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It’s no secret that Germany is big on its beer and bratwurst, so few would automatically regard it as a major wine-producing country. But Germany’s wine industry is surprisingly vast and varied, and we’re not just talking about Riesling.
1. Germany has a long winemaking history
Germany has been making wine for almost two thousand years. In the Sachsen region – one of the more recent regions to receive official wine-producing status – records of winemaking go back to 1161. Historians say that Romans were cultivating vines in the Mosel as far back as 330 AD, while Saale-Unstrut, Europe’s northernmost wine-growing region, has been producing wine since 998 AD.
2. Germany is a top 10 wine-producing country
The latest figures from Statista place Germany ninth in the top 10 wine-producing countries of the world – just shy of South Africa and ahead of China. With an annual production of around nine million hectolitres it might trail behind wine powerhouses such as Italy and France, but it’s ahead of more commonly-cited winemaking countries such as Portugal, New Zealand and Hungary.
3. Germany doesn’t only produce Riesling
Riesling is to Germany as Malbec is to Argentina, but the country has a much wider grape variety than you might think. The Muller-Thurgau, the second most commonly planted grape in Germany, is a cross between Riesling and Madeleine Royale. This type of grape is used to make wine with a light, aromatic and floral taste. The third most planted grape is the Spätburgunder, also known as the Pinot Noir. This type of grape produces wine that emphasises purity and precision of the fruity flavour through the use of oak barrels. Then you’ve got your Gewurtztraminers, Schwartzrieslings, Weissburgunders and more, including more well-known grapes such as Sauvignon Blanc.
4. And its Rieslings aren’t always sweet
Riesling might be synonymous with sweetness, but in Germany Riesling comes in pretty much whatever form you want. For a very dry Riesling look for ‘trocken’ on the label – this signifies a dryer wine with fewer than nine grams of residual sugar per litre. ‘Halbtrocken’, meanwhile, is considered semi-dry and has no more than 18 grams of sugar per litre. Many labels will bear the words ‘kabinett’, ‘spätlese’, ‘auslese’, ‘beerenauslese’, ‘trockenbeerenauslese’, or ‘eiswein’ on the label. This denotes the ripeness of the grapes when picked, with kabinett being the least ripe, followed by spätlese and so on. The longer the grapes stay on the vine, the more sugar they will develop.
5. Germany is the world’s third largest producer of Pinot Noir
While Riesling will almost certainly spring to mind when you consider German wine, the grape – and indeed the country’s white wines overall – are really only part of the picture. After France and the US, Germany is the world’s third-biggest producer of Pinot Noir, known as Spätburgunder. In fact, it accounts for more than 60% of the grape plantings in the rocky hillsides of the Ahr region, known as Germany’s ‘red wine paradise’. If you prefer your reds on the lighter side try Trollinger, which boasts slightly smoky strawberry flavours, while velvety Dornfelder from the Pfalz or the Rheinhessen is a good choice if you’re looking for a red with a bit more weight to it.
6. Germany’s wine have great ageing potential
Many German winemakers have a deep affinity for oak barrels, which means their vintages – even their whites – will maintain depth and quality long into the future. Quality Riesling in particular has the ability to age well. Over time, the fruit recedes and yields to aromas and flavours of beeswax, butter, smoke, pine, honey, butterscotch, mushroom, and citrus preserve. Any residual sweetness also bonds with the acidity resulting in a more cohesive textural component and drier expression of the wine. In 2008, the first Riesling Fellowship saw Rieslings dating back to 1900 tasted by a panel of experts, all to great acclaim.
7. Germany’s vineyards are steep
Many of Germany’s vineyards are worked completely by hand, and not because of tradition, but because they’re terraced into hills so steep that machinery can’t reach them. The Mosel-Saar-Ruwer region, for example, is famous for having the steepest vineyard in the world, with a 60% gradient and a height of 951 feet.
8. Germany has a ‘Wine Queen’
Every year the German Wine Institute chooses a German Wine Queen from one of the country’s 13 wine-producing regions. The queen – chosen by a 70-member jury of industry professionals and press – must show a strong dedication to German wine, and will spend her year-long reign communicating the world of German wine to the global public. The current and 72nd German Wine Queen is 22-year-old Eva Lanzerath, from the Ahr region. | <urn:uuid:5fb2f643-db0b-4ca9-9285-8409617ef518> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.wineinvestment.com/learn/magazine/2021/02/eight-things-you-need-to-know-about-german-wine/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.937192 | 1,193 | 2.640625 | 3 |
REBEKAH A TYPE OF THE BRIDE OF CHRIST
“Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready“ (Revelation 19:7).
I Abraham‘s Servant Tells His Mission
1. He tells of Isaac, the son of Abraham, and his promised inheritance, [Genesis:24:34-36]; [Genesis:13:14-15].
2. Eliezer has been given the responsibility of procuring a proper wife for Isaac, [Genesis:24:37-41].
3. The test is made at the well, and the response is successful, [Genesis:24:42-46]; [Romans:12:1].
4. The bride-to-be is adorned, [Genesis:24:47-48].
II The Answered Call
1. The declaration of free will is made by Eliezer, [Genesis:24:49]; [Revelation:22:17].
2. The final choice is given Rebekah, [Genesis:24:50-58]; [Isaiah:1:19].
3. Gifts are bestowed upon the family, [Genesis:24:53].
4. Rebekah receives farewell blessings, and journeys to her new home, [Genesis:24:59-61].
III The Meeting of Isaac and Rebekah
1. Isaac awaits his bride at eventide, having gone into the field to meditate, [Genesis:24:62-63]; [Zechariah:14:7]; [Matthew:25:10].
2. Rebekah prepares to meet the bridegroom, [Genesis:24:64-65]; [Revelation:19:7].
3. The meeting takes place, [Genesis:24:66-67]; [1 Thessalonians:4:16-18]; [Matthew:24:26-28].
Our Inheritance in Christ
“The LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.“ Abraham was a great man and ruled over a household of hundreds of servants, but he had but one heir, Isaac. What an honour would be bestowed upon the one who would take his hand and become joint heir of all that he possessed!
Though Abraham was the possessor of an eternal promise, yet his silver and gold, flocks and herds, were temporal and would soon have to be left behind. The riches and honour bestowed upon his daughter-in-law can in no wise be compared with the honour that is to be freely given to all who will meet the conditions to become the Bride of Christ. Think of the glory to be revealed when the sons of God are manifest and declared to be “heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ“ [Romans:8:17]). All creation travaileth in pain and anxiety, awaiting that moment when the Bride of Christ shall be revealed.
“The Perfection of Beauty“
John the beloved caught a glimpse of beauty beyond description when there was revealed to him the “bride, the Lamb‘s wife“ [Revelation:21:9]). And this opportunity to be the Bride and heir is opened to all the ransomed Church of God! Can you lightly turn aside the call of the Spirit -- calling you to become the Bride of Christ?
Meeting the Conditions
“And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also.“ A simple act, but it reveals a condition of heart that is often lacking -- willingness to do the things that one is asked to do; and more than that, to serve beyond the call of duty, a voluntary service.
“I will draw water for thy camels also.“ The four times that this or a similar phrase appears in this chapter show the emphasis that God puts on going the “second mile.“ Those men who shine out on the sacred pages of God‘s Word are those who made sacrifices and performed exploits above that which they were asked.
Gifts from Above
When the Spirit of God finds a heart like that, how willing He is to adorn it with heavenly graces, typified by the jewels, bracelets, and earrings which Eliezer gave to Rebekah. The graces of the Spirit which distil as the dew of Heaven are the adorning of the Bride of Christ. They are the priceless jewels that God gives; and nothing so beautifies a soul as the Spirit of God. The very countenance radiates the glory that comes into the soul who is saved and sanctified and goes on until God pours out the Latter Rain upon his soul.
The brother of Rebekah could see that his sister had come into contact with something that had changed her. He saw the adorning, and he became interested in this man of God. The world cannot help but notice, and will inquire what it is that makes the child of God so radiant with His glory.
Let Us Make Haste
“They rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master. And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.“ Laban admitted that this thing was from God and that he could not say bad or good concerning it, so he just tried to slow it up. Often it is the case that people will admit that the Gospel is of God, or that certain things are what they should do, but they want to procrastinate a little. This is one of the tactics of the devil when he knows he cannot get people to deny the works of God: just get them to neglect and keep on neglecting. “How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation?“ [Hebrews:2:3]).
“Hinder me not‘‘ is the call of the Spirit to all who would hesitate.
Who Will Go?
Seeing earnestness of the servant, and that they could not delay him, Laban and his mother said, “We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth“. “And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.“
“Wilt thou go?“ is the question that the Holy Spirit is putting to each member of the family of Christ. These are days of preparation, days of heart-searching, as the Spirit calls the Bride to follow His leading and abandon all earthly loves [Philippians:3:7-8]), that she may enter into the secret chamber of the Most High.
“Wilt thou go with this man?“ -- though it mean the severance of the tenderest of family ties? Will you go the road of self-denial and sacrifice, though it mean the crucifying of the flesh, with the desires thereof, that Christ may be all in all? Are you willing not only to die for Him but to be a living, daily sacrifice, that His Gospel might be proclaimed to the ends of the earth? Are you laying up treasures in Heaven, that your heart might be set on things above?
When the Spirit reveals to you the treasures of Christ and His riches in glory, you, with Rebekah, will say “I will go.“ Though the long, dusty journey by camel may be rough and wearisome, yet as you reach that last mile of the road and your eyes look out across the field at eventide and you get one glimpse of your Bridegroom, you will shout, “Hallelujah!“
1. What did the servant of Abraham tell Rebekah and her family about Isaac‘s wealth?
2. How did Eliezer, Abraham‘s servant, know when he had found the young woman whom God had chosen for Isaac’s wife?
3. What did he do when he saw that he had found the desired person?
4. Was Rebekah given any choice in the matter? or was it decided for her by her elders?
5. The family wanted the servant to tarry a while with them. What attitude did he take about it?
6. What was the reason for coming so far to secure a wife for Isaac?
7. Of whom is Rebekah a type?
8. Of whom is Isaac a type?
9. What is the significance of their arrival at eventide?
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Editor’s note: The following includes reports from the Netizen project of Global Voices regarding government efforts to monitor, control, restrict and sometimes punish users of social media and the Internet.
In mid-February, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg laid out a sweeping vision of the social network’s role in “bringing us all together as a global community.” It echoed a 2015 Facebook ad that promised, “the more we connect, the better it gets.”
Of course, the ubiquitous connectedness to which Zuckerberg aspires can serve the interests of many different actors — including governments seeking to keep a clean, positive image online and to quiet their critics. Highlighted below are a few such examples from the first three months of 2017.
A man in Myanmar was sentenced to six months in prison for defaming State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi on Facebook. Activists from Myanmar are calling for amendments to section 66D of the Telecommunications Law, which criminalizes defamation. According to PEN Myanmar, 38 people have been charged under section 66D since Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy took power, among them human rights activists and journalists known for their critical commentary on the party.
In Mexico, the government is resorting to trickery in an effort to arrest social media users it objects to. After January’s gas price hikes triggered public protests on major roadways and online, a select set of Twitter accounts began promoting illegal activities such as looting and theft, in what appeared to be an effort to influence conversations and delegitimize the protests. Most commonly, they inserted hashtag #SaqueaUnWalmart (“loot a Walmart”) into conversations bearing the #gasolinazo hashtag, which was widely used by protesters. These accounts also propagated images of people rioting, which turned out to be false (the photos actually depicted street riots in Egypt in 2011.)
By visualizing data from over 15k tweets associated with the protests, data scientists at the Jesuit University of Guadalajara observed that the #SaqueaUnWalmart hashtag interrupted the flow of conversations, seeking to associate #Gasolinazo with malicious intentions. Some of the accounts involved in these campaigns have been identified as bots or trolls who had already been linked to harassment and threats against journalists and social activists.
These observations, along with recent allegations of spyware used against researchers and public servants promoting a tax on soda (reported by the New York Times and analyzed by Citizen Lab) suggest an increasingly threatening environment for citizens seeking to advocate and express their views on matters of public interest in Mexico.
Palestinian journalist Sami al-Saai, a political reporter with the local and independent Al Fajer Al Jadeed TV station, was arrested by Palestinian Intelligence Services on February 2 in the West Bank and charged with ‘inciting sectarian strife‘ in Facebook posts. Despite having posted bail, he was held in Jericho Prison for 20 days, where he says he was forced to stand for very long periods of time, deprived of sleep, and injected with an unknown drug four times a day.
Al-Saai believes that he was actually arrested for sending reportson Palestinian political prisoners in Israel and the West Bank to Hamas, the militant movement that governs the Gaza Strip and is the main political rival to the nationalist Fatah party, which controls the Palestinian Authority. Al-Saai suspects that these report were the pretext for his arrest.
Dengin Ceyhan, a Turkish pianist and supporter of the 2013 Gezi Park protests, was arrested in mid-February for social media posts that allegedly insulted President Erdogan. Ceyhan is in good company — Turkish Minute cited statistics from Turkey’s Ministry of Interior indicating that from August 2016 to January 2017, 1656 social media users were arrested “on suspicion of terrorist propaganda and insulting senior state officials on social media.” For regular updates on social media censorship and persecution of journalists by Turkish authorities, see the Committee to Protect Journalists’ Turkey Crackdown Chronicle.
In India, students push back against online harassment
University students in India rallied behind a female student facing online rape and death threats for standing up to the right-wing student group Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi, which has ties to Hindu nationalist organizations. The student, Gurmehar Kaur, started the #StudentsAgainstABVP protest after ABVP protesters disrupted a conference on cultures of protest that was intended to feature activists supportive of the “Free Kashmir” movement. The protest is supportive of free speech on university campuses and in opposition to hateful messages, and has spread widely across India.
US civil liberties groups call for investigation of mobile searches by border patrol
US civil liberties organizations authored a joint letter urging high-ranking UN officials to investigate reports that US border officials are demanding that visitors give them access to their electronic devices, including the passwords to their online accounts, before being authorized to enter the country. The letter asserts that the practice violates US obligations under human rights treaties. “It is a violation of human rights to obtain at the order or elsewhere, by force or coercion, suspicionless access to a person’s digital life,” the letter argues. The ACLU, the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the National Iranian American Council are among the signatories to the letter.
Hong Kong daily suffers cyberattacks, vandalism
Staff at the pro-Beijing newspaper Sing Pao Daily have reported physical and digital attacks on their work and homes to local police. In addition to multiple cyberattacks on the newspaper’s website on February 18 and 19, vandals believed to be associated with local organized crime attacked the home of a senior editor at Sing Pao, leaving his front door covered in red paint. The attacks indicate a divide among pro-Beijing leadership in Hong Kong.
Venezuela blocks more news websites, including CNN
The Spanish language version of the US-based news channel CNN, and its corresponding website, were blocked in Venezuela on February 15, after reporting on passport fraud allegations.
CNN is not alone — Mexico-based TV Azteca was also taken off the air on February 16. Since February 7, the Venezuelan news and public opinion website Maduradas has been inaccessible on a majority of ISPs (including government-controlled CANTV) in seven provinces in Venezuela since February 7. The site is known for its summaries of online responses to issues of public interest. In a public statement, Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro called CNN an “instrument of war.”
Ukraine will censor websites that ‘undermine sovereignty’
Ukraine’s Ministry of Information Policy is preparing a list of websites that “undermine Ukrainian sovereignty” in an effort to uphold the country’s new information security doctrine. The policy appears to target the dissemination of pro-separatist and pro-Russian information. A statement from the presidential administration said the policy was introduced “with a view to counter the destructive information impact of Russia in conditions of hybrid war unleashed by it.”
Wanna blow the whistle in Tunisia? There’s a bill for that.
Tunisia’s assembly voted unanimously on February 22 in favor of a draft law that would protect the rights of whistleblowers denouncing corruption. The law also provides penalties for individuals seeking to reveal the identities of anonymous whistleblowers.
Why are Russian regulators eyeing Telegram?
Russian media regulator Roskomnadzor held a closed door meeting with the authors of several popular channels on the messaging app Telegram. While it remains unclear what they discussed, a critic of Roskomnadzor wrote on his channel that officials were seeking information about the service in order to find new content to ban. The meeting was reportedly organized by the head media liaison for the All-Russia People’s Front, a political movement created by Vladimir Putin in 2011.
UK Parliament zeroes in on algorithms
The UK Parliament Science and Technology Committee launched a new inquiry into the use of algorithms in public and business decision making. “How an algorithm is formulated, its scope for error or correction, the impact it may have on an individual—and their ability to understand or challenge that decision—are increasingly relevant questions,” said the Committee in its announcement. Submissions on this topic may be sent to the committee through April 21.
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A borehole is a narrow shaft bored in the ground, either vertically or horizontally. A borehole may be constructed for many different purposes, including the extraction of water, other liquids (such as petroleum) or gases (such as natural gas), as part of a geotechnical investigation, environmental site assessment, mineral exploration, temperature measurement, as a pilot hole for installing piers or underground utilities, for geothermal installations, or for underground storage of unwanted substances, e.g. in carbon capture and storage.
Engineers and environmental consultants use the term borehole to collectively describe all of the various types of holes drilled as part of a geotechnical investigation or environmental site assessment (a so-called Phase II ESA). This includes holes advanced to collect soil samples, water samples or rock cores, to advance in situ sampling equipment, or to install monitoring wells or piezometers. Samples collected from boreholes are often tested in a laboratory to determine their physical properties, or to assess levels of various chemical constituents or contaminants.
Typically, a borehole used as a water well is completed by installing a vertical pipe (casing) and well screen to keep the borehole from caving. This also helps prevent surface contaminants from entering the borehole and protects any installed pump from drawing in sand and sediment. Oil and natural gas wells are completed in a similar, albeit usually more complex, manner.
As detailed in proxy (climate), borehole temperature measurements at a series of different depths can be effectively "inverted" (a mathematical formula to solve a matrix equation) to help estimate historic surface temperatures.
Clusters of small-diameter boreholes equipped with heat exchangers made of plastic PEX pipe can be used to store heat or cold between opposing seasons in a mass of native rock. The technique is called seasonal thermal energy storage. Media that can be used for this technique ranges from gravel to bedrock. There can be a few to several hundred boreholes, and in practice, depths have ranged from 150 to 1000 feet.
Borehole drilling has a long history. By at least the Han Dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD), the Chinese used deep borehole drilling for mining and other projects. The British sinologist and historian Michael Loewe states that borehole sites could reach as deep as 600 m (2000 ft). K.S. Tom describes the drilling process: "The Chinese method of deep drilling was accomplished by a team of men jumping on and off a beam to impact the drilling bit while the boring tool was rotated by buffalo and oxen." This was the same method used for extracting petroleum in California during the 1860s (i.e. "Kicking Her Down"). A Western Han Dynasty bronze foundry discovered in Xinglong, Hebei had nearby mining shafts which reached depths of 100 m (328 ft) with spacious mining areas; the shafts and rooms were complete with a timber frame, ladders and iron tools. By the first century BC, Chinese craftsmen cast iron drill bits and drillers were able to drill boreholes up to 4800 feet (1500 m) deep. By the eleventh century AD, the Chinese were able to drill boreholes up to 3000 feet in depth. Drilling for boreholes was time-consuming and long. As the depth of the holes varied, the drilling of a single well could last nearly one full decade. It wasn't up until the 19th century that Europe and the West would catch up and rival ancient Chinese borehole drilling technology.
For many years, the world's longest borehole was the Kola Superdeep Borehole in Russia. From 2011 until August 2012 the record was held by the 12,345-metre (40,502 ft) long Sakhalin-I Odoptu OP-11 Well, offshore the Russian island Sakhalin. The Chayvo Z-44 extended-reach well took the title of the world's longest borehole on 27 August 2012. Z-44's total measured depth is 12,376 m (40,604 ft). However, ERD wells are more shallow than the Kola Borehole, owing to a large horizontal displacement.
Drillers may sink a borehole using a drilling rig or a hand-operated rig. The machinery and techniques to advance a borehole vary considerably according to manufacturer, geological conditions, and the intended purpose. For offshore drilling floating units or platforms supported by the seafloor are used for the drilling rig.
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Computers connected via a Wireless Local Area Network, or WLAN, can transfer files over the network to other connected computers. Network file transfers can be very convenient, especially in collaboration situations -- such as business projects -- that require frequent file sharing. To transfer files over your WLAN, configure a few settings on each computer you plan to transfer files to or from. Once configured, you can transfer your files using a simple drag-and-drop method.
Set Up WLAN Public Folder Sharing
Log in to one of the computers you want to enable sharing on, and then click "Start | Control Panel | Network and Internet | Network and Sharing Center."
Click the "Change advanced sharing settings" link in the left pane, and then click the down arrow next to the network profile labeled "current profile."
Select the "Turn on sharing so anyone with network access can read and write files in the Public folders" option under "Public folder sharing," click "Save changes," and then confirm the operation, if prompted.
Repeat this process on any other computer in your WLAN that you want to transfer files to or from.
Transfer the Files
Click the "Start" menu on the computer you want to transfer files from, and then click "Documents."
Click the "Public Documents" subfolder in the left pane of the Documents window to open it.
Drag and drop the files you want to transfer over your WLAN into the Public Documents window.
Click the "Start" menu on the computer you want to transfer the files to, and then click "Network."
Double-click on the source computer's name, and then double-click the "Public Documents" folder.
Drag and drop the files from the other computer onto your desktop to transfer them over the WLAN.
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“Republicans … are trying to systematically prevent ordinary citizens from making their voices heard,” former President Obama warned while campaigning in the Virginia governor’s race on Saturday. In July, President Joe Biden asserted, “There is an unfolding assault taking place in America today, an attempt to suppress and subvert the right to vote, and fair and free elections…. We’re facing the most significant test of our democracy since the Civil War. That’s not hyperbole.”
Biden claims the leaders of the other developed countries in the G7 and North Atlantic Treaty Organization are so concerned about the threat these voting regulations pose for American democracy that they asked him: “Is it going to be okay?”
Claims that voter ID laws suppress votes are a constant refrain from Democrats. It is now a central issue in the Virginia election next week, with gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe campaigning again on Sunday with Stacey Abrams, who claims that voter suppression stole her election as governor of Georgia. Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin is pushing back with campaign ads.
Fairfax County, Virginia, is being sued for its unwillingness to follow one of the few remaining anti-fraud rules for hundreds of absentee ballots. But if photo ID and absentee ballot rules are really “anti-democratic,” all of Europe and virtually all developed countries in the world are anti-democratic.
The Crime Prevention Research Center, which I run, has compiled a database on voting rules worldwide. It shows that election integrity measures are widely accepted globally, and have often been adopted by countries after they have experienced fraud under looser voting regulations.
Voter ID Required Throughout Europe
All 47 European countries, except parts of the United Kingdom, require a government-issued photo ID to vote. Now, the UK has introduced legislation to mandate IDs in the rest of their country. Only seven U.S. states have similarly strong photo ID requirements.
In the United States, merely requiring a unique ID number for absentee ballots generated corporate boycotts in Georgia. Compare that with Europe, where 74 percent of countries entirely ban absentee voting for citizens who reside domestically. Another 21 percent require people to collect their absentee ballots in-person and to present photo ID. Some of those countries limit absentee voting to those who are hospitalized or in the military, and they require third-party verification plus photo voter ID.
Even during the lockdowns, few exceptions were made to this standard in Europe, unlike in the United States. Poland allowed mail-in ballots for everyone last year as a one-time measure, as did two cities in Russia. But Poland’s plan played out so poorly that it dissuaded other countries from following suit. France made more limited exceptions, temporarily allowing sick or at-risk individuals to vote absentee.
In some countries, even driver’s licenses aren’t considered authoritative enough forms of voter identity verification. The Czech Republic and Russia require passports or military-issued IDs. Other countries use national identity cards. Still others, such as Colombia and Mexico, require a biometric voter ID.
The fact-checkers should have had a field day investigating Biden’s claims of European leaders’ concerns about the threat photo ID and absentee ballot requirements have for democracy. Instead, it’s been crickets.
U.K. Voter Fraud Solved with Stricter ID Rules
Although the rest of the developed world also debates how to balance voter fraud prevention with ease of voting, there seems to be a general consensus across political parties that people need to verify their identities. Some countries have learned their lesson the hard way.
In Northern Ireland, where a bitter sectarian conflict extended to hardball electoral machinations, voter fraud was described as “widespread and systemic” on all sides. As a result, both Conservative and Labour governments instituted reforms. In 1985, the UK started requiring identification in Northern Ireland before ballots could be issued.
But that proved insufficient. A 1998 Select Committee on Northern Ireland report found that medical cards were used as IDs and could be “easily forged or applied for fraudulently,” thus allowing non-existent people to vote. By 2002, the Labour government made voter identification cards much more difficult to forge and used other rules to prevent people from registering to vote multiple times. These anti-fraud provisions led to an immediate 11 percent reduction in total registrations, which the Labour government felt proved the extent of earlier fraud.
One study in Northern Ireland before the 2002 reforms interviewed Brendan Hughes, a former IRA Belfast commander. Hughes described how he used a fleet of taxis to ferry fraudulent voters from one polling station to another, and how wigs, clothes, and glasses were used to alter voters’ appearances.
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Charleston in Berkeley County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Star of the West
In the early dawn of January 9, 1861, the first shot of the War Between the States was fired from Morris Island by Citadel cadets under the command of Major Peter Fayssoux Stevens. The cadets opened fire with 24 pound siege guns on a Federal ship, The Star of the West. The ship was driven off and prevented from relieving Union forces on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, and the defense of the South became real.
This monument is erected by the Class of 1961 and by friends and loyal alumni of the Citadel to commemorate this great event in American history and to pay tribute to the courage and leadership of all men of this great institution who have fought and died with honor in defense of their ideals.
Best Drilled Cadets
Star of the West
1886 J. T. Coleman 1887 W. C. Davis 1888 J. R. Rutledge 1889 P. K. McCully 1890 W. Z. McGhee 1891 A. G. Ethridge 1892 J. R. Verdier 1893 R. I. Leghre 1894 Abram Levy 1895 J. D. Dial 1896 A. Idsey 1897 F. B. Dalley 1898 D. C. Pate 1899 L. B. Steele 1900 &nbap; A. H. Cross 1901 T. C. Marshall 1902 A. E. Hutchinson 1903 J. F. OMara 1904 E. C. Register 1905 W. W. Dick 1906 W. W. Benson 1907 A. T. Carcaraa 1908 E. D. Smith 1909 B. W. Gaston 1910 F. Y. Legare 1911
Erected 1961 by Citadel Class of 1961.
Location. 32° 47.792′ N, 79° 57.59′ W. Marker is in Charleston, South Carolina, in Berkeley County. Marker is on Lee Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Click for map. Marker is on the grounds of the Citadel, at the south end of Summerall Field. Marker is in this post office area: Charleston SC 29409, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. AH – 1 “Cobra” (within shouting distance of this marker); “Thunderbolt” (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); Citadel Flag (about 800 feet away); Anchor of the U.S.S. Coral Sea (about 800 feet away); McDonnell F-4C Phantom II (approx. 0.2 miles away); H.M.S. Seraph The Citadel Bulldog (approx. 0.2 miles away); Burke High School (approx. 0.4 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Charleston.
More about this marker. Monument consists of a granite block with a bronze plaque depicting the Citadel cadets firing on the Union ship. Inscribed on the monument are the names of Citadel cadets who have won the Star of the West Medal for individual drill competition.
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Focus Point - The "root" Causes of TerrorismCommentary by Pete du Pont
December 05, 2001
I'm Pete du Pont with the National Center for Policy Analysis. In a recent op ed piece in the New York Times, Edward Rothstein put the entire quest for the "root causes" of terrorism in focus.
You've seen the stories, heard the talking heads. Sure, we have to fight terrorism, but we can never win until we wipe out the root causes: long-festering injustice, economic inequality, poverty. It's become a mantra.
But poverty, Rothstein points out, can exist without sparking terror - think of the great depression. European religious wars crossed all economic boundaries. The left-wing terrorists of the '70s and '80s were mostly middle class, as are many of the terrorists operatives of contemporary Islamic terror groups.
Moreover, the injustice theory leaves no room for religious passion and both religious and political fundamentalism.
The goal of the totalitarian terrorist is not to eliminate injustice, but to eliminate opposition. One man's terrorist, therefore, isn't another man's freedom fighter. So arguments about "root causes" are irrelevant.
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The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021 expands the Child Tax Credit (CTC) for Tax Years 2021, which means the credit for qualifying children is fully refundable and taxpayers can benefit from the credit even if you do not have earned income or don’t owe any income taxes. The credit will also include children who turn age 17 in 2021.
The total credit will be dependent upon the number of children in the family, the ages of children and the family’s adjusted gross income.
The IRS will automatically issue advance payments to eligible families starting in July 2021, which will be deposited into bank accounts on the 15th of each month from July – December. If the IRS has no bank account information, checks or debit cards will be issued. For each qualifying child age 5 and younger, up to $1,800 will be issued in six $300 monthly payments this year. For each child between the ages of 6 and 17, up to $1,500 will be issued as $250 monthly payments six times in 2021. For both age groups, the remainder of the eligible credit will reported with the filing of the 2021 tax return.
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Marcella Hazan, 1924 - 2013: A Letter From Los Angeles
Marcella Hazan, the Italian cookbook writer who died in late September, age 89, must have been young once. Yet in the last 40 years, as she produced six seminal cookbooks and a memoir, she always seemed as old as Europe, as admired and as misunderstood by the emerging American food world.
Hazan's accomplishments are so great that it's easy to miss that food writing was a second career and an accident. As a girl with a badly damaged right hand growing up in a 14th-century town south of Venice, she never learned to cook in childhood.
Her first career, as a biologist with twin doctorates, took an abrupt left turn when in 1955, at 31, she married an Italian-American, Victor Hazan, and moved to New York from Italy, though she spoke no English. By 1958, she was raising newborn son Giuliano in Mad Men-era Manhattan while steadily teaching herself to speak English and cook Italian.
Hazan was 46 years old and giving cooking courses in her apartment when The New York Times food editor Craig Claiborne came to lunch in 1970. How quaint the Hazans must have seemed, with Victor coming home for lunch every day to eat the likes of tortelloni stuffed with Swiss chard and 12-year-old Giuliano being sent off to school with prosciutto sandwiches in his lunchbox. Mrs. Hazan's passions outside the kitchen, noted Claiborne, were Japanese flower arranging and ceramics.
A less methodical person would not have had the skills to approximate the risottos and braised cuttlefish of her hometown on the Adriatic coast, but her real early triumph might have been foraging. Somehow in the heyday of Uncle Ben's, Land O'Lakes and Kraft Parmesan in a can, Hazan ferreted out Arborio rice, cultured butter and blocks of the signature aged cows milk of her home region, Parmigiano-Reggiano.
She never stopped grumbling about the things she couldn't find, such as the small Italian artichokes that can be eaten raw, or radicchio that cooks down to a bittersweet, tender state that is sensuous but never sludgy or sour. Marshaling her withered right hand, Hazan demonstrated for classes and reporters how to pare down big American artichokes to their tender hearts. No amount of topiary could save our radicchio, so she began recommending that Americans substitute it with Belgian endive.
Steadily encouraged by Claiborne, by 1980 she had written, and Victor had translated, two seminal cookbooks: the 1973 Classic Italian Cookbook and the 1978 More Classic Italian Cooking. Today it seems almost impossible to believe that, before Hazan, most Americans had never tasted pesto. Before Hazan, it was firmly established in American cooking lore that the way to tell when spaghetti was cooked was to throw a wet strand of the pasta against the wall. If it stuck, it was supposedly cooked.
The rules she emphasized about the chemistry and physics of cooking would make anyone a better cook in any cuisine. Salt the cooking water amply, she would urge; most of it drains out. Salt water for blanching leafy green vegetables to fix the chlorophyll. Always toss pasta well in a broad platter, not a bowl, to coat all the noodles, and do not drown them in sauce. Do not put fresh pasta in the refrigerator unless you want the flour to separate from the eggs and the noodles to become grainy and lumpen.
By the 1980s, with Victor explaining wines and Marcella teaching cooking, the Hazan cooking classes extended to Italy. The Hazans bought a big pad on the top floor of a fine old building in Venice and a bolt-hole apartment in Bologna. Spurred by a strong dollar, gastro-tourism was on the rise. Ebullient Americans began crossing the Atlantic to take Hazan cooking classes in luxury hotels in Bologna and Venice. Those who showed up to class on time were greeted with a Campari cocktail, observed Toronto restaurant critic Joanne Kates, who took a course in Bologna in 1985. Stragglers were locked out.
As I set out in 1993 on assignment from a British magazine to take Marcella's course in Venice, an American newspaper had warned, "Make no mistake -- she brooks no fools." But what I found was a woman who not only suffered fools gladly but also did it for a living. Marcella's students, like herself, had somehow got to mid and even late adulthood unable to cook. You have to start somewhere. For these well-heeled novices, it was the Hotel Cipriani.
Her Northern League Italian hauteur combined with science-geek deadpan delighted the class. Admonishing against haste, she would remark, "The fastest way to get from the top of a building to the bottom is to jump, but you are dead when you arrive." After one cheerfully incompetent student called out something to the effect of, "Marcella, how do you mince parsley?" Marcella responded, "There is no secret. You just keep chopping."
Leading us through the Rialto market while his wife napped, Victor explained how the temperate waters of the Adriatic gave rise to the milky, tender squid that we would eat that evening at restaurants where the Hazans had ensured we would be treated warmly and fed well. At the end of the course, the Hazans presented attendees with diplomas that had been rolled into scrolls and tied with a ribbon.
After the Venice course, Marcella, Victor and I later met up when they were in London promoting the 1992 Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking. I took the then–70-year-old Hazan to the Groucho Club, a well-padded place in Soho where she sank into a deep armchair and ordered a hamburger. "Good burger," she said. By contrast, several days later, at the River Café, a glass-and-hardwood, Italian-themed restaurant co-owned by the wife of a celebrated modernist architect, Hazan glanced at the menu, looked up and asked, "Why do English speakers write menus in Italian?"
Being taken to restaurants when she would have preferred cooking her own lunch became the cost of doing business. In grueling press tours over the next 14 years for another three cookbooks and a memoir, USA Today took her to the Olive Garden, The New York Times took her out for Chinese and The Boston Globe took her to a cavernous Mediterranean-themed restaurant named Biba, where she leaked such obvious despair that the clearly offended reporter led the article with it.
The courses in Venice came to an end in 1998, when the Hazans longed for a warmer city and closer proximity to their American son, Giuliano, and moved to Longboat Key, Fla. I moved to Los Angeles the same year and soon lost contact with them, but several years ago we caught up on Facebook, which she treated like just another classroom and posted charming items, sometimes about a new dish -- sweetbreads for Victor was one -- or praising some article or other about how the dangers of fat and salt had been overblown.
Marcella Hazan was in her American years unrepentantly Italian, whether it was inscribing her books "buon appetito," refusing to reduce fat in dishes to placate a powerful editor, defending her right to smoke, or lamenting openly at cocktail parties how people could drink wine without food.
Her stubbornness exasperated some but, paradoxically, it was her refusal to become less Continental that resulted in an accomplishment so deeply American that it feels Rushmore-like in scale. Beginning only in middle age, a woman with a disabled hand who taught herself to cook in a foreign country and spoke English as a second language changed the way that Americans shopped, cooked and ate.
