually make it easier for the employer to determine the amount to withhold.
2. Allocation to individual employees
Problems of allocation arise where all employees have access to a given benefit, but the individual use of the benefit is hard to establish - for example, recreational facilities or a subsidized cafeteria. Employers may have a hard time determining which employees have actually used the facilities and to what extent. It may be easier to assign an average value to the right of accessing the facilities and regard that as income of the individual employee. This may also be considered fair, since all employees have a right of access. In practice this is the solution some countries adopt,3 while in certain cases benefits that are hard to individually allocate are exempted.4
3. Timing of withholding
Some fringe benefits are valued according to the employer's cost of providing the benefit. Where benefits are paid for by the employer once a year and are enjoyed throughout the whole year by the employee (e.g. in the case of health insurance or a car) countries often use a formula to allocate the cost or the value of the benefit to be included in the employee's income in each period.5
For certain benefits the exact cost of the benefit for the year is not known until after the pay period for which withholding must be determined. Examples are subsidized meals or the direct coverage by the employer of expenses of medical services. Several countries use rules of thumb in these situations.6
Commonly encountered alternatives regarding the timing of the inclusion of benefits in the employee's income are either carrying out the collection through the ordinary periodical withholding system or including the value of the fringe benefits as an end-of-the-year payment.7
4. Tax rate
Countries generally use the income tax rate applicable to the overall income (i.e. including cash and in kind benefits) of the employee.8 There are, however, countries that subject certain fringe benefits to withholding at a standard rate which satisfies the final tax liability with respect to the benefit.9
Fashioning a Solution
Withholding on fringe benefits should ideally be the same as for cash wages. The valuation and reporting of the benefits included in employee income should be carried out by the employer. The employer should be required to inform the employee about the included value of the benefits.
In the case of fringe benefits where it is difficult to assign the value of the benefit to the individual employee, the solution chosen should be a practical one. Requiring the employer to keep strict track of the actual use of facilities which are open to all (e.g. subsidized cafeteria or recreational facilities) by each employee is likely to be excessively burdensome.
The problem of timing resulting from incurring the cost of a benefit once a year when the same benefits are enjoyed through the whole year by the employees may be resolved by establishing a formula for spreading the resulting taxable income through the year, or by giving flexibility to employers as to when to include fringe benefits in wages subject to withholding.
For Further Reference
Tax Law Note on Valuation of Fringe Benefits
Lee Burns and Richard Krever, Individual Income Tax, in Tax Law Design and Drafting, 495, 515-563 (1998).
The Taxation of Employee Fringe Benefits, Report of the IFA 47th Congress in 1993.
The series of Tax Law Notes has been prepared by the IMF staff as a resource for use by government officials and members of the public. The notes have not been considered by the IMF Executive Board and, hence, should not be reported or described as representing the views of the IMF or IMF policy.
1See also the Tax Law Note on the Valuation of Fringe Benefits.
2See Lee Burns and Richard Krever, Individual Income Tax, in Tax Law Design and Drafting, 495, 515-563 (1998).
3In Canada, the test of fair market value assessment requires an estimate to be made of the price upon which a willing seller and a willing buyer would agree for a similar benefit. See Steen v. Canada, (1 C.T.C.256 at 257, 88 D.T.C. 6171 at 6171 (Fed.C.A.). The fair market value may be established on the basis of resale value of the property received from the employer. See Wisla v. R., 1 C.T.C. 2823 (T.C.C.). This objective value may also be the cost of purchasing the item by the employee. See Richmond v. The Queen, 3 C.T.C. 2552, 98 D.T.C. 1306 (T.C.C.). Hogg & al., Principles of Canadian Income Tax Law, 118 (2002). In Australia, an employer may elect to use any one of the five methods under Div 10A, sec 39A to 39E of the Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986 to calculate the taxable value of a car parking fringe benefit. Under sec 39D, the taxable value of the fringe benefit is the arm's length amount that the recipient could reasonably be expected to have paid the provider for the car parking facilities, reduced by the amount of the recipient's unreimbursed contribution. See Woellner et al., Australian Taxation Law 1579 (CCH Australia Limited ed., 11th ed, 2001).
