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NSPCC report reveals rise in sexual offences against children in Cambridgeshire
- Credit: Archant
The number of sexual offences against children recorded by police in Cambridgeshire increased by nine per cent last year, according to the NSPCC. Reported incidents rose from 317 in 2012-2013, to 344 in 2013-2014.
And, last year, 66 calls received by the NSPCC’s helpline from people in Cambridgeshire about sexual abuse were so serious that they were referred on immediately to the police or children’s services.
NSPCC chief executive Peter Wanless said: “These figures are disturbing and clearly illustrate child sexual abuse is a continuing and widespread problem that needs urgent action.
“But we know this is still only a fraction of the true number of victims because some endure an agonising wait of many years before telling anyone – and others never reveal what has happened to them.
“It’s time to throw down the gauntlet to government which has to ensure all sexual abuse victims get specialist treatment to help them recover. By the end of this current Parliament there should be no children living in the shadow of abuse.”
The figures were revealed as the NSPCC launched its third state of the nation annual report at the charity’s annual conference in London.
The report compiles the most robust and up-to-date child protection data that exists across each of the four nations in the UK.
- 1 'Giving a child the chance to be a child lifts my heart’ says foster carer
- 2 Police 'increasingly concerned' for man missing since early hours yesterday
- 3 Obsessive stalker jailed for posting explicit photographs of his former partner
- 4 Recap: Wire damage disrupts Hitchin and Peterborough trains
- 5 Product sold at Tesco recalled due to risk of disease-causing bacteria
- 6 Recap: Thameslink passengers urged to delay travel due to 'incidents'
- 7 Man, 28, dies after truck and lorries crash on A47
- 8 Two combine harvesters catch fire in under 12 hours
- 9 Three rail and bus strikes in London and the East this week
- 10 Discount store expanding making it ‘bigger and better for customers’
Mr Wanless added: “It’s not clear why the number of offences has risen. Greater awareness may be giving more victims the courage to come forward, including those reporting historical cases, or police forces have improved their recording methods. “However it does mean that more children are speaking out, only to find little support to help them recover from abuse.”
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Male and female bodies are so obviously different that you would think the medical community must always consider those differences where health-care regimens, treatments and prescription drugs are concerned.
But it turns out that gender-based medicine is really only starting to gain attention in the health-care industry.
A recent study regarding the effects of one of our most common drugs, aspirin, may be the catalyst that kicks this emerging field of research into high gear, however. The results raised enough questions about how such a well-known substance acts differently upon the sexes that they open up questions in a wide range of fields.
In our lead story, health-care reporter Kristen Gerencher looks at the fledgling movement into gender-based medicine. Read her Vital Signs column, plus with oil nearing record highs once again review these gas-saving tips from Marshall Loeb and see the latest evidence for the success of automatic 401(k) plans, on Thursday's Personal Finance pages.
The promise of gender-based medical research isn't just to bring women on equal footing. The potential is to provide better treatment for all.
Steve Kerch, personal finance daily
Aspirin prompts look at sex differences in health, care
You don't need science to see that men's and women's bodies are distinct. But whether certain diseases unfold differently or particular treatments work more effectively in bodies of one sex or the other is a matter of increasing medical scrutiny. See Vital Signs.
How to beat the high cost of gasoline
Gas prices are on the rise, and it's quite possible that you haven't seen anything yet as we're still a few months away from the start of the prime summer driving season. The smart money says gasoline has a ways to run. But there's no need to panic. There's still plenty of gasoline to meet demand, so you need not worry about waiting in long lines at your service station. You can, however, change your habits in little or big ways to reduce your gas bill. See Marshall Loeb.
Gas-saving 'tips' that come up empty
Gas prices are forecast to rise further, and the media are filled with tips on how to save on gas and get better mileage from your vehicle. Unfortunately, with the good tips and tricks comes misinformation that can actually cost you time and money. See Marshall Loeb's Daily Money Tip.
U.S. 30-year mortgage rate at seven-month high
Improvement in the U.S. job market and rising oil prices were behind this week's rise in the popular 30-year mortgage rate to a level last seen seven month ago, according to Freddie Mac's latest survey released Thursday. See Mortgages.
Snooping e-mail by software now a workplace norm
It still isn't known how the e-mail that cost Harry Stonecipher his job as chief executive at Boeing Co. was intercepted or by whom. Boeing directors ousted the CEO earlier this week after they learned about an e-mail he had sent to a female employee with whom he was having an affair. But what every employee ought to realize by now is how completely nonprivate office e-mail is. See story from CareerJournal.com.
Design 'therapists' really put you on the couch
To upgrade their image and help boost fees, a small but growing number of interior decorators are restyling themselves as "design therapists." The marketing pitch: We'll find you the perfect Biedermeier cabinet, match paint chips to fabrics -- and examine your childhood traumas in the bargain. See story from RealEstateJournal.
Banks expand services, perks for small outfits
After a Chicago newspaper featured her small pet-food company, Holly Sher was showered with flowers, congratulatory calls and candy. But the attention didn't come from friends or clients -- it came from banks that wanted her business. See story from StartupJournal.
Time to expand automatic 401(k)s
The evidence continues to mount that so-called automatic 401(k) plans work. See Robert Powell.
GAO chief: Quick action 'prudent' on Social Security
The top congressional policy watchdog said on Wednesday that it would be "prudent" to act quickly to address Social Security's long-term funding shortfall, but warned that private investment accounts wouldn't necessarily solve the entitlement program's fiscal woes. See full story.
Is there room in your portfolio for emerging markets?
The lure of emerging markets has never been stronger for investors, with returns from that asset class handily beating most U.S. stock categories over the past three years. But many investors are still unclear on exactly what it means to own a stake in these far flung and often volatile developing regions -- or whether they need the exposure at all. See Global Investor.
Donaldson outlines upcoming SEC fund reforms
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman William Donaldson said Wednesday that while the mutual fund industry has been significantly reformed in the wake of the trading scandals, the agency's work is far from over. See Fund Watch.
California regulator extends title-insurance probe
California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi said Wednesday that he's subpoenaed six more companies as part of an investigation into title insurance kickback schemes. See full story.
Bears begin to re-emerge
The stock market bears looked pretty well treed Friday, but they may be edging back down again. Even superbear Richard Russell of Dow Theory Letters looked like he was capitulating, suggesting a "speculative position" in exchange-traded funds. But three down days have made a discernable difference. See Peter Brimelow.
Harris' Roquitte values steel, oil tankers, rental cars
For Rob Roquitte, choosing which stocks to include in his mutual fund comes down to three simple keys. See The Stock Pickers.
Bunch your deductions for more savings
You always seem to have a lot of expenses you think could help cut your tax bill if you itemized. But every year, they go to waste. The problem: Your costs regularly fall just short of the income thresholds they must meet in some deduction categories. Get around this tax-deduction roadblock by bunching your expenses. By setting up this strategy now, you can ensure that your "nearly" deductible expenses become full-fledged tax breaks next filing season. See Daily Tax Tip.
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Citric acid occurs naturally in certain foods and is used by the body in normal metabolism. The Food and Drug Administration has also approved the use of extracted citric acid in processed foods for flavoring and preservation. In reasonable amounts as a food additive, citric acid is considered generally safe, and it isn't dangerous when consumed in whole foods, such as oranges, lemons and limes.
Citric Acid as a Food Additive
According to an FDA report, the average person consumes about 500 milligrams of citric acid as a food preservative daily, which is considered safe. This is the same amount found naturally in 2 ounces of orange juice and hardly adds to the amount probably already present in your body. The FDA concludes there is no evidence to suggest citric acid is a safety hazard at current levels consumed.
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Vice President Kamala Harris has come in for some bad press of late. Stories of discontent, political failure, and a mass staff exodus have accompanied the first Black woman vice president, who privately told allies that “the news coverage of her would be different if she were any of her 48 predecessors, whom she has described as all white and male,” The New York Times reported.
But the truth is, if Harris were white and male, she wouldn’t be vice president. Because Harris is our first diversity hire V.P.
This was never a secret, or even an issue. Then-candidate Joe Biden was very explicit about his plans to pick a woman of color to share the ticket. After it became clear that Biden was to be the Democrats‘ nominee for president in 2020, Biden said during a CNN-Univision debate, “If I’m elected president, my Cabinet, my administration will look like the country, and I commit that I will, in fact, appoint a, pick a woman to be vice president.” In a separate press conference, this one a roundtable with Black journalists, Biden was even more specific: “Preferably it will be someone who was of color and/or a different gender,” he said of his potential running mate.
From the get go, the plan was to pick a woman of color. Not the most competent person, or the most liked, but someone who simply won the “by birth” lottery. A man of Joe Biden’s age and dwindling health decided that what America needed was for us to be one heartbeat away from our first diversity hire President of the United States.
Eight years after that incident, the Democrats have taken this exact mentality and injected it with steroids.
Some may say this mentality always existed. Maybe so. But now they are proud to be overtly identity oriented. Throughout the Democratic primaries in 2020, it became increasingly clear that the political party that I felt strongly associated with, the party which I always believed was the party of the people, the party of true liberal values and the party of diversity had become nothing more than the party of rigid identity before my very eyes.
The days of being proud that people from diverse backgrounds chose to be Democrats because of their overall good policies are no more. The Democrats are now the party of ideologically tailored policies based on identity, as if we no longer share common interests.
When the day came for Joe Biden to announce that he had found his woman of color, Kamala Harris, it only solidified my belief in the ridiculous nature of choosing people for diversity points. Though she was a senator from California, Harris was deeply unpopular—something voters made known throughout the presidential primaries. Her campaign was such a mess that Tulsi Gabbard lasted longer than Harris did. Harris was never the “top-tier candidate” she named herself to be.
Harris’ unpopularity as a candidate is mirrored in her unpopularity as vice president; she has a groundbreaking 28 percent approval rating. And her questionable track record as a prosecutor is mirrored in her failures since the election, compounding my fears that she truly was simply a “woman of color” in Joe Biden’s binder.
The Democrats’ obsession with having the first of a demographic category in a position of power has led them to discard any semblance of meritocracy or consideration for popularity or effectiveness. The Democrats wanted to achieve historical greatness by forcing diversity, but the only achievement Harris has to her name is having amassed the lowest approval rating of any modern vice president.
People who do not earn their way into a position of prominence know it. And that’s what’s happening here: Harris knows how she got her position. Much in the way her race and sex were how she got her job, her race and sex are now being weaponized against legitimate criticisms—including by Harris herself.
The Left’s obsession with identity has resulted in promoting an undeserving political figure and disenfranchising moderate Democrats who refuse to let identity decide someone’s qualifications or importance. Yet despite its obvious cost, the Democrats’ addiction to identity politics shows no signs of abating.
It gave me no pleasure to realize that the party I believed in doesn’t actually believe minorities can compete—because if they did, they wouldn’t have undeservedly anointed Harris into such a position of prominence, seemingly based purely on immutable characteristics.
The savior complex reigns supreme within Democrat politics. They seem to feel they must uplift Black people, even the undeserving ones, in order to appear as our morally righteous saviors. It is the Democrat establishment, not Black people, that needs to be saved.
Adam B. Coleman is the author of “Black Victim To Black Victor” and the Founder of Wrong Speak Publishing.
The views in this article are the writer’s own.
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Glimpses of 18th century Delhi through a ‘Storyteller’s Tale’March 27th, 2009 - 1:47 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) A storyteller and a begum swap tales and match their narrative wits in writer-journalist Omair Ahmad’s new book “The Storyteller’s Tale” - giving a glimpse of 18th century Delhi after Afghan warlord Ahmad Shah Abdali’s army plundered it.
“At the core of the story is a man and a woman exchanging stories. It is set in 18th century Delhi after massive raids by Ahmad Shah Abdali’s forces, which devastated the capital. A part of it is history while the other is what happened to the city, alongside history,” Ahmad told IANS following the release of the book at the American Centre.
In the 18th century, when Abdali’s forces had crushed the city of Delhi, a Muslim storyteller found himself in an isolated casbah (settlement), a day’s ride from the capital, on his way out of the city.
A begum in the casbah invites him to share a story. The storyteller, anguished by the destruction of Delhi, tells her a bitter tale of two brothers, Taka and Wara - a wolf and a boy - a story of love, loyalty, hurt and fear that came with unrequited love.
The begum responds with a story of her own - the story of Aresh and Barab, a friendship that transcended death. It leads to a chain of stories as the two match their narrative wits.
And with each story, the begum and the storyteller are drawn into a whirlpool of forbidden love.
“The book happened more by chance than by thought. I did not plan it. In fact, I wrote the first story in the ‘…Tale’ as a short story. I showed it to my friend Olivia, to whom the book is dedicated. And she said I had not been particularly kind to the woman. So, I wrote a second story. But I wasn’t convinced by the guy’s point of view and wrote the third story, and then the fourth,” said Ahmad, who has given up his job as a journalist to become a full-time writer.
Before becoming a journalist, Ahmad was a political adviser to the British government and had also worked for the Conservative Party on international security issues.
He has also advised the Indian government on several key issues and prepared the brief for the India-US nuclear deal.
Ahamad’s book, in a form reminiscent of “The Tales of Sinbad”, “One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights)” and Salman Rushdie’s “Haroon and the Sea of Stories”, weaves the turbulent history of northern India in the 18th century with fables - most of which read like popular lores.
“I was inspired by the fables of Panchatantra, the Bible, the Quran, Japanese folklore from the ‘Tales of Genji’, the adventures of Hamza and the Sinbad tales. Story-telling in India is an ancient format. Between 900 and 1500 AD, a huge number of people came from West Asia bringing with them their own stories. Delhi then was largely populated by immigrants,” Ahmad said.
He also drew from the “Tota-Maina ki kahani” - the rural folk tales of northern India - and a combination of the Alif Laila traditions of story-telling and the Panchatantra.
“But I really don’t want to compare myself with Salman Rushdie. ‘Haroon and the Sea of stories’ is by far his best work which showcases his talent without getting political,” said Ahmad, an Aligarh Muslim University and Jawaharlal Nehru University alumnus.
Ahmad has now signed a four-book deal with Penguin.
“The first is a travelogue and a narrative history of Bhutan, a novella ‘Jimmy, The Terrorist’, which I will submit for the Man Asian shortlist, a book of interlinked short stories based on my dad’s city Gorakhpur in eastern UP (Uttar Pradesh) and a biography of my grand-dad’s brother, Pakistan’s high commissioner to India between 1948 and 1952, who retained his Indian citizenship,” Ahmad said.
The Delhi-based writer is often referred to as a “true Sufi”. “I can’t say I am not a Sufi,” says Ahmad, when asked about his faith.
(Madhusree Chatterjee can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.org)
- Pakistani writer recalls Indian heritage of storytelling - Apr 17, 2012
- Poignant tales from an innocent past (IANS Book Review, With Image) - May 20, 2012
- History back on shelves with a dash of drama - Apr 05, 2012
- Today's children want to burst into poetry: Ruskin Bond (Interview) (With image) - Jun 19, 2012
- A song and a story: Changing music of modern India (June 21 is World Music Day) - Jun 18, 2011
- India has more English speaking readers than England: Ken Follett (Interview) - Dec 15, 2010
- World looking at us through 'Bollywood window': Writer Mushtaq Sheikh - May 29, 2012
- Bhopal and books - a forever affair (Feature) - Oct 03, 2011
- Novelist traces an ordinary life in today's Uttar Pradesh - Dec 23, 2010
- Romancing the book in the time of rain (IANS Books) - Jul 27, 2010
- Moving beyond mere travellers' tales (Feature, IANS Books) - Jul 28, 2011
- Bengal famine revisited - through an artist's works - Jul 07, 2011
- Childhood fairytales revisited in Indian art - Oct 13, 2011
- Off to new boom town, with Mark Tully (IANS Book Review) - Nov 09, 2011
- India's Sufi pictorial takes Islam to children worldwide (With Image) - Feb 18, 2012
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DANIEL ROCAL VIA FLICKR. Creative Commons License.
“Forgiveness” is a bit of a controversial issue in the abuse survivor community. Some survivors feel that forgiveness is a necessary part of the healing journey, while others adamantly feel that forgiveness should remain a personal choice, not a necessity. By no means am I underplaying the potential benefits of forgiveness, which include health benefits. I am not minimizing or invalidating the fact that forgiveness may serve as a healing balm for some survivors.
What I am countering is this idea that forgiveness is the one and only route of healing for all survivors, in all circumstances.
The traditional definition of forgiveness is “to give up resentment of,” to “cease to feel resentment against an offender,” or to “grant relief for a debt.” While it may not be healthy to hold onto resentment for long periods of time, it is just as, if not more unhealthy to repress feelings of anger, resentment and outrage – all emotions that arise naturally due to trauma – simply to please other people.
Trauma therapist Pete Walker says that acknowledging and confronting our feelings of anger is actually essential to the healing and grieving process. What complicates this scenario is that the survivor is often asked to “let it go” and “forgive and forget” prematurely – much earlier than they are ready or willing to do either.
Forgiveness – when it genuinely arises, not as a forced, premature act – can provide lovely, healing relief on one’s recovery journey. However, the type of forgiveness that benefits the survivor is usually granted by the survivor’s own free will and usually after processing much trauma. And we cannot deny the fact that some survivors are more empowered by their choice to not forgive, yet move forward regardless. Each journey is unique and different.
FOR SURVIVORS, FORGIVENESS IS OFTEN USED AS A WEAPON AGAINST THEM.
Spiritual philosophies often encourage forgiveness as an act of grace that promotes harmony, yet disregard that for some survivors, it can provide the abuser more relief than the abuse victim. While reconciliation is not a necessary part of forgiveness, there are survivors who do reconcile with their abusers after forgiving them in the abuse cycle. Yet a common refrain from those who push others to forgive prematurely is the idea that, “Forgiveness is not about the other person, it is about you.” If that is the case, survivors should be able to choose whether or not they want to forgive. After all, if it really is about the survivor, why police their journey or assume you know what is the best for them?
What those who preach “forgive and forget” often dismiss is how the concept of forgiveness has been used against abuse victims throughout the abuse cycle as a weapon to manipulate them into staying in the abusive relationship. They have already been guilted into forgiving the abuser against their will time and time again as they became increasingly traumatized by their abuser. They are then retraumatized by a society that urges them to show “compassion” for their abusers with no acknowledgement of the damaging effects of abuse.
We have to remember that resentment that arises from being mistreated is a legitimate emotion and that emotional flashbacks can retrigger the victim back into the same sense of powerlessness and helplessness they felt from so long ago. Many survivors struggling with PTSD or Complex PTSD are not afforded the choice to simply “let go” of their trauma or genuinely forgive their abusers. For many survivors, “forgiving” their abuser feels wrong and ultimately retraumatizing.
Forgiveness towards a perpetrator who is not remorseful in any way for his or her actions, sometimes even sadistically happy because of them, can also be retraumatizing. People disregard the fact that for some survivors, forgiveness cannot be granted without the other person genuinely expressing remorse for their transgressions and taking actions to actively repair what has occurred, to ensure that this behavior does not occur again. Most abusers, especially those on the malignant end of the spectrum, are not capable of or unwilling to commit to such long-term change.
Some survivors of sexual abuse, for example, benefit from being permitted not to forgive. Forgiveness is the survivor’s choice and should be on their timeline – if and when the survivor chooses to forgive.
FORGIVENESS AND SPIRITUAL FRAMEWORKS
Abusers may use religion and spiritual frameworks against their victims to gaslight them into believing that the abuse needs to be forgiven and that not forgiving the abuser is evidence of the victim’s lack of compassion. Nothing could be further from the truth – in the words of domestic violence survivor Brooke Axtell, if your compassion does not include self-compassion, it is ultimately incomplete. Spiritual abuse can warp our ideas of forgiveness, and get us stuck in FOG (fear, obligation, guilt) about holding our abusers accountable or leaving them for the sake of our own self-care. Abusers learn quickly that if we do believe in forgiveness, we may be more susceptible to allowing them back into our lives after abusive incidents.
Although people may say forgiveness doesn’t necessarily mean that we condone the abuser’s actions, that is how abusers will twist forgiveness to fit their agenda, so they will continue to perpetuate the falsehood that forgiving and forgetting is a sign of our character or morality to ensure that the victim is ensnared into the traumatic cycle of abuse once more.
Even if the forgiveness is simply for ourselves, not our abusers, it should still be the survivor’s choice – because that is the point of it, right? To make the journey more liberating for the survivor – yet this form of release and relief cannot come without processing the trauma and it certainly will feel like a prison if it is seen as an obligation, rather than an act of free will. There are some survivors who benefit from forgiving authentically after doing much needed healing work, while other survivors heal without the need to forgive their abusers. Every survivor’s journey is different and should be respected, not policed.
Ultimately what many survivors find is that processing the trauma, with all of its authentic emotions, is far more healing than a fabricated forgiveness that only serves to sweep the trauma under the rug. If a survivor does choose to forgive, it must be by his or her own choice – a choice that is made not due to the scrutiny of a society that prefers abuse victims to remain silent and dissociate from their trauma, but through their own free will, with an understanding of how to actively validate the pain suffered and its effects.
OUR CHOICES SHOULD BE RESPECTED, NOT JUDGED.
Forgiveness can be a natural part of the healing process for a survivor after they’ve processed their emotions. But, it also doesn’t have to be, as each survivor is different, with different circumstances. And, it doesn’t make one a narcissist or lacking in compassion to not grant forgiveness – even those with great empathy, in horrific circumstances, may choose instead to not forgive, yet move forward peacefully with their lives. Constructive healing does not always have to include forgiveness.
IF WE DO CHOOSE TO FORGIVE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
If you do choose to forgive, make sure your self-care is still a priority. Although the abuse cycle may have conditioned you to feel otherwise, forgiveness does not require reconciliation with our abusers. In fact, reconciliation along with forgiveness only serves to make survivors feel more powerless and anxious.
Forgiving someone also does not mean we cannot be proactive about gaining justice: it does not mean we cannot take legal action, stand up to our abusers or hold them accountable for their actions. We can’t allow perpetrators to get away with injustice because of a limited perspective of what forgiveness means or entails, as this limited point of view only serves to enable abusers and protect them from the legal consequences of their actions.
FORGIVENESS AND THERAPY
I have heard amazing stories from survivors who’ve had validating, trauma-informed therapists who informed them that forgiveness was their personal choice, not a necessity in the healing journey. However, you may have encountered a few professionals or so-called experts who think forgiveness is the only way to healing and may urge you to “let” your trauma go.
I think therapists who say these things verge on being unprofessional and unethical, as well as ill-informed on the effects of trauma. I find that there are unfortunately some therapists who simply do not get it and unintentionally retraumatize trauma victims in the process. There are even professionals who are narcissistic themselves or identify with the abuser in some way, so they will intentionally invalidate the victim to have more power and control over their clients. They may be projecting their own unprocessed trauma onto other victims, as a way to resolve their own internal chaos.
There are, however, thankfully many validating, trauma-informed professionals out there who do know not to ever compare one person’s journey to another and who know not to force forgiveness onto their clients…and every survivor deserves support such as this.
The bottom line? What is healing for one survivor may not be healing for another. It is everyone’s own journey to take and we should not micromanage another person’s journey. If forgiveness has helped you to move forward, all the more power to you. If forgiveness is not part of your healing journey, that is perfectly okay too. If you’re uncertain, embrace the uncertainty and know that what is important is learning to do what is best for you, while still validating your emotions and the trauma that you endured.
During the abuse cycle, your choices were taken away from you. This time, you get to make the choice – don’t let society, your abuser, or myths about what forgiveness means – take that away from you.
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Using the right child car seat is the best way to prevent serious injury to children in collisions. This information will help you find the right child car seat for your child’s height, weight and development.
What to look for
When you buy a child car seat for use in Canada, look for the National Safety Mark label attached to the seat. This label indicates that the seat complies with Canadian regulations and standards and is legal for use in Canada.
Every child car seat and booster seat sold in Canada has an expiry or useful life date on it and should not be used past that date.
Child car seats for infants
Newborn babies and infants need special protection while in a vehicle. In a collision, a properly installed rear-facing child car seat can save your baby’s life.
Ontario’s Highway Traffic Act requires children to use a rear-facing car seat until the child weighs at least 9 kg (20 lb.).
It’s best to keep your child in a rear-facing child car seat until they reach the manufacturer’s recommended maximum weight and height limits. Some rear-facing car seats are made for children that weigh up to 20 kg (45 lb.)
When a child outgrows the maximum weight or height limits of an infant rear-facing car seat, they may move to a larger convertible infant/child car seat and stay rear-facing until the child is ready to face forward.
Child car seats for toddlers
Ontario’s Highway Traffic Act allows children weighing 9 kg to 18 kg (20 to 40 lb.) to use a forward-facing child car seat or a rear-facing car seat as long as the car seat manufacturer recommends its use.
It’s best to keep your child in a forward-facing child car seat until they reach the manufacturer’s recommended maximum weight and height limits.
A forward-facing car seat uses a tether strap to prevent the child car seat from moving forward and causing injury in a collision. It is important to use the tether strap exactly as the manufacturer recommends.
Booster seats raise children so adult seat belts protect them better. Booster seats protect children from serious injury 3-½ times better than seat belts alone.
Ontario’s Highway Traffic Act requires children weighing 18 kg to 36 kg (40 to 80 lb.), standing less than 145 cm (4 ft. 9 in.) tall and who are under the age of 8 to use a booster seat or allows the continued use of a forward-facing seat as long as the car seat manufacturer recommends its use. It’s best to keep your child in a booster seat until they reach the manufacturer’s recommended maximum weight and height limits.
Seatbelts are designed for adults and older children. Children may be ready to move from a booster seat to a vehicle’s seatbelt once:
- they can sit all the way against the back of the vehicle seat with legs bent comfortably over the edge and maintain this position for the entire trip
- they can have the shoulder belt flat across the shoulder and chest
- the lap belt crosses over the hips, not the stomach
Ontario’s Highway Traffic Act allows a child to use a seatbelt alone when any one of the following occurs:
- Child turns 8 years old, or
- Child weighs 36 kg (80 lb.), or
- Child is 145 cm (4 ft. 9 in.) tall or more
All drivers are responsible for ensuring that passengers under 16 are secured properly.
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- Would to God you could beare with mee a little in my folly, & in deede beare with me.
- For I am iealous ouer you with godly iealousie, for I haue espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
- But I feare lest by any meanes, as the Serpent beguiled Eue through his subtilty, so your mindes should bee corrupted from the simplicitie that is in Christ.
- For if he that commeth preacheth another Iesus whome wee haue not preached, or if yee receiue another spirit, which ye haue not receiued, or another Gospel, which ye haue not accepted, yee might well beare with him.
- For, I suppose, I was not a whit behinde the very chiefest Apostles.
- But though I be rude in speach, yet not in knowledge;
but we haue bene throughly made manifest among you in all things.
- Haue I committed an offence in abasing my selfe, that you might be exalted, because I haue preached to you the Gospel of God freely?
- I robbed other Churches, taking wages of them to doe you seruice.
- And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: For that which was lacking to mee, the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied, and in all things I haue kept my selfe from being burthensome to you, and so will I keepe my selfe.
- As the trueth of Christ is in mee, no man shall stop mee of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
because I loue you not?
- But what I doe, that I wil doe, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion, that wherein they glory, they may bee found euen as we.
- For such are false Apostles, deceitfull workers, transforming themselues into the Apostles of Christ.
- And no marueile, for Sathan himselfe is transformed into an Angel of light.
- Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also bee transformed as the ministers of righteousnesse, whose end shall be according to their workes.
- I say againe, Let no man thinke mee a foole;
if otherwise, yet as a foole receiue me, that I may boast my selfe a little.
- That which I speake, I speake it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly in this confidence of boasting.
- Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
- For ye suffer fooles gladly, seeing ye your selues are wise.
- For ye suffer if a man bring you into bondage, if a man deuoure you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himselfe, if a man smite you on the face.
- I speake as concerning reproch, as though we had bene weake: howbeit, wherein soeuer any is bold, I speake foolishly, I am bold also.
- Are they Hebrewes?
so am I: are they Israelites?
so am I: are they the seed of Abraham?
so am I:
- Are they ministers of Christ?
I speake as a foole, I am more: in labors more abundant: in stripes aboue measure: in prisons more frequent: in deaths oft.
- Of the Iewes fiue times receiued I forty stripes saue one.
- Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned: thrice I suffered shipwracke: a night and a day I haue bene in the deepe.
- In iourneying often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by my owne countreymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the citie, in perils in the wildernesse, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren,
- In wearinesse and painfulnesse, in watchings often, in hunger & thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakednes.
- Besides those things that are without, that which commeth vpon me dayly, the care of all the Churches.
- Who is weake, and I am not weake?
who is offended, and I burne not?
- If I must needes glory, I will glory of the things which concerne mine infirmities.
- The God and Father of our Lord Iesus Christ, which is blessed for euermore, knoweth that I lie not.
- In Damascus the gouernour vnder Aretas the King, kept the citie with a garison, desirous to apprehend mee.
- And through a window in a basket was I let downe, by the wall, and escaped his hands.
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On August 1, 2021, Dr. Marc Parlange was appointed President of the University of Rhode Island. Prior to this, he was provost and senior vice president of Monash University in Australia.
From 2013 to 2017, Dr. Parlange was the Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science here at UBC, and a Professor in our Department. He also served as Dean of the School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, and held faculty appointments at Johns Hopkins University and the University of California at Davis.
His research in the broad area of environmental fluid mechanics primarily relates to the measurement and simulation of air and water flows over complex terrain, with a focus on how air turbulence and atmospheric dynamics (atmospheric boundary layer flow) influence water evaporation and transpiration in plants and soil.
Dr. Parlange received numerous awards for his academic achievements, including the Macelwane Medal of the American Geophysical Union in 1997 and the Dalton Medal of the European Geosciences Union in 2007. He has a master of science degree and Ph.D. from Cornell University and a bachelor of science degree from Griffith University in Australia.
Water Resources; Atmospheric Boundary Layer; Wind engineering; Evaporation; Turbulence; Large Eddy Simulation; Soil and snow physics; Environmental wireless sensor networks; Watershed and eco-hydrology; Lidar.
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Epsilon User's Manual and Reference >
Command Reference >
The command prompts for a file name, then inserts the contents of the
file into the current buffer before point, then sets mark to the other
end of the inserted region.
More File Primitives (Primitives)
Copyright (C) 1984, 2016 Lugaru Software Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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More detailed diagrams showing the moves used during our baby's swimming lessons. Following on from part 1 of the baby swimming diagrams.
Some of the techniques such as 'Humpty Dumpty' and 'holding on' need a swimming pool to illustrate correctly so I've been working on a 3D Swimming pool. I've based it on a cross between where we have our lessons and the baby pool at our local public swimming pool. Both are a similar size and depth (a little less than waist deep).
The bar that the babies hold onto is different though. At some pools it's a kind of gutter, where we have our lessons it's a thick bar (very difficult for a baby to hold onto), and our local pool has the water level so high the edge of the pool is where you hold on. For the model I've used a metal bar.
|Cradled Head Holding Back Floating|
| Here your baby is actually floating on their own. Your hands are cradling them under their head to support them
if necessary. Older babies may be less willing to lie still enough. We were told to allow their ears to submerge. I remember this feeling a little precarious at first.
Click for more on Cradled Head Back Floating
|Sitting On The Side|
| This position is the start of many routines. Your baby is sitting on the side, held by your hands under their armpits. There is a variation in the more advanced lessons, which I will show in another diagram. The first routine using this start position is 'Humpty Dumpty'.