Emily Green was restaurant critic for the U.K. Independent from 1989-95, after which, until 2006, she was a food writer and occasional restaurant critic for the British New Statesman and the Los Angeles Times. Now based in Altadena, she specializes in environment reporting but still takes time out to write about the pains and pleasures of the table for L.A. Weekly.
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Prejudice and real or imaginary legal obstacles stood in the way of the erection of episcopal sees in the colonies; and though in the 17th century Archbishop Laud had attempted to obtain a bishop for Virginia, up to the time of the American revolution the churchmen of the colonies had to make the best of the legal fiction that their spiritual needs were looked after by the bishop of London, who occasionally sent commissaries to visit them and ordained candidates for the ministry sent to England for the purpose.
He was an accomplished writer and scholar, contributed largely to William Hutchinson's History of the County of Cumberland (2 vols., 1794 seq.), and published A View of the Causes and Consequences of the American Revolution (1797), dedicated to George Washington, and consisting of thirteen discourses delivered in America between 1763 and 1775.
The volumes have not appeared in chronological order of subject, but form a nearly complete colonial history, as follows: The Discovery of America, with some Account of Ancient America, and the Spanish Conquest (1892, 2 vols.); Old Virginia and her Neighbours (1897, 2 vols.); The Beginnings of New England; or, The Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty (1889); Dutch and Quaker Colonies in America (1899); The American Revolution (1891, 2 vols.); and The Critical Period of American History, 1783-1789 (1888).
Consider the Treaty of Paris, 1783, that ended the American Revolution and resulted in Great Britain recognizing the United States.
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Older books on the subject are David Ramsay, History of the Revolution of South Carolina from a British Colony to an Independent State (2 vols., Trenton, 1785); William Moultrie, Memoirs of the American Revolution, so far as it related to the States of North and South Carolina and Georgia (2 vols., New York, 1802); John Drayton, Memoirs of the American Revolution relating to the State of South Carolina (2 vols., Charleston, 1821); and R.
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Laptop manufacturers have a choice – they can include onboard graphics for better battery life or discrete graphics hardware for better gaming performance. But wouldn’t it be great if a laptop could have both and intelligently switch between them?
That’s what NVIDIA’s Optimus does. New laptops that come with NVIDIA graphics hardware generally include Intel’s onboard graphics solution, too. The laptop switches between each on-the-fly.
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How Optimus Works
For most PC use, the onboard Intel graphics hardware is just fine. You will not notice a difference between onboard and discrete graphics when using desktop applications. There is a difference, however – integrated Intel graphics use much less power than NVIDIA graphics. By using the low-power onboard graphics when a high-power dedicated graphics card isn’t necessary, laptops can save power and increase battery life.
When you launch an application that needs high-powered 3D graphics, such as a PC game, the laptop powers on the NVIDIA graphics hardware and uses it to run the application. This increases 3D performance dramatically, but takes more power – which is fine if your laptop is plugged into an outlet.
Most of the time, the switching should happen without you noticing or needing to tweak anything. NVIDIA’s Optimus technology has come a long way in the last few years and is very polished. (Updating your graphics drivers may solve problems with Optimus.)
Some laptops may have an LED that lights up when the NVIDIA graphics is in use, so you can see whether the battery-draining NVIDIA graphics is running.
Bear in mind that you won’t see any benefits from Optimus if you leave applications that require the NVIDIA graphics running constantly. For example, Steam wants to remain running in the background, but, by default, the NVIDIA graphics stay powered on when it’s running. If you left Steam open all the time, your battery life would be reduced because the NVIDIA graphics would remain powered on constantly.
Controlling NVIDIA Optimus
Some laptops may have a BIOS option to disable the integrated graphics and use the NVIDIA graphics exclusively. However, this isn’t very common.
While the NVIDIA graphics driver does a pretty good job of auto-detecting when the NVIDIA graphics are necessary, it isn’t perfect. You may find yourself loading up a demanding game (or other 3D-graphics-using application) and noticing poor performance – a sign that the game is using your integrated Intel graphics hardware.
To force an application to use your NVIDIA graphics, right-click its shortcut (or .exe file), point to Run with graphics processor, and select the High-performance NVIDIA processor. You can also select the Integrated graphics option to force an application to use your integrated graphics hardware.
To force an application to always use a specific graphics process, click the Change default graphics processor option. This will open up the NVIDIA Control Panel and allow you to select the default graphics processor for the application.
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echo planar imaging (EPI)
a fast magnetic resonance imaging mode.
echo planar imagingAn MRI term for the utilisation of rapid gradient reversal pulses of the readout gradient, resulting in a series of gradient echo signals to reduce fast dephasing or signal loss.
echo planar imagingAbbreviation: EPI
A fast magnetic resonance imaging technique in which an image is acquired after a single radiofrequency excitation.
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Michael Kidd was an award-winning American choreographer who revolutionized choreography on the American stage and screen over the course of his long and fruitful career. He was well renowned for his vibrant and enthusiastic shows that thrilled spectators and made them want to groove along. He reached the zenith of his career with the dance scenes in ‘Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.’ During the 1940s and 1950s, he is recognized with directing and staging some of the most popular Broadway and cinema musicals of the time. He established the approach of “integrated musical,” in which dance motions are inherent to the plot, as an instinctive dancer to whom choreography came naturally. One of the things that set him apart from other choreographers was that his dance was primarily based on real life, with movements that people would make in their daily lives. This quality helped him gain a lot of popularity because even people who didn’t know how to dance could relate to his performances. He received numerous accolades for his work, including becoming the first choreographer to win five Tony Awards. He was also given an honorary Academy Award for his contributions to the art of dance.
Childhood and Adolescence
Abraham Greenwald and his wife Lillian had him on August 12, 1915, in New York City. His father was a barber, and he and Lillian were both Czarist Russian immigrants.
He attended New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn after his family relocated there. He became interested in dancing and studied with Blanche Evan, a choreographer and dancer.
He eventually decided to pursue a career in engineering and enrolled at City College in New York to pursue a degree in chemical engineering. He was given a scholarship at the School of American Ballet, so he dropped out of City College to pursue his passion.
Career of Michael Kidd
He joined Lincoln Kirstein’s Ballet Caravan’s corps de ballet and toured the country, playing a variety of roles, including the lead in Eugene Loring’s ‘Billy the Kid.’
When he began dancing for Ballet Theater in 1942, he took the name “Michael Kidd” (now called American Ballet Theater). In 1945, the company granted him the opportunity to compose his own ballet, ‘On Stage.’
Kidd was regarded as one of the great promises of postwar American dance after the release of ‘On Stage.’ Kidd, on the other hand, quickly lost interest in dance and quit the company.
In 1947, he began playing on Broadway. His debut Broadway choreography was for the musical ‘Finian Rainbow,’ which dealt with racial prejudice. It was well received, but he did not have the same success with his subsequent musicals.
He choreographed Frank Loesser’s ‘Guys and Dolls,’ which was a hit and won him a Tony Award in 1950. The musical became one of the best musicals in theater history thanks to songs like “Adelaide.”
Following his Broadway breakthrough, he moved to Hollywood and choreographed the film ‘Where’s Charley?’ in 1952, which was based on Frank Loesser’s popular Broadway musical of the same name.
In 1954, he choreographed Stanley Donen’s Hollywood musical “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.” In the film, there was a barn-raising scenario that became known as one of the most extravagant dance performances ever seen on screen.
Kidd, who had previously performed on stage, decided to put his acting skills to the test in the movies. He made his film acting debut in the 1955 musical ‘It’s Always Fair Weather,’ in which he co-starred with Dan Dailey and Gene Kelly.
He directed and choreographed ‘Merry Andrew,’ a musical film starring Danny Kaye, in 1958. The music was composed by Saul Chaplin, while the words were penned by Johnny Mercer.
By the late 1950s, he was directing and choreographing Broadway shows such as ‘Destry Rides Again’ (1959), ‘Wildcat’ (1960), ‘Subways Are for Sleeping’ (1961), and ‘Ben Franklin in Paris’ (1964). He also choreographed the film ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s,’ which was never released.
During the 1970s, he began performing supporting roles in films, such as the sarcastic choreographer for a beauty competition in the 1975 film ‘Smile.’ Film critic Roger Ebert praised his portrayal as a “finely carved semiautobiographical performance.”
He directed and choreographed television shows and music videos in the 1980s and 1990s, including ‘When I Think of You’ (1986) and ‘Alright’ (1990).
Achievements and Awards
Kidd was the first choreographer to garner five Tony Awards, the first for the lyrical musical “Finian’s Rainbow.” Over the course of his career, he got nine Tony Award nominations.
He received an honorary Academy Award in 1997 “for his contributions to the art of dance in the art of the film.”
Personal History and Legacy
In 1945, he married ballerina Mary Heater. The couple had two daughters before divorcing.
He married Shelah Hackett for the second time in 1969, and they had a son and a daughter together. The pair wedded for the rest of their lives.
He had a long and fruitful life. During his final years, he developed cancer and died on December 23, 2007, at the age of 92.
Estimated Net Worth
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December 8th, 2006 • 10:52 am
For a long time now, the Mac OS has had this “spring-loading” mechanism that enhances the drag-and-drop process in the Finder: When you take a file in a Finder window (in the foreground) and drag it over a folder icon, if you keep the mouse button down and wait for a second or so, the Finder ends up “spring-loading” the destination folder by opening it in a new Finder window, so that you can continue to explore the contents of the folder (and choose a more specific destination inside that folder) while still holding the mouse button down.
As long as you don’t release the mouse button (i.e. as long as you don’t “drop” the file you are dragging), the Finder continues to let you browse through the hierarchy of folders inside that initial folder destination, but effectively opening these folders for you (either in a new Finder window or in a new column inside the current Finder window in column view) while you are still holding down your mouse button and dragging the file that you want to drop somewhere.
One other interesting aspect of this “spring-loading” mechanism is that it doesn’t just work for opening folder destinations. It also works for bringing already open Finder windows to the foreground.
If, like me, you often have many different windows open in the Finder, it can happen quite often that the file that you are dragging needs to be dropped inside a Finder window that is already open, but is currently almost hidden by all kinds of other windows that are in front of it. All you can see of it is a little corner of the window, but you know for sure that this is the window where you want to drop your file. Unfortunately, you cannot bring this window to the foreground without first releasing the mouse button and dropping the file you are currently dragging back in its original location.
In that case, the “spring-loading” mechanism works not by opening a new Finder window, but by bringing the background Finder window that is your intended destination to the foreground. All you have to do is keep the mouse button down (still dragging the file you want to drop) while you are hovering above the little corner of the window that is actually visible. After a second or so, the Finder kindly brings the window to the foreground so that it becomes visible in full, and then you can continue dragging to select a more specific destination inside that window.
This is quite useful. And it works not just within the Finder, but also when you are dragging something from a third-party application to a half-hidden Finder window in the background. The third-party application is in the foreground and the Finder window is in the background and half-hidden, but if you drag an object (a block of text, for example) from within the foreground third-party application onto the half-hidden window in the background, and then hold still for a second or so, the Finder kindly “spring-loads” the half-hidden window by bringing it in the foreground of the background, so that you can see its contents in full and choose a more specific destination for the object (which will then become a text clipping file when you finally drop the text block in the final destination in that Finder window).
Unfortunately, there is one aspect of the “spring-loading” mechanism where things could still be improved. It is what happens when the destination (not the source) of the drag-and-drop operation is a window that belongs to a third-party application.
For example, you might be in the Finder and have a file that you’d like to drag from the Finder and drop onto a window belonging to your favourite FTP application (in my case, Interarchy). But the Interarchy window happens to be almost completely hidden by other windows. You can just see a corner of it, and you know very well that it is the window that you want for the destination of your drag-and-drop operation from the Finder. But if you drag your file from the Finder and move your mouse pointer to that small portion of the Interarchy that is visible and hold still for a second, nothing happens. The Interarchy window stays in the background, and remains hidden by the other windows. The Finder is unable to “spring-load” it and make it a foreground window in the background, so that you can view its contents in full.
At best, you might see some kind of visual effect (such as a border in your default selection colour along the inside edges of the destination window) indicating that the half-hidden window is a valid destination for the drag-and-drop operation and that, if you release your mouse button now and drop the file, the file will indeed be dropped somewhere inside that window. But you have no control over where exactly inside the window it is going to be dropped.
And the problem extends to all kinds of other applications. For example, I frequently drag active links from within web pages in Safari to the main window of Speed Download 4, which I have running in the background and which I use as a download manager. (It lets me queue downloads so that I don’t have multiple concurrent downloads; it lets me limit bandwidth usage; etc.) But my Speed Download 4 window is often half-hidden and I would like to be able to determine exactly where in the Speed Download 4 window I am going to drop the link from Safari (so that I can determine the exact rank of the download in the queue).
Unfortunately, in such a situation, there is no “spring-loading.” The Speed Download 4 window stays in the background, half-hidden, and I have to drop my link in a semi-blind fashion.
Fortunately, there is one way to work around this: You can actually use the application switcher (Mac OS X’s built-in command-Tab mechanism) during the drag-and-drop process, i.e. while you are holding the mouse button down and trying to choose the exact destination of the drag-and-drop operation.
So if you are dragging an object that you want to drop on a third-party application window that is mostly hidden from view, you can actually use your other hand to command-Tab to the desired application. This will bring the target application window to the foreground of the background (like the “spring-loading” does with Finder window), and then you can drop the object exactly where you want.
I still would like it even better if third-party applications supported the same “spring-loading” mechanism as the Finder, i.e. their windows would come to the foreground of the background if you drag your object to the portion of the window that is visible and hold still for a second or so.
But it is quite possible that this would require third-party application developers to modify their applications. So maybe what we actually need is some kind of “API” for this that Apple would provide in Mac OS X and that third-party developers could use to add support for this “spring-loading” mechanism in their own applications.
On the other hand, that would probably mean that it would take at least ten years for developers like Adobe and Microsoft to actually embrace the mechanism in their own applications. So unless Apple has a way, in Mac OS X, to implement such a mechanism in all applications unilaterally (which I doubt very much), I don’t see any major changes in that area in the near future—which is a shame, because, after all, we are talking about pretty fundamental interplay between applications here.
There was a time, not so long ago, when Apple was actually exploring ways to move from an application-centric approach to a document-centric approach, in which presumably drag-and-drop operations would have played an even bigger role. But this philosophical change was put on the back-burner, and we still live very much in an application-centric computing world today. Some days, I would like to see signs that Apple is still thinking about those fundamental issues and exploring ways to design tomorrow’s user interface, rather than just continue to fine-tune today’s standards. | <urn:uuid:080df5cd-e73b-4507-b32c-818228013330> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.betalogue.com/2006/12/08/drag-and-drop-in-mac-os-x-for-a-more-universal-spring-loading-mechanism/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719286.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00498-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949859 | 1,712 | 1.617188 | 2 |
What am I entitled to if I divorce my husband? is one of the first things female clients frequently ask. The response is that in Texas, women’s rights in a divorce are the same as men’s rights in a divorce.
No matter whether the issue is spousal maintenance or the equitable distribution of marital assets (also known as community property), both parties must adhere to the same standards and principles mandated by Texas courts.
If you think you have been treated unfairly, it is critical that you get legal advice from an experienced family law attorney in your area.
When it comes to safeguarding your legal rights after a divorce, you only get one chance to get it right. If the court determines that you are not entitled to your fair share of marital assets, you may find yourself without the financial means to continue on with your life once the divorce is finalized.
What Am I Entitled to With Respect to Alimony?
The state of Texas has a policy against alimony. Marriage imposes a legal responsibility on one spouse to provide financial assistance to the other spouse.
When it comes to supporting an ex-spouse after the marriage has ended, Texas divorce laws are reflective of the state’s public position against such a commitment in permanence.
Instead, the dissolution of marriage puts an end to a spouse’s obligation to provide for the other spouse’s needs.
The legitimacy of spousal support, on the other hand, has been acknowledged by Texas courts. “Periodic payments from the future income of one spouse to support the other spouse,” according to Texas law, is what spousal maintenance is.
Unlike alimony, which is intended to maintain a spouse’s level of life, spousal support is intended to assist the receiving spouse in regaining their financial footing.
Despite this, Texas courts are still reticent to grant spousal support, save in a few limited instances. These are some examples:
- Conviction of domestic violence against a spouse or their children;
- Marriage of over ten years, and spouse requesting support lacks the ability to make sufficient income; or
- The spouse requesting support suffers from a debilitating disability or is the caretaker for a disabled child.
Without falling into one or more of these specific categories, it is doubtful that a Texas court will award spousal support in the event of a divorce between the couple.
What Is a Wife Entitled to in a Divorce in Texas with Respect to Asset Division?
According to Texas law, both women and husbands are entitled to a reasonable and equitable part of the marital estate.
Marital assets, often known as “community property,” are assets that were obtained by either spouse throughout the course of the marriage. The partition of anything that is categorized as common property is a legal requirement.
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Beyond the looking glass...
While the researchers can't promise delivery to a parallel universe or a school for wizards, books like Pullman's Dark Materials and JK Rowling's Harry Potter are steps closer to reality now that researchers in China have created the first tunable electromagnetic gateway.
The work, 'A simple route to a tunable electromagnetic gateway' is a further advance in the study of metamaterials, published today in the New Journal of Physics.
In the research paper, the researchers from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Fudan University in Shanghai describe the concept of a "a gateway that can block electromagnetic waves but that allows the passage of other entities" like a "'hidden portal' as mentioned in fictions."
The gateway, which is now much closer to reality, uses transformation optics and an amplified scattering effect from an arrangement of ferrite materials called single-crystal yttrium-iron-garnet that force light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation in complicated directions to create a hidden portal.
Previous attempts at an electromagnetic gateway were hindered by their narrow bandwidth, only capturing a small range of visible light or other forms of electromagnetic radiation. This new configuration of metamaterials however can be manipulated to have optimum permittivity and permeability - able to insulate the electromagnetic field that encounters it with an appropriate magnetic reaction.
Because of the arrangement's response to magnetic fields it also has the added advantage of being tunable and can therefore be switched on and off remotely.
Dr Huanyang Chen from the Physics Department at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has commented, "In the frequency range in which the metamaterial possesses a negative refraction index, people standing outside the gateway would see something like a mirror. Whether it can block all visible light depends on whether one can make a metamaterial that has a negative refractive index from 300 to 800 nanometres."
Metamaterials, the area of physics research behind the possible creation of a real Harry Potter-style invisibility cloak, are exotic composite materials constructed at the atomic (rather than the usual chemical) level to produce materials with properties beyond those which appear naturally.
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So I still have this plantar wart. I recently tried a Freeze Off so we will see how that works... but I was reading on Wikipedia about warts, and how they are caused by hpv or whatever, and how the types that cause warts arent high risk. They listed (under causes) the high rick types and the types that cause plantar warts, and type 58 was in both lists...is this a mistake or can plantar warts be a dangerous hpv?
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Also, if you develop regular old warts, are you more likely to have complications with the high risk types of hpv?
Warts are caused by virus called HPV and most of them are harmless but not all so it depends what type of infection is present. Most commonly plantar warts are caused by HPV 1 but if infected simultaneously with other HPV types, multiple infection or the infection is from other type than along with that infection can spread to feet.
A physical examination would help in giving an idea of the cause of wart but if there is any doubt then a biopsy is the best method to rule out the cause. You should avoid self treatment at home and if they do not resolve on their own and are spreading or painful then consider visiting a Physician for analysis.
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Emergency hormonal contraception is an emergency 'back-up' for after you have had unprotected sex. It is for occasional use. It is not suitable as a regular method of contraception.
The pack contains one tablet - take the tablet as soon as possible.
Use a condom during sex until your next period.
The most commonly reported side-effect is feeling sick.
About emergency hormonal contraception
|Type of medicine||Emergency contraception ('morning after pill')|
|Used for||To prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex|
|Also called||Levonelle® One Step; Levonelle® 1500; Isteranda®; Upostelle® (all of which contain levonorgestrel)|
EllaOne® (which contains ulipristal acetate)
|Available as||A tablet|
Emergency hormonal contraception (EHC) is also called the 'morning after pill'. If you have had unprotected sex, taking emergency hormonal contraception within 3-5 days can help prevent pregnancy. The pill should be taken as soon as possible after unprotected sex - the earlier it is taken, the more effective it is. EHC can be used if you have had sex without using contraception, or if you have had sex but there was a mistake with your usual contraception (for example, a split condom or if you forgot to take your usual contraceptive pills).
There are two types of 'morning after pill' available. One contains a medicine called levonorgestrel which is a female progestogen hormone. The other contains a medicine called ulipristal acetate which works on female hormone receptors within your body. They are both thought to work mainly by delaying or stopping your ovaries from releasing an egg.
Although EHC is effective, it is not as reliable as regular planned contraception. Therefore, it should only be used in an emergency. The levonorgestrel pill is available free on prescription as brands called Levonelle® 1500, Isteranda®, and Upostelle®. It can also be purchased from a pharmacy, without a prescription, as a brand called Levonelle® One Step. It is effective for up to 72 hours (three days) after unprotected sex. The ulipristal acetate pill is effective for up to 120 hours (five days) after having unprotected sex. Ulipristal acetate is available free on prescription through a doctor or family planning clinic as a brand called ellaOne®.
A non-hormonal method of emergency contraception is also available. A coil (intrauterine contraceptive device, or IUCD) can be inserted by a doctor or nurse up to five days after unprotected sex. This method of emergency contraception is more effective than hormonal tablets. Your doctor can give you more information about this.
Before taking emergency hormonal contraception
To make sure this is the right treatment for you, before you take the 'morning after pill' it is important that your doctor or pharmacist knows:
- If there is a possibility that you could already be pregnant.
- If you are breast-feeding.
- If you have problems with the way your liver works.
- If you have severe asthma.
- If you have ever had an ectopic pregnancy.
- If you have a condition of your small bowel that interferes with the way you absorb food, such as Crohn's disease.
- If you have a rare inherited blood disorder called porphyria.
- If you have ever had an allergic reaction to a medicine.
- If you are taking other medicines, including those available to buy without a prescription, herbal and complementary medicines. This is important because some medicines reduce the effectiveness of EHC. These include some medicines for epilepsy, two antibiotics called rifampicin and rifabutin, a herbal remedy for low mood, called St John's wort, some medicines used to treat HIV and AIDS, and some medicines taken for indigestion and heartburn.
How to take emergency hormonal contraception
- Before you take the tablet, read the manufacturer's printed information leaflet from inside the pack. It will give you more information about the brand of pill you have been given and the side-effects from taking it. Take it exactly as you have been told.
- The pack contains one tablet. Take the tablet as soon as possible, as it works better the sooner you take it. Levonorgestrel (called Levonelle®1500, Levonelle® One Step, Isteranda®, Upostelle®) is best taken within 12 hours after unprotected sex - do not take it later than 72 hours after unprotected sex unless you have been advised otherwise by a doctor. Ulipristal acetate (ellaOne®) should be taken no later than 120 hours after unprotected sex.
- You can take the tablet at any time of day. Although you can take the tablet either before or after food, it is better to have a snack as you take the tablet if possible. This will help to reduce the risk of you feeling sick after taking the tablet. However, don't let this delay you taking the tablet.
- If you are sick within three hours of taking the tablet then you should take another tablet as soon as possible. You will need to get a further supply through your doctor or pharmacy.
Getting the most from your treatment
- EHC is for occasional 'back-up' use only. It should not be relied upon as a regular method of contraception. Do not use EHC more than once in the same menstrual cycle.
- Taking the 'morning after pill' will not provide protection against pregnancy for the rest of your cycle. If you are already using a regular method of contraception such as the contraceptive pill, you should continue to take this at your regular times, although you should also use a condom or avoid having sex until your next period.
- Your next period may occur a few days earlier or later than expected. If your periods are delayed by more than about 5-7 days, or if your bleeding is unusual in any way, see your doctor for further advice. Even if you have taken the tablet correctly, there is still a small risk of pregnancy and a pregnancy test may be advised.
- If you have any pain in your lower tummy (abdomen) or any unusual vaginal bleeding in the following few weeks, you should see a doctor. These may be signs of an ectopic pregnancy, and although this is rare, it is best to be aware of the possibility as it is a serious condition.
- EHC will not protect you against sexually transmitted diseases. Speak with your pharmacist, doctor or clinic if you are concerned about this and need advice.
Can emergency hormonal contraception cause problems?
Along with their useful effects, most medicines can cause unwanted side-effects although not everyone experiences them. The table below contains some of the most common side-effects associated with EHC. You will find a full list in the manufacturer's information leaflet supplied with your tablet.
|Common side-effects of emergency hormonal contraception (EHC)||What can I do if I experience this?|
|Feeling or being sick||If you are sick within three hours of taking a tablet then you should take another tablet as soon as possible|
|Irregular bleeding before your next period, a light or heavy period, an early or late period||If your periods are delayed by more than 5-7 days, or are unusually light or heavy, see your doctor for further advice|
|Pain in your lower tummy (abdomen)||This is often nothing to worry about but if it is severe or if it continues for more than a day or so, see your doctor for further advice|
|Feeling tired or dizzy, headache, breast tenderness, diarrhoea, back pain, mood changes||These should pass within a few days|
If you experience other symptoms which you think may be due to the tablet, speak with your doctor or pharmacist for further advice.
How to store emergency hormonal contraception
- Keep all medicines out of the reach and sight of children.
- Store in a cool, dry place, away from direct heat and light.
Important information about all medicines
If you are due to have an operation or dental treatment, tell the person carrying out the treatment which medicines you are taking.
If you take any medicines that you have bought without a prescription, check with a pharmacist that they are suitable for you to take with your prescribed medicines.
Never take more than the prescribed dose. If you suspect that you or someone else might have taken an overdose of this medicine, go to the accident and emergency department of your local hospital. Take the container with you, even if it is empty.
This medicine is for you. Never give it to other people even if their condition appears to be the same as yours.
Do not keep out-of-date or unwanted medicines. Take them to your local pharmacy which will dispose of them for you.
If you have any questions about this medicine ask your pharmacist.
Further reading & references
- Manufacturer's PIL, Levonelle® One Step; Bayer plc, The electronic Medicines Compendium. Dated October 2014.
- Manufacturer's PIL, ellaOne® 30 mg; HRA Pharma UK and Ireland Limited, The electronic Medicines Compendium. Dated March 2014.
- Manufacturer's PIL, Upostelle® 1500 microgram tablet; Consilient Health Ltd, The electronic Medicines Compendium. Dated August 2013
- British National Formulary; 68th Edition (Sep 2014) British Medical Association and Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, London
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Thursday, March 30, 2006
Carnegie Mellon's Buhl Lecture Features Visionary Stanford Physicist
Keith Hodgson's Talk Entitled "Brighter Than a Quadrillion Suns: Photon Science in the 21st Century"
PITTSBURGH—Carnegie Mellon University's annual Buhl Lecture will feature Keith Hodgson from Stanford University. His lecture, "Brighter Than a Quadrillion Suns: Photon Science in the 21st Century," begins at 4:30 p.m., Monday, April 10 in the Mellon Institute Auditorium, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Oakland. The talk is free and open to the public, and will be followed by a 5:30 p.m. reception in the Mellon Institute lobby.
According to Hodgson, much of our understanding of the structure and function of objects in the nanoworld — from drugs acting on their biological targets to the behavior of materials as they superconduct electricity — comes from "seeing the invisible." Today's state-of-the-art X-ray sources, called synchrotrons, provide exquisite detail for still pictures, such as the arrangement of atoms in a crystal, but they lack the brightness to investigate matter as it moves around at the atomic scale.
A revolution is in the offing at the end of the decade as the first X-ray-free electron laser comes into operation. Ten billion times brighter than today's sources, X-ray lasers will open up possibilities for research across the sciences, from studying chemistry in real-time to imaging individual biological molecules that underlie the processes of life.
At Stanford since 1973, Hodgson is the Howard H. and Jessie T. Watkins University Professor of the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory. He has been a fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and has served on numerous editorial boards and advisory committees, including several terms as chair of the Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee to the Office of Science of the Department of Energy. In 2002, Hodgson was awarded the E. O. Lawrence Award from the Department of Energy.
The Buhl Lecture, sponsored by Carnegie Mellon's Department of Physics, is funded under the auspices of the Buhl Professorship in Theoretical Physics, which was established at Carnegie Mellon in 1961 by The Buhl Foundation. For more information, contact the Department of Physics at 412-268-6681.
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Making the decision to divorce is the most important step in any divorce. It is serious and means that you are ready to end your marriage. This decision can often be clear, while other times not. Although the legal process can be stopped, engaging it can lead to a myriad of charged emotions, broken trust, and other problems. Thus, it is very important that you don’t start the divorce process until you are absolutely sure that you want to end your marriage.
A divorce is initiated through what is commonly referred to as a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage. Irreconcilable differences are the most commonly used grounds for divorce because it negates the need to air anyone’s dirty laundry in open court. The “fault” grounds for divorce often include adultery, bigamy, physical cruelty, mental cruelty, desertion, drug addiction, conviction of a felony and impotence.
Step 1: File a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage.
The Petition for Dissolution of Marriage represents the formal request to the court for a divorce and outlines your position on issues such as custody of children, debts, and property, so your spouse can respond to these issues.
Step 2: File and Serve Your Documents
One your documents are prepared, bring the original signed copy of your Petition and Summons to the court clerk’s office at your local courthouse. At this point, you will pay the required filing fees, and the clerk will set up a case file. Once you receive the official file stamped documents back from the court clerk will take the Summons and Petition for a process server to be served on your spouse.
Step 3: Wait for Your Spouse to Respond:
Once served with the Petition and Summons, your spouse, will have 30 days to respond with a written document outlining their position on the case. If your spouse fails to file a response after 30 days have passed, they may be considered to be in default. If the court decides that a response will not be filed, it may issue a final ruling on the issues raised in your Petition.
Step 5: Discovery
Discovery involves the formal exchange of information between the parties. In this portion of the case, information collected will be used to examine the merits of the other party’s objections to any of the issues raised in the Petition. Further, discovery can be used to determine your spouse’s ability to pay maintenance and support and to establish the value of the marital estate.
Step 6: Trial
If a settlement cannot be reached a divorce case may require a trial whereby evidence is presented in court and testimony is taken from the parties and other witnesses on the issues being contested. At the conclusion of the trial, a final divorce judgment will be entered providing a resolution to all issues raised in the Petition and your spouse’s response. At this time, the couple is no longer married in the eyes of the law and any other obligations regarding finances or children become legally binding. | <urn:uuid:5d897794-54cb-4b55-a403-81a9ae196dc8> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.marriage.com/advice/divorce-legal-process/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279650.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00440-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93796 | 608 | 1.640625 | 2 |
Cat with AIDs
My 12 year old neutered tom, Taggart has just been found to carry feline AIDs. He is reasonably healthy at the moment, he has a lost a bit of weight and generally looks a bit shaggy but otherwise he is great. He still eats like a horse, runs around the garden and plays with my dog.
I know that one day he will get some kind of infection or illness and he will not be able to fight it properly. I was wondering if anyone else has been through this experience and can give me some advice on what to expect.
I think that I will be making some hard decisions on his behalf one day. I am not looking forward to that at all.
Have you had the cat all his life? If so, he was probably born with FIV. FIV cats can live a normal life span; just aggressively manage any infections since he doesn't have much of an immune system.
BTW, welcome to Pet Talk!
My good friend had a beautiful Tuxie named Mojo who carried the aids virus for the last 5 yrs of his life. He lived to be 15 when kidney failure finally took it's toll.
BTW, welcome to Pet Talk.:)
Thanks for the welcomes.
I got Taggart from a cat's home when was 2 or so - maybe a bit younger. My vet says that he most probably contracted AIDs through fighting. Apparently it is transferred through saliva when they bite each other.
Taggart has always been fond of defending his territory fiercely. I have another cat too, they are not very fond of each other and occassionally get into fights. I had her tested for the virus but thankfully she came back negative. Then I had to get her vaccinated of course. No wonder my vet drives a nice car!
Thanks for the feedback.
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You're on the road and you've already polished off the healthy snacks you stashed in your bag. Hunger pains are moving in, and since fast food is not an option, you head to the nearest gas station/convenience store. Guess what? They aren't just filled with soda and Snickers. Here are some nutritious snacks you can feel good picking up while filling up.
- Cheese sticks: These tasty sticks are only 80 calories and offer eight grams of filling protein.
- Triscuits: Made with whole wheat, oil, and salt, six crackers have only 120 calories.
- Yogurt: Greek is best because it's so high in protein, but if you can't find that, look for nonfat yogurt made without artificial ingredients.
- Nuts: Try to find unsalted packages, and check out this visual of what 100 calories of nuts looks like so you don't go overboard.
- Dried fruit: Raisins, dried cranberries, apple rings, and even bags of mixed fruit are often next to the nuts. A quarter-cup serving ranges from 80 to 150 calories.
- Fresh fruit: You probably won't find organic, but at least it's fresh. Many convenience stores sell apples, oranges, and bananas.
- Tortilla chips: Skip the flavored Doritos and opt for plain old Tostitos. Made with corn, oil, and salt, a one-ounce serving (about seven Restaurant-Style chips) contains 140 calories, 115 mg of sodium, one gram of fiber, and two grams of protein. Not the healthiest snack on the planet, but certainly not the worst.
- Popchips: A newer chip on the block, neither fried nor baked, these potato chips are popped and lightly seasoned, so a three-ounce serving is only 120 calories.
- Popcorn: Look for plain popcorn rather than cheddar-flavored or kettlecorn.
- Orange juice: Go for the real deal (not from concentrate) for a boost of vitamin C.
- Milk: It's a protein-packed beverage that's much healthier than a bottle of cream and sugar-loaded coffee drink.
- Fruit-flavored seltzer: Calorie-free and so refreshing, flavored seltzer is a little more exciting than plain old water.
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April 17, 2013
Antibiotic Modestly Improves Function, Mood of
Fragile X Children
Sacramento, CA—A readily available antibiotic, minocycline, shows promise in improving function and mood in children with fragile X syndrome (FXS), according to a new study.
Minocycline treatment of children resulted in “modest” but meaningful improvement compared to placebo, according to researchers from the University of California Davis. Often used to treat acne, minocycline is a tetracycline that has been in use since the 1970s.
The study, published by the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, is important “because minocycline is a targeted treatment for FXS that is currently available by prescription,” according to the authors.
“This study provides evidence of the efficacy of this medication as targeted treatment for fragile X syndrome with a long history of use and that can currently be prescribed,” added lead author Mary Jacena Leigh, MD, associate clinical professor of behavioral and developmental pediatrics with the Fragile X Treatment and Research Center at the MIND Institute. “Further studies examining the long-term benefits and side effects are needed, perhaps in combination with other educational and medication treatments currently being developed for individuals with the condition.”
A result of mutations of the FMR1 gene, FXS is the most common cause of inherited intellectual disability and the most common genetic cause of autism and autism-spectrum disorders. Fragile X syndrome affects about 1 in 4,000 males in the United States, causing intellectual disability and behavioral and learning problems. It also occurs in females but usually results in less impairment.
For the study, researchers randomly assigned 66 children with FXS to 3 months of treatment with minocycline or an inactive placebo, switching them to the alternative treatment for the next 3 months.
On average, the 55 patients who completed the study had small but significant improvements in some areas during treatment with minocycline, compared to placebo, according to the report. Most significant were scores on Clinical Global Impression Scale, where doctors rated their overall impression of the patients’ status. Average scores on the 7-point rating scale were 2.5 points for children taking minocycline versus 3 points for those taking placebo, representing a 0.5-point improvement with minocycline in comparison to placebo.