4See Burns and Krever, supra note 2. In Canada no benefit is included in the employee's income if an employer acquires a number of parking spots which are available to all employees, as it is hard to identify the use of the spots. In Ireland employer-provided recreational facilities are not taxed due to the difficulties of assigning the use to individual employees. See The Taxation of Employee Fringe Benefits, Report of the IFA 47th Congress, 87-108, 130-137, (1993) [hereinafter IFA Report]. See also I.R.C. 132(e)(2), (f), (j)(4) (U.S.) (cafeterias where revenues cover direct operating costs, parking, on-premises gyms).
5In Austria 1.5% of the purchase price of the car is deemed to be the monthly income taxable to the employee. See IFA Report, supra note 4, at 67-76.
6In Luxembourg for meals provided on the premises a standard set amount is taken into account. In Belgium health services are taxed at a value that reflects the amount saved by the employee by not paying for the services. Id. at 140-145, 77-85.
7In Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Germany fringe benefits are subject to withholding tax periodically just as cash salaries. Id. at 23-24. In the U.S., the employer is given flexibility as to when to take fringe benefits into account for withholding purposes, as long as the amount is taken into account by the end of the year. See Internal Revenue Service, Publicaton 15-B, sec. 4. http://www.irs.gov/publications/p15b/ar02.html#d0e3151.
8For example, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands. Id. at 23-24.
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Colombia’s presidential election has entered into a runoff stage, pitting incumbent President Juan Manuel Santos against right-winger Oscar Ivan Zuluaga.
Zuluaga came away with the advantage in the initial round on Sunday night. He garnered 29 percent of the votes compared to Santos’ 25.5 percent, according to the Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil, Colombia’s electoral body.
In an election so focused on security, Santos has preached the virtues of mediation while Zuluaga has campaigned with the promise of creating a stronger military to end the state’s 50-year war with Marxist guerrillas.
Santos said he wants to end the conflict with Fuerza Armada Revolucionarias de Colombia rebels through negotiations taking place in Cuba. Zuluaga dismissed the talks as pandering to terrorists and suggested he would scrap them in favor of U.S.-backed military campaigns similar to those led by his mentor, former president Alvaro Uribe.
Santos and Zuluaga are polling neck-and-neck following a race marred by accusations of electronic espionage and drug-linked campaign financing. Neither is seen winning enough votes to avoid a June 15 run-off.
Polling stations in Colombia opened on schedule Sunday morning at 8 a.m. local time for the first round election, with more than 32 million eligible to vote, a wire service report said.
The peace process, hosted by Cuba, seeks to end a conflict that has killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced more than five million since it erupted in 1964. The talks have yielded agreements on three items of a five-point agenda, including agreements on rural reform, the participation of former guerrillas in politics and the battle against drug trafficking.
But Zuluaga has galvanized conservative Colombians who believe the talks will fail like three similar attempts since the 1980s, including a 1999 peace deal that let the rebels bolster their ranks and boost involvement in drugs.
While Colombians are desperate to see an end to the killing, many are outraged that guerrilla leaders accused of crimes against humanity could be pardoned or hold political office, said the wire services. | <urn:uuid:9faba38f-25df-4e28-80d3-e26b1c775768> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://amcostaricaarchives.com/2014/05/colombias-santos-now-facing-a-runoff-against-zuluaga/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280718.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00405-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95833 | 453 | 1.507813 | 2 |
An Exposition, With Practical Observations, of The First Epistle of St. Paul to the Thessalonians
Thessalonica was formerly the metropolis of Macedonia; it is now called Salonichi, and is the best peopled, and one of the best towns for commerce, in the Levant. The apostle Paul, being diverted from his design of going into the provinces of Asia, properly so called, and directed after an extraordinary manner to preach the gospel in Macedonia (Acts 16:9, 10), in obedience to the call of God went from Troas to Samothracia, thence to Neapolis, and thence to Philippi, where he had good success in his ministry, but met with hard usage, being cast into prison with Silas his companion in travel and labour, from which being wonderfully delivered, they comforted the brethren there, and departed. Passing through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where the apostle planted a church that consisted of some believing Jews and many converted Gentiles, Acts 17:1-4. But a tumult being raised in the city by the unbelieving Jews, and the lewd and baser sort of the inhabitants, Paul and Silas, for their