Click for more on Humpty Dumpty
|More Cradled Head Holding Back Floating|
|In the 'Humpty Dumpty' routine your baby starts off sitting on the side of the pool while you say the nursery rhyme. At the appropriate point (Hunpty Dumpty had a great fall) you lift them into the water so they hit chest first and end up in swim position.|
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Systems Design & Consulting
Route Selection – Feasibility & Optimization
3-D modeling of route topography allows CDI to optimize civil works and the placement of elevated or ground level steel support structures. Route optimization allows the comparison of design options to reduce cut and fill activities, eliminate material transfer points by appropriate placement of horizontal and vertical curves, and reduces potential conflicts with environmentally or politically sensitive neighbors. All of these in turn reduce the ultimate cost of building (CAPEX) and operating (OPEX) your conveyor system.
Static and Dynamic Analysis
CDI’s BELTSTAT and BELTFLEX software enables us to accurately predict the behavior of the conveyor during the route selection phase of the project. The analytic tools these software packages provide allow us to determine the forces and tensions along various conveyor routes and profiles, under a wide range of climatic conditions and material loads, and over the lifetime of the belt.
|BELTSTAT Performs a Wide Range of Design Calculations|
BELTSTAT calculates the forces and tensions for steady-state constant speed conditions, while BELTFLEX simulates the dynamic behavior of the conveyor during starting and stopping operations. BELTFLEX can simulate a wide variety of drive and brake control systems, including VFDs, fluid couplings, wound-round stepper motors, and constant torque and proportional torque braking systems. The control conditions developed during the BELTFLEX simulations can then be used to develop the speed control ramps for the PLC code that controls the drive and brake control system.
|BELTFLEX – Typical Start-up Simulation|
CDI also uses BELTSTAT and BELTFLEX as forensic analysis tools to simulate conveyors proposed by others, to audit their design, or on existing conveyor systems in order to duplicate and troubleshoot operational problems. This type of analysis can substantially reduce the amount of downtime involved in identifying and replacing a poorly designed or badly maintained component.
Equipment Sizing and Specifications
The static analysis provided by BELTSTAT includes a determination of component sizes and quantities, including
- Belt width, speed, and strength.
- No. and sizes of motors.
- Gearbox ratio(s).
- Brake torque requirements.
- Flywheel mass and inertia (if required).
- Holdback torque and load sharing (if required).
- No. and sizes of pulleys.
- No., sizes, and spacing of idlers.
- Take-up tensions
In order to aid our clients in obtaining quality components, CDI can provide a set of equipment specifications for these items, as well as act as part of the clients QA inspection team for visits to vendors factories.
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It was not too long ago that coal and ore from underground mines were shoveled or manually loaded onto carts drawn by horse or mule (Snaders and Peay, 1988). As recently as the mid-1950s, almost a third of all coal produced in the U.S. was still hand-loaded. In the years prior to the introduction of mechanization, mining was truly backbreaking work. The principal tools of the miner were the pick and shovel, powered solely by raw muscle. Figure 106.1 illustrates a common task of the undergound miner of this period: undercutting a coal face in perparation for blasting. As shown in Figure 106.1, this task was performed while the miner was lying on his side, using a pick to hew the coal and a shovel to support the body. Miners could spend three to six hours undercutting a coal face, using their picks to make a one meter deep horizontal incision at the base of the mineral seam. Advances in mechanization in the second half of the 20th century have greatly reduced physical demands on the mine worker. Even so, mining remains among the most physically demanding occupations. While the overall magnitude of physical work performed by the miner has been reduced, many unique physical and environmental demands remain. For example, miners may have to deal with restricted workspace, less than desirable illumination, muddy or wet floor conditions, high levels of whole-body vibration, and considerable heavy lifting. Of the stressors listed above, the most demanding environmental characteristic of underground mines is undoubtedly the limited vertical workspace in which many miners must function. The impact of this single factor on human-centered design is extraordinary. The significant injury experience in the mining industry is undoubtedly the consequence of the muliplicity of risk factors present in this environment.
Mine-workers; Mine-shafts; Miners; Mining-industry; Coal-miners; Coal-mining; Coal-workers; Ergonomics; Human-factors-engineering; Musculoskeletal-system; Musculoskeletal-system-disorders; Muscular-disorders; Muscle-tension; Muscle-stress; Demographic-characteristics; Anthropometry; Posture; Biomechanical-modeling; Biomechanics; Physical-stress; Stress; Heat-stress; Vibration-exposure; Vibration-control
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Portland’s Christine McKinley wears many hats: she’s a mechanical engineer, a musician, a composer, an author and a former TV personality. She’s also on a mission to make math and science more fun. Her book Physics for Rock Stars is part memoir, part science lesson, and part advice column. It reads like a practical guide to the world from a clever, nerdy friend:
Like atoms, at our core we are something so distinct that to disassemble our core is nuclear fission or fusion — terribly energy-consuming, explosive, and likely to leave dangerous leftover parts. If you are dependable iron and you try to be heady hydrogen or exotic einsteinium, you will likely make a mess of yourself. It will hurt. And it won’t work. Be an iron person if you are iron. Or be carbon if that’s how you’re made. There’s a place for every type of bonder in the world, just as there is a box for every element in the periodic table. You are somebody’s match. Or you are a noble gas. Either way, you have a place in the universe.
McKinley says there’s no reason to be afraid of math and science, and she draws on examples from her own life to prove it. She shares that math didn’t come easily to her initially, and that it took a stylish pre-calculus teacher named Mrs. Johnson to help her realize that solving equations could be fun and even glamorous.
Now McKinley manages industrial and commercial construction projects for Intel. She says she hopes Physics for Rock Stars encourages younger readers, especially women, to consider engineering as a career. There are a lot of jobs available, she told OPB, and they’re well-paid — which means engineering can also be a way into the middle class for low-income students.
Were you intimidated by math and science when you were in school? What could your teachers have done to change your mind about those subjects?
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Hi I'm new to Java and a little confused.
I cannot tell for sure the difference between component and widgets and how to create my own.
For example in QT/KDE controls that in java are called "components" are called "widgets".
Any way to give an example I want to create a database browser that will contain a few labels and buttons, and integrate it on a project. Or even with composition create a text field that will have extra input control/restriction that will suit my needs.
How do I do this? All tutorials I found on google are not very enlightening..
Is it possible to make it visible on the netbeans pallete, after i create it?
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The fragmented world of wireless chargers is getting a little order, which means you will be able to place any phone down on a charging station and top off your battery — well, eventually.
Two of the three major wireless charging groups, the Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) and the Power Matters Alliance (PMA), have signed an agreement to ensure that their two standards will work together. By coming together with a common certification for the two different technologies, the groups hope to spur the inclusion of wireless technology in more devices.
“We believe that companies that have been evaluating and hesitating to integrate wireless charging into their consumer electronics products will now have a reason to go forward,” said Kamil Grajski, president of the A4WP and an executive with Qualcomm.
For the consumer, this potentially means more devices with wireless charging packed in, which remains a rarity, with select companies such as Nokia and LG Electronics opting to employ the feature in a few of their phones. The feature has languished due to a lack of universal compatibility and a confusing number of different groups.
But wireless charging fans will still need to exercise some patience. The partnership between the PMA and A4WP doesn’t mean that their rival technologies will operate with each other, only that they will be able to sit alongside one other and play nice.
And there remain hurdles to completely universal wireless charging. Most of those phones are using a standard called Qi, championed by the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC), now the odd man out. The PMA’s own standard is used at select locations of chains such as Starbucks and McDonald’s, as well as in phone cases.
The A4WP’s Rezence standard is based off next-generation wireless charging technology called magnetic resonance that won’t hit the mass market for a while. The PMA and WPC use inductive charging to power their respective standards.
Still, that the PMA and A4WP were willing to strike a deal could signal that the WPC could eventually be brought into the fold.
Grajski declined to comment on what the WPC would do, but noted that he believed Tuesday’s announcement was just the first step in consolidation in the field.
Wireless charging started to see some clarity in the latter half of 2013 as marquee companies began joining multiple groups. Qualcomm, a big proponent of the A4WP, joined both the WPC and PMA, while Samsung Electronics, another A4WP proponent, backed a startup that uses Qi.
With the wireless charging standards consolidating, Apple, the other big smartphone player, may finally commit to putting the feature into its phones. Grajski said he didn’t know what Apple had planned for its next phone, but he hoped the consolidation would encourage all companies to take a closer look at wireless charging.
Further clarifying the future of wireless charging, the A4WP also announced that WiTricity, a startup that’s focused solely on magnetic resonance technology and holds many essential patents in the area, is joining the group. At the Consumer Electronics Show, the company showed off a wireless charging system for the iPhone 5 and iPhone 5S (iPhones can be wirelessly charged through covers), and said it would develop a reference device that would be made available to the A4WP group.
“By taking an active role in the A4WP, we aim to accelerate the adoption of WiTricity’s technology in the electronics that consumers rely on every day, and we’re excited to lead the way to a wireless tomorrow,” WiTricity CEO Eric Giler said in a statement.
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Breast Milk Wet NursesHistorically, wet nurses are women who provide breastfeeding assistance to newborns not their own. They were in high demand in 1000 C.E. Europe. They took care of babies left orphaned by their mothers and other infants who needed to be nursed after the mother had died. Many worked in hospitals for foundlings, where poor women were expected to continue work even after childbirth.
Despite the fact that wet nursing is becoming less popular today, it is an important profession. However, informal practices are still very much alive. (Getty Images) Many families are looking for solutions to the U.S. milk shortage and they're all in desperate need of breastmilk. Stories of local women volunteering There are many websites offering wet nursing services. It turns out it is. Despite the fact that wet nursing is becoming less popular today due to the availability of formula and breastmilk banks, many still believe wet-nursing may be alive. This is why it's not often discussed.
Wet-nursing and the United States: The controversial past
The birth mother is surrounded by her new children and the wet nurse, who holds the newborn baby. (Kirn Vintage Stock/Corbis via Getty Images There are two major avenues for wet nursing in America: The first is the practice of wet nursing, which has been subject to abuse over the years and is linked by monetary exchange. In the case of the Antebellum South, it's the. Exploitation of Enslaved Black Women White babies were made to breastfeed their white children. Another form of wet nursing is informal. It's done between friends, family and other equals with no power imbalances. Cross-feeding and cross-nursing Technically, both are wet-nursing. This is when one breastfeeds a child other than the biological baby. However, these practices are still controversial, even though they have a more casual form. Wet-nursing has a problem because it is a historically exploitative practice. Jacqueline Wolf Yahoo Life was told by a Professor in Ohio University's Department of Social Medicine. Wolf's research is focused on the history and practice of breastfeeding in America. She explains how the U.S. early practice of hiring wet nursers was determined by class, and adapted from English tradition. Wealthier women were thought to be weaker in the 19th century. It was therefore not appropriate for them to breastfeed excessively, which led to poorer women from rural areas being hired to perform the task. Wolf claims that it was a job born out of necessity for those women who were employed. She says that wet-nursing was a desperate occupation for women. These were almost all single women, often widowed or homeless women. Rich families could find a nurse through help-wanted advertisements in the newspaper or their doctor. Wolf claims that the savage language in these advertisements shows how badly wet nurses were treated by employers. Many employers described them as immoral and a burden to families who shelter them. Wolf claims that doctors spoke even more harshly about wet nurses than Wolf. Wolf said that one doctor described wet nurses in a quote as "three quarters cow, and one quarter devil." Most wet nurses had to give up their baby once they became employed. They might not see him or her again. Wolf explained that it was not common for an upper-class or middle-class family to allow a nurse to take their baby to the home. The wet nurses were forced to surrender their babies to the care of foundling families, which had a horrendous death rate. Nearly 100 percent. The wet nurse could literally save the life of an ill baby, even if it meant that her child would die. Wolf insists that not all wet-nursing practices were evil in their early days. Shared nursing is common because breastmilk was the only option, especially when the mother dies in childbirth or while still breastfeeding. Wolf says that in those days, children who didn't have human milk could die if they couldn't get it. Many women would breastfeed a newborn baby who had lost their mother, whether it was a close friend, relative, or neighbor.
Today, wet-nursing is an underground and informal practice
Federal pure food laws were passed. Pasteurization, breast-milk banks, and availability of alternative formulas made it less common for wet nurses to post job openings. In 2007, the Today show reported One Los Angeles staffing agency reported on an increase in wet nurse requests, starting at $1,000 per week. According to Comparably, which shows market compensation as contributed from real employees -- wet nursing in the U.S. pays an average of $1000 per week average salary of $57,123. But despite the Sometimes, an online advertisement offers to be a wet-nurse You're likely to be able to meet people if you are looking for a nurse or a wet nursing service. Selling or donating Bags of breastmilk expressed to be given to parents. However, the informal method may prove to be much more common than you think. Informal wet-nursing is something that happens all the time, I believe. Wolf tells Yahoo Life that he doesn't believe we speak about it. La Leche League International (LLLI), says it on their website website Cross-nursing is a more family-oriented form of wet-nursing. This can be done between sisters, aunts or grandparents. They share the responsibility for breastfeeding their babies. LLLI says that people practice this informal, often incongruous activity in many countries around the globe for a range of reasons. It may be done to stimulate milk production or in a babysitting arrangement, as well as as to show friendship. In fact, a 2016 Netmums poll Over 2,000 parents were asked if they breastfed their baby. Samantha Gadsden is shown with her daughter and son in 2011. She says that she wet-nursed eight babies, while breastfeeding her children. Yahoo Life tells her that she believes there is more to it than most people realize. (Courtesy Samantha Gadsden Samantha Gadsden, a Doulas based in South Wales in the U.K.Yahoo Life's Judith tells Yahoo Life that she has wet-nursed eight babies in the period 2012-2018, while still breastfeeding her children. Gadsden does not believe that her circumstances are unique. She just believes informal wet-nursing can be quite common. Gadsden claims that any wet nursing she performed was independent of her role as a doula. She has not been paid for her wet nursing work and the majority of babies she nursed were those of her friends. Gadsden says that women should be paid for this work. It is a time-consuming task, so if someone wants to pay another person to feed their children, I see no problem. Gadsden also insists on the fact that mothers came to her every time and requested her to nurse a baby. She never gave permission to do this. Gadsden claims that she once nursed an infant friend in an emergency. Gadsden also said that friends often asked her to watch their child so they could go out and have fun. She would even nurse them if the baby refused to take a bottle. Gadsden admits that I believe there is a lot more to it than most people realize. There are probably many friends and families out there that women share their babies with. Although Gadsden was familiar with most of the infants she wet-nursed for her, there was an occasion where she assisted a stranger. Gadsden said that the mother posted an emergency to a group on Facebook I was part of. Her twins were out of milk and she was now in hospital. Her twins were in hospital and they needed donor milk. She didn't live far away from me so I went to their room and gave them milk. The World Health Organization also includes wet-nursing. Guidance For the treatment of children suffering from severe acute malnutrition. The WHO website states that if there are no real chances of breastfeeding a baby who is severely malnourished, then the family might need to get breast milk from another mother, such as a relative, neighbor, or nurse. Actress made headlines during a UNICEF goodwill mission to Sierra Leone in 2009. When she gave birth to a local child who was hungry. This country is home to an exceptionally high infant mortality rate, which may be partly due to malnutrition. Hayek said that she was breastfeeding her daughter in order reduce the stigma surrounding breastfeeding. Do I feel disrespectful to my child by giving away her milk? Hayek, I think that my baby would be proud to drink her milk. told Nightline at the time. Gadsden claims that she once helped a friend with breastfeeding when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Gadsden claims that she shared the wet-nursing duties with other mothers for six to seven months so their friend could breastfeed. Gadsden said that it was crucial for her to continue the friendship. There are also more tragic situations than there is wet-nursing.
Wet-nursing and surrogacy
Wolf described a centuries-old communal method of neighbors and friends joining forces to care for a baby. Surrogacy is a modern option whereby a woman may wet-nurse her baby. Tabitha Lynn Trotter is a labor- and postpartum therapist doula based in San Diego Yahoo Life reports that she had eight surrogate children between 1993-2006. She breastfed them all for the least one month. Trotter claims she wasn't paid for being a surrogate but she said she never received any compensation for breast milk. She is happy about that. It doesn't bother me at all that I was not compensated. Trotter states that I wasn't in this to make money. My view was that if [the biological parents] can give the milk, this marriage is complete. Trotter was also a mother to children, and had a large family. So any live-in arrangement with the surrogate child was impossible. She would instead visit her parents regularly, and she would give them a mix of breastfeeding and express milk so they could bottle-feed the baby once she was gone. She says that I used to feed the baby while I was there and leave the milk for nighttime or rest of the day. Trotter said that many times we met in a central parking lot. The baby would be nursed by me, then I would drive the 20-30 minutes to get her milk. We would then go on our own. The baby might be brought to her sometimes, she says. The baby would be brought by mom, who then took a break to take a rest or go for a walk. Trotter also managed a San Diego surrogacy program at the time. Over 200 babies were delivered in this program, and most surrogates expressed interest in breastfeeding or expressing breastmilk for their babies after they were born. Trotter states that the surrogate would be willing to supply milk for three or six months. Although I don't know if the contracts are still in place, the vast majority of surrogates agreed to breastfeed. Trotter provided breastmilk to all who requested it. I also had a freezer that contained breast milk. Trotter wet-nursed friends informally, for example on an anniversary night when a friend was celebrating with her husband or to allow moms to enjoy some drinks at a bar. Trotter shared the responsibility of nursing a friend's child for several months on one occasion. The friend stayed three months with me and I asked her every time that the baby was crying, "Do you want her to feed her or me?" Many times, she would then pass the baby over to me so she could nurse the other one, Trotter said.
The stigma around wet-nursing
Breast milk should not be obtained from an individual or via the Internet. (Getty Images) The FDA advises that babies not be fed breastmilk obtained directly from people or via the internet. Risks When it comes to cross-feeding and informal wet-nursing. breast milk can transmit infectious diseases like HIV, along with other drugs such as alcohol, marijuana and any medication that the mother may be on. Individuals are not affected. Milk banks test for various diseases Along with bacteria, HIV/hepatitis B/C and hepatitis C are included. Human milk can be obtained from people directly or via the internet. The FDA does not consider it to be adequately screened for infection or risk. Website states. It is unlikely that human milk was collected, processed or tested in such a manner as to reduce safety hazards for the baby. Trotter believes that there's a lot of trust involved in allowing another person to care for your baby. Trotter believes that there is a double standard in wet-nursing or donating express milk. She says this because no one sees breast milk at the milk banks. All this milk is found in a freezer. Trotter laughs that it just happened overnight. She shared that she enjoys stories in which women donate 90 gallons of milk to hospitals or milk banks. She says that those are great stories, and she has nothing to criticize them. It should also be praised for people who help directly. Gadsden believes that the cultural stigma surrounding breastfeeding may be partly responsible for stigmatizing cross-feeding or wet-nursing. Gadsden states that breastfeeding is natural and can be done by anyone. If we did more of this, she suggests that wet-nursing would be more popular so moms and babies feel supported, rather than isolated.
A wet nurse mother donates 600 gallons breast milk
Miracle mum donated 600 Gallons of breastmilk for hundreds of parents to feed their children. Elisabeth Anderson Sierra, 29 years old, is selfless and dedicates 10 hours per day to her labor of love. She says that it's almost like a job. Hyperlactation Syndrome is a condition that causes the mother-of-two to pump around 225oz (1.75gallons), of breastmilk per day. This is almost 10 times what she averages at 27oz. Sophia, her six-month old daughter, consumes only 20 ounces of breastmilk per day. The rest goes to the local moms, gay couples, and milk banks for premature babies. Get lifestyle and wellness information delivered straight to your inbox Register here Yahoo Life’s newsletter .
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Guerilla Marketing - Marketing Comms
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Sheena Lawlor Guerrilla Marketing Guerrilla marketing follows the same concept as guerrilla warfare by gaining large effects at low cost ( Baltes, Liebing 2008) Guerrilla marketing was first used in the 1960's when SME's in the USA were forced to find ways to compete against larger companies with a superior advertising budget. (Levison 1984) The term Guerrilla marketing was first coined and defined by Jay Conrad Levison in 1984 and he is widely regarded as the father of Guerrilla marketing. Why has there been a surge in Guerrilla Marketing 1. The average US consumer is exposed to 3,000 advertisements a day ( Kimmel 2005) 2. By confronting consumers with the same methods of communication they become aware of this and it causes a wear out effect. This makes the consumer feel restricted in terms of making an independent decision. What is Guerrilla Marketing ? Unconventional
Effect Low Cost
low cost ) Basic Guerrilla Effect References Baltes, G & I. Leibing, 2008. "Guerrilla Marketing for information services. New Lib. World, 109 : 46-55
Levison, J.C. 2007. Guerrilla Marketing : Secrets of making making big profit from your small business. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.
Kimmel, A.J., 2005 Introduction Marketing Communication in the new millennium. In: Marketing Communication - New Approaches, Technologies and Styles, Kimmel, A.J (Ed.). Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp : 1-6.
Diagram : Hutter, K, & Hoffmann, S 2011, 'Guerrilla Marketing: The Nature of the Concept and Propositions for Further Research', Asian Journal Of Marketing, 5, 2, pp. 39-54, Business Source Complete, EBSCOhost, viewed 3 March 2013. Hutter &Hoffmann 2011 McDonalds Today McDonalds is the Worlds Largest fast food chain
Headquarters are in the United States
Found in over 119 countries and serves over 68 million customers daily. McDonalds claims to be the 68th biggest economy in the world
Earns revenue from Investments in properties, franchising and operating Restaurants.
85 % franchised in US -vs- 28% franchised in UK & Ireland McDonalds Info For decades McDonalds has maintained extensive Marketing Campaigns
In addition to Media, McDonalds also makes great use of Billboards and Sponsorship.
Television plays a major role in advertising strategy McDonalds Info Yoo, A. 2010. Clever Guerrilla Marketing: McDonald's Shamrock Shake [Online] Available from: http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/clever-guerrilla-marketing [Accessed 04/03/13]
McDonalds, 2004. Mission & Vision [Online] Available from: http://www.mcdonalds.com.my/abtus/corpinfo/mission.asp [Accessed 04/03/13]
McDonalds, 2004. Ronald’s World [Online] Available from: http://www.mcdonalds.com.my/kidszone/ronaldsworld/intro.asp [Accessed 04/03/13]
Leo Burnett Worldwide, 2011. Dip Dip Nuggets [Online] Available from [Accessed 04/03/13]
Bui, D. 2012. Ad of the Day: McDonalds – Dip Dip Nuggets [Online] Available from: http://www.saleschase.com/blog/2012/06/02/ad-day-mcdonalds-dip-dip-nuggets/ [Accessed 04/03/13] In 2011 McDonalds again used guerrilla marketing to create a buzz around one of their products… McDonalds Guerrilla Marketing
Engaging What Elements did it have?
Targeted What Elements did it have? Again, the stunt reinforced McDonalds reputation as a fun, happy company.
The aim was to create “taste anticipation”.
Huge visibility in the shopping centre and has about 80,000 views on Youtube. Suitability for the brand? The stunt was widely talked about in the media and on social media sites.
It was a unique, fun way to promote the drink which is only available in March.
The sales generated from the drink over the St Patricks day weekend allowed McDonalds to donate $10,000 to charity. Effectiveness? Ronald McDonald – Chief happiness officer since 2003. Brand Promise – “To provide simple easy enjoyment to every customer at every visit.”
The company is associated with happiness and fun and this stunt perfectly portrayed this image. Suitability for the brand? In 2010 McDonalds took advantage of the Chicago river being dyed green for St Patricks day by placing a 24foot Shamrock shake next to it.
So, was it….
Effective? McDonalds Guerrilla Marketing Purpose
Engage others Surprise
Mobility Guerrilla Marketing Elements Villalobo, M. 2009, What is Guerrilla Marketing [Online] Available from: http://www.slideshare.net/michellevillalobos/guerrilla-marketing-presentation-for-dfyit-how-to-use-guerrillal-marketing-together-with-online-techniques-to-make-your-message-go-viral [Accessed 07/03/13]
McDonald’s Corporation 2013. Ronald McDonald House Charities [Online] Available from: http://www.rmhc.com/ [Accessed 7 March 2013]
Villalobos, M. 2009. Do-It-Yourself Viral Guerrilla Marketing [Online] Available from: http://www.michellevillalobos.com/audio_video/how_to_do_viral_guerrilla_m.html# [Accessed 7 March 2013]
Klayman, B. 2011. GM uses bungee jumps, sky dives to push Sonic car [Online] Available from: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/05/us-gm-sonic-idUSTRE79407S20111005 [Accessed 7 March 2013] Recommendations for future Guerrilla marketing activities Room for improvement on the App.
61 out of 141 (43%) people gave it only one star
McDonald’s could implement guerrilla marketing through their app, e.g., could create a game/competition that could go viral Online and offline marketing are usually separate
McDonalds could launch a guerrilla marketing campaign integrating the two, i.e something consumers do online influence something that is happening offline
Example: General Motors ‘bungee jump launched’ their new car in a campaign whereby consumers clicked online and each click moved the car closer to the edge. It took 2.4 million clicks. Integrate online and offline marketing Promote charity work through guerrilla marketing http://www.rmhc.com/
McDonald’s do great charitable work which may go unnoticed
Ronald Mcdonald houses in 57 countries around the world
Annual fundraiser- “McHappy Day” has raised $170 million since 2002
Raise awareness through a viral marketing campaign
McDonald’s should focus on creating regular videos with the aim of going viral.
1. Worth spreading
2. Spreadable and it should do the following things:
Appeal to the target audience
(Michelle Villalobos) Online Guerrilla Marketing McDonald’s app is not up to the standard that it should be
Not enough content, and lots of complaints from customers Mobile App McDonalds Timeline McDonalds
first restaurant opened by brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald in San Bernardino, California 1940 1959 100th McDonalds
Store Opened 1955 500th Store
Opened 1963 First TV Ad airs 1966 First International
Stores Open in Puerto Rico
Canada 1967 McDonalds becomes a franchise thanks to Ray Kroc investment Viral videos should be Thanks for listening
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(CNN) — Not too long ago, students had to craft an essay if they wanted to win a scholarship. Now, they just can craft a tweet.
The Kentucky Fried Chicken Foundation is asking eligible high school seniors to tweet a photo that illustrates their commitment to education and enriching their communities. The KFC Colonel’s Scholars winner, announced December 15, will receive up to $5,000 per year to pursue a bachelor’s degree at a public university in his or her home state.
KFC started the Twitter contest last year as a way of reinvigorating its scholarship program for the social media age. The competition saw over 2,800 applicants, with the winning tweet coming from California high school senior Amanda Russell: “#KFCScholar Hey Colonel! Your scholarship’s the secret ingredient missing from my recipe for success! Got the grades, drive, just need cash!”
Other organizations, perhaps weary of wading through applicants’ lengthy essays, also are offering eager students ways to turn a 140-character message into money for college. Last summer Scholarships.com awarded a “Short and Tweet” $1,000 cash prize and Amazon Kindle e-readers to three students who tweeted winning answers to questions like, “What would an extra $1,000 for college mean to you?”
“No lengthy essay, no pile of paperwork — just your thoughts, in real time,” promised the contest’s website. “To enter, simply log on to Twitter …”
In place of an essay, the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business offered a full $38,000 scholarship to its MBA program for the best tweet from a prospective student. “That’s right, it’s a 140-character application that pays $271 per letter,” said the school’s website.
Why a tweet? Jodi Schafer, the University of Iowa’s director of MBA admissions and financial aid, told USA Today that application essays were “becoming unoriginal.” She said “we’re hoping that incorporating social media in the process will help bring back some of that creativity.” Applicants were encouraged to include in their tweet links to blogs, videos or Facebook accounts.
The college plans to bring back the tweeting scholarship next year to international applicants.
Competitions like these are done more for marketing purposes than finding qualified candidates, said Sree Sreenivasan, a digital-media professor who teaches classes on Twitter at Columbia Journalism School. He cited a scholarship sponsored by Dr. Pepper that was awarded to a girl who threw the most football passes into a giant Dr. Pepper can at the SEC Championship game.
“How is that better or worse than Twitter?” he asked. Sreenivasan believes these scholarships get buzz because they are “marketing to the extreme.” He said he would not be surprised to see more competitions like this in the future, because marketers are very imitative.
This year’s KFC scholarship competition explores students’ creativity in a different way by asking them to tweet a picture instead of just a snippet of text. The ideal image should capture their high school experiences and collegiate dreams. KFC Public Relations Manager Rick Maynard says snapping pictures and sharing them online comes naturally to this generation of students, and the scholarship is a new way to connect with social-networking teens.
“The Colonel was a lifelong learner, reinventing himself at the age of 65 when he turned a $105 Social Security check into what would become a global chicken chain. He would have been thrilled to see how KFC continues to adapt to fit the changing consumer landscape,” Maynard said.
Maynard said KFC is watching for new technological trends to help the company decide what to do for next year’s competition. In the meantime, students may submit photos until December 13, and the winner will be named around December 15.
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What Classes To Take? First-Years Ask The Profs
Story posted August 29, 2011
Sargent Gym was jammed with eager, slightly bewildered first-year students Monday at the 2011 Academic Fair.
The Orientation event brought all 485 incoming students face-to-face with Bowdoin professors from every academic department, who were lined up and ready to talk turkey.
The fair, which is part of a four-day Orientiation, lets new students ask faculty directly about courses, requirements and prerequisites. Afterwards, students met with their individual academic advisors to begin nailing down their course selections.
"It's an opportunity for students to get to know professors, get to know majors and departments, and get a sense of what might interest them in their first year," said Environmental Studies Chair Phil Camill.
It's also a chance to get a feel for professors.
"People want to know how much writing I assign and if it will be too much to do in conjunction with another class," smiled Assistant Professor of Africana Studies Brian Purnell, who is teaching a first-year seminar called Affirmative Action and U.S. Society.
"I've been telling them that all Bowdoin classes are challenging, so they'll be all right. I don't think I'm too tough, but we want our students to work. If it were easy then they wouldn't grow."
What people were saying:
Ben Cumings '15
"I was really wowed by the courses in the English department because they're more than basic first-year courses. They do have intros, but they also have very specialized things such as Prof. Watterson's Hawthorne course or the Shakespeare's Afterlives course, which is about the way Shakespeare is interpreted in modern times. It's great that we can jump into a first year seminar with something we're really interested in.
Even more than the subject of the courses, I wanted to meet the teachers, the people I'd be interacting with in the various departments. I think it's very important that I can gel with them, talk to them easily. So far it's been fantastic."
Sivana Barron '15
Biggest challenge? Definitely the amount of courses that are available to take. I looked at the course book and was overwhelmed by the number of courses and the multiple levels in everything. I'm going to meet with my advisor later this afternoon to discuss my first year seminar, he'll help me weed out the ones I want to do. Potentially, a psych class or maybe economics.
Greg Stasiw '15
I'm Just trying to get a feel for what's offered and this is really helping me figure out what I want to focus in. I've known that I wanted to take Environmental Studies and a language. I also want to leave some room to explore, so I might take a drawing class and band.
Brian Purnell, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies
I just talked to my first-year advisees and got really excited about the Acting I class. I would love to take that class myself. I imagine it to be something that could really stretch a person's academic abilities -- to express yourself, or even make an academic argument, through the creation of a character. It just sounds really fun and I've encouraged some of my students to take it.
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“That story has done me ever so much good, and I shall not forget it. Now, good-night, for I must be up early to-morrow, and I don’t want to drive Mr. Wilkins away entirely,” said Christie, after she had helped put the little folk to bed, during which process she had heard her host creaking about the kitchen as if afraid to enter the sitting-room.
She laughed as she spoke, and ran up stairs, wondering if she could be the same forlorn creature who had crept so wearily up only the night before.
It was a very humble little sermon that Mrs. Wilkins had preached to her, but she took it to heart and profited by it; for she was a pupil in the great charity school where the best teachers are often unknown, unhonored here, but who surely will receive commendation and reward from the head master when their long vacation comes.
Mrs. Wilkins’s minister.