Minocycline also appeared to improve the children’s anxiety and mood-related behaviors, as rated by parents unaware of who was taking the antibiotic or a placebo. No significant difference was documented with behavior problems, verbal functioning, or other outcomes.
“Some children responded very well to minocycline; others did not, so we now are studying biomarkers that can help us determine who will be a responder,” said Randi Hagerman, MIND Institute medical director and the study’s senior author.
No serious adverse effects occurred, although discoloration of the teeth—a known side effect of minocycline and related antibiotics—was seen in both treatment arms.
Study authors said that more studies “including long term follow up on individuals treated with minocycline are warranted with a careful assessment of side effects and benefits.”
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Three dimensional graphics hardware is fast becoming, not merely a staple of computer systems, but an indispensable component. Many operating systems directly use and even require some degree of 3D rendering hardware. Even in the increasingly important mobile computing space, 3D graphics hardware is a standard feature of all but the lowest power devices. Understanding how to make the most of that hardware is a difficult challenge, particularly for someone new to graphics and rendering.
An online readable book Learning Modern 3D Graphics Programming by Jason L. McKesson is intended to teach you how to be a graphics programmer. It is not aimed at any particular graphics field; it is designed to cover most of the basics of 3D rendering. So if you want to be a game developer, a CAD program designer, do some computer visualization, or any number of things, this book can still be an asset for you. | <urn:uuid:e64d3fdd-ce05-4e69-a2aa-f798e82e31f0> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://ezzylearning.com/post/learning-modern-3d-graphics-programming | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281746.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00286-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.916823 | 174 | 3.046875 | 3 |
Despite a massive campaign by New York health officials urging people to vaccinate their children, the measles outbreak continues to worsen here in New York and nationally.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported this week that 880 new cases in 24 states have been identified. Most of those cases are in New York, with the Empire State’s total now standing at more than 725.
That’s the highest number of infections in a quarter-century, and the problem shows no signs of abating anytime soon. Indeed, if the anti-vaccine rally held last week in Rockland County is any indication, the rash of cases will only continue to grow.
Sadly, the event attracted hundreds of attendees and featured speaker after speaker fervently spreading anti-vaccine propaganda.
As the chief executive officer of Chai Lifeline, North America’s largest Jewish children’s health-support network, I feel obliged to push back against such cavalier, irresponsible and dangerous attitudes about vaccines.
The fact is that numerous rigorous scientific studies have debunked the supposed harms associated with vaccines. Leading doctors and medical experts have repeatedly and almost unanimously come out in support of vaccinations. Pseudoscientific opposition persists only in the fervid, conspiratorial fringes.
Likewise, there is no religious case against vaccination. In the Jewish community, nearly all rabbis, across the religious spectrum, have ruled in favor of, and strongly encouraged, vaccinating children, with many calling it a parental obligation. Thankfully, the overwhelming majority of American Jews has followed this advice.
And yet a highly contagious disease, declared eliminated in 2000 in the US by the CDC, is now making a comeback, due to the actions, or inaction, of a select few. These vaccination opponents claim that the measles doesn’t pose a serious threat. They argue that the consequences of the virus are minimal. Some parents go so far as to intentionally expose their children to the virus through “measles parties,” with the misguided belief that such exposure will build immunity.
This is not only utter nonsense; it can be deadly. Measles is among the most contagious of diseases. The virus can hover in still indoor air for up to two hours after someone infected has coughed or sneezed. Up to 90% of people who are exposed will get the measles if they are not immunized.
That is why I must speak out on behalf of those whose voices can’t be or aren’t being considered. These belong to the most vulnerable in our community — immunocompromised infants and children who are too young or too sick to be vaccinated. With weaker immune systems — due to a variety of factors such as chemotherapy, genetic disorders or organ transplants — these children are at the greatest risk.
For them, measles isn’t just an uncomfortable illness; it can be fatal. Indeed, research has shown that for the immunocompromised population, the complication and death rates due to measles exposure are significantly higher, and recovery times much longer.
When it comes to highly transmittable diseases like the measles, it is critical for the greatest number of people possible to vaccinate their children, to achieve “herd immunity” and keep the entire population safe. The weakest and most susceptible among us rely on the herd, or the community, to vaccinate, so they can be protected from life-threatening diseases. These children count on us with their lives.
The Talmud teaches that “whoever saves a life, it is considered as if he saved an entire world.” All of us, Jews and gentiles alike, must heed these words. Our future — the lives of our children — is at stake.
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On-line version ISSN 2223-6279
Print version ISSN 0379-8577
Curationis vol.38 n.2 Pretoria 2015
Juliana J. WillemseI; Vivienne BozalekII
ISchool of Nursing, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
IIDirector of Teaching and Learning, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Promoting the quality and effectiveness of nursing education is an important factor, given the increased demand for nursing professionals. It is important to establish learning environments that provide personalised guidance and feedback to students about their practical skills and application of their theoretical knowledge
OBJECTIVE: To explore and describe the knowledge and points of view of students and educators about introduction of new technologies into an undergraduate nursing programme
METHOD: The qualitative design used Tesch's (1990) steps of descriptive data analysis to complete thematic analysis of the data collected in focus group discussions (FGDs) and individual interviews to identify themes
RESULTS: Themes identified from the students' FGDs and individual interviews included: mobile devices as a communication tool; email, WhatsApp and Facebook as methods of communication; WhatsApp as a method of communication; nurses as role-models in the clinical setting; setting personal boundaries; and impact of mobile devices in clinical practice on professionalism. Themes identified from the FGD, individual interviews and a discussion session held with educators included: peer learning via mobile devices; email, WhatsApp and Facebook as methods of communication; the mobile device as a positive learning method; students need practical guidance; and ethical concerns in clinical facilities about Internet access and use of mobile devices
CONCLUSION: The research project established an understanding of the knowledge and points of view of students and educators regarding introduction of new technologies into an undergraduate nursing programme with the aim of enhancing integration of theory and clinical practice through use of mobile devices
The global increase in and availability and affordability of mobile devices has made them indispensable in day-to-day social networking. Such mobile devices are embraced by young people, giving them a sense of ownership whilst engaging with the devices (Pachler, Bachmair & Cook 2010:3). There has also been an increase in the use of mobile technology to enhance teaching and learning practices (Rambe & Bere 2013; Sharples et al. 2013). Mobile learning (m-learning) has become a new trend in the education sector, with an exponential acceleration in the variety of applications afforded by mobile devices (Aharony 2014:1; Gupta & Koo 2010:75).
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing, the National League for Nursing and the Institute of Medicine, major forces in professional health care and nursing education, advocate incorporation of mobile devices in nursing education for integration of theory and practice (George et al. 2010). Handheld technological devices or PDAs (personal digital assistants) were effectively incorporated into nursing education programmes and provided students with a rich resource of reference material that was available and up to date. Almost 80% of students who participated in this study indicated that they successfully used PDAs as an educational resource in both the classroom and the clinical environment (George et al. 2010:371).
M-learning is fundamentally defined as 'learning with mobile devices' and has the potential to extend the philosophies of learning through innovation (Gupta & Koo 2010:75). Rushby (2012:355) specifies that research about m-learning can be divided into four areas: pedagogy, administrative issues and technological challenges, ensuring sustainable development in education using m-learning, and the impact of new applications. Thus the possibility of introducing 'learning with mobile devices' to assist students in bridging the gap between theory and clinical practice motivated the need to explore introduction of mobile devices as an emerging technology in the undergraduate nursing programme at a higher education institution (HEI) in the Western Cape Province, South Africa.
In a study by Willemse, Jooste and Bozalek (2014:195) third-year undergraduate nursing students and educators participated in a quantitative survey at an HEI in the Western Cape Province. The survey explored and described the perceptions of participants on the potential use of mobile devices in relation to integration of the theory and clinical practice in primary health care (PHC) through m-learning. The study found that 79.8% of the student population were using mobile devices on a daily basis.
Students identified the following use of mobile applications on their mobile devices: 9.5% for email, 79.8% for WhatsApp and 75% for Facebook. However, it was interesting that when asked which application was the most suitable for receiving tasks from their educators related to coursework, 76.2% indicated email, 64.3% WhatsApp and 46.4% Facebook. The difference in the results between the two questions identified the need for clarification and deeper exploration of some of the results from the survey. The need to conduct a qualitative study, for example through focus group discussions (FGDs) and individual interviews supported by observational notes, could refine and extend the general picture developed from the quantitative survey completed.
A concern emerged amongst educators facilitating a PHC module at an HEI in the Western Cape, South Africa, that their undergraduate nursing students seemed unable to integrate their theory with their clinical practice. It was identified that students refrained from carrying much-needed resource material that could assist them with this integration through research (such as clinical module guides and textbooks) into their clinical environment. Educators agreed that innovative measures had to be researched to assist students with this integrative process, to ensure their continued academic and clinical growth leading to success. The introduction of mobile devices was identified, as it had the potential to become a resource which could assist students to address the problem of needing to have resource material available at any time or in any given place, and to be able to do research on conditions or procedures whilst off campus and in the clinical field (Cook, Pachler & Bradley 2008:3).
Aim of the study
The aim of the study was to explore and describe the affordances of mobile devices to integrate theory and clinical practice in an undergraduate nursing programme at an HEI in the Western Cape.
The research objectives of this study were to:
- Explore and describe the knowledge and points of view of students and educators about introduction of new technologies into an undergraduate nursing programme to enhance integration of theory and clinical practice using mobile devices.
- Identify the affordances of mobile devices with the introduction of new technologies into an undergraduate nursing programme to enhance integration of theory and clinical practice using mobile devices.
Definition of concepts
Higher education institution: The Higher Education Act, 1997, as amended in 2010, states as follows:
A 'Higher Education Institution' means any institution that provides higher education on a full-time, part-time or distance basis and which is -
(a) Merged, established or deemed to be established as a public HEI under this Act;
(b) Declared as a public HEI under this Act; or
(c) Registered or provisionally registered as a private HEI under this Act.
Mobile learning (m-learning): Koole (2009), as cited in Kenny et al. (2009:77), sees m-learning as resulting from the combination of mobile technologies, the capacity of human learning, social communication, and interaction with the device, the learner and the societal aspects of learning. Herrington et al. (2009:2) argue that in spite of the potential use of m-learning in higher education, it appears to be a mostly instructive, teacher-centred paradigm rather than a more constructivist paradigm.
Mobile devices: Mobile devices are associated with small wireless, portable, handheld devices, such as cellular phones, smart phones, PDAs, MP3 players, portable game devices, handhelds, tablets, notebooks and laptops (Kukulska-Hulme & Traxler 2005:2; Traxler 2007:1-12; Wagner 2005:40-53).
Significance of the study
It is anticipated that the study would contribute to implementation of an original intervention which incorporates mobile devices and m-learning, based on the results of the exploration and description of its affordances into a programme to integrate theory and clinical practice in an undergraduate nursing programme at an HEI in the Western Cape.
Theoretical framework: Affordances of mobile technology
Salomon (1993), as cited in Conole and Dyke (2004), refers to 'affordances' as the perceived and actual properties of an object, primarily the functional properties, that determine just what and how the object could possibly be used. Gibson (1979:127) and Bower (2008:5) provide the following first definition of 'affordances':
The affordances of the environment are what it offers the animal, what it provides or furnishes, either for good or ill. The verb to afford is found in the dictionary, but the noun affordance is not. I have made it up. I mean by it something that refers to both the environment and the animal in a way that no existing term does. It implies the complementarity of the animal and the environment.
Bower (2008:3) matches teaching and learning tasks with appropriate learning technologies by looking at the action potential of the technology. The dynamic model of Bower (2008:3) enables a better understanding of how teachers identify different kinds of knowledge as valuable in an attempt to support students' ability to learn content knowledge. The categories of affordances of mobile technology provided a framework for the data analysis in this exploration of the affordances of mobile devices in integrating theory and clinical practice in an undergraduate nursing programme.
The affordance framework presented in Table 1 defines not only technological affordances, but includes social and educational affordances.
Research method and design
The study had a qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual design which provided individual rich data about the phenomena, environment, interactions, meaning and everyday experiences of the participants (Rubin & Babbie 2011:134). The qualitative design explored and describe the knowledge and points of view of students and educators on the affordances of mobile devices to enhance integration of theory and clinical practice in an undergraduate nursing programme.The qualitative data collection methods provided an in-depth understanding through FGDs and individual interviews on the nature of the knowledge and points of view of students and educators on the above topic.
The research study was conducted in the context of an undergraduate nursing programme at an HEI in the Western Cape Province.
Research population and sample
The population of this study included an 'accessible' population, since the researcher had reasonable access to them (Burns & Grove 2005:342; Teddlie & Tashakkori 2009:170).
The participants included all third-year undergraduate nursing students (n = 100) registered for the PHC module, a semester module at a university, and their educators (n = 5) who facilitated that module. All members of the accessible population who had volunteered to take part in the study were included in the sample (Hek, Judd & Moule 2003:67). The purposive or selective sampling, a type of non-probability sampling, was a conscious selection by the researcher to include all participants in the study who represented the phenomena being studied (Patton 2002:44).
The accessible population served as the sample (Creswell & Plano Clark 2011:174). To be included in the study the students and educators had to comply with specific characteristics (Burns & Grove 2001:376) and had to be:
- in possession of a personal mobile device, unless the researcher provided a specific device for the purposes of the study;
- prepared to use their personal mobile devices as a tool to take part in the study; and
- registered for the PHC module (students) or an educator who facilitated the module.
In total four FGDs and eight semi-structured face-to-face in-depth individual interviews were held with students, whilst one FGD, one discussion group and three semi-structured face-to-face in-depth individual interviews were held with educators. Initially six FGDs were planned, three from each of the two classes registered for the PHC module, but individuals from both classes withdrew from the study, leaving only enough students for four sessions, two from each class. A total of 10 semi-structured face-to-face in-depth individual interviews were planned with student participants, but after carrying out eight with students and 3 with educators no new or relevant data emerged, and it was evident that theoretical saturation had been reached. This implies that no new or relevant data emerged in the themes or sub-themes and is representative in terms of its properties and to the extent that validation can be confirmed and the relationship between the themes or sub-themes are well established and confirmed (Bryman 2012:421; Kumar 2005:68; Strauss & Corbin 1998:212).
Data were collected during FGDs and individual interviews with students, and an FGD, individual interviews, and a discussion session with educators. In the FGD participants are encouraged, in a conducive environment, to share their viewpoints related to the researcher's specific area of interest. FGDs usually include no more than 6-10 participants, which allows everyone in the group an opportunity to participate. The size of the group would depend on how much time is needed to start the discussion, and to ensure that every member is awarded an opportunity to respond (De Vos et al. 2011:360). Focus group sessions were conducted with groups of six participants per group.
An individual interview is a data collection method where the researcher conducts interviews with one person at a time (Plano Clark & Creswell 2010:258). These were conducted to enable participants to provide more detail on issues raised during the FGDs. This also provided participants who were not comfortable to share their thoughts within the focus group setting to share their thoughts in a comfortable environment (Plano Clark & Creswell 2010:258).
The transcripts of the FGDs and individual interviews held with students and educators, including the discussion session held with educators, were collated for each participant; this provided the researcher with a 'sense' of the text. Participants were invited to review their individual transcripts to confirm the correctness of the transcripts before the data analysis process commenced.
Without manipulating the data obtained, they were thematically analysed and categorised into themes in an attempt to collate an accurate exploration and description with regard to the research problem identified (Cook et al. 2008:4). Main themes were identified from the students' FGDs and individual interviews and the FGD, individual interviews, and a discussion session held with educators, as presented in Table 2.
The discussion on the findings of this study was guided by assigning affordances to each of the findings with the purpose of creating a meaningful theoretical framework.
Findings and discussion
The themes identified from the thematic analysis of the FGDs and individual interviews concluded with students who participated in the study are henceforth summarised.
Mobile devices as a communication tool
Participants acknowledged that the use of mobile devices made communication with their educators easier, but emphasised that a limited number of students were using smart phones. The researcher recognised that some students were not able to download WhatsApp or Facebook due to the model of their mobile device not affording this functionality or application:
'We are here, we're talking about cell phones that we can access WhatsApp and Facebook. But I'm sure that not all of us here at school have smart phones.' (Participant 3, FGD 4)
The suggestion was raised that the study should focus on the short messaging system (SMS), but it was discussed that an SMS might not support group interactivity or group discussions. The participants did not seem to be aware that SMSs are in fact flexible and messages could be sent to either individual students or groups of students. The challenge with using an SMS would be the costs that might be incurred for the students and educators (Idrus & Ismail 2010:2768). A participant found the mobile device had linkability to with lecturers: 'For me, a mobile device makes it easier for the communication part ... with your clinical supervisors and lecturers [educators] and for learning and studying' (Participant 5; individual interview). However, participants acknowledged that they had access to the functionalities of mobile phone applications that included Facebook and WhatsApp. Due to the time delay for some students to access their email accounts, one suggested that students should be encouraged to request their parents to purchase them a mobile device that could access WhatsApp to ensure that they would not miss out on the 'ongoing communication':
'I think, probably if we can encourage the student maybe to ask their parents to buy them phones so that they can be able to download WhatsApp and communicate.' (Participant 6; FGD 3)
Email, WhatsApp and Facebook as methods of communication
The affordances of email, WhatsApp and Facebook include readability, viewability, writability, accessibility, browsability, linkability and shareability, whilst WhatsApp and Facebook also include listenability and watchability (Bower 2008:12). The affordances of WhatsApp and Facebook allow students and educators to discuss issues in 'real time' and they are able to share course-related information when in the clinical environment. A depiction of the affordances of email, WhatsApp and Facebook identified is presented in Table 3.
Participants voiced their opinion that: (1) email was their preferred method of communication, followed by (2) WhatsApp and (3) Facebook. Participants confirmed that email should be the preferred communication application, since it was used by many and could accommodate larger documents, but mentioned that some individuals might experience challenges with the use of emails:
'And email specifically because it can accommodate larger documents that cannot be accommodated on WhatsApp.' (Participant 4, FGD 1)
'... for me I think its email being the first one ... that will be most usable by many people ... but some people, they struggle to ... I think to use ... to use email somehow.' (Participant 3, FGD 1)
Students participating in the study decided to include WhatsApp as a method of communication: 'WhatsApp is the most used under [sic] students at the moment' (Participant 1; FGD 1). Participants clarified amongst themselves that both WhatsApp and emails should be used to communicate 'as a good option' due to accessibility and affordability: 'I think we can use WhatsApp or the social networks, even the emails during our time, breaks, and after work; not during the work time' (Participant 4, FGD 3).
Facebook was also indicated as one of the preferred methods of communication, though to a lesser extent than email and WhatsApp. Ivala and Gachago (2012:163) recommend that the daily use of technology, including Facebook and blogs, by students at HEIs could promote student engagement and communication and could lead to improved performance and retention of students. Two students commented as follows: 'And also Facebook ... it's the other ... method of communication' (Participant 2, FGD 1), 'Choose WhatsApp and email . for me Facebook is a social network and for me I would not want the friends I have on Facebook to see my studies' (Participant 1, FGD 1).
In terms of the affordability of email, WhatsApp and Facebook, WhatsApp offers the most affordances of a mobile technological intervention.
WhatsApp as a method of communication
Students participating in the study decided that mobile devices with access to the social media application WhatsApp could be used to guide clinical practice by, for example, streaming short instructional videos and asking lecturers questions. More recent updates have enhanced the functionality of WhatsApp as an application, making it more user-friendly. WhatsApp was created by Brian Action and Jan Koum in 2009 to improve communication and make the distribution of multimedia messaging easier and faster. The purpose of WhatsApp was to replace SMSes with an Internet-based platform that provides unlimited text whilst evading or escaping the international fees that mobile providers charge (Yeboah & Ewur 2014:157). Some of the students' comments on WhatsApp:
'If you're using WhatsApp, you can easily ask the questions to your lecturers, if you're busy with an assessment.' (Participant 1, FGD 3)
'Because it is instant ... I can quickly ask you, this is what the patient came with. This is my thought on what might be the problem or query or whatever.' (Participant 2, individual interview)
'I think WhatsApp would be the most appropriate one. Because with WhatsApp, if you don't have airtime like my phone, if I have R2 on my phone I cannot make a call, I cannot send an SMS, but I can still WhatsApp.' (Participant 1, FGD 4)
Currently WhatsApp can be regarded as the cross-platform between the instant messaging application and mobile instant messaging (MIM) on smart phones (Church & De Oliveira 2013:352). The study participants of Church and De Oliveira (2013:354) indicated that they sent more messages using WhatsApp compared to SMS, since they were not limited in terms of number of characters and content format on WhatsApp. Participants in this study also perceived their WhatsApp conversations as natural and conversational in nature, with the writing and receiving of messages that provide the sense of an open conversation, as if one was actually talking to a person.
The exploration and points of view of students indicated that WhatsApp offered the following affordances (Table 4) which could contribute to the introduction of new technologies for use on mobile devices in an undergraduate nursing programme to enhance integration of theory and clinical practice.
Setting personal boundaries
Participants provided varied responses about the personal boundaries of lecturers and clinical facilitators in a WhatsApp group. One participant, felt that it would be overstepping boundaries to have the cell (mobile) phone number of a lecturer, due to the perception that students and lecturers 'don't communicate often via WhatsApp or BBM or whatever' (Participant 1, FGD 1). That might also impact on students sending a message outside of the time arranged for communication and discussion:
'I was thinking more like, if for instance, she has most probably children and all of that, and she also has a life. Because I know some of the lecturers are still studying as well. So, we can't impose on their lives. So let's use each other as a resource.'(Participant 1, FGD 1)
The recent dramatic uptake of social networking in education provides an open door for learning, but it could lead to potential challenges. Ethical integrity of both the student and educator is of utmost importance, as is respect for personal boundaries (Aragon et al. 2014:25).
Nurses as role-models in the clinical setting
A participant remarked that their observation of what nurses did in clinical practice was what they would essentially duplicate or replicate as best practice, since they viewed those nurses as their role-models:
'Because basically, the nurses [in clinical practice] are like our little videos that we watch, because this is what we literally do . we stare at them . they're holding it like that, so I must hold it like that . That's why we tend to do the things that they do. Knowing it's not the right way, but hey, it's how I was taught.' (Participant 5, FGD 2)
Nursing practice requires nurses to assist patients in an attempt to contribute to the health or recovery of the patients in terms of being able to perform unaided actions with the necessary strength, will and knowledge. The practice involves provision of physical and emotional support to the sick, helpless, and wounded (Freshwater & Maslin-Prothero 2005:401; Harris, Nagy & Vardaxis 2009:1301).
Impact on professionalism of mobile device use in clinical practice
Participants were concerned about the possible negative impact that mobile device use might have on professionalism in the clinical environment:
'What about the professionalism? If you're 'WhatsApping' during the time of work and everything and the patient is there. They would think you're not caring or anything . I think it would also affect the professionalism of nursing.' (Participant 4, FGD 3)
This participant considered it important to leave the patient in the care of another healthcare provider and to be excused from the consultation room to communicate via a mobile device with the clinical facilitator with the purpose of seeking answers or guidance to questions that arose:
'I think it would help in a case where you need answers now. Then you excuse yourself then at least you leave that person with someone else to help.' (Participant 4, FGD 3)
A participant in a study by Russel, Gentzler and Wood (2014:216) experienced difficulties with changing the culture from traditional record-keeping to the use of mobile technology. Some nurses on duty found using a mobile device difficult.
The researcher also summarised the themes identified during the thematic analysis of the FGD, individual interviews and discussion session concluded with educators who participated in the study, as outlined below.
Peer learning via mobile devices
Educators were adamant that the student groups could facilitate peer group discussions that would create a sense of learning from one another:
'I'm also thinking, if we set up groups then they can actually ... like peer guidance, they can actually advise each other. Sometimes they are more comfortable speaking to a fellow student.' (Educator 3, FGD)
Kukulska-Hulme (2010:181) propagates the efficient learning and communication tools of mobile technology by a wider range of students in diverse settings. A research study with secondary school learners shows that their mobile devices afford them mobility to work on an activity in different settings. Participants adopted a notebook computer for the study and they assisted one another when technical problems arose; this could be regarded as a mobile social supportgroup (Gaved et al. 2010:187).
Email, WhatsApp and Facebook as methods of communication
Initially there were varied responses to ascertain which method/s of communication would be most suitable for students for augmenting integration of theory and clinical practice. The strongest responses from educators in this regard were the use of (1) email, followed by (2) WhatsApp and (3) Facebook; they ranked these applications in the same order that the student participants did. The affordances thus remained as discussed previously (Table 3).
Educators advised that emails should be used as a communication platform to disseminate videos and larger documents to students: 'We can always put attachments on the email or short videos or slides about physiology, especially when it comes to the ears' (Educator 1, individual interview).
The educators identified that WhatsApp could be used as a learning platform, but that students had to ensure that they transferred all prior knowledge to the platform. Students could be probed with a picture or a case-based scenario in the WhatsApp group to assist them with self-directed learning and revision. Students could even use the platform to obtain clarity about issues discussed in class, especially those too scared or shy to ask questions in class:
'We can use the mobile device as an asset for teaching and learning, because we can post on, I use WhatsApp ...' (Educator 1, individual interview)
'So, they can send in their queries or anything that they find in the clinic ... and you can have a discussion over WhatsApp, which is applicable to what they have found in the clinic.' (Educator 2, FGD)
One educator, however, identified a limitation to using WhatsApp, that is when a student did not have access to an Internet connection.
One of the participants shared an experience of a student who was a friend on their Facebook profile:
'I have one of the current students is [sic] on my Facebook account and ... the student were [sic] so excited for the first time she posted a status on Facebook, she saw the tympanic membrane for the first time ... I think that was an opportunity whereby we could have ... I don't want to say, test her knowledge, but to expand. But what did you see about the tympanic membrane? How did it look? At the same time, her other friends, her colleagues could have learnt from that opportunity.' (Educator 4, FGD)
'Educators indicated that they would support an intervention and regarded it as appropriate to integrate theory and clinical practice by using WhatsApp and email in conjunction with each other as a mode of communication with students: "They can communicate to us via for example, emails or the WhatsApp or whatever they prefer and we can answer them accordingly."' (Educator 1, discussion session)
Mobile devices as a positive learning method
Educators who participated in this study were very enthusiastic about the use of mobile devices to enhance teaching and learning: 'So, the device can actually become like a preceptor or something - shadowing us. Shadowing us; not replacing us, but bringing us closer to the student in the clinical facility' (Educator 3, FGD); 'Because your mobile [phone] is just like a further resource or even a help, if you can say it like that, an educator in ... (our) absence' (Educator 1, individual interview).
In a study by Ramos (2008:25) that deals with the use of mobile devices for learning, students express their excitement about m-learning interventions. M-learning and Internet access provide educators with an 'open-door policy' to learning resources from any time zone and any place to apply to their teaching practices (Ally 2009:1).
Students' need for practical guidance
It was emphasised by the educators that students needed guidance whilst in clinical practice: 'I think we need to give them a guideline to develop the case study or the scenario based on that. Our students do still need guidance' (Educator 1, discussion session).
One educator described how a student who was registered for a midwifery semester module called a clinical facilitator after midnight whilst working nightshift to ask for advice, and the patient's life was saved because of this availability:
'She phoned me. It was past 12:00 and we saved that life of that patient that night, because we've identified what was wrong with the patient. She could have given me the clinical picture and I assisted her. So our students, they does [sic] need assistance. I know it's very rare that we won't find a registered nurse with a student, but it was a very unfortunate case, but they do need assistance out of normal clinical hours.' (Educator 4, FGD)
Effective learning depends on the abilities of educators to encourage and support collaborative learning (Makoe 2012:94).Affordability and accessibility to m-learning could afford educators a platform to encourage and support collaborative student learning.
Concerns about Internet access
A concern was raised about implementation of a learning intervention using mobile devices in clinical facilities, namely the need for reliable Internet access at such facilities. A need for Internet access might present a challenge to implementation of the learning intervention, since it seemed that there were participants who did not have Internet access at clinical facilities:
'No, currently we haven't got access to Internet, but if the students have access to [the] Internet and I have access to [the] Internet, then we can use this as an advantage for ourselves. But at the moment, we haven't got Internet.' (Educator 1, individual interview)
In an investigation into the pedagogical suitability of using cell phones to enhance learning, Makoe (2010:99) finds that use of social media applications such as Mxit and now WhatsApp allows lecturers to communicate with students and send information at an affordable cost.
Mobile devices and ethical concerns at clinical facilities
Educators raised the fact that ethical concerns might arise as a result of use of mobile devices at clinical facilities. It was identified that ethical issues might arise when students took pictures of patients, since nurses had to be aware of confidentiality in relation to patient records. The researcher recognised that the mobile device policy of facilities needed to be implemented and formal permission had to be obtained before any information on the patient might be included in any study:
'I think ethical issues will come in where the students have to take pictures of the patients and not because you can use the patient and take out the name to ensure privacy and confidentiality of the patient. So, when it comes to pictures, I think the ethical clearance needs to get from the administration of the facility.' (Educator 3, discussion session)
'I'd just like to caution the group with regard to the cell phone policies. So, we need to find out about the institution's cell phone policy before we can continue.' (Educator 1, discussion session)
Ethical approval (12/10/16) for this study was obtained on 12 December 2012 from the Senate Higher Degrees Committee of the Faculty of the Community Health and Sciences, the Registrar and the Director of the School of Nursing at the University where the study was implemented. At an information session prior to implementation voluntary, informed, written, consent was obtained from prospective participants, prior to their involvement in the research project, after the purpose of the study and the expectations of the researcher had been explained. Every participant received a hard copy of the participant information form and the consent form. The participant information form explained the purpose of the study and provided guidelines to participate in the study, an outline of ethical considerations and contact details of the researcher, research supervisor and dean of the faculty should there be any questions later. Participants were informed that they could withdraw from the study at any stage. It was emphasised that there would be no negative consequence or impact on the studies of any student should they decide to withdraw from the study.
Lincoln and Guba (1985), as cited in Polit and Beck (2012:583), provide four criteria - credibility, dependability, conformability and transferability - in order to develop trustworthiness in qualitative inquiry.
Credibility was conserved in this study through discussion during the engagement with students and educators during FGDs and individual interviews. The steps of descriptive data analysis according to Tesch (1990) were used to identify the major themes of the study.
Dependability was ensured through a rich description of the research methodology and data analysis and inclusion of direct quotations from students and educators from the FGDs, individual interviews and the discussion session held with educators.
Conformability was ensured through prolonged engagement with participants during FGDs, individual interviews and the discussion session held with educators. Transferability was ensured through inclusion of direct quotations from students and educators from the FGDs, individual interviews and the discussion session held with educators.
Limitations of the study
Effective implementation of m-learning with the use of mobile devices in the undergraduate programme may enhance learning, but it may come up against challenges such as accessibility, connectivity, infrastructure and technical support (Traxler 2007:4).
A literature review by Raman (2015:665) indicates that although incorporation of mobile technology within nursing curricula has been studied globally, a diminutive amount of literature exists to address the concerns discovered. There is a need for reflective practice with regard to the various concerns identified about the use of mobile technology, especially within environments with increasing budgetary constraints within clinical facilities.
The enthusiasm that students and educators displayed about integration of mobile devices into an undergraduate nursing programme for enhancing integration of theory and clinical practice in the PHC module was promising for the possible success of such an intervention. Participants in this study identified the most suitable applications to assist this integrative process as email and WhatsApp.
Throughout the deliberations the majority of student participants indicated that their first preference to use to communicate was email, followed by WhatsApp and then Facebook to enhance integration of theory and clinical practice by incorporating m-learning into an undergraduate nursing programme at an HEI in the Western Cape Province. Information received during data collection indicated that there would be a need for training to ensure that all participants in the study were informed about how to use and thus maximise those modes of communication.
Educators would need to receive instruction about how to engage with the communication tools of choice, with the aim of gaining a deeper understanding of the potential application of these tools and their abilities to enable learning, choice, creativity, and self-direction for students. Retrospectively, students should receive explicit objectives for the use of the method of communication, as well as instruction and guidance about how they could best make use of these technologies (Ivala & Gachago 2012:162).
This research project was made possible through funding from the National Research Fund.
The authors declare that they have no financial or personal relationship(s) which may have inappropriately influenced them in writing this article.
The data for this publication were written up from phase one of the PhD research of J.W. (University of the Western Cape), and the manuscript was written by J.W. V.B. (University of the Western Cape) assisted in her capacity as one of J.W.'s research supervisors and helped with conceptual contributions and review of the draft documents.
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Butterfly clicking is the proven clicking technique to click faster. Start to butterfly click with 5-second mode now. The 5-seconds butterfly click test is a beginner mode of butterfly click test where users can practice and enhance their clicking speed at an early level and proceed further for difficult modes.
It is a digitally evolving era where users cannot imagine a day without their laptops and computers. We rely on them for our day-to-day tasks. Hence, each of us must type and click faster to fulfill our daily work. But why does the butterfly clicking method matter a lot? Be it a gamer or any typist, or any working employee, clicking speed is a crucial factor for all.
Gamers desire to defeat their opponents and win the game, for which it's vital to have efficient clicking ability. On the other hand typists and working employees have much workload to complete before the deadline which can be made convenient by having good clicking speed.
This is the time when the butterfly Clicking method came into action and has grown its popularity.
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Bell Gardens Puts Pursuit of Water System Sale On Hold
By Nancy Martinez, EGP Staff Writer
Following a lengthy discussion on the pros and cons of contracting with an outside firm to pursue a possible sale of the city’s water system and water rights, that at times had city staff repeating information already given, Bell Gardens city council members voted to hold off on making a decision until their next council meeting.
The city’s aging water system has become a financial burden rather than an asset, according to City Manager Philip Wagner who told council members last week he thinks, “It’s time to seriously look at getting out of the water business.”
The city’s purchase of the water system that provides 30 percent of the city’s water was financed in the early 1990s using bonds. Additional bonds were later secured to fund improvements to the system, bringing the water system’s outstanding debt to about $6.1 million.
“I no longer believe it is an operation the city should be in,” Wagner told the council.
The debt service on the bonds is costing the city $593,000 a year, and that’s beginning to “burden the General Fund” which is already facing a $1.1 million deficit, Wagner said.
The city has not increased its rates for 19 years and state mandated costs and maintenance to the aging infrastructure led the city manager to recommend to the council that it either consider a “tremendous” raise in water rates to its customers or selling the system to an investor-owned utility company like the one that services the remaining 70 percent of the city’s water utility customers.
Bell Gardens staff recommended to the council that they approve a contract hiring a consulting firm to help the city determine the feasibility of selling off its water utility system and water rights. The agreement would also retain the team for three years to help in the sale of the system and rights separately or as a package, should the city decide to go in that direction.
The council heard a brief presentation by the potential consulting team, after which Mayor Pro Tem Sergio Infanzon asked whether this meant that the city had decided to sell the water system and rights, or whether the city had any other options.
“How objective can the process be when there’s a financial incentive to sell,” he asked.
Councilman Daniel Crespo expressed concern that if an outside company is brought in to take over the water system, it could potentially increase water rates to a level that some residents “cannot afford.”
But according to Wagner, they are eventually going to “have to look at raising rates because the cost for us to produce water is much more expensive than what we’re charging the consumer.”