safety, were sent away by night unto Berea, and afterwards Paul was conducted to Athens, leaving Silas and Timotheus behind him, but sent directions that they should come to him with all speed. When they came, Timotheus was sent to Thessalonica, to enquire after their welfare and to establish them in the faith (1 Th. 3:2), and, returning to Paul while he tarried at Athens, was sent again, together with Silas, to visit the churches in Macedonia. So that Paul, being left at Athens alone (1 Th. 3:1), departed thence to Corinth, where he continued a year and a half, in which time Silas and Timotheus returned to him from Macedonia (Acts 18:5), and then he wrote this epistle to the church of Christ at Thessalonica, which, though it is placed after the other epistles of this apostle, is supposed to be first in time of all Paul's epistles, and to be written about A.D. 51. The main scope of it is to express the thankfulness of this apostle for the good success his preaching had among them, to establish them in the faith, and persuade them to a holy conversation. | <urn:uuid:aa89e949-199c-4202-9311-e20ffee55931> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.apostolic-churches.net/bible/mhc/preface/1_thessalonians.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280504.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00140-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978822 | 511 | 2.109375 | 2 |
Cultivating Hope in the Classroom & Beyond Written by Tiffany Creager, LSW, MSW This past year has certainly been traumatic for some and I think it’s safe to say that it has been stressful for most. It has me… Continue Reading…
April 14, 2022
Instructional Practices for English Language Learners
Reviewing instructional practices for English Language Learners can help move the entire school toward a comprehensive and culturally responsive approach. Because of the increasing dropout rates among EL students, educators are putting a larger focus on ELL programs that get students to speak and write English in authentic academic contexts.
November 4, 2020
Strategies for Supporting EL Students (English Learners)
English Learners (EL) are students whose primary or first language is not English. They need special assistance in order to participate effectively in school instructional programs. The instruction and assessment of students, cultural background, and the attitude of teachers have been found to be factors in EL student achievement. | <urn:uuid:0885463c-c884-4db0-90af-efc54762b256> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://incompassinged.com/tag/strategies/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808213349-20220809003349-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.940602 | 204 | 2.71875 | 3 |
New York Times Features Teacher's Oil Spill Infographic Project
Publication: The New York Times
Date: August 27, 2010
Summary: Diana Laufenberg of the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia details in a New York Times blog her inquiry-driven student design project, which was first discussed on the National Writing Project-affiliated show Teachers Teaching Teachers.
Excerpt from Article
To close Infographics Week here on The Learning Network, I invited a classroom teacher (and self-described "fanatic" about the use of infographics in education) to detail a project I first heard her talk about on a National Writing Project-affiliated podcast called "Teachers Teaching Teachers."
Diana Laufenberg has been a public school social studies teacher for the last thirteen years, eight at the middle school level and five in high school. She currently works at the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia, which is a partnership high school between the School District of Philadelphia and The Franklin Institute. The school describes itself as an "inquiry-driven, project-based high school utilizing a 1:1 laptop program to foster 21st century learning."
This spring, Diana and her students used the Gulf oil spill as the starting point for creating infographics to tell the stories of the top ten worst man-made environmental disasters in American history.
Listen to Laufenberg on Teachers Teaching Teachers
Read the Full Article
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Dave Swerdlick is building a podcast around poop.
The Plymouth resident and veteran Internet-based broadcaster has launched StoryCub, an online program with a simple approach: A host reads a children’s storybook from start to finish.
Every episode is then made available at Apple’s iTunes Store, where parents can download it for free and share with their children.
And so it was that Lizi Shea climbed into a red-leather armchair not long ago for another reading session in the Fridley-based StoryCub studio.
The chair was mounted atop wooden crates, so Shea’s bare feet dangled as if she, too, were a kid. Flicking an iPad screen and smiling into the camera, the college student made a couple of abortive attempts to read the show’s latest selection, “All About Poop” by Kate Hayes.
“Have you ever wondered all about poop?” she read, finally nailing it. “Why our bodies make such stinky goop? And where does it go after we wipe, when the poop is flushed down through a pipe? I can tell you.”