Next day Christie braved the lion in his den, otherwise the flinty Flint, in her second-class boarding-house, and found that alarm and remorse had produced a softening effect upon her. She was unfeignedly glad to see her lost lodger safe, and finding that the new friends were likely to put her in the way of paying her debts, this much harassed matron permitted her to pack up her possessions, leaving one trunk as a sort of hostage. Then, with promises to redeem it as soon as possible, Christie said good-bye to the little room where she had hoped and suffered, lived and labored so long, and went joyfully back to the humble home she had found with the good laundress.
All the following week Christie “chored round,” as Mrs. Wilkins called the miscellaneous light work she let her do. Much washing, combing, and clean pinaforing of children fell to her share, and she enjoyed it amazingly; then, when the elder ones were packed off to school she lent a hand to any of the numberless tasks housewives find to do from morning till night. In the afternoon, when other work was done, and little Vic asleep or happy with her playthings, Christie clapped laces, sprinkled muslins, and picked out edgings at the great table where Mrs. Wilkins stood ironing, fluting, and crimping till the kitchen bristled all over with immaculate frills and flounces.
It was pretty delicate work, and Christie liked it, for Mrs. Wilkins was an adept at her trade and took as much pride and pleasure in it as any French blanchis-seuse tripping through the streets of Paris with a tree full of coquettish caps, capes, and petticoats borne before her by a half invisible boy.
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Learn to build comfortable, long-lasting chairs. Chairs are ubiquitous, found in every home, office and building. Almost all are commercially made since many woodworkers shy away from making chairs, or even stools. Granted, there are not too many square parts to most chairs, and compound angles are somewhat intimidating. But the articles in this book, reprinted from Fine Woodworking magazine, should help dispel any questions or fears you may have about chair building. Not only can you build them, you can make them better than the average commercially made models.
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You poured to Rohn Specs? Rohn does not spec that kind of
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I can't even imagine building a tower in an old river bed, with
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Do the new speed cameras actually reduce speeding? No, says research done at Haifa University.
The report recommends hidden cameras, not the visible ones the police so proudly launched recently. Though, the researchers said, these days "there is almost no such thing as hidden cameras."
The police's traffic division actually encourages disseminating information on the location of the new speed cameras, saying they lower average speeds. Some smartphone applications signal where the cameras are and police even intend to paint them orange to make them more visible. Some 60 new cameras are expected to be in place by the end of the year.
The study examined 30 subjects, 15 males and 15 females. They drove 24 kilometers in a simulator a number of times at speeds of 50 to 90 kph. Half drove on routes with visible speed cameras and the other half on routes where they were told cameras were hidden.
The drivers who drove on routes with speed cameras painted bright yellow on gray poles drove much faster than those on routes with hidden cameras, according to findings by Prof. Joel Norman, Dr. Pe'erly Setter and Hadas Marciano.
Faster drivers on roads with the visible cameras averaged speeds of 92 kph, while those on roads with the hidden cameras averaged only 67 kph. The faster drivers also picked up speed after passing one camera until they reached the next one and then slowed down rapidly. The other drivers simply drove more slowly all the time.
They called the behavior of the faster drivers "kangaroo driving," slowing down before the cameras and speeding up afterward. These drivers also developed a method of slowing down quickly just before the cameras, and accelerating rapidly afterward.
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Generation of a reference transcriptome for evaluating rainbow trout responses to various stressors
© Sanchez et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2011
Received: 22 September 2011
Accepted: 21 December 2011
Published: 21 December 2011
Fish under intensive culture conditions are exposed to a variety of acute and chronic stressors, including high rearing densities, sub-optimal water quality, and severe thermal fluctuations. Such stressors are inherent in aquaculture production and can induce physiological responses with adverse effects on traits important to producers and consumers, including those associated with growth, nutrition, reproduction, immune response, and fillet quality. Understanding and monitoring the biological mechanisms underlying stress responses will facilitate alleviating their negative effects through selective breeding and changes in management practices, resulting in improved animal welfare and production efficiency.
Physiological responses to five treatments associated with stress were characterized by measuring plasma lysozyme activity, glucose, lactate, chloride, and cortisol concentrations, in addition to stress-associated transcripts by quantitative PCR. Results indicate that the fish had significant stressor-specific changes in their physiological conditions. Sequencing of a pooled normalized transcriptome library created from gill, brain, liver, spleen, kidney and muscle RNA of control and stressed fish produced 3,160,306 expressed sequence tags which were assembled and annotated. SNP discovery resulted in identification of ~58,000 putative single nucleotide polymorphisms including 24,479 which were predicted to fall within exons. Of these, 4907 were predicted to occupy the first position of a codon and 4110 the second, increasing the probability to impact amino acid sequence variation and potentially gene function.
We have generated and characterized a reference transcriptome for rainbow trout that represents multiple tissues responding to multiple stressors common to aquaculture production environments. This resource compliments existing public transcriptome data and will facilitate approaches aiming to evaluate gene expression associated with stress in this species.
Fish under intensive culture conditions are exposed to a variety of acute and chronic stressors, including elevated rearing densities, sub-optimal water quality including decreased dissolved oxygen (DO) and high carbon dioxide (CO2), and thermal fluctuations [1, 2]. During transportation and sorting, several factors may also lead to stress including handling and tank confinement [3, 4]. Osmoregulatory disturbance may be an outcome of stress, for which altered salinity is routinely used to mitigate negative effects, however high salinity such as in adaptation to seawater induces a stress response . These and other stressors which are common to aquaculture production can induce physiological responses which may have adverse effects on traits important to producers and consumers, including those associated with growth, nutrition, reproduction, immune response, fillet quality, and environmental impacts [1, 2, 6–13]. Understanding and monitoring the biological mechanisms underlying stress responses will facilitate alleviating their negative effects through selective breeding and changes in management practices, resulting in improved animal welfare and production efficiency.
Studies which aim to characterize global gene expression in response to stress often use hybridization-based approaches (i.e. microarrays) to identify differences between challenged and control fish [14–16]. Hybridization techniques including those that employ microarrays can be high-throughput and are relatively inexpensive, however they present some limitations . For instance: 1) the preparation of custom-made arrays requires previous knowledge of the target transcriptome expected to be represented in a sample; 2) hybridization data often present high background levels due to cross-hybridization; and 3) microarrays are not suitable for genes expressed at very low or very high levels because there is a limited range of detection due to background and saturation . Sequencing-based methodologies have also been used to characterize gene expression, full-length cDNA and EST (expressed sequence tags) libraries have been sequenced using Sanger technology, however, this method is low-throughput, expensive and usually not quantitative [17, 18]. Tag-based short sequence reads methodologies like SAGE (serial analysis of gene expression) or MPSS (massive parallel signature sequence) are also high-throughput and quantitative, however the sequence reads cannot be unambiguously mapped to the reference genome; the transcriptome is still partially
analyzed; and it is usually not possible to distinguish different gene isoforms [18, 19]. Recently developed high-throughput sequencing technologies offer a new approach (RNASeq) for characterizing transcriptomes through high-throughput sequencing, mapping and quantification [20–31]. This approach is especially advantageous for non-model species, because it is not restricted by the unavailability of a genome reference sequence. Additionally, RNASeq has very low background and sequences can be unambiguously mapped to reference sequences. The quantification is based on the number of sequences obtained, therefore it offers the detection of a higher expression range and it is possible to identify low or highly expressed genes. Furthermore, this approach permits additional analysis such as the identification of putative single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), which can be identified in transcribed regions and have the potential to affect gene function . RNASeq has previously been used for transcriptome characterization of non-model species, including butterfly , silkworm , garter snake , coral , pearl oyster and several fish species [25–30], including rainbow trout .
In the absence of a genome reference sequence for rainbow trout, we used Roche 454 pyrosequencing technology to develop a reference transcriptome sequence to be used specifically in gene expression analyses associated with stress, including RNASeq based approaches. The library construction included a normalization process [22, 23, 33] such that the reference transcriptome would constitute a qualitative resource attempting to represent the maximum number of unique transcripts from each of the tissues/treatment combinations as possible . Although the majority of stress gene expression research in rainbow trout has concentrated on evaluating the effect of only one stressor on one specific tissue [34–36], our goal was to capture and characterize a collection of transcripts from multiple tissues from fish exposed to one of five stressors. As a result we aim to establish a comprehensive stress transcriptome resource that will facilitate understanding stress responses in this species. To this end we selected stressors that are among those commonly experienced by rainbow trout during aquaculture production and transport including high temperature, low temperature, low DO/high CO2, seawater transfer, and handling/confinement.
Previous studies have evaluated the combined effects of temperature and salinity on physiological condition of rainbow trout. Niu et al. transferred juvenile rainbow trout from 13.5°C to 25.5°C, held them for two hours, and then transferred them to a 32‰ water at 13.5°C to observe the effects osmotic stress during transfer from freshwater to saltwater. Also, low temperature combined with sea water tolerance was analyzed by Findstad et al who transferred fresh water acclimated rainbow trout to sea water at 1 and 8°C, and Saunders et al who first acclimated the fish to salt water and placed them in floating cages until temperatures fell below 0°C. In this project we used similar parameters for high and low temperature and salinity treatments however we were conducted treatments independently. Previous studies have suggested that oxygen concentrations above 6 mg/l are not limiting factors for growth and carbon dioxide in culture tanks should range between 10 and 20 mg/l therefore we combined effects of low DO and high CO2 by supplying fish with re-use water, a common practice in aquaculture production which uses water from rearing sites "upstream" to increase production capacity . Finally, fish were subjected to a handling and confinement stress routinely used for rainbow trout stress response research [15, 43–46].
We demonstrate that each stressor produced a physiological response by reporting changes in plasma variables indicative of various phases of a stress response (cortisol, glucose, lactate, and chloride concentrations and lysozyme activity [47–49]) as well as changes in the expression of genes in gill tissue related to apoptosis [50–52] and Na/K transport. Our reference transcriptome created by sequencing RNA from multiple tissues of control and stressed fish is inclusive of transcripts expressed within the context of these unique physiological states and typical basal expression from control fish. We characterize the reference transcriptome by conducting an assembly of sequencing reads, assigning Gene Ontology annotation and identifying putative SNPs.
Results and Discussion
Water Quality Parameters
Water quality parameters including temperature, DO, pH, CO2, and ammonia were measured at 0, 3, and 6 hours during the challenges and as summarized in Additional File 1 (Table S1 Water Quality Parameters). The desired parameters for each treatment were obtained within three hours of the beginning of the respective experiments. Water pH values varied between 7.5 and 7.9 for both treatment and control conditions. Concentrations of nitrogenous compounds levels were also within acceptable limits. In the "high temperature" treatment tanks, temperatures were elevated from 14.3°C to an average of 22.6°C within three hours (time 3) and remained elevated until the six hour (time 6) sampling period, at which temperatures averaged 24.8°C. For the "low-temperature" treatment, water temperature was reduced to 1.8°C within three hours (time 3), and was maintained at an average of 2.3°C until time 6. DO levels are one of the most critical water quality parameters in trout culture and exposure to low levels of DO (5.0 - 6.0 mg/l) can result in mortality . However, critical levels are directly correlated with other water quality parameters, like water temperature. DO levels oscillated between 7.16 and 22.40 mg/l across the experimental tanks. Although the average DO concentration at sampling time (time 6) was lower in the re-use water treatment tanks than the control tank (7.8 versus 10.0 mg/l), it remained within acceptable limits for trout production. However, CO2 levels were significantly higher (67.8 mg/l average) in treatment tanks compared to control (21.7 mg/l). Recommended upper limits for dissolved CO2 range between 10 and 20 mg/l .
Analysis of gene expression
Stress and its resulting increase in cortisol levels have been reported to affect the onset of the apoptosis mechanism [50–52]. The expression of several apoptosis and stress-related candidate genes were analyzed in gill tissue using quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) to determine if changes in expression of relevant genes occurs during the stress response.
QPCR results for tumor suppressor gene p53 (p53), nuclear protein 1 (nupr1), and heat shock protein 70 b (hsp70b) are reported in Figure 4b. p53 has multiple functions, and can be induced by several stressors through different translation mechanisms; its major functions are to regulate apoptosis and growth arrest . The expression of p53 was reduced in the reuse water and salinity treatments and increased in the high temperature treatment (Figure 4b). Nupr1 is also a multifunctional protein and similar to p53, this protein can be induced by different stressors and takes part in apoptosis regulation [60, 61]. Momoda et al. studied gene expression in rainbow trout liver after handling stress, and documented an increased expression after 3 hours of stress and even higher after 21 h. However, in the current study, nupr1 expression was not significantly different from the control for any of the stress treatments. Heat shock proteins (HSP) were initially identified as being induced after stressful thermal conditions; however, it is presently known that this group of proteins also responds to other environmental stressors [37, 62]. Expression of hsp70b was up-regulated in high temperature and salinity treatments, with a dramatic 600-fold increase in expression with the high-temperature stress.
To compensate for osmotic gain of fluid and diffusive loss of ions, freshwater teleosts developed an active ion transport mechanism. Ions like Na+, Cl-, Ca2+ are actively transported across the gill epithelium to maintain high levels of ions in the blood. Euryhaline fishes that move from freshwater to salt water transform their gills from ion absorbing mechanisms to an ion-secreting epithelium, resulting in an increase of Na+/K+-ATPase (nakatp) gene expression [63, 64]. A previous study of nakatp expression in rainbow trout gill found that isoforms nakatpα1c and nakatpα3 did not respond to salinity exposure, while isoform nakatpα1a decreased expression within one day after being transferred to salt water and isoform nakatpα1b gradually increased its expression. In this study, expression of the nakatpα1a, nakatp α1b, and nakatpα1c isoforms were significantly reduced by high temperature treatment only. Isoform nakatpα3 showed increased expression in fish exposed to the salinity treatment (Figure 4).
Transcriptome sequencing and assembly
Detailed Information on the Assembly Results.
Total number of reads
Number of aligned reads
Number of aligned bases
Number of wholly assembled reads
Number of partially assembled reads
Number of singletons
Number of repetitive reads
Number of outlier reads
Number of too-short reads
Total number of contigs
Total number of contig bases
Average contig size
Number of contigs with size > 100 bp
Number of contigs with size > 500 bp
Largest contig Size
Total number of isotigs
Average contig count
Largest contig count
Number of isotigs with one contig
Average isotig size
Largest isotig Size
Total number of isogroups
Average isotig count
Average contig count
Largest isotig count
Largest contig count
Number of isogroups with one isotig
Number of isogroups with one contig
MIRA3 assembly of Newbler singletons
Number of contigs
Largest contig size
For the Newbler assembly, only isotigs that are longer than 100 bp were selected for annotation. To avoid redundancy, all isotigs with 90% or higher identities were grouped in one cluster and only a representative from each group was selected for annotation. This step reduced the number of sequences from Newbler assembly from 83,935 to 62,071. Moreover, the 143,560 reads listed on MIRA3 results as debris (singletons), were masked with RepeatMasker using the INRA (National Institute for Agricultural Research, France) Rainbow Trout repeat and cGRASP Salmon masker databases, and 39,210 masked sequences that have more than 300 base pairs of continuous non repetitive segments were also included in the annotation process. After adding the 37,143 MIRA3 contigs; 138,424 sequences were included used for annotations.
Keyword Search of Functional Annotation.
BLASTx Hit Description
Gene Ontology Term
Current rainbow trout transcriptome sequence datasets available in NCBI include 287,967 EST sequences in dbEST and the 454-pyrosequencing data submitted to SRA, which include 1,298,911 sequences of a Swanson double-haploid fish and 1,507,274 other rainbow trout cDNA sequences submitted by INRA. In addition, there are 116,463 sequence clusters generated from 391,356 rainbow trout mRNA and EST sequences in NCBI UniGene database and 161,818 rainbow trout transcriptome reference sequences generated by Salem et al.. We compared our sequence reads with all of these datasets, and found that 69.1%, 78.5%, and 56.2% of the reads can be mapped to the rainbow trout sequences in NCBI EST, NCBI SRA for double-haploid fish, and NCBI SRA from INRA, respectively. Moreover, only 67.5% and 55.2% of the reads can be aligned or partially aligned to the rainbow trout cluster sequences in NCBI UniGene database, and the transcriptome reference sequences of Salem et.al., respectively. These comparisons suggest that significant amounts of new data have been generated in our dataset.
Four full sib families were used in this experiment, therefore assembly of the transcriptome data was expected to result in the identification of putative SNPs. A total of 57,207 SNPs were identified from the Newbler assembly which represents 30,293 contigs assigned to 21,335 isogroups. The average number of putative SNPs in a contig was 1.9 and in an isogroup 2.7. The maximum number of putative SNPs in a contig was 20, and 15,667 contigs had only one putative SNP. On average, one putative SNP was found every 483 bp. The maximum number of putative SNPs in an isogroup was 392, and 13,254 isogroups had at least two SNPs. Similarly, an additional 808 putative SNPs were identified from the MIRA3 assembly. Overall, the putative SNPs would include 37,358 transitions and 20,657 transversions, similar to the 2:1 ratio observed in some but not all species . To determine the potential for sequence variation to influence gene function we identified the location of putative SNPs in relation to gene sequences based on BLASTx alignments. Overall, 24,479 putative SNPs were determined to fall within exons, 4907 of which were located in the first position of a codon and 4110 the second, both sets expected to impact amino acid sequence and potentially gene function. We also predicted that 15,321 putative SNPs are located in the third position, which as expected is much more than the first and second positions combined. An additional 1322 SNPs were determined to be within exons however discrepancies of SNP positions across multiple alignments resulted in uncertainty of codon position.
It is likely that some of the putative SNPs are actually paralogous sequence variants (PSVs), and therefore are the result of gene duplication events and not sequence variation . In salmonids we expect a high frequency of PSVs due to an evolutionarily recent genome duplication event . However, as all the sequences are transcribed differences may still be relevant to gene function as evolutionarily diverged paralogs sometimes have unique expression profiles . These putative SNPs will be incorporated into a data set previously isolated from a genomic DNA reduced representation library for genetic analyses in rainbow trout (Additional File 3 Tables S3 and S4). Although it would be interesting to evaluate these SNPs for allelic specific expression, our combining multiple tissues from multiple individuals for the creation of a normalized library for this experiment would not produce meaningful quantitative data. However, additional studies of these samples using RNA-Seq will permit such an analysis, yet we must first determine how to distinguish differential expression of allelic variants from that of closely related genes resulting from the genome duplication events.
We have generated and characterized a reference transcriptome for rainbow trout that represents multiple tissues responding to multiple stressors, and the unique expression portfolios for each. This resource complements existing public transcriptome data and will serve approaches aiming to evaluate gene expression associated with stress in this species.
All experiments were conducted under approval of the USDA/ARS National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, protocol #50.
Four unrelated families from the NCCCWA even year broodstock population under selective breeding for growth were used for each of the five stressors and control treatments. The fish were tagged and two fish from each family were placed in each of four 193 liter tanks on flow-through water. For each stressor the four tanks included three replicates and one control; a total of 160 fish were used. The experimental fish were acclimated during a two week period at NCCCWA standard culture conditions (13.7°C; CO2 25.0 mg/l; DO 15.1 mg/l; salinity 0 ‰). The fish were weighed at the end of the trial, and had average weight of 57.7 g (range: 28.0-99.0 g). Water quality parameters (DO, CO2, temperature and nitrogenous compounds) were monitored during the acclimation period and at the beginning (time 0), middle (time 3) and end (time 6) of the stress treatments.
After acclimation, water conditions in each tank were brought to the experimental parameters over the course of three hours (time 3) and then maintained at stress conditions for three hours. The following stress conditions were used: 1) high temperature 25°C; 2) low temperature 2°C; 3) salinity 32‰ (addition of salt, NaCl); 4) Re-use water, presenting lower DO and higher CO2; and finally 5) handling/crowding stressors, following procedures previously described by Weber and colleagues as adapted from Pottinger et al.. Following each stress treatment, all eight fish from each tank were euthanized by administering a lethal dose of MS-222 and tissues (blood; brain; gill; heart; kidney; liver; spleen and muscle) were collected immediately and frozen in liquid nitrogen.
Plasma metabolite measurements
To identify the physiological responses to stress, plasma metabolite measurements including concentrations of plasma cortisol, glucose, lactate, and chloride in addition to lysozyme activity were measured. Whereas cortisol is a measure of the primary stress response, the others are measures of secondary stress responses. Glucose and lactate serve as measures of metabolic response, chloride as a measure of the osmoregulatory response, and lysozyme activity as a more direct effect of the stressor on the immune system.
Plasma cortisol was measured by radioimmunoassay following procedures described by Redding et al., as modified by Feist et al., but using cortisol antiserum R4866 (provided by Coralie Monroe, University of California-Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Reproduction), which was validated for use in rainbow trout (Barry et al.). Plasma samples were exposed to heat to denature binding proteins. Glucose was measured by enzymatic coupling with hexokinase and glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (Infinity glucose [HK] liquid stable reagent, Thermo Trace, Melbourne, Australia). Lactate was measured by enzymatic conversion of lactate plus NAD to pyruvate plus NADH (lactate dehydrogenase, Sigma, St Louis MO, #L-2500; NAD Sigma #N-7004). Chloride was measured using a Labconco model 4425000 digital chloridometer (Kansas City MO). Plasma lysozyme activity was measured using a lysozyme turbidity assay as described by Muona and Soivio as modified by Vivas et al.. The bacterium used was Micrococcus lysodeikticus (Sigma, St Louis MO, M3770) and lyophilized hen egg white lysozyme was used as standard (Sigma, L-6876).
Quantitative PCR Gene and Primer Information.
Nuclear protein 1
protein 70 b
Housekeeping genes were used to normalize the transcript expression values [Elongation factor (1f1-α) and β- actin (bact) [77, 78]]. The geNorm applet for Microsoft Excel was used to test the gene expression stability for the candidate genes (M = 0.595 for both 1f1α and bact), and their geometric mean was used to generate a normalization factor for each sample. The normalization factor was used to calculate the expression of each gene relative to the geometric mean expression of the selected reference genes. Expression values were calculated as a fold change, relative to the expression of control group, which was set at 1.0. Fold change data were normalized using log2 transformation prior to statistical analysis.
Significant effects of stress on gene expression were detected using the general linear models procedure using PC-SAS (Version 9.1). In the event of a significant p-value (P ≤ 0.05), differences between treatments were detected using the Fischer's least significant difference (LSD) procedure. Data on metabolites were analyzed using SigmaStat (Version 3.1; Jandel Scientific, San Rafael, CA). Significant effects of stress on metabolite expression were detected by comparing among control and all treatment groups by Kruskal-Wallis One Way Analysis of Variance on Ranks, followed by Dunn's Method for all pairwise multiple comparisons of means. Treatment means were considered significantly different when P ≤ 0.05. All data are presented as means ± SEM (standard error of the mean).
To identify the collection of genes expressed during response to stressors, RNA was extracted from gill, brain, liver, spleen, kidney and muscle from one random sample from each treatment tank plus three control samples (total of 108 RNA samples). All RNA samples were diluted in water and pooled together in a 500 ng/μl concentration. Library preparation and sequencing were performed at the Indiana University's Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics. Methodology was based on Meyer et al., with modifications by K. Mockaitis as described by Schwartz et al.. Briefly, cDNA was synthesized from the RNA pool using primers optimized for GS FLX Titanium sequencing and dsDNA was generated by PCR amplification. Then, cDNA was normalized to reduce sequence coverage of highly expressed transcripts. Accordingly, hybridization and double-stranded nuclease (DSN) digestion were used for the normalization. To optimize sequencing efficiency, libraries were titrated by emulsion PCR/bead enrichment, performed as suggested by Roche 454. Transcriptome sequencing was performed using GS FLX Titanium (Roche 454) pyrosequencing technology.
Transcriptome sequence assembly
The generated rainbow trout cDNA sequence reads were quality trimmed and the adaptor's sequences were removed. Subsequently, GS De Novo Assembler (Newbler) v 2.5p1 was used for sequence assembly. Default parameters for the algorithm of transcriptome assembly were selected, except for specific threshold parameters for generating isotigs. To further ensure the quality of the input reads, the contaminant database included in SeqTrim package for screening of contaminant sequences such as those of Escherichia coli and cloning vectors was used as the optional trimming database of Newbler, in which a read is screened out if it entirely matches with a sequence in the contaminant database. The transcriptome algorithm of Newbler aligns one read completely or partially to a contig. This pipeline also identifies whether a read is repetitive, a singleton or too short (< 50 base pairs) to be used in the computation, or even if it is problematic for assembly. Portions of repetitive reads were included in the assembly results if they aligned to unique contigs. A unique feature of Newbler v2.3 and higher, is the ability of inferring splice-variants in its transcriptome assembly algorithm, in which all contigs are grouped into collections called isogroups based on the contig branching structures and the contig branching structures in each isogroup are further traversed, resulting in a set of isotigs, each representing a possible traversing path of the contigs in the isogroup. Therefore, there is a hierarchical structure among isogroups, isotigs, and contigs. An isogroup, which is analogous to a gene, is composed of a set of isotigs, which can be thought as all possible isoforms (splicing variants) of the gene; and an isotig contains one or more contigs, which can be roughly considered as exons in the gene as demonstrated by Ewen-Campen et al.. In our study, some threshold parameters for generating isotigs were set to the maximum allowed values: the maximum number of isotigs in an isogroup was set to 1000, the maximum number of contigs in an isogroup to 1000, and the maximum number of contigs in one isotig to 200. These parameters enabled the program to generate all possible isotigs for most isogroups. After analysis, several reads were considered singletons by Newbler which included similar sequences, therefore Newbler singleton sequences were re-assembled using MIRA3 (MIRA-3.2.1).
For SNP identification, high quality sequence reads were first screened for repetitive elements with RepeatMasker , using the cGRASP Salmon repeat library and the INRA Rainbow Trout repeat library as reference. Using ssaha2 , repeat masked sequences with less than 100 base pairs of consecutive unmasked bases were mapped to the assembly contigs that were longer than 100 base pairs. Then ssaha_pileup pipeline was used to detect sequence variations among the mapped sequences. In order to increase the accuracy of the prediction, the identified putative SNPs were then further processed. First, putative SNPs having total component reads less than five or the component reads for the minor allele less than two were excluded. Then, to address the homopolymer errors commonly found in 454 sequences, only putative SNPs that were at least 50 base pairs apart from other putative SNPs were included. Additionally, flanking sequences were required to be at least 25 base pairs long. Alignment results for the Newbler isotigs and MIRA3 contigs from the BLASTx phase of the BLAST2GO annotation (see below) process were queried to identify query start, query end, and SNP position. These data were used to identify whether or not the SNP occurred inside an exon; if so they were used to calculate if the SNP is in the first, second or third position of the codon. Only data that was in agreement across all BLASTx alignments for each query was considered a positive result.
Functional annotations of Newbler isotigs/contigs, MIRA3 [85, 86] contigs, and unassembled reads were performed using Blast2GO (B2G) , a Gene Ontology (GO) based sequence annotation tool. The Blast step was performed using Blastx search against the NCBI non-redundant (nr) protein database, with the expectation value threshold set to 1.0e-6. Isotigs were first processed with CH-HIT to remove redundant sequences before being used in the annotation step. All isotigs with 90% or higher identities were grouped in one cluster and only a representative from each group was picked for annotation. Functional annotations of Newbler isotigs/contigs and MIRA3 contigs were performed using Blast2GO.
Sequence datasets comparison
A total of 3,091,890 sequences that had been cleaned of vector and E. coli sequences with SeqTrim were compared with the rainbow trout sequences in public available databases using SAHHA2 with the command line parameters: -454 -seeds 5 - score 60 -kmer 13 -skip 4 -diff 0 -output cigar -identity 95. The datasets compared are rainbow trout sequences in dbEST release 080111, sequences in NCBI SRA with the Accessions of SRX007396, SRX041526 - SRX041537, sequence clusters of NCBI UniGene Omy build 32, and the rainbow trout transcriptome reference sequences downloaded from NAGRP Aquaculture Genome Projects (http://www.genome.iastate.edu/aquaculture/salmonids/rainbowtrout/EST_WV.html).
The authors would like to thank Roseanna Long and Jill Birkett for their technical assistance with real-time PCR and performing the metabolite assays, and Dr. Keithanne Mockaitis for library preparation and sequencing. We acknowledge Mark Hostuttler, Clayton Birkett and Kevin Melody for setting up the established experimental conditions; Paul Peach and Kevin Melody for performing water quality measurements; Roseanna Long, Kristy Shewbridge, Brian Smith and Meghan Manor for their assistance with tissue sampling. We also thank Kevin Melody, Josh Kretzer, Kyle Jenkins and Jenea McGowan for their efforts in animal care and sampling. The authors acknowledge Dr. Ben Koop and Ben Sutherland for critical review of the manuscript. Mention of trade names or commercial products in this publication is solely for the purpose of providing specific information and does not imply recommendation or endorsement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
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Allergies, asthma, obesity, stomachaches, acne: These are just a few of the conditions that may be caused - and cured - by the microscopic life inside us. Understand how to use groundbreaking science to improve your health, mood, and more.
In just the last few years, scientists have shown how the microscopic ecosystems within our bodies - particularly within our intestines - have astonishing impacts on our lives. Pioneering scientist Rob Knight and award-winning science journalist Brendan Buhler explain - with humor and witty metaphors - why these new findings matter to everyone.
You are mostly not you. The human gut is host to trillions of microbes, and evidence shows that small changes in these microbes (altered by antibiotics, diet, geographic region, and so on) may affect weight, likelihood of disease, and even psychological factors like risk-taking behavior. The evidence for their influence is astonishing. Rob Knight is one of the key figures driving forward this new science. His work demonstrates the startling connection between the presence of certain harmless bacteria and the health benefits we all seek - for ourselves and our children.
In Follow Your Gut, Knight pairs with Brendan Buhler, an award-winning science writer, to explore the previously unseen world inside our bodies. With a practical eye toward deeper knowledge and better decisions, they lead a detailed tour of our "microbiome" as well as an exploration of the known effects of antibiotics, probiotics, diet choices, birth method, and access to livestock on our children's lifelong health. Ultimately this pioneering audiobook explains how to learn about your own microbiome and take steps toward understanding and improving your health, using the latest research as a guide.
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I thought the information in this book was fantastic. This is cutting-edge information that could change healthcare dramatically. I wish the information was already all known and I wish it was available for public consumption now.
As a scientist researching the microbiome I would highly recommend this to anyone interested in the subject. Dr. Knight did a wonderful job on the book.
If you would like an excellent summary of the current state of knowledge on microbes and their role in human health, I highly recommend. The science is advancing quickly, according to this author, so hopefully it will be regularly updated.
this is a short program but filled with eye opening and inspiring information. left me with more questions than answers but such is the nature of this rapidly progressing field of science.
I admit I harbor disgruntled feeling about the medical community not paying more attention to the research in the field Rob Knight discusses in well written manuscript.
This knowledge is so helpful to know for those of us with depression and anxiety among other symptoms, like GERD, asthma, autism, food cravings, obesity, and general health concerns. The microbiota seem to be the canary in the coal mine, but not many medical providers even sound an alarm. Why not?!
disagree with some of his facts as I think they are an inaccurate, especially regarding vaccines. very Western medicine based.
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Fresh on the heels of a pair of security flaw reports, the company is now dealing with an amended end-user licensing agreement (EULA) and a warning from the US government of new security risks.
The EULA change stems from a section in the agreement which had raised the hackles of privacy advocates.
The terms stated that Google would retain "a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive licence to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any content which you submit, post or display on or through, the services".
According to Google, the clause comes from the blanket terms on which all of its services are based.
The reasoning behind the rule is that it allows Google to display the material on its own servers, a basic element for any web-based publishing or hosting service.
With the Chrome browser, however, the rule raises serious privacy concerns. Worried users pointed out that the agreement could give Google the ability to capture and re-post anything the user did within the browser.
As a result, Google completely deleted the offending passage and changed the section to read: "You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in content which you submit, post or display on or through, the services."