Without a rate increase, the city would have to pay for maintenance required to upgrade the system using the city’s General Funds or face an increase in their overall liability.
The consulting team pointed out that they have never seen another system with 19 years of flat rates.
Councilwoman Priscilla Flores echoed Crespo’s concerns, and asked if there is a way to limit how much rates could be increased. The 30 percent of city residents, who get their water from the city-run utility and have not had a rate increase since 1994, are currently being subsidized by the other 70 percent of water customers, according to Wagner. The city also spends about $20,000 a month on maintenance on top of the $500,000 it pays annually on its bond debt, Wagner said.
“That’s a good part of our deficit,” he said. “So either way we will have to come back and address the water rates because it’s bleeding us.”
According to city documents, the sale of the system and rights is expected to generate enough money to pay off the outstanding debt, recoup the city’s investment and potentially repay a portion of subsidies previously paid by the General Fund. If approved, the analysis of the water system would be completed within six weeks.
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Updated: September 17, 2009
Applies To: Office SharePoint Server 2007
Topic Last Modified: 2015-06-02
Governance is the set of policies, roles, responsibilities, and processes that you establish in your enterprise to guide, direct, and control how it uses technologies to accomplish business goals. Deploying Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 in your enterprise provides rich new capabilities such as online collaboration, document management, business intelligence, and Web publishing. To strike the right balance between the needs of the users of Office SharePoint Server 2007 and the IT professionals who deploy and operate it, we recommend that you form a governing body that includes representatives of all stakeholders in the Office SharePoint Server deployment. This body can then create and enforce rules that govern the use of Office SharePoint Server in the enterprise.
The articles in this chapter can help you determine the aspects of your Office SharePoint Server 2007 deployment to govern and include discussions of governance techniques. The articles include:
Defines governance and introduces two key areas to govern: the IT services that host Office SharePoint Server 2007, and the information architecture used in your portals and other Office SharePoint Server sites.
Describes typical elements of an IT service that hosts Office SharePoint Server 2007, suggests key success factors in governing an Office SharePoint Server service, and provides an example of a three-tiered service.
Introduces the concept of information architecture, recommends how to govern information architecture, and presents a case study illustrating the benefit of effective information architecture to promote collaboration across an enterprise.
Reviews a set of Office SharePoint Server 2007 features that your organization can use to help govern your Office SharePoint Server service or your enterprise’s information architecture.
Provides a sample code acceptance checklist to help you ensure that the solutions that you deploy provide the intended benefits without exposing your enterprise to unnecessary risk. Use this list as a starting point for your own checklist to verify the quality of solutions that are submitted for deployment. Along with providing a check after a solution has been developed, your code acceptance checklist can make a good training tool. | <urn:uuid:9a9d81fd-2e8a-4e11-ae23-5598bcec27f9> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263341.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280891.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00157-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.87295 | 423 | 1.898438 | 2 |
reinterviewing is a valid word in this word list. For a definition, see the external dictionary links below.
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Struggle for a Free State
The path to Ohio statehood, Ephraim Cutler and the Ohio Constitution, African-American Christopher Malbone/Kitt Putnam’s vote for representative, and the anti-slavery movement.
The Pioneers, page 144: “In selecting Rufus Putnam and Ephraim Cutler as delegates to the [constitutional] convention, a black servant of Colonel Israel Putnam, Christopher Malbone, also known as Kit Putnam, was permitted to cast his ballot in the Marietta election. It was considered to have been the first vote cast by a free black African in the Northwest Territory.”
Artist: Sala Bosworth (1805-1890)
Ephraim Cutler (1767-1853), son of Manasseh Cutler, settled in the Marietta area in 1795. A farmer by occupation, he held many public offices at the local and state level. In 1802, he was elected a member of Ohio’s first Constitutional Convention. It was due to his efforts that slavery was prohibited from the state by a single vote. Cutler was also influential as a representative in the Ohio Legislature by introducing a more equitable system of taxation and by obtaining funding for canals and schools. | <urn:uuid:22477154-c267-4346-b7e0-7aa1813353d5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://library.marietta.edu/c.php?g=1020714&p=7394107 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00070.warc.gz | en | 0.973237 | 272 | 3.96875 | 4 |
Got a gripe about your credit card? Get ready to be heard around the country.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau launched a new database Tuesday that’s devoted to collecting consumer complaints against credit card companies-for all to see.
If you post a gripe, your name will be kept in confidence but the credit card issuer’s name and the nature of the complaint will be visible to people conducting searches on the site. The database will also disclose how the card issuer handled the complaint. (Banks and other financial institutions have 15 days to respond and 60 days to address the problem).
The database is intended to help consumers identify repeated problems with specific card issuers so they can make more informed choices.
“By making our data publicly available . . . we hope to improve the transparency and efficiency of this essential consumer market,” says Richard Cordray, director of the bureau.
The database will eventually expand to include complaints about mortgages, student and other consumer loans, and checking and savings accounts.
Since last July, the CFPB says it has collected some 45,000 complaints.
But the bureau has only now started to make these publicly available.
Meanwhile, industry groups say they’re concerned about the openness of the database because some of the gripes from consumers may not be legitimate or accurate.
Fred Becker, CEO of the National Association of Federal Credit Unions, says he fears that the database “may open the door to frivolous and unsubstantiated complaints.” | <urn:uuid:04dfcf71-6144-4a3d-8838-e067ebae1292> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://blog.aarp.org/2012/06/19/got-a-credit-card-gripe-now-you-can-post-it-for-all-to-see/print/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282140.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00135-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.909332 | 310 | 1.53125 | 2 |
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Useful tips for aspiring runners!
Find the right place
The major advantage of running is that it is possible to exercise anywhere. However, this does not mean that there no places better than others. So, to begin with, it is wise to chose a stadium or a park, so you won't have to be concerned about your safety and you can focus on your running. In addition, in a stadium and in most parks, the soil is level and you will not encounter much difficulty, e.g. by having to climb up hills, while it is likely to meet other runners and your workouts can become more interesting. Finally, in these places there are usually drinking water fountains and benches, for the necessary stretching after the workout.
Running on the road
On November 13, you will have the opportunity, in the 5 km and 10 km races of the Athens Classic Marathon sponsored by WIND, to run in the car-free central city streets. However, since this is not possible on a daily basis and often there is no place for running other than the road, you should be very careful. Always run against the flow of traffic, even if there is enough space on the sidewalk, so as to control the movement of cars. Do not wear headphones or at least keep the music volume down, so you will be able to perceive what happens around you. Finally, if you run at night, you should wear special clothes or accessories with reflective markings.
The right time of day
Choose to go running at a time of day you have free time, in order to enjoy it more, or when you are not tired. Of course, sometimes running works as a stress reliever, so if you feel down, 30 minutes of running can release the tension and fill you up with energy! In any case, avoid the midday hours, especially during the summer months and always make sure you run at least three hours after you have had your main meal.
Not just anywhere
The best soil for running is short grass, which unfortunately is seldom "available". For this reason, if you do not have this option, try to find routes with soft and smooth soil. The flexible surface of stadiums (tartan) is a good choice, as well as the tarmac. However, if you intend to run regularly, do not run on them all the time, as they will quickly make your feet tired, due to their reduced ability to absorb vibrations. It would also be good, until you get strong enough, to avoid soils with a strong relief (potholes, large rocks, water-worn soil), due to the risk of injuries (e.g. sprains).
Make it a team sport
Do you want to do your workout and also spend some time with your friends? You can combine both, as long as your friends also want to do some exercise. Meet with your friends and take a walk on the mountain, in a park or even in the city, at a strong pace for at least 40 minutes. Even walking, as long as it is continuous and has a stable and rapid pace, is a good way to exercise so it will be as if you had not missed your workout. Gradually begin to run for a few minutes each time and you will soon become a good group of runners.
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Energy Department bureaucrat Jonathan Silver tendered his resignation on October 6, effective the following day. Silver led the Energy Department office that approved the ill-fated $528 million loan to solar energy firm Solyndra, despite concerns from some in the White House that it was a disaster waiting to happen.
Although the development occurred the same day as President Obama reiterated his support for similar loans for green energy, the New York Times buried staff writer Matthew Wald's story on page A17 of the October 7 paper.
Wald closed his article by quoting President Obama's defense of loans to green energy firms:
“The idea is pretty straightforward: If we are going to be able to compete in the 21st century, then we’ve got to dominate cutting-edge technologies, we’ve got to dominate cutting-edge manufacturing,” he said. “Clean energy is part of that package of technologies of the future that have to be based here in the United States if we’re going to be able to succeed.”
But a few days earlier in the October 4 paper Wald and colleague Eric Lipton reported that even venture capitalists with a financial stake in green energy firms voiced concern over the Solyndra loan while it was still on the drawing board (emphasis mine):
WASHINGTON — Some White House officials were so concerned last year about the financial health of Solyndra, a solar equipment manufacturer that had received federal loans, that they warned that a presidential trip to the company’s California factory could prove a major embarrassment, newly disclosed e-mails show.
The e-mails, gathered as part of a Congressional investigation into the Department of Energy loan program, offer new insight into just how worried administration officials were about the $528 million loan to Solyndra, which is now in bankruptcy, as well as other government efforts, amounting to $16 billion in loan guarantees, to promote clean energy. The warnings came from both inside the White House — an official in the Office of Management and Budget wrote that the visit could be “embarrassing in the not too distant future” — as well as from private investors, including one Democratic campaign contributor who wrote to the White House the day before the president’s May 2010 visit to Solyndra to urge officials to reconsider the trip.
“I just want to help protect the president from anything that could result in negative or unfair press,” Steve Westly, a California venture capitalist and an Obama contributor, wrote in May 2010 to Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to the president. “If it’s too late to change/postpone the meeting, the president should be careful about unrealistic/optimistic forecasts that could haunt him in the next 18 months if Solyndra hits the wall, files for bankruptcy, etc.”
A Solyndra investor, in an e-mail sent to the White House in late 2009, asked why the government had been willing to offer the solar start-up so much money.
“One of our solar companies with revenues of less than $100 million (and not yet profitable) received a government loan of $580 million,” the investor, Brad Jones of Redpoint Ventures, wrote in December 2009 to Lawrence H. Summers, then the president’s chief economic adviser, referring to Solyndra. “While that is good for us, I can’t imagine it’s a good way for the government to use taxpayer money.”
The investment, Mr. Jones said, demonstrated broad problems with the government loan program. “The allocation of spending to clean energy is haphazard; the government is just not well equipped to decide which companies should get the money and how much,” he wrote.
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Colleges often have to decide what their rules are about language that offends people. Is a professor’s criticism of affirmative action offensive to black students? Is a gay-rights group’s advocacy offensive to Christian or morally conservative students? And people can debate how to weigh free speech versus a nurturing atmosphere in a particular college.
But Marquette University seems to have reached new heights, or depths, in what it considers offensive. A graduate student there posted on his office door a pithy quotation from humorist Dave Barry:
“As Americans we must always remember that we all have a common enemy, an enemy that is dangerous, powerful, and relentless. I refer, of course, to the federal government.”
A strong opinion, to be sure. One that I’d bet is shared by many but certainly not all Americans. Apparently Barry’s sentiment is not shared by the chairman of Marquette’s philosophy department, who took it upon himself to take down the quotation and sent a department email declaring it “patently offensive.”
Offensive to whom? Surely not to any of the usual identity groups, ethnic or religious or sexual-orientation or gender or whatever. Nor does it use the four-letter words that might be inappropriate for a public space. Perhaps it’s offensive to employees of the federal government, or to those who have a great deal of respect and admiration for the federal government. But one would think that at a university it falls within the parameters of debate. And while Dave Barry writes more effectively and memorably than most philosophers, his statement still qualifies as humor or political commentary or both.
Marquette is a private university and is thus free under the First Amendment to regulate speech as it chooses. But if libertarian jests are “patently offensive” and subject to censorship at Marquette, it might want to note that in a new paragraph of its academic freedom guidelines and perhaps in the catalog provided to prospective students. | <urn:uuid:fc5bd46e-d5a7-4359-bdd3-9bb52eb0eaf7> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.cato.org/blog/watch-libertarian-language | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280791.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00358-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963196 | 411 | 2.09375 | 2 |
Keywords: equality, equity, India, natural resource management, property rights, water distribution, surface water resources, irrigation, institutionalisation, water rights, social welfare
A heuristic analysis of equity and equality in the institutionalisation of property rights: the Baliraja water distribution experiment, India
Natural resource management perceived as a search for institutions that can ensure simultaneous fulfilment of three goals: productivity (or efficiency), sustainability and equity. In this article, we study the implications of pursuing the goal of equity in the management of surface water resources for irrigation with a heuristic model incorporating a Leontief-type fixed production function. The analysis has been carried out in the backdrop of the Baliraja water distribution experiment in India. One suggestion is that the allocating tradable water rights over water, a common property natural resource, can be used as an instrument to improve equity. Unfortunately, advocating the use of water distribution as an instrument of poverty alleviation is fraught with implicit assumptions about the rural economy and uncertain outcomes. It is important for planners to understand that the concepts of equity and equality are applicable to inputs and outputs or outcomes. We attempt to understand the implications of equality in water distribution on social welfare with a simple heuristic analysis. Theoretical analysis shows the possible outcomes of such a policy and also intended to raise pertinent questions and hypotheses in studying the effectiveness of irrigation and watershed initiatives where rights over water have been redistributed equally. | <urn:uuid:1766a77e-a5dd-466d-a997-8a91c043f621> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.environmental-expert.com/articles/a-heuristic-analysis-of-equity-and-equality-in-the-institutionalisation-of-property-rights-the-balir-80370 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280872.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00309-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.909084 | 288 | 2.421875 | 2 |
The two largest government disability benefit programs are Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and the Workers' Compensation program. One of the main differences between the two programs is that Workers' Compensation provides benefits to disabilities that arise out of employment activity while disabilities that occur in or out of the workplace can qualify for SSDI. SSDI is administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA).
SSDI also only covers long-term disabilities that prevent a person from being able to work. Workers’ Compensation offers coverage for long-term and short-term disabilities. There is a five month waiting period before SSDI benefits can take effect, whereas Workers' Compensation payments become available almost right away upon a worker's initial absence from work due to the injury or impairment.
If an individual turns out to be eligible for both, the two programs can both be paid but the total amount can't exceed 80% of the worker's monthly income. In most cases, SSDI is reduced in order to keep the payment from exceeding the 80% maximum. This is known as the workers' compensation offset. In some states, through and arrangement with the federal government, have the workers' compensation payments reduced, which is known as the reverse offset.
One thing that can be noted is that at age 65, a person who receives SSDI has their payments are converted to Social Security retirement benefits. Retirement benefits are not subject to the Workers' Compensation offset.
This offset, depending on the structure of the settlement, can greatly reduce a your monthly income. Workers' Compensation settlements will often come in the form of a lump sum.
The SSA will consider the lump sum to be in the form of ongoing payments. Without specific terms spelled out in your workers comp settlement, the SSA can make the calculations by dividing the lump sum by the amount you received prior to your settlement and this will determine the number off weeks or months that the offset would apply against your SSDI benefits. In some cases the period of the offset can last up to two years or more leaving little to none of your SSDI benefits for that time period.
Unless the terms of the settlement specify the structure of the payments or any deductions such as attorney fees this is most likely how the SSA will calculate your offset. This can vary from one state to another but in general, the structuring of your settlement could significantly affect your monthly income and the benefits you are allowed to receive through both SSDI and workers comp.
A Workers' Compensation Attorney will know how to structure the terms of your settlement to maximize the benefit to you and minimize any reductions of your payments. The attorney will often extend the duration of the settlement period to extend for a lifetime thereby lowering the monthly payment thereby reducing or eliminating the offset. Workers' Comp Attorneys will also know how to structure your settlement to have their fees taken out before the calculations for your payments are made, which can also reduce the amount of the offset.
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Minnesota legislators are considering a proposal that would prohibit most abortions after 20 weeks gestation because of scientific evidence that an unborn child feels pain by this age. The proposal follows from a state law passed in 2005 requiring abortion providers and referring physicians to inform a woman that pain-reducing medication is available for her unborn baby prior to an abortion.
In addition to their legal applications, these laws also serve an educational purpose. They help people to understand that children in the womb — even only halfway through a pregnancy — are real human beings. They are growing rapidly, and they perceive pain. Subjecting them to abortion makes a procedure that is already inhumane seem all the more horrific.
Not everyone, however, agrees with the science the laws are based on. A quick review of the scientific literature on the topic reveals a lack of consensus among doctors and researchers about the age at which a fetus begins to feel pain. A 2005 article, for example, in the Journal of the American Medical Association concluded that “evidence regarding the capacity for fetal pain is limited but indicates that fetal perception of pain is unlikely before the third trimester.”
One of the arguments is that the nervous system of a fetus isn’t developed enough to feel pain the way you and I do — that at 20 weeks, pain signals don’t reach the cerebral cortex where pain is perceived.
But more has been studied and written since that article was published. I remember a long story from 2008 in The New York Times Magazine that cited the views of a number of doctors and researchers who disputed the idea that unborn children don’t feel pain.
Dr. Kanwaljeet Anand, a fetal pain researcher now working at the University of Tennessee, noted in the article that a structure called the fetal subplate zone of the brain is functioning by 17 weeks and is capable of processing pain signals.
The article also cited research conducted by Nicholas Fisk, a fetal medicine specialist and director of the University of Queensland Center for Clinical Research in Australia.
He had conducted research that, he said, shows fetuses as young as 18 weeks respond to invasive procedures with an increase in stress hormones and by forcing more blood to the brain to protect it from a perceived threat.
The magazine article explains:
“Fisk says he believes that his findings provide suggestive evidence of fetal pain — perhaps the best evidence we’ll get. Pain, he notes, is a subjective phenomenon; in adults and older children, doctors measure it by asking patients to describe what they feel. (‘On a scale of 0 to 10, how would you rate your current level of pain?’) To be certain that his fetal patients feel pain, Fisk says, ‘I would need one of them to come up to me at the age of 6 or 7 and say, “Excuse me, Doctor, that bloody hurt, what you did to me!” ‘ In the absence of such first-person testimony, he concludes, it’s ‘better to err on the safe side’ and assume that the fetus can feel pain starting around 20 to 24 weeks.”
Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk, director of education at the National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia, wrote about several problematic elements of the JAMA article when it was published six years ago.
He also pointed out something very important that today’s doctors and scientists should remember: “If there is uncertainty about when the infant in utero can begin to feel pain, should we not err on the side of caution and presume that she is entitled to pain medication when being subjected to typically painful or noxious stimuli?”
Father Pacholczyk, who holds a doctorate in neuroscience from Yale University, added:
“Yet a deeper concern remains. By offering pain control during an abortion, we still would not succeed in redeeming or sanitizing the act itself. Pain-free killing is still killing. But at least by encouraging abortion doctors and their pregnant patients to consider the pain the infant may experience, they may be prompted to consider a deeper dimension of what they are doing. By challenging their highly suspect presumptions about fetal pain, they may ultimately be pushed to look not only at the discomfort implicit in the procedure, but to revisit the more basic question about the practice itself which brings the life of an innocent human being to an untimely and unjust end.”
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Exxon Mobil said it shouldn’t have to release any further information on a proposed but abandoned pipeline intended to run alongside the Pegasus pipeline that ruptured in 2013 in central Arkansas.
The company is facing a class-action lawsuit by landowners after the pipeline spilled more than 200,000 gallons of oil in a Mayflower subdivision.
Lawyers for the oil giant argued in a court brief that information pertaining to the Texas Access Pipeline project isn’t relevant to the case. The roughly $3 billion project fell through after not getting enough shipping commitments from oil producers, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported.
“That the defendants once considered building a new pipeline next to the Pegasus reveals nothing about the current condition of the Pegasus,” the company’s attorneys wrote.
The plaintiffs’ attorney said he believes Exxon Mobil doesn’t want to release it because it doesn’t want to disclose information about replacing the Pegasus pipeline built in the late 1940s. Attorney Marcus Bozeman added that “it’s ridiculous to suggest that the Texas Access Pipeline was going to go side by side the Pegasus pipeline carrying the same oil from the same area to the same area.”
Exxon Mobil has blamed the rupture of the Pegasus pipeline on manufacturing defects, specifically seam cracks that worsened over the years. A federal regulatory agency has proposed fining the company more than $2.6 million for nine “probable” safety violations as a result of the accident, which the company has appealed.
The 850-mile-long Pegasus line runs from Texas to Illinois and was closed shortly after the oil spill. A 212-mile segment of the pipeline in Texas has been restarted.
In August, a U.S. district judge granted class-action status in the lawsuit, allowing Arnez and Charletha Harper, of Mayflower, to represent people who currently own property that’s subject to an easement for and physically crossed by the Pegasus pipeline. They are seeking the cancellation of those easements and removal or replacement of the pipeline.
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Question: What is peak flow monitoring, and why should I monitor peak flows?
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A special solution of VERTICO pendant lamps hangs on the ground floor of the public museum café realised in the MCBA. With its linear, strict arrangement, it reflects the straight lines of the museum architecture.
Architecture by Barozzi Veiga
The renowned architects Fabrizzio Barozzi and Alberto Veiga won the 2011 MCBA design competition. Parallel to the tracks of the Lausanne-Geneva line, they designed an imposing new building 145 metres long, 22 metres high and 21 metres deep. The MCBA is located at the southern end of Plateforme 10, as a monolithic longitudinal volume. With pragmatic forms, strict geometry and hard, sharp lines, it reflects the industrial character of its surroundings.
Barozzi Veiga, Barcelona
matí AG, Projektleiter Frank Dardel, Adliswil
© PLATEFORME 10, mcb-a; Estudio Barozzi Veiga
© PLATEFORME 10, mudac et Musée de l’Elysée; Aires Mateus e Associados; mcb-a; Estudio Barozzi Veiga
© Simon Menges Berlin
The interior of the MCBA is divided into three storeys and is characterised by a pronounced minimalism and a great deal of courage to face emptiness. The building is accessed by an impressively high entrance hall with stairs. In order to protect the collections, the museum has a closed façade on the railway side to the south. A single old arched window becomes the main protagonist of the building's façade and, inside the hall, unfolds its role as an essential structuring element in the sequence of rooms in the new building. Above it, the museum is divided into two wings: the gallery for permanent exhibitions in the east is separated from the gallery for temporary exhibitions in the west.
A more open, permeable and lively façade characterises the northern elevation towards the public space. The brick façade reflects the industrial history of the site and offers the monolith a texture as well as a lively pattern. On the square, the rhythm of the elegant vertical lamellas breaks up the mass of the monolith and opens up window openings. Here the ground floor was developed as an extension of the public square and houses the main public areas such as the café, bookshop and auditorium.
Discreet, linear lighting in the museum café
RIBAG's lighting in the museum café supports the clear, linear orientation of the building architecture. In terms of colour, the VERTICO pendant lamps match the interior design and thus the overall appearance of the museum café and deliberately set vertical accents.
The entire lighting design of the MCBA was carried out by the Adliswil-based company matí AG. The museum café stands out from the lighting of the rest of the museum and sets a counterpoint: «We deliberately chose our own language for the lighting of the café. The aim was to create a pleasant and discreet room atmosphere», explains Hanspeter Keller, owner of matí AG. «Museum cafés are an attractive place in the overall building. Visitors like to sit down in the café after their tour of the museum. A pleasant place to reflect on what was experienced and seen immediately before, to chat or simply to relax».
The lamps are arranged strictly according to the table arrangement. Above each table are low-pendant lamps which effectively emphasise the height of the room. «The lamps are located in the guests' immediate field of vision, so we were looking for high-quality products», says Hanspeter Keller explaining the choice of lamps. «They are perceived and should have a simple yet decorative effect. The VERTICO lamp from RIBAG meets these requirements. VERTICO also has a focusing ring. This enabled us to adjust the light cone so that it fits the table size exactly».
Completion planned for 2021
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Ecocomics Explains is a new feature of this blog. Each episode, we will discuss a different economics concept--ranging from more basic ones to more advanced and mathematically involved ones--and highlight some examples from comic books that reflect the ideas.
In our last lesson, we discussed the concepts of opportunity cost and budget constraints. Namely, we analyzed a situation where our friendly, neighborhood Spider-Man was had choice between spending an hour of free time fighting criminals on the street or attending Aunt May's rehearsal dinner and earning some brownie points with the family. We learned in order to be efficient, Spider-Man should have chosen a combination of fighting criminals and earning brownie points that would have allowed him to spend all 60 minutes of the hour doing one of the two activities.
Unfortunately, this doesn't exactly tell us what combination Spider-Man should or would have picked. It merely gave us the range of possibilities that Spider-Man could pick from. The bundle he actually chooses depends on his preferences and utility. We'll focus on utility in another post, but for now let's talk about Spider-Man's preferences.
Recall that the situation we are analyzing, depicted in The Amazing Spider-Man #600, is just one of many examples of the sort of choices Spider-Man has to face as a masked vigilante. Either Spider-Man surrenders to his obligation to fight crime and sacrifice personal time with his family, or works on his family/personal life and runs the risk of keeping some criminals on the street for the time being. Unfortunately, Spider-Man never explicitly states that he has an hour and never discusses just how happy his family will be to see him, so those are numbers we made up for simplicity.
Basically what we're going to do from here on out is build a consumer choice problem for Spider-Man from the ground-up. The first thing we need to realize is that Spider-Man's preference fit certain axioms, or rules.
First, Spider-Man's preferences are complete. Basically this means that Spider-Man can rank his preferences over any goods or combination of goods. Given putting criminals in jail and brownie points, for instance, Spider-Man can say that he'd rather bag one criminal than earn one brownie point, vice versa, or even be indifferent between the two. There is no way that they are noncomprable, however. When given a choice, he cannot just shrug and say "I just don't know!"
Second, his preferences are transitive. Say a third good enters the mix: watching TV. Now say that Spidey would rather spend time with family than fight criminals, but would rather fight criminals than watch TV . Well, then Spidey obviously also prefers spending time with family to watching TV. So if:
brownie > criminal and
criminal > TV
Finally, there's non-satiation. This means that there is never a maximum amount of a particular good that will fully satisfy Spider-Man. That is, there is never a point where Spider-Man would cease to derive enjoyment from putting criminals in jail. The more criminals he bags, the more enjoyment he sees.
There are a few more axioms and some more mathematically rigorous ways that we can define these three (which we'll go over eventually), but for now this is all we need to know. Consider the following graph:
Suppose Spider-Man is at point A of the graph. That means that he chooses to spend his 48 minutes hunting down 2 criminals and spending enough time with Aunt May to earn 4 brownie points. We know from last time that this combination is in Spidey's feasible set (even though it's not efficient).
Now let's say that Mephisto shows up and decides to offer Spider-Man a deal. He says that in exchange for handing back one of the two criminals he just captured, Mephisto will use his magic to alter the Spider-Man timeline (again) and have it seem as though Peter had been spending time with his family instead. Obviously Spider-Man would not make the deal if he would rather be hunting criminals. So Mephisto says that he'll give Spider-Man just enough brownie ponits to make up for the lost criminal, but no more. Spider-Man tells Mephisto that he'd need 3 brownie points to make him equally satisfied. Deal done (but for some reason no one seems to remember Spider-Man's identity anymore).
Post-deal, Spider-Man is at point B of the graph. He has taken out only one criminal, but earned an incredible 7 brownie points with his family! And he is equally happy. This means that Spider-Man is indifferent between points A and B. He derives the same enjoyment out of both combinations of actions.
Looking at the graph, we can now map out Spider-Man's indifference curve (labeled L2). This curve marks all the points, or combinations of brownie points and criminals, that Spider-Man is indifferent between. As you can see, Spider-Man would get the same satisfaction whether he takes out one criminal and earns 7 brownie points (point A) or whether he takes out 3 criminals and only earns 2 brownie point (point C).
You might be wondering why the curve is not a line, similar to the budget constraint. Well, this is due to a phenomenon known as diminishing marginal rate of substitution. In microeconomics, dMRS is another axiom that defines the convex shape of the indifference curves.
The marginal rate of substitution is basically the slope of the curve at various points. It's tell you what individuals are willing to give up of one good to get another. Note that this is different from an opportunity cost, which tells you how much an individual would HAVE to give up of one good to obtain another. At point B for instance, Spider-Man is willing to give up around 3 brownie points to get 1 more criminal (to get from B to A). That's a slope of 3 so his MRS at point B is about 3. At point C, Spider-Man is willing to give up about 1 brownie point to get one more criminal. That's a slope of 1, so his MRS at point C is 1.
The intuition behind assuming a diminishing marginal rate of substitution is not very difficult to grasp. When Spider-Man is at point A, he has lots and lots of brownie points but very few criminals. Catching another criminal is looking very attractive to him at this point, so he'd be willing to give up a little more to get one. At point C, however, Spider-Man has used up more of his hour to catch more of criminals, but in doing so has sacrificed much needed time with his family and is dangerously close to alienating himself with only 2 brownie points. He would be willing to sacrifice less brownie points at point C for another criminal.
We'll continue with this next time on Ecocomics Explains!
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Travels east with Kerstin to find an audience for his pictures of the new Western landscape. Meets John Szarkowski,
Curator of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the museum subsequently buys four prints.
Adams returns to work with renewed commitment.
View map used by the Adamses while traveling and photographing in northeastern Colorado.
In the spring, teaches for the last time. In the fall, begins a year in Denver so that Kerstin can earn a master's degree
in library science at the University of Denver. Maintains an active schedule of photographing in Denver.
“Whatever power there is in the urban pictures is bound to the closeness with which they skirt banality. For a shot to be
good—suggestive of more than just what it is—it has to come perilously near being bad, just a view of stuff.”
“The praise I like to hear most is that the photographs make people think of taking pictures themselves. It implies it looks easy, which it should.”
—From notes made in 1970
Pictures are rejected for publication for a third time by Aperture.
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AirAsia was established in 1993 and commenced its operations on 18th November 1996. This airline was originally founded by a government owned conglomerate DRB-Hicom. However, on 2nd December 2001, the heaviliy indebted airline was purchased by former Time Warner executive Tony Fernandes's company Tune Air Sdn Bhd for the token sum of one ringgit. Fernandes proceeded to engineer a remarkable turnaround, turning a profit in 2002 and launching new routes from its hub in KLIA at breakneck speed which undercutting former monopoly operator Malaysia Airlines with promotional fares as low as one ringgit.
In 2003, AirAsia has opened a second hub at Senai International Airport in Johor Bahru which is near Singapore. And, it launched its first international flight to Bangkok. AirAsia has therefore started a Thai subsidiary, added Singapore to the destination list, and it commenced flights to Indonesia. Also, flight to Macau was started in June 2004 and flight to Mainland China and the Philippines started in April 2005. In addition, the flight to Vietnam and Cambodia is in the year 2005 while to Brunei and Myanmar is in 2006.
With a strong yet simple slogan "Now Everyone Can Fly", AirAsia has effectively placed its brand in customer's mind when comes to selection of flight. In Malaysia, AirAsia is the second powerful national airline. Also, it was the first successful low cost and ticket-less airline in the Southeast Asian region. It is main based in the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). And, AirAsia has a registered office in Petaling Jaya, Selangor and its head office is on the grounds of KLIA in Sepang, Selangor. In addition, AirAsia is one of the successful businesses that have adopted cost leadership thoroughly through effectiveness and efficiency of the operation management. AirAsia has broken the travel norms around the world speedily and has become the world's top airline. Beside this, AirAsia also has a route network that spans more than 20 countries; therefore it continues to pave the way for lower cost aviation through innovative solutions, more efficient processes and a passionate approach to the business.
The vision of AirAsia is to be the largest cost airline in Asia and for the purpose of serving the 3 billion people who are currently underserved with poor connectivity as well as high fares. There are 4 missions such as to be the best company to work for where the employees are treated as part of the big family in AirAsia, to create a ASEAN brand which is being recognized globally, to attain the lowest cost to make sure everyone in the world can fly with AirAsia, and to maintain the highest quality product by embracing technology in order to reduce cost and enhance the service levels of AirAsia.
Apart from that, together with the associate companies such as AirAsia X, Thai AirAsia and Indonesia AirAsia, AirAsia is set to take the low cost flying. AirAsia X was established in 2007 in order to provide high frequency as well as point to point networks to the long haul business. Its cost efficiencies are derived from maintaining a simple aircraft fleet and a route network based on low cost airports. Hence, guests will continue to enjoy the low fares through cost savings that AirAsia pass on to the guests. Moreover, AirAsia X franchises the brand name of AirAsia, Asia's largest low cost carrier which uses a common ticketing website, uniform, uniforms, and management style with AirAsia. AirAsia X is also affiliated with Virgin Group and Air Canada.
Reasons for Adopting Information Technology (IT)
There are some factors that contributed to the adoption of IT for AirAsia. As we know, airline companies involved in helping people move from one place to another. And, there are billions of people in this world. Without IT, airline companies will not process smoothly and it might lead to serious confusing among the customers and the company. Also, people in this society are having the same problems such as traffic jam, working pressure and time pressure. They are busy with their works and they focus more on efficiency and effectiveness. They do not want to spend extra time on irrelevant things such as queue up to buy something or waiting for long hours. Therefore, most airlines including AirAsia do offer online reservation for the flight as well as hotel rooms in order to save their customers' time as well as enhance customer satisfaction.
Apart from that, the technology is getting in advanced in this modern era. There are many companies who have adopted Information Technology (IT) in doing their business. And, this IT has helped in enhancing a better management of the operation of the companies. Also, people in this society are concern more on company who has adopted IT and how this IT will help in making their life better as well as decision making in some tasks. AirAsia therefore choose to adopt IT in its business as to follow up the current IT trend as well as fulfilling the demand of the people in this society. They also implemented different systems to enhance their overall operation which will lead to efficiency and effectiveness of AirAsia.
AirAsia has some strategies initiatives which involve IT solutions in order to build its company share and reputation.
In order to make its operation effective and efficient, AirAsia has implemented few IT systems in its marketing and sales activities. As you know, E-Commerce in nowadays has become a business tool and it is also a vital strategic management that allows a company to sell, advertise, purchase, supplies inventory tracking as well as sharing of information. Therefore, E-Commerce does become a major success to Airline Company that lead to effectively and efficiency in their business. AirAsia is one of the airline companies that implements E-Commerce and maximizes their information technology usage to manage their company effectively and efficiently including make low cost possibly in their business.
In order to maximize their IT, AirAsia has implemented current IT systems, for examples, Yield Management System (YMS), Computer Reservation System (CRS), and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). These systems have indirectly generated extra revenues and build customer loyalty for AirAsia.
Yield Management System (YMS) which also known as Revenue Management System (RMS) is the process of understanding, anticipating as well as influencing consumer behavior to maximize revenues or profits from a fixed perishable resource. Moreover, there is an important component in this system which is the use of overbooking where sometimes there must be a chance that a customer may not appear during that day. As a good example, it might be possible for a customer to book a ticket for a flight but did not turn up for the departure. And, this may cause the airline to end up flying an empty seat which will then cause lost in revenue for the airline company. But, in order to solve this problem, most airlines routinely overbook their flight. And, if there is an unusually large proportion of the customers show up, the company will be forced to "bump" some customers to another flight.
Second, AirAsia using Customer Reservation System (CRS) which is an integrated web based reservation and inventory system. This includes Internet, airport departure control, call center, as well as others. This system is a direct sales engine that rid off the travel agents effectively and the need to pay for the sales commissions to them. And, CRS is totally customer friendly as the customer can buy or reserve a ticket directly via online without come to the ticket counter. This has brought more customers to use the website often thus reduce the extra costs of customer such as transportation costs.