StoryCub isn’t Swerdlick’s first podcast. He has co-hosted an audio-only program with his two daughters since 2007 in a podcasting studio he built in one of his home’s spare basement bedrooms.
That show with Hannah, now 14, and 11-year-old Zoe initially focused on Webkinz, the popular stuffed animals with interactive online counterparts. When the girls outgrew the toys, the show morphed into the tech-centric yet general-interest Kid Friday podcast, with the three riffing and jousting for an hour or so about computers, game sites and whatever else strikes their fancy.
But though Kid Friday has attracted a worldwide audience and big-name advertisers, Swerdlick never intended it to be a primary money maker or a full-time career.
StoryCub is different.
Swerdlick, 47, a music-industry veteran who once kept company with the likes of Mariah Carey and Tony Bennett, now is trying to go digital in a big way.
Two months in, with nearly three dozen StoryCub episodes uploaded to the iTunes Store, the podcast has begun to draw attention. The show was displayed on the iTunes Store’s podcast home page at one point, which is a bit of a coup.
Swerdlick isn’t sure how the podcast will pay for itself over the long haul, especially since he is insistent about not charging listeners a dime for the downloads. He has been investing his own cash in the project while pondering how he might get grants, sponsorships or venture capital.
He has stiff competition in the storybook space, such as a recently released Reading Rainbow app featuring LeVar Burton of public-television and “Star Trek: The Next Generation” fame.
One of Swerdlick’s challenges: convincing authors and publishers to let their titles be used on StoryCub episodes.
Selections so far include “Roscoe’s Deep Sea Adventure” by Debi Toporoff, “Bella’s Birthday Surprise” by Katie Mueller and “Cabo & Coral Go Surfing” by Udo Wahn.
“If a child loves one of those stories, he or she will want to watch it over and over,” Swerdlick said. “Parents get high-quality content. And since we let them know where they can purchase the books,” the authors also win, he added.
Swerdlick said he is having a blast as he recruits readers like Shea, a University of Minnesota theater major, and stages daylong video-shooting sessions with hosts shown against a green screen — digital backdrops are added later — and a video crew of three.
During the weekend shoots, Swerdlick is a father figure and cheerleader off to the side, giving Shea and other readers, including daughter Hannah, speaking suggestions and eking out better and better performances from them.
Shea loves it all.
“I spent a lot of times reading with my parents growing up, but it would have been really fun to have someone else reading to me,” Shea said. “(StoryCub) is a really great way for children to be able to access new material.”
Swerdlick’s talent includes 5-year-old Connor Ritter, who has the nickname “Jerry Maguire Kid” because of his resemblance to the irrepressible boy in the Tom Cruise movie.
Swerdlick recently bantered with Connor about his just-cut hair, a doughnut purchase, his black Crocs and his favorite knock-knock jokes to coax “Welcome to StoryCub” and other key bits of footage out of the kid, who was sitting in the big red chair.
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If you’re not scared of monsters, there’s no problem…right?
A boy discovers that if you aren’t afraid of monsters, they’ll think you are one of them—and they will never leave you alone. He finds it hard to get out of bed in the morning, as the monsters all sleep with him. At school, recess can get a little out of hand when a horde of monsters joins in the games. He learns that living with monsters means there is never any hot water, and his favorite pajamas are always dirty (since the monsters borrow them). When he’s had enough and he sends them away, though, something really scary comes to his room: his little brother, who’s scared of the monsters under his bed. The older boy introduces the monsters to his little brother so they can enjoy a new friend. Richards’ picture-book debut is a passable addition to the dealing-with-fear-of-monsters shelf, but these monsters act more like unwanted houseguests or good-natured stalkers than something from under the bed. Furthermore, passing the annoyance on to a younger sibling doesn’t seem the best solution. Neubecker’s bright, furry, horned and tentacled monsters are more adorable than menacing, which may help allay monster fears among very timid readers.
It’s probably best to stick with Mercer Mayer’s classics or Josh Schneider’s Bedtime Monsters (2013). (Picture book. 2-5) | <urn:uuid:90108d51-9a1e-4d04-af22-389c8e631873> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/dan-richards/the-problem-with-not-being-scared-of-monsters/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280221.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00234-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95508 | 323 | 1.890625 | 2 |
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