"Whenever we release a product in beta, as we just did with Google Chrome, we can always count on our users to come up with ways to improve it," wrote Google senior product counsel Mike Yang in a company blog posting.
"We are sorry that we overlooked this, but we have fixed it now."
The EULA issue, however, is not the only problem facing Chrome. On Wednesday the US Computer Emergency Response Team (US-Cert) issued a warning about a security risk in the browser's default settings.
US-Cert noted that the browser is initially set to accept all downloads without user notification. This allows for the possibility of an attacker placing malicious applications on a user's system without warning.
The security organisation advises users to turn on the 'ask where to save each file before downloading' option under the browser's 'minor tweaks' preference tab in order to negate the security risk.
More growing pains for Chrome
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Amid heightened public awareness of close-call asteroids, scientists have produced evidence for a 60- to 65-million-year-old impact in the North Sea some 320 kilometers northeast of London. The 3-km-wide and 300-meter-deep Silverpit crater (so named after the local fishing grounds) came to light during analysis of 3-D seismic data from a gas field 4 km down. The finding was published in this week's Nature.
Although the seismic maps showed a bowl-shaped feature in the deep rock from the Carboniferous period (more than 300 million years ago), geophysicist Philip J. Allen, a consultant for British Petroleum, was initially drawn to huge concentric structures in younger layers of chalk 1 km beneath the seabed. Allen was unsure what he had uncovered, so the mystery remained unresolved for a further six months.
It wasn't until a subsequent meeting with fellow British geologist Simon A. Stewart that greater credence was given to an asteroid impact as the source. Stewart had published a paper in Petroleum Geoscience arguing for just such an event given the alleged frequency of ancient catastrophes and the size of the North Sea.
Stewart noted the telltale conical peak at the center of Silverpit crater, the focus of at least 10 concentric rings that extend out to a radius of about 10 km. Given this data and an analysis of the underlying rock density, estimates for the diameter of the impacting body lie between 120 and 500 m.
During the Cretaceous era much of the British Isles laid beneath a shallow sea about 50 m deep, so the enormous energy released during the cataclysm would have generated huge tsunamis, devastating the island archipelago that would eventually form the highlands of Scotland.
But can we be sure this is an impact event? Allen and Stewart have analyzed seismic surveys of deeper rocks and magnetic data to rule out volcanism and other processes. They remain convinced: "We are as sure as we can be that Silverpit is the U.K.'s first impact crater."
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HOUSTON - Want to talk to a doctor? Just text one. That's the idea behind First Opinion. It's a free iPhone app that you can download and within seconds get connected to a doctor and ask advice.
The man who created it wanted to make healthcare more accessible and preventative, especially for first time parents.
It's not a replacement for a doctor, and you can't send photos. But texting with one of the app's doctors could help you decide if you need to seek medical attention, or at least know the right questions to ask if you do go.
Unlike the time you spend in the waiting room, First Opinion says in most instances, you get a response in 9 minutes or less.
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Randall does well at telling the story of Allen's tempestuous life, from his early days in Connecticut during the Great Awakening's theological debates to his pre-Revolutionary paramilitary activities in what would become Vermont, resulting in his emergence as the leader of those in the "New Hampshire grant" area who sought release from the overlapping claims of New York and New Hampshire. The reconstruction of Allen's surprise raid on Fort Ticonderoga, and the subsequent defeat at Montreal which led to Allen being held as a British prisoner of war for almost three years are nicely done, although covered fairly quickly.
The best parts of the book for me were the sections covering Allen's captivity, followed by his years of wily machinations to obtain first Vermont's independence and then statehood, and then his few twilight years (during which he wrote a deist tract, Reason the only oracle of man, which was received very poorly indeed). Allen's early death, at age 51, robbed the young United States of a character who certainly would have played some interesting role had he lived longer.
Randall teases out the myths and legends that have sprung up around Allen's life quite well, picking through the historiographical rubble to get at the heart of the matter, and discovering valuable new pieces of evidence through new archival research. For that, and for its examination of Allen's writings, this book deserves much praise.
Unfortunately, the book, at 540 pages, runs about 150 pages too long. There are lengthy passages of digression which just don't fit; these mostly come in the opening chapters, with seven pages on Anne Hutchinson, for example. The narrative could have been greatly tightened up and the writing improved by another round of editing: too many chapter sections begin with clunky transitional phrases like "By the time ... ," and "At this juncture," and there are a few really wince-inducing lines ("The announcement of the birth of the United States at Lexington and Concord," &c.). Additional silly mistakes (e.g. the number of people killed in the Boston Massacre) and some questionable (and uncited) statements in the Great Awakening section also gave me pause.
I hope that any second edition will correct many of the errors which detract from what would otherwise be a most welcome addition to the genre.
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Penetration testing, also known as ethical hacking, is one of the hottest jobs in tech today. What other career lets you pretend you’re in The Matrix, working your way into systems like a top-level hacker, all without breaking any laws. Oh, and you’re getting paid for it.With a real-world penetration testing job, though, you’re not just playing at hacking into systems. You actually are hacking into systems, and your employer’s very existence may depend on your ability to do it.
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Trivia: Voices of Feminism, Issue 9
What a journal! Trivia: Voices of Feminism, Issue 9 is a beautiful and inspiring electronic resource. Thinking about Goddesses is this edition’s theme. Editors Lise Weil and Hye Sook Hwang present fourteen articles made up of personal essays and poetry complete with moving artwork and pictures. What is Goddess worship? As a follower of Jungian theory, I am intrigued by the concept of the divine feminine—a fundamental force in the human psyche existing to be made conscious—a sacred element that brings unity with one self and nature, ultimately bringing balance to the masculine energies that have usurped our culture. The writing featured in this journal suggests that the urge towards spirituality advances the feminist cause rather than undermines it.
“My journey to Goddess was not about searching for something to believe in but more about looking for how to believe in myself,” writes Vanita Leatherwood in her personal essay "Testify," in which she recalls her battle between religion and sexuality and how turning to the Goddess led to greater “self-alliance” and empowerment. The same idea resonates throughout many of the fabulous works presented. There is a sense of wonder as you read these women’s stories; most of the writings here are fluid and embody a tone of profound sensitivity. Each of their personal philosophies seem to secrete from a place of deep knowing and you can’t help but feel that these women have become stronger as a result of reclaiming the lost feminine element in their lives.
Two essays particularly ensnared my curiosity. First, in "When hens were flying and God was not yet born," Luciana Percovich questions the responsibility of women and not just men in facilitating the climate of oppression. Acknowledging the opposing masculine and feminine forces, yin and yang, within the female body is vital in awakening consciousness; balancing these aspects would be to challenge “deadly envies” and “hierarchy” which exist in our society. In her current research about female cosmogonies, she discovers that in the same way as the X chromosome contains the Y, creation stories in the Early Times before God regard a ‘She-energy’ that encloses the male—the first sex is female, not male, as the ancient male narratives uphold.
The second remarkable proposal by Judy Grahn contends that menstruation lies at the root of all cultural practices. In "Goddess is Metaformic," she puts forward in convincing fashion the theory of Metaformic Consciousness—whereby any object natural or material holds menstrual significance; an object as simple as a pot becomes a symbol of the womb. And of course these objects or “metaforms” include deities. Exploring this notion in the context of South Indian society, Kerala in specific, where Grahn conducted her research, she explains that girls or “maidens” are worshipped as Goddesses during menarche (the first menstrual period). The powerful and primal energy of Shakti is evoked at this time and believed to flow through the adolescent who undergoes a menarche ritual that is celebrated as a kind of awakening or rebirth of consciousness as well as a transitory period.
In an interesting contrast, the poetry by Katie Manning, "First Blood," "Well" and "The History of Bleeding" encapsulates the shame and guilt felt by women in biblical times, where patriarchy construed the natural cycle as something unnatural and unclean. I am nonetheless quite gripped by Grahn’s idea as it contructs a female experience of the world and this is the feeling you consequently get after considering each of these passionate academic, personal and creative articles. By connecting everyday objects and the natural world to the sacred and feminine, we begin to respect, revere and heal our self and the Earth. As the title of this issue of Trivia suggests, Goddesses are entirely worth “thinking about” for this reason.
What is problematic about the reliance on the feminine principle however is the return it signals to the polarization of gender—the factor at the root of patriarchy. Whilst "feminine" is not equated with "woman" nor "masculine" with "man" in the context of the divine, they are still intimately allied. As the Goddess experiences in this installment unearth, this spiritual predilection is still a positive step towards creating a system that values a woman’s experience of the world. I loved learning about Amaterasu, the Japanese Sun Goddess and Inanna—a Mesopotamian deity with an array of attributes that include aggressive lover and warrior, and, in reading about how these powerful symbols influenced and strengthened the lives of these authors, I found the material enlightening.
Trivia: Voices of Feminism is an authoritative journal of great worth. The bonus: it’s free to access.
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Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a type of chronic inflammatory arthritis that can occur in about 3 of every 10 people who have psoriasis. It may cause pain, stiffness, and swelling in a person’s joints as well as skin symptoms. The underlying inflammation involved in PsA can affect the entire body. Without treatment, PsA may cause permanent joint and tissue damage.
PsA is an autoimmune disease. Normally, our body’s immune system protects us from harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi. But when a person has an autoimmune disease, his or her immune system mistakenly attacks the body’s own tissue. With PsA, it attacks the joints and skin.
What causes PsA?
The exact cause of PsA is not yet known. Family history plays a strong role in PsA; about 40% of those with the disease have a family member with psoriasis or arthritis.
Risk factors for PsA can include obesity, severe psoriasis, nail disease, and trauma or deep lesions at sites of trauma. Psoriasis can typically precede PsA. Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune condition that causes raised, red, scaly patches on the skin. These appear most commonly on the elbows, knees, scalp, lower back, face, palms, and soles of the feet. PsA is more common in Caucasians and typically appears in the ages between 30 and 50.
What are the symptoms of PsA?
PsA can affect any joint in the body. It can affect one joint or several joints (frequently large joints of the legs or joints at the end of fingers and toes as well as the spine and hips), fingernails, toenails, and tendons where they join onto the bone. Some of the symptoms of PsA include:
- Feeling tired.
- Swollen fingers and toes that look like sausages.
- Stiffness, pain, throbbing, swelling, and tenderness in one or more joints.
- A reduced range of motion.
- Feeling stiff and tired in the morning.
- Changes in fingernails or toenails, such as the nail separating from the nail bed or becoming pitted (small depressions on the nail surface).
The symptoms of PsA come and go and are not the same for everyone. A person may have symptoms that affect different parts of his or her body at different times. For example, some people may not have signs of skin and/or nail problems and may have only joint pain and swelling.
How is PsA diagnosed?
It can be challenging for doctors to diagnose PsA because the symptoms are similar to other types of arthritic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, reactive arthritis, and gout. People who have symptoms of PsA or people who have psoriasis and develop joint pain should consider seeing a type of doctor called a rheumatologist. These doctors are specialists in musculoskeletal disorders (which include the different types of arthritis), so they have more experience and expertise in making the diagnosis.
To make the diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis, your doctor may:
- Examine you for swollen and painful joints and for skin and nail changes.
- Take X-rays to look for damage to your joints.
- Do scans such as an MRI or ultrasound to get a more detailed look at your joints.
- Do blood tests to make sure you don’t have other types of arthritis.
If you have been diagnosed with psoriasis and notice joint pain, tell your doctor right away. It could be a sign of PsA. If you are diagnosed with PsA, work with your healthcare provider to develop a treatment plan best suited for you. Early diagnosis and treatment can help relieve pain and inflammation and help prevent disease progression or reduce further joint damage.
How is PsA treated?
Treatment for PsA depends on the amount of joint pain, stiffness, and swelling a person has. If symptoms are mild, treatment may consist of over-the-counter or prescription oral medicines when pain and/or stiffness are present. The medicines can be stopped when the symptoms are under control.
Depending on the severity of symptoms, doctors may prescribe medicines that are taken orally, injected, or given through an IV (through the vein) for skin and joint symptoms and to help slow further joint damage. Sometimes they prescribe combinations of medicines as they deem appropriate for the patient.
In addition to taking their medicines as directed, it’s important that people with the condition live a healthy lifestyle. This includes not smoking, maintaining a healthy weight, protecting their joints from injury, being physically active, and reducing stress. Speak with your healthcare provider for more healthy living tips.
If you think you have signs or symptoms of PsA, talk with your doctor right away. This tool provided by the American College of Rheumatology can help you find a rheumatologist in your area.
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According to statistics from China Chemical and Physical Power Supply Industry Association， China's export volume and export value of lithium-ion batteries have continued to increase. In 2021, China's exports of lithium-ion batteries were 3.428 billion, with a year-on-year growth of 54.34%. The export of lithium-ion batteries was 28.428 billion DOLLARS, up 78.34% year on year.
From the battery export destination, so far. China's lithium-ion batteries are mainly exported to the Asia Pacific and the United States and other places. In terms of price, the price of tungsten carbide powder, led by lithium-ion batteries, is expected to expand globally.
Tungsten carbide is a compound in which two elements are combined to form a new metal. Recently, it has become increasingly popular in the industrial world as more and more people use it in place of traditional metals. It's a versatile and very useful material, but what makes it better than other metals?
Tungsten carbide is a very hard material. It is predicted to have a Mohs hardness of 8.5 to 9, second only to diamonds. This makes it a valuable metal with many different uses. Tungsten carbide bits are incredibly resilient to work where other metal bits blunt and break.
Steel, by contrast, has three times less rigidity than tungsten. This rigidity makes tungsten stronger than steel and titanium. Tungsten is very durable and can withstand many tests in any job. Whether it's tungsten powder or tungsten carbide blades, this compound gets the job done.
In addition to its strength, tungsten is easily recycled and can be used for many years. Tungsten carbide waste is collected, melted down, and modified better than other metals, potentially damaging or missing in the process. Other metals tend to lose their integrity or become too damaged to recycle, leading to more waste. Many companies are more than willing to buy tungsten scrap at a very reasonable price to give you less waste and a smaller carbon footprint.
The strength of tungsten plays an important role in its recovery value. Its toughness has ensured a long life, but there is no loss of durability in carbide recovery materials when it is recycled. Unlike metal, it is strong in all its uses and can be recycled again and again. Almost all other metals eventually break down. Because tungsten is a compound and not a natural metal, it does not have this disadvantage.
Tungsten has proved its superiority over other metals time and again in the industrial field. Its durable strength and versatility make carbide recovery materials one of the most valuable compounds.
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“Like the beverage produced there, the new East Baltimore home of Charm City Meadworks has some history behind it.
Mead, a honey-fermented alcoholic beverage, goes back thousands of years. Meadworks’ new facility in the Johnston Square neighborhood isn’t quite as old, but it owes its curious shape to a set of circumstances that played out more than a century ago…” Click here to continue reading the full article on www.BaltimoreSun.com
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Like any reloading project, building rounds for a semi-automatic pistol has its own set of challenges. Semi-autos have tight tolerances, but many of its bugaboos can be avoided by handloading for accuracy and reliability, not maximum velocity.
The first semi-auto handgun I ever owned was a Smith & Wesson Model 59, bought with my first paycheck when I took my dream job as a biologist for the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. Back in 1978, those of us in the Wildlife Division had to provide our own sidearms (we were all commissioned officers, but only the wardens in the Law Enforcement Division were issued guns in the form of the Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolver). Since I had to buy my own, I wanted something more appropriate than my Model 28 hunting revolver for daily carry. I had a good supply of surplus 9mm ammo and for that first year, every evening after work, rain or shine, I practiced with that pistol behind my barn.
As a target I used a playing card and in each session I would run through about 15 rounds from 5 to 25 yards, drawing and firing one, then two, then three shots at the different distances. In October 1979, all that practice paid off when I was attacked by a huge Saint Barnard/Labrador cross, a feral dog that surprised me deep in on National Forest land miles from the nearest road. I have no doubt that pistol saved me from a serious mauling.
The most popular semi-auto calibers have traditionally been the 9mm Luger and the Colt .45 Auto; the 9mm being the most widely chambered handgun round in the world and the .45 ACP being the cartridge against which all other semi-auto rounds are measured. There is a perennial argument over which is better for self-defense, the high-capacity 9mm or the striking power of the .45. I personally would not want to be the recipient of either one, but history has shown us time and again that torso hits with the .45 are less survivable.
Handloading the semi-auto pistol can be tricky; one must match the velocity and bullet weight to reliably work the action, while still achieving the accuracy necessary for consistent groups. This means there is a narrow window of acceptable velocities for a given bullet weight.
Couple this with using a style of bullet that will reliably feed, and we see that care must be taken when loading.
Compounding the handloader’s concerns is the nature of the extremely fast powders used for these cartridges—the difference between a reliable, accurate load and a wrecked handgun (or personal injury) may be as little as 1/10 of one grain of powder.
It’s my advice to load for reliability and accuracy and not the highest possible velocities. True, many pistols operate best near their maximum load, but approach that listed maximum with extreme care. A good chronograph can be a big help in developing these loads for this reason, as you should look for velocities with the smallest possible shot-to-shot variation.
My Load Data
In my Beretta 92FS, the Hornady 124-grain full metal jacket (FMJ) bullet on top of 5 grains of Unique delivers an average of 1,100 feet per second (fps) for 10 shots with only 4 fps difference between the highest and lowest velocities. I use Winchester brass and some of my closely guarded supply of Federal 100 primers.
With this load and pistol last year I watched my son Wade repeatedly bounce around a coffee can at 130 yards. The Hornady FMJ bullet feeds wonderfully and in more than 400 rounds I have had no malfunctions. Using a 5-grain load of Winchester WSF and this bullet has not been as consistently accurate as the Unique load, but it operates the pistol fine and seems somewhat milder, although velocity average is very close to the Unique load.
In my Colt Government 80 series (her name is Hard Candy), 7 grains of Unique under the Hornady 230-grain FMJ in Winchester cases and Federal 150 primers is my only handload. If I don’t shoot it, I’m shooting UMC factory ammunition. This pistol loves the 230-grain bullet and will not group lighter bullets worth a hoot. This load in a Smith & Wesson Model 1917 killed the biggest wild hog I have ever laid hands on—a 424-pound monster—with one shot at 15 yards. Later that same day, the fellow who owned the revolver used that load to shoot a ragged one-hole group of five shots at 40 yards.
Handloading for the semi-auto pistol can be rewarding and economically smart. Pay attention to detail, load for reliability and accuracy and see for yourself.
This article appeared in the April 22, 2013 issue of Gun Digest the Magazine.
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Move over cowboys. Once you’ve finished wrangling your content into a more intelligent format, the next thing up on your agenda is to figure out whether your content is global ready and, if not, what you can do about it.
I’ve written a lot about intelligent content. Ann Rockley and Joe Gollner cover the topic from a strategic vantage point in An Intelligent Content Strategy for the Enterprise. For the uninitiated, intelligent content is content that is structurally rich, semantically aware, automatically discoverable, reusable, reconfigurable, and adaptable. Intelligent content plays a critical role in helping organizations go global (expand into new markets). But intelligent content is just one part of a global content strategy. Two other important elements to consider are managing your content efficiently and making your content global ready.
What is “global ready”?
“Global readiness” is the process of creating and optimizing content so that readers all over the world can grasp its meaning and intent. Making your content global ready is an important — and too often overlooked — consideration before you translate and localize content. And, it’s equally important to make your content global ready to ensure that it communicates effectively to native and non-native readers of your content.
Common Sense Advisory says, “Translation and localization professionals often point out that quality [content] starts at the source. Poorly constructed text is notoriously difficult to translate, but the definition of “good writing” may vary from one language to another.”
To make your content global ready, you can’t rely on your Style Guide. You must, at a minimum, standardize your content by:
- Creating and managing your terminology
- Enforcing grammar and style rules for simplicity and consistency
- Eliminating unnecessary words
- Shortening unwieldy sentences
- Avoiding idiomatic phrases
Standardizing your content is necessary to become global ready. Most content suffers from a variety of internationalization problems that introduce additional, unnecessary costs and slow time-to-market, limiting sales.
Creating internationalized, global ready content makes sense because it helps reduce the cost of localization and translation, and it enables companies to launch products in multiple languages and locales simultaneously with minimum delay. Companies have a narrow window to create and sell products — especially if they are competing in the ever-changing technology sector and/or their products are protected temporarily by patents — so the faster they get to markets around the globe, the more likely they are to make sales.
In addition to speeding time-to-market, companies are spending huge amounts of money on translation and localization. Common Sense Advisory says that the translation market is predicted to reach US$25 billion by 2013. That’s a lot of money. And a lot of it is wasted. It’s no wonder nearly every global organization is looking for ways to reduce translation and localization costs as they enter more and more markets, translating into an ever-increasing number of languages.
Global readiness is best determined with the help of software
Making content global ready is no job for mere mortals. Writers and editors do not possess the superpowers necessary to plow through all of the content you have and ensure it is ready to go global. You’ll need to enlist the help of software tools designed specifically to spot global readiness problems so you can fix them before your product launches.
Early entrants in the global readiness category of software focus on standardizing the content that surrounds technical products. A great example is acrolinx IQ, which is distributed as a cloud-based service in the U.S. by Content Rules. What I like about this service is that you can give them a small sub-set of your content (web pages, PDF, Word, XML, etc.), they’ll analyze it and provide you with a free report detailing errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation, style, terminology. The report will help you pinpoint where you have problems with your content. It will also provide you with an idea of how much return on investment you’ll achieve by enforcing global readiness principles and content standards. You’ll be surprised at how much you don’t know about your content and why it costs as much as it does to create. And, you’ll likely spot areas in which improvements can yield significant benefits.
Keep in mind, the free analysis isn’t using your own corporate terminology, jargon, branding, style guide and authoring guidelines. It’s using 90 or so standards, rules, and language resources to test your content against. So the return on your investment of using these tools will likely be even higher than estimated once you configure the tools to enforce the terminology criteria specific to your industry and organization.
Global content strategy
Content strategists should add global readiness to their checklists. In organizations that sell products or provide services to people who live in other nations, a content strategy should definitely include preparing content for global consumption. That covers most large organizations with multi-national audiences on the web. In organizations that sell products or provide services to people who live in the same country but speak different languages, a content strategy should also address global readiness. As it turns out, the improvements in content quality that global readiness preparation provides also makes your content easier for local, non-native speakers to understand.
Start at the beginning
Creating global ready content from the start is a best practice. Organizations that enforce content standards (and have made global readiness a strategic goal) are smart. They value their content as a business asset worthy — and important enough — to be managed efficiently and effectively. Managing content means controlling both the content production process and those human beings who create, edit and make it available to your customers. Managing content quality at the source (while it’s being authored) makes far more sense than trying to edit away the problems that never should have found their way into your content in the first place.
If your organization values its content and you’re not managing terminology and content quality during the authoring process, isn’t it time you should be?
To learn more about terminology management and its place in a formal content strategy, listen to this recorded webinar “A Rose By Any Other Name Is Not A Rose: Terminology Management Matters” with Rahel Bailie. If you decide you’d like to learn how to get started, I’d suggest requesting a free global readiness evaluation from Content Rules.
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What is it? Beau’s lines appear on the nails as horizontal ridges or grooves. The French physician Joseph-Honoré-Simon Beau is credited with the name because he was one of the first to document the relationship between physical indicators and systemic health problems. When the body suffers a trauma — internally or externally — there is often evidence of the trauma on the nails, sometimes in the form of Beau’s lines. Techs can identify Beau’s lines because they are not only discolored, they add the texture of a ridge or groove to the nail. When the issue is a systemic problem instead of the result of a local trauma, Beau’s lines can appear on multiple nails and may even show up on toenails.
How do you get it? Beau’s lines are caused when the body stops producing nail cells for a period of time — a day or longer. When the body starts producing those cells again, the nails begin to grow. As the nail grows out, Beau’s lines will appear and techs will be able to see where the nail’s development was affected. Most commonly Beau’s lines can be traced back to a high fever or an infection, but other systemic problems can also be the cause, such as chemotherapy. Local trauma (such as a hammer) can also stun the nail matrix and Beau’s lines can be produced on only one nail.
How is it treated? Because Beau’s lines are the result of systemic problems or local trauma, there is nothing clients can do to prevent them from developing. Once they appear, no treatment is required. Beau’s lines are entirely harmless. As the healthy nail grows out, the lines will grow out also, and techs will eventually be able to file them off when they reach the free edge.
What can a tech do? Techs can begin by educating the client about the condition. Ask the client if she has had any infection, fever, or illness in the past months. Let the client know that her body has experienced a trauma, and the lines are simply evidence that the body had a problem. Show her the healthy nail that is growing at the cuticle behind the Beau’s lines. Let her know that as the healthy nail continues to grow, the lines will grow out and will eventually be filed off. However, if techs see Beau’s lines recurring in the same client without the client being able to identify the reason, insist the client see her doctor to troubleshoot the cause. Nail enhancements are the ideal solution to the appearance of Beau’s lines, because nail products such as acrylic or gel can fill in the grooves and smooth out the nail. Take care to prep the area well so no air pockets form.
What else? Shock or a traumatic event can affect the body in strange ways, so don’t dismiss any explanation the client suggests. For example, Beau’s lines have been documented in the case of heart attacks and malaria. They have also been documented in divers and climbers, who have experienced the pressure of a severe change in altitude, which can disrupt the production of the nail cells.
Robert Brodell, M.D. contributed to this article.
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While Bo was perusing Facebook, the boy gets around, he came across For The Sake Of Animals. It isn’t a shelter or rescue in the traditional sense, rather the founder uses social networking as a way to help save dogs who are going to die in shelters.
I created this channel on YouTube to save as many animals lives in overcrowded shelters across the country as I can through making these videos and uploading them here on YouTube. Public announcements if you will.
If you can’t see the video click here.
It actually started as an experiment. One day I got an email that had thumbnail pictures of about 33 dogs in a shelter in Ohio off their petfinder site. All were in danger of death due to available space at the shelter. After looking at the email I decided this was no way to feature these animals.
See I have over twenty years in sales and marketing. Using what I know I created my first video for this channel show casing these 33 dogs back on April 27, 2009. Their last day was suppose to be April 29, 2009. I called the shelter for an update and was pleasantly surprised to learn how far and wide the videos reached and that people were calling the shelter about their video they didn’t even know they had offering donations, rescue and even some private public adoptions. The video was a success. With less then two full days before the dogs would be put to sleep the shelter had received enough interest that NO ONE was put down this week. This has continued for the past four weeks at this shelter. All total in the first two weeks the shelter moved forty-eight dogs from death row. To date it has been four weeks and 56 dogs are rescued, adopted or reclaimed.
For almost two years now I have been trying to help animals in high kill shelters across the country by networking with rescues and shelters. I occasionally volunteer to transport as well moving animals out of areas where adoptions just rarely happen.
I finally decided since shelters are overcrowded and mostly underfunded and rescue groups are in the same shoes that it was time to bring the problem back to the public where it originates.
I just know there has got to be more animal lovers out there than the people I have met these past two years. I am hoping by bringing the pictures of these animals to the public, since many tell me they can’t bear to even walk through a shelter and this included people I’ve met who are rescuers, that more animals will get adopted and out of high kill shelters where many are put to death by gassing or heartsick for the crime of Just Being Born.
Times have changed, social networking is now a popular way to spread your message or get the word out about a cause. It’s been working For The Sake Of Animals and I want to help them by doing my part and sharing their message with you. Won’t you do the same?
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Hello, would really appreciate if anyone could answer this questions for me ... i'm really stuck! If possible, could you show all working out because otherwise i will get lost!
* Find all the fifth roots of - 1.
* Find all the third roots of 2 + 2 i .
*3. If w = (z - i)/(z+i) and z lies below the real axis, show that w lies outside the unit circle
| w | = 1.
How will w move as z travels along the real axis from - infinity to + infinity ?
*4. Prove that the area A ( a, b, c ) of the triangle in the complex plane with corners at a, b, c
must be C (Complex), ordered in anti-clockwise fashion, is given by the formula:
A ( a, b, c ) = (i/4)( ab` - a`b + b c `- b`c + c a` - c`a )
Thank you !
Jan 11th 2008, 08:12 AM
You can't get ANY of these?
1 and 2 require ONLY DeMoivre. Convert the values to polar coordinates and you should see it.
The third looks like an algebra problem. It could be a little messy, I guess.
Let's see if you can get through those while I think about #4, or someone else chimes in.
Jan 11th 2008, 10:48 AM
the first two questions were dealt with here. i like Soroban's method the most
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Product News: Test & Measuring Instruments
ANSI X3.28 to MODBUS RTU Converter offers dual-mode operation.
Press Release Summary:
April 22, 2014 -
Used for controlling RS-232 and RS-485 Modbus RTU devices, Model 2399 simplifies replacement of obsolete controllers that use ANSI x3.28 protocol without requiring changes to production system. This ANSI x3.28 to Modbus RTU Converter, which offers x3.28 and SCPI operating modes, consists of metal-enclosed unit that can be DIN Rail or panel mounted. It features 2 serial ports that can be set as RS-232 single ended signals and as 2- or 4-wire, RS-485 differential signals.
Original Press Release
Model 2399 ANSI X3.28 to MODBUS RTU Converter Announced by ICS Electronics
Press release date: April 8, 2014
The 2399 has two operating modes. In the x3.28 Mode, the 2399 appears as a ANSI device. All X3.28 commands are converted into Modbus RTU packets and Modbus Controller responses are returned to the host system. In the SCPI Mode, the 2399 operates as an IEEE-488.2 compliant device and accepts SCPI commands to configure the 2399. The 2399 also accepts ASCII command strings for controlling any Modbus RTU device which makes it easy to use to test and calibrate the replacement controller.
The 2399 is a small, metal enclosed unit that can be DIN Rail or panel mounted. It operates on 5 to 32 Vdc or from an included a 115 VAC power adapter. The 2399 has two serial ports that can be set as RS-232 single ended signals and as 2 or 4-wire, RS-485 differential signals. Port 1 is the computer interface port and is used for the ANSI X3.28 protocol communication, the 2399 setup commands, and for controlling Modbus devices with simple ASCII commands. Port 2 communicates with the Modbus RTU device(s).
The 2399's x3.28 command conversion firmware currently targets a Watlow EZ-Zone controller. The command set can be expanded to accommodate different system needs or it can be changed to target a different Modbus device.
Pricing for the Model 2399 is $425.00 each is quantities of 1 to 4 units, FOB Pleasanton, California. Delivery is 1 to 4 weeks ARO.
ICS Electronics has been making Modbus conversion and control products since 1999 and has numerous Modbus interfaces with GPIB and Ethernet interfaces.
ICS Electronics is headquartered at 7034 Commerce Circle, Pleasanton, CA 94588. Phone (925) 416-1000. Contact Jerry Mercola, Marketing Manager for more information.
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“EJP’s mission does not end once a person leaves prison,” states Nia Hill, EJP’s scholarship and travel grant coordinator. EJP’s scholarships provide pathways for EJP students and others impacted by incarceration to continue pursuing their educational goals.
EJP has been offering academic scholarships since 2011. Scholarship funds can be applied to any post-secondary academic purpose, such as purchasing textbooks and supplies, tuition, and fees. Nia points out that, especially with the pandemic and a move to online classes and spaces, recipients have used EJP scholarship money to buy laptops in order to adapt to the ongoing changes.
EJP provides scholarships in multiple categories, including family members of someone who is incarcerated, to help with the financial burden that often coincides with having a loved one in prison. Other scholarships include those for formerly incarcerated individuals, family members of IDOC or IDJJ staff persons, individuals who have been incarcerated at an IDJJ juvenile facility, as well as those who have been incarcerated in Mexico and the US or have been deported from the US to Mexico.
EJP’s $1,000 scholarships could make a difference to someone needing to meet educational costs. “Unfortunately, last semester, we only had 6 applicants,” Nia says. She states that past awardees have greatly benefited from the financial aid and that she would love to see more people taking advantage of this resource.