CRS also include Open Skies and New Skies. First, the Open Skies system is a built-in web enabled reservation as well as inventory system. The solution is built expressly in order to satisfy the distinctive needs of airlines that either implements a low cost business or in the process of making their business to more efficient streamline operations. Also, this system can be used either individually or combined yet it is depending on the person's needs. Open Skies helps some low cost airlines in worldwide to become a high performance business that continue to grow widely.
On the other hand, New Skies is a next generation of reservation and distribution system. And, it is designed for the world's fastest growing airlines which include newly launched airlines as well as rapidly growing hybrid airlines such as AirAsia. This system is a comprehensive airline passenger sales and management solution that provides capabilities for integrated online booking, call center reservations, inter-airline and alliance code-share itineraries, departure control as well as travel agency global distribution connectivity. Also, New Skies is based on the Navitaire's Open Skies reservation and distribution system that have been used by over 40 of the world's successful airlines. It represents a giant leap forward in quick deployment, speed to market with the new features and enhancements. New Skies has completely integrated departure control and real time reporting to keep your operation runs smoothly. Also, it is easy to use, change as well as customize.
Third, AirAsia implements Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. It is a packaged of business software that integrates organizational processes and functions into a unified system. It helps business management executives with a comprehensive overview of their complete business execution which may influence their business decisions indirectly. There are some examples of functions: Human Resource, Supply Chain Management, Finance and Logistics. These all are stand alone software and has their applications and database. But, with ERP System, all of this individual software can work under one umbrella. And, all the departments can share information easily and it helps to save time and cost. The workflow that has taken place between different departments becomes more automated. The customers also get better services as the person who is using the customer facing applications can access to every bit of information that regarding each relevant process. For an instance, a person who is work under sales team can access to the customer's product which is still under manufacturing. In addition, ERP system helps to reduce the need to carry large inventories which will increase the operational and labor costs. And, this system is implemented in AirAisia thoroughly.
Experience Resulting From The IT Implements
Utilization of Information Technology (IT) have directly contributed to the promotional activities, enhance brand equity, and keep the cost as low as possible by enable the customer to direct purchase the ticket online or through sales offices. This has helped the customers to save airline agent fees.
The systems that have been implemented by the AirAsia have a significant change to their company.
First, AirAsia has used the Yield Management System (YMS) for taking the operating costs and in helping themselves to optimize the price as well as allocate the capacity for maximizing expected profits. For an instance, seats are revenues for AirAsia and other airline companies. Every seat is considered as a profit for them. Therefore, AirAsia has introduced a plan whereby seats are available at different prices in various points of time. Hence, reservation that has done in later time will be charged more compared to one who has reserved earlier for the same seat. As a result of this system, this has enabled AirAsia to understand the behavior of their respective customers and implement effective strategy to generate expected revenues with lowest cost.
Second, AirAsia has implemented Computer Reservation System (CRS). AirAsia has used Open Skies to centralize customer data and this has helped AirAsia to track booking and the schedule of flight activities in real. Open Skies booking system which provided by Navitaire performed almost flawlessly on every single occasion and it managed to handle the most demanding requirements of AirAsia's flight booking operations.
On the other hand, on July 2010, AirAsia has successfully completed the implementation of its new reservation system which called New Skies. This booking system has replaced the previous system, Open Skies. Furthermore, this New Skies gives the customers a new experience as well as providing a greater convenience and generate more savings for the customers.
New Skies booking system has make the procedure of booking more efficiently. This New Skies ensure the airlines to maximize the distribution channels and dynamics packaging that emphasize on direct Internet sales. For distribution, New Skies gives AirAsia the control that they need over how quickly they deploy sales fares, special promotion, discounts and electric vouchers to stay ahead of the competitors. This is wise useful for AirAsia in this modern era. It also eliminates the need to maintain multiple databases associated with paper and e-tickets which indirectly increase the operational costs.
Same with Open Skies, this New Skies enable the customers to continue booking online and the AirAsia sales offices, counters as well as the call center. They also can normally self check in via the web, mobile and kiosks at the airport together with the self manage options online such as adding check in baggage weight, pick a seat and pre-book meals.
However, there are some differences between the Open Skies and New Skies booking system. With the new reservation system, the customers can look for the new feature which is Low Fare Finder. It helps the customers to view the lowest fare available according to their selected destination and date for travel. Also, the customers now are able to book their seats for multi-cities in just one transaction only. For an instance, if the customer plans to fly from Kuala Lumpur to Perth to Singapore and return, the respective customer do not have to make two separate bookings which is only provided by the new reservation system only. In addition, this New Skies booking system is able to support characters such as Mandarin, Japanese and other languages whereby the Open Skies system was able to support alphanumeric characters only. Hence, AirAsia can target multilingual customers globally and stay ahead in the airline industry.
Lastly, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is implemented by AirAsia as this enables AirAsia to successfully maintain process integrity, reduce the financial month-end closing processing time, and speed up the reporting as well as data retrieval process. Every department such as financial, marketing and sales are unified into a single IT system to allow the employees to make decisions by viewing enterprise wide information on all airline operations. And, this system helps AirAsia by focusing on capturing transactions in daily operations therefore it helps to save operational costs and this indirectly increase the efficiency and effectiveness in its operation management.
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The article presents a comparative analysis of the strategies applied by Danish and Norwegian patient organisations and organisations for disabled persons in order to promote the interests of their members. Three research questions are addressed: Are Danish and Norwegian patient organisations service organisations operating according to a ‘logic of membership’ or political pressure groups acting according to a ‘logic of influence’? Do patient organisations apply ‘insider’ or ‘outsider’ strategies in their efforts to influence healthcare policies? What impact do different authority structures have on the patient organisations' influencing strategies? The latter question is related to recent reforms in the public healthcare systems of the two countries. The major responsibility for public hospitals now rests with regional authorities in Denmark and central government in Norway. The study is based on a survey among nationwide patient organisations in the two countries and shows that most patient groups are ‘polyvalent’‘venue shoppers’ combining a variety of influencing strategies. | <urn:uuid:474eac3b-6275-4932-b5e3-dd581dc6f5b0> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9477.2011.00274.x/abstract | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988718866.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183838-00003-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92272 | 194 | 1.789063 | 2 |
This table illustrates the adjustment procedure of scooters. An adjustment will often become necessary when parts of the scooter are replaced, even though this does not mandatorily represent an upgrade or tuning. Even the replacement of the exhaust may call for an adjustment of other components of the vehicle. This can be due to different construction designs and modified materials. For the adjustment of the vehicle to new parts mostly only a few steps are needed, but it is very important to provide an optimum driving comfort. Nevertheless, many drivers perform it half-heartedly or do not even pay any attention.
This table is meant to provide some assistance when tuning or purchasing replacement parts. On the left you find the part which is to replace on the scooter. Small crosses indicate what you have to check when replacing the part. Thereby x means that an adjustment is mandatory and (x) that an adjustment may become necessary. Further information you will find when moving the cursor onto the corresponding cross. | <urn:uuid:352c4848-4ac1-4af9-85f6-d59981ca5884> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.racing-planet.com/scooter-tuning-adjustment-chart-ct-451-1.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571692.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812105810-20220812135810-00066.warc.gz | en | 0.937872 | 194 | 2.203125 | 2 |
KEY ENERGY is an international exhibition and conference showcasing technologies, services and integrated solutions that promote and accelerate the transition towards a carbon-neutral economy – the main aim of the Green Deal, the strategic plan for sustainable growth launched by the European Union.
- Renewable energy
- Storage and solutions for distributed power generation
- Energy efficiency applied to industry and building
- Cogeneration, trigeneration, micro-cogeneration
- Sustainable City: digital, electric and circular
- Sustainable mobility
Key Energy is Europe’s comprehensive event comprising renewable energy, energy storage systems, energy efficiency, urban regeneration, sustainable mobility, lighting and smart grids.
A wide range of conferences make Key Energy a must-attend event in terms of training and professional updating.
KEY ENERGY is not only a showcase, but also an opportunity for energy professionals to meet and share their knowledge with the sector’s key players, as well as benefit from updates and training.
The conferences and workshops programme is organized by a Scientific Committee that includes all relevant institutions and industrial associations, as well as technical/scientific and civil society organisations.
The 2021 conference programme will focus on technological innovations, financial models and organisational solutions that will help Italy reach the ambitious 2030 European targets.
A major focus will be placed upon the challenges and opportunities that Italian companies will face in the international market, while international investors will get a thorough insight on the Italian market.
Wind turbines for on- and off-shore, floating wind technology, components, energy producers, solutions for revamping and re-powering the existing park, O&M, Asset and finance, Developers. In collaboration with ANEV (Italy’s National Association of Wind Energy).
SOLAR & STORAGE
Photovoltaics, inverters, thermodynamic solar, components, solutions for O&M&P (revamping and re-powering), energy storage technologies, smart grids
Cogeneration, trigeneration, micro-cogeneration, geothermal energy and heat pumps, digitalisation and energy management systems, ESCO, EPC contractors, energy trading.
SUSTAINABLE CITY: DIGITAL, ELECTRIC AND CIRCULAR
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Yesterday brought the very strange news that the creators of Big Love, Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer, are developing a new show for HBO “about an interracial family and their humanoid robot.” This being not just television but HBO, the series requires broader sociological resonance, of course. And so Olsen and Scheffer’s show, which currently has the unfortunate title China Doll, will somehow be “about China, Chinese Americans, robots, the effect of technology on our lives and the China moment in American consciousness.”
The husband in this interracial family, it turns out, is “a successful California construction subcontractor”; his Asian-American wife is a university professor. The show concerns this couple—and a robot—and their efforts to “straddle both sides of the Pacific with extended families on two continents.”
I wasn’t the only person to think immediately of high-concept sitcom Small Wonder upon hearing the news. In case you missed that gem from the 1980s, it was also about a family with a humanoid robot. The husband, Ted Lawson, was an engineer and inventor who worked for “United Robotronics,” and, “in an effort to assist handicapped children,” he created a “Voice Input Child Identicant,” or V.I.C.I., aka “Vicki.”
Lawson brought Vicki home, and hilarity—well, it didn’t really ensue, actually: A writer at the comedy website Splitsider, in an uncannily well-timed piece about Small Wonder (and other “terrible syndicated sitcomes from the 1980s”), has just revisited the show, and declared it “unwatchable.” Nonetheless, if you’re curious—or deeply nostalgic—you can watch entire episodes on YouTube.
And if you’re wondering how the show ran for four years with a single child actress playing a robot—that is, something that doesn’t age biologically—Wikipedia provides the answer:
To explain child actress Tiffany Brissette’s aging during the show, Ted gave V.I.C.I. an upgrade in the series’ third season. He aged her face, dressed her in modern clothes, and allowed her to eat and drink. The food passed through her naturally and the drink cooled her internal system.
Of course. Anyway, Small Wonder may not have been funny, but, if you were reading Slate last month, you know it was ahead of its time: Nowadays, robots really are on their way. | <urn:uuid:b4c656d5-bb31-43cb-b8c9-a267af97fdfe> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2011/10/18/big_love_small_wonder_china_doll_robots_on_tv.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279933.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00120-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967987 | 553 | 1.5625 | 2 |
A student at a Brazilian medical clinic accidentally injected coffee into a patient’s IV, a mistake which resulted in the woman’s death. According to Gawker, the nurse in-training allegedly mistook the beverage for the patient’s IV fluid.
Although most people would be quick to apologize and express their deepest regret for making such a terrible mistake, 23-year-old Rejane Moreira Telles took a decidedly different approach to the situation.
“As [the feed and blood drips] were next to each other, anyone can get confused. I injected the coffee and I put it in the wrong place,” the medical student explained during an appearance on a Brazilian TV show.
During the interview, Telles revealed that she had not been properly trained to perform such a procedure. She and two other nurses have been indicted for involuntary manslaughter for their role in the 80-year-old woman’s death.
Horrifically, the victim’s daughter was in the room when the coffee was introduced into her mother’s veins. “I saw my mother was agitated, she opened her mouth, and this youngster put coffee with milk into the vein’s of my mother. Half a glass,” she explained.
What happens when someone injects coffee into your body? According to the New York Daily News, the victim would experience something along the lines of suffocation. In other words, it’s not an easy way to go.
Mistakes made by hospital personnel are a problem all across the globe. The American Association for Justice explains that preventable medical errors are the sixth biggest killer in the United States. In fact, the only thing deadlier than mishaps at the hospital are heart disease, cancer, stroke, chronic lower respiratory disease, and old-fashioned accidents. In 2003 alone, over 181,000 serious injuries were caused by medical mistakes.
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|Name: _________________________||Period: ___________________|
This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Rachel scared of as a child?
(a) Falling off the Earth.
(b) That her father was the devil.
(c) Talking to God.
(d) That she was the devil.
2. Howard tells Melinda that her father originated as what?
(a) A dog.
(b) A worm.
(c) A monkey.
(d) A bird.
3. While in jail, what is Cates surprised by?
(a) His desire to win.
(b) That Drummond gives him a Bible.
(c) The "spectacle" of his trial.
(d) Rachel's devotion to him.
4. Where is Inherit the Wind set?
5. Drummond refers to what as "Brown's product"?
(d) The Bible.
Short Answer Questions
1. Hornbeck asks Elijah if he is a what?
2. What is Howard doing at the beginning of Act One?
3. Drummond believes what type of people never experience confusion?
4. At the prayer meeting, who is visibly upset by Reverend Brown's curses?
5. Why does Davenport accept Bannister for the jury?
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Perspectives in Regional Geological Synthesis
Prepared at the outset of the Decade of North American Geology (DNAG) project, this volume contains the preview statements and/or annotated outlines describing the organization of geological information for the volumes of regional geology in the Geology of North America, which was published as part of the DNAG project.
The Gulf of Mexico Basin
Published:January 01, 1982
The accumulation of abundant geologic and geophysical information about the Gulf of Mexico Basin during the last few decades has contributed significantly to the understanding of the geologic history of this important geologic province—its birth during Late Triassic-Jurassic time, and the subsequent geologic events that have given the basin its present configuration.
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BRDASON has introduced a new welding system to the Ultraseamproduct offering, the Ultraseam Ultrasonic Solar Panel Seam Welder Turnkey System. This semiautomatic manufacturing system was specifically developed to address the needs of solar panel manufacturers. During production, parts to be welded are placed into a fixture aligning the parts with the welding tool. This fixture can accommodate copper tubing and collector panels of varying sizes. Once the cycle is initiated, the ultraseam welder moves downward onto the preassembled panel assembly where precise pressure and ultrasonic energy are applied. The configuration modules are customizable to a maximum of 3 meters, depending on material thickness and hardness.
Ultrasonic metal Welding Machine use ultrasonic frequency vibration principle to change ultrasonic vibration energy into friction energy and transfer to the metal surface to be welded ,while the friction produces heat under the pressure, the metal structure of molecules fully activation of the fusion between the molecular layer of the formation of the new equipment
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Thinking About Getting Into Video Games? Read This First.
It seems that everyone is getting in on the action of video games these days. From children to parents, teachers to students and everyone else in the world: virtual is where it’s at! Learn more about making the most out of your gaming experience with help from the following article.
If you are concerned about the ESRB rating, and you aren’t sure whether you should purchase a game for your family or not, turn to the Internet for help. By combing through user reviews, you should be able to figure out why a game was given a particular rating. You may also discover things that the rating didn’t tell you about, but that will impact your decision.
Buy used. Video games can sometimes be really pricey, sometimes more than 50 bucks. Buying a game at this price only to find out the game is not to your taste can be hard. When you buy the games used, you can save quite a bit.
Invite your friends and family to play a video game you like. You can spend time with them, catch up on old times and play your favorite game. You never know, they may want to buy it for themselves so you can play together from the comfort of your own homes.
Watch the experts. Youtube and other video sites are filled with people showing off their skills in every game imaginable, so take advantage of this resource. Stuck on a particularly challenging level? See exactly what it takes to get past it from someone who has done it before. You might see the very technique or item you need to finally master your game.
Once your child enters middle school, you may give them a little more freedom when it comes to video games. However, it is important to still be aware, particularly when it comes to multiplayer games. Listen to make sure the language is appropriate. If not, take off the option for online play.
Play video games to help you learn. Video games are not only a lot of fun, but they can be quite educational, too. If you or someone you know is having a hard time learning some concept, look for a game that will help teach it. You will be surprised at just how much a video game can teach you.
If you are concerned with anyone in your home doing too much sedentary video gaming time, get them to include more active video gaming hours. Hardware and titles now exist where video gamers can play various sports, dance, practice balance and agility and even strength train. These all make for good activity on rainy or dark days.
While the PS2 isn’t the most revolutionary system, this is a great, inexpensive console to have. The games for this system are less than half what they are for other consoles. Another advantage is the number of previously used games available, due to the fact that they have been around for a decade now.
Get fit with motion-based games. Gaming is no longer a completely sedentary activity, and more and more people are taking advantage of new motion capture technology to physically interact with their games. A whole new genre of fitness games has sprung up, and they are a fun way to incorporate more exercise into your life.
When playing some of the longer games on your console system, make sure to take a break and get away from the screen. Go outside for a few minutes and let your eyes adjust. Stretch your legs. You will start to notice how much better you play the games when you take these short breaks.
If you are looking for video games for your child, make sure that the games are age-appropriate. A lot of video games are designed to be played by adults and may contain content that is too violent for children. Read the description, ratings, and reviews to ensure you will choose wisely.
Be patient if you are waiting for a major title to drop from sixty dollars to twenty. On average, it happens five months after the initial release date. However, some titles have actually lasted above the twenty dollar price point for one to two full years. Know how long you are willing to wait.
Video games aren’t all shooting and killing! Many games today work you out, let you dance, or train your brain. From games for handheld devices to consoles, you can find a great variety of options, which are non-violent. Don’t just write off video games because you think they’re all blood and gore!
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Photo of people waiting to get through security at the 50th anniversary on 8/28/2013 of martin luther kings march on washington. The original march occurred on 8/28/1963. Large crowds came down to the lincoln memorial in washington dc in spite of the rain. Waiting times stretched to two hours for those who came later in the morning. | <urn:uuid:77f2e9d3-82fe-4200-a26a-2da8e66c557d> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photography-security-gate-th-anniversary-photo-people-waiting-to-get-martin-luther-kings-march-washington-image33273542 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719136.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00466-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933132 | 99 | 1.640625 | 2 |
Italian scientists devised a prototype arm inspired by the octopus that may one day lead to minimally-invasive robotic surgery. Like the octopus’ limb, the slender remote-controlled gadget can extend and bend and be either soft or rigid, the goal being to enable surgery in the abdomen and other cramped parts of the body. The arm would be able to slither between soft organs or gently hold them to one side while a miniature tool kit in its tip carries out the operation, the inventors hope.
“The human body represents a highly challenging and non-structured environment, where the capabilities of the octopus can provide several advantages with respect to traditional surgical tools,” explained Tommaso Ranzani of the BioRobotics Institute in Pontedera, central Italy. “Generally, the octopus has no rigid structures and can thus adapt the shape of its body to its environment. “Taking advantage of the lack of rigid skeletal support, the eight highly flexible and long arms can twist, change their length, or bend in any direction at any point along the arm.”
The prototype, designed to prove the concept of flexing and stiffening in man-made materials, is described in a British scientific journal, Bioinspiration and Biomimetics. It comprises a 32-millimetre (1.25-inch) -wide silicon tube with inflatable cylindrical chambers inside. By varying or combining the inflation of the chambers, the tube can be made to bend to up to 255 degrees and stretch to up to 62 percent of its initial length.
To stiffen the tube, the scientists inserted a plastic core filled with light granules. When air is sucked from the core, it becomes rigid, and the tube’s stiffness can be doubled. The arm has been put through its paces, manipulating water-filled balloons to represent body organs in the abdominal cavity. “Traditional surgical tasks often require the use of multiple specialised instruments such as graspers, retracters, vision systems and dissectors to carry out a single procedure,” Ranzani said in a press release. “We believe our device is the first step to creating an instrument that is able to perform all of these tasks, as well as reach remote areas of the body and safely support organs around the target site.”
Several other teams are working on manipulators inspired by octopus limbs, elephant trunks and snakes, including Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). So-called “soft robotics” that are able to flex and stiffen would have an advantage over hard materials in environments that are delicate, complex or unpredictable. Potential uses include disaster and accident relief — providing support for victims in crushed cars or collapsed buildings. | <urn:uuid:e1fc8289-77c5-4b66-b67f-f2cfe0c17a7c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.metalworkingworldmagazine.com/a-prototype-arm-inspired-by-the-octopus/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00270.warc.gz | en | 0.938171 | 567 | 3.53125 | 4 |
Spacewarp is a special kind of roller coaster. It is a track for steel marbles. You can bend and cut carbon in every shape you wish. Thus you can make corkscrews, loopings, funnels and helixes. Building one of the designs or an own crazy track is both possible. You can even create your own obstacles and special effects.
As soon as you have some parts you can connect the ends in alluminium pillars. You can embed elevators in or around the pillars. These elevators bring your marbles higher or to the top of your construction to do another round. Every set contains more elevators.
The corkscrew is one of the most popular marble roller coaster construction, because it is easier to build than for a toy roller coaster. You just need a bended track with some beams for reinforcement.
As soon you could give the marble enough speed to do so, it can do a looping or even a double or triple looping. And if you have a many parts you can expand with more loopings or higher loopings. Test the looping before you put it in the final construction.
A real speciality for marbles is the funnel. Roller coaster cars can´t simply enter any funnel without getting off track. The trick is to enter with the right speed stay as long in the funnel as can. You can even reach one minute of ´funneling´ if you measure well.
The principle of the helix is very similar to the funnel. You can concatenate as many funnels as you can as well as the loopings, but downgoing helixes do not need any speed to enter. Moreover you can build upgoing helixes.
Spacewarp 5000 is a real starter kit. It contains all the base elemts for a marble toy roller coaster. You can assembly the 125 parts in the way you like.
History of Spacewarp
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Oops! There go another two bricks, tumbling out of the IPCC wall of deceit on man-made global warming – there is not a lot left now; even the Berlin Wall (to which the AGW construct is ideologically allied) has survived better. Unhappily for Al, Phil, Michael, George and the rest of the scare-mongers, these two discredited components are among the most totemic in the AGW religion.
Firstly, a new study, funded by Nasa (which may be feeling the need to rehabilitate itself post-Climategate) has revealed that the ridiculous claim in the notorious IPCC 2007 report that up to 40 per cent of the Amazon rainforest could be drastically affected by even a small reduction in rainfall caused by climate change, so that the trees would be replaced by tropical grassland, is utter nonsense. That assertion has already been exposed as derived from a single report by the environmentalist lobby group WWF.
Now Dr Jose Marengo, a climate scientist with the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research and himself a member of the IPCC, says: “The way the WWF report calculated this 40 per cent was totally wrong, while (the new) calculations are by far more reliable and correct.” These calculations were done by researchers at Boston University and were published in the scientific journal Geophysical Research Letters. They used satellite data to study the drought of 2005, when rainfall fell to the lowest in living memory, and found that the rainforest suffered no significant effects.
So, the rainforest scare, like the Himalayan glaciers panic, is garbage. A further encouraging feature of this development is that genuine scientists are increasingly becoming emboldened to challenge the IPCC’s junk science: the Academy is beginning to reassert its integrity. AGW without withered rainforests is Hamlet without the prince. It was one of those emotive claims much invoked by priggish children in the voice-overs of nanny-state “green” commercials, lecturing their elders on the stewardship of the planet.
An even bigger tear-jerker was the plight of polar bears, bolstered by carefully cropped photographs of lonely bears stranded on fast-melting icebergs, doomed to extinction. That is the second brick that has fallen out of the IPCC wall. The official legend is that polar bears are threatened with extinction by global warming. The IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group, which has bought into global warming in a big way, has claimed that, of the 19 sub-populations of polar bears (13 of them in Canada, home to 60 per cent of polar bears), eight are declining, three are stable, one is increasing and there is insufficient data on the remaining seven.
Of the eight allegedly declining populations, two of them, including Baffin Bay, are non-contentious: sceptics concede that the two sub-populations, representing 16.4 per cent of the bear population, are declining – but in both regions the temperatures have actually fallen, so warming is an irrelevant issue. H Sterling Burnett, senior fellow at the National Center for Policy Analysis, has pointed out that in two regions where the population is growing – the Bering Strait and the Chukchi Sea – air temperatures have risen. So polar bears appear to thrive on warming – as scientists claim they did during the Mediaeval Warm Period 1,000 years ago and the Holocene Climate Optimum 5,000-9,000 years ago.
Warmists contest the Chukchi Sea claim, insisting the population there is declining, though they concede illegal hunting by Russians is a factor. Closer reading of their literature, however, reveals some interesting semantics. For example, the Southern Beaufort Sea is listed as an area of decline, on the basis of a fall in cub survival rates and a reduction in the weight and skull size of adult males, which was also observed elsewhere, prior to population decline. So this is a prediction rather than an accomplished fact – just like global warming itself.
The bottom line is the actual statistics, conceded even by warmists: since 1970 the world’s polar bear population has “declined” from 5,000 to 25,000. Some of us would term that a quintupling, but obviously we do not share the same mathematical skills as those who predicted the imminent loss of the Himalayan glaciers. The IPCC and the whole scam it promotes is now irreversibly on the slide. If you have no devastated rainforests and those pesky polar bears keep on doing what polar bears do on cold Arctic nights, you have lost the schoolchildren – and they were almost the last supporters of man-made global warming.
By Gerald Warner
Last updated: March 16th, 2010
Source: The Telegraph
Global warming is a scam:
– Study: CO2 levels remained constant since 1850! (University of Bristol)
– Ron Paul: Global Warming Petition Signed by 31,478 Scientists (Lew Rockwell)
– Global warming alarmists out in cold (Herald Sun)
– Nobody listens to the real climate change experts (Telegraph)
– Climate ‘denial’ is now a mental disorder (Telegraph)
– Japan’s boffins: Global warming isn’t man-made (The Register)
– World is getting colder: It’s the sun, not CO2, that’s to blame (Washington Times)
– Scientists find greenhouse gas hysteria to be myth (World Net Daily)
– 2008 was the year man-made global warming was disproved (Telegraph)
– World might be heading towards Ice Age (Economic Times)
– Climategate: It’s all unravelling now! (Telegraph)
– Climategate: Follow the Money (The Wall Street Journal)
– Climategate scandal claims its first big political scalp (Telegraph)
– Climategate: Googlegate?! (Telegraph)
– Climategate: The great climate change science scandal (The Times)
– Climategate Scandal: The Whitewash Begins (Telegraph)
Follow the money and the New World Order:
So global warming is really about the elite finding more ways to take away your freedom and your money!
In the news:
Nature knows exactly how to deal with CO2:
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Learning to Write: An Impossible Chore. The Authors Collection.
June 24, 2013
Learning, as we’ve been brought up to understand it, is actually the act of acquisition of information, a process that stuffs the individual with data, occasionally requiring the student to work with that data: summarize it, apply it, analyze it, or memorize it. That is learning according to the established methodology that took over when mentoring was replaced by institutional education. I’m not trying to beg a point or stir the hive merely to create a ruckus. I am interested in presenting a notion for you to ponder: no accomplished artist ever learned their art using the model for learning that we’ve all been taught to believe is how we learn. As an artist, you can save yourself a great deal of time if you come to that realization quickly.
The learning that fosters advancement in the arts is what I’d call intuitive learning. Its signature song is curiosity. If you’re a writer, questions like—What’s basically going to happen in this story? What is the protagonist going to experience overall? What kind of person would the protagonist have to be to find themselves in that experience?—might begin the process. You have to put the word out to the universe, and I don’t mean that as a figure of speech. Whether you are aware of the vast interconnectedness that is our universe and beyond, or not, you will employ it anyway, because you have no choice in the matter. That is just the way things work. To find this out, rather than take someone’s word for it, try it. Put the word out, through your mind—a general statement of a story you want to tell— and let it start to brew. Notice how it begins to suck story to it, growing like cotton candy on that paper cone. See for yourself how art truly comes to life. Start it long before you finish the book you’re working on presently. Give it time to whirl.
The second predilection (not skill) needed to cozy up to the intuitive is an observant nature. Artists must hone their abilities to pay attention, not just to the world around them, but most specifically to what is going on inside them as they look, hear, imagine, review, live, and relive the lives that are their own. Here’s how Aldous Huxley says it:
“Experience is not a matter of having actually swum the Hellespont, or danced with the dervishes, or slept in a doss house. It is a matter of sensibility and intuition, of seeing and hearing the significant things, of paying attention at the right moments, of understanding and coordinating.”
Learn to look and look deeply, and you will begin to see things that you’ve never seen before.
And finally we come to the crux of the matter, that which ultimately separates artists into good and great. You must find you own stash of courage, the part of you that will look. We’re talking looking here, not just watching. Watching falls into the category – spectator. Looking is more akin to digging to the bottom of your photo album box, seeking to know if that was love in his eyes all those years ago, or if it’s all been a lie. It is letting yourself relive a moment of triumph, not to rerun it like last year’s TV Soaps, but to see what triumph tastes and feels like or …see, if indeed, it was triumph at all. Guts are what great artists have in spades. And though their lives may at times be in shambles, where their art is concerned, there they will always rise up to the truth, even if only to fall again. For that is the sacred vow we take as artists: to bring the truth, to deliver authenticity, to commit to integrity.
In any of that did you see the need to memorize? Could anyone put that together with an outline and still keep the flame of discovery alive? Or do we have to lay it out on a table like a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle and let the universe, through the innate and mysterious force of intuition, create the book using us as the story gatherer, the initial question-asker, the insatiable sentient who will be paid off in the end with unexpected insight into the arcane nature of her own lives and that of the universe as well.
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Water, water everywhere…but not a drop to drink.
For several months, headlines about Flint, Michigan have documented a failure of government that is truly unforgivable. Whatever one’s preferred ideology about the proper size or function of government, only the most extreme libertarians or anarchists would argue that government has no responsibility to provide and maintain essential infrastructure.
In the wake of these disclosures, there has been public outrage and condemnation leveled at Michigan Governor Snyder and his administration. That condemnation is deserved. The outrage has reflected a belief that the actions of the administration were “beyond the pale,” that they were a rare and unacceptable deviation from the most basic duties of governance.
Megan Davies, North Carolina’s chief epidemiologist, resigned this week in the latest bit of drama over drinking water safety — drama that involves the state’s biggest utility and the administration of Republican Gov. Pat McCrory. Davies, who accused state officials of deliberately misleading residents, gives up her post of seven years and an $188,000 annual salary.
The story begins in 2014, when a Duke Energy power plant spilled 40,000 tons of toxic coal ash and 27 million gallons of wastewater into the Dan River. The ash is a byproduct of burning coal, and it’s harmful to people and ecosystems, containing silica, mercury, cadmium, and arsenic.
When the spill occurred, the state told residents that their well water was unsafe, and Duke Energy provided bottled water to those affected. When the state lifted that order, telling those in the area that the water was now safe to drink, a number of scientists working for the state criticized that move, insisting that the water was still unsafe. Davies has now resigned in protest.
There is still no order from the state requiring Duke Energy to clean up the coal ash deposits. This is corruption and it is potentially costing many lives and damaging the environment enormously.
For those of us who live in the Hoosier state, there’s similarly disquieting news closer to home. Think Progress recently reported that “An Indiana City is Poised to Become the Next Flint.”
In East Chicago, the problem is lead contamination in the soil.
Some environmental law experts say the national attention on Flint may have finally ignited action in East Chicago, where residents like Daniels finally learned the scope of the issues with their soil just two weeks ago. The EPA office responsible for East Chicago, Region 5, is the same one that oversaw Flint, Michigan’s contaminated water system.
But these are hardly the only communities with long-ignored contamination tucked into low-income neighborhoods.
The unfolding health emergency in East Chicago is a window into a larger environmental justice crisis playing out in neighborhoods across the country. And the historically minority, lower-income residents of the Calumet neighborhood will suffer the consequences.
Children exposed to lead at a young age can be left with severe brain damage, resulting in irreversible mental disorders, seizures, behavioral disorders like ADHD, and stunted educational growth.
These disclosures join a number of other signs that governments–especially at the state level–are not discharging their most basic responsibilities. In Indiana, unsafe bridges have also made the news. Nationally, Congress has yet to authorize funds for needed upgrades to the electrical grid. The neglected infrastructure list goes on.
A country that cannot maintain its infrastructure is a third-world country.
I can’t help thinking that this is what happens when a society’s dominant discourse constantly characterizes government as unnecessary, inept and corrupt. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. When “good enough for government work” attitudes demean public service, government stops attracting the “best and brightest,” the people who want to serve, to make their communities better; instead, it becomes a refuge for second-raters seeking power or influence.
When I worked for the City of Indianapolis in the late 1970s, I was constantly impressed by the number of administration officials and municipal employees who cared deeply about doing a good job, who worked extra hours and took pride in improving their city.
At some point, when “government work” became a sneer, a lot of those civic-minded people left.
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After yesterday’s post, I noticed this article – trying to tell Christians that they’ve done the wrong thing… or something.
Here are the reasons one “Carol Howard Merritt” has.
Christians should always uphold human rights. Jesus taught us a great deal when he healed the woman who had been bleeding. He taught us that women who demand healing ought to find that cure. Jesus restored her to health, even though the established religion deemed that she was unclean. Jesus ignored the men in charge, and he listened to the woman in suffering.
So far, so good.
That medical condition would now be treated with contraception. Birth Control is considered a basic human right, according to the United Nations. It’s important for the health of women. It keeps women and children out of poverty.
1. Christians should uphold human rights.
2. Human rights are defined by the UN.
Therefore, we conclude:
3. The UN is the body that decides which rights a Christian should support.
Wait, that seems wrong somehow. Wasn’t the Bible supposed to be in there somewhere?
But that raises a serious concern: how did Christians know what to do before the UN came along? Maybe they had some sort of system of deciding right and wrong before the UN? It’s possible people!
The fact that a corporation would want to deny (yes, I said deny. If you’re making a Hobby Lobby clerk’s salary, it’s very difficult to pay for contraception without insurance coverage) a woman’s basic human right is disgraceful. People of faith should care about the dignity of all humans–particularly those who cannot afford to have children. We should always be willing to walk in the footsteps of Jesus, and see to the dignity, worth, and healing of women, even when the established religious power says that she should be denied.
Jesus healed a woman, so how dare you deny a woman earning well above minimum wage (seriously, google it) the right to have their employer pay for 4 out of 20 mandated birth control methods.
Christians should encourage life-saving science and medicine.
Paging Dr Obvious.
It has been frustrating to watch people say that contraception is an “abortifacient” when the medical and scientific community has said that it is not.
Wait, what? One second we’re talking about life-saving medicine, next we’re abusing people for avoiding something that they think kills.
Anyway, having done a bit of reading, it is entirely possible that she’s right on this point – is may well be that at least one of the 4 disputed methods does not work by preventing implantation.
If so, yay! There is no ethical concern here. All we have is a failure to communicate the science properly. That’s a pity.
But on the other, if some of them do in fact prevent implantation then they are considered by Christian ethicists to be abortifacients. In other words, talking about what science has proven misses the point that this is a debate about the ethics.