She plans to hold two information sessions on the scholarships in fall 2022 and to continue recruiting applicants from other organizations and programs that focus on reentry.
For those interested in or wanting to apply to EJP scholarships (deadline being November 15th), or learn about other EJP resources, more information can be found on our website: https://educationjustice.net/resources/
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Ford Motor Company is issuing a compliance recall for certain 2010-2011 Ford Fusion and 2010-2011 Mercury Milan vehicles over an issue with the fuel tank that increases the risk of a fire.
The defect: affected vehicles have fuel vapor canisters whose purge valves may not operate properly, resulting in abnormal pressure changes in the fuel tank.
The hazards: the pressure changes may cause the tank to crack and leak fuel. A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source increases the risk of a fire.
- Certain model year 2010-2011 Ford Fusions manufactured July 21, 2008 to March 4, 2011
- Certain model year 2010-2011 Mercury Milans manufactured July 23, 2008 to December 10, 2010
Number of affected vehicles: 411,205 (United States and federalized territories figure).
The fix: Ford will notify owners and dealers will:
- Update the vehicle powertrain control modules
- Inspect the vehicle for any diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) for this issue
- Perform a leak test on the Canister Purge Valve (CPV)
- Inspect the fuel tank for cracks
- The CPV and fuel tank will be replaced as necessary
These repairs will be performed free of charge. The recall is expected to begin January 11th, 2016.
Owners should: owners who wish to know if their vehicle is included in these recalls can visit http://owner.ford.com and click on Safety Recalls at the bottom of the page. There, customers can enter their Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) to see any open safety, compliance or emissions recalls, as well as customer satisfaction programs.
- Ford Customer Service: 1-866-436-7332
- Mercury Customer Service: 1-866-436-7332
- FoMoCo Recall Number: 15S34
- NHTSA Toll Free: 1-888-327-4236
- NHTSA (TTY): 1-800-424-9153
- NHTSA Website: www.safecar.gov
- NHTSA Recall Number: 15V793000
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Tesla, Inc (previously known as Tesla Motors) has been seeing a lot of media attention recently with their variety of electric cars. Since the release of their first automobile in 2008, Tesla has sold upwards of 186,000 electric cars as of December, 2016, and this figure just keeps growing!
However, Tesla Inc makes more than just cars; they are a technology company who specialise in solar panels and lithium-ion battery energy storage among the environmentally-conscious range of automobiles they manufacture.
Following their founding in 2003 then popular release of their first electric sports car in February 2008, the ‘Roadster’, Tesla has been making a respectable name for themselves in a competitive marketplace and their products are in hot demand! (It’s easy to see why…)
Tesla’s ‘Model S’ is a luxury electric sedan which became the world’s top-selling plug-in electric car for two years running in 2015 and 2016. Latterly, ‘Model S’ was marked the second best selling plug-in electric car of all time following the Nissan Leaf, and their sales continue to soar.
Tesla is looking pretty hot right now and ever at the forefront of eco-conscious paradigms, their range of products is expanding! Yes this electric automobile company just got even more Earth-friendly!
How? You may want to sit down for this..
Tesla has launched 100% vegan only leather seats! That’s right, as of this week, including other small changes made to their website, Tesla has noticeably eliminated leather from their range of seat covers! Whilst we’re still eagerly waiting for a 100% vegan interior due to the steering wheel cover already being made from leather, consumers do now have a vegan option available.
Yet worry not, leather-fanatics! For consumers who are accustomed to/prefer the feel, comfort and durability of traditional leather, Tesla’s synthetic alternative leather textile has been met with feedback by consumers which is overwhelmingly positive!
This is a smart move by the company considering that many vegans have to compromise their values when purchasing a vehicles as they often has leather as part of the decor.
It appears that by sneakily making these unannounced changes to their automobiles, Tesla may be the first known commercial manufacturer to produce automobiles without leather interiors! Here’s hoping they are the first of many companies to follow in their plight for a more sustainable future.
Leather Production 101
LEATHER IS NOT BIODEGRADABLE
Coated in many layers of chemical preservatives, colorants, stiffeners, and modifiers, the majority of which are harmful to the environment, the result is a material impossible to biodegrade. However with the technology we have today, vegan leather can be engineered not only mimic the look and feel of cowhide, but to be decomposable too!
LEATHER PRODUCTION & CARCINOGENIC CHEMICALS
The tanning process which is used to prevent the leather from decomposing requires the use of highly toxic chemicals, many of which are known carcinogens. These include Formaldehyde, cyanide, lead, and chromium. In addition to poisoning waterways, links have also been found between those living near tanneries and the development of lukemia, sinus and lung cancers, and other serious illnesses.
LEATHER ISN’T A BYPRODUCT
A common misconception is that leather is a byproduct of meat production, and by using it, we’re reducing waste. Leather is worth 10 percent of the total value of the cow, which means it’s the most economically important product once the meat has been taken. Interestingly, the leather industry makes meat production more sustainable as selling skins is highly profitable whereas meat isn’t always so.
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As of April 24, 2020, schools in over 190 countries around the world have closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, impacting over 91 percent of enrolled learners and 63 million teachers worldwide. Although schools are closed, learning must not stop. The world’s teachers and the wider education workforce – school leaders, district education officers, policymakers, as well as parents and volunteers – are fundamental to this effort. Now more than ever before, it will take teams to educate our children.
The Education Commission’s Transforming the Education Workforce report provides guidance on education workforce issues that governments can consider as part of their COVID-19 responses. These three visions can help shape responses to school closures, school re-openings, and long-term school disruptions.
Vision 1: Strengthening the education workforce
- Protect, support, and recognize teachers during the crisis – as called for by UNESCO’s International Task Force on Teachers. This includes preserving employment and wages; prioritizing teachers’ and learners’ health, safety, and well-being; and including teachers in developing COVID-19 education and aid responses. Data should be used to prioritize support to teachers and students with the greatest needs. In Sierra Leone, the Education Workforce Initiative used GIS and school census data to identify vulnerable schools without nearby water sources and provide targeted support.Map: Sierra Leone primary schools more than 5km from a public water source
Source: Fab Inc. 2020, data from https://www.waterpointdata.org/ combined with 2019 Sierra Leone Annual School Census data to show answers schools gave in terms of their water source.
- Provide best-practice professional support for new types of flexible learning, including high-tech, low-tech, and no-tech distance learning relevant to the context. Remote support proved cost-effective and successful in the state of Ceará, Brazil where teachers were given expert educational coaching through one-on-one Skype sessions. In South Africa, virtual coaching via low-tech options like instant messaging, one-on-one text messaging, and telephone calls were shown to positively impact teaching and learning. The Harvard Graduate School of Education and OECD suggest building partnerships between schools and higher education institutions as a way to augment the capacity of districts and school systems to provide ‘just in time’ professional development to teachers and parents.
- Recognize key roles beyond teachers such as school leaders and district education officials who play vital leadership roles. They need regular communication with the government to understand what is expected of them and how to support students, teachers, and parents. Global School Leaders provide examples of how school leaders around the world are responding to the crisis.
Vision 2: Developing learning teams
- Use learning teams to help facilitate a coordinated response so no child is left behind. Learning teams leverage the existing expertise and human capacity of the entire system – teachers, school leaders, support staff, trainee teachers, parents, community volunteers, and others working together (remotely, if necessary) to support learning. This requires clear roles and expectations of each team member, regular communication and support, and coordinated teamwork to ensure that every child is learning. Education Development Trust suggests building teams could include redeploying existing roles in new ways, such as using supervisors or inspectors to review the resource delivery arrangements of schools or tasking curriculum teams with the development of remote assessment.
- Leverage dedicated community workers – trained education volunteers, members of a community-based organization or national service program, or community health workers – to provide additional support around inclusion and well-being for the most vulnerable children, especially girls. In sub-Saharan Africa, Camfed Learner Guides – young women mentors from the community – deliver pastoral curriculum focused on psycho-social, health, and welfare issues. They create an important home-school link, following up with children who drop out and working with communities to keep vulnerable girls safe from child marriage. The program has improved outcomes for students, especially girls. Countries should use school closures as an opportunity to leverage community workers to increase parental engagement in student learning and deepen parent-educator relationships.
- Support teamwork and collaboration with appropriate structures and practices. Studies show that peer and professional learning communities can support improved teaching and learner outcomes and motivation but need formal support from a school or district leader, strong facilitation, access to expertise, and the ability to harness social media.
Vision 3: Transforming education systems into learning systems
- Test innovative learning configurations, including technology-assisted learning, to better address individual learning needs and give learners access to a wider variety of knowledge sources and ways of learning. The COVID-19 crisis is driving a shift in this direction, but equitable access to these new learning configurations, the ecosystem required to support them, and evidence on what does and doesn’t work should inform current and future redesign of learning experiences.
- Develop school networks and harness system leaders to enable teachers, schools, and districts to exchange evidence and knowledge about effective instruction and management as schools and districts rapidly test new approaches and assess whether they work. Information sharing across networks can help accelerate improvements and innovations as systems grapple with new ways to ensure children continue to learn.
- Collaborate across sectors, particularly with health and the private sector. The Brookings Institution urges the education workforce to consistently disseminate life-saving COVID-19 public health messages and training throughout education activities. Teams of teachers and health workers could support this, especially to the most vulnerable families. Cross-sectoral collaboration should also include leveraging the expertise and resources of the private sector – telecom and media companies, tech producers, etc.
The current crisis is forcing all countries to strategize how to accelerate the transformation of education systems into more resilient and flexible learning systems. Countries should seize this opportunity as they plan for the reopening of schools, remediation, and building of more robust infrastructure and capacity. As the former Liberian Minister of Education George Werner recently suggested, big opportunities for radical reforms don’t come along very often: “[W]hen schools do finally reopen, Ministers need to recognize the reform moment it represents… [t]he challenges will be starker than ever: traumatized students and school staff, overcrowded classrooms, months of missed content to catch-up on. But there will also be the political will to do some radical things, and to pay for them.”
If you are undertaking research on the effectiveness of these approaches as part of the COVID-19 response, please let us know: firstname.lastname@example.org
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South Sudan is continuing to reel from internal conflict that ignited in the capital Juba a little more than a year ago and quickly spread throughout the country. On December 15th, 2013, fighting erupted in Juba between soldiers loyal to former Vice President Riek Machar and those loyal to President Salva Kiir. More than one year on the fighting continues, primarily in Jonglei, Unity, and Upper Nile states in the north.
While there was a temporary reprieve during the rainy season, in which movement throughout much of the country is very difficult, the recent start of the dry season has seen a resumption in clashes. On January 4th, there were reports of fighting near the towns of Bentiu and Nasir in the north.
Over the past year, the conflict has forced nearly two million people from their homes. Currently, my colleague, Michael Boyce, and I are on a field mission to the region to assess the situation for displaced South Sudanese people.
In Ethiopia, there are nearly 200,000 South Sudanese living as refugees, mostly in camps in the western Gambela region. This massive influx over a short period of time has strained resources and quickly overcrowded the land that the Ethiopian government had designated for camps. Doctors Without Borders describes the situation for refugees as “critical” – with high rates of malnutrition, inadequate shelter, and flooding during the rainy season. With a renewal of fighting in South Sudan, aid workers are expecting a new flow of refugees into Ethiopia. The Ethiopian government has identified sites for two additional refugee camps to accommodate the new arrivals, but time is short to make adequate preparations.
Within South Sudan, there are 1.4 million people displaced internally. These people are living throughout the countryside, mainly in host communities. The humanitarian response has fortunately reached many of those affected, and reduced the overall number of people at emergency levels of food insecurity. But the violence and displacement has prevented many farmers from planting their crops, and there are serious concerns that malnutrition will increase toward the later months of the dry season – from January to March – when food supplies begin to run low. In the immediate term, the UN estimates that up to 50,000 children under the age of five are at risk of dying if they are not treated for severe acute malnutrition.
Overall, the UN predicts that 2.5 million people will face severe food insecurity over the next three months. The UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is now operating under a revised mandate that prioritizes the protection of civilians, but the newly approved force of 12,500 soldiers has not yet been reached, and UNMISS is struggling to provide adequate protection outside and away from UN bases. Currently, over 100,000 displaced are living under the protection of the UN at several sites around the country, but the conditions are miserable due to overcrowding and flooding.
Peace talks between Kiir and Machar are expected to resume next week, but the prospects for a lasting resolution to the conflict are dim. Within this devastating man-made disaster, RI plans to assess the effectiveness of the international community’s response to provide care and protection for the millions of civilians who have been impacted by the conflict.
Photo: Children in an IDP camp on a UN base in Juba, South Sudan. Mar. 2014
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Lesson 7 of 11
Objective: Students will be able to define solubility as well as name and demonstrate some of the factors that effect a substance's rate of dissolving.
Solubility is an important topic in chemistry. Many reactions happen in solutions. This lab-based lesson is designed to help students experience the fact that how and whether a solution can be made is determined in large part by the chemical composition of the solute and solvent. How fast the solution can be made is determined in part by the temperature at which the mixture is created.
Studying solubility also gives students another lens with which to peer into the nanoscale. A discrepant event occurs for many students when they discover that adding a certain volume of solute does not necessarily increase the volume of the solution by a corresponding amount. They also see evidence of particle movement.
My students have some prior knowledge about different scales, as they have just completed a lesson on metric prefixes and scale. However, prior knowledge of this type is not necessary and this lesson can stand alone as the concepts presented are straightforward and the mini-labs reinforce the concepts nicely. All students will benefit from being able to think about substances at the different scales.
This lesson incorporates the NGSS Crosscutting Concept of Structure and Function by relating the structures of substances at the nanoscale to solubility, an observable macroscale property. Students learn about solubility through the practice of carrying out investigations.
The following materials are required to do these labs:
3 cups or 250 ml beakers
100 ml of hot water, room temperature water, and ice water
food coloring (3 different colors )
Mini-lab # 2:
25 grams of sodium chloride (NaCl)
A 100 ml graduated cylinder
An electronic balance
50 ml of water
Mini-lab # 3:
1 Alka-Seltzer tablet
1 electronic balance
Mortar and pestle
2 100 ml beakers
Mini-lab # 4:
15 grams of calcium carbonate
15 g of baking soda
15 g of magnesium sulfate
mortar and pestle
100 ml graduated cylinder
250 ml beaker
Students work alone by reading an excerpt from a text similar to this website with the goal of recording some key vocabulary and definitions related to solutions. This warm-up activity should also give students time to think a little bit about solutions and the vocabulary used to describe them. They record their work in Part 1 of the Solubility Notecatcher. I use this time to take care of administrative tasks such as taking attendance, and to check-in with students who may have been absent.
After students have had a chance to so some reading and recording, I project the Solubility Notecatcher Answer Key for students to compare their notes and ask questions.
This is an important part of the lesson--students use the vocabulary during the rest of the lesson. This copy of a student's Solubility notes was typical of what student's produced and it captured the important vocabulary I hoped they would get from this part of the lesson.
I briefly discuss each of the mini-labs in the handout Solubility Minilab, but I do not go into too much detail. The directions are straightforward, and one of our class’s safety rules is when in doubt ask the teacher. Here is what I say:
"For the first lab, you will be putting a drop of water into three different cups that each have a different temperature. You will record what happens in one-minute intervals, being careful not to jostle the cups.
In the second lab, you will be doing a few things. See how adding a known volume of salt contributes to the volume of water, and see how much salt you can add to 100 ml of water. Note that I figured out how much 1 ml of salt was by looking at its density. 1 ml of salt has a mass of 2.16 grams.
In the third lab, you will compare how quickly a crushed tablet dissolves compared to an uncrushed tablet. You will know it is dissolved when the bubbles are no longer being created.
In the final lab, you will see how well different substances dissolve in water.
What questions do you have about any of the labs?"
To avoid some obvious questions, I make sure that students understand where all of the materials are located prior to the start of the lab. I also make sure that students know what group they are in, and where each group works in the lab. Groups share hands-on activities, but a class rule is that every student must record data and answer questions in real time; in other words, students should not wait to copy data later.
During this time students conduct the various mini-labs. I compliment team work, adherence to the procedures, and I stop class if there is a safety violation or common confusion about a procedure. The Teacher's Guide in the reflection section of this lesson offers some additional comments and breaks down some of the choices I made when designing this lesson.
At this point in the lesson I project my answer key to the second part of the Solubility Notecatcher, giving students the chance to volunteer and record answers. Temperature, surface area, and possibly concentration were fairly easily observed. Here is a solubility debrief video that shows how students and I debrief each of the labs.
I explain that chemical composition is not obvious from simple observation. Knowledge about how the substances are made at the nanoscale make this an easier concept to comprehend, and that will come later in the course. students took notes during the debrief section as evidenced in this student's post-lab questions.
The question of why adding 1 ml of solute not increase the solvent by 1 ml may not be immediately apparent to students. If there is time I let students discuss this using a think-pair-share protocol, or if time is short I provide them with the answer by showing them a dissolving particles slide while explaining that at the nano scale there is a lot of empty space, and the salt can actually fill in some of this empty space. I note that we do not observe these empty spaces at the macroscale because they are too small.
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Equation of ellipse from directrix and focus
I'm trying to find the polar equation first, and I learned this today but I forgot a lot of it and we're not allowed to take notes in class (professor says it helps to learn better) so I'm trying to look it up online but it's not much help because I can't find any elementary lessons on polar equations.
Find the equation of an ellipse with a directrix y = -2 and a focus at the origin.
Anyway, I think the formula is
because of the position of the directrix, I know the ellipse is elongated along the y-axis. For this particular position given in the problem, I know it's a negative sign in the denominator (for the plus-minus symbol).
I know 'e' is eccentricity and to find that I need the center point but I forgot how to get it. I also need the vertex but I forgot how to find that too. But I know the lower vertex is between that given focus and directrix.
So far I have:
First step: how do I find the length of the major axes or a vertex?
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“Bodily harm is against the fundamental rights of all children, and we can’t understand when a so-called civilized country such as Germany would allow its male babies to be so readily mutilated legally!" said Nadine Gary, spokesperson for Clitoraid. She was referring to male circumcision, typically performed on male infants who have no say in the matter.
Clitoraid (clitoraid.org) is the international, non-profit organization founded by Rael, spiritual leader of the Raelian Movement (rael.org), to end Female Genital Mutilation by offering free clitoral repair surgery to victims of this barbaric act. Now the organization is urging a worldwide end to genital mutilation of male children as well.
“On Nov. 28, the United Nations passed a resolution that condemns all cultural and religious arguments in favor of FGM because the act constitutes a gross violates of children rights,” Gary said. “But how can the U.N. ban Female Genital Mutilation and not denounce Male Genital Mutilation as well? Is it exempting certain religions from respecting the fundamental right of baby boys?”
Gary said that according to the World Health Organization, 30 percent of males worldwide are circumcised.
“This means billions of people have been mutilated without their consent,” Gary said.
Brigitte Boisselier, Ph.D., head of Clitoraid, affirmed that mutilation of any baby or child in the name of a god is unacceptable.
“It’s been done for centuries under the pretense that a god requested it, but no religion should be allowed to harm infants or children who can’t give informed consent,” she said. “We’re setting up a hospital in Africa that’s due to open next year, where female victims can go to have genital repair surgery for free. “And, thanks to Clitoraid, thousands more can find relief at several clinics in North America. But we’ve also been getting e-mail from hundreds of circumcised men who want to have their own mutilation undone. They need help too! So, as Rael has repeatedly stated, it’s urgent to have all the old scriptures reviewed by an independent committee on human rights so that all religious group practices are in agreement with the Declaration of Human Rights.”
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We are now experiencing a mobile application boom as a result of the Internet boom. And, as with any technology, the Internet, mobile phones, and mobile applications will not survive unless they continue to evolve into something new and unique, i.e. something that propels them ahead.
With the growing need for more complicated bespoke apps, the demand for Android app developers with a keen eye for what’s hot and spectacular has increased as well.
While these developers are doing an excellent job, let us have a look at some of the most promising trends in Android app development today that have caught their attention:
Wearable technology has revolutionised our lives today. Just when we believed that making technology portable would be incredible, wearable technology, and hence Android app development, reached new heights. Wearables with various sensors have become very prevalent, whether it’s healthcare businesses or, more popularly, sports and fitness brands around us.
Then there are apps that work with these gadgets. These apps are created in such a manner that their algorithm works in concert with the wearable device, providing you with the result or information you’re seeking for right on your phone’s screen. As a result, Android app developers are virtually always eager to work with such technology.
Technology that acts as a beacon
Beacon Technology, which was once solely available for iOS devices, is currently being developed by practically every Android App Development Company. It’s a relatively new trend that’s quickly gaining traction in the world of Android app development.
The ability to track a location and its multi-functionality are two of the most well-known properties of this technology. Some of the most well-known applications for beacon technology include detecting any type of danger, replacing traditional hotel room keys in hotels, upgrading customer connections at airports by some airline companies, detecting the temperature of a specific location, and even by some of the largest players in the retail industry.
Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality
Because of the current craze around AR and VR, consumers are eager to hire Android app developers specifically, allowing mobile app technology to reach even higher heights. The hype, on the other hand, can never be said to be for naught. Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality have long been a cornerstone of today’s technology.
For the end users, VR can generate a completely new form of reality. It’s cutting-edge technology that stimulates a person’s hearing and eyesight to make them feel as if they’re in a real-life situation. It’s widely utilised in industries like as movies (to create 3D films), gaming, entertainment, and flight simulators for pilots, among others. AR, on the other hand, stimulates a person’s senses of hearing, feeling, and smelling, leaving them perplexed as to what is real and what isn’t.
As a result, AR has found applications in a variety of sectors, including games, video production, and even the medical field, where it can be used to treat PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) or conduct remote surgery, among other things.
Apps that are available right now
We also have quick apps created by Google’s Android app developers. Have you ever needed an app for a brief period of time till you completed a task hire healthcare app developer, and then the app just sits there eating up your phone memory for no apparent reason?
With this quick app technology, you’ll be able to download only the parts of an app that you need, rather than the entire software, in a single click. It will be comparable to how only a single web page is loaded at a time, rather than the entire website.
We’re on the verge of becoming a cashless society. And, in a world where every website is developing a mobile app, how can Android app developers ignore in-app payments? Today, e-commerce and applications go hand in hand, therefore online payments are an essential element of the Android app development process.
Furthermore, both merchants and purchasers will profit from Google’s new Android Pay. This app’s security features are thought to be greater than others, and as a result, users can save their personal information, including credit/debit card information, without fear of being hacked.
It’s never simply been about tried-and-true methods or concepts in Android app development; it’s always been about creativity, distinctiveness, and regular updates to existing apps. And, just like every year before it, Android technology has advanced to new and higher levels, readily pleasing the broadest clientele around the world.
We’re on the verge of becoming a cashless society. And, in a world where every website is developing a mobile app, how can Android app developers ignore in-app payments? Today, e-commerce and applications go hand in hand, therefore online payments are an essential element of the Android app development process…
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Here's a list of a few team building ideas we used last year as well as some new ones I'll be using this year...
1. Untie the HUMAN KNOT. The kids loved this exercise. We would pull it out every few weeks. When we first started, there was no end to the confusion and lack of coordination on the kid's part. But by the end of the season, they figured out how to appoint a "director" so tell how to undo the knot and they were able to untie the knot. Here's directions.
2. Moon Landing Team Exercise. For this activity, I divided kids into teams of 3 and they discussed the priorities for equipment for you to take if you landed on the dark side of the moon and had to meet your landing party on the other side. It's a very interesting exercise in communication and logic. Kids had to justify why they thought one piece of equipment was better than others. Much like they will have to do when they want to run a robot or program a certain way. Here's directions and worksheets.
5. Toothpicks & Marshmallows Bridge. For this I used some pretty old mini-marshmallows. They needed to go anyways. I had two teams build the longest spanning bridge out of toothpicks and marshmallows. They had 10 minutes to figure it out. Couldn't believe that some kids wanted to eat those marshmallows afterward! Yukk. I think gumdrops would also work well.
6. Freeze Tag. This is the same game we all played when we were younger. Kids ran around the back yard just to get the wiggles out.
7. Tall Towers. Our regional FLL teamwork challenge was to give the kids a sheet of paper and tape. They had to build the tallest structure they could with just that. Most kids figured out that you should cut the paper. I think they got 5 minutes.
8. Build a Moving Device. I learned about this at a the Virtual Robotics Summit during one of the talks. Split the group into smaller teams. For each team, you'll need to have one Mindstorms brick. Next count out about 60 other parts from the kits. Each team gets the exact same parts. You can decide which parts they get, but don't give them any wheels or gears. They have to build the best moving object out of these parts. You also decide what constitutes the "best" robot. They'll have to program this object to move. This might take a bit longer as an activity, but it will get the juices flowing for how to build the most effective and efficient movable device with whatever they have on hand. I love that they don't get wheels!
9. Information Exchange. In this activity, kids organize themselves according to specific instructions such as ordering themselves in ways such as by date of birth, by birth month, by number of people in your family, state where you were born in alpha order. All these are good ways of people getting to know what another. This is good for a first time meeting so they can get to know one another and they have to communicate with each other.
10. Giant Egg Drop. Kids divide into an even number of groups. Each group gets a goody bag filled with materials that should help a raw egg survive a two story drop. I would do this outside unless you have easy to clean floors. Each group has 15 minutes to build the best protection for their egg. The team with the egg that survives the longest drop wins. Here's things you could put in a paper lunch bag: 2 tongue depressors, 4 rubber bands, paper cup, 1 sheet of newspaper, 10 toothpicks, 1 foot of masking tape, 1 raw egg.
11. Lego Bridge Contest. Fill a small lunch paper bags. Each paper bag gets exactly the same LEGO pieces. Make sure you put sturdy construction pieces as well as odd, small decorative pieces. Give them to your kids and tell them they have an "x" number of minutes to construct a sturdy bridge out of the odd pieces of LEGO . When time is up, get a can of tuna, and see if the bridges that each person built can support the can. Keep adding cans until the bridge can't hold anymore. Award points for best design, construction, etc. Kids love the excitement and the thought of the bridge falling apart under the weight of so many cans.
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Environment and Climate Minister Maria Ohisalo (green) says that a law is being prepared according to which, for example, clearing of forests for fields should be paid for. The purpose is to prevent [email protected] 16.7.2022 at 13:17
- According to preliminary data, the carbon sink of forests collapsed last year. That is why, according to Ohisalo, the government has agreed on additional measures.
- As one way, the ministries are starting to prepare a payment for forest clearing.
- Finland may receive a billion bill from the EU if the sink targets are not met.
Environment and Climate Minister Maria Ohisalo (green) says that additional measures have been decided in connection with the government's new climate plan as a result of the fact that the carbon sink of Finland's forests seems to have decreased significantly.
A week ago, the government published the climate plan for the land use sector, nicknamed “misu”, which outlines climate measures for land use. The plan's means aim to increase Finland's carbon sink, i.e. the sequestration of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, by three million tons.
Ohisalo started as environment and climate minister in early June after returning from parental leave. Just before this, Statistics Finland had published preliminary data on emissions for 2021: according to calculations, the carbon sink of Finland's forests had collapsed. The growth of carbon sinks in forests is an essential part of Finland's climate goals.
According to Ohisalo, in the final stages of the preparation of the climate plan for the land use sector, an even faster and broader goal than the draft version was added to his wish that a fee be set for the clearing of forests.
– It is a concrete action. Every time a forest is cleared, either for construction or arable land, deforestation is caused. There will now be a fee for this, Ohisalo says.
Iltalehti met Maria Ohisalo in Pori at the Suomi-arena this week. Photo: Henri Kärkkäinen
Exploration of the collapse of the coal sink
It was originally agreed in the government program that the clearing of forests for construction would be curbed by introducing a land use change fee. Now the clearing of forests for fields is also included in the scope of the payment. The law could enter into force in 2023.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Ministry of the Environment are preparing a payment model, and the bill will be submitted to the opinion round next spring. So the sitting government does not yet have time to issue the actual bill, but it remains for the next government to decide.
How much could the land use change fee increase expenses for those who clear the forest for fields or construction? Ohisalo does not estimate the amounts, but says that we will first see what is revealed in the report of the working group.
In addition, the government agreed in connection with the “misu” that we will find out what the latest emission calculations are about: did the carbon sink of forests really collapse last year, or are the figures more accurate from quick advance data – and what is the cause of the possible collapse.
– I like really worrying about the preliminary information we received. That's why during the fall I want to get more information about what's behind it, Ohisalo says.
When the report is received by the end of the year, the government's working group will review the climate measures of the land use sector again.
< p class="paragraph">In connection with the climate plan, the government also agreed that the goal of the future forest strategy will be to maintain and increase the carbon sink and to promote the climate act's sink and emission targets and the EU's land use sector obligations. The government also agreed that the appropriations for the management of forest nature will be more than doubled, to 17.5 million euros.
The reason is the Forest Act?
At the end of May, after the publication of the carbon sink statistics, the Natural Resources Center (Luke) reported preliminary estimates as to why the carbon sink of forests has decreased. Among other things, Luke presented that more and larger trees have been removed in the thinnings than before, wind and snow damage may have caused greater thinning needs, and the time of felling has come earlier, when younger trees are felled.
Ohisalo points out , that the government has now also agreed that the forest law that entered into force in 2014 will be reviewed.
– We don't have a very accurate picture of how the law currently guides logging. The law is now being evaluated from a climate perspective.
– If it seems that the law is leading in the wrong way, even to too extensive logging at too early a stage, the next government will certainly have to open the law, says Ohisalo.
When asked if felling should be limited in Finland, Ohisalo answers that the situation in the forests now needs to be clarified first.
The chairperson of the Greens, Maria Ohisalo, returned from parental leave and took over the portfolio of the Minister of Environment and Climate at the beginning of June. Previously, he was the government's minister of the interior. Photo: Henri Kärkkäinen
Billion dollar bill at risk
The collapse of the carbon sink of Finland's forests was not a complete surprise to the experts closely following the situation. When Statistics Finland published the preliminary data at the end of May, the Ministry of the Environment told Iltalehti that there had been hints about the reduction of the carbon sink.
Finland's goal of being carbon neutral in 2035 is no longer just the goal of the current government, but is written into the new climate act. Therefore, the next government must also commit to the goal.
The climate panel quickly announced after the carbon sink figures came out that the entire Finnish carbon neutrality goal is in danger. Ohisalo says that the Climate Panel must be listened to, and he has discussed the situation with the government's climate and energy policy working group, the panel's chairman, professor Markku Ollikainenwith.
Ohisalo points out that reducing the carbon sink is a broader issue than climate goals, even a national economic one. The climate panel has estimated that the EU could face a decline in the billions.
According to the panel, in light of the emission figures and current measures, Finland will not reach the net sink target for the land use sector set by the EU for the 2020s. Costs arise if you have to buy a replacement amount of sink units from the EU's internal market or take more expensive emission reduction measures elsewhere.
Last year, industrial wood was felled the second most in the history of measurement June 2, 2022 9:50 am Parliament approved the climate act – Finland aims to be carbon neutral by 2035 May 25, 2022 9:54 pm Analysis: A huge surprise from the forest statistics – the government cannot ignore this 5/6/2022 7:30 Ohisalo demands that all old and natural forests be protected: “We cannot settle for less” 7/6/2022 3:43 PM The carbon sink of forests collapsed in a year – this is what it means 27/5/2022 5:02
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Dongguan’s minimum wage is set to increase by 14% next month, according to the Southern Metropolis Daily. The wage is currently set at RMB1,100 a month or RMB10.5 per hour, but Deputy Mayor Tang Qingshou says it’s time for a pay hike.
The Central Government is behind the move, Tang told investors, noting it is pushing cities to increase the minimum wage at least once every two years.
Since last year, the city has been holding conferences for foreign investors to help improve communication and understanding about the city’s business conditions.
This comes at the end of a year that has seen manufacturing jobs return to developed countries as wage increases have driven the cost of manufacturing in China upward. As an article in The Economist said in March: “The old stereotypes about low-wage sweatshops are as out-of-date as Mao suits. The next phase will be interesting: China must innovate or slow down.”
The Chinese government claims to be proactively shifting from low-end manufacturing to emerging industries, as the front page of today’s Shenzhen Daily says.
Meanwhile, The Economist is also questioning whether manufacturing giant Foxconn can continue to grow as the number of workers willing to work for low wages decreases.
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This was an interesting post from author of Liars and Outliers, Bruce Schneier, about the identification of sociopaths. He first quotes Scott Adams (Dilbert comic author) predicting the future identification of "sociopaths and terrorists":
My hypothesis is that science will someday be able to identify sociopaths and terrorists by their patterns of Facebook and Internet use. I'll bet normal people interact with Facebook in ways that sociopaths and terrorists couldn't duplicate.
Anyone can post fake photos and acquire lots of friends who are actually acquaintances. But I'll bet there are so many patterns and tendencies of "normal" use on Facebook that a terrorist wouldn't be able to successfully fake it.
Adams says that the reason that it would work is the same reason that fraud detection programs work: "[C]rooks don't know there is a normal pattern and so they don't know when they violate it. I think the same would be true for Facebook. There must be dozens of normal Facebook patterns that sociopaths and terrorists wouldn't know about, and therefore couldn't fake." This does not seem implausible, and is one of several reasons why I think that remaining completely anonymous and undetectable is not going to work for the rising generation of sociopaths.
Schneier has another criticism:
Okay, but so what? Imagine you had such an amazingly accurate test...then what? Do we investigate those who test positive, even though there's no suspicion that they've actually done anything? Do we follow them around? Subject them to additional screening at airports? Throw them in jail because we know the streets will be safer because of it? Do we want to live in a Minority Report world?
The problem isn't just that such a system is wrong, it's that the mathematics of testing makes this sort of thing pretty ineffective in practice. It's called the "base rate fallacy." Suppose you have a test that's 90% accurate in identifying both sociopaths and non-sociopaths. If you assume that 4% of people are sociopaths, then the chance of someone who tests positive actually being a sociopath is 26%. (For every thousand people tested, 90% of the 40 sociopaths will test positive, but so will 10% of the 960 non-sociopaths.) You have postulate a test with an amazing 99% accuracy -- only a 1% false positive rate -- even to have an 80% chance of someone testing positive actually being a sociopath.
He ends with this thought: "Many authors have written stories about thoughtcrime. Who has written about genecrime?"
The comments are also really worth reading for their intelligence and insight. For instance, there was this comment:
First you'll need a useful definition of "sociopath" that is not, for practical purposes, equivalent to "non-conformist" or "adherent to a religion not on the approved list", etc.
Followed by this comment:
You may underestimate the ability to create tautological tests. If you define a sociopath as someone who fails the sociopathy test, then the sociopathy test is 100% accurate in identifying sociopaths.
That's all well and good, until people begin to think that an attribute thus defined is useful for anything.
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By Jason Gootman and Will Kirousis
Tri-Hard Endurance Coaching
Filmed on location at Fit Werx 2 in Peabody, MA
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In Part 1, we discussed the definition of power, what equipment measures power and several variables that we can test for with a power meter.
In Part 2 of this series on training with a power meter, Will Kirousis will discuss:
What does power output mean to me?
Part 3 will discuss power workouts types.
Part 4 will discuss racing with a power meter with actual power file analysis.
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The Montessori method of education is a pedagogical tool that facilitates more than just the intellectual development of the child.
The Montessori method is a bridge to help the child achieve optimum excellence in relation to their cognitive, sensorial, physical, social, and emotional attributes. One of the Salient Features of the Montessori Method is the Principle of Sensory Training.
According to Dr. Maria Montessori, The senses are the gateway to knowledge, especially during the initial six years of the child’s life. The Montessori Method acknowledges the importance of sensorial stimulation and incorporates “sensorial stimulation” as a significant part of the curriculum. In the initial stages, the child is highly receptive to the information present in the surrounding environment.
The Montessori method of education is designed to provide the children with necessary stimuli that inspire their curiosity. The incorporation of sensorial materials as stimuli encourages the child to be aware, attentive and entertained during the education process.
Dr. Maria Montessori keeping in mind the needs and requirements of absorbent minds during early childhood years prepared an environment where children are encouraged to become self-dependent and confident.
The Prepared Environment of the Montessori Classroom for early childhood facilitates the stimulation of Tactile, Auditory, Gustatory, Visual, and Olfactory senses. The “sixth” sense of the Montessori curriculum is the Stereogenic Sense.
The Stereogeinc Sense in the Montessori Method of Education is defined as the ability to identify the texture, shape, spatial properties, as well as consistency of the assigned object solely on the basis of tactile information (without seeing, hearing, or even smelling the object).
The Montessori Method of education incorporates unique and intuitive activities to develop the child’s Stereogenic sense.
Here is everything the teachers and parents should know to stimulate and develop the child’s Streogenic sense.
What is Stereogenic Sense Exactly?
The Stereogenic Sense is the “sixth” sense in the Montessori curriculum. The stereogenic sense is essentially the combination of muscular and tactile memory.
This sense is also referred to as Tactile Gnosis, which is the ability to identify and recognize objects solely on the basis of tactile information meaning the child will not be able to use the visual, auditory, gustatory, or olfactory sense to identify the object.
The Stereogenic Sense strengthens and develops other senses of the child’s, especially the tactile senses.
The lack of Stereogenic Sense is called Astereogenis, which is the failure to identify the objects solely on the basis of Tactile sense.
Why is the development of Stereogenic Sense so important?
The Tactile Gnosis is the capability to identify objects without the use of Auditory, Visual, Gustatory, or Olfactory Senses. The stereogenic sense is more important than one might give credit to.
There are multiple benefits one can enjoy after developing the stereogenic sense. Some significant benefits are mentioned below.
- Size and Shape:
The Stereogenic Sense is essential for developing children to help distinguish as well as discriminate between different shapes and sizes.
- Spatial Acuity:
With the help of stereogenic sense, the child can easily discriminate between two separate stimuli in close proximity. Spatial Acuity is a requisite function of the exteroceptive Sensorial system.
- Textures and temperatures:
The child is able to successfully distinguish between different stimuli just by the use of tactile senses.
- Mental image:
The stereogenic Sense allows the child to visualize by creating a mental image.
Stereogenic Activities in Montessori:
Stereogenisis is the ability to identify stimuli without the use of auditory, visual, gustatory, or olfactory senses.
The Child is able to perceive information on the basis of tactile senses to provide indications from the stimuli’s texture, shape, size, spatial acuity, temperature, and vibrations.
The Montessori Method of Education introduces two different activities to develop and stimulate Stereogenic senses.
Stereogenic Activity using Mystery Bags:
One innovative way to facilitate Stereogenic senses stimulation is by Mystery bag activity.
- An opaque Blindfold
- A cloth bag with a drawstring
- Small Objects with different shapes, textures, and sizes (easily identifiable)
- The adult should invite the child to come and work with them.
- Introduce the name of the activity to the child.
- The adult must familiarize the child with the object before initiating the activity.
- Once the child learns the names of the objects, place them back inside the bag.
- Ask the child to close their eyes and put on the blindfold.
- Guide the child’s hand inside the Mystery bag and instruct them to sense the objects.
- Ask the child to describe the size, texture, shape, or even address the objects by their names.
- Then the adult will ask the child to take out the objects to check whether they were wrong or right.
- Repeat the process with all the other objects in the bag.
Stereogenic Activity using Sorting Trays:
Another way to effectively facilitate Stereogenc stimulation is through Sorting Trays Activity.
- A Tray
- Three Bowls or Dishes
- One Large Bowl (to be placed in the middle of the tray)
- Any object of different shapes and sizes
- A Blindfold
- Invite the child to the workstation and introduce the name of the activity to the child.
- Place the Sorting tray in front of the child.
- The adult will then ask them to close their eyes
- The Adult will then place the largest item in the child’s hands and ask the child to thoroughly feel the object between their hands.
- Then the Adult will ask the child to feel the object once open.
- Then the adult will then place the object in the Large bowl
- Repeat the same procedure for all the items.
- The child will first check the objects and feel the objects from their own hands.
- After this process is completed, the adult will then introduce the name of the objects to the child.
- The adult will ask the child to put a blindfold on their eyes and feel the items again.
- The child will be asked to identify the name the objects and place them in the second tray.
- The child will then be asked to remove the blindfold and see the results.
Why does your child need to develop their Steroegenic Sense?
The Stereogenic sense or tactile gnosis is the ability to identify objects without the use of Auditory (hearing), Visual (seeing), Gustatory (tasting), or Olfactory (smelling) Senses.
The development of this unique ability is often overlooked in traditional educational institutions. The Montessori Method of education provides children with exciting activities that enhance as well as develop your child’s Stereogenic Sense.
But what is all the fuss surrounding the Stereogenic sense anyways? Well, the stereogenic sense is essential for other senses such as spatial acuity, discrimination between varied dimensions, diameters, sizes, and heights, as well as allows the child to distinguish between different temperatures.
This skill is important for the child’s basic survival and its absence or lack of development can lead to several setbacks throughout the child’s life.
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William Shakespeare's influence extends from theatre and literature to present-day movies and the English language itself. Widely regarded as the greatest writer of the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist,Shakespeare transformed European theatre by expanding expectations about what could be accomplished through characterization, plot, language and genre. Shakespeare's writings have also influenced a large number of notable novelists and poets over the years, including Herman Melville and Charles Dickens, and continue to influence new authors even today. Shakespeare is the most quoted writer in the history of the English-speaking world after the various writers of the Bible, and many of his quotations and neologism have passed into everyday usage in English and other languages.
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This book constitutes the proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Agent and Multi-Agent Systems: Technologies and Applications, held in Uppsala, Sweden, during June 3-5, 2009. The 86 papers contained in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. There are 13 main tracks covering the methodology and applications of agent and multi-agent systems and 8 special sessions on specific topics within the field. The papers are divided in topical sections on social and organizational structures of agents; negotiation protocols; mobile agents and robots; agent design and implementation; e-commerce; simulation systems and game systems; agent systems and ontologies; agents for network systems; communication and agent learning systems; Web services and semantic Web; self-organization in multi-agent systems; management and e-business; mobile and intelligent agents for networks and services; engineering interaction protocols; agent-based simulation, decision making and systems optimization; digital economy; agent-based optimization (ABO2009); distributed systems and artificial intelligence applications.
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Muslim students help stock food pantry at Episcopal church
BY ZACHARY REID Richmond Times-Dispatch
Muslim students help stock the food pantry at an Episcopal church
Nameera Perwez picked up on her lesson fast, and she was eager to put it in action.
This is the season for sacrifice in the Muslim community, and the fifth-grader from the Iqra Academy of Virginia had something in mind she wanted to share: food.
For more than an hour Friday, she and 10 classmates from the small Muslim primary school in South Richmond were at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church helping sort canned goods and other nonperishable items they’d just donated to the community food pantry.
“Other people need your help, and you need to help them,” Nameera said as she and classmate Fatin Salman prepared paper grocery bags. “You can’t be greedy. You need to help them.”
Fatin agreed. “The lesson is, you have to care about other people,” she said. “We can help feed other people.”
St. Stephen’s can, too.
Every week, the West End church gives out food to anyone who needs it. Most weeks, they give two bags full of groceries to 60 or 70 families. In September, they helped feed 751 people.
“You’d be surprised who comes through,” said Deb Lawrence, the outreach coordinator at the church.
She said the presumption that the economy is improving hasn’t proven true at St. Stephen’s. Twice in the past year or so, they’ve seen seen increases in the number of families asking for help.
Some people come from the neighborhood, others travel from the East End for the bags full of canned goods, pasta, cereal and other necessities.
“It used to be (that) it was rare we’d get 50 families in a week,” she said. “Last week, we had 65.”
Cyndy Seal, the volunteer coordinator for the food pantry, said about 40 percent of the food comes through the parish as donations and the other 60 percent comes from the Central Virginia Food Bank, which sells food in bulk for 19 cents a pound. So far this year, they’ve purchased nearly 7 tons of food and give away more than 10 tons.
“The need is always greater than what we have,” Lawrence said.
Feras Abuzayda, the principal of Iqra Academy, said his school’s participation was part of its dedication to interfaith service.
“This is a way for our students to make a connection with their creator and to spend time being a good neighbor,” he said.
Fourth-grade teacher Soha Wadi and fifth-grade teacher Madiha Talat watched as their students unpacked bags, sorted food and began repacking based on specific lists that church has honed through the years.
“I hope they learn compassion and learning,” Talat said. “We’re part of a bigger community. This is their chance to become aware that they can help people who are less fortunate. Every little bit helps.”
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Today’s Whole30 check-in topic comes from a reader’s post. Heather wrote:
“I am currently in the testing part of Whole30 (completed 30 days, and am now reinserting certain foods back in to see how they affect me). One thing I gave up during the Whole30 was my morning organic, sugar-free yogurt with salt-free almonds and sugar free granola. I am now eating Paleo except for this breakfast so I can test the way I feel and my performance during WODs.
I had my first one yesterday and another one today. Physically, I feel good, and I performed well and felt good during yesterday’s WOD… so I would like to know when I can declare my yogurt breakfast okay?”
Heather brings up an important question. You’ve followed the Whole30, and you’re reintroducing foods in a smart, scientific manner, one food group at a time. (Heather skipped the “one food group at a time” part of the reintroduction guidelines – but that’s not the point.) Pretend you’ve chosen dairy as your first test food group. You eat a small bowl of all-natural ice cream two days in a row, and feel no side effects. Your stomach isn’t puffy, you still feel good and you PR’d your deadlift an hour after your second bowl. The dairy hasn’t appeared to impact how you look, feel or perform… so why can’t you just start working a Paleo + Ice Cream diet? Warning: I’m about to burst your Breyer’s bubble.
First, and most importantly, because some foods are sneaky. Say you’re practicing temperance while “off-roading” (limiting consumption to once every week or two, and eating “bad” foods in moderate quantities). After eating those foods, you may not notice an immediate reaction in any of your body’s systems. However, your body is still experiencing some, if not all, of the negative internal effects associated with those foods, such as inflammation, gut irritation, and insulin spikes.
Dallas explains, “”Even infrequent consumption of foods (or food products) that contribute to elevated levels of insulin, cortisol, or the pro-inflammatory eicosanoids will set you up for inflammation-driven disease processes. Most of us already know the effect that chronic consumption of processed carbohydrates has on the development of Type II Diabetes, but this is only one example of how a previously asymptomatic (“silent”) inflammatory process can manifest itself as overt disease. Unfortunately, just eating a bagel and a yogurt for breakfast once a week is enough to trigger grain- and dairy-related inflammation, causing an uptick in all the inflammatory processes in your body for days or even weeks afterward. You might not be able to feel a bagel and yogurt invading your system, but you cannot avoid the pro-inflammatory effects of those foods.”
So Heather’s multi-cheat meal of dairy, grains AND artificial sweeteners (strike one) are each silently attacking her bodily systems from all angles… without her awareness. Sneaky, sneaky, in a very disconcerting manner, right? It gets worse. See, on top of the sneaky factor, the effects of these incidents are cumulative, especially if your “cheats” occur on a frequent basis. (Strike two for Heather’s breakfast routine.) Even if you’re not noticing the negative effects of your dietary transgressions now, there’s a good chance you’ll start feeling the effects after a two or three weeks of regular “cheat food” intake. That old knee or shoulder pain may start acting up again, your skin doesn’t look as clear, your digestive tract is less than happy, and your energy levels aren’t as consistent as they used to be. At that point, however, it’s too late to put an immediate halt to the negative effects – your body is already hurt, and in distress mode. The fix? Spend another 30-60 days going cold turkey Whole30 to reverse the effects – reduce the inflammation, allow your digestive tract to heal, restore insulin sensitivity. Essentially, start over.
Finally, a potential strike three for Heather’s breakfast: Nutritional off-roading on a regular basis, especially if incorporating multiple “cheat” food groups, may begin to trigger those old thought processes and behaviors that led you to crave sugars or sweets, over-eat, under-eat or artificially prop up your energy levels with carbs and caffeine. Remember, a primary goal of the Whole30 is to break old habits and overcome mental hurdles as related to food, eating and satisfaction. Now that you’ve graduated, don’t get too lax in your habits – those old thoughts and patterns are persistent, and may be just as sneaky in their invasion as the cheat foods you’re eating.
In summary, if Heather is digging her breakfast, I am all for her partaking of that particular combination once in a while. But making that a daily occurrence is a bad idea, for all of the above reasons. The good news is that there is nothing in that meal – no nutrients, vitamins, minerals or energy sources – that she can’t get from eating other, better, healthier foods. So put that meal on your F-Off list, Heather, but for the sake of your health and performance, base the majority of your breakfasts on quality food choices.
My recommendation to all of you is to follow these Cheat Smart guidelines when coming off the Whole30, and go “off-road” only when you need to, to satisfy those mental cravings and quality of life requirements. Dallas wraps it up nicely, saying, “Don’t be fooled if you don’t have immediate, obvious symptoms when you reintroduce one or more of these ‘non-Paleo’ foods after completing the Whole30. Minimizing the intake of inflammatory food groups like grains, dairy, and legumes is always the smartest and safest way to maximize your performance and minimize the risk of chronic disease.”
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Now there are compañeras who can speak, who can give a talk, who can talk about care work, about global care chains…This has emerged through our everyday practice. In Territorio Doméstico, we are all equals, we all have different knowledges and we share them, giving each other strength and supporting one another.
The Marxist feminism of rupture is a method, a theoretical-political practice that reads Marx in order to channel him towards urgent political action, identifying the weaknesses of the Marxian analysis of the reproduction of the workforce.
It was in the 1960s that I began to ask myself a number of questions on the paths leading to socialism, and about existing socialism. I reflected not only on what the revolution in Morocco might be, but also on what socialism could be across the world.
The citizenist world is a homogeneous world, populated by individuals who look very much like those of the neoclassical economists: we picture them going to voice their political preferences during referenda just like the economists picture consumers going to the market to voice their preferences, without taking into account the power relations in which they are caught up, or the social antagonisms which shape them.
Lenin’s analysis forces us to consider immigration – the living and working conditions of immigrant workers – starting from the theory of imperialism, outside of which the contemporary forms of immigration remain unintelligible. The concrete knowledge of the causes and effects of immigration is, reciprocally, a guiding thread towards an understanding of imperialism.
If the figure of the worker can no longer be deduced from the forms of collective consciousness of a group (workers’ consciousness) otherwise objectively constituted – the working class – then it is necessary to build a new dispositif of investigation and analysis of the intellectual field of workers.
It was necessary to put in place a practice, capable of determining displacement and at least of alluding to an “offensive” move, beyond the necessarily defensive character of the resistance – why not buy a ship, put it at sea?
The sphere of social reproduction will be central not simply to defining schisms within the movement, but to defining the horizons of the struggle and the multiplication, both possible and preferable, of its sites. The battlefield of social reproduction is one on which we can move beyond the triptych: prices of petrol, buying power, and tax revolt.
I arrived in Turin with my parents in September of ‘68. It was the dawn of what would later become the workers’ ’69: the great absence – as I will argue – in the commemorations of these years, squeezed between the twentieth anniversary of the student struggles and the bicentenary of the French Revolution.
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There is a great difference between repentance toward God versus acknowledgment. Today we are living in an age when godly repentance is waning. The writer had an encounter with a man some years ago. After it was all said and done, the man realized he was wrong. He then stated, to set the record straight, that he had changed his viewpoint. He acknowledged no wrongdoing.
Sometimes we hear acknowledgments similar to this one. When repentance is missing in such acknowledgments, we find our loved ones going back to the former way.
There is a familiar biblical account that tells of thorough repentance. In this account, we often miss the true contents and the results repentance brings.
The account of the prodigal son has always been heart-touching. Let us analyze the account to understand the end result and what it should mean to us today. When the grace of God moved the heart of this young man, he was moved to action. Sometime after this, God impressed the heart of the father. The Scripture says he had compassion for his son, and he moved toward his son.
Repentance is the key in this account. The wayward son left his sinful way and begged for pardon from his loving father. He humbled himself and made this profound statement, “I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight” (Luke 15:21). The beautiful part of this account is that the Scripture does not bring up this son’s error again. God forgave, the father forgave, and the son never went back to his old ways.
When the Lord puts His hand on our shoulder and points out something that He is not pleased with, repentance will put that thing in the past. When we, for record’s sake, only make acknowledgement, this evil will come back again.
May God grant grace in this our day to humble ourselves. God’s love will forget, and the church’s compassion will reach out to us.
From Messenger of Truth, Vol. 112, No. 19, September 17, 2014
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Okay well I don’t know how successful our experiment was… yet. I know we have data, which was the first hurdle, but does that data tell us anything? Will we unlock the deepest secrets of the human body (almost certainly not, but we can dream), or will we just end up with a whole lot of nothing. That’s the problem with trying something for the first time, you could have something, or you could have nothing and it’s a lot of work before you find out the answer.
So for those unaware, I’m picking up from yesterday’s post (this one). We collected our first dataset using the experiment I imagined for the “big idea” I had. Shortly after I did some pre-processing checks to make sure we actually had data. The problem has been dealing with all sorts of noise from the room we’re working in. Data is there, noise can be removed, but online (as in while it’s happening) we can’t quite tell if we’re recording data or absolutely nothing.
Now the long and hard struggle starts to make sense of the data. Before we can even “look” at the data we need to clean the data! That can take anywhere from a few hours to a few days. It’s a lot of work to clean data and sometimes you go through the whole process, just to start over and do it again to see if you can get a better result. Sometimes I can spend a whole work week (40+ hours) cleaning data sets depending on how hard they are to work with.
There’s a lot of steps to data pre-processing. First we need to format the data into a usable (see: organized) manner. Then we run a whole bunch of cleaning algorithms. Things that remove line noise (60 Hz — in the US — electrical signal), pops (sensor tugs that cause jumps in the data), and movement artifacts (sensor moving relative to the skin), eye blinks, eye movement, EMG (muscle), and other artifacts.
Each step (or at least most) have variables we can adjust to get the ideal amount of noise removed and that number is roughly the same for each data set, but not quite. There is some room to adjust so you can repeat the same step multiple times to see if you can get a better result or if you start removing data. How do you know if you’re removing data? Well you just have to look to see if the algorithm is taking away too much stuff from the data that doesn’t look like noise.
Pops, line noise, eye blinks, etc. all have a “look” to them that you can (mostly) identify visually. So making sure the data have those bits removed and not stuff that may look like neurological signal is key. It’s an art really and it comes with practice, here’s a fun “game” for ICA cleaning I point people to for example. All this takes time and running the algorithms take time, plus there’s a lot of code writing involved to make sure you get the data the way you want it. That, as you may have guessed, also takes time.
In the end I spent 10 or so hours yesterday fooling around with the data and I’m still not finished cleaning it. I’m close, but I decided to call it a night late last evening because it was getting to be a bit much. Today I hope to tackle the remaining steps, and assuming I don’t go back and start from scratch like I did close to the end of yesterday, I should be able to take a rough glimpse at the data to see if we have anything good.
It’s a rush job and I hope to make actually good looking ways to showcase what we found later, but we’re dying to see if we got anything useful and I’m confident we did, but you don’t know until you make the plot. I’m excited, but also a bit anxious to know if this will pay off.
If it works, it’s going to be big, really big!
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Same as millions of people around the world, you might have a job in which you sit most of the day. Those who spend hours in one position may find their bodies starting to ache, and their posture worsening. While there are many ergonomic chairs that can help prevent such aches, stretching is an easy, cost-effective way to loosen your muscles throughout the day.
Stretching also comes with a few benefits that you might not know about. Read on to learn about how stretching can positively impact your work life, and which exercises you can do at your desk.
Even though stretching takes time away from work, it can actually improve productivity in the long run. This is because it’s good to take small breaks throughout the day in order to revitalize your mind.
We all suffer from the post-lunch drowsiness. But good news: there is a cure (that’s not coffee)! Stretching increases blood flow to tight joints and muscles, something that also occurs while working out. In the past, exercising was thought to make a person more tired, but today we know that the opposite is true. Therefore, stretching can put a little pep in your step when you’re feeling drowsy.
There is no doubt that the less flexible people of the world may find the act of stretching to be uncomfortable. But, after stretching various muscles, your body typically feels better. We also do not advise stretching to the point of extreme discomfort. You especially need to be careful when stretching in the office because you are loosening cold muscles, which are more susceptible to injuring than those that are warm.
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We are working to make WPP a low-carbon and resource-efficient Group, with benefits to the environment, our own costs and our credibility with clients. Improving our performance enables us to meet the environmental requirements included in a growing number of client procurement processes.
Energy and climate change
Our strategy to reduce our carbon footprint focuses on:
- Office energy use: Improving the energy efficiency of our buildings and IT systems.
- Air travel: Reducing non-essential flights by promoting videoconferencing and collaboration tools and offsetting carbon emissions, equivalent to those from our business air travel, by supporting renewable energy generation in fast-growing economies.
- Green energy: Purchasing green-tariff electricity for our offices where available.
Since setting our carbon reduction target in 2006, we have reduced our per head emissions by 31% towards our very ambitious goal of 1.2 tonnes of CO2 per person by 2020. Despite this progress, achieving reductions at the rate required to meet our 2020 target has proved more challenging than expected.
This year we reviewed our carbon strategy and revised our 2020 carbon reduction target to 1.8 tonnes of CO2 per person, a 47% reduction from 2006. The revised target is in line with others in our industry and with professional services firms in other sectors.
In 2013, our carbon footprint per person was 2.35 tonnes, down 4% on 2012 and 31% lower than 2006.
WPP’s carbon emissions breakdown (in tonnes of CO2e)
|Scope 1 – Fuel used to heat WPP offices||11,305||9,840||9,714||9,967||2,628|
|Scope 2 – Total purchased electricity||157,471||164,212||152,968||149,055||149,728|
|Scope 3 – Air travel and other estimated impacts||132,382||133,034||137,121||119,690||116,825|
|Total gross (excluding carbon reduction of renewable electricity)||301,158||307,086||299,803||278,712||269,181|
|Carbon reduction of purchased renewable electricity||(21,299)||(23,765)||(22,572)||(23,028)||–|
|Total net (including carbon reduction of renewable electricity)||279,859||283,321||277,231||255,684||269,181|
|Percentage change from 2006 (net)||4%||5%||3%||-5%||–|
WPP’s carbon intensity (in tonnes of CO2e)
Note to tables:
Our carbon data covers the year ended 31 December 2013 in line with the Group’s financial reporting period. Data has been prepared in accordance with the World Resource Institute (WRI) and World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Greenhouse Gas Protocol: A Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard, Revised Edition (the GHG Protocol).
All greenhouse gases emissions figures are in metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e). They include three of the six greenhouse gases covered by the Kyoto Protocol – carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O). Perfluorocarbons (PFCs), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) emissions have been omitted from our reporting as they are not a material source of greenhouse gases for WPP.
Emissions data is included for all operations for which WPP and its subsidiaries have operational control. Associate companies are excluded.
When calculating our carbon footprint, we rate purchased renewable electricity as zero emissions. For full transparency, we also disclose total electricity purchased at grid average carbon intensity.
Our carbon data is reviewed and assured by Bureau Veritas, an independent assurance provider. Read the full carbon emissions statement 2013 in our Sustainability Report.
|Tonnes per employee (net)||2.35||2.45||2.44||2.46||3.39|
|Percentage change from 2006||-31%||-28%||-28%||27%||–|
|Tonnes per £m of revenue (net)||25.40||27.31||27.66||27.40||45.56|
|Percentage change from 2006||-44%||-40%||-39%||-40%||–|
Office energy use
We aim to improve energy efficiency in existing buildings, to select new buildings that meet high environmental standards and to consolidate our real estate portfolio and IT infrastructure to reduce energy demand. These measures could help to reduce our carbon intensity by 18% from 2012 levels by 2020. Energy efficiency is part of our property acquisition and capital expenditure process. We estimate that 10% of our total floor space is now certified to advanced sustainability standards.
We have integrated environmental targets into our approach to managing IT systems across the Group. Our managed print program is helping to reduce energy used for printing by 30% in each location.
To reduce non-essential flights we have invested in our videoconferencing network, which now incorporates 672 units, including four telepresence rooms, in over 158 cities. We offset our unavoidable emissions from air travel by investing in renewable energy generation projects via our offset provider, South Pole Carbon Asset Management.
We purchase green-tariff electricity where we can. This reduces our footprint by 21,299 tonnes of CO2e. Around 15% of the total electricity we purchase is generated from renewable sources.
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“It is important to answer patients’ questions individually since this will influence how the patients cope with their new life situation, says Mariette Abrahamsson, Master of Public Health at NHV.
The study is based on interviews with 10 informants with various cancer diagnoses.
“The feeling of uncertainty can be turned into security, comprehension and a sense of coping through information,” says Mariette, radiation therapist at Stavanger University Hospital, Norway.
“It is important for the patients to be able to talk to someone, like a physician, who can answer questions,” she continues.
The patients gave the impression that they valued an informational video that was produced at Stavanger University Hospital. Several highlighted the advantage that the film could be seen repeatedly and that it was local to their hospital where they received treatment.
The film made the patients feel secure and calm because they knew what they were facing. In addition to practical information related to treatment, the patients wanted information about their own cancer diagnosis and specific side effects.
Title: Information during radiation therapy: what cancer patients need and how they process information during radiation therapy
Author: Mariette Abrahamsson, radiation therapist, Stavanger University Hospital
Supervisor: Associate Professor/ DrPH Ina Borup, NHV
External supervisor: Physicist /PhD Mari Helene Blihovde Hjelstuen, Stavanger University Hospital, Norway
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Star Tribune released an article on February 2nd on the Target Center, revealing the building in a negative light. "They call it an albatross. A mistake. Worst decision ever." Yikes.
The bailout of the Target Center in 1995 is what the article is referencing. New figures released in late January predict that the city of Minneapolis will have to spend more than $32 million over the next decade to keep Target Center up to date.
According to the Star Tribune article, Minneapolis uses tax-increment financing to support much of its obligation to the Target Center. The city also set aside much of the tax revenue from increased property taxes of recent years. However, most of the capital costs and all of the operation subsidies are paid by taxpayers throughout Minneapolis.
To me, the Target Center is an eye sore. It would be great to have a newly renovated building with... windows. However, we really have to ask ourselves if we would be fine with removing all public financial support from the building. I doubt the answer is yes, especially with how many concerts are brought to the Target Center - more than what the Xcel Energy Center could accommodate. Plus, the Timberwolves are gaining ground and are back in the NBA radar.
If the Target Center were to lose its public funding, you might as well kiss it and a large portion of Block E 'good bye'. The Target Center is more important than we give it credit.
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You unquestionably do not plan to empower the chain of events a thoroughly free disagreement your life and assets. Individual credits for jobless will surely be a very essential apparatus in this endeavor. Individual financings for jobless perceive well with the worries of the jobless clients just as thus show a considerably more impressive technique to battle the snapshots of joblessness. An inquiry that yields in a great deal of brains is the reason the unemployed people needs a specific vehicle advance, and why they cannot understand their capacity with a standard money. The attitude of the money organizations is much more to blame for this. Taking into account that, the jobless people lose a solid type of revenue; they cannot ingrain a lot of trust in the financing suppliers that they will safely take care of the singular advance for jobless. Money suppliers respect a more prominent level of danger in offering bad credit loans for jobless.