Here’s a silly analogy. Let’s say Jim refuses to ride in John’s car, because it’s a Honda and Jim believes all Hondas are diesel and he refuses to ride in diesel cars. Now, Jim is wrong about the facts – John’s honda uses petrol. But that mistaken believe about the facts says nothing either way about Jim’s decision to avoid diesel cars.
A religious person’s belief should not trump the facts and take away basic medical care for women, even if it’s sincerely held. Plus, we really should have a faith that is strong enough to endure an eighth grade sex education class.
Here we have a couple of non sequiturs.
- As just demonstrated, there are no “facts” to “trump”. If in fact these methods do not prevent implantation there is no ethical objection.
- The contention that contraception is “basic medical care for women” has not been established in even a cursory way.
Given these issues, it’s hard to analyse the first sentence any further.
Finally for this section, she engages in a childish jab about sex education classes. I have no idea where that even came from.
Christians should care about the environment. One of the very first commands in Genesis was when God told us to care for creation. We were to be stewards of the fish, birds, cattle, wild animals, and every creeping thing.
Again, so far so good. Oh, outside of the whole “fall” thing where a very long-term slide into destruction started, ending in God eventually re-creating the whole thing sometime in the future.
In the United States, we use more resources than people in other parts of the world, and we are causing our destruction. Wars are being fought over petroleum. We frack the ground God gave us because we’re hungry for more fuel. Tension is growing over water rights. Because of our overuse of resources, overpopulation can cause us to defy one of God’s first instructions to us. Allowing for birth control helps us care for creation.
So essentially she’s trying to:
a) make the claim that overpopulation is a real thing
b) make the claim that Christians should be doing something about that and
c) make the claim that birth control is the “something” that should be done.
Quite outside the fact she hasn’t proven that any of those things are valid, this case isn’t about whether a woman can buy birth control. It’s about whether an employer has to pay for a method their beliefs say is unethical.
So… yea, a long bow being drawn there.
Christians believe that women and men are made in the image of God.
Again, start with the statement that no one disagrees with.
People are made in the image of God, not corporations.
Two true statements in a row! We’re on a roll people!
Because of that basic theological understanding, we know that corporations should not be considered over individuals. One of the guiding principles of the Supreme Court’s decision is one of “corporate personhood.” Corporations have corrupted our political process as they have given more power and because they have more money than individual people. We have watched as poor and working class people have lost their voice to the will of corporations. Our economy strains with the increased disparity between the rich and poor. Our country is watching that gap become deep and wide with the related disparities in our quality of education.
So to sum up, Corporations are Evil (TM). They’re run by faceless shareholders… oh wait, this decision covers closely-held corporations, where the company is the personal property of a very small number of individuals.
Now, we give corporations even more power, through allowing the greatest stakeholders the right to withhold medical care to women.
Frustrating how the Christian ethic of “not lying” never seems to occur to this author. No such rights have been given, a very limited ethical objection has been respected.
Jesus said that we should always be looking after “the least of these.” Through giving corporations more power, we are taking away a woman’s human rights and we are ensuring more poverty among women and children.
Yet again, an assertion completely unsupported by any of the facts here. Let alone the idea that small families are better, which isn’t something I see supported in scripture – in fact quite the opposite (Psalm 127).
As a Christian, I am profoundly upset by the Supreme Courts’ decision. And I hope that other men and women of faith might stand with individuals, who are made in the image of God, and who have the right to access the medical care they need.
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The divergences between Milton and Johnson are well documented. Johnson, who extensively wrote on Milton, is often described as an antagonist to the author of Paradise Lost. He certainly disapproved of Milton's anti-monarchist stance which had led the poet to justify the execution of Charles I and to become directly involved with the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell. In his writings on Milton, Johnson challenged the poet's perceived political idealism, highlighting his quest for status and financial security. Writing at the end of the 1770s, Johnson particularly feared the appropriation of Milton's writing for revolutionaly purposes and sought to revise Milton's image as chamption of civil liberties.
A well-reserched and interesting book on the topic is Johnson's Milton by Christine Rees, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
According to Walter Jackson Bate, author of Samuel Johnson, Johnson, an Anglican, disliked Milton's Puritanism. Bate writes that Johnson included in his Life of Milton "a vein of antagonism... to Milton the man as there is to Puritanism in general" (Bate, page 537). Johnson believed that Puritans like Milton were rigid and, in Bate's words, capable of "self-deception" (Bate, page 537). Johnson found Puritanism too moralistic and inflexible.
In addition, Johnson disliked Milton's political ideas, which he referred to as "surly republicanism." Johnson was a Tory, which was the more conservative political party in England at the time (though he abhorred slavery and was in some ways liberal). In contrast, Milton was a civil servant under Oliver Cromwell, who was the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England after King Charles I was executed. Johnson took issue with Milton's tendency to "level down" rather than to "level up," meaning that Johnson felt that Milton brought the elites down to the level of lower classes rather than bringing the lower classes up to the level of their social betters. Johnson believed in an hierarchical society and disliked Milton's tendencies towards "leveling," or erasing societal distinctions.
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Distance from Guayama to Santa Isabel Municipio
Distance from Guayama to Santa Isabel Municipio is 31 kilometers. This air travel distance is equal to 19 miles.
The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between Guayama and Santa Isabel Municipio is 31 km= 19 miles.
If you travel with an airplane (which has average speed of 560 miles) from Guayama to Santa Isabel Municipio, It takes 0.03 hours to arrive.
Guayama is located in Puerto Rico.
|GPS Coordinates (DMS)||17° 59´ 2.8680'' N |
66° 6´ 49.6080'' W
Guayama Distances to Cities
|Distance from Guayama to Rio Grande||50 km|
|Distance from Guayama to Patillas||11 km|
|Distance from Guayama to Lares||88 km|
|Distance from Guayama to Salinas||16 km|
|Distance from Guayama to San Juan||53 km|
Santa Isabel Municipio
Santa Isabel Municipio is located in Puerto Rico.
|GPS Coordinates||17° 57´ 57.8880'' N |
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People are what matter; everything else is window dressing.
Language Integrated Query (LINQ) is an integrated query language. LINQ basically permits you to write SQL-like queries against objects, data, and more. Instead of learning XPath or XQuery for XML, SQL for SQL Server databases, LDAP for Active Directory, and writing raw C# or Visual Basic .NET code for objects, you can learn LINQ and use LINQ to query your data—no matter where the data originates.
LINQ provides the interface IQueryProvider. By implementing IQueryProvider, you can write code that converts LINQ queries to the query language your source needs, such as LINQ to SQL. Because of its built-in extensibility, LINQ will continue to be extended into new places, such as Active Directory LDAP. In fact, this built-in extensibility is behind the subject of this article, LINQ to XML for Objects (generally referred to as LINQ to XSD).
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Until recently, the CQC also included research groups at the University of Cambridge, but now the Cambridge groups operate as an independent entity called the Cambridge Centre for Quantum Information and Foundations (CQIF).
The CQC conducts theoretical and experimental research into quantum computing, quantum cryptography and other forms of quantum information processing, into the implications of the quantum theory of information for physics itself, and into foundational and conceptual questions in quantum theory and quantum information theory.
- Atom-photon physics, group led by Axel Kuhn.
- Ion trapping, group led by Andrew Steane and David Lucas.
- Nuclear magnetic resonance, group led by Jonathan A. Jones.
- Quantum spin dynamics, group led by Arzhang Ardavan and John Morton (group spans physics and materials).
- Quantum theory, group led by Dieter Jaksch.
- Ultracold quantum matter, group led by Christopher Foot.
- Ultrafast quantum optics, group led by Ian Walmsley.
- Photonic nanomaterials, group led by Jason Smith.
- Quantum and nanotechnology theory, group led by Simon Benjamin.
- Quantum spin dynamics, group led by John Morton and Arzhang Ardavan (group spans physics and materials).
- Mathematical physics, group led by Artur Ekert.
The centre has its origins in the early 1980s when the computer industry began to worry about the limits of computing. In 1981, Oxford physicist David Deutsch attended a party in Texas given by the famous American physicist John Wheeler who had invited a number of scientists interested in the foundations of computing. It was at this party that Deutsch gained the crucial insight that would lead to an entirely new branch of physics. At the time, computer scientists were turning to Newtonian physics to try to resolve certain fundamental puzzles in the field. But during a conversation at Wheeler's party, Deutsch realised that this was the wrong approach. Physics is fundamentally governed by quantum theory, and Deutsch could see immediately that using quantum theory instead of Newtonian physics would give a different result. As a consequence of this insight, Deutsch published the paper in 1985 that is now generally regarded as a classic in the field. The paper describes how a computer might run using quantum mechanics and why such a computer is fundamentally different from ordinary computers.
In 1987, Artur Ekert arrived at Oxford to work on a DPhil in physics, where he met Deutsch. Whilst working at Oxford, Ekert developed a theory of cryptography based on quantum entanglement. A chance meeting on the ski slopes of the Alps with John Rarity, a scientist at DRA (then the UK's main military research organisation), led to a collaboration in which Ekert's scheme was tested experimentally in the early 1990s. After finishing his DPhil, Ekert gained a junior research fellowship from Merton and took on his first DPhil student. With Deutsch, this created a small team that within a year had acquired the title of the Quantum Computation and Cryptography Group.
A breakthrough in 1994 by Peter Shor, a researcher at the labs of the American telecommunications giant AT&T, boosted the entire field of quantum information. Shor showed that Deutch's quantum computer could actually solve an important problem that an ordinary computer would find impossible. For the first time, it became clear that quantum computers were far from unimportant curiosities. After Shor's announcement, quantum information became increasingly popular with Oxford. In 1995, Andrew Steane began an experimental effort to study how quantum computers might be built from ionised atoms trapped by laser beams. In 1996, Jonathan Jones started a group working on a quantum computer based on the same techniques used in magnetic resonance imaging in medicine. And two years later, Dirk Bouwmeester arrived from Geneva to begin an experimental group working out how the quantum world could also revolutionise communication. The group changed its name to the Centre for Quantum Computation.
When Artur Ekert moved to Cambridge to become the first Leigh Trapnell Professor of Quantum Physics in 2002, the Cambridge Centre for Quantum Computation was created. It continued under this name until 2010, when the existing research group was joined by Richard Jozsa, and the centre was renamed the Cambridge Centre for Quantum Information and Foundations (CQIF), reflecting the broad range of its research activities. The Cambridge CQIF is based at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP), within the Centre for Mathematical Sciences. The Cambridge CQC's permanent faculty were Artur Ekert, Leigh Trapnell Professor of Quantum Physics at Cambridge from 2002 to 2007, and Adrian Kent, currently Reader in Quantum Physics at Cambridge. The Cambridge CQIF's permanent faculty are Richard Jozsa, Leigh Trapnell Professor from 2010, and Adrian Kent.
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CareSource will provide health insurance in 2018 to Paulding County, Ohio, the last county in the United States at risk of going uncovered on the Affordable Care Act’s insurance exchanges, the AP reported Thursday. Earlier this year more than 40 mostly rural counties risked lacking a provider when sign-ups begin in November, though they have since found coverage. Insurers have been pulling out of the exchanges after struggling with heavy losses and failing to attract young, healthy people to the program. The future of the program is also uncertain, since President Trump has repeatedly threatened to end government payments that help cover cost-sharing reductions for customers with modest incomes.
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This is an open letter to William D. Ruckelshaus, Lee M. Thomas, William K. Reilly and Christine Todd Whitman. You, the former directors of the EPA who were appointed by Republican presidents, recently wrote an op-ed in the New York Times titled, A Republican Case for Climate Action. In this opinion piece, the four of you write of your conviction that action can no longer be delayed on the climate, and that the only reason we don’t have a chance to pass a carbon tax is because of partisan gridlock. With all due respect to your years of service to our nation, I wish to remind you all of one inconvenient truth: you are political appointees. You are experts in neither science nor economics – your only expertise is in the political arena.
Your opinions, therefore, are formed neither in a scientific nor an economic framework. Let me be blunt: not one of you has ever actually pursued any rigorous scientific or economic course of academic study. Your educational backgrounds are wholly unrelated to the relevant fields when discussing climate science and carbon taxing schemes.
In your NYT op-ed, you write,
There is no longer any credible scientific debate about the basic facts: our world continues to warm, with the last decade the hottest in modern records, and the deep ocean warming faster than the earth’s atmosphere. Sea level is rising. Arctic Sea ice is melting years faster than projected.
The costs of inaction are undeniable. The lines of scientific evidence grow only stronger and more numerous. And the window of time remaining to act is growing smaller: delay could mean that warming becomes “locked in.”
A market-based approach, like a carbon tax, would be the best path to reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, but that is unachievable in the current political gridlock in Washington. Dealing with this political reality, President Obama’s June climate action plan lays out achievable actions that would deliver real progress. He will use his executive powers to require reductions in the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by the nation’s power plants and spur increased investment in clean energy technology, which is inarguably the path we must follow to ensure a strong economy along with a livable climate.
Given your lack of background in the rigors of scientific study, it is inconceivable that the four of you can claim any knowledge of what debate exists in the scientific community. There is strong evidence that the warming trend to which you refer either has stopped or was, at least in part, manufactured by prominent scientists who earn enormous federal grants to come up with data supporting the theory of anthropogenic global warming.
Your claims that sea levels are rising and Arctic sea ice is “melting years faster than projected” are so full of holes that it causes one to wonder if you’ve ever read a peer-reviewed scientific study. And calling a new tax on energy a “market-based approach” ignores the enormous effects on our economy such a scheme would cause.
Conservatives do not oppose carbon taxes because they are anti-science or do not care about the environment. Quite the contrary, in fact. Conservatives oppose carbon taxes for two very strong reasons that you would do well not to dismiss so blithely:
1. Any carbon tax would have a far-reaching and compounding negative impact on our economy, and is regressive in nature – carbon taxes disproportionately hurt the poor in a wide variety of ways; and
2. The science, despite what Al Gore may have told you, is far from conclusive. Consensus is irrelevant to the scientific process. The scientific process, when properly utilized, fits a theory to the facts as observed – NOT the other way around.
In closing, you all would do well to listen to all the voices in your party, as well as all the voices in the fields of science and economics, before casting judgment on Conservatives who oppose such an economically inhumane policy.
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Fetal Stem Cell Research
By Peter McCauley, M.S., J.D. candidate
The Bush Administration is
currently grappling with the issue of federal funding for fetal stem cell
research. Many feel that fetal stem cell research will lead to major advances
in the treatment of diseases such as Parkinson's disease, congenital diabetes,
Alzheimer's disease, and spinal cord injuries. Further, it is strongly
supported by influential Hollywood celebrities such as Michael J. Fox and
By way of background, a stem cell is a cell produced in the normal course of human development that has the capacity to develop into a variety of different tissues. See http://www.nih.gov/news/stemcell/primer.html. Stem cells are classified by their differentiating capacity. Totipotent cells, e.g., the fertilized egg, can develop into any type of tissue. Pluripotent cells, e.g., certain zygote cells that appear at about four days, called the inner cell mass, can give rise to most tissues in the body. Finally, multipotent stem cells can give rise to a specific group of cells, e.g., blood cells. While totipotent and pluripotent cells are found in the developing fetus only, adults and children have multipotent stem cells that allow them to regenerate cells and tissues which have a limited lifespan, such as the blood cells. Often, when a stem cell divides, it produces another stem cell and a more specialized cell, thus allowing for continuous regeneration of the tissue.
The matter in controversy is the source of pluripotent stem cells, which are isolated from aborted fetuses and embryos in storage in fertility clinics that are no longer needed by the donors. Isolation of the stem cells cannot be done without destroying the embryo. Some abortion foes, including Senator Sam Brownback (R-Kan.), feel that this is unethical research, citing the destruction of human life in the process of isolating stem cells. On the other hand, almost all abortion supporters, and even some who oppose abortion, support fetal stem cell research, including Senators Hatch (R-Utah) and Thurmond (R-S.C.). See http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/19/health/19RESE.html. Senator Hatch stated that a frozen embryo is not equivalent to a developing fetus in the womb.
While there is no significant movement to ban fetal stem cell research in the private sector, the use of federal funds to support fetal stem cell research is a different matter. In fact, Congress banned federal funding for fetal stem cell research in an amendment attached to a 1996 Labor Health and Human Services bill. The law has not been overturned, but in 1999, the Clinton Administration eased the ban by funding the research if the extraction of the cells was done with private funds.
In the final months of the Clinton Administration, the National Institutes for Health published a set of guidelines for federally funded stem cell research. See http://www.nih.gov/news/stemcell/stemcellguidelines.html. Some highlights from the guidelines include: the stem cells can only be obtained from aborted fetuses and embryos whose primary purpose was in fertility treatments, not those that were created for research purposes; cloning is banned; the donors must be given full informed consent, including waiving their intellectual property rights or rights to future commercial profits; all research must comply with federal statutes on fetal tissue research and informed consent (see 42 U.S.C. § 289g-1, -2(b)); donors cannot receive compensation except for their actual expenses; and fertility specialists cannot have any financial relationship with stem cell researchers and the same person must not be both.
President Bush, in conjunction with Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson, is considering the fate of these guidelines. Federally funded stem cell research appears to be a matter of great division within the Administration, with Thompson supporting the research, and key political advisor Karl Rove advising President Bush against it. At issue is whether President Bush will alienate the religious right, especially Catholics, if he supports federal funding. If he refuses funding, he risks alienating his centrist support. See http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/Daily_News/Stem_Cells010626.html. President Bush seems to be seeking a compromise, leaning toward a plan that would allow research on fetal stem cells that had already been extracted. It would allow the researchers to continue the work for a limited time, at which time the benefits of the research would be weighed. Id. Bush has said:" I oppose federal funding for stem cell research that involves destroying human life." See http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/22/science/22BUSH.html. A final decision is expected by the end of July.
Considering the moral controversy that surrounds fetal stem cell research, one might wonder if there are scientific alternatives that are less problematic. In fact, several alternatives have shown promise, and are cited by opponents of the research as evidence that fetal cell transplants are not scientifically necessary.
One source of stem cells is the umbilical cord at birth. This source is not controversial because the cord is regarded as medical waste. One study used cord blood to reconstitute leukemia patient's blood cells following chemotherapy. See http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_2224.html. The results were promising.
A second technique, called autologous donation, is now the most common form of stem cell transplantation. See Lennard and Jackson, Stem Cell Transplantation, 321 BMJ 433 (2001). It is used frequently with leukemia patients. Prior to chemotherapy, stem cells from a patient are isolated and tested to ensure that they are free of cancer, and following complete destruction of the bone marrow, the stem cells are re-injected back into the patient in order to reconstitute their blood cells.
Another technique, pioneered by the scientists who cloned the sheep Dolly, is more spectacular. In this technique, regular adult cells are converted into stem cells. In an unpublished experiment, PPL Therapeutics took normal skin cells and converted them into stem cells, which can then differentiate to a variety of cell types. See http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,42093,00.html. In another experiment, Italian researchers showed that nerve stem cells can, in the right environment, produce muscle cells. See Galli et al., Skeletal Myogenic Potential of Human and Mouse Neural Stem Cells, 3 Nature Neuroscience 986 (2000). Thus, adult cells seem to be more flexible than previously thought.
In general, bone marrow stem cells in adults seem to have the ability to become almost any cell type. See http://www.unisci.com/stories/20012/0504011.html. They can be used to regenerate liver and lung tissue, repair damaged heart tissue, and possibly cure incontinence. See http://www.cmbi.bjmu.edu.cn/news/0104/11.html. Other strategies include isolating stem cells from fat in an individual for use in regenerating other tissue. See http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/010423/fat.html.
Another strategy is to create an engineered cell line that can be maintained indefinitely. See http://www.unisci.com/stories/20011/010811.html.The cell line is originally isolated from an embryo, but once isolated, no subsequent fetal tissue is needed, as the line is propagated indefinitely in culture.
Strangely enough, stem cells were even isolated from the brains of human cadavers, after the addition of growth factors to the isolated tissue. See Cell Culture: Progenitor Cells from Human Brain after Death, 411 Nature 42 (2001). The isolated cells were able to differentiate into all the lines of nerve cells found in the brain.
While everyone agrees that stem cell research has great potential, everything has not gone as smoothly as expected. A major study published in the March 7, 2001 New England Journal of Medicine used fetal stem cell transplants to treat Parkinson's disease. See Transplantation of Embryonic Dopamine Neurons for Severe Parkinson's Disease, 344 NEJM 710 (2001). What the researchers found is that younger patients benefited somewhat from the transplants, but older patients did not. Disturbingly, after the first year, some 15% of patients developed substantial involuntary movements and had uncoordinated motor skills that could not be alleviated by modulating traditional medications. This was a sobering result.
To add fuel to the fire that is currently raging on this issue, a new development has been the revelation that some fertility clinics and biotechnology companies have used techniques that are in direct violation of the NIH guidelines on fetal stem cell research. The Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine in Norfolk, Va., using private funding, has created embryos explicitly for the purpose of harvesting stem cells. See http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/11/health/genetics/11cell.html. Twelve female egg donors received $1,500 each, and two male sperm donors received $50 each. The scientists obtained 162 eggs, which were fertilized to make 110 viable embryos. Of this group, 50 embryos grew to a solid mass of cells called a blastocyst. Stem cells were obtained from 18 blastocysts. Of this group, 3 were chosen for stem cell lines, which can be propagated in culture indefinitely.
Comments from opponents include such adjectives as "unconscionable" and "ghoulish," and even supporters of stem cell research worry about a backlash against traditional stem cell research. Even some abortion supporters feel that embryos are not the same as just "tissue" and should receive some consideration. At the present time, there are no federal statutes that would limit this activity, but it will be scrutinized as Congress debates the stem cell research issue.
A second development, even more radical and also in violation of the NIH Guidelines, is that Advanced Cell Technology of Worchester, Ma. has announced that it is in the process of conducting experiments in which adult humans are cloned for the purpose of extracting stem cells. See http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/13/health/genetics/13cell.html. The company said that it would go to great lengths to ensure that the embryos are not implanted into a woman's womb, which is good because that would be human cloning. Rather than using the term embryo, the company prefers to use the term "activated egg".
The company will clone using the same technique that the scientists of PPL Therapeutics used to clone Dolly the sheep. The way this technique works is that a woman donates eggs, receiving a fee of between $3,000 and $5,000. The nucleus of the egg is removed, and replaced with the nucleus from a donor's skin cell. The egg is then grown in culture to the blastocyst stage, at which time the stem cells are harvested, and the embryo is destroyed.
The advantage of this type of research over traditional stem cell research is that this technique would allow the cells grown to be an exact match of the donor's cells. Thus there would be no concern of an immune reaction in the recipient because of the presence of foreign fetal cells. So, for example, in theory it would be possible to use this technique to grow and implant cells for a patient having substantial cell death, as in Parkinson's or spinal cord injuries, without having to worry about using anti-rejection drugs and immunosuppressives.
I think that these two new developments underscore the need for the federal government to get involved with regulating these types of experiments, regardless of whether these companies are receiving federal funding. There needs to be some oversight. I worry that each new experiment, while appearing to be just a small deviation from accepted science, is pushing the threshold inexorably forward. As Senator Brownback (R.-Kan.) said, "Our technology is ahead of our thinking as a country. I have been saying for some time that this is where we are headed, but we are getting here faster than I thought." We seem to be moving down the slippery slope without any prior public discussion as to whether this research should be allowed, never mind receive federal funding. These companies claim that they have bioethics panels, but then sometimes fail to identify who the panelists are and what their approval process entails. This science should not proceed without a framework or understanding the ethical implications of this research, and a respect for the sanctity of life.
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This series, mostly humorous, yet epic in proportions, chronicles the city of Split in turbulent times between 1910 and 1947. Although the story has numerous subplots and dozens of ... See full summary »
The film does not portray actual historical persons. The Ratkaj family lived in Miljana Mansion until 1793. From 1890 to 1980, the mansion was owned by the Jaeger family, and so was in the time when the plot of the series takes places (1930s and 1940s). Furthermore, the original black and white facade of the mansion was restored to its present condition in the early 1980s. It had a different design throughout the 20th century. See more »
A show tells a story about the rise and fall of a wealthy family in Croatia during the XX century.Ratkajevi family owned a factory and they were famous because of its strong influence on Croatian history!because communist and ustasas(croatian nazist) had become increasingly popular during the 1940s,members of a family became state enemies and lost their power and control over the state.Main characters are from family Ratkaj but there are also some minor actors that are being involved in their life.The story is very complicated and it needs to have some image about Croatian history!The show became immense popular and raise a debate between historians and cause a minor controversy in Croatia.The characters are truly interesting,actors are very good,has a great script,amazing plot...i recommend it to everyone who loves this sort of drama!
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Tracking your hardware, software, and virtual IT assets can be challenging without a proper system. Manually handling IT assets is time-consuming, costly, and prone to errors.
To make things easier, you can use an IT asset management (ITAM) tool to do the job for you. ITAM tools give you more accurate results, save time, and help you manage your IT assets more efficiently.
In this article, we’ll cover all you need to know about IT asset management, including:
- What is IT asset management (ITAM)?
- Why is IT asset management important?
- How does IT asset management work?
- How to use IT asset management tools.
What is IT asset management (ITAM)?
IT asset management (ITAM) is a broad term covering the lifecycle management of all IT assets of a company, including the tactical and strategic decision-making related to managing those assets.
But what are IT assets, and what do they include?
An IT asset is any company-owned hardware, software, network, or information used to complete day-to-day business processes and activities.
- Infrastructure hardware: All network devices, servers, and data centers that your company owns and uses.
- In-house developed software: The software that your employees develop and use daily.
- Software licenses: Software developed by a third party for which your company purchases a license for a certain period.
- Company-owned devices: These are all of your company-purchased and -owned devices, including laptops, computers, tablets, phones, monitors, and printers.
- Lease agreements for facilities and infrastructure: If your company has lease agreements to use a facility or infrastructure owned by a third party, that’s also considered an asset.
- Digital data: These data are photos, videos, and other business-related information stored on company-owned devices.
What is an ITAM database?
An ITAM database is a data repository you collect to help answer questions about your IT assets. In addition to tracking your IT assets, this database also stores and tracks detailed information about each asset, like contractual, financial, and physical data.
The information stored in the database assists with:
- Insurance and warranties
You might use a dedicated ITAM database, but it can also overlap with a configuration management database (CMDB) or content management system (CMS) tools.
3 types of IT asset management
IT asset management can be broken down into three specific categories:
IT asset management
IT asset management (ITAM) is a subset of the IT Service Management (ITSM) System and includes the proper management of all financial, contractual, and inventory functions of the IT assets—hardware and software—and regulates the overall IT environment factors.
Digital asset management
This category manages all intellectual property stored on company-owned devices in electronic media form and other business-related information produced by the company.
Software asset management and license management
Software asset management (SAM) is a type of ITAM concerned with the management, control, and cybersecurity of company-produced software and the purchased licenses for third-party software.
This way, the company ensures no compliance conflicts and violations, and all license payments are processed correctly and on time.
Today, it’s more common to use SaaS management software to manage your software licenses rather than an ITAM tool.
Why is IT asset management important?
If you do a quick Google search, you’ll find that manual asset tracking using spreadsheets is still the industry standard today. But using Excel spreadsheets can lead to many inaccuracies, unreliability, and lost information. According to Forbes, 90% of spreadsheets contain errors.
Managing all your IT assets like hardware, software, and company networks can quickly become overwhelming. Without a proper ITAM system in place, it’s tough to track your on-premises and cloud IT inventory if you manage a huge enterprise with many departments, networks, and big IT inventories in different locations.
Companies that use ITAM save about 30% of their IT budget through optimization.
Let’s see what other benefits a fully-functioning ITAM system can bring you.
1. Informed purchasing decisions
With an IT asset management solution, you align hardware and software to better understand what assets are purchased and how many of them are used effectively. This alignment, in turn, helps you make better purchasing decisions in the future.
You can also track the quality of the product/service you’re using, the post-sale support, and other essential factors.
2. Business continuity
Natural disasters and other unforeseen events can crash your systems and cause data loss. Hence, IT asset management is essential for an IT infrastructure library’s (ITIL) processes.
With a proper ITAM, you can identify the potential problems such events might cause and be better prepared to recover and restore your services faster.
3. Enhanced IT security
ITAM software shows you which of your employees have access to what information.
You can use the software to manage employees’ access, put different restrictions where needed, and improve the security of all your IT assets.
4. Subscription and license compliance
As the average company uses 100–300+ software solutions, it becomes tough to track which tools are used efficiently and which ones are forgotten.
With an IT asset management system, you can track business-related apps usage all from one place, avoiding unjustified IT costs, compliance risks, and other liabilities.
ITAM makes it easier to standardize all your IT processes.
One process you can standardize is device issuing. For example, suppose an employee needs a work phone. Then, all they have to do is use a self-service request form through the ITAM portal.
At the same time, the IT team can track the work phone and other company devices and to whom they’re currently assigned. So if an employee quits, it’s easier for the company to get the hardware back.
6. Total cost of ownership accuracy
The total cost of ownership (TCO) shows you all expenses related to an IT asset instead of only the purchase price. TCO includes operation, support, and maintenance costs that occur during the IT asset lifecycle.
When you have a comprehensive ITAM system helping you track the total cost of ownership with accuracy, you can eliminate duplicate and useless assets.
How does IT asset management work?
IT asset management is about what you do in each stage of the asset’s lifecycle and why the process itself is systematic and continuous.
The five stages of the asset lifecycle are:
The first step in the IT asset management process is to plan your strategy.
You have to make strategic decisions on what assets the company needs, how you’re going to procure them, and how you’ll maintain and use them.
This stage often includes a total cost of ownership or cost/benefit analysis to help you make the right choice.
The next step is procurement. Here, you acquire the IT assets either through building, leasing, buying, or licensing them.
At this stage, you introduce the new assets into the company’s IT ecosystem.
This introduction usually requires installation, integration with other components, establishing support processes, and giving users access.
Each asset needs maintenance, repair, and upgrades after it’s been used for some time. This way, you maximize the value you get from it, mitigate risk, and extend the asset’s life.
The last stage is when the asset reaches the end of its useful life. That’s when you have to dispose of it, terminate license renewals, and cancel support agreements.
You also have to think about a replacement asset to which you can transition all users.
How to choose the right IT asset management tools for business optimization
With the help of ITAM tool process automation, you can quickly capture, process, manage, and analyze all your IT asset data.
Not sure which ITAM tool to pick? Here are some must-have features you should be on the lookout for:
1. Discovery feature and automated inventory
When you install a new asset in the company’s IT system, the tool will recognize it and include it in the inventory.
2. License management
The tool can detect if you’re under-licensed and at risk of compliance liabilities or over-licensed and paying for unnecessary software. Some tools can also track changes in the Terms and Conditions of each software and license expiration date.
3. Patch and version management
The tool automatically updates software and makes sure that all devices meet the security and efficiency standards.
4. Request management
Employees can place requests for new IT assets like software and devices by filling out a standardized form directly in the system. The tool can also identify different license requirements and monitor the procurement and deployment process.
5. Product or service catalog
You can access a catalog with all assets and resources used within the organization. The catalog also contains information about the asset’s name, edition, version, license agreement, and other vital information.
6. Configuration management database (CMDB)
A CMDB is usually a part of the IT service management system and supports asset management control. You can see the IT asset configuration, warranty, contracts, and other tracking information through a CMDB.
7. Fixed asset system
The fixed repository system is part of the financial management system and reports asset data needed in some financial processes.
8. Digital asset management
The digital asset management feature allows you to organize, store, and retrieve media assets and manage their copyright permissions. Such assets include photos, videos, animations, and other multimedia.
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Brussels – Greenhouse gas emissions from European farming have been rising steadily since 2012, according to a new European Commission report about the climate impact of the EU’s common agricultural policy.
The report, which was also the subject of a freedom-of-information request, was released by the European Commission on Monday, buried amid the coverage of the European Parliament elections.
Greenpeace EU agriculture policy director Marco Contiero said: “The study shows once and for all that Europe is failing to tackle agriculture’s contribution to climate breakdown. In particular, the EU has been unable to address the detrimental role that the overproduction of meat and dairy plays. Instead of locking Europe further into factory farming, and on track for climate disaster, the EU’s farming policy must enable a transition to producing and consuming less and better meat and dairy.”
Alone, animal farming in Europe contributes 12-17% of the EU’s total greenhouse gas emissions. Farm animals emit greenhouse gases themselves and are often fed commodities like soy, which are linked to deforestation and habitat destruction, and have a major climate footprint.
Greenpeace is calling for a 50% reduction in global meat and dairy production by 2050, to protect the climate, environment and public health. This call is echoed by scientists in a recent report on healthy diets from a sustainable food system.
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Active release technique (or ART for short) is a type of deep tissue massage that involves releasing soft tissues. This technique is a patented soft tissue system massage technique that is known to treat problems in the nerves, ligaments, tendons, and the muscles. Some of the pains and injuries that can be resolved by active release technique include tennis elbow, knee problems, shoulder pain, shin splints, carpal tunnel syndrome, back pain, and even headaches.
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Pains and injuries are usually caused by the overuse of muscles. They can be due to micro-trauma or the accumulation of tears, hypoxia (wherein your body is not getting the right amount of oxygen), and acute conditions like collisions, tears, and pulls. The build-up of scar tissue can make your muscles weaker and shorter. It can also cause your nerves to become trapped, leading to tendon tension leads to tendonitis. You might experience weakness, numbness, tingling, pain, loss of strength, and even a reduced range of motion.
Active release technique combines treatment and examination. The therapist will use his or her palms and fingers to evaluate everything from the movement of your muscles to your nerves. Once the abnormal tissues are tracked down, direct tension will be applied on them. This is one of the best things about ART—each patient will first be assessed before individual treatments can be done. More than 500 ART movements are used to treat patients.
In a regular massage, the therapists only do what they are taught—massage the foot, the arms, the back, the legs, the hands, and the head. You can ask them to pay close attention to the problematic area, and they may be able to relieve your pain for some time. But a regular massage does not actually give you a “cure” or “solution.” With active release technique, long-term relief is the goal. Therapists will find the root of your problem and focus on that.
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The Quest for Less Lethal Systems
The straight wooden baton carried by officers was at one time was their only option for controlling individuals who sought to resist arrest other than becoming involved with them in a physical fight. Recognizing that this lack of options was getting officers and suspects hurt or killed, the law enforcement community has for decades sought ways to safely apprehend disruptive and violent offenders from a distance using the least amount of force possible without exposing officers to un-needed risk. This goal has been elusive.
While the quest for ideal less-lethal options continues to the present day, law enforcement officers now have a wide-ranging arsenal of devices to assist in the apprehension of these disruptive individuals. The devices or technologies in current general issue run the gamut from projectiles fired from twelve gauge shotguns and larger bore launching systems to pepper filled plastic balls launched from modified paintball guns and disruptive electrical charges sent along hair thin wires. Each of the systems has a use and each has a place within the overall force continuum.
Questions have arisen concerning the place where the various less lethal devices fit in relation each other and where or more appropriately, which are best deployed in a patrol setting. Agencies will need to make decisions about which products to acquire based upon a variety of factors. These factors include climate as it relates to personal clothing (a concern for impact munitions), economic and political factors, as well as training issues that may arise dependant upon the time available for continued in-service refresher or qualifying courses.
Needing no introduction to most officers, the ubiquitous Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) spray has made strong inroads into the law enforcement community since the 80s. The use of the naturally occurring OC pepper delivered to the target via a small portable canister worn on each officer’s belt was revolutionary when first introduced. OC sprays represented a giant step forward both in terms of safety and effectiveness from the other various aerosol products that had been used up until that point.
It is the rare agency that does not either authorize or issue OC products. While there is seemingly universal agreement that OC is a valuable asset to officers what remains somewhat of concern or at issue is the way the OC is delivered to the target.
Various companies have produced products featuring a variety of delivery methods such as stream, fog, foam, or gel distribution. There have also been numerous substances used as chemical carriers that allow for the OC to be expelled from the canister and delivered to the target such as water, oil, or alcohol. Each substance has a benefit and each a disadvantage.
In terms of distribution method the stream is valuable as distance to the target increases or when there is any blowing wind during the time that the officer is spraying a target. The stream method of delivery, which primarily effects the vision of a suspect, is able to carry the OC a greater distance to the target than other delivery methods without an overly substantial chance of inadvertent contamination to others.
When the OC is delivered in a fog however the likelihood that overspray or cross contamination is going to become an issue rises drastically. Best used when there are no innocents in or near the target fog products do however increase the chance that OC will be effectively delivered should a suspect move or turn their head at the moment when they are sprayed. OC fog effects primarily the respiratory systems of the subject as it is designed to deliver the product in a cloud, distributing the chemical over a larger area than what does the stream.
The third basic of delivery method, foam and most recently gel, is one of the best choices to use in such confined settings as hospitals, correctional institutions, court buildings or when there is a high degree of need to be sure that the only thing contaminated by OC is the subject. The foam or gel impacts a target area and saturates only that area with a highly lessened ability to contaminate other persons or objects. Officers should however be aware that this method is the only one, which suffers from the ability of the suspect to wipe the OC off and fling it back at officers.
Numerous are the theories concerning the chemical carriers used to aid in the delivery of the OC to the target. Again, each carrier has advantages and disadvantages. Fully research the issues surrounding each prior to issuing any product to officers, since one of the primary disadvantages of some methods is one of flammability.
OC spray is not the antidote to all resistive behaviors. When correctly deployed, OC is effective about 85% of the time. Since OC is nothing more than the oil of a hot pepper, it has been proven quite safe in a tremendous amount of actual street uses and as a result is very well accepted by the courts and public.
Couple this with the overall training, economic and convenience issues as they relate to everyday carry make OC spray the best all around general issue product yet to make an appearance. There is simply no reason that officers should be deployed to the field without some form of this technology available to them.
One picture is worth a thousand words. Seen worldwide in the media was a lone officer atop a Peacekeeper during the “Battle for Seattle” WTO riots. This image put the JTS PepperBall system (now PepperBall Technologies) on the world stage in a big way. Powered by compressed air, and using what is essentially a modified paint ball gun, the PepperBall launcher can hold over 200 rounds of less lethal projectiles. This system is an ingenious amalgamation of existing technology and forward out-of-the-box thinking.
The PepperBall system utilizes a .68 caliber plastic sphere that is filled with one of any number of different substances. At the heart of the system is the actual OC powder from which the system takes its name. The OC, which is disbursed upon impact with the target, is in the form of a fine powder easily carried in the air. Along with the OC filled rounds there are training rounds filled with substances such as talcum powder or water, marking rounds filled with dye and other specialty rounds such as a glass breaking round that is designed to expend all of its energy in a target shattering the glass in the process.
The PepperBall system has been around for quite some time at this point and is a proven piece of technology. As an example of the usefulness of the system is an encounter with a mentally disturbed suicidal subject in Bloomington, IN that was successfully resolved due to PepperBall deployment.
Responding to a housing project officers found a male armed with a double-edged knife stating that he wanted to end his life. Negotiations began but met with little success due to his level of intoxication. The officers continued to negotiate until the subject accidentally dropped the knife while moving it from one hand to the other.
As the subject bent to retrieve the knife officers discharged the PepperBall launcher nine to 10 times striking the subject about the abdomen and chest driving him away from the knife he was trying to retrieve and ultimately to the ground. The subject was taken into custody without any further resistance with no injuries to the officers and only the minor bruising that accompanies the PepperBall impact to the suspect.
While each PepperBall round delivers relatively little kinetic energy they are capable of being launched at an incredibly rapid rate. Each impact is reminiscent of being stung by a bee. Multiple impacts have been likened to being stung by multiple bees, which can be quite debilitating, or at least distracting long enough for other force options.
Overall the PepperBall system is an excellent, very low level, less-lethal device. It features not only the proven effects of OC but also the debilitating effects of very rapid multiple impacts coupled with a large magazine capacity. Some agencies have been so favorably impressed with this system that they have authorized each officer going on patrol to be equipped with a PepperBall launcher.
Like all less-lethal options today, PepperBall is not the do all, end all in all situations. If an individual is willing to fight through the pain of multiple impacts it is possible for them to successfully close the distance and physically engage the officer. Within its given scope of viability however it is truly one of the best general deployment systems available.
In addition to the CO2-powered launcher, PepperBall Technologies offers a 12 gauge launched projectile. This Badminton-style slug has the OC or PAVA payload in the front of a frangible, fin-stabilized plastic housing. Called the Impact Plus, this offers a real alternative in terms of distance and impact energy as compared to their standard systems.
One of the big advantages of the Impact Plus is the round can be deployed from any 12 gauge Cylinder Bore shotgun. No special launcher is needed. Obviously, strict transition protocols must be followed for shotguns loaded with lethal ammo. Better yet, of course, is a dedicated less-lethal shotgun.
The launcher-fired PepperBall projectile holds three grams of agent. The Impact Plus holds 5.5 grams, almost twice the payload. The PepperBall projectile delivers about 10 ft-lbs of energy at close-ranges, while the Impact Plus has 20 ft-lbs at 15 feet and 15 ft-lbs at 60 feet. From a 14-inch shotgun, we kept the Impact Plus inside a 12-inch circle at 60 feet.
FN 303 Less Lethal Launcher
Working under a principal similar to the PepperBall system, the Fabrique Nationale (FN) 303 Less Lethal Launcher is a more rifle like device than others of this ilk. The FN 303 fires an 8.5gram, .68 caliber projectile designed to impact with a target providing low level blunt force trauma. The FN 303 projectile uses a fin stabilized polystyrene body that is capable of containing any number of substances including OC and washable or permanent paint used as marking rounds.
Weighing in at five pounds the FN launcher is fired using compressed air and is fed by a detachable 15 round magazine. Due to the shape and construction of the projectile the FN system is capable of accurately delivering its rounds at a much greater distance than other less lethal launchers of this type. The FN is also capable of being detached from its stock and being mounted under other weapons such as an M16 in a nature similar to how the military’s M203 grenade launcher is attached.
While the FN 303 is a very capable less lethal launcher, it is also quite expensive. Initial acquisition of the system as well as the continuing cost of projectiles are fairly substantial when compared to other systems that offer similar results albeit with reduced range capability. Where the FN 303 really shines is in its ability to accurately engage targets of opportunity at greater ranges than others. This in and of itself may be the key to its long-term success.
The 303 is very good within its operational envelope and it is amassing a track record similar to other systems. These systems should not be looked upon as completely non-lethal in nature. Like all other higher energy impact projectiles, they are capable of causing serious injury or death in certain circumstances. Training is crucial to their proper use.
12 Gauge Impact Projectiles
Confirming that the shotgun, specifically the slide action 12 gauge, as perhaps the most versatile weapon ever created, shotgun launched less lethal projectiles were one of the first of the less lethal ballistic impact technologies to enter widespread service.
Many differing version of the shotgun launched projectile to become available over the years. Several rounds including the rubber ball, rubber sabot and wooden baton round have been tried and, in most cases, discarded for general issue to most officers due to a variety of factors not the least of which has been the potentially lethal effects at some ranges.
The round that has risen to the forefront of less lethal shotgun projectiles and has seen widespread use in American law enforcement has been the beanbag. Even the beanbag projectile itself has been refined over the years to the place where it now bears little resemblance to its fist incarnations.
First fielded in a square, one-inch by one-inch flat fabric bag encapsulating lead shot, the bean bag is now fielded in a variety of configurations with the drag stabilized sock type bag being one of the top choices. Nearly all companies marketing a bean bag offer some kind of stabilized, “sock” style beanbag. These munitions have been in service long enough for a large pool of data that shows that they are a highly effective tool when used in field conditions by officers trained in their use.
Problems with the original square configurations failing to fully open after being fired caused problems with accuracy and target impact. More concerning than accuracy problems were incidents where bean bags have either penetrated into a suspect or where the fabric that holds the shot has ruptured allowing it to penetrate the target.
Even with these early concerns this technology was allowed to mature and training has been changed to address some of these issues due to the tremendous potential of this system. As a result of this ongoing research and development effort these round have seen widespread distribution with many agencies.
At less than five dollars per round when bought in bulk the shotgun launched beanbag is perhaps the least expensive less lethal option currently available. In addition to the low cost of the round a factor contributing to this is the fact that almost every agency in the United States has numerous 12-gauge shotguns already in inventory.
Agencies must however be aware that for a less lethal 12 gauge shotgun program to be at its safest and most effective the weapon used to fire these rounds should be dedicated to less lethal projectiles only. The weapon should be denoted in a way such as different color stocks or completely different model shotguns so as that it is readily identifiable under stress to officers that the weapon in hand is for less lethal use only. Policies and procedures should be in place that do not allow for anything less.
Lest anyone believe that these concerns are overblown, there have been several tragic incidents where officers fired buckshot or slug rounds instead of the less lethal projectiles that were intended when a single shotgun was used for both purposes. Despite these incidents or incidents where malfunctions of less lethal projectiles have occurred, the vast majority of the actual street uses of beanbags have been very positive and many subjects have been safely taken into custody by their use.
The latest advancement in less-lethal options is the Taser. Arguably the safest and most effective (94%) option, the Taser actually dates back to the 1970s. The Taser, however, has really come into its own since the release of the 26-watt, 50,000 volt M26. The current version, the smaller and more compact X26, also produces 26-watts.
Using compressed nitrogen, the Taser fires two probes that contact the subject or engage the subject’s clothing. Each probe is connected via a fine wire back to the main housing. When the two probes contact the subject, the electrical circuit is closed and an automatic five-second discharge cycle starts. This cycle can be manually shut off.
The Taser uses electrical pulses (15 to 19 times per second for up to five seconds) to cause an uncontrollable muscle contraction. Called “Electro Muscular Disruption,” the Taser impulse prevents the muscles from operating. This is not pain compliance like the 1980s “stun guns.” Instead, muscle function is interrupted. Properly deployed, the effectiveness is immediate—in far less than a second. Importantly, the recovery time is also immediate, as thousands of officers have experience during training with the Taser.
Like all uses of force, the charge from the Taser is a stressful experience. While no deaths have been caused by the Taser, per se, some deaths have occurred following its use due to this stress. Of course, subject deaths have also followed wrestling a subject to the ground to handcuff him.
The Taser is available in three lengths: 18 feet, 21 feet, and the newly introduced 25 foot XP cartridge. The new Taser cartridge is compatible with both the M26 and the X26 series Tasers. The ballistics performance at 25 feet from the XP cartridge is comparable with the standard cartridge performance at 21 feet. The XP cartridge is identified by bright green bay (also known as blast) doors and tabs.
The Taser X26 is also available with an audio-video recording system using the Video Digital Power Magazine (VDPM), which also contains a storage bay for a spare cartridge and utilizes a rechargeable power source, a first for the Taser X26.
Taser products are used by over 7,000 police departments in the United States and abroad. Hundreds of police departments, including Phoenix, San Diego, Sacramento, Albuquerque, and Reno, have purchased Taser products for every patrol officer.
Like larger versions of the less lethal 12 gauge projectiles, the 37mm and 40mm less lethal systems have proven themselves to be quite effective. While it is unusual to find the 37/40mm less lethal system in mass, patrol level issue the rounds are perhaps one of the safest and most effective of the ballistic impact projectiles.
Recently one of the most popular rounds for these systems has been what is known as foam or sponge rounds. These rounds are impact munitions that strike a target with kinetic energy comparable to a baseball thrown by a major league pitcher. Make no mistake these impact munitions attempt to control individuals through pain compliance as they are designed to inflict blunt trauma.
The use of a rigid foam nose on the projectile allows for energy to be transferred when the nose itself begins to deform at impact. The velocity of these rounds is such that they are designed to be used at distances between 20 and 100 feet. The rounds are quite accurate at these distances and should be direct fired at a target intended to impact safe but effective target areas such as the legs and hip region.
While the sponge rounds have been one of the newest technologies to make a splash there are other older technologies that are still available which remain viable alternatives. Beanbags and other products such as canisters filled with multiple rubber balls or rubber baton style rounds are still produced and are capable of supplementing a less lethal impact munitions program.
Benefits and concerns with these products closely mimic those of the 12 gauge launched munitions. Just as with any other less lethal product or device agencies and officers need to closely evaluate what their particular need and or situation is to determine the technology which is the most viable for their application.
One of the biggest detractions to the 37/40mm systems is that of cost. The rounds are quite expensive as are the launching systems in comparison to others. There are two common systems for launching these rounds. A single shot break open style launcher similar to the older Smith and Wesson tear gas launchers or the US Military’s M79 grenade launcher is offered by several manufacturers. It is relatively inexpensive to acquire and is about as foolproof as any mechanical device can be.
Representative of the second common style of 37/40mm launchers is the Penn Arms SL6. Holding six rounds in a rotating cylinder ala a giant revolver, the Penn Arms launcher is a state of the art, manually operated weapon very similar in operation to a pump action shotgun. The launcher comes complete with several Picatinny style rails located at various points on the launcher suitable for mounting optics, lights or lasers. The weapon, while heavy and quite bulky, is easy and quick to use offering a high degree of accuracy and effectiveness.
While they are quite expensive the 37/40mm impact systems represent what is currently the ultimate in impact technology. Very useful in many settings these systems will continued to be handicapped by high acquisition and projectile cost which could eventually relegate them to use only by special teams or in highly unusual circumstances.
Technology has progressed at a pace that has often outstripped the ability of departments to adequately evaluate and acquire the latest or greatest less lethal system. While the search for the perfect less lethal system will continue it is vital that agencies evaluate for themselves what situations their officers routinely face, what fiscal price they are able to support in total and how much training they will be able to afford their officers.
Less lethal systems that are not supported by training will quickly become lethal systems when used inappropriately. Departments who fail to adequately support any such program do no one any favors as they subject their officers, the public and suspects to unnecessary risks that can be easily avoided.
Scott Oldham is a supervisory sergeant with the City of Bloomington Police Department where he serves as the tactical team leader for that agency. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org.
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Frank Bruni’s recent New York Times editorial, “An Ivy League Twist,” discussed a new initiative from more than 80 colleges, including all eight in the Ivy Leagues, to try to support candidates from diverse backgrounds in their college application processes. Students who may not have college advisors, like their more privileged peers usually do, will be able to navigate a special website that will give them information and tips on how to compile their applications and apply for financial aid.
As Bruni describes, optimists think this may be useful to the stated goal of bringing greater numbers of qualified minority or low-income candidates to elite colleges and universities. Cynics think this is a lame and perhaps perverse effort to create access and equity, and that it will instead have the effect of reinforcing exclusivity in the face of the Common App.
Time will surely tell a more nuanced story. But this debate got me thinking about a phrase that plays often in my head, a phrase that the sui generis social justice advocate Bryan Stevenson shares in his powerful book, Just Mercy. His grandmother, who loved him so much and hugged him so hard that he “could barely breathe,” repeatedly told him: “You can’t understand most of the important things from a distance, Bryan. You have to get close.”
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Looking for a simple project with lots of potential? Try this sand-cast birdbath. It’s easy to make, works with any large leaf and it can be finished a number of ways. For a large birdbath, like the one in the photo at right, plants like rhubarb, gunnera or ‘Sum and Substance’ hosta work best. This one’s rhubarb.
You’re not limited to big leaves. This process will work with just about any type. I’ve used sycamore, oak, datura, and lantana. I use the sycamore as a ground feeder and scatter the rest through my garden.
You may have already read our story about how to make this birdbath in issue 53, but here we’ll also show you how to make a matching pedestal. There’s a modification to the birdbath in step 5, so be sure to read the instructions for both before starting.
We’ll also walk you through the whole process with our video clips.
When it comes to concrete, even though its the most expensive, I like Vinyl Patch by Quickcrete®. When it’s dry, its fine consistency preserves the details of the leaf clearly. Less expensive concretes are just as strong but they look coarser.
You can do this project on the ground, but I’d recommend using some kind of table — it’s easier on your knees and back. I use a table made of a sheet of plywood and two sawhorses.
Who’d have guessed that for less than $25 and a few hours of work, you could have such a unique garden ornament? Are you ready to make your own? Let’s get started.
- Large leaf
- 1 bag of sand
- 2 bags of concrete
- Plastic wrap
- Tubular concrete form
- Paint or concrete dye (optional)
- Concrete sealer
- Bucket or mixing Tray for concrete
- Hoe for mixing
- crub brush
- Foam brush
- 2 containers for paint and sealer
Making a pedestal
for your sandcast birdbath is simple, but there are a few things to do ahead of time to prepare.
First, you need a form. Most hardware stores carry cardboard tubular concrete forms that are used for deck footings. They come in different lengths and diameters. The one I got was 6 feet long with an 8-inch diameter. Since 6 feet seemed extreme for a birdbath pedestal, I cut the form in half with a hand saw. You can make the pedestal any height you want to. Just remember the taller the pedestal is, the heavier it will be when you’re done.
Now that you have your form cut to the height you want take the leftover piece and cut off a 2-inch ring. Set it aside to use in step five of the leaf project. Now you’re ready to get started.
Step one —
Add the concrete. Cover the smooth side of a pre-made stepper or any smooth surface — it can even be your sidewalk or driveway — with plastic wrap and set the end of the cardboard form you cut up. This way if your earlier cut wasn’t perfectly straight, you won’t have an uneven base. Placing the form on a smooth surface will help keep the pedestal level, too.
Mix the concrete with water until it’s the consistency of pudding. The photo at left shows a good mix — not too watery, but not too stiff. Then pour the concrete into the form. This is a good time to have a friend around to hold the form while you pour. Not only does it keep the form steady but, by holding the form down firmly, the concrete won’t be able to leak out the bottom. Give it a good shake to get rid of any air pockets.
Step two —
Top it off. When the form is as full of concrete as you want it, center the other stepper on the top as in this photo. This will keep concrete from oozing out the bottom. Let it dry for 48 hours.
Step three —
Finished product. When the concrete is dry, the form can be peeled off just like in the photo. When the cardboard is off, let your pedestal cure for one week.
After it has cured you can leave it as it is or decorate it with color. Either way, a coat of concrete sealer will help preserve your pedestal.
You’ve made a beautiful birdbath! Now it’s time to put it to good use and show it off a little, too. Just click ahead for a materials list, and follow our simple steps to build a pedestal that stands out in your garden or any other spot in the yard. Stacking the pavers randomly will give you an informal column like the one here. But it’s just as easy to arrange a uniform pattern for a formal look. The style is totally up to you.
40 71⁄2 × 31⁄2 × 23⁄8 landscape pavers
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THE RIGHT FOUNDATION Make sure the area where you want to set up the birdbath is level, and then lay down eight landscape pavers to form the pedestal’s base.
BUILD IT UP Using the remaining pavers, build up the rest of the pedestal with 8 layers, made of 4 pavers each. Frequently check your work with a level to make sure the bricks are lined up and lying flat.
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The Supreme Court Just Dealt a Blow to Planned Parenthood in Arkansas. Here’s What It Means
The Supreme Court on Tuesday delivered, at least temporarily, a setback to abortion rights advocates and Planned Parenthood by clearing the way for an Arkansas law that makes it effectively impossible to access medication-induced abortions. The decision will shutter two of the state’s three Planned Parenthood clinics in the short-term, though the organization plans to “swiftly” challenge the law again in federal court.
“Arkansas is now shamefully responsible for being the first state to ban medication abortion,” said Planned Parenthood executive vice president Dawn Laguens in a statement. “This dangerous law also immediately ends access to safe, legal abortion at all but one health center in the state.”
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Arkansas’s 2015 law puts significant restrictions on clinics that provide pill-induced abortion services, which involve combining mifepristone and misoprostol early on in pregnancy. Clinics that perform medication abortions would have to contract with a doctor who has admitting privileges at a hospital under the statute — a regulatory hurdle that just one of the facilities can clear.
Supporters claim the provision is meant to protect women’s health. But Planned Parenthood asserts that the Arkansas law places an undue burden on women attempting to access a more convenient and less invasive form of abortion, and will force many to drive hundreds of miles to get to a clinic at all.
The Supreme Court’s action isn’t necessary a ruling against Planned Parenthood over the long term, as the Justices didn’t officially rule on whether or not the Arkansas statute is legal.
So it’s unclear whether the law will stand permanently; it may wind up in front of the Supreme Court again if Planned Parenthood can successfully take further legal action at the lower court levels, as it says it will. Arkansas, however, isn’t the only state to test the boundaries of abortion rights in recent years, and Planned Parenthood has been a consistent target of funding cuts by the Trump administration. | <urn:uuid:a94b75c4-bbcd-4cec-815d-fa2e43b5609e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://fortune.com/2018/05/29/supreme-court-planned-parenthood-arkansas/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571758.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812200804-20220812230804-00678.warc.gz | en | 0.926112 | 443 | 1.710938 | 2 |
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Place and Space in Physics
- Einstein, Albert. "Space-Time." Encyclopaedia Britannica (1926) http://www.allduniv.edu/virtual/articles/space-time/space-time.htm
- Jammer, Max. Concepts of space : the history of theories of space in physics, 3rd Enlarged Edition. New York : Dover, 1993.
- Newton, Isaac. Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy and his System of the World, trans. Andrew Motte and Florian Cajori. Berkeley, CA University of California Press, 1934. See also Newton, Sir Isaac. The Principia: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. Translated by I. Bernard Cohen and Anne Whitman, with the assistance of Julia Budenz. With a Guide to Newton's Principia by I. Bernard Cohen. University of California Press, 1999.
- Norton, John. "What Can We Learn about the Ontology of Space and Time from the Theory of Relativity? A Synopsis." http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/documents/disk0/00/00/02/25/PITT-PHIL-SCI00000225-00/Norton.rtf
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Towson in Baltimore County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Captain Charles Ridgely
Northampton Iron Works. Supplier
to American Revolutionary Forces.
Erected 1984 by Maryland Line Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution.
Marker series. This marker is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution marker series.
Location. 39° 24.966′ N, 76° 35.334′ W. Marker is in Towson, Maryland, in Baltimore County. Marker is on Hampton Lane. Click for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 535 Hampton Lane, Towson MD 21286, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Oranges in January (within shouting distance of this marker); A Romance with Nature: The Falling Garden (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Hampton: An American Story (about 300 feet away); Ridgely's Pride (about 300 feet away); Ice Cream in July-Icehouse, ca.1790 (about 400 feet away); Wartime Support (about 400 feet away); Domestic Service Buildings-Behind the Big House (about 600 feet away); Hampton (approx. 0.2 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Towson.
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Autumn 2002 (10.3)
Mikayil Mushfig (1908-1939)
by Farid Alakbarov
One of the most interesting memoirs
related to Azerbaijan's history during the Stalinist period is
"My Days with Mushfig", written by Dilbar Akhundzade,
the wife of Azerbaijani poet Mikayil Mushfig. Mushfig was arrested
and executed at age 31, at the height of the Stalinist repression.
At that time, tens of thousands of intellectuals and other individuals
deemed dangerous to the State were arrested, exiled to Kazakhstan
and Siberia or killed.
Dilbar's memoirs were written in the 1970s, during the Soviet
era, so still she was not able to mention certain details about
the political repression that had victimized her husband. She
did not even write about how or when he was arrested. Nevertheless,
her book gives us valuable firsthand information about the life
of this gifted poet.
Dilbar writes that Mushfig was very courageous and honest, even
as a child. After Mushfig lost his parents at an early age, his
elderly grandmother took care of him. She sent him to a Muslim
religious primary school, known as the Mollakhana. This school,
which was meant for educating the poor, was located in a dark,
dirty basement. The molla made the children learn the Koran by
heart in Arabic. When the students failed to spell the Arabic
words correctly, they were beaten with a stick. Young Mushfig
hated the Mollakhana, so he wrote an angry verse about the school:
I see children sitting on the
Who can hardly breathe here.
The ragged mat is filled with fleas,
May this Molla die on the spot!
Is he really a Molla? I can hardly believe it!
When Mushfig's grandmother found out
about the verse, she warned him about his outspokenness: "If
you keep this up, we'll all be lost. You're an orphan. Who will
protect you?" Time ultimately proved that she was right.
During the Soviet period, Mushfig entered a secular secondary
school and completed his higher education. He became attracted
to the Socialist slogans of "Freedom, Equality and Fraternity"
and the regime's promises that it would build a Socialist paradise
for all people on earth. Mushfig along with many other Azerbaijani
intellectuals embraced these Socialist ideals.
Left: Mikayil Mushfig with his wife, Dilbar
In his poetry, Mushfig glorified the work of industrial workers
and peasants and lauded the construction of industrial enterprises
in Baku and other cities. Even though he was only in his twenties,
he became famous for his poetry. He wrote numerous verses about
love and beauty.
Mushfig's wife writes that he welcomed the transition from the
Arabic alphabet to the Latin alphabet in Azerbaijan in the 1920s.
Mushfig hoped that replacing the complicated Arabic script with
the simple Latin alphabet would eliminate illiteracy in Azerbaijan
and other Eastern countries. He even wrote a verse to celebrate
this important event:
And at parting,
My soul wants to tell you:
"Goodbye! Your last day has come,
Wretched old alphabet!"
Mushfig was not afraid to raise
his voice on other controversial matters. One of these was the
Stalinists' belief that traditional Azerbaijani musical instruments
should be banned, especially the tar, a 11-stringed instrument.
When Stalin and the Communist leader of Azerbaijan, Mir Jafar
Baghirov, decided to forbid anyone from playing the tar, Azerbaijani
intellectuals were horrified.
Mushfig's wife writes: "The famous tar player Gurban Primov
visited us, expressing his grave concern. 'Yes, yes, I've heard
about it,' Mushfig told him. 'I can't believe it...To deprive
the nation of its favorite national instrument means to deprive
it of joy and condemn it to eternal sorrow.'"
Mushfig took his own tar off the wall where it was hanging and
asked Gurban to play it. While Gurban was playing "Rast"
[a type of mugham, or modal music], Mushfig looked pensive. Then
suddenly his voice blended with the melody of the mugham:
Sing tar, sing tar!
Who can forget you?
Sing tar, sing tar!
Mushfig went on to compose a long poem about the importance of
the tar, entitling it "Sing Tar, Sing!" This tribute
was published and received wide acclaim from the public. The
debate was won; the tar was not banned. And works were written
that included tar as part of the orchestra in operatic works
like Uzeyir Hajibeyov's "Koroghlu" (1937). Composer
Haji Khanmammadov went on to write three concertos specifically
for the tar.
Targeted for His
However, the regime did not forget Mushfig's resistance and the
way he had freely expressed his opinion about social issues.
In meetings of the Azerbaijan Writers' Union and numerous Communist
meetings, he was branded as a "chauvinist" and a "petit-bourgeois
poet". Some of the literary figures who were trying to please
the Stalinist regime mounted an attack on Mushfig and his poems.
The consequence? His verses were scrutinized and found to reflect
Soon Mushfig's old friends and relatives started avoiding him.
They knew it was politically dangerous for them to maintain close
ties with someone who had been branded as an "anti-Soviet
poet". Nobody dared to protect him.
His wife writes: "Only Hokuma Sultanova [a distinguished
governmental official] made a weak attempt to defend him in a
meeting by saying: 'We should not separate Mushfig from us by
calling him a petit-bourgeois poet...He always was, and always
will be, with us.' But the other participants of the meeting
did not support her and kept silent out of fear."
Mushfig was puzzled by this abusive treatment. Everyone knew
that he believed in Socialist ideals and faithfully served the
Communist Party. But the Stalinist system did not want courageous
and freethinking individuals, even those who were devoted Communists.
Stalinists thought: "Today, Mushfig has dared to defend
the tar-who knows what he may think of and write about tomorrow?"
Mushfig was very courageous and did not fear the repressive government
machine that went on to kill and exile many Azerbaijani intellectuals.
In 1931, he wrote a letter to his university friend Gahraman
Suleymanzade. This letter is kept in the archives at Baku's Institute
of Manuscripts. It reads:
"My dear Gahraman! You asked me to pen my memories in your
album. My friend, no one is eternal in this world. Human life
is shorter than the life of a flower. The flower fades and drops
off just like a human who is exuberant with life, but who, perhaps,
tomorrow is condemned to close his eyes forever and part with
all his dreams and aspirations.
"Who knows whether he will be buried in a grave upon which
grass will grow? But that's not the most terrible thingImmortality
is in the hands of every human...History is a vivid witness of
many immortal lives. It is possible to love all people, and every
person may build up memorials of love and gratitude in the hearts
of human beings. I wish you such a fate, my friend. M. Mushfig.
November 27, 1931."
Courtship and Marriage
In her memoir, Dilbar recalls how she first met this sensitive
poet: "The first time I saw Mushfig was at the graduation
evening festivities at the Azerbaijan Pedagogical University.
We chatted together. And then a long time passed.
"One day my friend Piraya approached me, smiling rather
mysteriously: 'Dilbar, do you know what I've brought for you?'
I looked at her in surprise.
"'Can you imagine?' She added: 'I was walking along the
street one day and suddenly I saw Mushfig, an old friend of our
family! He approached me and started asking me about my studies
at the Pedagogical College. When he discovered that you also
studied sciences there, he became very glad. He pulled a letter
out of his pocket and asked me to give it to you."
"'Have you known each other for a long time?' Piraya asked
"I didn't answer. I opened the letter and saw that he had
written me a poem. The poet remembered me from that evening when
we had casually met each other for the first time.
Beloved, remember, how once suddenly,
Your eyes sparkled with the light of passion.
The scent of your hair, like the sun,
Gifted me with such great inspiration,
That I saw neither Earth, nor Sky.
"That first letter of poetry
from Mushfig became a bridge that later brought us together.
I intentionally do not mention the other insignificant details
about how little by little we became closer to each other. Suffice
it to say that we gradually developed a sense of mutual empathy
for each other, which later became love."
Mushfig devoted many poems to Dilbar, and the two were married
in 1931. They had no children. In 1937, Mushfig was arrested
as an "Enemy of the People". He was killed shortly
thereafter, in 1939. His wife was left alone. She dared not write
her memoirs about their life together until many years later,
long after Mushfig became "rehabilitated" following
Stalin's death (1953). It seems that some of the more important
aspects of his life are still left unrevealed. Dilbar writes
in the beginning of her memoirs: "Mushfig was such a rare
person that neither during my seven years living with him [1931-1937],
nor the long years of contemplating the meaning of his life after
he was arrested and killed, could I fully understand who this
man truly was. My recollections of those times are those that
remain from the springtime of my life."
What My Heartbeats
My heartbeats said:
"There's luck ahead.
Great, glorious days
That brace and daze
Are yet to come!"
There's more ahead
My heartbeats said:
"Noble work, no fret,
Toil's pearly sweat-
Are yet to come!"
My desires define:
Past times were fine"
These words I hate,
My heart says: "Wait!
The sun's hot rays,
Cool springs, bright days
Are yet to come!"
Love of Life
O how to part with this great world around,
That grows more beautiful as time goes by?
O how to part with friends, forever bound
To struggle with the earth and with the sky?
Do not become the dew at break
Shine like the sun, O heart, on mornings new!
How from this world to tear myself away
That revels at the hem of skies deep blue?
Look over there-the sky seems
And friends have met beneath the morning star
O how to part with dawns that shimmer bright
Like nuggets of pure silver, shining far?
How rich is Nature, how mysterious,
When you disclose her secrets, engineer!
How to discard the sense, the feeling new
Attached to stones in quarries, rising sheer?
Here hawks soar high where lofty
There pheasants breed, and springs like mirrors gleam
The nightingales, the gardens fair, in bloom,
O how to leave this sight, this lovely dream?
With life that is an endless,
With kindling flames that rage in blood and heart,
With sun and moon, with morning and with night,
And with the sky's vast cupola, how to part?
O stars-the candles of each
O clouds-dream caravans that stir my heart,
Celestial sphere-my feelings' airy port,
With these vast azure heavens, how to part?
My cherished love appears before
I feel the flame of my poetic art,
My burning chest must ease itself with sighs:
With her sweet raven tresses, how to part?
The nightingale is sorrowing
near the rose,
Though autumn comes-it lingers to depart,
Life, life! This cry of longing ever grows:
With love, with burning passion how to part?
With feelings new, you string
your singing lute
My youthful pen, now just about to start!
O friends, give answer to my pain acute:
With this great seething fire flame, how to part?
Poems translated by Olga Moisseyenk.
(10.3) Autumn 2002.
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Commemorative Events for 2013
Around the World
UN staff around the globe honoured Nelson Mandela’s contributions to human rights, democracy and justice by organizing events and volunteering at least 67 minutes of their day – one minute for each year of the South African leader’s public service – to help make a difference in their communities on 18 July, Nelson Mandela International Day.
In Antananarivo, the UNIC, the South African Embassy and UN agencies organized donations of school and hygiene kits, clothes and food to children at the Ivandry and Ankorondrano elementary schools. A football match and an exhibition were also part of the programme.
In Baku, the UN marked the day with an event at the University of Languages, featuring a short film about Mandela’s life, speeches by UN officials and a Nigerian NGO worker, as well as personal messages from Azerbaijani students wishing Madiba a swift recovery.
In Brussels, UN staff volunteered their time in detention centres, a soup kitchen, and a centre for abused women. UNRIC, in collaboration with the UN Communications Group, also organized a screening of the film “Searching for Sugar Man.”
In Bujumbura, some 100 people helped to clean and paint the facilities of Humanitarian Action against Delinquency, a centre that trains street children and vulnerable youth in manual trades. The South African Ambassador and UN representatives spoke at the event organized by the UNIC and the South African Embassy.
In Dar es Salaam, the UNIC brought together members of the diplomatic community, civil society, the South African diaspora, the UN family and the general public to chop firewood, mop floors, clean toilets, wash clothes and bed sheets, and cook at the St. Theresa Missionaries of Charity Children’s home in Mburahati.
In Darfur, staff from the joint United Nations-African Union Peacekeeping Mission (UNAMID) devoted their time to cleaning the El-Fasher Maternity and Gynecological Hospital. The hospital treats more than 600 patients a month. Other activities included parades, cultural performances, songs and poetry.
In Dhaka, the UNIC and the Green University of Bangladesh jointly organized a seminar and open discussion chaired by the Vice Chancellor of the University, with remarks by the Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration and others. Poetry reading and a video screening were also part of the activities.
In Geneva, 200 delegates, UN staff, NGO representatives and journalists packed a room to pay homage to Mandela. The event featured remarks by the Director-General of the UN Office at Geneva, the Permanent Representative of South Africa, and the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, as well as three short films.
In Khartoum, Sudan, the UN Information Centre in collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of South Africa, UN Volunteers, UN Association-Youth and MTN, worked together in renovating a school at Kober, Khartoum North.
In Lagos, the UNIC, in collaboration with three NGOs, organized an event at SOS Children’s Village, Isolo, where some 50 UN and NGO staff swept the floors, cleaned the windows, washed the toilets, arranged clothes, removed cobwebs, and took care of the babies.