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Pace of interest is a component of the level of peril related with an advance. Prerequisite variable financing cost charged on individual credits for jobless is typically higher. This notwithstanding does not give the financing provider a freedom in charging pace of interest. There have really been various conditions of unemployed borrowers shedding their homes or different properties because of consenting to exorbitantly high paces of Bad credit advance. The base rate to be charged on individual vehicle credits for jobless not set in stone through a financing mini-computer. Money number cruncher postings credits of numerous types notwithstanding their relating loan fees. A shopper can upon contrast get what the most reduced pace of revenue is, just as in like manner comprehend whether the paces of revenue he is being given is in simultaneousness the best accessible paces of interest.
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Current Links: Cases Final Project Summer 2007
Connecting an Action to Your GUI Button - Candace Mitchell
Connecting an Action to Your GUI Button
Here are a couple of notes about implementing methods according to the buttons on your GUI once they are clicked:
So in the GUI Painter Tool, you'll notice when you click a button that it has String: _____ - just replace what's in the textbox with the label
for the button.
As for connecting code to it, you also notice on that same screen where it says Action: ______ - type #method, where method refers to a method
you've already coded. So for instance, you want a button to call addTemps, then in the Action textbox, you type: #addTemps
You should only be able to edit the dialog box's name through the main top level and not from the button... if it's changing when you edit the text, then something's not right. Try deleting that button and make a new one and see if it behaves the same way. If still having problems, then save your project and restart Vworks.
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- Cases last edited on 30 July 2011 at 2:33 am by r59h132.res.gatech.edu
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Kingston Country Office
The mission of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is to enforce the controlled substances laws and regulations of the United States and to bring to the criminal and civil justice system of the United States or any other competent jurisdiction, those organizations, and principal members of organizations, involved in the production and distribution of illegal drugs and related criminal activity. Additionally, DEA is tasked with the responsibility of recommending and supporting enforcement programs aimed at reducing the availability of controlled substances and precursor chemicals in the domestic and international markets.
Not only is DEA the lead agency for domestic enforcement of federal drug laws and related violations, but it also has sole responsibility for coordinating and pursuing U.S. drug investigations and related crimes abroad. In this regard, the DEA Kingston Country Office is responsible, under the policy guidance of the Secretary of State and U.S. Ambassador, for all programs associated with narcotics violations and related crimes with foreign law enforcement counterparts.
In addition to investigative work with Jamaican law enforcement agencies, the DEA Kingston Country Office provides technical support to these agencies in an effort to assist them in reducing narcotics manufacturing and trafficking through training and the sharing of operational techniques and enforcement methods. DEA also collects and analyzes criminal organization intelligence which is made available to host government law enforcement counterparts.
DEA maintains an office located at the U.S. Embassy in Kingston, Jamaica. DEA personnel work in cooperation with representatives from the Ministry of National Security and Justice, Jamaica Constabulary Force, Jamaica Defense Force, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jamaican Customs Service and other governmental agencies to help combat the world wide drug problem. Further information concerning DEA may be found on the Department of Justice Website.
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An original and entertaining page-turner about female empowerment in the early 1960’s, Elizabeth Zott an intelligent and gifted chemist tries to make her way in this male dominated environment. A superb, fun read for the long summer evenings.
- best book club reads -
LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY
BY BONNIE GARMUS
“Despite what Elizabeth Zott will tell you, Supper at Six is not just an introduction to chemistry. It’s a thirty-minute, five-day-a-week lesson in life. And not in who we are or what we’ve made of, but rather, who we’re capable of becoming.”
An original and entertaining page-turner about female empowerment. Elizabeth Zott is trying to forge a career as a top chemist in California in the early 1960’s but acceptance of such a strong, clever woman is not going to come without its consequences and setbacks. A superb, fun read for the long summer evenings.
When we first meet Elizabeth Zott, she has turned from being a research chemist at Hastings Research Institute to packing her daughter’s lunch and presenting a daily cookery show called Supper at Six on American TV. We soon discover that Elizabeth is no ordinary mother and no ordinary TV host. She is a scientist, specifically a chemist and she utilises her new TV platform to teach the stay at home housewives the chemistry of cooking, refusing to pamper to her boss’s demands to conform to the stereotypical cosy baking show format they intended.
As we uncover the reasons why Elizabeth agrees to do the show in the first place so we discover her first love, being a chemist, working at the Hastings Institute, where despite her extraordinary intelligence she isn’t able to progress or win over the staff in the male dominated environment. This all changes when she accosts the infamous and highly esteemed chemist, Calvin Evans, whose reputation at Hastings is untouchable. Unlike her work colleagues, Elizabeth is not intimidated by Calvin and their shared passion for chemistry ignites a unique and special relationship which threatens those around her. Calvin introduces Elizabeth to rowing and when a stray dog finds its way to her, she simply names him Six-Thirty as this is the time she glances at her watch when Calvin first meets them both together. But an unexpected turn of events, leaves Elizabeth alone and pregnant and the question is whether such a strong-minded person can carve a future for herself in the chemistry field she loves whilst also being the breadwinner and sole parent for her daughter and trying to empower other woman to be like her.
'Lessons in Chemistry' will give you or your book club plenty to dissect. In Elizabeth Zott, Garmus has created an unforgettable character whose analysis of the world is absolute and uncompromising. Garmus’s writing bursts with energy and through Elizabeth, she not only creates someone who defies all the odds of her generation, she also questions the adverse effect of religion and culture on a woman’s progress in the world. And as the title of the book says, you will also learn some interesting lessons in the chemistry behind baking!
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Mozilla on Monday announced it has made Firefox for Android available to “millions” of more phones by adding support for ARMv6 processors. While the open source browser has been out for Android 2.2 and up for a while now, it only worked on phones equipped with ARMv7 processors. You can download the latest version now from the Google Play Store.
This might not mean much to you, unless you’re aware of what phones feature ARMv6 processors. Here are a few popular ones: Samsung Galaxy Pro GT-B7510, HTC Status, Motorola XT531, and the Motorola Fire XT.
What, you still don’t think this is a big deal? Here, let Mozilla try to put it more into perspective for you by throwing in this important statistic:
At Mozilla, our mission is to bring the Web to as many people as we can. Given that roughly half of the nearly 500 million Android phones in use today run on ARMv6 architecture, this is an important step toward making the open Web free to all.
In other words, Firefox has the potential to reach another 250 million phones or so. That’s not too snazzy.
Other additions include new accessibility features for the visually impaired, including seamless integration with the Android screen reader TalkBack (no additional configuration or installation required). Firefox now also supports advanced accessibility features recently introduced to Android, such as Explore by Touch (used for browsing the Web using speech output, sounds, and vibrations) and Gesture Navigation.
The full Firefox for Android version 17 changelog is as follows:
- Support for ARMv6 phones with at least 800MHZ processor and minimum 512MB RAM.
- Android 4/4.1: hardware and software decoder support for h.264 video.
- Initial web app support.
- Jellybean support for Explore by Touch.
- Profile size reduction and IO improvements due to SafeBrowsing.
The Web app support may prove to be important in the months ahead. We’ll be keeping a close eye on the feature.
Image credit: Mateusz Stachowski
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Civic body forms committee to review its property tax collection rules in city
September, 08th 2014
With several petitions filed in the Bombay High Court (HC) by property owners alleging that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had wrongly calculated and collected property tax in the city, civic body has now set-up a committee to review the existing rules of property tax collection and form a new set of rules by April 2015.
Headed by the deputy municipal commissioner of the assessment and collector department, the committee includes the head of the department, three assistant commissioners each from the island city, eastern and western suburbs along with law and tax consultants.
After the civic body changed the property tax system from rent value to capital value in 2010, the new formula for calculating tax was set as built-up area (BUA) x Ready Reckoner Rate (RRR) of the property. This formula has been used to collect taxes since 2013 with arrears dating back to 2010.
While the corporation claims the new system brought parity in tax payments across Mumbai, property owners complain of glitches and lack of transparency in calculation and collection. Subsequently, several petitions filed in the HC challenging the new system stated that the civic body was wrongly calculating and collecting property tax on BUA instead of the carpet area (CA), as was the previous practice as per the provisions of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888.
“While we aim to frame rules that are tax-payer friendly, we have observed several imbalances in the rules that are also preventing us from maintaining revenue neutrality. Since property tax is one of the main sources of revenue for the civic body, we will review the rules to prevent losses,” said Ramesh Arote, assessment and collector, BMC. Stating that it wanted to curb revenue losses, the civic body had proposed a new formula for calculating tax — “Carpet Area x RRR x 1.2%” earlier in July. The proposal was, however, rejected by the standing committee members of the civic body, who criticised the cash-rich corporation for failing to relieve the burden on property owners in the city. In 2014, the corporation expects to add around Rs 2,260 crore to its coffers by collecting property tax.
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Bondholders' wealth effects in domestic and cross-border bank mergers
Steven Ongena () and
María Penas ()
Journal of Financial Stability, 2009, vol. 5, issue 3, 256-271
The recent credit crisis and the increased internationalization of the European banks have given the debate about the role of national regulators a renewed urgency. We therefore investigate the determinants of bondholders' abnormal returns for both domestic and cross-border bank merger announcements that involve European acquirers for the period 1998-2002. We find that bondholders' abnormal returns are higher for Domestic Mergers than cross-border mergers, in direct contrast to evidence from equity prices where no difference is found. Further investigations in which we control for the changes in market power for example suggest this result may be indicative of investors perceiving Domestic Mergers as increasing the probability of a government bailout in case of distress. Banks' bondholders also experience higher abnormal returns when the country of the partner bank has stricter rules in relation to forbearance of prudential regulations than the own country, and when functional diversification between lending and fee/trading activities increases.
Keywords: Cross-border; merger; Banking; sector; Competition; Too-big-to-fail (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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by Shahzeen Eram
Embassy of India in Saudi Arabia on Thursday celebrated the 7th Constitution Day of India or ‘Samvidhan Divas’ as part of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsava’ with a spectacular photo exhibition on the life of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, and an exemplary display of books on the Constitution of India.
2021 marks the 72nd anniversary of the adoption of the Indian Constitution while the nation celebrates 75 glorious years of the country’s independence from the colonial rule.
The event was graced by the Ambassador Dr. Ausaf Sayeed and Madam Farha Sayeed, including the members of the Indian Community representing all states of India residing in Saudi Arabia.
The exhibition was inaugurated by lighting of the auspicious lamp by the Ambassador Dr. Ausaf Sayeed and Madam Farha Sayeed.
The ambience inside the Indian cultural hall at the Diplomatic Quarter was filled with a beautiful feeling of togetherness as community members joined the Ambassador in reading the preamble to the constitution in harmony.
The day is celebrated to acknowledge the contribution of the framers of the constitution to make the citizens aware of their constitutional values.
The Constitution Day was celebrated for the first time on November 26, 2015 on the occasion of 125th birth anniversary of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar – the ‘Father of the Indian Constitution’, who was the chief architect of the country’s constitution.
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar was a renowned social reformer, politician, jurist and the first law minister of India. He is remembered for his exemplary leadership in laying out the constitution as the foundational pillar supporting the largest and the most diverse democracy in the world.
The day is celebrated to pay tribute to the founders of our Constitution who realized the challenges and strengths of India that helped India emerge as a democratic economic hub and an international power.
Shahzeen Eram is a Riyadh-based journalist and writer. She is the Founder and President of Global Jharkhand Welfare Association (GJWA).
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Implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICD) don't reduce mortality risk in heart failure from non-ischemic causes, the randomized DANISH trial showed.
The primary endpoint of death from any cause occurred in a similar 21.6% of the patients who had devices implanted compared with 23.4% of patients who received usual care over a median follow-up of almost 68 months in the trial (hazard ratio 0.87, 95% CI 0.68-1.12, P=0.28), Lars Kober, MD, DMSc, of Rigshospitalet at the University of Copenhagen, and colleagues reported in the New England Journal of Medicine.
While there was a mortality benefit among people age 68 and younger with ICD treatment (HR 0.64, 95% CI 0.46-0.91), there was a nonsignificant trend for harm in older patients (HR 1.2, 95% CI 0.81-1.72) and no benefit in almost any of the other demographic and comorbidity measures.
There was benefit in preventing sudden cardiac death (4.3% with ICD versus 8.2% without, HR 0.50, 95% CI 0.3-0.82, P=0.005) but not in preventing overall cardiovascular death or noncardiovascular death.
"In both European and U.S. guidelines, prophylactic implantation of an ICD is a Class 1 recommendation for patients with heart failure and reduced left ventricular systolic function," the authors wrote. "However, the evidence for a benefit is much stronger for patients with ischemic heart disease than it is for patients with heart failure from other causes."
As to the age interaction, Kober said: "If you are older and you are likely to have more co-morbidities and therefore the risk of dying from any cause is greater."
The findings confirm "what we knew: ICDs prevent sudden cardiac death," said Mariell L. Jessup, MD, of the Penn Heart and Vascular Center. But Jessup, who is on writing committees for both U.S. and European heart failure guidelines, said the DANISH findings were unlikely to change current guidelines.
Mary Norine Walsh, MD, of St. Vincent's Heart Center in Indianapolis and president-elect of the American College of Cardiology, told MedPage Today that "this study will change my practice, in that it is more information to give to patients who have non-ischemic cardiomyopathy with whom I am having a discussion about primary prevention therapy with an ICD ... it will lengthen the conversation we have with our patients."
The trial -- Danish Study to Assess the Efficacy of ICDs in Patients with Non-ischemic Systolic Heart Failure on Mortality -- included 556 patients randomized to receive an ICD and another 560 patients to the usual care arm of the study, which could include the use of cardiac resynchronization therapy (58% of the patients in each group received CRT). Participants had with systolic heart failure with left ventricular ejection fraction or less of 35% that was not caused by coronary artery disease. The findings were also presented at the European Society of Cardiology meeting.
In an accompanying editorial, John J.V. McMurray, MD, at the University of Glasgow, wrote that "the absolute benefit of ICDs in a typical and well-treated population with heart failure might be small. ICDs are expensive and not without adverse effects. It is, therefore, desirable to avoid their use in patients who are unlikely to obtain a worthwhile benefit."
The ICD devices cost $30,000 to $50,000, depending on make, model and configuration. Device infection occurred in 4.9% of the ICD patients and in 3.6% of the control group (P=0.29).
The findings highlighted the importance of targeting ICDS to patients who are likely to benefit the most -- "that is, those who remain at high absolute risk for sudden cardiac death despite receiving the best available pharmacologic and device therapy," McMurray stated.
He warned that "the results of the DANISH trial coupled with the generally infrequent use of ICDs globally, should open a debate about whether it is ethical to conduct new ICD trials involving the highest-risk patients. The challenge is how to identify such patients."
The trial was supported by unrestricted grants from Medtronic, St. Jude Medical, TrygFonden, and the Danish Heart Foundation.
Kober disclosed relevant relationships with Sanofi and Novartis.
McMurray disclosed relevant relationships with Cardiorentis, Amgen, Novartis, Oxford University/Bayer, GlaxoSmithKline, Theracos, AbbVie, AstraZeneca, Vifor-Fresnius Pharma, DalCor, Pfizer, Merck, and Bristol-Myers Squibb.
New England Journal of MedicineSource Reference: Kober L, et al "Defibrillator implantation in patients with nonischemic systolic heart failure" N Engl J Med 2016; DOI: 10.1056/NEJM0a1608029.
New England Journal of MedicineSource Reference: McMurray JJV "The ICD in heart failure -- time for a rethink?" N Engl J Med 2016; DOI: 10.1056/NEJM0a1609826.
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Eleanor Duckworth's ideas contained in these timeless essays are more important than ever to the public discourse on education. While touching on many subjects--from science, math, and poetry to learning, teaching, thinking, evaluation, and teacher education--each of these essays supports the author's deeply felt belief that "the having of wonderful ideas is the essence of intellectual development." The revised Third Edition of this indispensable classic on Piaget and teaching features a new introduction, a new chapter on critical exploration in the classroom, and a renewed belief in the need to educate children about peace and social justice.
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Eleanor Duckworth is Professor of Education at Harvard University. She worked with Jean Piaget for more than two decades, as a student and colleague.
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9 April 1802, Department of State. Encloses Claiborne’s commission as governor of the Mississippi Territory.1
Tr and Tr of enclosure (Ms-Ar: Claiborne Executive Journal). 2 pp. Printed in Rowland, Claiborne Letter Books description begins Dunbar Rowland, ed., Official Letter Books of W. C. C. Claiborne, 1801–1816 (6 vols.; Jackson, Miss., 1917). description ends , 1:115–16. Enclosure is a copy of a 26 Jan. 1802 commission by Jefferson appointing Claiborne to a three-year term.
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When it comes to mobile, can campus users be left to their own devices? Universities are increasingly turning to mobile device management solutions to create some order--and security--whether the devices are BYO or institutionally owned.
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This week, I returned the pictures to the students (having taken them in to make a few scans for the English website but more on that in another post). It has been an aim of mine in recent times to get more mileage out of activities and student-generated resources in classroom and so, both in terms of keeping the focus on the students’ work and balancing the half a lesson spent last week to produce the pictures, we came up with some more lesson ideas based on them.
More fun in the snow
True/false statements based on the pictures
In the Reading and Writing section of the test (Part 2 to be precise), students are presented with a picture and 6 or 7 sentences which they then read and answer yes or no depending on whether the sentence is accurate or not. Their idea was to write their own sentences about the pictures and then quiz their friends. As they were writing, I went round and helped with the specific language needed (and it was good to note that most of them had retained vocabulary from the previous week such as sledging and have a snowball fight). They then got into groups, showed their pictures to each other and read out their statements.
With a pre-prepared practice activity, this would have been all over in 2 or 3 minutes but, done this way, the activity was a lot more in-depth. The students got creative with their language and again got to see the task ‘from the other side’ as they were writing questions, not just answering them. As we did the activity orally, there was a lot of speaking going on as well, which is always a bonus.
Guess the word
Another Reading and Writing question (Part 1 this time) involves reading definitions of words and choosing the correct one from a list of vocabulary. This has long been part of our lessons in game form with teams defining words for each other to guess. The students wanted to do something similar here so we decided to describe items of vocabulary that appeared in the pictures for the other students to guess. Quite a range of vocabulary came up as there were not only the snow and winter related words but also the ‘extra additions’ that had been included in some pictures like UFOs, yetis and giant pacmen intent on destroying all in their path!!
Again, this helped turn a one minute paper exercise into an extended activity with the students engaged and speaking to each other in English. As they were coming up with their own definitions to quiz their friends with, they got quite creative as they tried to catch each other out (such as one boy who described a snowman as ‘a man that is not really a man’!)
One of the Speaking parts of Flyers involves a classic information exchange. The examiner and candidate each have a card with question prompts and short answers and they ask and answer each other’s questions based on the information given. Having anticipated that the previous two activities would be suggested, I was quite impressed that my class came up with this idea that I had not though of - they swapped pictures with a partner, studied them and came up with a few questions that they would like to ask. The questions they wrote focused on asking for more information about the people in the pictures, what they were doing and why they were doing it (good practice of general information questions as well as present continuous). Not only was it good question writing practice but, when they started to talk to each other, they really had to think on their feet to come up with answers as they invented details and added background information to their pictures. I think all would agree that quick thinking and improvisation are two good skills to have honed for a speaking test!
And that was where this week’s session ended. The question and answer session about the pictures at the end got me thinking that there is a story behind each picture waiting to be uncovered… I think that’s where next week’s lesson will come from!
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Pediatric Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide
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Ready for Kindergarten Day One: Scissors!
Welcome to Day 1 of Getting Your Child Ready for Kindergarten! Over the next few weeks, I’m going to walk you through a variety of very easy and practical activities to help give your child some tools, skills, and strategies to be more successful in kindergarten.
Before becoming a stay at home mom, I was a teacher. While I’ve taught 2nd grade and LAP reading, I spent most of my time in the classroom in Kindergarten. I’m going to give you practical ideas, tips, and easy activities to do with your child to get him/her ready for kindergarten. Over the next 30 days, we’ll talk about a wide variety of behaviors and skills that will help your child be more successful in kindergarten. Each day I will try to provide a range of different activities tailored to students who may be at different levels of ability. I hope you’ll check back each day and spend the last part of the summer helping your child prepare for school. Happy learning!
Today we are starting small – literally! We are going to be working on a fine motor skill. Today we are talking SCISSORS.
When I was in the classroom, I noticed that about 2/3 of my students did not have mastery (or anything resembling mastery!) of this skill. Typically on the first day, I’d give my students a small scissoring activity so I could gauge their skill and familiarity. I was always shocked to see very quickly how many of them had clearly never held a pair of scissors before.
As a whole, parents are collectively pretty nervous about the usage of scissors. Fearing the goofy self-haircut or library books cut to ribbons, we hide scissors away in some obscure cupboard, never to be touched. Then, our kids enter kindergarten with all of the manual dexterity of someone trying to brush their teeth while wearing oven mitts. Kids need PRACTICE using scissors – lots and lots of practice.
However, before practice there must be rules and expectations. It’s very important to be clear and consistent with your scissoring guidelines. Kids need to be told exactly what the rules and boundaries are when it comes to scissors. Here are a few MANDATORY scissoring rules.
Absolute MUST-KNOW Scissor Rules
Kids need to learn that scissors must absolutely never EVER cut:
- body parts
- school supplies
But, parents (and teachers) sometimes forget to mention in their frenzied shouts of “Scissors are only for cutting paper” that scissors are only for APPROVED pieces of paper. If you tell a child that scissors are for paper, he/she may find a stack of your expensive scrapbook paper, the garbage bill, your bank statements, etc. It’s best to get a handle on this at home, and explain that he/she is only allowed to cut the paper(s) you specify, before your child cuts up random papers at school. Teach them that if they are in doubt, they should ask before they cut.
Be very clear about the above. I could tell you stories all day about kids who tried to cut a wide variety of things with scissors. I still get chills thinking about the child I caught trying to cut their tongue. (I kid you not.)Like I said, CLEAR and up-front expectations are key!
Model handing scissors to someone with the plastic “ears” in the up position. Explain (and make it explicit) that children (or anyone) should never pass scissors to someone with the blades up. Enforce this rule, even with safety scissors, so that when they begin to use “real” scissors or need to get the “real” scissors for you or their teacher, that they will do so in a safe way.
Don’t run with scissors
This is one of those old adages that everyone jokes about, but it’s super important! Big-time accidents can occur when a little one runs with sharp pointy objects! Teach your child to walk slowly and carefully when carrying scissors. (And model, model, model!)
Here are a few pointers or cutting tips to give your child:
- Remind your child that if they are cutting out smaller pieces from a whole (ie- squares from a grid, etc.) to first cut out the larger shape, and then begin to cut out the smaller pieces.
- If the project allows for it, encourage your child to create a “more manageable” piece of paper to cut from. Sometimes manipulating a smaller piece of paper is much easier for a child than a full 8 1/2 x 11 piece.
- Turn the paper, not the scissors. This is a tricky one to explain without a demonstration. Free-hand a quick bumpy cloud on a piece of paper (or something with a lot of “turns”), and SHOW your child how to turn the paper to make the cutting easier. Many young children keep their paper completely still and try to work their little hands around the shape to be cut. Frustration soon sets in with that method. Model, model, model.
MODEL (yes, I think modeling is important!) the proper grip for your child. I have seen kids hold their scissors dozens of different ways. They will cut with the greatest ease and range of motion if they learn to hold their scissors correctly. Teach your child to put their thumb in the top hole. The fingers that go in the bottom hole may differ from child to child. Many children prefer to place their next two fingers in the bottom hole, while others “skip” a finger, and place their middle and ring fingers in the bottom hole. Have them figure out what is comfortable, as long as their thumb is on top. (This keeps them from using the scissors upside-down.)
Here are a few fun activities to help your child get some great scissor practice!
- Collage! Provide a set of old magazines (again, make sure you let your child know these are the only magazines they are to cut!), a pair of scissors, a glue stick, and paper. Have your child cut out pictures of things they like, letters, words, etc. Children can create a free-form scene of appealing pictures, or encourage them to make a thematic scene, such as “a family”, “places you’d like to go,” etc.
- Line it up! Take a piece of plain paper and free-hand draw a set of lines from one end to the other. Draw one straight line, a wiggly line, a zigzag line, etc. Have your child practice cutting along the different lines. The varied motions will provide a lot of great practice.
- Cut and Paste Workbooks! I have a few great cut and paste workbooks that I have been using with my soon-to-be kindergartner. He likes the varied activities (games, graphs, thinking pages) and I like that he is required to cut a variety of shapes and sizes, sometimes cutting separate items and sometimes cutting pieces from a whole. It’s a lot of great fine motor practice for him and zero work for me! I just rip out a page! Here are my favorites:
Remember that kids typically approach new skills (especially that might be tricky!) better when they are presented as FUN activities. If you approach the scissoring activities with enthusiasm and joy, they are much more likely to as well. Nevertheless, here are a few things you might want a heads-up about…
- Expect frustration. Learning a new skill is tough.
- Expect tears. (Not from all kids, but there is a definite population of children who will cry.) Certain types of children may become very upset if they are trying to cut out a paper flower and say, accidentally hack one of the petals off. Have some scotch tape handy and be prepared to respond with a positive attitude.
- Prepare them with words like, “It’s totally okay to not cut perfectly, especially at first. Cutting perfectly on the lines can be really hard. Sometimes, I even have a hard time! It’s okay to make mistakes. Just do your best, and it will get easier.” Set them up with the mindset that it is OKAY to be continually learning and improving. Learning anything is a process. Help them enjoy it.
I will see you back here tomorrow for Day 2 of our Ready for Kindergarten: 30 Days of Activities, Ideas, and Learning Fun!Pin It
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They wear military headgear, raise the flag, carry knives in their mouths, and shoot at a target.
'I realised that seals are no worse than dolphins. Maybe they are even smarter'. Picture: Rossiya One, Vesti Irkutsk
While elsewhere in Russia dolphins and seals have been trained for real-life military activities, this is more of a show.
The seals, called Winnie the Pooh and Laska, march with toy guns wearing military hats for a performance linked to Victory Day on 9 May. They dive through obstacles with the plastic knives in their mouths, hoist a flag and shoot with water guns.
Baikal seals were earlier trained to do tricks like playing with a ball, jumping through hoops, drawing, singing and dancing.
Evgeniy Baranov, founder of the world's first seal circus, said: 'The new show is a logical development of the tricks that our seals learned earlier. With every rehearsal they get better and better.'
Seals called Winnie the Pooh and Laska in Irkutsk aquarium. Pictures: Rossiya One, Vesti Irkutsk
The seals live in a special aquarium cooled to 2-to-3 degrees Celsius, as in Lake Baikal, the deepest in the world. They are fed with the same food as their wild, namely Baikal oil fish and goby fish.
'I have been working with Baikal seals for over 25 years,' said Mr Baranov. 'For some time I worked in a laboratory, almost 24/7. There were seals living there, and I looked after them, observing their traits.
'I started training and handling them. It wasn't too long before I realised that seals are no worse than dolphins. Maybe they are even smarter.
'Seals can solve logical, technical puzzles'.
Investigators also find the lover of the mass murderer's wife: Mikhail Popkov claims his jealously led to him slaughtering at least 81 women.
Grigory Akhara, 21, was unconscious but alive when driver Ulyana Lobanova, 30, and her foul-mouthed husband Roman, 42, refused to back-up.
New confessions mean his female victims now number 69, with at least a dozen more charges expected soon, taking his macabre toll to 81.
Puppies are 'designer' animals bred by South Korean cloning laboratory, but they flunked test in 13 simple skills for Russian police dogs.
Vicious daylight attack in city centre leaves locals shocked, despite later apology from ringleader.
Russia marks Orthodox Christmas Day on 7 January according to the Julian calendar (and for some this is also a time for fortune telling).
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South African Journal of Education
On-line version ISSN 2076-3433
Print version ISSN 0256-0100
Due to the central role of textbooks in the teaching and learning of science, it is imperative that textbooks provide correct content and instructional support. We investigated how 16 South African Grade 7 natural science educators selected their textbooks and how they evaluated these textbooks. The results were analysed according to the constructivist paradigm, as implemented in the Revised National Curriculum Statement, as well as selection criteria found in the literature. The selection criteria that the educators listed in interviews were isolated ideas that were not embedded in a constructivist framework. The educators also lacked the necessary scientific and pedagogical content-knowledge to effectively evaluate the textbooks. Recommendations are made for improvements in educator training, departmental guidance, and textbook writing. Experience in textbook evaluation during their training courses could boost educators' competence in selecting the books and detecting and compensating for their deficiencies. This would contribute to filling South African educators' need of hands-on examples that can be applied immediately in their classrooms.
Keywords : alternative conceptions; constructivism; heat flow; science textbooks; textbook selection.
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- The International Association of Athletics Federations announced on March 10 new qualifying standards for track and field athletes and marathoners.
- Starting with the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, athletes can qualify by running a specific time or by placing high enough in a world ranking system.
- The newer time standards were lowered significantly in many race distances, and it could take some of the luster off events like the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials.
On Sunday, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), track and field’s world governing body, announced a wave of big changes, including a two-tiered qualification system for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics that will see athletes get into the Games either by time or via a world ranking.
The announcement saw many athletes take to social media to criticize or share their confusion about the changes, with U.S. stars such as Molly Huddle, Paul Chelimo, and Lauren Fleshman among those raising concern. Here’s what you need to know about the new Olympic standards, why people are upset, and how it could affect some of your favorite races and runners.
What has changed?
Before, athletes simply needed to run a qualifying standard time and secure selection from their national governing body—USA Track & Field (USATF) in the case of the U.S.—to earn their place at the Olympic Games. But, for the first time, world rankings will now be part of the criteria for running, with the bar set much higher for those wishing to qualify via time alone.
Each event in Tokyo will also have a designated quota—lowering the number to 45 athletes in both men’s and women’s 1500-meter, 27 in each 10,000-meter race, and 80 in each marathon—with about half the places filled by athletes who achieve the new, stricter time standards. The highest athletes on world rankings will be offered the remaining places.
But the rankings are not not just based on your best time during the designated qualification period. Points are awarded on the strength of a time, with bonus points also available that vary according to the status of the meet. (For example, a Division 1 NCAA outdoor title at 1500 meters earns athletes 60 points, the equivalent of finishing 10th in a Diamond League 1500-meter race. First place gets 200 points in a Diamond League 1500.) In events up to 1500 meters, athletes’ ranking scores are calculated from their five best results across a 12-month period from July 1, 2019, to the end of June 2020. In the 5,000 meters it’s three results, and in the 10,000 meters it’s just two.
For the marathon, rankings are calculated from a runner’s two best results; one must be in a marathon, but the other can come from a half marathon, 25K, 30K, or marathon. Athletes can also qualify by finishing top-10 at the 2019 World Championships in Doha or in a World Marathon Major (Boston, New York City, Tokyo, Berlin, Chicago, or London marathons), or finish in the top five at an IAAF Gold Label Marathon, such as the Paris, Rotterdam, or Dubai marathons. The rankings window for marathoners is longer, covering the 18 months up until May 31, 2020.
Why the uproar?
Athletes are used to qualifying simply by posting one strong performance, but to do so in the same way they will now have to hit a far more difficult mark. For example, the women’s Olympic 10,000-meter standard has moved from 32:15 to 31:25, with the men’s going from 28:00 to 27:28. The women’s marathon time dropped by more than 15 minutes, from 2:45 to 2:29:30, while the men’s time dropped from 2:19:00 to 2:11:30.
For some perspective: Although last year’s performances will not count toward Olympic qualification, Galen Rupp was the only American to run below the men’s standard in 2018, clocking 2:06:07 in Prague and 2:06:21 in Chicago. However, Jared Ward, Chris Derrick, Scott Fauble, and Shadrack Biwott all secured top-10 finishes at a World Marathon Major.
On the women’s side, Amy Cragg was the fastest of 10 Americans who ran below the new women’s standard, with nine more securing top-10 finishes at World Marathon Majors. On this front, U.S. athletes have an advantage over international rivals with a better ability to get into the elite fields in Boston, New York, and Chicago.