In Libreville, Gabon, the office of the UN and the South African Embassy organized a special event where posters, postcards and booklets were handed out.
In Lima, the UNIC and the UN Friends Club organized an event at the Jorge Cieza Lachos High School featuring the screening of the UNTV documentary “South Africa: Voices of a New Future,” a discussion, theatrical performances, and poetry reading.
In Manila, the UNIC and the South African Embassy organized an exhibit at the UN House featuring photos of Nelson Mandela. The information centre also recorded a talk show with the Catholic radio network DZRH, highlighting parallels between Mandela and the Philippines' own hero, Ninoy Aquino.
In Moscow, the UN Country Team joined a press conference led by the South African Embassy at the Russian News Agency RIA Novosti, with remarks by South Africa's Ambassador and the head of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
In Pretoria, UN staff, led by UNHCR, volunteered at the Divine Grace Crèche/Pre-School, which accommodates 170 children. Two UN teams participated in a 67 km Relay Challenge organized by Kaya FM and the Nelson Mandela Foundation to raise awareness for the day and collect funds for charities. And the UNIC, with the support of the UN Communications Group, organised a screening of the PBS-UNTV documentary “I live to sing.”
In Tunis, staff from the UNIC and the South Africa Embassy visited orphans at the SOS Children's Village of Gammarth, offering them cake and reading them stories. The information centre, with UNDP, also gathered Tunisian associations for a debate on tolerance, pardon and non-violence.
In Vienna, UNIS, the South African Embassy and Permanent Mission organized an exhibit, “Intimate Moments with Nelson Mandela,” in the Vienna International Centre. The UNOV Director-General and the South African Ambassador welcomed the guests, who could sign up to volunteer with NGOs assisting orphans, refugees, the elderly, the homeless, and animals in need. | <urn:uuid:394a588c-92d6-4beb-8231-786428d47d22> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.un.org/en/events/mandeladay/2013/world.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280899.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00576-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93549 | 1,110 | 2.140625 | 2 |
In his book, The Pursuit of God, A. W. Tozer wrote about the reality of God and a spiritual world that we cannot see. Because the world we live in is so “real” and capable of being experienced by our five senses, we are quick to claim it as our reality. What mankind struggles with, however, is the unseen spiritual world.
Tozer proposed that the term “other-worldly” has been met with scorn. I agree. It seems our culture has become even more skeptical of faith in an unseen God. Sometimes people mock our belief in a heavenly realm. Most often, others would like us to keep our beliefs to ourselves.
To that end, Tozer wrote this in 1948, but I think it holds true today:
“If we truly want to follow God, we must seek to be other-worldly. This I say knowing well that the word has been used with scorn by the sons of this world and applied to the Christian as a badge of reproach. So be it. Every man must choose his world. If we who follow Christ, with all the facts before us and knowing what we are about, deliberately choose the kingdom of God as our sphere of interest, I see no reason why anyone should object. If we lose by it, the loss is our own; if we gain, we rob no one by so doing. The “other world,” which is the object of this world’s disdain and the subject of the drunkard’s mocking song, is our carefully chosen goal and the object of our holiest longing” (Tozer, The Pursuit of God, page 63).
Is faith in God and belief in a heavenly realm your “carefully chosen goal?” Is God and the unseen spiritual world “the object of your holiest longing?”
I cannot wait for the day when all eyes will see and all ears will hear the glory of our God. I long to be physically reunited with God in heaven. How about you?
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Presidential Bus Tour Passes Through Illinois
President Barack Obama says it likely will be another year to 18 months before home prices start rising again and sales start to pick up.
But he says the federal government can't accomplish that alone, and will need support from the banking industry and others to make sure the market pulls out of its slump.
Obama provided no support for his prediction. His comments Wednesday came in response to questioner at a town hall in Atkinson, Ill.
The president ventured from Iowa into politically familiar territory as he wrapped up a three-state tour through the cornfields, towns and cities of the Midwest. He was holding a second town hall meeing Wednesday afternoon in Alpha, Illinois and was scheduled to meet with Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn later in the day.
Dozens of people lined up early Wednesday morning to see President Barack Obama at the first of two town hall-style meetings in rural Henry County.
Supporters Jean Causemaker and Mary Kay Franks were determined to see President Obama when they found out he'd be in town Wednesday. A handful of people without tickets gathered across the street, hoping to catch a glimpse of Obama's bus.
The three-day bus tour is part of an effort by Obama to command attention just after Republican presidential candidates dominated the news with a debate and straw poll in Iowa. He has used the trip to criticize his presidential and congressional opponents and to outline modest economic proposals in advance of Congress' return to Washington next month.
After his stop in Illinois, President Obama will return to Washington to begin a 10-day vacation.
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As we make the return to school in Yorktown and throughout Hampton Roads in the coming weeks, families are finalizing their educational plans. While deciding between virtual learning, in-person instruction, hybrid options, or transitioning to homeschooling fulltime is not easy, everyone is making the choice that is best suited for their family’s needs. Virtual learning and homeschooling in Yorktown have become attractive options for many; however, they come with a need to adapt.
From schedules to technology, families are working to find their new normal. While it might seem overwhelming and a bit chaotic, there are several things you can do around your home to help you adapt to your new virtual learning or homeschooling routine.
- Prepare your kitchen. Virtual learning and homeschooling in Yorktown mean more meals at home. Planning and preparing three meals a day plus snacks is time-consuming. Start by reorganizing your pantry and creating a snack/meal making station. Stock up on your family’s favorites in advance and keep them easily accessible to save time during meal/snack time during the day. Take a look at some more tips to help your kitchen get back-to-school ready.
- Revamp your kids’ bathroom. Even though your children may not be leaving the house, maintaining a routine is essential. Bathroom battles are often the biggest morning struggle. Help cut down on the chaos by adding a double vanity, creating more storage options, and decluttering to open up space.
- Create a separate space for learning. Whether you set up a temporary desk in the living room or renovate a spare bedroom, having a space dedicated entirely to homeschooling in Yorktown is the best way to help your children stay focused. This idea also applies if you find yourself working from home during this time. Create a collaborative workspace that allows for both you and your children to stay engaged during the school and workday. You can also apply these tips for setting up a home office to virtual learning and homeschooling environments.
When Adapting Requires a Remodel
Quick fixes aren’t always long-term solutions. As you and your family begin to adjust to virtual learning and homeschooling, you may find your home needs the help of a professional remodeler to adapt. At Criner Remodeling, we will work with you to create a personal plan for your remodel—one that perfectly suits your family’s needs. Contact us today to see how we can help your home adapt to your family’s changing lifestyle. | <urn:uuid:627e8154-b66f-4439-b85b-c4e05360fb20> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.crinerremodeling.com/homeschooling-in-yorktown-and-virtual-learning-tips-to-adapting-your-home/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.95893 | 524 | 1.835938 | 2 |
Intimacy is not just a mental fad or an excellent rallying scream getting modern couples. It’s very genuine county of being considering the deep biological dependence on love and love.
Even after what some individuals may think, the expression intimacy goes method beyond their common definition because a beneficial euphemism for sleeping which have someone.
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Closeness is focused on intimacy. It is more about getting along with her and regarding undertaking and you can keeping this new ties which might be an integral part of any dating.
From the it is most rudimentary peak, closeness is described as „a close, familiar, and generally affectionate or loving private connection with another person or classification.“
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step 1. Emotional intimacy
This is the ultimate and more than related form of closeness required into the a romantic relationship. Emotional intimacy is approximately connecting your mind and you may attitude along with her together with your companion. It’s all about sharing your own feel along with your companion.
And you will, you will be surprised to understand that very partners don’t sense which stage away from intimacy within matchmaking.
Mental intimacy is the phase or kind of closeness in which your admit him or her having which he’s without any booking and you will faults, and you will the place you consider your spouse first. At that height, of course, if you will find danger, the first people you see is your partner.
2. Actual intimacy
This type comes from chatting with and looking at anybody surrounding you, and is the preferred types of intimacy. In matchmaking, you are free to this new bodily intimacy stage when you get to help you see the thinking and you can feelings of your mate.
So it amount of closeness is sold with, it is not limited so you can, sleeping together with your mate, as well as other different actual contact, such as for example carrying give, cuddling and hugging.
3. Intellectual closeness
This is exactly crucial style of intimacy is extremely important on life of most of the few, friendship or commitment, which is worried about discussing your opinions and views regarding your stuff you care about very. This involves the fresh new sharing out of mental viewpoint and you can information with your lover thanks to talks which are often either light-hearted or very major.
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The wire joining you along with her try bolstered because you begin the organization out of mentally exercise your thoughts with each other. This may together with cover brainstorming along with your companion to solve related questions and problems or playful transfers of information just like your songs, clips, and you can poems.
4. Spiritual closeness
I do believe, the first brand of closeness. Religious intimacy is seen while the centre at which most of the almost every other intimacy sizes get projected. Referring of are together, hoping for example several other, and you may praying along with her at the same host to praise.
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A few weeks ago, analysts started predicting that Apple would take a totally new tactic with its iPhone 14 lineup. The regular iPhone 14 (which is said to come in two sizes, standard and Max) would continue to use the A15 processor that was found in the iPhone 13 Pro this year. The iPhone 14 Pro (also in standard and Max sizes) would get the new A16 processor. It’s a believable rumor, and a natural evolution of the differentiation Apple started in the iPhone 13 lineup this year. For the first time in memory, the “standard” iPhone models got a traducción of the A15 that is less capable than the Pro models: the A15 has four GPU cores in the standard iPhone 13s, while the Pro models have five GPU cores. There’s also a difference in RAM–the standard models have 4GB and the Pro models have 6GB–but that’s not really new, and Apple doesn’t even disclose the amount of RAM in iPhones. Binning and supply chain challenges To be clear, the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro actually have the same A15 chip. The bigger and more complex a processor is, the more defects will be present on the wafer. Manufacturers reduce this defect rate with redundant circuitry and with a process known as binning: taking chips with defects, disabling the defective core or cache, and selling it as a lesser/cheaper part. This is nothing new: CPU and GPU manufacturers have done this as regular practice for years. Apple simply takes the A15, which has five GPU cores, and disables one of the GPU cores in the chips that have a defect in that area of the chip. This lets them get more usable processors per wafer, thus reducing costs. Apple simply puts the chips with four enabled cores in the iPhone 13, and the chip with all five enabled in the iPhone 13 Pro. This extends to the M1, which has 8 GPU cores but is available with just 7 in the most affordable MacBook Air and iMac. The M1 Pro and M1 Max have binned traduccións as well. But what do you do when binning isn’t enough? When your A16 processor requires a cutting-edge manufacturing process that is in very short supply, and super expensive? When binning isn’t enough to produce over 70 million new iPhones a year? You go beyond binning, and build a new iPhone with last year’s A15 processor. IDG More than enough performance Frankly, even the very best processors in Android phones today can’t compete with the A15. Apple is so far ahead that it doesn’t need to put a faster processor in its $799 model this fall just to remain competitive. Especially if, as the rumors indicate, these iPhones get the “full” Pro traducción of the A15 with five GPU cores and 6GB of RAM. That would still constitute an upgrade over the iPhone 13 (non-Pro models) and likely still be finta a bit faster and more efficient than any comparably-priced Android phone. The iPhone 14 Pro, on the other hand, gets a brand new processor with performance and features that lead the industry, helping to further separate the “Pro” from the “non-Pro” models. Everyone gets an upgrade, Apple gets enough chips to actually meet demand, and we all win. What’s in a name? That is, everybody wins as long as this latest rumor isn’t true. It claims that Apple will rename the A15 (the 5-core GPU, 6GB RAM traducción) as the “A16” while naming the new chip “A16 Pro.” We saw something afín with the Apple Watch Series 7, with Apple claiming on the spec sheet that it has an S7 chip despite tests showing it’s identical to the S6. This would be a aterrador idea. It makes a lot of sense to differentiate binned traduccións of a chip with different names–perhaps Apple should have gone with A15 and A15 Pro for the four-core and five-core traduccións of that chip. But selling a chip this year under the name A15 and next year under the name A16, with no substantive changes, is pure marketing nonsense meant to confuse consumers into thinking they’re getting something new. It seems likely to me that Apple would re-use the existing A15 chip (the full-scale, 5-core GPU traducción) in the iPhone 14, reserving the A16 for the Pro model. It’s a smart move in a supply constrained environment, especially when they company’s chips are so far ahead of the rest of the market. Let’s just hope the company doesn’t try to pull a fast one with the naming. | <urn:uuid:44872432-3f7a-4304-a44f-ccab6ac39f33> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://fintech-ecuador.com/etiq/ayuso/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571147.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810040253-20220810070253-00467.warc.gz | en | 0.90885 | 1,065 | 1.929688 | 2 |
Given the state’s lengthy history of disdain for federal overreach and several attempted secessions, Texas is the last place in America where you would envision freedom of speech being limited. Yet, that is exactly what has been happening since 1993 according to an article recently published by RNLA Member Joe Nixon on texaslawyer.com.
If you believe the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gives you the right to free speech, think again. In Texas, of all places, political speech comes with a cost: registration and/or paying a fee to the state for the privilege of speaking.
In 1993, the Texas Legislature passed an “ethics” bill designed to eliminate “undue influence” in elections and to require the disclosure of those who paid to play on the political field. To show its serious intent, the Legislature also passed a lobby registration bill because it deemed it important to know who was getting paid to influence legislation and who was paying to influence legislation. Both laws had broad, sweeping definitions so as to leave no loopholes. . . . To secure the most serious intent of this legislation, voters created the Texas Ethics Commission (TEC). . . .
Candidates campaigned in traditional ways.
And then came the Internet.
And with it social media. . . .
Regulating with forms and fines is not just an imposition on speech; it is also the time and cost to defend against a state agency that has openly admitted it is not required to read or follow the U.S. Supreme Court's rulings in favor of free speech. Under the guise of "disclosure," the TEC seeks to require political speakers pay the toll of registration and regulation. Speech is just not free in Texas right now.
The article continues to discuss the implications of such a system on a world of ever changing media outlets. The TEC has been exceptionally aggressive in its investigations as well as the process of levying fines against new media outlets such as blogs, similar to this one, that express political opinions or engage in political speech aimed toward influencing legislators. While the courts have certainly made their stance on freedom of speech issues abundantly clear, this is of little consequence to the TEC who consistently seeks to silence those who refuse or simply cannot afford to “literally pay the price to speak.” | <urn:uuid:b9b0530e-50c1-4f6b-a54e-a88250745bf7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.rnla.org/want_to_address_your_legislature_bring_a_checkbook | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808213349-20220809003349-00477.warc.gz | en | 0.967664 | 473 | 2.171875 | 2 |
The Common Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis), or just Pauraque, is a nightjar species, the only bird in the genus Nyctidromus. It breeds in the warmer parts of the New World from southern Texas to northern Argentina. Most populations are resident, although the U.S. breeders (N. a. merrilli) may winter in eastern Mexico. It is found in open woodland habitats, but also scrub and cultivation.
This medium-sized (8.5 to 11 inch) nightjar has two color morphs, the plumage being variegated grayish-brown or rufous-brown. It is long-tailed and has broad rounded wings. The buff ‘eye ring’ and ‘facial stripe’ contrast with the reddish sides of the face. The adult male Pauraque has a white band near the wing tips, and the outer tail feathers are mainly white. The female’s wing band is narrower and the white in the outer tail is more restricted. There are seven races of Pauraque, differing in size and grayness.
The male Pauraque’s song is very variable, but includes a whistled weeeow wheeooo, soft puk puk and a whip given in the courtship flight as he flutters around the female. Her call is a rapid succession of whip sounds.
This species has long legs with bare tarsi, and is more terrestrial than most nightjars. If disturbed, it will sometimes run rather than fly, and frequently rests on roads and tracks. In general it prefers mixed habitat which offers densely vegetated hiding places – ideally forest – for the day, as well as open landscape to hunt at night. The Pauraque is nocturnal, like other nightjars, and starts to fly at dusk. Like its relatives, it feeds on insects caught in flight, usually by fly-catching from a low perch, but also by foraging over open ground.
Two elongated and elliptical pinkish eggs are laid and placed upon the bare ground or leaf litter. Being an adaptable species that will tolerate human disturbance of habitat well, the Pauraque has actually benefited from limited deforestation. Logging creates areas of low and secondary growth, in which the birds are able to hunt more efficiently. However, it will of course abandon heavily built-up or clear-cut locales, and in addition it is very vulnerable to predation by feral dogs and cats, disappearing from areas where these pests are abundant. | <urn:uuid:7691b3a4-9050-4315-8de1-db13a454b442> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.redorbit.com/reference/common_paraque/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280835.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00467-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958073 | 532 | 2.9375 | 3 |
“It’s necessary to contemplate the DV and upper restrict,” says Haggans. Vitamin K, for example, will reduce the power of blood thinners to work. The herb St. John’s wort is usually used to ease despair, anxiety or nerve pain, but it can also speed the breakdown of many medicine—such as antidepressants and birth control tablets—and make them less efficient. The health effects of some other frequent supplements need more research. These embrace glucosamine and natural supplements similar to echinacea and flaxseed oil . Women need iron during being pregnant, and breastfed infants want vitamin D. Folic acid—four hundred micrograms every day, whether from dietary supplements or fortified food—is necessary for all girls of childbearing age.
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Study individuals who took over-the-counter bodybuilding supplements skilled liver problems, corresponding to jaundice, yellowing of the eyes or pores and skin, and abdomen ache. Nearly three-fourths of the men were hospitalized from their signs. While individuals lose weight by taking the dietary supplements containing usnic acid, they’ll additionally get the chance of some liver diseases and problems, including chaparral, comfrey, bitter orange, germander, black cohosh and niacin.
Mass gainer is that dietary supplement for males that provides macronutrients in probably the most handy manner. Mass gainers will allow you to to devour a big macronutrient wealthy meal regularly. Consumption of macro nutrient, protein, via mass gainers is way straightforward because it’s digestion doesn’t cause any hassle.
If you choose to complement, start with small doses and construct up over time. Adding an excessive amount of fiber too quickly could cause some — ahem — uncomfortable side effects. Plenty of information has instructed that the majority of Americans have less than optimum levels of Vitamin D. That’s not surprising — the nutrient is hard to get from meals , and the only other methodology is sunlight. If you live north of Atlanta, the sun is not robust enough from November to March so that you can make enough amounts.
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Nitrate-wealthy foods like beets, radishes, and pomegranates are a good way to boost the production ofnitric oxide . If you’re a severe energy or physique athlete, you’ve certainly heard that supplements might help you get the most from your intense coaching periods and on-level diet. The market is overstuffed like a bodybuilder in a toddler’s blazer!
For these cause, you ought to be careful when taking vitamin supplements. Ask medical doctors and describe your health situations clearly so that they’ll guide you to consume right doses of dietary supplements and other tablets as properly. Especially, you need to remind kids not taking pills without the guide of adults in all instances. Protein dietary supplements are additionally useful in enhancing metabolic system. As you’re taking protein, enzymes in the body, which are liable for decrease fatty acid can regulate.
And even whenever you’re outdoors, most people are covered with clothes and/or sunscreen. Most specialists agree that supplementing with a minimum of 1000 IUs daily is a good start. While we’d by no means recommend you exchange regular dental check-ups with a complement, a little folic acid in your routine may make those trips to the dentist a complete lot extra nice. For those who try to turn out to be pregnant, folic acid is especially necessary; not only can it reduce the chance of spina bifida and neurological points, it can also foster the development of wholesome teeth and gums in utero. We can’t flip again the clock, however we can ensure that the years aren’t being etched into our pores and skin as we age. | <urn:uuid:01002963-5b82-4eb7-a118-f9d609e22e3f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.coachsale.net/10-finest-turmeric-dietary-supplements-to-deal-with-inflammation-arthritis-fatigue-and-extra.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571987.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813202507-20220813232507-00274.warc.gz | en | 0.926802 | 812 | 1.9375 | 2 |
OCOEE — Storm drains that lack pipes to carry water away and other drainage problems in the Spring Lake Hills subdivision could cost the city $28,000 to fix.
Commissioners tentatively agreed Tuesday that the problems must be fixed because of the flooding and washed-out holes on Spring Lake Circle, and Mabel, Phyllis and Audrey streets.
Assistant city engineer Rick Merkel told commissioners the dead-end drains at the intersection of Phyllis and Spring Lake Circle were installed improperly.
''Water just fills up . . . and then spills out,'' he said.
He said debris has filled the inlets, so the capacity is only half what it should be. That causes flooding during rain.
Solving the problem involves running an 18-inch wide pipe to connect the non-functioning storm drains to two that are working at the southeast corner of Spring Lake Circle. Merkel said the project would cost about $12,500.
Merkel cited several other problems:
-- The drainage inlets at the southeast corner of Spring Lake Circle are leaking. He said they were constructed of brick and mortar and the mortar has worn away over the years. The leak caused one resident's front yard to sink and city crews have filled the depression. But that is a temporary measure, said City Manager Ken Griffin.
A local contractor tried unsuccessfully to patch the drains by regrouting the inside walls. Merkel said the city should replace the drains with two precast structures and increase the size of the pipes that carry the water away.
''I was down there in the spring. They tried to grout it but it didn't hold. They are pretty obviously broken up pretty bad,'' Merkel said.
The cost of replacing the drains is about $6,500, he estimated.
-- Merkel said the street on Spring Lake Circle was constructed below the ground-water line and during wet periods, ground water seeps out of the ground and over the curb along both sides of the street in the vicinity of the two working storm drains. Merkel said the seepage is a safety hazard, public nuisance and will eventually destroy the road.
He recommended the city install underdrains along both sides of Spring Lake Circle for about 250 feet at a cost of $9,000.
-- A pipe connecting the working inlets is leaking ground water at some of the joints. That could probably be fixed by injecting sealant at the joints, Merkel said.
Mayor Tom Ison said he favors fixing the problems.
''I know one lady down there, it washes out so deep that a child could fall into the hole in her driveway,'' Ison said.
Griffin said Wednesday that the mayor did not exaggerate in his description of the problem. He said the leaks around the drains are causing the ground to settle.
''As a consequence, we've got big holes that form in everybody's yard. You have some corresponding flooding and a continual water runoff from the ground onto the street which makes a slimy surface which causes problems not only stopping but walking,'' he said.
Griffin said he was unsure who developed the subdivision, which was built in the late 1960s or early 1970s, but is researching it through city records. He said the company who developed it went bankrupt and the city never got ''asbuilt'' plans. Those are revised engineer's drawings showing how the subdivision was actually constructed.
''The engineer's drawings do indicate that all the pipes are supposed to be connected, but it would appear that somebody tried to cut corners. They could have done it with somebody's permission or the city may have not had anybody out there checking on it,'' Griffin said. ''I just don't know yet.''
Professional Engineering Consultants, the city's engineers, are expected to have bid specifications written by the Dec. 17 commission meeting. Comissioners will decide then whether they want to do the project. | <urn:uuid:2efaf167-6939-4b1b-afdf-de628c56bce1> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1985-12-06/news/0340630175_1_merkel-storm-drains-spring-lake | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280825.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00204-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972583 | 795 | 1.53125 | 2 |
Excerpt from Victors and Vanquished
FRAY BERNARDINO DE SAHAGÚN
From the Florentine Codex
The Spaniards approached Tenochtitlan from the south, crossing to the city along the causeway from Ixtapalapa. The Nahua accounts concentrate on those things that were new and strange like horses and crossbows but also seek to find parallels and comparisons between their own practices and customs and the ways of the strangers. Here, for example, Cortés is compared to the tlacatecatl or military commander. The welcoming speech of Moctezuma and his concession of authority to Cortés is particularly interesting and raises questions about the nature of polite political discourse among the Nahua as well as the possibility of later interpretations and explanations being placed in the historical record after the conquest.
Fifteenth chapter, where it is said how the Spaniards came from Itztapalapan when they reached Mexico.
Then they set out in this direction, about to enter Mexico here. Then they all dressed and equipped themselves for war. They girded themselves, tying their battle gear lightly on themselves and then on their horses. Then they arranged themselves in rows, files, ranks.
Four horsemen came ahead, going first, staying ahead, leading. They kept turning about as they went, facing people, looking this way and that, looking sideways, gazing everywhere between the houses, examining things, looking up at the roofs.
Also the dogs, their dogs, came ahead, sniffing at things and constantly panting.
By himself came marching ahead, all alone, the one who bore the standard on his shoulder. He came waving it about, making it spin, tossing it here and there. It came stiffening, rising up like a warrior, twisting and turning.
Following him came those with iron swords. Their iron swords came bare and gleaming. On their shoulders they bore their shields, of wood or leather.
The second contingent and file were horses carrying people, each with his cotton cuirass, his leather shield, his iron lance, and his iron sword hanging down from the horses neck. They came with bells on, jingling or rattling. The horses, the deer, neighed, there was much neighing, and they would sweat a great deal; water seemed to fall from them. And their flecks of foam splattered on the ground, like soapsuds splatting. As they went they made a beating, throbbing, and hoof-pounding like throwing stones. Their hooves made holes, they dug holes in the ground wherever they placed them. Separate holes formed wherever they went placing their hindlegs and forelegs.
The third file were those with iron crossbows, the crossbowmen. As they came, the iron crossbows lay in their arms. They came along testing them out, brandishing them, (aiming them). But some carried them on their shoulders, came shouldering the crossbows. Their quivers went hanging at their sides, passed under their armpits, well filled, packed with arrows, with iron bolts. Their cotton upper armor reached to their knees, very thick, firmly sewn, and dense, like stone. And their heads were wrapped in the same cotton armor, and on their heads plumes stood up, parting and spreading.
The fourth file were likewise horse[men]; their outfits were the same as has been said.
The fifth group were those with harquebuses, the harquebusiers, shouldering their harquebuses; some held them [level]. And when they went into the great palace, the residence of the ruler, they repeatedly shot off their harquebuses. They exploded, sputtered, discharged, thundered, (disgorged). Smoke spread, it grew dark with smoke, everyplace filled with smoke. The fetid smell made people dizzy and faint.
And last, bringing up the rear, went the war leader, thought to be the ruler and director in battle, like [among us] a tlacateceatl. Gathered and massed about him, going at his side, accompanying him, enclosing him were his warriors, those with devices, his [aides], like [among us] those with scraped heads [quaquachictin] and the Otomi warriors, the strong and valiant ones of the altepetl, its buttress and support, its heart and foundation.
Then all those from the various altepetl on the other side of the mountains, the Tlaxcalans, the people of Tliliuhquitepec, of Huexotzinco, came following behind. They came outfitted for war with their cotton upper armor, shields, and bows, their quivers full and packed with feathered arrows, some barbed, some blunted, some with obsidian points. They went crouching, hitting their mouths with their hands and yelling, singing in Tocuillan style, whistling, shaking their heads.
Some bore burdens and provisions on their backs; some used [tump lines for] their foreheads, some [bands around] their chests, some carrying frames, some board cages, some deep baskets. Some made bundles, perhaps putting the bundles on their backs. Some dragged the large cannons, which went resting on wooden wheels, making a clamor as they came.
Sixteenth chapter, where it is said how Moteucçoma went in peace and quiet to meet the Spaniards at Xoloco, where the house of Alvarado is now, or at the place they call Huitzillan.
And when they [the Spaniards] had come as far as Xoloco, when they had stopped there, Moteucçoma dressed and prepared himself for a meeting, along with other great rulers and high nobles, his rulers and nobles. Then they went to the meeting. On gourd bases they set out different precious flowers, in the midst of the shield flowers and heart flowers stood popcorn flowers, yellow tobacco flowers, cacao flowers, [made into] wreaths for the head, wreaths to be girded around. And they carried golden necklaces, necklaces with pendants, wide necklaces.
And when Moteucçoma went out to meet them at Huitzillan, thereupon he gave various things to the war leader, the commander of the warriors; he gave him flowers, he put necklaces on him, he put flower necklaces on him, he girded him with flowers, he put flower wreaths on his head. Then he laid before him the golden necklaces, all the different things for greeting people. He ended by putting some of the necklaces on him.
Then [Cortés] said in reply to Moteucçoma, Is it not you? Is it not you then? Moteucçoma?
Moteucçoma said, Yes, it is me. Thereupon he stood up straight, he stood up with their faces meeting. He bowed down deeply to him. He stretched as far as he could, standing stiffly. Addressing him, he said to him,
O our lord, be doubly welcomed on your arrival in this land; you have come to satisfy your curiosity about your altepetl of Mexico, you have come to sit on your seat of authority, which I have kept a while for you, where I have been in charge for you, for your agents the rulersItzcoatzin, the elder Moteucçoma, Axayacatl, Tiçocic, and Ahuitzotl have gone, who for a very short time came to be in charge for you, to govern the altepetl of Mexico. It is after them that your poor vassal [myself] came. Will they come back to the place of their absence? If only one of them could see and behold what has now happened in my time, what I now see after our lords are gone! For I am not just dreaming, not just sleepwalking, not just seeing it in my sleep. I am not just dreaming that I have seen you, have looked upon your face. For a time I have been concerned, looking toward the mysterious place from which you have come, among clouds and mist. It is so that the rulers on departing said that you would come in order to acquaint yourself with your altepetl and sit upon your seat of authority. And now it has come true, you have come. Be doubly welcomed, enter the land, go to enjoy your palace; rest your body. May our lords be arrived in the land.
And when the speech that Moteucçoma directed to the Marqués had concluded, Marina reported it to him, interpreting it for him. And when the Marqués had heard what Moteucçoma had said, he spoke to Marina in return, babbling back to them, replying in his babbling tongue,
Let Moteucçoma be at ease, let him not be afraid, for we greatly esteem him. Now we are truly satisfied to see him in person and hear him, for until now we have greatly desired to see him and look upon his face. Well, now we have seen him, we have come to his homeland of Mexico. Bit by bit he will hear what we have to say.
Thereupon [the Spaniards] took [Moteucçoma] by the hand. They came along with him, stroking his hair to show their good feeling. And the Spaniards looked at him, each of them giving him a close look. They would start along walking, then mount, then dismount again in order to see him.... | <urn:uuid:4ab0e51f-44be-44b1-bf9b-3e90f664edfd> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://chnm.gmu.edu/worldhistorysources/sources/florentinecodex.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279650.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00435-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98254 | 2,035 | 3.25 | 3 |
Islands Region, or as it is called, Prince Islands, of Istanbul, which is far from the noise of cars, covered with nature and attractive with its history and fresh air as well as peaceful streets, do still wait to be discovered!
Although the history of Prince Islands goes back to 298 BC, they began to take place on the stage of history during Byzantine era and initial developments of this popular region of Istanbul begin with the construction of palace in Büyükada (Prinkipo) by Byzantine Emperor Justin II. After the palace, monasteries and churches began to be constructed in Islands region.
These islands, which were then ruled by Byzantine Empire, became an area of exile and ordeal mainly due to the fights for the throne. Since they were difficult to reach and it was impossible to escape from these islands, they took this title as they were also close to the city center.
The islands were conquered by Ottomans 42 days before Istanbul was conquered. While all islands except Büyükada had surrendered, Ottomans managed to conquer Büyükada after some fighting.
Arrival of Western people, such as French and British, to the region for trips, commerce and having a summer house towards the end of 18th century caused a slow change in the outlook of Islands.
Although the interest of Republican People’s Party and Ismet Inönü to the region after the declaration of Republic and relatively cheap land prices accelerated the transfer of lands and led a settled life in Islands, Greeks left the region due to political developments in the country and this caused a domestic migration and these migrations caused the silhouette of Islands to change again.
Bests of Prince Islands
- Saint George Church, one of the two pilgrimage locations for Orthodox people, is located on a steep slope of Büyükada.
- Sait Faik Abasıyanık Museum can be visited free of charge in Burgazada (Antigoni).
- Greek Orthodox Theological School is a historical school, located on Umit Hill of Heybeliada (Halki). Founded in 1844, this school is the first academic school in this field after Faculty of Theology of Athens University, but it is closed today due to differences in opinion with Patriarchate.
- Kalpazankaya is a small bay in Burgazada. There is also a restaurant in the same region.
- Hızır İlyas Hill is an observation hill fascinating with its view, located in Büyükada.
- Greek Orphanage in Büyükada is the largest wooden building in Europe and the second largest in the world and you can visit this building at Monastery Hill of Büyükada.
- Lovers Road is a bicycle and horse-drawn carriage road of Büyükada, ornamented with flowers.
- Değirmen Hill is an observation hill in Heybeliada worth to see, where you can see Istanbul with all of her beauty.
- Değirmenburnu Picnic Area is located on a wide green land, where you can enjoy the day with a magnificent scenery.
- You can visit the magnificent house of Lev Trotsky, famous Russian politician and soldier, in which he passed his days in exile and wrote his memories, in Büyükada.
- St. Nicholas Hangar Museum is located within Museum of the Princes Islands, which was opened n 2010 in Büyükada.
- You can visit historical buildings, such as Büyükada mansions, main of which are John Pasha Mansion, Izzet Pasha Mansion, Reşat Nuri Güntekin Mansion and Kuyumcuyan Mansion.
- You can take a breath in Bayrak Tepe, the one and most famous observation hill of Burgazada, and accompany with the scenery.
- Saint John Church, which was built in Burgazada in 1899, has a unique woodwork.
- Kumluk Beach, which is more silent and peaceful than other beaches in Prince Islands and surrounding areas, is located in Kınalıada.
- Although Sedef Island (Antirovithos) offers more limited opportunities compared to other islands, it attracts the attention with its silence and calmness.
- You can visit Hristos (Christ) Monastery, located on Hristos (Christ) Hill of Burgazada.
- Hamidiye Mosque, which was built in Western style by the order of Abdulhamit II, is located in Büyükada.
- You can take an island tour by walking or bike thanks to the roads surrounding Heybeliada and Burgazada and enjoy the day you spent.
- Yörük Ali Beach/Bay is located in Büyükada and is popular among local and foreign tourists particularly during the summer.
- You can follow outdoor movies, which are organized at intervals throughout the summer and have a movie night if you wish.
- Yücetepe Observation Area is another observation hill in Büyükada. You can enjoy the scenery of all islands and Istanbul from here!
- You can take sea buses and ferries, departing from Kabataş and Bostancı, to reach the Islands.
We compiled several venues that you can enjoy in and around the Prince Islands.
- Fish restaurants that you can find on the shores of all islands cook the freshest and most delicious fish meals of the region. You can have your dinner in any fish restaurant that you see when you get off the sea bus or ferry.
- Elio Beach, the only venue located in Sedef Adası, is ideal both to use the beach and enjoy the sea and to have a nice meal in its restaurant. Difficulty to reach this place and the fact that is known lesser are the most important factors that make this place tranquil and peaceful. (There is not any public transportation that you can use to reach Elio Beach, but you can make a call to Elio and use their own boat to reach the venue)
- You can rest at Büyükada/Dilburnu Picnic Area and enjoy the nature while having a picnic.
- The restaurant located in Burgazada/Kalpazankaya Bay with the same name is one of the favorites of couples!
- You can visit the islands and have a sea pleasure at any time of the day by Vaporetto of Lazzoni Hotel and you can return to the hotel at any time you wish after enjoying your day. | <urn:uuid:18569c21-3717-46ca-b4f0-d7eed77e3d57> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.lazzonihotel.com/en/prince-islands/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572192.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815145459-20220815175459-00069.warc.gz | en | 0.969017 | 1,388 | 3.03125 | 3 |
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