Runners at shorter distances were riled up by the new qualifying standards.
“I see no fairness here to upcoming athletes,” Paul Chelimo, the Olympic 5,000-meter silver medalist, wrote on Twitter. “Another example of how track and field is killing itself with no mercy.” Chelimo went into the 2016 Olympics with a best of 13:21.61 for 5,000 meters, just below the previous qualifying standard of 13:25 (the new standard is 13:13.50), but ended up winning silver. If the current system was in place ahead of the Rio Olympics, Chelimo would have secured a place based on his ranking, but there is a chance athletes who enjoy breakout seasons like he did in 2016 could potentially not secure a place at the Games.
Kate Van Buskirk, a three-time Canadian 1500-meter champion, wrote that the new system “prioritizes and rewards those with political advantages of top agents/sponsors.”
This is a legitimate concern, given that athletes rely on agents to get into the best races, such as invitation-only Diamond League meets and World Marathon Majors.
Many athletes are also angry that the marathon fields have been cut for the next Olympics, a decision the IAAF made after the International Olympic Committee reduced the sport’s overall quota by 105 athletes for the Tokyo Games.
There is also concern how the system will also affect the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials (see more on that below), which in recent years has selected the first three finishers with the qualifying standard. With the cutoff deadline for the ranking system falling after both the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials and Track and Field Trials, there will be much confusion at both events as athletes, fans, and media try to work out who is eligible to compete in Tokyo.
Why has the IAAF done this?
Rankings are a strong feature in many individual sports like tennis and golf, where the world No. 1 is held in high esteem. The new system is trying to give rankings similar importance in track and field and make them an equal method of qualifying.
Track and field struggles for exposure outside of the Olympics, with many top athletes preferring low-level races to prepare for major championships—this also allows them to avoid their main competition until the big event. But if the ranking system becomes a higher priority, the hope is that the biggest names in the sport will face off more regularly, creating a more attractive racing circuit.
The new system is also aimed at putting a stop to suspicious qualifying marks. With so many meets around the world, it’s impossible to ensure every qualifying performance is legitimate. The rankings system encourages athletes to post their times at higher-level meets where both officiating and drug-testing are better regulated.
Will it ruin the U.S. Olympic Trials?
The U.S. Olympic Trials remains one of the great spectacles in all of sports, with dreams realized and crushed in every event. The changes will certainly affect them—and maybe not in a good way.
The Marathon Trials will take place in Atlanta on February 29, 2020, but the conundrum facing athletes is how much to race before then to build their ranking. Because of the new rules, many may target an autumn marathon such as Berlin or Chicago, where they could qualify with either a fast time (that “A” standard of 2:11:30 for men or 2:29:30 for women) or a top-10 finish.
Those who risk waiting until the Trials to post one of their two key times could be disappointed. Between 1984 and 2000, no American ran faster than the new Olympic standards in the Trials marathon, while in 2016 just one man (Galen Rupp) and three women (Amy Cragg, Desiree Linden, and Shalane Flanagan) did.
With Atlanta being billed as a hilly course, and high humidity expected, it’s unlikely the Marathon Trials will produce fast times. The qualification window runs until May 31, 2020, three months after the Trials take place in Atlanta. This could create a confusing situation in the unlikely event that athletes finish in the top three but don’t have either the time standard or a high enough ranking, forcing them to race a half marathon (or possibly even another marathon) on the lead-up to the Olympics to secure their place.
For all track events, the qualification deadline is June 29, 2020, the day after the track and field trials conclude in Eugene, Oregon. While sprint events will likely be unaffected, given the large number of American athletes who will have the qualifying standard, middle-distance finals could be more complex given the potential for a breakout star to make the top three. Although if the current ranking system were in place for this year’s World Championships, the U.S. would currently have 10 men and 16 women qualified for the 1500 meters, with eight men and 11 women qualified for the 5,000 meters.
This may disadvantage an athlete like Robby Andrews, a world 1500-meter finalist in 2015, who has not run below the new Olympic standard of 3:35 since 2016. He is a great championship performer, but his current world ranking is in the 70s, which he would need to improve to secure a place at the Games.
So, is all this good or bad for the sport?
For athletes on the fringes of Olympic qualification, the system is bad if they’re the kind who produces one big performance at a lower-level meet, but good if they’re consistent and unafraid to venture far and wide in search of higher-level races.
When the rankings are better understood and eventually used as the main qualifying method for global championships, they should encourage more head-to-head competition on the sport’s professional circuit. That’s definitely a good thing.
What else changed this week?
In a bid to attract new audiences to the sport, the IAAF announced an overhaul of the Diamond League, the sport’s top-tier professional circuit. Fans of distance running were furious after the 5,000 meters was cut. Also, there will now be 12 meets instead of 14, with the length of each broadcast cut from two hours to 90 minutes.
“Change is never easy,” IAAF President Sebastian Coe said. “But wherever possible it needs to be made from a position of strength.”
U.S. Olympian Molly Huddle took to Twitter to voice her disapproval. “Not a fan of dropping the 5,000,” she wrote. “If [the IAAF] won’t convey its interest to public, why not cut from TV only. It remains championship event so 5/10,000m athletes will need to race it.”
Lauren Fleshman, a world 5,000-meter finalist in 2011, wrote that the problem with the event isn’t its duration, but the obsession with fast times: “The distance has become plagued by rabbits and an addiction to world record attempts at Diamond Leagues, which blows the field up from the start. The record incentive is one of the only ways Diamond Leagues have tried to make the event ‘sellable.’ This feeds doping.”
The overall number of events on the Diamond League circuit will be reduced from 32 to 24, with more field events held in downtown venues in host cities. While the eight culled events can still be held at Diamond League meetings, they will not be part of the TV broadcast. Given the lack of air time, sponsors will be far less likely to invest in such athletes, meaning their livelihoods will inevitably be put at risk.
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I saw Hosni Mubarak once. Tony Blair had dropped by for a brief chat on the way home from a flying visit to Iraq and they staged a joint quasi-press conference in one of the Egyptian president's Cairo palaces. Built like a brick loo, Mubarak exuded that strutting, invulnerable sense of power that dictators acquire over time. Blair looked flimsy and transient by comparison, as indeed he was.
That's the point, isn't it? The circumstances in which a politician acquires power often dictates the way he or she loses power. Seize it without legitimacy and it immediately becomes difficult to relinquish it. Get elected and it's easier to be un-elected by party or the electorate.
In fairness to Egypt, one of history's great dramas, Gamal Abdel Nasser, who overthrew the monarchy (1952) and ejected the British from the Suez canal zone, did offer to resign after his military's humiliation in the 1967 six-day war with Israel. The masses wouldn't have it.
That's rare, but Colonel Nasser was a charismatic leader, whose failure to ease the poverty of those same masses – the Egyptian middle class he so despised did quite well – did not prevent 4 million people turning out for his funeral when he died of a heart attack three years later at 52.
Would that Mubarak had acquired such a popularity, he must be thinking now when it is too late. The former fighter pilot turned air force commander was Egypt's vice president when a 24-year-old army lieutenant called Khalid Islamibouli and co-conspirators gunned down Anwar Sadat at a military parade in October 1981.
Mubarak inherited the presidency and ran the country as Nasser, Sadat and – before them – King Farouk, the British puppet, did. When pressure rose for reform, from intellectuals, from the middle class, the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood or the long-suffering masses, he pulled the levers of repression.
Enraged by Sadat's peace deal with Egypt's Islambouli acted in the name of an Islamist group, and among the 24 people tried for the murder was the blind cleric, Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman. He was accused (and acquitted) of issuing the fatwah which incited the young men to their crime. When he got out of jail – and torture – three years later the "blind sheikh" was expelled and ended up in Peshawar, organising the anti-Soviet mujahideen.
Where is he now? Glad you asked. Being anti-Soviet allowed him into the US, few questions asked, and he used the opportunity to incite Muslims to acts of violence against their hosts. I have a vague notion that this sort of conduct breaches basic principles of Islam, but what do I know?
When the Yanks wised up and got Arabic-speakers on his case, the first, failed attempt to blow up the World Trade Centre in 1993 was only one of the jihadi incitements on 78-year-old Rahman's file. He ended up with a life sentence, which he is currently serving in a medical facility at the Butner federal slammer in North Carolina. When – and if — Mubarak (even older at 82) heads for exile in Saudi Arabia, Rahman will probably raise a celebratory glass of water.
I mention this because it may help explain the cack-handed caution of the Obama administration in response to the street violence since Tuesday, despite the reassuring presence as transitional-leader-on-offer, of Nobel peace prize winner, Mohamed ElBaradei, and the "it's going to be OK" remarks of wholesome Egyptians with perfect English who can be heard on the BBC.
We just don't know how it will work out. By virtue of its size (80 million), sense of itself and its extraordinary past, Egypt is different. But there's no guarantee that secular forces will prevail, let alone without a fresh wave of repression which snuffs out hope again, or that the Muslim Brotherhood – increasingly moderate and not behind the current unrest, we keep being told – would behave, let alone be able to control more radical forces.
Hillary Clinton initially called Mubarak's regime "stable", but that line didn't hold. America has pumped billions into Egypt as Israel's key partner for peace and stability in the Middle East and – as usual – much of the money has been diverted from development to the military and the apparatus of a police state.
We can blame the US for that – a reflex response – or we can say that Egyptians did it to fellow Egyptians in an independent Egypt, ignoring US advice in the process. It's hard work with few rewards. After all, for all its billions worth of aid the US doesn't have much clout with Israel – or other places – does it?
So the new line from Washington this weekend speaks of "an orderly transition to democracy", a formula which sidesteps the delicate matter of Mubarak's survival while backing reformist elements which currently appear to have momentum.
Thirty years is a long time without a decent general election and shake-up. As someone once remarked of Jacques Chirac's long survival at the top of French politics: "How would you feel if Harold Wilson and Ted Heath were still in charge instead of Tony Blair?" At least Chirac had to fight elections.
From my armchair this one could go either way, but will probably go towards a regime change, if not now then soon. Orderly transitions are sometimes disorderly and take time. Remember, it may be tempting to dispatch some unsavoury old tyrant off to international court at the Hague or string them up. But an escape route is often the smarter option.
Thus Nasser and General Mohammed Neguib, his front man in 1952, overruled those demanding the execution of King Farouk, the lecherous 32-year-old fat boy whose family had ruled Egypt since the modernising Muhammad Ali Pasha (1769-1849, he was actually an Albanian) effectively expelled the decaying Ottoman empire in the wake of Napoleon's defeat.
With 65 trunks stuffed with loot Farouk and his famous fez departed for exile in Europe on his yacht. He died in Italy at 45 but not before his sister had married the Shah of Iran, the one expelled by the 1979 revolution. What goes round comes round again. One of Muhammad Ali's projects (Turks prefer to think of him as Mehmet) was a greater Egypt embracing the upper Nile, ie Sudan. Both eventually became British protectorates and Sudan is unravelling – via that peaceful referendum – this very month.
Two particular factors are encouraging. It looks as if the White House is now supporting change – albeit the "orderly" kind — which may be concentrating minds inside the Egyptian military and corporate elite, which will want to save as much as they can. Poland, the Philippines, Panama, Uganda, there's always a tipping point where treason prospers and none dare call it treason.
Second, in ElBaradei, the former UN weapons inspector, the reformists have a figurehead with serious standing in the wider outside world, which makes it hard for Mubarak's apparatus to imprison or kill – though I heard that they'd water-cannoned him at the weekend, just to make a point.
He's unlikely to be more than a temporary figure – international bureaucrats rarely have the skill set for politics . But the space provided by that immunity could matter, as it conspicuously did for Poland after the College of Cardinals in Rome – for selfish reasons of their own – elected a Polish pope. The Russians couldn't bump off John Paul II, though conspiracy theorists suggest they tried.
As Mubarak urges his new prime minister to embark on reform while sending jet fighters screaming over Cairo, I heard suggestions from Egyptians over the weekend that Britain, Europe and – primarily, of course – the US are responsible for Egypt's plight.
Well, up to a point. European colonial regimes were often complacent and reactionary, though what came after has often proved worse, not least across north Africa, and it was the French who built the Suez canal – and couldn't pack it in a suitcase to take home.
Egypt was under the control of foreigners from the fall of the pharoahs – when Queen Cleopatra cut a deal with the rising power of Rome but was unlucky with her men – until Nasser's coup. Historians say it fell so quickly to Islam in the 7th century precisely because the new religion came from anywhere but the hated Graeco-Roman regime in Byzantium. What goes round comes round again.
That goes for WikiLeak's contribution. In his Observer interview yesterday – ahead of the Guardian's publication today of its account of the WikiLeaks affair – Julian Assange sees himself as making reality of the western doctrine of "universal connectivity" which extols the virtues of openness, but does not always practise what it preaches.
As with the Tunisian popular coup, fingers crossed there too, Assange seems pleased to count the Egyptian upheaval as a win for his campaign. In the Observer he even concedes a "relative honesty and directness" in the US diplomatic cables that the Guardian and others published at the end of last year.
Quite so. Let's hope it all turns out for the best in Cairo and Alexandria this week.
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Can an iPhone game make your kids smarter? Studies show puzzles can
Toronto, ON, Canada – Researchers from the University of Chicago have found that children who play puzzle games regularly will perform better in spatial intelligence tests than children who do not. Psychologist Susan Levine and colleagues recently conducted a study that found 2-4 year-old children, who play with puzzles, have better spatial skills when assessed at 4 1/2 years of age. “The children who played with puzzles performed better than those who did not on tasks that assessed their ability to rotate and translate shapes,” said Levine, a leading expert on mathematics development in young children.”. Spatial abilities are directly linked to math abilities.
With devices like iPads and iPhones quickly becoming popular and available in homes and offices, the potential for new educational training games is interesting. Children seem to have a natural inclination for touch interfaces, and parents love letting their kids play and learn on their mobile devices.
One mobile developer, named “Fast Hatch Apps”, wants to see if mobile games can help kids learn while having fun. They’ve recently released a puzzle game called “Jungle Puzzles for Kids”, a game where kids put together pieces of lush jungle scenery. The game features 15 beautifully illustrated puzzles of animals like tigers, pandas, geckos, exotic birds, piranhas, and more.
Jungle Puzzles for Kids is:
* Wonderful for children aged 0 – 6
* Has beautiful animal illustrations of tigers, pandas, lizards, and more
* Easy to use and play
* Develops your kids spatial intelligence
* iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, 3/4G iPod touch and iPad
* Requires iOS 4.3 or later
* 21.5 MB
Pricing and Availability:
Jungle Puzzles for Kids 1.1 is Free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category. The first 4 puzzles for free. The remaining puzzles can be unlocked for only $1.99, a great deal compared to many other apps on the market.
Based in Toronto, ON, Canada, Fast Hatch Apps is a privately held development company whose focus is on building mobile apps and games for kids. Copyright (C) 2012 Fast Hatch Apps. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.
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Paintings on display
View a selection works from Bridget Riley: Paintings and Related Work:
About the exhibition
24 November 2010 – 22 May 2011
Bridget Riley is one of the most significant and original painters of our time. This exhibition enables visitors to investigate how Riley’s work relates to the National Gallery Collection.
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Now on Display
"Guides to the Fourth Dimension" Companion Display
Are you going to see Thomas Banchoff's lecture on four-dimensional metaphors in art and literature on Monday, October 25 in the Linda K Paresky Center? Come check out our companion display for examples of the fourth dimension in art and literature, and explanations of the fourth dimension from physics and geometry. You can also see Professor Banchoff's web guide on the 4D philosopher Edwin Abbott Abbott: http://www.math.brown.edu/~banchoff/abbott/.
Date Posted: October 22, 2010
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By gaining better self-awareness it will allow you to be better at your own self-management, leading you to be more socially aware. Ultimately this will then result in you being able to build deeper and longer lasting relationships with your people. Your new skills used to assess both your own and others’ emotions more effectively can only be of great benefit to everyone feeling better and will also have a huge impact on your personal and business performance.
If you work with others or manage a team this morning course is ideal for you. Come and enjoy learning what makes others tick and how to better deal with them others. Just imagine for a moment, how good it will feel when you know how to manage both yourself and others more effectively.
The Learning Objective:
- Introduction to Emotional Intelligence
- Learn how to build more self-awareness and effectively manage your own state through presence and curiosity
- Understand how knowledge of the primitive brain can either help or hinder it
- Learn what your stressors are and how they hold you back
- Look at EGO States and how you can use these effectively to gain more social competence
- Gain an insight into the most effective way to build longer lasting relationships with others
- Set yourself a “Well-formed outcome” so you can continue to work on your EI when you leave the session.
The course material is based on sound scientific research which has been proven to work in world-class organisations. It is fun, engaging, informative and easy to understand the basic principles.
“Because of the furious pace of change in business today, difficult to manage relationships sabotage more business than anything else – it is not a question of strategy that gets managers and leaders into trouble, it is a question of emotions.” – John Kotter, Harvard Business School.
Who Benefits From This Course:
The morning emotional intelligence training course is designed for professionals, managers, leaders and those aspiring to be in positions of influence.
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Three M-Class Flares in Secession; Extreme Weather Immenent
2004 10 30
by Mitch Battros – ECTV
In the early morning hours, three (3) M-Class flares have fired off within minutes of each other. It is unclear if the flares came from one sunspot region, or from two or three. I am expecting a string of extreme weather events to occur within 48 hours.
See Graph Here: http://sec.noaa.gov/rt_plots/
Today’s sunspot count is 130. I suspect this count will rise in the next two days. Watch for auroras in the northern skies, possibly in the mid latitudes.
Sunspots => Solar Flares => Magnetic Field Shift => Shifting Ocean and Jet Stream Currents => Extreme Weather and Human Disruption (mitch battros)
Article From: http://www.earthchangestv.com/secure/2004/article_4740.php
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C. 1980 Vintage 15-20mm Cultured Pearl and .60 ct. t.w. Diamond Owl Necklace in 14kt and 18kt Yellow Gold. 18"
C. 1980. As a symbol of wisdom, this owl pendant necklace from our Estate collection is a smart style choice. The lighthearted bird design showcases a 20x15mm cultured baroque pearl and suspends from a 14kt yellow gold rope chain with a springring clasp. Round brilliant-cut diamonds, .60 ct. t.w., embellish the 18kt yellow gold pendant. Diamond and white pearl owl necklace. Exclusive, one-of-a-kind Estate Jewelry.
Product Details (for C. 1980 Vintage 15-20mm Cultured Pearl and .60 ct. t.w. Diamond Owl Necklace in 14kt and 18kt Yellow Gold. 18")
DROP: A dangling or stationary detail which "drops" from a bale, strand or earring backing.
1 1/8 inches
Necklace Drop Width:
14KT: Karat (abbreviated kt or K) is a unit that indicates the purity of gold in the metal. 14kt is 58.33% gold. In the United States, 14K yellow gold is most favored and used in jewelry.
18KT: Karat (abbreviated kt or K) is a unit that indicates the purity of gold in the metal. 18kt is 75% gold. In Europe, 18K yellow gold is most favored and used in jewelry.
POLISHED: A buffed-out finish used to produce a mirror-like shine.
ROPE: Chain links that are twisted or looped together in a pattern that creates a look similar to that of a rope.
SPRINGRING CLASP: Invented in the early 1900s this diminutive device is highly effective. It's a hollow circular metal fastener with a spring opening. This keeps the clasp closed.
Diamond: The hardest and most brilliant of all gemstones, a diamond can make the heart race with its pure and fiery spark. An ancient symbol of love, a diamond is the preferred gemstone for tokens of affection, such as rings, earrings, necklaces and bracelets. Diamond is the birthstone for April.
(Quantity: 44, Shape & Cutting Style: Round Brilliant
BRILLIANT: A gemstone cut to enhance brilliance without sacrificing much carat weight. Typically has 58 facets.
, Color Grade: F-G
Color Grade F-G: Colorless to near-colorless
, Clarity: VS2-SI1, Weight: 0.60 ct. t.w.)
CULTURED PEARLS: Likened to the moon, pearls have been valued for their luminous glow and natural beauty for thousands of years. Today, high-quality cultured freshwater pearls make pearl jewelry affordable to all. Pearl is the traditional birthstone for the month of June.
(Color: White, Quantity: 1, Shape & Cutting Style: Baroque
BAROQUE: is the term used to describe oversized and irregularly-shaped pearls. Baroque pearls add interest and intrigue to classic jewelry styles.
, Size: 20X15 mm)
All weights and measures are approximate.
Ross-Simons Presentation Box Your purchase includes an elegant Ross-Simons presentation box.
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Last month, Suze Orman shocked a lot of people (including probably Dave Ramsey) and drummed up a lot of press when she changed her long-running stance on aggressively paying down credit card debt. As many of you know, Suze has basically started to advise people to only pay the minimum payment on their credit cards and to instead increase their emergency fund to at least 8 months worth of expenses.
8 months… Really? Her justification is that many credit card companies are lowering limits and even canceling cards on those who pay them down. She points out that if you lose your job due to the economy, you might not be able to access as much credit through the credit cards. If you had a big juicy emergency fund, you’d be much better. While the advice seems to be well-intentioned, I have a couple issues with it:
- Why 8 Months? For the majority of people, I think 8 months is a little extreme. Especially considering they are struggling with credit card debt. I’d be much more comfortable had she advised something more along the lines of an extra month of expenses.
- Increased Temptation. Suze is making the assumption that her audience can responsibly save up a large amount of money without finding an excuse to spend it. Again, this is targeted at those people with outstanding credit card balances, meaning they’re already dealing with the issue of spending more than they make. I know from experience that much more temptation exists when you have $10,000 in your emergency fund opposed to $1000. That’s just a fact of life.
- Credit Cards Aren’t An Answer. I don’t think credit cards should be an answer, in the first place, to the solution of economic hardship. Therefore, Suze’s whole justification falls a little short for me. I prefer advice that suggests keeping a basic emergency fund and instead drastically cutting your lifestyle (ahead of time) in preparation for the possibility of losing your job. After all, you can always go back to spending more than you earn once the economy rebounds.
Dave Ramsey’s advice hasn’t changed. Is that good or bad?
If I had to pick one financial guru that I agreed with the most, it would be Dave Ramsey. Although, I can nit-pick some minor differences here and there, I’m a big fan of his overall guidance. Lately, I’ve heard a lot of talk from both Ramsey and his devout followers about how his advice hasn’t changed. His baby steps have always been and continue to be:
- $1000 Emergency Fund – Despite the economic conditions he’s stuck to this number in both prosperity and hardship.
- Debt Snowball Non-Mortgage Debt – Again, no change in how he’s advising people to attack debt.
- 3-6 months of expenses saved – Even after debt, Ramsey has suggested only 3-6 months.
- 15% for retirement – Ramsey hasn’t changed his investment strategies either. He’s still a fan of mutual funds and has kept his 25%/25%/25%/25% diversification consistent. He still hates gold, and still recommends a steady 15% at this initial level.
- College Funding – No change in when he suggests to prioritize college.
- Pay off your home early – He has also remained consistent on his policy to buy homes only once you are debt-free, on 15-year fixed mortgage, and so the payment doesn’t exceed 25% of your take-home pay. Dave admits it’s a fantastic time to buy a home, but hasn’t switched his priorities.
- Build wealth and give! – No reason to change the ultimate goal of it all!
At first, I’ll admit I was a little proud. “My financial guru is better than your financial guru!” But as I thought about it more, I wondered what was truly a more desirable trait.
Is it more desirable to follow a system that:
- Sticks to its “guns” and doesn’t change with shifts in economic stability, or
- Is open and willing to take in new information and adapt to external circumstances?
“Solid Principals” or “Ability To Adapt”… which is more beneficial. This has become a really difficult question for me to answer for myself. Of course, a balance of the two is most likely the real answer. Maybe Suze is onto something. It’s not like she’s flip-flopped her entire message. She’s just changed one part of it in response to an economic downturn.
For me, it all comes down to integrity and intent. I’ve watched, read, and listened to enough of Dave’s content that I firmly believe his top priority is changing people’s lives for the better. Unfortunately, I can’t say the same for Suze. In fairness, I’m not nearly as familiar with her content. The big question that I keep asking myself is:
- Has she truly been exposed to new and credible feedback/information and has realized a different approach would provide a greater benefit for her audience? (certainly possible)
- Or has she simply bought into regurgitating a hyped-up state of fear. Is she leveraging this new change in order to create buzz, garner attention, and ultimately sell more of her heavily-sponsored products? (certainly possible)
Once again, I honestly don’t know. But this isn’t just about Suze or Dave.
It’s about your own set of financial principles and beliefs. Hardly anyone follows a specific guru or system 100% of the time in all situations. We each build our own financial habits and principles based on what we feel is convenient, smart, and reasonable.
Ultimately, most of us realize a nice foundation of time-tested principles is essential to long-term success. However, this doesn’t mean we have to ignore a new set of circumstances when they are presented.
The ultimate answer may lie in doing our best to process and form opinions on new information, while still double-checking any changes we may want to make against the principles of our core beliefs.
Do you prefer and approach like Dave Ramsey or Suze Orman? Let everyone know below!
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A cheeky monkey that tried to sneak into the UK aboard a cargo ship will be given a new home at an animal sanctuary.
The BBC reports that the macaque monkey was discovered hiding on the Skagen Maersk after it set sail for Felixstowe from a port in Malaysia.
After being alerted to its presence by the crew, arrangements have been made by the UK Border Agency and Suffolk Trading Standards to give the primate a new home at the Wales Ape and Monkey sanctuary at Caehopkin, near Swansea.
UK rabies rules mean only certain immigration centres are permitted to handle the creatures, while an import licence and a period of six months in quarantine are also required when bringing the animals into the country.
Felixstowe is not one of these facilities, so it would normally have been an offence for the crew to offload their uninvited passenger at the port, the news provider explained.
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When Jean Franzblau, the founder of Cuddle Sanctuary in Los Angeles, first heard of a contagious virus spreading across the globe in March, she set stringent policies for all participants: wash your hands the moment you arrive to a cuddle; don’t come if you feel ill; if a client appears sick or is coughing, a cuddle session leader may send them home.
“We implemented that for two events, a Wednesday and a Saturday. And then we were closed,” said Franzblau, who won’t reopen until a vaccine is made widely available. “It was so quick: here’s our new protocol and then our protocol is we’re closed. It was very intense and very dramatic.”
Professional cuddle organizations like Cuddle Sanctuary aim to provide clients with a sense of calm and bliss, thanks in part to the anxiety-reducing hormone oxytocin which is released in response to positive, social touch, like a hug from a friend or a nuzzle from a dog. First popularized in the early 2000s, professional cuddling aimed to fulfill touch needs for a range of clients including survivors of post-traumatic stress disorder and sexual assault and adults on the autistic spectrum. Now, there are dozens of independent professional cuddling organizations, like Portland’s Cuddle Up To Me, and larger networks of professionals like Cuddlist, who have trained hundreds of touch facilitators nationwide.
Related: Nordic Cuddle therapy – would you pay £65 to hug a stranger?
Research has shown that without physical touch, we’re likely to experience loneliness, depression, anxiety disorders and stress. As the pandemic presses on, clients regularly accustomed to getting their touch needs fulfilled by professional cuddlers struggle to find that relief. But professional cuddlers are finding a way to provide an approximate feelgood sensation from afar. Franzblau and some of Cuddle Sanctuary’s professional cuddlers – those who have completed four online courses, including a 12-day training – are offering virtual cuddle sessions on Zoom.
Initially, Franzblau was staunchly against the notion of a virtual cuddle. Without skin-on-skin contact, there would be no way for oxytocin to flow. “I was resistant on a very deep level to offer something that I thought would be value-less or seem like snake oil,” she said. However, after consulting with Cuddle Sanctuary professional cuddlers, the group created a format they believed could leave clients feeling good, albeit only with emotional buy-in from both parties. “There are two elements that must be in place: expertise on behalf of the professional and the willingness to try something new on behalf of the client,” Franzblau said. “We must meet each other halfway to make the magic.”
Usually, in a one-on-one cuddle session – which ranges from $80 to $100 an hour and is held in a private room either in the client’s home or the cuddler’s workspace – the client and cuddler first go over current stressors and then engage in an open dialogue about where the client wants to be touched. In group sessions which take place at the Sanctuary and last two hours, a professional cuddling facilitator leads attendees through icebreaker and consent exercises, like how to kindly decline an unwanted hug from a peer. Consent is integral and sessions are always fully clothed, no sexual touching allowed.
Online, similar communication still has to occur, but in the absence of interpersonal touch, cuddler and client situate themselves in comfortable positions in their homes, visualizing the sensation of being held by another person and massaging themselves.
After self-quarantining alone for over a month in New York City, actor and writer Randy Wade Kelley noticed he, like many others, craved human connection. The 37-year-old had never tried professional cuddling in the flesh, but he was introduced to Cuddle Sanctuary through a friend and decided to give the virtual experience a shot in June. A virtual cuddle session, he imagined, would consist of snuggling with pillows and stuffed animals. Instead, he was instructed by Franzblau to recall a pleasant cuddling experience from the past and to lie in a manner that simulated an embrace. Lying on his side, with one arm stretched beneath his head and the other close to his torso, Kelley reveled in his own grasp while Franzblau supervised from nearly 3,000 miles away.
After, Kelley said he felt as if he’d spent the week meditating. In the weeks since the virtual cuddle, he’s returned to the side-lounge position as a way of self-placating when he feels lonely. “There’s no substitution for human touch, but it definitely helps bridge the gap,” he said. “I’m so thankful I’m able to cuddle myself.”
The client’s openness in learning to self-soothe in the absence of a physical embrace from a professional has been one of the greatest opportunities for growth, said Fei Wyatt, a professional cuddler with Cuddle Sanctuary. “I can’t make them feel something by touching them,” she said. “They have to pay attention to their own body. My clients are being asked to be a lot more aware, pay a lot closer attention and take responsibility for that.”
In addition to touch, emotional awareness is integral to the practice of therapeutic cuddling. Asking a stranger to stroke your hair or caress your back requires vulnerability – and in the process, cuddlers and clients build a verbal and physical rapport. In the midst of the pandemic, to compensate for a lack of physical intimacy, Shawn Coleman, a professional cuddler in Chicago, held virtual events promoting emotional togetherness. Inspired by the 36 questions psychologists believe promote feelings of closeness, Coleman hosted nightly Zoom meetings where participants would answer a question a night for 36 days.
While Coleman, who uses gender-neutral pronouns, won’t host an in-person cuddle event at least through the end of the year, they see value in reminding clients of the importance of physical and emotional connection. “We can try to get creative during this time in order to find a way to get our needs met,” they said. “For some people, it’s very much around touch, but also for some people it’s not a touch requirement, it’s a connection requirement or an intimacy requirement.”
For Teron Mobley, a furloughed restaurant worker in Chicago, virtual cuddle sessions more easily facilitate an emotional bond through meaningful eye contact, something the 35-year-old struggles with in his daily life due to social anxiety, he said. After a year of monthly professional cuddling sessions with Madelon Guinazzo, the co-founder and director of training at Cuddlist, an online directory and training platform for cuddle therapists, Mobley experimented with his first virtual cuddle in early June. Because he can’t currently touch Guinazzo, he built intimacy by gazing into her eyes on his computer screen. “It’s a powerful thing to look into someone’s eyes,” Mobley said. “After that I was like, hmm, actually, this could work. We can’t actually cuddle but it’s some sort of connection.”
Mobley is open to another virtual session but eagerly awaits when Guinazzo opens her books for in-person sessions. She has no plans at this time to do so, she said. For both cuddler and client alike, nothing quite compares to the real thing.
“It’s like when you’re used to having your favorite meal, let’s say lasagne, and then somebody says here’s a substitute lasagne,” Guinazzo said of the virtual cuddling experience. “It’s OK as long as you’re expecting it not to taste like lasagne.”
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